Media and Technology Resources for Teachers and Educators

E-Journals and Magazines
Classroom.com (Adams)
Classroom Today
Blue Web'N-Blue ribbon learning sites
EducationWorld Magazine
Pro-Teacher  
TeachNet  
TIME for Kids (Cartright)
Weekly Reader Magazine

Multimedia/Animation Sites
BrainPop--science/health movies 

Online Drills/games
Education 4 Kids (Cholke)
Funbrain.com

 

Internet Resources (links to links)
American Library Association-Great Sites Page
Exploratorium (Lugten)
Awesome Library (McGeehon)
Canada's SchoolNet Learning Resources (Peifer)
Classroom Applications for the Internet
Copernicus Edu Network: Schoolnotes
(Rutherford)
Electronic Resources for Educators
Education Networking Project Sites
ESU8 K-12 Resources
IERN: International Education and Resource Network
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
(Sansale)
KCPL Kidlinks for Educators and Librarians
Kid's Space (Schinler)
Levin's Learning Web Sites
North Dakota Schools Educational Resources
Teacher Toolbox
Top Ten K-12 Resources
WEB66: a K12 www project
Content-rich Sites
America's Library  
ArtsEdge-the Arts (Sharp)
EconEdLink-Economics
Edsitement-Humanities (Smedberg)
Illuminations-Math (Walsh)
Learner Online
MCI's Marcopolo Site
ScienceNet-Science
Space and Astronomy
Tracks-history/geography (Waren)
XPeditions-Geography

Informational Resources
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom

Corporate Resource Sites, Edu Portals
Apple Learning Interchange
Big Chalk (Clark)
Classroom Connect  
Education Place-Houghton Mifflin
(Doggett)
Family Education Network
K12online.com Rand McNally Map Resources
MacMillan Social Studies Lessons (Donovan)
New York Times Learning Network (Freeman)
Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer (Gietl)
Scholastic.com (Hanley)

Government Agencies/Departments
US Dept. of Education
 

Lesson Plans/Teaching Aids
A to Z Teacher Stuff (Williams)
Busy Teachers  
Collaborative Lesson Plan Archive
EdHelper  
Quiz Hub
Edu-Hound  (Boomer)
LightSpan: Online Learning for School and Home  
The Teacher's Guide
WebQuests
NEA's Works4Me
TeacherVision.com-The Learning Network

Content Area Portals
Intrada Educational Portals
Teaching and Learning on the Web
CAL Online Resources
North Central Regional Educational Lab

Organizations/Societies
Association for Childhood Education International
Computer Using Educators
International Society for Technology in Education
National Council of Teachers of English
National Foundation for Improvement of Education
National School Boards Association
Professional Development
Mentor Teacher Program
Multi Serve Teacher
WebTeacher Refresher Courses
Resources for Teachers
TAPPED IN Center for Technology in Learning
Teacher's Workshop: Professional Development 

Media/Technology Courses
Interactive Media for Children and Teachers
Technology for Teachers
 

Online Articles
Essay: Teaching with Media
Study of Inservice Training for Teachers for Using Technology in the Classroom
Advanced Media in Education Project
Software
Edu Software
Educational Software
Quality Edu Software Library
Children's Edu Software
Software Demos and Shareware for Educators
Teacher's Guide to Educational Software
William Tell, Educational Software
Kidsdomain Teaching Tools Software
Books and Reading
Book Adventure (Heitz)
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Children's Lit Web Guide
Database for Children's Fantasy/Science Fiction Guide
Hurst's Children's Lit Web Site

English, Literature, Writing
Collection of writing resources
Enchanted Learning Picture Dictionary (Lowry)
Humanities resources, lit lesson plans
Inkspot
Language Arts and Journalism-middle school
Lessons on grammar, sentences, essays
Merriam-Webster Online
Mythology, folklore, legends
Realm of Books and Dreams
English Literature
English/History course planner
Word Central
 

Filtered Search Engines for Kids
(filters out porno and hate pages)
Ah-Ha Search
Clean Search
Major Filtered Search Engines
Searchopolis

Focused Search Engines
Ask Jeeves for Teachers
Open Here

Television Programing  links
Discovery Channel
PBS TeacherSource
PBS Kids--children's programming
 

Encyclopedias/Search Portals
Britannica
Encarta
Let's Find Out
World Book
 

Math Resources
Enchanted Mind: Tangram Puzzle
Math Forum: The Teacher's Place
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
TeacherSource:  Math -from PBS
 
Chat Areas/Discussion Boards
Teachers Net

Listservs
NCTE Listservs (English)
 

Science Resources
Bill Nye Science Guy Labs Online
Monarch Watch
NASA's Planetary Photojournal
Rainforest Action Network
Zoom Dinosaurs
by Dr. Michael O'Conner, Millikin University. Contact: moconner@mail.millikin.edu