EDUCATION INTERNET RESOURCES

AskERIC Virtual Library

 

The AskERIC Virtual Library is an Internet site of selected resources for education and general interest. 

The selection of AskERIC as a Sun SITE gives AskERIC the resources to significantly expand the size 
and scope of the Virtual Library and to add sound, video, and multimedia resources. Some of the contents 
include: lesson plans, listserv archives, access to the ERIC database and Goals 2000 information.

The Awesome Library organizes 10,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources for 
teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It contains a directory, an index, and a new search engine
The directory is organized differently for each group of users.

Up-to-date database of over 30,000 K-12 education related websites and resources

The New York Times Learning Network is a free service for students in grades 3-12, their 
teachers and parents. The site is updated Monday through Friday throughout the year

URL:  http://www.nytimes.com/learning

 All kinds of useful stuff, including web links to PBS broadcasts, over 1,400 free lesson plans, 
 and much more. 

URL: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource

Three sections: one for teachers, one for parents, one for students.  The teachers' section includes 

thousands of free lesson  plans and classroom activities.

URL:  http://www.scholastic.com 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of hundreds of sites useful for 
enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for 
teaching and learning

URL: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

"This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom, 
and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and 
professional topics." 

URL: http://www.carolhurst.com

The most comprehensive children's literature guide on the Web.

URL: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown 

"NAEYC is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated 
to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight." 
Includes a link to a searchable index of their journal Young Children, which is carried by Villa Maria 
College Library. 

URL: http://www.naeyc.org/

The Early Childhood Education Web Guide seeks to provide childcare professionals
with the most up-to-date Internet resources.  The sites on this guide are
checked on a weekly basis to ensure their reliability and integrity.. 

URL: http://www.ecewebguide.com/

An idea.that for the sake of academic excellence, greater fairness, and higher literacy, elementary and middle
schools need a solid, specific, shared core curriculum in order to help children establish strong foundations of
knowledge, grade by grade. Contains lesson plans from preschool through Grade 8.

URL: http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/about/index.htm

"Where educators go to learn."  News from the education front and a searchable database of 120,000+

education-related sites.    

URL:  http://www.education-world.com

Online information regarding child development, parenting, child psychology, teenagers, health, safety and 

learning disabilities, including attention deficit disorder and dyslexia.

URL:  http://www.cdipage.com

The National Association for Child Development is an international organization of parents and

professionals dedicated to helping children and adults reach their full potential through the 

use of innovative techniques and research. NACD is internationally recognized as a leader in early

childhood and accelerated education, as well as the treatment and education of the full range 

of learning and developmental disabilities.

URL:  http://www.nacd.org

The Nation's leading Resource on the First Years of life.

URL: http://www.zerotothree.org

A to Z teacher stuff network. LessonPlanz.com is searchable directory of free online lesson plans and 

lesson plan resources for all grades and subjects. Launched on May 1, 1999, LessonPlanz.com was 

designed to provide an easier way for teachers to find online lessons and teaching resources! 

By eliminating search results that aren't relevant to teachers, you also save time.

URL: http://www.lessonplanz.com

The Ultimate teacher's resource!  This website contains: chatcenters, chatrooms, chatboards, lessons,

employment information, curricula, and more....

URL: http://www.teachers.net

A treasure chest for teachers.  It will save many hours of your time finding quality lesson plans and units.

URL: http://www.coollessons.org

Enchanted Learning produces children's educational web sites and games which are designed

to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.

URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com

2,000+ free lesson plans for PreK-12.  May select by subject or search website for specific topics.

URL: http://www.lessonplanspage.com

This website is a helpful educational pool of ideas for teachers, student teachers, parents and

homeschoolers. It provides online material for easy and immediate use.

URL: http://www.abcteach.com

Storytelling is the oral interpretation of literature through dramatic activity.  It is an effective

method of promoting enjoyment of literature developing oral expression and increasing reading 

comprehension.  Website contains many links to resources.

URL: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/drama.htm

URL: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm#C - Children's Book Awards and other Literary Prizes

The Journal is a free education technology publication that has served educators for over 30 years.  

This online journal also includes T.H.E. Institute which offers online and on-site courses and Eduhound,

a gateway to education resources on the Internet with over 15,000 K-12 educational links.

URL: http://www.thejournal.com/

This site contains information regarding music and its effects on cognitive development.  A bibliographic

database is available, as well as the publication Musica Research Notes.

URL: http://www.musica.uci.edu/index.html

This site contains articles related to growth and development in infants and toddlers.  Also available

is an excellent growth chart detailing expected language development from birth to the preschool years,

with accompanying activities to stimulate language growth.

URL: http://www.kidsource.com/index.html

A lengthy article discussing early childhood initiatives in the states and the reason why these initiatives are

vital to the development of children is presented.  Brain development findings effects of strong family

relationships and the importance of quality day care are a few of the outlined topics.

URL:  http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/ccslr.htm

A free resource for students, faculty, and researchers in child care and early education.

URL:  http://www.researchconnections.org