Useful Websites for Educators and Students
Site Name
A1 Clip Art
APlusArt
Barry’s Clip Art
iBand
URL
Animation
http://www.free-graphics.com/animatedmain.htm
http://www.webarrow.net/graphics/animation/
http://www.barrysclipart.com
http://www.iband.com/clipart.html
Assessment
Center for Study:Testing, Eval & Ed Policy http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/
CEO Forum
http://www.ceoforum.org/home.cfm
EvNet: Network for Eval of Training & Tech http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/exsum.htm
Kansas City Public Sch Tech Survey Results http://www.kckps.k12.ks.us/techplan/1997srvy.html
Louisiana - School Level Tech Survey
http://www.qualityeducationdata.com/lasurvey.htm
Middle Web: Exploring School Reform
http://www.middleweb.com/
Middle Web: Rubrics
http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html
The Milken Family Foundation
http://www.mff.org/
Office of Technology Assessment
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/
Sample Tech Assessment Questionnaire
http://wms.luminet.net/wmstechnology/assessment/staff_tech_assessment.html
School Improvement in Maryland
http://mdk12.org/
Tech Roadmap: Eval Your School Tech Plan http://www.microsoft.com/education/vision/roadmap/evaluate.asp
Technology Status Assessment
http://www.wested.org/tie/techplan/techasse.shtml
Utah Technology Awareness Project Rubric http://wwwj1.uen.org/UTAP
Virtual Architecture
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/
Assessment Articles
Assessment and Eval of Tech in Schools
http://www.netc.org/assessment/eval_tech/
Creating Rubrics
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml
Learning Theory and Technology
http://www.cln.org/inservice/itpd/pedagog.html
Making Tech Assessment Work for Schools http://www.fno.org/feb98/cov98feb.html
Technology’s Effectiveness in Education
http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/teie.html
A1 Clip Art
ABC Giant
About.com
Barry’s Clip Art
ClipArt Castle
iBand
Icon Bazaar
Image Paradise
The Clip Art Universe
Nasa
Clip Art
http://www.free-graphics.com/clipmain.htm
http://www.abcgiant.com
http://webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart/
http://www.barrysclipart.com
http://www.clipartcastle.com
http://www.iband.com/clip/clipart.html
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
http://desktoppublishing.com/cliplist.html
http://www.nzwwa.com/mirror/clipart/index.html
http://www.shuttle.nasa.gov/
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U.S. Copyright Office (#21)
Stanford Univ Copyright & Fair Use
ABC News
CNN Interactive
CNN Learning Online
Media Links
MSNBC
Online Newspapers
USA Today
Weekly Reader Galaxy
Webcasting
Webcast Showcase
Choosing Your Gear
Getting Started
Copyright Permission
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/multimed/
Current Events
http://www.abcnews.com/
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.otan.dni.us/cdlp/education
http://emedia1.mediainfo.com/emedia/
http://www.msnbc.com
http://www.ipl.org/reading/news
http://www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm
http://www.weeklyreader.com
iMovie, Advanced Techniques
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/webcasting/
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/webcasting/examples.html
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/webcasting/choosing.html
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/webcasting/start.html
iMovie, Apple URL’s
iMovie
http://www.apple.com/imovie
iMovie in Education
http://www.apple.com/education/dv
iMovie, Working with Titles & Transitions http://www.apple.com/imovie/gettingstarted/markstutorial/
Student Movie Showcase
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/showcase/
iMovie Lesson Plans
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/lessons/
Success Stories
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/
iMovie Free Stuff
http://www.apple.com/imovie/freestuff/
iMovie Supported Camcorders
http://www.apple.com/imovie/shoot.html
iMovie Features
http://www.apple.com/imovie/features/
iMovie, Camera Tips
What’s a Title Card/ a medium close-up/ a two shot?
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/
What’s a mid-range shot/ over the shoulder shot/ an extreme close-up? How do you film someone speaking?
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index2.html
Things to remember before you begin
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index3.html
Transitions and their meaning
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index4.html
More on transitions: Wipes and fades
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index5.html
Framing your shot
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index6.html
Information flow
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index7.html
Tips
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index8.html
General Story Rules
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index9.html
Story Structure
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index10.html
Anticipation, Action & Reaction Shots
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index11.html
Sequencing Shots
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/tips/index12.html
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iMovie, Miscellaneous Resources
About.com iMovie links
About.com iMovie support pages
http://desktopvideo.about.com/compute/desktopvideo/msub53.htm
http://macsupport.about.com/compute/macsupport/msub72.htm?iam=mt&terms=%2Bimovie
iMovie, Movies in Education
How Desktop Movies motivate students at Grossmont High
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/0203/grossmont/profile/learning/
Lesson plan
http://ali.apple.com/action.lasso?-database=UOPs&-layout=Detailed&response=%2fali%2fUops_Display.html&-op=eq&uopid=6060&-search
Planning & Organization: Drunk Driving “shot list”
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/driving/shot.html
The Power of Story Telling: San Fernando High
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/imagine/0203/sanfernando/profile/storytelling/
Sample movie on Drunk Driving
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/driving/
Shoot like a pro
Editing
Enhance
Share
iMovie, Resources
http://www.apple.com/imovie/shoot.html
http://www.apple.com/imovie/edit.html
http://www.apple.com/imovie/enhance.html
http://www.apple.com/imovie/share.html
iMovie, Working with
Movie Making Resources: Where to begin? http://www.apple.com/education/dv/resources/
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.apple.com/education/dv/faqs.html
Interactive Projects
Amazing Space
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/education/amazing-space/
Explore Science (Requires Macromedia shockwave plug-in)
http://www.explorescience.com/
Geo-Globe: Interactive Geography
http://library.advanced.org/10157/
The Globe Program
http://www.globe.gov/
Iearn (international exchange
http://www.iearn.org/
The Jason Project (dicuss with scientists)
http://www.jason.org/
The Mad Scientist Network: Ask a Scientist, Lab Experiments, and the Mad Scientist Library of Facts
http://www.madsci.org
Mars Team Online: Chat with NASA experts, download quicktime movies, understand NASA history
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/
NASA's Quest Project
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
Science Space Project
http://www.virtual.gmu.edu/
Virtual Dissection
http://george.lbl.gov:80/vfrog
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html
Voices of Youth (UNICEF)
http://www.unicef.org/voy/
Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://www.yucky.com/
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Apple Middle School Lesson Plans
Ask Eric
Cool Teaching Lessons & Webquests
CyberGuides
Lesson Plans: ALI Lesson Plan Library
The Lesson Plans Page
Middle Web
The National Budget Simulation
Planet K-12
Internet Projects
http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/mslessons/ms-menu.shtml
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons
http://169.207.3.68/~rlevine/coolunits.htm
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/lessonmenu.shtml
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
http://www.middleweb.com/ContntCurr.html
http://garnet.berkeley.edu:3333/budget/budget.html
http://planetk-12.planetsearch.com
Online Tutorials
ClarisWorks, AppleWorks , Internet and other topics from Boston University’s John de Szendeffy
http://web.bu.edu/johndesz/projects/home.html
Computers for Lunch
http://www.sfu.ca/~cfl/lessons/dw_index.html
Hyperstudio
http://www.hyperstudio.com/index.html
iMovie Tutorial
http://www.apple.com/imovie/gettingstarted/markstutorial/
Microsoft Tutorials
http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/default.asp
Netscape Composer
http://wally.rit.edu/instruction/web/composer/
Netscape Composer vs. Netscape Navigator http://www.furman.edu/~pecoy/mfl195/composer
Rochester Institute of Technology Tutorials http://wally.rit.edu/instruction/online.html
University of North Carolina Tutorials
http://help.unc.edu/cgi-bin/getindex?doctype=Desktop&platform=Macintosh&type=html
Web Teacher
http://www.webteacher.org/macnet/indextc.html
Apple Computer, Inc.
Apple, Computer, Inc./ ACOT
CEO Forum
ISTE
Milken Exchange Reference Site
Professional Development
http://www.apple.com/ali
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/leadership
http://www.ceoforum.org
http://www.iste.org
http://www.mff.org/edtech/
Reference Sites
Active Window Productions: Public Aquaria http://www.actwin.com/fish/public.cgi
The Ancient World Web
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
Awesome Library
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/home/
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Digital Librarian
http://www.servtech.com/~mvail
Edlinks
http://www.marshall.edu/~jmullens/edlinks.html
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com
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Resources, Educational
ABCTeach
http://www.abcteach.com/
The Alphabet Super Highway
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/
The Apple Learning Interchange
http://www.apple.com/ali
Big Chalk
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal
The George Lucas Education Foundation
http://glef.org/
Global Schoolhouse
http://gsn.org
HighWired: Global High School Community http://www.highwired.com/
Internet Integration
http://www.cln.org/integrating.html
Kathy Shhrock’s Guide for Educators
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide
Blue Web’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Community Learning Network
http://www.cln.org/themes_index.html
Homework Central
http://homeworkcentral.com
Educational Emporium
http://www.taymade.com/taymade/edu/
FunBrain.com
http://www.funbrain.com/
The Learning Cooperative
http://www.asd.com/asd/edconn/page3.htm
Learning Technologies Educational Research http://icoe.k12.ca.us/lt/research/
Links to other sites
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/okeeffe/links.htm#Students
Megalinks
http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/links.htm
Microsoft in Education
http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/default.asp
Teacher’s Net
http://www.teachers.net/
TeachNet.com Brainstorm of the Day
http://www.teachnet.com/
ThinkQuest
http://www.thinkquest.org/
Wisconsin Dept Public Instruct: Sites for Kids http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/imt/ed_child.html
Resources, Math
Ask Dr. Math
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html
Calculus & Math Distance Ed Program
http://netmath.math.uiuc.edu/home.html
Ed Resources for k-12 Math Teachers
http://www.math.utah.edu/ed/resources/resources.html
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) http://www.enc.org
Family Math
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/EQUALS/
Geometry Resources
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/web.units.html
Image Processing in Mathematics
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/metip/metip.html
Math.com
http://www.math.com/
Math Magic
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic
Math Forum
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
Math & Science Initiatives (curric. projects) http://www.learner.org/sami/index.html
NCTM: National Council of Teacher of Math http://www.pbs.org/mathline/nctmhome.html
The Discovery Channel
FreeVote.com
Internet Invention Store
Resources, Other
http://www.discovery.com
http://www.freevote.com/
http://www.catalog.com/impulse/invent
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Astronomy for Kids
Earthquakes
The Endangered Animals of the World
The Globe Program
The Mad Scientist Network
The Nine Planets (multimedia tour)
Nine Planets for Kids (upper middle school)
Nye Labs Online: Bill Nye “the Science Guy”
Science Fair Resource Guide
Science & Math Initiatives (curric. projects)
The Weather Dude
Windows to the Universe
American Rivers - River Resource Center
Annenberg/CPB K-12 Math & Science Proj.
Ask a Geologist
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)
Explore Science
Guided Tour of the Visible Human Anatomy
Nice Geography Servers
River Resource
Sky & Telescope
The Science Club
ZooNet for Kids
Resources, Science
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
http://www.gsrg.nmh.ac.uk/
http://www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl/
http://www.globe.gov/
http://www.madsci.org
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
http://www.planets4kids.com/
http://nyelabs.kcts.org/
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
http://www.learner.org/sami/index.html
http://www.wxdude.com/
http://www.windows.umich.edu/
http://www.americanrivers.org/
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/
http://www.enc.org
http://explorescience.com/
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/
http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html
http://www.riverresource.com/
http://www.skypub.com/skytel/skytel.shtml
http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/
http://members.aol.com/zoonetkids/index.htm
Resources, Social Studies
American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
American Memory (National Digital Library) http://lcWeb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
American Studies Web
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
Black History
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Cal State Univ, Northridge Lesson Plans
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Countries of the World
http://www.metronet.lib.mi.us/CANT/YOUTH/country/
ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies
http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric_chess.htm
The History Channel
http://www.HistoryChannel.com/
History/Social Stud.Web for K-12 Teachers http://execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
Social Studies Resources
http://www.teleport.com/~vincer/social.html
Social Studies.org
http://www.ncss.org/
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation http://www.ellisisland.org/
The White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/home.html
United Nations CyberSchool Bus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
US Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. Historical Documents Archive
http://w3.one.net/~mweiler/ushda/ushda.htm
USIA-publications: Hypertext on Amer Hist http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
World Surfari
http://www.supersurf.com/
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Amazing Space
Animal Planet
AOL.Com
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Astronomy For Kids
Awesome Library
Discovery Channel
FunBrain.com
Internet Public Library Youth Division
Kids Connect
KidsClick
KidsCom
LycosZone
Puzzlemaker
PBS Kids
Superkids
ThinkQuest
Yahooligans
Altavista
AOL Netfind
Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves
Eurosearch
Excite
GoTo.Com
Hit Box
HotBot
ICQ Web Search
Inference Find
Look Smart
Lycos
Magellan
Mapquest
Metacrawler
Search.com
Searchopolis
Snap
Thunderstone
Web Crawler
What Is (Tech terminology)
Yahoo
Yep
Resources, for Students
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://animal.discovery.com/
http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/home.html
http://www.ajkids.com
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html
http://school.discovery.com/students/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.ipl.org/youth/
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick!
http://www.kidscom.com/
http://www.lycoszone.com/
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
http://www.pbs.org/kids/
http://www.super-kids.com
http://www.thinkquest.org/
http://www.yahooligans.com/
Search Engines
http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.aol.com/netfind
http://www.ask.com
http://www.askjeeves.com
http://www.euroseek.com/
http://www.excite.com
http://www.goto.com
http://www.hitbox.com/home.shtml
http://www.hotbot.com
http://www.icqit.com
http://www.inference.com/infind
http://www.looksmart.com
http://www.lycos.com
http://www.mckinley.com
http://www.mapquest.com/
http://www.metacrawler.com/
http://www.search.com
http://www.searchopolis.com/
http://www.snap.com/
http://www.thunderstone.com
http://www.webcrawler.com
http://www.whatis.com/
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.yep.com
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Ask Jeeves for Kids
DIG Internet Guide (Disney)
Galactic Galaxy
Internet Public Library
Kids Click
Kids Connect
Northern Light Search
Pitsco’s Ask an Expert
Searchopolis
Student Surf
Super Kids Super Search
Zen Search (Porn and hate free!)
Search Engines for Students
http://www.ajkids.com/
http://www.disney.com/dig/today/index.html
http://www.galacticgalaxy.com/
http://www.ipl.org/youth/
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html
http://www.northernlight.com/
http://www.askanexpert.com/
http://www.searchopolis.com/
http://www.studentsurf.net/
http://www.super-kids.com/
http://www.zensearch.com/
Standards & Curriculum
The Apple Learning Interchange
http://ali.apple.com
Apple Learning Interchange Curriculum Cntr http://henson.austin.apple.com/edres/ccenter/curriccenter.shtml
Ask Eric Lesson Plans
http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/
California Distance Learning Project
http://www.otan.dni.us/cdlp/education
CyberGuides: Teacher Guides & Activities http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Dept of State Profess & Curric Standards
http://www.doe.state.de.us/DPIServices/DOE_Standards.htm
District of Columbia Content Standards
http://www.k12.dc.us/DCPS/curriculum/standards.html
The English/Language Arts Standards
http://www.ncte.org/
High School Hub
http://HighSchoolHub.org/hub/hub.htm
Judy Harris: Virtual Architecture Homepage http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/
K-12 Nation: Online communication for Teachers, Parents and Students
http://www.k12nation.com/
National Curriculum Standards
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/standards.html
National Educational Technology Standards http://cnets.iste.org
NCREL: North Central Regional Ed Lab
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pathways.htm
Putnam Valley Boces
http://PutnamValleySchools.org
Standards and Educational Technology
http://www.mcrel.org/standards/
State Standards
http://www.statestandards.com/
Technology and test scores
http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc98/
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Virtual Field Trips
Adventure Online
http://www.adventureonline.com/
Africam
http://www.africam.com/
Amazon Adventure
http://jajhs.kana.k12.wv.us/amazon/
Amazon Interactive
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Ancient Greece
http://www.arwhead.com/Greeks/
Birmingham Zoo
http://www.birminghamzoo.com/
Castles on the Web
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
Children's Museum of Indianapolis
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/
Indianapolis Zoo
http://www.indianapoliszoo.com/
Let's Go!: Around the World
http://www.ccph.com/index.html
The Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
National Civil Rights Museum: Virtual Tour http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/index.html
National Zoo
http://www.si.edu/natzoo/
Salem Witch Museum 1692
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
Sea World
http://www.seaworld.org/
SF Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
The Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/
Dan’s Wild Wild Weather Page
FEMA
Ferdonia Central School District
Hurricane George
NOAA
The Weather Channel
The Weather Dude
WeatherEye
WeatherNet
Weathernews International
Weather Internet Source
http://www.wildwildweather.com/
http://www.fema.gov/fema/trop.htm
http://www.fredonia.wnyric.org/disaster.html
http://wtvi.com/teks/hurricane/georgesdata.html
http://www.esdim.noaa.gov/weather_page.html
http://www.weather.com
http://www.wxdude.com
http://weathereye.kgan.com/
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet
http://www.wni.com
Writing, Reading, & Publishing
Diary Project (Teens publish stories & discuss)
http://www.diaryproject.com/
The Willy Wonka Candy Factory
http://www.wonka.com/
The Young Writers' Club
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html
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