General Education Topics

The Educator's Reference Desk
Contains most of the information formerly in AskEric, which has been discontinued.

California Department of Education
Information about kindergarten through grade twelve education (this lists the current standards!)

CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide

Education World
Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom. Education World is a resource that includes: a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet; original content, including lesson plans, practical information for educators, information on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by education experts; site reviews; daily features and columns; teacher and principal profiles; Wire Side Chats with the important names in education; employment listings.

ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse)
ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning.

From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal

Great Websites for Kids
Includes sites for kids (curriculum resources) and Sites for Parents, Caregivers, Teachers and Others Who Care About Kids (general education resources). Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

Scholastic.com Teacher Resource Center
Includes lesson plans, activities, and resources sorted by grade level, and much more. Topics can be browsed or you can search for a specific topic.

One topic is Writing with Writers, online workshops to assist students in writing assignments. Each topic contains teacher resources. Topics include: Biography Writing, Fairy Tales Writing, Folktale Writing, Descriptive Writing, Mystery Writing, Myth Writing, News Writing, Poetry Writing, Writing a Book Review

School-libraries.org
Online Resources for School Librarians- Includes Web Gateways to Information

SCORE
SCORE stands for "Schools of Calif. Online Resource for Education" and these sites have selected web sites that are rated and linked to standards.) Areas include: Math, Science, History/Social Science and Language Arts.

The Scout Report
The Scout Report isone of the Internet's longest-running weekly publications, offering aselection of new and newly discovered online resources of interest to researchers, educators, and anyone else with an interest in high-quality online material. Includes archives.

The Teacher's corner.net
The Teacher's Corner was launched in 1998 as an online resource for educators. Sections include: Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, Seasonal Items, Bulletin Boards, Teacher Resources, The Teacher's Lounge, and Book Nook.

Teachers.net
Sections include a chat center, mailrings, lessons, curricula, and ref desk, as well as columns of interest to teachers, and links to teacher organizations.

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updated 11/18/2004