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Rosina Smith is a former president of the Gifted and Talented Education Council and conference director for SAGE 2000. She prepared this annotated collection of links for the SAGE 1999 Conference. |
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AskERIC Web: Educational Resources Information Center, Clearinghouse on Information and Technology. A U.S. federally funded collection of education-related resources. AskERIC includes a question-and-answer service, a virtual library, and a research and development team. The collections are well organized and frequently updated.
Blue Web'n: a library of Internet-based instructional information. You can quickly search this database by audience type, application type, content area, and other search terms; you will find activities, lessons, references, tools, and projects listed for a variety of educational audiences. This web is part of the Pacific Bell initiative, Education First, and of Pacific Bell's umbrella program to benefit education.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
CEARCH: The Cisco Educational Archives (CEARCH) Virtual Schoolhouse. This is a collection of links of interest to the K-12 educator. It includes a comprehensive list of schools and universities on the Internet, educational links by subject, links to libraries and book sites, museums, exhibits, networking resources, technical information about the Internet, and teaching resources.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/cisco/schoolhouse.html
GSN: Global SchoolNet Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the instructional applications of telecommunication. This site includes registry of best curriculum projects, tutorials, articles about using the Internet in the classroom, news and discussion, and events and contests.
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The Yahoo subject tree at
http://www.yahoo.com can guide you to almost any subject topic imaginable. Yahoo has an associate Web site, Yahooligans! (http://www.yahooligans.com), that is geared to 8 - to - 14 year olds. This collection is useful for quick connections to resources in that age range.
The Virtual Tourist: If you think the real world of physical space is really what matters most, the Virtual Tourist (
http://www.vtourist.com/webmap/ ) is your view. The Virtual Tourist lists information servers based on their geographic location, in an attractive forms interface which includes maps of locations.Back to Table
JASON Project: The JASON project helps students explore and discover new environments using distance learning, online systems, community-based partnerships and collaborations, and teacher development. This site includes a teacher guide, student information, news and other resources.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/JASON.html
Dewey Web: This site facilitates communication between students from all over he world; emphasis is on helping students both gain and produce information by contributing their own findings and ideas.
ENC: Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education - Instructional materials for K-12 math and science.
SLN: Science Learning Network - This site supports inquiry science, involving students in hands on explorations. It links to a variety of science museums, each of which support a variety of online exhibits and exercises for students. Students and educators can take part in making connections and exchanging project information and ideas.
Syllabus: Resources for educators on how technology can be incorporated into instruction from this site. It contains news, case studies, product reviews and announcements, and feature articles on technology written by educators and experts in educational technology.
Other Sites can be located at
http://www.december.com/cmc/infor/applications-education.html
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