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Internet Resources Index (all subjects)

The following is a brief list of resources available on the Internet. Use a search engine like Google to find more.

  CONTENTS

    Featured Sites
    Curriculum Support Sites
    Educational Technology Sites
    ERIC Sites
    Gateway Sites
    Government Sites
    Homeschooling Sites
    K-12 Sites
    Other Sites
    Research & Statistics Sites

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Featured Sites

• UHM Library Subject Guide for Education
• UHM Library Databases for Education
• UHM Library Guide to Finding Psychological/Educational Tests, Scales & Measurements [PDF]
• UHM College of Education
• UHM Center on the Family
  Hawaii profiles & statistics: Hawaii Kids Count Data Book, communities, schools, child & family indicators, drug abuse prevention, early childhood Native Hawaiian Education
• UH Distance Learning Page
• PREL - Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
  an independent, nonprofit corporation that serves the educational community in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands, the continental United States, and countries throughout the world
• Teacher Reference Center - EBSCO
  free database, the most popular teacher & administrator trade journals, periodicals, books
• Testing & Education Reference Center - Hawaii State Library
  requires Hawaii State Public Library System registration ID
• Education (Google Directory)
• Education - Reference (Google Directory)

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Curriculum Support Sites

• Authentic Assessment Toolbox
  "a how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning" | Constructing Tests, Portfolios, Examples, Glossary, Workshops
• Lesson Plans
  from the Educator's Reference Desk
• ENC Curriculum Resources
  (subscription service)
• The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
• Lesson Plans
  from McRel (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning)

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Educational Technology Sites

• ATutor
  learning-content management system program to assist educators in creating Web-based instructional content - quickly assemble, package, redistribute instructional materials | tutorials, customizable themes, complete documentation, compatible with all operating systems
• Educational Clip Art
• Electronic Technology for Distance Learning
• Institute for Learning Technologies
• International Society for Technology in Education
• National Educational Technology Standards
• Northwest Educational Technology Consortium
• Texas Center for Educational Technology
• US Department of Education Office of Educational Technology

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ERIC Sites (Education Resources Information Center)

• ERIC (CSA search interface)
• ERIC (EBSCOHOST search interface)
• ERIC (US Department of Education search interface)
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  Search the ERIC and GEM databases, find resource guides and lesson plans

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Gateway Sites

• American Educational Research Association
• e.biz.edu
  Web portal for matters related to the business of higher education - Transforming Education Bookstore, Career Network, Postsecondary Education Statistics Data Warehouse
• Education CyberPlayground
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resources Collection especially K-12 & University Instructional Resources
• Michigan Electronic Library - Education
• The National Library of Education
• Oaister
  OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service that is creating a collection of previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.
• OpenDOAR
  OpenDOAR is constructing a comprehensive and authoritative list of institutional and subject-based repositories. It also encompasses archives set up by funding agencies like the National Institutes for Health in the USA or the Wellcome Trust in the UK and Europe.

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Government Sites

• Education Resource Organizations Directory
• Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  More than 1,500 teaching and learning resources available from the federal government on more than 100 topics.
• Hawai'i State Department of Education
• OECD Education Statistics and Indicators
• UH Educational Portal [United Nations]
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  current events | publications | information | statistics | documents, | programs | legal instruments
• United States Department of Education
• United States Department of Education Site Contents: Index A-Z
• What Works Clearinghouse
  established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policy makers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education

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Homeschooling Sites

• Homeschooling - Google Directory
• Homeschooling --> Hawaii - Google Directory
• Homeschooling - Yahoo Directory
• A-Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Web Site
• A-Z Home's Cool - Hawaii Homeschooling
• free-ed.net - Free Education On the Internet
  Complete courses and tutorials for more than 120 different vocational and academic disciplines; study programs for homeschooling, advanced college prep, GED, technical careers, lifelong learning, and more
• GED Preparation Resources on the Web
  lesson plans for teachers, practice exercises, subject materials
• Hawaii Homeschool Association
• Home Education Research
  bibliography with links
• Homeschool.com
• Homeschool World - Practical Homeschooling Magazine
  homeschool organizations and support groups, arranged by state and country
• Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream - Cato & Fraser Institutes Study [PDF]
• Homeschooling in the United States: 2003: Statistical Analysis Report - NCES

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K-12 Sites

• CollegeBoard AP Central
  racial/ethnic demographics & related information for public schools throughout the US & from all schools participating in advanced placement programs worldwide, public & nonpublic
• Afterschool.gov
  running & evaluating a program, planning activities, keeping current (legislation, government publications, newsletters | links to state & federal programs, locating programs
• ARTSEDGE - Kennedy Center's K-12 Curriculum for the Arts
• Blue Web'n - a library of learning sites
  K-12 lessons | activities | projects | resources | references | tools
• Center on Reinventing Public Education K-12
  major issues in education reform, governance, policy, decision-making, downloadable reports, research, new ideas & models, tools, guides for communities
• DiscoverySchool.com
  resources for students | teachers | parents
• Education World
• EduHound
  National Library of Education & ERIC Clearinghouse | AskA services locator K-12 by subject | digital reference development | conferences | newsletter
• FactCheckED
  curriculum aid to teach students how to be savvy consumers of news, lesson plans on analytical thinking, fact-finding, recognizing deception, understanding political discussions of current issues, dictionary of political & journalism terms, guide to internet sources
• FactMonster.com
• First Class Teachers
  "to unite early childhood educators and their allies in support of better wages, benefits, professional development opportunities, and working conditions" | membership, message boards, resources
• Global SchoolNet Foundation
  "dedicated to partnering with schools, communities & businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce & help them to become literate & responsible global citizens" | access to online projects for K-12 grade students & professional development materials, lists programs & partners that promote collaborative learning
• Homework Resources - Reference, Subjects, Writing & Activities:
  Elementary
  Middle School
  High School Ace, The Academic Homepage for High School Students
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
• Just for Kids Who Love Books
  booklists, reviews, author biographies & sites
• KidsClick! - Web Search for Kids by Librarians
• KidSpace @ The Internet Public Library
• K-12 Gateways - The Cornell Theory Center - Arts & Social Sciences, Educators, Math & Science
• LETSNet - Learning Exchange for Teachers and Students - Internet Resources
• LivingInternet
  in-depth reference about the Internet
• Loony Toons Teach the Internet
• My Learning Plan
  "a web-based service for tracking Professional Development activities for k-12 school districts"
• National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards & Student Testing (CRESST)
  research & policy materials, overheads from conferences, newsletters, policy briefs, articles for parents & K-12 teachers, reports
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  interactive online math lessons
• NCREL - North Central Regional Education Lab
• NWREL Library in the Sky
• NY Times Learning Network
  teachers | parents | students grades 3-12 | archives | lesson plans | interactive news quizzes | talk to reporters
• Open to the Public: Speaking out on "No Child Left Behind" - Public Education Network (PEN)
• Read Write Think
  practices & resources in reading & language arts instruction, searchable & browsable lesson plans K-12, links, interactive student materials
• ProQuest K-12: Internet Resources for Students
• School: The Story of American Public Education - PBS - 18th-21st Centuries
  essays, school choice, bilingual education, tests & standards, profiles of education innovators, photo gallery, "Then and Now" changes in classroom items & procedures
• Surfing the Net with Kids
• Teachable Moment
  teaching ideas, lesson plans, essays for discussion, and suggestions for guiding young people in K-12 classes as they deal with social conflict in the world
• TeacherServe - High School Curriculum Enrichment
• Teach R Kids Math
• Teaching.com
  K-12 teachers' forum, techniques, lesson plans, ideas, KeyPals Club worldwide locator & forum for teachers & students
• Theme Page on History of Computers and Internet
• ThinkQuest - Teachers' Resources K-12
• Tutor.com
  live online homework help for grades 4-12, 14-day free trial, 20 minutes, 7 days/wk, 2-12pm EST, also private tutors for hire
• Tutoring Services - Google
• Tutoring Services - Yahoo
• Uncle Sam for Kids - Federal Info
• Virtual Reference Desk K-12
• The Write Site - Middle School Language Arts Teaching

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Other Sites

• Academic Plagiarism Defined - U Calgary
• Autodidactic.com
  resources for self-education | experience credit | adult learning | lifelong learning | alternative education | self-help | self-study | training | self-directed | inquiry | critical thinking
• Blackwell History of Education Museum - Northern Illinois U
  catalog, books, artifacts, educational materials, research, articles, news
• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
  online test ordering, reviews, publishers
• Center for Academic Transformation
  the capabilities of information technology to transform academic practices
• CERU, Commercialism in Education Research Unit, Arizona State University
• Digital Divide Web Resources
  "For those whose work involves helping individuals or groups develop computer, technology and internet skills"
• Disability Studies for Teachers
  lesson plans & materials to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature & related subjects in grades 6-12 & adaptable for postsecondary education, browsable by lesson unit, grade, subject, era, disability, topic, teacher resources & information about differentiated instruction
• EdResearch Online
  "a database of over 14 000 articles from more than 120 Australian education journals published since 2000" from the Australian Education Index
• Global Network Academy
• Inside Higher Ed
  "news, opinion and career advice and services for all of higher education"
• The Institute for Urban and Minority Education - The Teachers College, Columbia University
  programs, outreach efforts, reports, briefs
• Knowledge Network Explorer
  resources for online learning
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
  a good starting place for any internet research
• MITOpenCourseware, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  educational materials from 100s of MIT courses, lecture notes, reading lists, problems sets
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Education Writers Association
• National Science Teachers Association
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
  funding opportunities, hot topics, conferences, fact sheets, partnerships, character education, risk management, resources, tools, syllabi, lesson plans
• The NEA Foundation [National Education Association]
  supports a variety of efforts by teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities
• Plagiarism - Choosing the Best Plagiarism-Detection Tool - Educause [PDF]
  compares Turnitin, MyDropBox, PAIRwise, EVE2, WCopyfind, CopyCatch, Glatt in price, databases used to search for plagiarized passages, technical support, compatibility with course-management software
• Public Agenda Online - Education
• Rate-A-Prof
  anonymous ratings & comments about professors & courses
• Readability Tools
• Rethinking Schools
• School Matters - Standard and Poor's
  "offers comparison tools, benchmarks, performance indicators designed to help policymakers better understand what is happening in our school systems, how much we are spending related to student achievement" | FAQ, glossary, data, analysis, schools, districts nationwide, states comparison, average SAT scores, student/teacher ratio
• Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
  online companion to Smithsonian exhibition - history, events, annotated bibliography, teacher's guide, timeline
• Teachers Without Borders
  "Connecting teachers around the world to one another and vital resources in an effort to close the educational divide"
• UniversalClass.com
  virtual classrooms | freely join or teach | syllabus development and use | online scheduling | real-time chat | dedicated threaded discussions | file sharing | online study groups | test generation | online grading | grade book accounting
• Intute: Virtual Training Suite subject-specific Web tutorials
  "a set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills"
• WebCT - Guide to creating Web-based educational environments
• Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment
• Wikiversity
  "a community for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities"
• World Lecture Hall
  free online course materials from around the world

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Research & Statistics Sites

• Brown Center Report on American Education
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac
  national & state-by-state data on colleges & universities, finances, students, faculty & staff
• Education Policy Studies Laboratory: Education Policy Research Unit - Arizona State University
  research, writing, peer reviewed articles, point of view essays, letters to the editor, expert panels, legislation
• Grapevine - A national database of tax support for higher education
• ICPSR - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
  data sets
• Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators Through High-Stakes Testing
  PDF file
• National Center for Education Statistics
  • Digest of Education Statistics, 2006
• UNESCO.ORG - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  current events, publications, documents, statistics
• What Works Clearinghouse
  established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policy makers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education