| Education
Portals
Here
is a growing list of educational resource websites.....
The
Educator's Network is a huge site. I suggest you subscribe
to its listserve
Busy
Teacher Website
Teachnology
Web portal to 151,200 sites, with a subscription listserve
and downloads
Bigchalk
offers lesson plans and much more.
Teacher's
Desk - The Ultimate Resource Center
Collaborative
Lesson Archive Preschool through high school, contributed
by teachers. Subjects vary widely, so you will need to hunt
around this site by grade level.
The
Classroom Connection Where K-12 professionals can become
familiar with issues, examples, and discussion topics associated
with using emerging technologies in the classroom.
Goals
- Global On-line Adventure Learning - where students of
all ages are invited to communicate on-line with explorers.
ED's
Oasis , teachers are assisted in using the Internet as
an integral tool for teaching and learning. Topic areas include
high quality, curriculum-aligned, standards-supporting, student-centered
Web sites at the Treasure Zone; teacher stories and Internet-based
lesson plans in Spotlights; and collaborative opportunities
in the e-mail lists. Recently moved to the Classroom Connect
Web site.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized, annotated
list of over 2,000 Web sites useful for enhancing curriculum
and professional growth.
Lightspan
is a free education portal for educators, parents and students,
providing resources, research tools and grade-specific activities.
SchoolNet's
Learning Resources includes over 5,000 quality educational
materials evaluated and approved by Canadian professional
educators. From power learning tools to Mathematics and Social
Sciences, you can easily access all of the information you
need thanks to SchoolNet's very own Metadata-driven search
engine.
The
Copernicus Education Gateway
MarcoPolo
program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content
for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's
content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links
to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed
lesson plans, classroom activities and materials to help with
daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.
Blue
Web’n is an online library of 1200+ outstanding Internet
sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons,
activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). You
can search by grade level (Refined Search ), broad subject
area (Content Areas ), or specific sub-categories (Subject
Area ). Each week 5 new sites are added.
Teacher's
Help Sites, Directories, etc...
Dr.
Labush's Links to Learning
EdHelper.com
Busy
Educator's Guide to the WWW, with a listserve to subscribe
to
First-School's
content is ideal for home schooling, preschool and kindergarten
teachers, child care providers and babysitters.
LessonPlanz
; exactly as it sounds. One of many sites that offer lesson
plans.
TAPPED
IN™ is the online workplace of an international community
of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians,
professional development staff, teacher education faculty
and students, and researchers engage in professional development
programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues.
Boggle's
World is a resource site for teachers who teach elementary
and middle school English, ESL and EFL to kids. Just click,
print, and copy.
Sites
for teachers is a directory llinking 811 different sites
for educators and students.
The
Teacher Tap is a free, professional development resource
that helps educators address common technology integration
questions by providing practical, online resources and activities.
Check out the Project Overview for more information. New resources
are added regularly
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
has a matrix of subjects and grade levels to find the resources
you need.
The
Virtual Teacher Centre is the portal for the Teachers
of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The
Nova Scotia Learning Interchange is the portal of resources
by and for Nova Scotia Teachers to aid in the integration
of technology into the curriculum.
Take
a peek at YesNet, the
Yukon Education Student Network, to see what resources they
offer
Statistics
Canada offers Learning
Resources for students and educators, and you can subscribe
to the E-Stat
interactive learning tool
NASA's
site provides information and news about NASA's Imagine
the Universe! web site and educational resources.
Natural
Resources Canada has Teacher
Resources, the Canadian
Online Atlas, and The
Canadian Community Atlas Project in which creates web
projects suitable for GrassRoots funding
Electronic
Journals, Magazines, etc...
Edupage
is a free e-mail service that summarizes developments in information
technology.
ESchoolNews
Online a k-12 Technology Journal
The
Node Learning Technologies Network has a biweekly newsletter
on learning technologies
From
Now On: The Educational Technology Journal
T.H.E.
Journal deals with technology and education
TechKnowLogia
is an international online journal that provides policy makers,
strategists, practitioners and technologists at the local,
national and global levels with a strategic forum
Journal
of International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
GlobeTechnology.com
gives Canadian news on technology in the workplace and education
Educational
Technology Review (ETR), International Forum on Educational
Technology Issues and Applications
SyllabusWeb:
useful information on technology used to enhance education
LNT
Perspectives is an online journal of the leadership in
new technology community
Digital
Divide Network
Learning
and Leading with Technology Magazine
Teach-nology.com
has a newsletter for teachers.
Engines
for Educators is an online book on how people learn and
the role computers can play
Books
for ICT in the Classroom
The
Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web, Marjan Glavac,
NIMA Systems. ISBN 0-9683310-1-7
Web
Style Guide, Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton, Yale University
Press ISBN 0-300-07675-4
The
Non-Designer's Web Book, Robin Williams and John Tollett,
Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-201-71038-2
Net
Lessons: Web-Based Projects for Your Classroom, Laura
Parker Roerden, O'Reilly. ISBN 1-56592-291-3
CyberSurfer:
The OWL Internet Guide for Kids by Nyla Ahmad, OWL ISBN
1-895688-50-7
Online
Kids: A Young Surfer's Guide To Cyberspace with Activities,
by Preston Gralla, John Liley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-13545-3
SmartComputing
in Plain English Learning Series : excellent magazines
that will simplify all your IT related questions. www.smartcomputing.com
has a great site of IT tips for troubleshooting, basic info,
etc...
Educational
Software and Hardware
Go
to Educational
Resources and subscribe to their newsletter
Knowledge Forum: develop a collaborative knowledge base
for your school. Nunavut has a licence for the server, available
for PC, Linux, and Mac
Arcview
GIS software offers free trial versions
Inspiration/Kidspiration
mind mapping software. Download the free trial.
Online
Tutorials For You and Your Students...
About
has all sorts of online tutorials on the Internet
WNet
School Internet Primer
Animation
describes how Email works
PBS
online has tips for teachers
Internet
Search Tools and Techniques is advanced, but thorough
QuickTime
Virtual Reality Tutorial
Programs
The
GLOBE Program allows you to load data from hands on experiments
to a global database of environmental statistics
Students
on Ice: Nunavut High school students can earn CTS credit
while travelling with researchers to study Canada's Arctic
Nunavut
Grassroots: web-based curriculum driven projects funded
by Industry Canada's SchoolNet program
Nunavut
Youth Abroad: Education through Work and Travel
YouthLinks:
a collaborative web-based learning project that can integrate
with the social studies curriculum
Kids
from Kanata: Use the FirstClass software to collaborate
with other Native students in Canada
United
States ICT Curriculum Resources
UK
ICT Curriculum Resources
Miscelaneous
Canada's
Innovation Strategy - English
- French
Inuit
Uqausingita Taiguusingit
The
Arviat Iglu Website
The
Living Dictionary
The
Edge
Career
Circuit
SchoolNet
Teacher Resources
Government
of Northwest Territories - Education, Culture & Employment
Government
of Northwest Territories
Heritage
Fairs
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