Education Portals
Your First Stop for Research and Exploration
December 13, 2006
Be sure to explore these sites!
Rather than wasting time by surfing the web, use these Databases, Portals, and Internet Evaluation Sites with hundreds of updated links to the Best of the Best on the Web.
- FirstSearch and EbscoHost
- Authorization and Password Needed(see Mrs. Jungk or Mrs. Butler).
- Reader's Robot- Books that Reveal the Appeal
- Stumped and can't find a good book? Try out this searchable database of good books.
- Kids Reads
- Reading lists of Classics and New Favorites for kids (ages 1-12).
- Educator's Road Map to the Web
- Technological Horizons in Education produces T.H.E. Journal which is responsible for this excellent portal that is arranged by subject area. The site also includes links to Professional Resources and Technology Links. http://www.thejournal.com/roadmap
- American Library Association
- Educational as well as fun to visit sites that make effective use of the Internet. http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
- Kathy Schrock's Guide
- This categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper- Tell your students about this one!
- includes sections on news, science, history, and more. Great site for student with Homework help. This site is outstanding and boasts more academic references than Matt Drudge. http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
- Matt Drudge Reference Desk
- An incredible resource that is frequently updated with working links. While links abound for all subject areas, language arts and foreign languages are sure to benefit from this site. http://www.refdesk.com/
- Find-It! Illinois
- Portal for Illinois government and library infromation
- St. Clair ROE
- Educational portal keyed to Illinois issues and needs. In the Links column, explore the Students, Teacher, and Parent Links as well as General and Administrative resources. Teachers should use Make the Link to the Illinois Standards on this page to access the Learning Standards Benchmark Grid. http://www.stclair.k12.il.us
- Beyond Surfing: Interactive Online Activities
- http://www.lisd.k12.mi.us/~webet/inst/training/materials/index.html
- Annenberg Sites
- Interactive online exhibits on subjects such as Russia, Physics, Middle Ages, and more. http://www.learner.org/exhibits
- Education World
- Great resource for educators, parents and students. There are WWW links, lesson plans, a search engine and more. Take a moment to explore this site! http://www.education-world.com/
- Annette Lamb Site for Lifelong Learning
- Review information from Annette Lamb's many presentations on a variety of topics with useful links and resources. http://www.eduscapes.com/
- Quick
- Help young people (5-8+) evaluate web sites and information.
- http://www.quick.org.uk/teachers2.htm
- Internet Detective
- Online tutorial for young adults and adults who use the Internet for research.
- http://www.netskills.ac.uk/TonicNG/cgi/sesame?detective
- Finding Information on the Internet
- Online tutorial for finding information on the Internet. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
- Evaluating Web Sites
- http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1903.htm
- Citing Internet Sources
- http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6395.html
- Learning to be Internet Savvy
- http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_text.php3?track_id=20422&nocache=6956350
- What is Plagiarism?
- http://www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html
