Finding Free Educational Resources on the Web for Teachers

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Finding Free Educational Resources on the Web for
Teachers Librarians

• Robert J. Lackie, Associate Professor-Librarian
• Franklin F. Moore Library, Rider University
• Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
• Internet_at_Schools West 2004 National Conference
• Session S101 / Monday, November 15, 2004

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Overview

• We will cover
• Highly rated educational directories
• Portals that evaluate inclusion
• An educators list of top ten Web sites

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Overview

• Attendees will also learn how to
• Find and select appropriate Web-based educational
  resources
• Find Invisible Web resources for educational
  topics

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Academic
Info

• http//www.academicinfo.net/
• Focuses on academic materials, with its intended
  audience at the upper high school level and above
  

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Academic
Info

• Browse by
• Subject headings
• Keywords
• Subject gateway

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Academic
Info

• Education subject gateway includes topics with
  recommended sites under
• Distance Learning
• Teacher Training
• Teaching with Technology
• School Librarianship
• Resources by Subject

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Blue Webn

• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/
  bluewebn/index.cfm
• Searchable database of 1800 items, as well as
  Filamentality where you can easily develop
  create your own Web hotlists, treasure hunts,
  WebQuests

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Blue Webn

• Internet learning sites categorized by
• Subject area
• Audience
• Type, such as
• Lessons
• Activities
• Projects
• Resources
• References

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Blue Webn

• Browse by
• Content Table
• Dewey Decimal Numbers
• Subject Area guides
• Refined Search by Grade Level

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites EdSelect

• http//www.edselect.com/
• Collection of Web sites chosen for classroom use
  by teachers in Ontario, but definitely of value
  to librarians, teachers, and students here in the
  USA

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites EdSelect

• Site contains
• General purpose help
• Teacher resources
• Professional development materials

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites EdSelect

• Recommended
• Curriculum Areas, with focus on
• Grades 1-8
• Kindergarten
• Special Education
• FSL/ESL

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Education
Index

• http//www.educationindex.com/
• Provides learners and educators with access to
  best educational (annotated) Web sites, and of
  course, the Web Weasel character guide

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Education
Index

• Browse by
• Directory
• Specific site search on the online index
• Offers variety of subjects life stages
• preschoolers, college students, continuing
  education, and careers, to name a few

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Education
World

• http//www.education-world.com
• Site contains a database of 500,000 quality
  sites, plus a user-friendly and comprehensive
  interface

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Education
World

• Browse information listed under
• Lesson Planning
• Professional Development
• Technology Integration
• School Issues
• Administrators Desk
• EdWorld at Home (new!)

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Education
World

• Recommended
• Joke of the Day
• Classroom Management Tip of the Day
• Quote of the Day
• Best of Series selections for the top 20 A
  sites of each year

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites
Educators Reference Desk

• http//www.eduref.org/
• Replacement for the AskERIC site, containing all
  of its items through December 2003, plus more now

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites
Educators Reference Desk

• Site contains
• 2,000 lesson plans
• 3,000 links to value-added online education
  information
• 200 question archive collected on award-winning
  AskERIC site

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites
Educators Reference Desk

• Recommended resource guides for looking for
  education topics
• Librarianship
• Subjects
• Teaching

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Gateway to
Educational Materials (GEM)

• http//thegateway.org/
• Probably top recommended ( very large) teacher
  resource site on the Web, it is a one-stop
  educational resource for educators, especially
  K-12

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Gateway to
Educational Materials (GEM)

• Provides easy access to thousands of educational
  resources found on
• Federal sites
• State sites
• University sites
• Non-Profit sites

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Gateway to
Educational Materials

• Browse by
• Content
• Subject
• Keyword
• Desired grade/education level

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kathy
Schrocks Guide for Educators

• http//school.discovery.com/ schrockguide/
• Designed for teachers to enhance curriculum
  professional development, assisting them with
  infusing technology and the Web into their
  curriculum

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kathy
Schrocks Guide for Educators

• Site contains
• Annotated Subject Access directory
• Sections on Search Engines
• General Internet information

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kathy
Schrocks Guide for Educators

• Recommended
• Critical Evaluation Tools
• Assessment Rubrics
• Slide Shows for Training

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kid Info

• http//www.kidinfo.com/
• Homework helper resource site simple enough for
  elementary school students to use, but it also
  useful for middle school students, teachers, and
  parents

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kid Info

• Browse in 4 resource sections
• Student Index
• Young Children Index
• Teacher Index
• Parent Index

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kid Info

• Reference resources consist of
• Almanacs
• Atlases
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Online libraries
• Ask-an-Expert
• Study skills sites

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Kid Info

• Homework Help covers areas of
• American History
• Art
• Computers
• Current Events/Newspapers
• Foreign Languages, and much more!

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Teachers
Helping Teachers

• http//www.pacificnet.net/mandel/
• Provides basic teaching tips to inexperienced
  teachers, while providing helpful advice and
  resources for all teachers, especially in the
  areas of

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Teachers
Helping Teachers

• Classroom Management
• Lesson Planning
• Language Arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• Special Education

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My Top Ten Favorite Education Sites Teachers
Helping Teachers

• Recommended
• Topic of the Week
• This Weeks Stress Reduction Moment

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites About

• http//www.about.com/education
• This site neatly organizes thousands of topics,
  organized by experts

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites About

• Recommended
• Adult/Continuing Education
• College/University
• Primary/Secondary Education

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites InfoMine

• http//infomine.ucr.edu
• Site contains 120,000 quality sites, grouped
  into 9 separate annotated, indexed categories
  (databases)

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites InfoMine

• Biological, Agricultural, Medical Sciences
• Business Economics
• Cultural Diversity
• Ejournals
• Gov Info
• Maps GIS
• Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing/Math
• Social Sciences Humanities
• Visual Performing Arts

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Internet Public Library

• http//www.ipl.org/
• This site is a great starting place to find
  quality information on the Internet, for students
  and professionals

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Internet Public Library

• Browse by subcategories, such as
• Early Childhood Pre-school
• K-12
• Alternative
• Special, and much more!

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Internet Public Library

• Recommended
• KidSpace special features
• TeenSpace special features

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Librarians Index to the
Internet

• http//lii.org/
• Site contains more than 14,000 Internet resources
  selected, evaluated, and annotated by
  librarianshighly reliable

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Librarians Index to the
Internet

• Recommended
• Choose the Education Libraries link to
  browse list of general and specific education
  resources
• Do keyword searches adding and database
  i.e., biology and database

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Sci-Math World

• http//library.rider.edu/scholarly/ rlackie/sci/
• Site contains annotated Web links to relevant
  K-12 through higher education science and math
  subjects

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Other Directories/Portals for Finding Excellent
Education Sites Sci-Math World

• Arranged as
• Directories Portals
• Invisible Web Searchable Sites
• Science Math Search Engines
• Interactive Science Math Web sites

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Finding Free Educational Resources on the Web for
Teachers Librarians

• Robert J. Lackie, Associate Professor-Librarian
• Franklin F. Moore Library, Rider University
• Internet_at_Schools West 2004 National Conference
• PowerPoint Presentation Slides/Articles More
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