Sites for Educators and Librarians The sites below are just a small sampling of the many resources available to educators and librarians who want to use technology to facilitate learning.

Educator Clearinghouses & Forums

• Homework Central: Resources for Teachers.  Valuable page which features lesson plans, articles, internet integration tools and an area devoted to learning and physical disabilities.
  http://www.homeworkcentral.com/sections/teachers/

• The Gateway  U.S. Department of Education site.  It is a free, meta-search engine that allows searches for lesson plans by grade level from over 24,000 different Internet resources.
  http://www.thegateway.org

• Teachers.net.  This graphic-intensive site is loaded with resources for teachers and also acts as a forum to meet with other educators and gather information.  Includes a chat room, lesson plans, and other aids.
  http://www.teachers.net/

• Education World.  A forum for teachers to increase knowledge in their field as well as others.  Lesson plan databases, free online software tutorials and case studies from exemplary schools are featured here.
  http://www.education-world.com/

• The Reading Village.  Reading and language arts teachers will find lesson plans, resources, discussion groups, and Cyberguides to frequently studied books.  Grade categories are K-3, 4-12 and Special Needs.
  http://teams.lacoe.edu/village/

• WWW 4Teachers Webzine.  Consists of a collection of resources for teachers using technology in the classroom, from presentations and actual activities that work, to teacher testimonials and how-tos.
  http://www.4teachers.org/home/

• Web 66: A K-12 WWW Project.  A venture sponsored by the University of Minnesota focused on setting up technology in schools and helping these schools find appropriate resources on the web.
  http://web66.coled.umn.edu/

• PBS TeacherSource.  Site developed by PBS to integrate television programming into the curricula--designed with teachers in mind.
  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
  

Tools and Classroom Aids

• ERIC Digests.  This site includes links to current ERIC Digests, short reports on topics of prime current interest in education targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners.
  http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/

• Puzzlemaker.  Highly recommended site that allows you to create puzzles and games for assignments, newsletters, etc.
  http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

• Listservs and Newsgroups for LWT.  Part of a wonderful site dedicated to providing teachers with online resources for a school district in Michigan.  This part of the site deals with listservs.
  http://server.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/classres/lists.htm

• ACTDEN.  From the people who develop all of Microsoft's slick tutorials, comes a home site geared toward the K-12 crowd.
  http://www.actden.com/

• Review Corner.  Site developed to provide parents and teachers with reviews of educational and recreational software.  Also includes articles about kids and computing.
  http://www.geocities.com/~reviewcorner/

• Microsoft in Education, Index of Software Tutorials.  One of the best pages that Microsoft has created; it offers tutorials, lessons and activities for around 14 of the most popular Microsoft products.
  http://www.microsoft.com/education/curric/

Other Resources:

• Classroom Resources (Microsoft).

Accessibility and Other Resources

• Bobby from CAST.  Bobby is a web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their ease of use to people with disabilities.  At this site you can type in any URL and Bobby will evaluate its accessibility.
  http://www.cast.org/bobby/

• DRM Guide to Disability Resources on the Internet.  Site created for librarians to act as a clearinghouse on information in serving the disabled.  Highly recommended.
  http://www.disabilityresources.org/DRMlibs.html

• From Now On (FNO).  Online journal dedicated to promoting educational technology.  Includes a great deal of material on professional development for teachers.  Check out the index!
  http://www.fno.org/

• Pat Sine's Page.  Page created by the author, director of Educational Technology at the University of Delaware-- covers primarily the use of electronic media (and its effectiveness) for education.
  http://www.udel.edu/sine/

• Introduction to the Internet.  A great example of the application of technology in a classroom environment, including all the necessary precautions involved.  Uses the internet for a classroom assignment.
  http://www.peotone.will.k12.il.us/media/

Other Resources:

• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

• Instructional Design for Distance Education.