PROFESSONAL DEVELOPMENT ONLINE

General Sources

• Federal Government Educational Resources. http://www.lib.ksu.edu/depts/govpub/educationalpages1.html

This helpful page outlines resources of special interest to educators as well as students.


• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best new sites to support teaching and learning.   http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/


•  New York Times Learning Network - http://www.nytimes.com/learning

An outstanding daily news source and learning/teaching companion to the NYT.  Don't Miss monthly "Special News Packages" on hot current events topics; "Student Connections" and its news summaries.  Also visit the daily  interactive news quizzes and the "Student Voices" section for student news reports.  DETOUR to "Teacher Connections"  for lots of current events lesson plans.


• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - http://www.ed.gov/free/

On April 18, 1997, President Clinton asked Federal agencies to determine what "resources you can make available that would enrich the Internet as a tool for
 teaching and learning."  In response, more than 30 Federal agencies formed a
 working group to make hundreds of federally supported education resources available at this web site.
 

Lesson Plans (General/All Areas)

• Rubistar - the rubric maker - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
• AskERIC - http://www.askeric.org

AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world:  a service of ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and the Syracuse University Information Institute.  At the web address above you can search the Virtual Library,  the ERIC citation database, or the lesson plans database for particular topics.  Got an education question? Ask ERIC!  A member of the ERIC staff will get back to you within 48 hours!


• GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials - http://www.thegateway.org

GEM is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.  It's easy to use:  you can search or browse to find high quality educational materials.  Eighteen kinds of resources, including lesson plans, activities and projects can be found in The Gateway.


• MarcoPolo - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx

 A partnership between the MCI WorldCom Foundation and seven renowned educational organizations, this project involves providing free, high-quality internet content for K-12 teachers.  The consortium has produced 6 extraordinary web sites to be used by teachers and students with standards-based lesson plans, interactive web activities, links to top web sites, search engines, and other supplemental resources covering geography, science, the arts, economics, the humanities, and mathematics.  Specialized web sites and their organizations are:


• ArtsEdge - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• EconEdLink - National Council on Economic Education
• EDSITEment - National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council of the Great City Schools
• Illuminations - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Science NetLinks - American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Xpeditions - National Geographic Society

Online Journals

• Educational Technology & Society,  http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/

A peer reviewed online journal.

• District Administration

• TeachingTolerance
  

Counseling Related Sites

• American School Counselor Association - http://www.schoolcounselor.org

Lots of good links and information on ASCA's National Standards for School Counseling Programs.  Check out the list of guidance web sites by clicking Links on the home page.


• National Association of College Admission Counseling - http://www.nacac.com

This site is a must of any counselor working with high school students.  The NACAC mailing list is very active and helpful.


• Preparing Your Child for College - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/

This is on online handbook prepared by the US Department of Education as a resource book for parents.  Published in 1994, the topics include "Why Attend College?", "How Can My Child Prepare?", and "Financing a College Education."


• College Board Online - http://www.collegeboard.org

Here is the most comprehensive web site for college bound students and their parents.  You'll find tips on taking college admissions tests, how to conduct a college and career search, and much more.


• Peterson's Online - http://www.petersons.com

Peterson's provides information about the various colleges and universities.  You can search for a particular college, based on a prospective major.  An application can be downloaded for a number of colleges.


• ACT - http://www.act.org

High school students planning to take the ACT for admissions to college can benefit from stopping and looking around this site.  There is also helpful information for counselors, parents, and administrators.  ACT's career exploration software program, called Discover, is powerful stuff!


• Finaid - http://www.finaid.org

Here is the most complete financial aid site on the Internet!


• College Board's Online Scholarship Search - http://www.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/ssrchtop.html

Go ahead and try it.  It's FREE and you have nothing to lose.  Pay particular attention to the online calculators and complete the Expected Family Contribution worksheet to see approximately how much money a family will be expected to contribute to a child's college costs.


• Fastweb - http://www.fastweb.com

Here is the Internet's largest free scholarship search.  Now there's no need to pay $300-500 for a private scholarship search.  You can do it for FREE on the web.  This site is a must for all college bound students and their parents.


• Occupational Handbook - http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
• The Monster Board - http://www.monsterboard.com
• Military Careers Guide Online - http://www.militarycareers.com
 

Fine Arts

• ArtsEdge - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org

The mission of ArtsEdge is to provide access to and/or ways of sharing information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum, thus enabling educators to teach in, through, and about the arts.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.


• EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov

Bringing together the best humanities resources on the web, EDSITEment is an ever-growing collection of valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.

Languages

• EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov

Bringing together the best humanities resources on the web, EDSITEment is an ever-growing collection of valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.

Literature

• EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov

Bringing together the best humanities resources on the web, EDSITEment is an ever-growing collection of valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.


• Mr. Willian Shakespeare and the Internet - http://daphne.palomar.edu/Shakespeare/

Judged to be one of the most complete/extensive Shakespearean sites on the Web (EDSITEment), this site offers up complete texts, information about his life and times, a timeline and genealogy, a contemporary theater, sources for his works, scholarly criticism, educational materials and lesson plans, serious links deemed "best sites," and silly links classified as "other sites."  Other interesting offerings include a concordance, lesson plans (for you teachers) and live audio versions of plays.  A listing of Shakespeare festivals around the world is also given.
 

Mathematics

• Illuminations - http://illuminations.nctm.org

This site is dedicated to providing the best available online resources to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.


• Mathematics Education -  http://www.humboldt.edu/~mef2/mybookmarks.html#Mathematics Education

A plethora of math education related web sites!
 

Music

• ArtsEdge - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org

The mission of ArtsEdge is to provide access to and/or ways of sharing information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum, thus enabling educators to teach in, through, and about the arts.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.


• Music Education WebRing - http://www.talentz.com/MusicEd/index.mv

With over 93 links, this Ring includes different music events, online courses, and music education search tools.

Science

• Access Excellence - http://www.accessexcellence.org/

A national educational program sponsored by the biotechnology company Genentech, Inc., that puts high school biology teachers in touch with their colleagues, scientists and critical sources of new scientific information through an online network.


• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse -  http://www.enc.org/classroom/

This clearinghouse is a huge site filled with lessons and resources for both math and science (grades K-12).


• Science NetLinks - http://www.sciencenetlinks.com

Structured around the Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Science NetLinks is a comprehensive home page for science educators in grades K-12, and has a wealth of easy-to-locate resources, lessons, web site reviews, news for teachers and students, and educator forums.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.

Social Studies

• EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov

Bringing together the best humanities resources on the web, EDSITEment is an ever-growing collection of valuable online resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.


• EconEdLink - http://www.econedlink.org

Centered on curriculum standards and based on the essential principles of economics, EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and students.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.


• History/Social Studies Web Resources -  http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

This exhaustive site contains thousands of links for K-12 history teachers in 32 categories.  One distinguishing feature of this site is the range and variety of materials available.  One link contains 150 photo images of artifacts in the Barcelona Archaeological Museum.  In addition to lesson plans and curricula, there are links to topical lecture notes, magazines, radio programs, television shows, photographs, and more.


• Geography WebRing - http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/education/webring/index.html

Links to interesting and informative geographical resources that have potential use to geographers of all ages, with an emphasis on sites for schools, teachers, and students.  Over 50 web sites currently sited.


• Civil War Heritage Ring - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/2651/cwring.html

This WebRing covers all aspects of Civil War heritage from primary sources to re-enactment.  Any Web site promoting the preservation and celebration of Civil War heritage is encouraged to join.  Currently with over 412 sites, it's coverage is extensive of the various components of the Civil War, including spies and letters.


• Kansas State Historical Society - A site with really cool stuff to offer.  They have a catalog from which materials can be purchased, kits and other materials which may be borrowed, and even K-Files - free vertical file type information reproduced from the Kansas Archives on numerous topics and people!  A must se, must use source on Kansas history.  http://www.kshs.org/
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• Xpeditions - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions

Guided by the framework of the U.S. National Geography Standards, Xpeditions is an award-wining site that provides an engrossing teaching and learning environment for exploring our world.  This resources is also part of the MCI WorldCom Foundation Project MarcoPolo.
 
 
 
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