There are countless ways that the Internet can be used to help simplify the process of being a teacher. Below you will find many helpful websites to get you started in utilizing the benefits of the Internet.
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- 1st Headlines
This site provides a great collection of current event articles. The site uses several different news sources to provide a detailed look at the day's events.
http://www.1stheadlines.com/ - Added Jan 14, 2003 - Acronym Finder
Use this site to find the meaning to virtually any acronym!
http://www.acronymfinder.com - Added Jan 29, 2003 - Career Magazine
This site features an enormous amount of resources for people looking to get into the workforce. This would be a great supplement for a business course, career day, or a language arts lesson.
http://www.careermag.com/ - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Catalyst
Fantastic resource for teachers implementing technology in their classroom. Sponsored by the federal government, this site offers lesson plans, technical assistance, and discussion groups.
http://depts.washington.edu/catalyst/home.html - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Computer Learning Foundation Guidelines
This article provides a series of recommendations for parents to consider when selecting software for their children.
http://www.computerlearning.org/ARTICLES/SelectSW.htm - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Computers and Learning
The Parents Information Network (PIN) site contains a wealth of information and advice to help you support what your students are doing and learning with computers.
http://www.pin.org.uk/home/index.htm - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Creative Classroom
This is an excellent resource for teachers. The site offers lesson plans, classroom management techniques, Technology support, and more!
http://www.creativeclassroom.org - Added Jan 30, 2003 - David Rumsey Map Collection
This site features an amazing collection of historical maps that would be useful in any classroom.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/ - Added Jan 14, 2003 - Developing WWW Research Lessons
This site helps teachers to systematically design Web-based lessons for all age levels. Great link to a lesson library.
http://www.learningspace.org/instruct/lplan/rlesson.htm - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Discipline Help
Different methods of handling challenging behavior problems.
http://www.disciplinehelp.com - Added Jan 29, 2003 - DO-IT
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology: This site provides a fantastic resource for teachers and parents!
http://www.washington.edu/doit/ - Added Jan 30, 2003 - eNature
This site is full of information and images that focus on all parts of nature.
http://www.enature.com - Added Jan 10, 2003 - First Year of Teaching
Provides insight, resources, and a version of online mentoring.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html - Added Jan 29, 2003 - Free Patterns
Are you crafty? Do you like to sew or stitch? This site offers free patterns for an extensive collection of hobbies. Great for classroom projects! NOTE--this site DOES request personal information.
http://www.freepatterns.com/ - Added Jan 10, 2003 - Free Skills
This site provides a huge collection of FREE online training materials for a variety of tools. Great for all levels of skill!
http://www.freeskills.com - Added Jan 29, 2003 - High School Hub
This is a great "start" page for high school students. The categories are relevant and could easily supplement any classroom. It even has an SAT question of the day!
http://highschoolhub.org/ - Added Jan 29, 2003 - How to Search: For Teachers
This site does a wonderful job of providing teachers with practical information designed to improve the process of "searching". Great resource for everyone!
http://www.2learn.ca/research/search.html - Added Jan 29, 2003 - Intel Teach to the Future
This site provides a remarkable resource for teachers--including success stories, lesson plans, and funding information.
http://www.intel.com/education/teach/teach.htm - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Internet Movie Database
This is an excellent site for finding out more about movies or actors. Information includes: filmographies, awards, plot summaries, trivia, box office grosses, and everyone who was involved in the making of that movie.
http://www.imdb.com/ - Added Jan 10, 2003 - Landmarks for Schools
This site provides several online resources to aid in the process of requesting use of information/images found on the Web. Great for students and teachers alike.
http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php - Added Jan 10, 2003 - Library of Congress -- Teacher Page
This is an amazing teacher resource sponsored by the Library of Congress. The site contains lesson plans, activities, and many other resources.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html - Added Jan 15, 2003 - Mining Company Education Sites: K-6
This site offers a variety of resources for K-6 teachers including freebies, curriculum guides, and lesson plans.
http://k-6educators.miningco.com - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Miss Information
As in Jane Lytel's column, this site is geared towards women and offers advice in a variety of areas.
http://www.missinformation.com - Added Jan 29, 2003 - National Geographic for Teachers
This site offers a wide variety of lesson plans, resources, and networks. This is a great resource for all!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/ - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Net Squirrel
This site provides an enormous amount of resources for teachers including "free to use" Power Point presentations on technology. The monthly "Squirrel Hunt" (an online scavenger hunt) is conducted through this site.
http://www.netsquirrel.com - Added Jan 30, 2003 - New-Teacher.Com
This is a resource site for education students, student teachers, first-year teachers, teacher certification candidates, and those interested in education. It is the goal of this site to help new and \"wannabe\" teachers find information & inspiration.
http://www.new-teacher.com - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Occupational Outlook
Wondering what careers will be needed in the future? This site, sponsored by the federal government, seeks to help answer that question through the resources available in this online handbook.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ - Added Jan 15, 2003 - RFP Bulletin--Grants
Updated weekly, this site contains information on all types of grants; be sure to check out the page for education.
http://fdncenter.org/ - Added Jan 30, 2003 - School Notes
A resource providing free web sites for teachers and schools to use.
http://www.schoolnotes.com - Added Jan 29, 2003 - Smithsonian Institute--Teacher Page
This is the teacher resource page of the Smithsonian Institute. It offers lesson plans, activities, and pictures.
http://educate.si.edu - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Tapped In
TAPPED IN™ is a growing community of over 7500 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues. This is a great teacher resource!
http://tappedin.org/ - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Teachers First
This site offers a variety of resources for teachers including lesson plans, mailing lists, and tips for teaching.
http://www.teachersfirst.com - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Teachers Helping Teachers
This Web site is the home page by teachers, for teachers. It is an online network of teachers sharing ideas about classroom management, special education, and all K-12 subject areas.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Teachers Source-PBS
Video examples of Teaching Skills in addition to all of the great lesson plans that are available on the PBS site, there is also a section designed to help teachers with the art of teaching. Watch video examples of teachers making a difference.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/scienceline/video.shtm - Added Jan 29, 2003 - The Reference Desk
An amazing collection of reference materials. Basically any fact that you need can be found here.
http://www.refdesk.com/ - Added Jan 29, 2003 - The Snorkel
Support Forum for K-12 Technology Leaders
http://www.thesnorkel.org/ - Added Jan 29, 2003 - The Weather Channel
Whether you are tracking storms, checking the daily temperature, or viewing the weather conditions around the world...this site will serve as a great guide.
http://www.weather.com - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Tour Bus
Net gurus Bob Rankin and Patrick Crispen explain Internet technology in plain English, with a dash of humor.
http://www.tourbus.com - Added Jan 30, 2003 - Trivia World
Random trivia, nice to use as freebie or extra credit questions.
http://www.triviaworld.com/ - Added Jan 30, 2003 - USA TODAY Education
The mission of USA TODAY Education is to increase the use of USA TODAY - and its targeted resources as premiere, relevant education tools for students, parents and teachers. As a result of this mission, the site provides an enormous amount of resources for teachers and students.
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm - Added Jan 14, 2003 - What Is?
This site provides an online glossary to "technical" words and phrases. If you are looking for help with understanding technology...this is the site to use!
http://www.whatis.com/ - Added Jan 28, 2003
