Links of Interest: Resources for Educators

Apple K-12 Education Link

http://www.apple.com/education/k12/
For 25 years Apple has been committed to education and educators. Continuing our commitment, Apple has created this link. See free give-a-ways and get discount on Apple computers and software.

ASME International

http://www.asme.org/education/precollege/
ASME Pre-College education services include workshops, teaching materials and partnership opportunities to help teachers and engineers to strengthen the math, science, engineering, and technology skills of young people and to assist them in becoming more

Association of Children\'s Museums (ACM)

http://www.childrensmuseums.org
The Association of Children's Museums (ACM) is a professional service organization that endeavors to expand the capacity and further the vision of children's museums around the world.

Book Adventure

http://www.bookadventure.com
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles.

Cable in the Classroom

http://www.ciconline.com
Cable in the Classroom represents the cable telecommunications industry's efforts to use cable content and new technologies to improve teaching and learning for children

Carnegie Institution of Washington

http://www.carnegieinstitution.org
The Carnegie Institution of Washington, a private, nonprofit organization engaged in basic research and advanced education in biology, astronomy, and the earth sciences.

Digital Divide Network

http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/content/sections/index.cfm?key=1
The website offers a range of information, tools and resources that help practitioners stay on top of digital divide developments. It also serves as forum where practitioners can share their experiences with colleagues around the world.

DiscoverySchool.com

http://www.discoveryschool.com
DiscoverySchool.com has fresh ides and tools to help you enhance learning for teacher, students and parents.

Distance-Educator.com

http://www.distance-educator.com
Distance-Educator.com is designed and written by professionals who have several decades of experience in educational radio, educational television, and the use of integrated telecommunications systems such as the Internet for teaching and learning. Dr. Sa

Dr. Gary Phillips

http://www.garyphillips.com
Dr. Gary Phillips an internationally respected author, lecturer and speaker offers this web site to promote communication among his clients.

Education World

http://www.education-world.com
In the spring of 1996, the founders of Education World recognized the need for a Web site that would make the Internet easier for educators to use. They wanted to create a home for educators on the Internet, a place where teachers could gather and share i

Education World\'s Sub Station

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr359.shtml

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

http://www.eduref.org/
AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and anyone interested in education throughout the United States and the world.

ESL Magazine Online

http://www.eslmag.com
The bi-monthly print magazine for English as a second or foreign language professionals.

Family Literacy Foundation

http://www.read2kids.org
Facilitate supportive relationships for children

Family School

http://www.familyschool.com
Family School is a site dedicated to providing educational information and resources to parents

Field Trips on the Web

http://www.field-trips.org
A site of virtual field trips on nature topics with the goal of making the best use of the web in the classroom. These annotated field trips take students to some of the best web sites on each trip subject.

Guest Teachers

http://www.guest-teacher.com
These pages are intended for all the brave men and women who have walked the halls of our schools as Guest Teachers. We hope you find our site easy to use and extremely helpful. It is 100 percent created by our readers, so all suggestions and ideas are welcome.

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)

http://www.iearn.org/home.html
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit organization made up of over 15,000 schools in 100 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologie

Indiana Counter-Terrorism and Security Council

http://www.in.gov/c-tasc/
The mission of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Council will be to develop and implement a comprehensive state strategy to address terrorism in Indiana.

JASON Foundation for Education

http://www.jasonproject.org/
The JASON Foundation for Education is dedicated to inspiring in students a lifelong passion to pursue learning in science, math, and technology through exploration and discovery.

Lesson Plans Page

http://www.lessonplanspage.com
Find the newest lesson plans for Holiday lessons, Seasonal Lessons. You can also find Back To School lessons here.

Literacy Empowerment Foundation

http://www.colorcodedbooks.org/lef/index.htm
The LEF is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting educational programs by providing inexpensive children’s books.

MicrobeWorld Activities

http://www.microbeworld.org/home.htm
The MicrobeWorld Activities were developed by the National Association for Biology Teachers.

My School Online

http://myschoolonline.com/golocal/
Welcome to the Web's largest community of local education sites.

MyTarget

http://mytarget.iassessment.org/
Now educators can learn how much they know about technology and assess their abilities to use it effectively in the classroom. The MyTarget Web-based self-assessment tool allows Indiana teachers to answer a series of questions.

NASA Television (NTV)

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/
NASA Television (NTV) is a resource designed to provide real-time coverage of Agency activities and missions

Nation Board for Professional Teaching Standards

http://www.nbpts.org
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards® was created in 1987 after the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy's Task Force on Teaching as a Profession released A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (May 16, 1986).

National Education Association

http://www.nea.org/
NEA supports federal programs that help train teachers and other school personnel in the use of technology tools to improve teaching and learning.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

http://www.nsta.org/index.html
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.

News in Education (NIE)

http://nie.chicago.tribune.com/
News in Education (NIE) and the Chicago Tribune to help students learn the concepts and lessons you're already teaching in an exciting "hands-on" way.

No Child Left Behind Act

http://www.nclb.gov/index.html
Here is a description of the four basic education reform principles in No Child Left Behind: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been pro

Ohana Educational Supplies

http://www.ohanaed.com
The Ohana Educational Supplies offer the absolute best prices on over 28,000 of the most popular educational products from all of the leading manufacturers.

Our Documents

http://www.ourdocuments.gov
We invite all Americans to participate in a series of events and programs to get us thinking, talking and teaching about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy. At the heart of this initiative are 100 milestone documents of American

PBS

http://www.pbs.org
PBS serves nearly 100 million people each week.

PBS Teacher Source

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
PBS Teacher Source is useful to teachers. It allows teachers to choose from 2000 lesson plans and activities.

PLConnect

http://www.plconnect.org/frameIndex.htm
PLConnect offers online professional development courses. Educators can receive one or three credit hours or 15 to 45 CRUs. The convenience of web-streamed courses allows participants the flexibility of viewing at home or school.

Professional Substitute Teacher Checklist

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/hr/sub/welcome.html
The San Diego Department of Education Substitute Teacher Web Site was developed at the direction of the many fine educational leaders in San Diego County. Go here for Substitute Teacher information.

Sci-Tech Adventures

http://www.scitechcamps.com/Index.asp

TAPPED IN

http://www.tappedin.org/
TAPPED IN™ is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs

The American Promise

http://www.farmers.com/FarmComm/AmericanPromise/index.html
A Web site devoted to helping teachers, professors and educators bring democracy to life in their classrooms. This site is a supplement to the videos and teaching guide produced for the original public television series.

The Buddy Project

http://www.buddyproject.org/default.asp
The Buddy Project was created in 1988 by a group of visionary Indiana business and education leaders. They believed all families, regardless of financial circumstances, needed access to information, technology and training to enhance learning.

The Buddy Teaching and Learning Center

http://www.btlc.org/btlc/home.asp
The Buddy Teaching and Learning Center is a teaching facility funded by the Indiana General Assembly and administered by The Corporation for Educational Technology, where Indiana educators receive training.

The Homework Hotline

http://www.askrose.org/
The Homework Hotline provides middle and high school students with math and science homework help free of charge and after school hours. This program reinforces basic concepts and helps students develop better problem solving skills.

The Learning Page

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/
The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture.

The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)

http://www.nifl.gov/NSDirectory/indiana.htm#Adult Ed
The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) is a federal organization that shares information about literacy.

The National Weather Service

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/
The National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States

The Pro Teacher

http://www.proteacher.com/
Lesson plans and activity ideas for primary and intermediate grades K-6 are found throughout the ProTeacher Directory with more being added every day.

U.S. Department of Education Website

http://www.ed.gov/about/welcome.jsp
The U.S. Department of Education was established on May 4, 1980 by Congress in the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88 of October 1979).

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