Last Updated May 25, 2004
By John Jenkins
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Reading Resources

Reading and Writing
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http://www.nifl.gov
The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) at the National Institute for Literacy, a U.S. government site, presents literacy facts; forums and listservs: and information about programs, publications, and events, as well as a national literacy search tool.
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http://www.ciera.org/
The Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement, a collaboration among five universities, investigates literacy issues. Download "Learning to Read in Culturally Responsive Computer Environments" by Nichole Pinkard, read 10 principles to improve children's reading achievement, and consult a family literacy database.
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http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/index.html
Get involved with the America Reads Challenge, a federal reading program designed to ensure that every child can read independently by the end of 3rd grade.
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http://students.washington.edu/gveen/english/visual
At the University of Washington, "Digital Images and the 'New' Visual Literacy" shows how technology is changing our definition of visual literacy.
Media Literacy
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http://www.medialit.org
This site offers tools to help students think critically about such topics as the portrayal of violence and the sway of advertising.
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http://www.babson.edu/medialiteracyproject/
The Media Literacy Project at Babson College aims "to improve the quality of K-12 education by strengthening young people's ability to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read" with curriculum materials, research articles, and information about teacher education and community outreach.
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http://www.ci.appstate.edu/programs/edmedia/medialit/links.html
Appalachian State University's "Links to Other Media Literacy Sites"
Information Literacy
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http://www.infolit.org/index.html
This site has definitions of information literacy, information literacy standards, K-6 lesson plans, reports, forum minutes, announcements of available books and videos, profiles of member institutions, and a comprehensive list of related sites.
Clearinghouses of Online Resources
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http://www.techedlab.com/k12.html
A thorough list of online resources pertaining to education and technology, got to "K-12 Educational Resources" on the Technology Education Lab site.
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http://teachers.work.co.nz/
A searchable database of 1,000 useful internet sites for educators that have been reviewed and rated.
Using Computers Across the Disciplines
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http://www.wested.org/tales
An account of 10 teachers classroom experiences with the Internet in K-12 science and math classes. The educators' lively, colorful reports are complemented by a useful sidebar with links to Web sites addressing technology issues, tools, resources, and projects.
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http://www.electronic-school.com/
Discussions and articles on "How to wire your school, How do you ensure equitable use of educational technology, How to introduce computers to reluctant staff or students.
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http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/te0cont.htm
Discussions and articles on "How to wire your school, How do you ensure equitable use of educational technology, How to introduce computers to reluctant staff or students.
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http://www.techlearning.com
Discussions and articles on "How to wire your school, How do you ensure equitable use of educational technology, How to introduce computers to reluctant staff or students.
Word of Advice and Inspiration
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http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/
What to expect your first year of teaching is a great resource for new teachers. It includes tips on how to have a successful first year, advice from veteran teachers, and a discussion about the things for which no training could have prepared them.
Guides That You Shouldn't Live Without
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http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is probably the most comprehensive. It has a wide range of topics and is organized so that you don't have to be an Internet wiz to find something you can use.
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http://ed.gov/pubs/
The U.S. Department of Education publishes a wealth of information for teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, parents, students, and others with a stake in education. You will find ERIC search a part of this WWW Server.
New Website for Librarians and their patrons
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http://www.galegroup.com
A new web site providing librarians, students and information technologists with a variety of free services.
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http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/
Educational Links from Yahoo
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http://www.webcrawler.com/education/k_12/
K-12 Educational sites from Webcrawler.com
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http://www.ericae.net/search.htm
Search ERIC
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http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
puzzlemaker program
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/
neat link to how stuff works
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http://www.learn2.com
How to do stuff
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http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/copy1.htm
Copyright law info
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http://www.liszt.com/
List Serve Directory by Catagory
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http://www.clearinghouse.net
The Internet's Premier Research Library
A Selective Collection of Topical Guides
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http://www.informns.k12.mn.us
Search sites for teachers
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick!/
search engine for education topics
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http://www.vpw.com/
The VPW Classroom Information Network: Offers free sponsored educational videos and print materials to teachers, librarians, and group leaders in the United States.
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http://www.classroom.com/home.asp
Classroom Connect
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http://www.pacificnet.net/%7emandel/
Teachers Helping Teachers: Provides basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers, new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers, and a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise. Includes information for preschool, early childhood, and special education.
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http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Filamentality: An interactive Web site designed to help you learn how to use Web resources for designing appropriate learner activities.
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http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/
The Explorer TM: A collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials) for K-12 mathematics and science teachers.
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http://www.brainpop.com/indexgen.asp
Brainpop

Professional Development

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http://www.tenet.edu/curriculum/curriculum.html
Curriculum Resource Center: Assists in locating Internet resources. Lists information by grade level and subject.
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http://www.ties.k12.mn.us/~davenpo/Staff.html
Staff Development and the Internet: Identifies the barriers to effective staff development programs. Explores various models for providing Internet training and more.
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http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/Default.html
Media Education for Educators: Provides teaching units, student handouts, timely reports, and background material.
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http://www.hampsterdance.com
Hampster dances are a big craze too!
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http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Dept. of Public Instruction - Wisconsin
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http://www.nbpts.org
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
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http://www.tenet.edu/
Texas Education Network
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http://www.weac.org
WEA Homepage
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http://www.nea.org
NEA Homepage
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http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/etf/
Teacher's retirement site
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http://www.ed.gov
U.S. Dept. of Education
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Diversity University, Inc.
Diversity University Main Campus is a real-time internet accessible virtual reality educational environment.
Highlights in Professional Journals:
48 http://www.ljdigital.com/ Library Journal
49 http://www.slj.com/ School Library Journal
501 http://www.ala.org/booklist Booklist
51 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ESJ/ Elementary School Journal
52 http://www.edweek.org Education Week
53 http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/resources/anno_AB.html Education Journal Annotations
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