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A.Word.A.Day Home Page

This site gives information about the listserv AWAD, which sends a new vocabulary word a day to your emailbox. The page also has links to other word-related Internet resources. This is a nice tool for vocabulary development in a rather painless form.

About the NDLC

The National Distance Learning Center is a free resource for K-12, higher education, and adult ed, distance learning. They offer a free telnet database, which is not too hard to use. This web site tells how to use the database, who to call to help, and the mission of the NCLD.

Academy One

Academy One is an international, online resources for students, parents, and K-12 educators and administrators. Academy One sponsors Internet projects throughout the year, including a Mousetrap-Powered Vehicle Competition, the TeleOlympics, and the Math Olympics. They also have a curriculum database and an index of other on-line projects. This is a great resource!

Accept_Use_Policies

This gopher holds information about samples of K-12 acceptable use policies. This will be invaluable for those educators whose Internet access depends on having a coherent acceptable use policy. Since so many schools are already online, why not check out the work that has already been done?

Adult Education (Education)

This page has good links to several resources on adult education. This site is useful because distance education, adult education, and the Internet can be integrated to work together to deliver instruction. It also asks for user contributions to the collection of resources

AIMS Education Foundation

The fascinating world of hands-on science and math investigations for K-9 students awaits you at the AIMS Education Foundation! Students quickly become immersed in AIMS activities because they integrate the study of mathematics and science in a meaningful manner. They quickly realize the value of mathematics and learn to "work like scientists."

Ainsworth Keyboard Training Systems

The creator of the first Typing Tutor now teaches keyboarding skills faster than any other system. Special warm-up exercises improve efficiency, end writer's block.

Alabama Supercomputer Authority

The Alabama Supercomputer Network provides state-of-the-art technology in supercomputing and networking to educational institutions, government agencies, and private industry.

Alpine Valley School - Home Page

At Alpine Valley School, a K-12 independent day school located in Metro Denver, the students completely design their own education and participate in governing the school. Their home page gives very detailed information about the school's philosophy, mission, enrollment process, etc., and generally presents a very bright picture of the school. A nice model site for other schools wanting to create home pages.

Ameritech Education Resources

The two most useful features on this page are the Schoolhouse and the Internet InfoCenter. The Schoolhouse contains a Recreation Area with info on hands-on projects and hobbies, a Teacher's Lounge with lesson plans and curriculum guides, and a Student Activities Center, with online activities and projects. Also available in a text-only version

Apple Higher Education: The Apple Virtual Campus

Apple's Virtual Campus is designed to showcase Apple's vision of the campus of the future, while strengthening the technologies of today. The site lists learning technologies such as distance learning, talks about collaboration and information access, and the mobile student. It also contains a link to Highway 1, a not-for-profit corporation formed to support innovative use of new technologies in the legislative environment and democratic process.

Aristotle

Aristotle is a server at the college of education at Idaho State University. It includes an online newspaper, links to Macintosh software, and a beautiful graphical interface.

Arizona State University

ASU's Education gopher is a wonderful all around educational resource from pre-k to higher ed, and from how to get money (grants) to how to spend it (products). This gopher has a link to tons of other great resources, and you can easily find almost anything you might need to begin with right here. Highly recommended.

Armadillo's WWW Server

This site of full of resources related to Texas history, culture, life, etc. The content links to information supporting an interdisciplinary unit with a Texas theme. This site also has links to lots of other good education-related web and gopher sites.

Arrow Publishing

This site lists videos, software, and publications designed to increase literacy. Ths page comes from Arrow Publishing, a company producing literacy -oriented educational ,materials. They also offer an order form that you can print out and fill in to receive more information or materials.

ArtsEdge Network

The goal for this site is to use technology to increase access to arts resources, and increase arts education in the K-12 school environment. This site features an online newsletter, an information gallery, curriculum guides, and links to other arts-related online information. A rather complete listing of arts resources.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

The AECT, a professional society for educators and researchers interested in informational technology, maintains this site. Though much of it is dedicated to the inner workings of the AECT, it also offers a solid collection of upcoming conference and call-for-papers information. It also lists employment resources and general IT information.

Banned Books On-line

This page discusses literary censorship and has links to each work mentioned that is available in electronic format. It also has a Most Frequently Challenged Books of the 1990s page, as well as links to other sites dealing with censorship. A good resource for stimulating discussion on censorship and related issues.

Biology(Science)

This page links to all things scientific that might be of use to K-12 or university teachers and students. This page is categorized by subset of biology, most recent additions, software, and collections, just to name a few. A fairly complete site, but not too long to be a drawback to its use.

Bond University

A comprehensive description of this the first,private and independent University in Australia is provided. Interactive forms enable potential students to request further information relating to the possibility of their studying at Bond.

Book Nook

Book reports by kids on kids' literature. Links reports world-wide into ONE central point of reference.

Brooke High WWW Server

Brooke High School is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia 40 miles South East of Pittsburgh. Includes the Babbling Brooke (School Newspaper), information about the school system and surrounding coummunities, information on how to install a WWW Server and Slip Servers. Also thousands of educational and shareware files are available for ftp/gopher transfer. The WWW Server is a project of the Computer Scinece II class.

Brunel University Artificial Intelligence Area

A student-produced site, featuring information on AI, including Artificial Life and Genetic Algorithms - also contains loads of links to other AI sites.

Burlington High School

The Burlington High School site has numerous student pages, history of Burlington, IA, and computer projects including a complete tutorial on how to construct a Macintosh WWW server.

Buros Institute of Mental

The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements page includes a Test Review Locater, a catalog of Buros publications, digest articles, and a reviewer application form.

Busy Teachers WebSite K-12

K-12 Internet resource for teachers. Organized by subject area with annotated links to sites that lead directly to source materials. Excellent resource for teachers beginning their exploration of the Internet. More advanced Internet users will like the direct access to resource-rich sites.

CALI: The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

CALI is a non-profit consortim of over 155 U.S. law schools. CALI supports the production, distribution, and use of computer-based instructional materials.

California State University

The world's largest institution of higher education develops policy guidelines to facilitate the effective uses of learning resources and instructional technology.

Calvary Lutheran School

The WWW site for Calvary Lutheran School presents information concerning the mission, goals, standards, programs, and curriculum of the school. Church and school events are highlighted, along with current newsletters and other information.

Canadian Institute of Applied Learning Inc.

We are a school which offers courses in hardware and software training. We also carry courses to train students to become certified Novell Engineers and Administrators (C.N.E and C.N.A certification) Also offering courses on PC repair and service

Canadian Kids' Page

The Canadian Kids Page is provided as a starting place for both the young and the young at heart. It is meant as a jumping in point for parents and children exploring the World-Wide Web together.

Career Blazers NAEC

Up to date training at a Novell Authorized Education Center is the only way to go! All Novell classes taught by a CNI. Get the Novell edge!

Carnegie Mellon University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Provides information concerning Carnegie Mellon University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences and its departments.

Carrie's Sites for Educators

This is a nicely organized page, with a table of contents to make browsing easy. It's a good collection of resources, from humanities to math to science to software.

Cartoon Laws of Physics

A text only site that adds humor to the standard laws of physics. Each law is illustrated by an example using cartoon characters. The site is not only humorous but could also be of educational value to a teacher attempting to make introductory physics more understandable.

CASAA Student Leadership Resource Centre

The CASAA Resource Centre is a continually changing site dedicated to providing fresh student leadership materials, ideas, and support for the student activity advisor.

Center for Talented Youth (CTY) of the Johns Hopkins University

The Center for Talented Youth is one of several institutions around the United States serving the gifted population with special programs, job opportunities and other resources. The site gives details about al the CTY programs, and also has links to other resources. Gifted Ed. information can be hard to find in any form, so this is a worthwhile site.

Center for Technology Studies

This web site provides information about CTS's own research preojects, links to interesting resources on the Web for business, research, teaching, as well as fun and games/humour.

CEPS/NASM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

This is a jumping-off point for exploring planetary and other astronomical data from the Center for Planetary Studies, Regional Planetary Image Facility, and the National Air and Space Museum. All these links have information useful for science classes such as activities, images, and calendars of events.

Chemsoc Homepage

The homepage of the Edinburgh University Chemical society. With infromation, the calander and latest news.

Childaware

For parents of pre-schoolers.Offers positive interaction with other parents. 'Exciting parent showcase'. Manual for preschoolers to help assure they are ready for first grade.

Children's International Summer Villages

Children's International Summer Villages (CISV) is an international non-profit organization (promoted by UNESCO) that promotes peace around the world by organizing summer villages for kids of different part of the world from 11 years to 99.

Children's Literature Web Guide

The Children's Literature Web Guide catalogs Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. It lists recommended books, recent awards, new authors, resources for parents, teachers, and story tellers, movies based on children's books, and much more. Another great feature is information on how to get your children or class involved in on-line publication, so the whole world can enjoy their creativity.

ChronicIllnet

A resource dedicated to chronic illnesses, including groundbreaking research articles, a nationwide calendar of events, news articles, and an 'In the Community' section.

CIC, Center for Library Initiatives

This is the home for the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's, Center for Library Initiatives. There is much information of interest to librarians, educators, and institutions, particularly those within the CIC (Big Ten universities, plus the University of Chicago).

Cisco Educational Archives and Resources Catalog

The Cisco Educational Catalog is a project designed to provide information that helps educators and schools connect to the Internet. Cisco makes networking hardware, so technical information is available here, but it also has examples of school networking projects. It also has the Virtual Schoolhouse, so this is a well-rounded page.

Classroom at the Internet Schoolhouse

This page has a collection of educational and interactive resources. Some resources listed are Internet projects, art, civics, interactive games, and science. Grins' Message, the online story, is especially cute.

Classroom Connect on the Net

This is a nicely organized site offered by the same company that produces Classroom Connect, a newsletter about using Internet in the classroom. The site includes a listing of schools with web pages organized by country, and a page with reviews and information from major educational conferences. They also have a searchable educational resources page with links organized either alphabetically or by subject, as well as links to educational vendors and relevant newsgroups. A very useful page!

Classroom Connect

Classroom Connect is the premier magazine for K-12 educators using the Internet in the classroom! Both in print and online, Classroom Connect has become THE source of pointers and features related to using the Internet in formal education for more than 8,000+ monthly readers.

CNN

This is a collection of daily CNN downloads with lesson plans and curriculum guides. Lesson plans are archived for 1993, 1994, and 1995. This is a good resource for integrating current affairs into the curriculum.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium

The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium is an educational institution offering a wide variety of hands-on educational programs for K-12 students. The facility, located in Cold Spring Harbor New York, is open all year and has both indoor and outdoor displays, and is a working fish hatchery, providing trout and other fish to lakes and streams throught the region.

College Prep Page

Welcome to the College Prep Page, a collection of resources for planing your education. Here you will find information on financial aid, admissions, career planning, and much more.

College SAT and Financial Aid Planning Service

Valuable help for sophomores, juniors and seniors with family contribution calculations, FAF forms, college planning, Plus Loans applications and SAT courses.

Columbia Public Schools Home Page

The Columbia, Missouri, Public Schools serves 15,000 K-12 students, and its web sites features student and staff work and technical information for other schools.

Computer as Learning Partner

This site gives information on integrating computer use in order to improve middle school science instruction. This page gives curriculum guides, software links, and project information. This site is well laid out and easy to follow.

Concepts in Science through Molecular Modeling

This site contains many activities for use in the classroom. There is a section for teachers and for students. The online activities could prove useful to students working in class and at home.

Cornell Computer Science Graphics Course

This is the Laboratory Web Site developed by the Cornell Theory Center for the Cornell University undergraduate computer graphics course, CS 418. Our goal is to develop an online service for the students to review lab procedures and results, as well as present lecture material and project animations for all to view.

Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway

This site provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12. Te resources are divided into standard subject areas, and the page also includes links to online field trips and museums. The site also offers journal and research articles.

Council of the Great City Schools Online

A non-profit organization representing the nation's largest public school systems

Curtin University, Department of Chemical Engineering

The home page which has links to and information about the department and the courses that are run. Also there is a set of pages which describes what a Chemical Engineer does, for someone considering such a course of study. There is also an index of Chem Eng related links.

CyberKids Home

CyberKids was created as a place for kids to learn and have fun. It has a free online magazine containing stories and artwork created by kids, as well as online puzzles, games, and more. Kids can also find keypals from around the globe in CyberKids Interactive.

deaf

This Canadian gopher has another good collection of deaf/hearing impaired educational resources. It lists social issues in deafness, legal issues, educational issues, and teacher and student resources. A good companion to the Kent State gopher.

deafed

This gopher focuses on deaf education. It has information on curriculum, instructional strategies, and employment opportunities. A worthwhile resource.

Department of Clothing, Design and Technology, MMU

this is a new site detailing our courses, staff, students and the work we do within this department. The pages contain examples of designs produced by students and staff, and also detail some of the conferences and shows we have and will be putting on.

Department of Computing, Manchester Met. Uni.

This site is now over 15 months old, it holds pages which describe all that we do here at the Department of Computing, Manchester Metropoltan University, itself the largest University in the UK. These pages describe our Courses, both Higher education and short courses for business, our research and research groups, our work with national and international parties, our students, and the department in general. We also run a number of webs for other departments here at the university. We are particularly keen to hear from prospective students, academic and business partners.

Dept. of Informatic at University of Santiago of Chile Pages

This is the home-page of Dept. of Informatic at University of Santiago of Chile This site contains information about academics, curriculums, internet services, etc.

Digital Tradition Folk Song Database

This is an unusual resource, but one that might be useful to multicultural or foreign language classes, or folklore classes at the university level. This is a searchable database of international folk songs, including children's songs. There is also a table of contents for browsing the titles, tunes or keywords.

Distance Ed

This site offers several links to good distance education resources, especially for colleges and universities. A good starting point for researching distance learning examples and practices.

Distance Education Clearinghouse

Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the Clearinghouse gathers information on teleconferencing technologies, instructional design, programs and courses, and other distance learning resources.

Distance Education Resources

This site has links to international distance learning resources for community and higher education. This page is from Canada, where much has been done with using distance technologies for continuing community education. Good examples and links.

Distance Learning Directory

Sponsored by Howard University, this new site gives a fairly comprehensive listing of web sites, gopher sites, listservs, and newsgroups associated with distance education. For K-12 as well as higher education. Another great resource

Distance Learning on the Net by Glenn Hoyle

This site is organized like chapters in a book, and covers all aspects of distance education from "What is it?" to online and print resources to grants and funding. It addresses K-12, higher educational, and corporate/private industry uses of distance learning. It's a nicely laid out, very useful page.

Distance Learning Resources

This site is simply a list of links, but it is rather complete. The links are all good resources for distance education, with Internet support of distance learning included in the definition. This page also describes each link, which is very helpful

disted%3Aellsworth

This is the updated version of "Dr. E's Eclectic Compendium of Electronic Resources for Adult/Distance Education" This is an especially good handout for use when teaching novice distance educators about the Internet. The guide is available in ftp'able format as well as in HTML.

Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University

The Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is housed within the Bill Wilkerson Center. The division offers both Master's and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, with emphasis in either speech-language pathology or audiology. The graduate program includes academic, clinical, and research activities.

Dole 5 A Day Homepage

Dole's 5 A Day Website (from Dole Foods) offers educational nutrition information, and delivers it in a really clever and fun to experience way. The site is hosted by 36 fruit and vegetable characters makes eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day a fun experience for everyone. This comprehensive Website has 9 areas: 5 A Day Program, CD- ROM, Nutrition Center, Fan Mail, Fun Stuff, 5 A Day at School, Newsroom, and Dole.

DPI InfoWeb

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction operates this server giving access to ERIC, employment opportunities, and the state standardized curriculum. The site also has an online telephone directory for the DPI, and a nice teacher and administrator resource page. One nice feature is the outline of the site, which shows exactly what information is linked off which page.

DreamLink

DreamLink contains current information and resources on dream translation techniques and different theoretical orientations regarding dreams. A journal in provided to post dream and to receive feedback. An archive and guest dreamer are also features of DreamLink.

Dynamy Inc

This is the home page for Dynamy Inc. Dynamy is a non-profit organization in Worcester, MA that offers a one year internship program to students ages 17-22. Most of Dynamy's students come right after high school but many also enter the program after a year or more of college.

Eagle Ridge

Become an Earth Warrior and help protect the wildlife and ecology of our planet. Many good links related to Education, Native Americans, Kids, Wildlife, and the Environment.

Ed Web Home Page

Andy Carvin's site centers on resources showing technology and its role in school reform. With this site, you can hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, and examine success stories of computers in the classroom.

Education (Social Sciences)

This site is an extensive listing of Internet educational resources. This site is organized by topic and by type of resource. A good place to begin Internet research.

Education Sites

This site is a subject-oriented guide to Internet resources. Categories include art, health, online museum and libraries, math, science, social sciences, and other resources. This site is useful for its art and health links, because these subjects aren't usually categorized on their own.

Education Virtual Library - Primary School

This Australian site alphabetically catalogs several interesting K-12 curriculum resources from around the world. Very helpful for researching trends in education, as well as creating multicultural or foreign language units. Another highlight is the page's links to a Web site created in Russian, using the Cyrillic alphabet.

Education

This page is a very complete listing of Internet resources, with one major difference from other collections: the linked sites are rated (or will be by October 1995). This is to help Internet users plow through the vast amount of information. A very nice idea! Should be an even better resource when the ratings are complete.

Educational Online Sources

The authors of this site want it to become a central "welcoming" and jump station for educators on the Internet. Presently, it contains links to educational conferences, policy and reform archives, and subject guides to online resources. This site has the potential to because a wonderful one-stop-shopping type if teacher's resource. Keep an eye on it.

Educational Software Institute

ESI Online calls itself a "one-stop educational software resource center", and hosts a large collection of K-12 educational software divided into 19 categories. They also feature the "Product Finder ", a search tool for finding specific products as opposed to browsing the online catalog. You can fill up your "shopping bag" with products along the way, and figure shipping, etc. Very easy to use!

EDUCOM-Home Page

This site has searchable archives of EDUCOM Review, archives of the listserv EDUPAGE, and other online documents. This information supports EDUCOM's focus on educational technology in higher education. This site also has links to several other telecom/educational technology related site and programs.

eduMall

eduMall is the web mall with everything in education. Mall locations include Mall Central for mallevents, freebies, and latest information; the Learning Center; Bookstore; Administrator's Connection; Campus Shops; Stadium; and Kiosk. eduMall is the place to shop for education products.

election.html

This is the Toon Town Election Page, and is a nice example of an online interactive project. Students from about 50 classes sent in their votes on which cartoon should be 'Mayor of ToonTown', and one class posted the results on the Web. They used email ballots, and accepted write-in candidates. A good elementary lesson on democratic government

ELTI Charlotte's English Aids

This site lists several sample letters for different situations. They are intended to be models for ES/FL students, or others learning written English. Also useful for elementary or middle school language arts.

EMLRL Home Page at the Medical College of Georgia

This web site is dedicated to on-going research projects conducted by the Emergency Medicine Section of the Medical College of Georgia.

English as a Second Language

This site brings together resources for teaching ES/FL such as matching audio to text to help comprehension. The learner goes to a dialogue, clicks on the text, and an audio track plays along. The site also links to the "Word a Day" vocabulary building email service, and "Idiom of the Week". This is a nice use of the Web to actually give instruction, not just point to resources.

Environmental Training Group Inc's ENVIROPAGE

A resource for US environmental and occupational safety and health regulations, emphasis on training. Contains updates on agency interpretations and regulations. Links to related sites

eslbeg.html

This page is a good example of instruction delivered via the Web. Each link at this site launches a reading and listening activity geared for ES/FL or other beginning readers. It's easy to use, so elementary students could use it as well.

Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Science

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory tackles tough issues that face scientists every day. Visit LBNL's ELSI project to see discussions on basic vs. applied research, breast cancer and genetic screening, and more. These presentations are especially suitable for middle and high school students and teachers.

eWorld on the Web: Learning Community

eWorld on the Web Learning Community provides educators, students and parents with a simple and easy way to find extensive educational information on the Web. Users will be directed to information from a wide variety of sources including content from Apple's education division, learning institutions, educational publications and museums.

Exchange - Learning.English Language Culture

This site is intended for ES/FL students, but it would be very good for a multicultural lesson or thematic unit. It consists of contributions from international students such as "Did you know?" about little cultural differences, and then teaching suggesting follow the content. This page is also a place to publish your writing (for ES/FL students)

Exploratorium Home Page

ExploraNet is the San Francisco Exploratorium's WWW server. This site currently features among other exhibits "Diving in to the Gene Pool", "Remembering Nagasaki", "Ask Us A Question", and a digital library. Exhibits at this site will change, just as in the museum itself. They also offer The Learning Studio - a collection of science resources for parents, teachers, and kids, which is in itself a great reason to visit the site. This is also available through gopher at gopher.exploratorium.edu.

Explorer Home Page

This site is intended to be a curriculum resource. It holds a searchable database of lesson plans and curriculum guides aimed at math and science. It also has a nicely categorized lists of Web classroom resources.

Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University

Asian Studies teaching-and-learning resources, pointers to a vast wealth of Asian Studies research material, information about the programs of the Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University, pointers to information about the University, Australia, and studying in Australia.

Federal and State-Run Servers

This site lists all current federally- and state-run gopher and web servers with an educational focus. This site is alphabetically organized, and lists a link to each site along with a brief description of the site.

Financial Aid Information Page

The Financial Aid Information page is the most comprehensive collection of financial aid information on the Internet. It includes links to + all online scholarship and fellowship databases + information about grants and loans + links to university financial aid Web and Gopher servers and a link to the online version of Octameron Associates' book "Don't Miss Out: The Ambitious Student's Guide to Financial Aid".

Florida Institute of Technology - School of Aeronautics

The School of Aeronautics, one of five schools and colleges at Florida Tech, offers five accredited degree programs in Aviation Management, Aeronautical Science, and Aviation Computer Science. FAA-approved flight training, through the Commercial Pilot Certificate and beyond is an integral part of flight options majors.

Florida Vedic College

The Florida Vedic College offers courses on Yoga, Vaishnava philosophy, Sanskrit, and Vedic literature over the Internet. It is the only Vaishnava (Hindu) University on the Internet.

FredNet MOO

This is the home page of the FredNet MOO, a friendly educational MOO where you can attend Lincoln's assassination, visit a biochemical laboratory, examine ancient artifacts at the Iceman Museum, and more. Quick, no-stress tutorial available for new MOOers. The web page also contains a handy MOO Command Index for reference.

Friends and Partners

This is an interesting page from a program designed to promote understanding between Americans and Russians. It has information on almost every aspect of life in the two cultures, and also links to learning and using the Cyrillic alphabet. This is an online project with a related listserv that you can join or access form this page. Nice multicultural site!

FYI, RFC #1578-Schools and Internet

This document is an Internet FAQ, or "Frequently Asked Questions" text on the Internet and K-12 schools. It has a clickable table of contents for ease of browsing, and contains a lot of useful information for anyone considering putting the Internet into a K-12 environment. It really should be "required" reading.

Galileo

Galileo is a collection of scores of science lesson plans for K-12 science teachers for classroom use. This is a fairly long file, but in straight text, so the download isn't too long. A useful, straightforward resource.

Garfield Co. Public Library System

The Garfield Co. Public Library System is located in Garfield County on the Western Slope of Colorado. Get access to online books, magazines and reference tools. Read our Long Range Plan. Search library catalogs. Visit places in Colorado, and much more.

GCRIO On-line Student Activities

This site is a collection of links to online science-oriented interactive projects that students can participate in. This site also has subject guides to resources, and grant information. This is a nicely laid out, easy to use site.

Genetic Engineering taught through telecommunications

Genetic Engineering is taught to 36 other schools in the state of Colorado through the Internet

GENII Home Page

The goal of the GENII Project is to teach teachers how to utilize the resources of the Internet so that they can incorporate the technology into their lesson plans. This Web site lists the mission, 'virtual faculty' and other relevant data for this project. This should be a good site for online training once development is complete.

Genome Educators of the San Francisco Bay Area

Genome Educators is a group of education professionals from the San Francisco Bay Area who have an active interest in all aspects of genetics education. This group is dedicated to sharing information and resources to further the understanding of current advances in the field of genetics.

Gifted and Talented (TAG) Resources Home Page

This page describes many resources for talented and gifted children, their parents and educators. It begins with an overview of giftedness, and lists mailing lists, schools with TAG programs, summer programs and publications to name a few. It also has a keypal contact page. This is a very useful resource!

Glendale Community College

The Glendale Community College(GCC) Web delivers information about the campus. The GCC Web also contains student, faculty and staff Web pages. Several campus departments are located at this site. Some of them are the Innovation Center, Network Services, Training and Employee Development, English, Business, and The College Voice newspaper.

Global Ecology Study Abroad/IHP

Study global ecology and travel around the world to England, India, Philippines, New Zealand, Mexico. Earn college credit, live with families, small group, international faculty. Courses in anthropology, biology, ecology, economic development. Online catalog, slide file, application. In cooperation with Bard College.

Grolier Interactive

Grolier Interactive, the international CD-ROM multimedia reference and entertainment publisher of the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, Guinness Multimedia Disc of Records, Science Fiction encyclopedia, World Cup Soccer, and Modern Art, introduces its new customer-oriented Web site. Featured this month is The Grolier Challenge drawn from comprehensive information on WWII. Take the challenge and win a prize.

GROW - Opportunity Wales

We are a not-for-profit organisation, administering a variety of placement schemes and internships (some UK government-sponsored) for graduates and undergraduate students seeking experience of working for UK-based small- and medium-sized enterprises. Our new Web service will be expanding soon!

Guidelines for Educational Uses ofNetworks

This site has a collection of several different works, all relating to setting up and managing an educational network, mostly philosophical and focusing on educational outcomes. These are good resources for anyone considering using the Internet in schools, but not sure why.

Harry Singer Foundation

The Harry Singer Foundation was created to get people, especially high school and college students, more actively interested in public policy. The home page provides free info such as books and phamplets, as well as points of contact for further interest.

Heinemann World

UK-based site offering news on educational books, events and technology, guides to relevant sites of use for class and coursework and sample material to download.

Hello India!

This site is sponsored by MCI Telecommunications Corp. as a service to the Indian community. It contains information about Indian food, music, culture, entertainment, events and the online version of India Today.

Heritage Map Museum

OLD BRICK WALLS AND LARGE WOOD BEAMED CEILINGS FRAME THE SETTING FOR OUR 7,500 SQUARE FOOT DISPLAY AREA. HUNDREDS OF ORIGINAL 15TH TO 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE MAPS are beautifully displayed. The Museum is the first in the world fully devoted to the display and sale of original works of the masters of cartography. You will be able to closely examine the works of Schedel, Munster, Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu, Hondius, and many others.

Hillside Elementary School

One of the very first elementary schools on the Web, Hillside has kept up its Web presence with new activities and projects. Students here make their own home pages and have email addresses, and use the Internet for research. This is a model site for other schools going online.

Hole Family School Virtual Referance Library Links

A site designed mainly for high school students who are searching for reference information but don't know where to go. inks to on-line encyclopedias, including a link to the Encyclopedia of the Mouse Genome 3.0. Great home study resouce.

Holocaust

This gopher server holds several different curriculum created for teaching the Holocaust. This is a very helpful resource for those just beginning to teach a difficult subject.

Home Growing Automated Systems

We offer FREE information on indoor gardening, hydroponic systems, computer controlled equipment and mailorder of related merchandise.

HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES

Here is another good page listing home schooling resources. It is divided into home schooling Web sites, relevant educational directories, and ERIC info guides. A good collection for getting home school research started.

Hoover's Online

In-depth profiles of 8,000 public and private companies in the United States compiled by The Reference Press, the leading publisher of reasonably priced company information.

HotList of K-12 Internet School Sites

This site is updated frequently and contains links to all U.S. K-12 schools with Internet access. The schools are divided by state, and the site lists what level of access the school currently has (i.e. gopher, web, email only, etc.). This is a good site for finding partners for online projects by state or region.

HotList: Virtual Exhibits

This site is a great resource for integrating the Internet into real educational experiences. The hotlist has links to lots of online interactive exhibits, where the user actually controls the action on the other end, such as a robot or telescope. There are also links to online exhibits, such as visiting the Amazon jungle or the Louvre.

http://www.widdl.com/MediaPro/

This site for childrens software features the Magic Carpet series of interactive learning software. The software is available in eithe English or Mandarin Chinese. Ordering information and information on a 30 day free trial of the software is available.

I*EARN

I*EARN is the International Education and Resource Network, and is composed of teachers and young people working together in different parts of the world via a global telecommunications network. The purpose of I*EARN is to enable participants to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful difference in the health and welfare of the planet and its people. This site holds information from all the international projects, as well as entry points for the I*EARN member newsgroups. A good site for adding an international, multicultural dimension to your class.

ICBL Video Conferencing CASE Studentship page

This page lists lots of information about using video conferencing in the classroom. Topics listed include technology, how-to's, integrating it into the classroom, current projects, and much more. A very useful site for those using distance learning technologies.

ICDL

This page is from the International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL), located in Great Britain. It offers links to a free telnet database, a quarterly publication about distance learning, and the ICDL gopher server. A very reliable site

IDEAnet - The Indiana Department of Education Network

IDEAnet is designed for Indiana teachers as a provider of free access to local projects, peer referral, employment information, and classroom resources. For non-Hoosiers, it also offers a wide variety of connections to educational networks and examples of school home pages IDEAnet also has a gopher server at ideanet.doe.state.in.us

ILTweb: LiveText: Index

The LiveText project is based on the belief that the educational applications enabled by networked multimedia technologies will provide the opportunity for educational reform. This page provides supporting curricula, lesson plans, and instructional design resources. It also has a nice online web development activity. Good resource!

Image Analytics Corporation

Image Analytics Corporation provides cost effective hardware/software systems for microscopic and macroscopic image analysis. A full system will perform morphometric cell analysis (length, area, velocity and shape) currently used for AIDS, neuroimmunology and biological research. FTP Demo file. Basic software and frame grabber board are available. Color analysis also available.

IMD International Institute for Management Development

IMD is one of the world's leading international management development institutes. It has a solid reputation for pioneering the development of executive education, bringing a truly international perspective to management development in cooperation with some of the most successful companies around the world.

Impact! Online Home Page

This page is for intermediate to advanced ES/FL students. It consists of hypertext documents in English, with links giving pronunciation, part of speech, and meaning. Yet another good example of delivering instruction via the Web.

InfoList Home Page

This site is intended to pique the curiosity and interest of teachers and to help them begin using the Internet as an educational tool. The page holds back issues of the InfoList Digest, which is available by a free email subscription. If you want to save online time and have interesting sites sent to you, check this page out.

InforMNs

The home server of Minnesota's teacher network. Includes teacher discussions, lesson plans and one of the largest collections of gopher lists available. This is also accessible through gopher at informns.k12.mn.us .

Inkspot

Inkspot is a collection of useful resources for young writers, and anyone teaching young writers. It includes references to workshops, online style guides, publications accepting submissions, and contests. A very useful set of resources!

inQuiry Almanack, March 1995

This site is a monthly magazine for educators who are interested in using the Internet to support inquiry-based learning in the classroom. It has Internet "hunts", online puzzles, and experiments. Most of the information is focused on science education. This page has an entertaining layout.

Integrating Technology Schools Home Page at University of New Mexico

This site was created as a resource for helping teachers both in the field and preservice learn how to integrate technology into the classroom. It has online project ideas, subject guides, and how-to's for the Internet. This site has a good focus.

Interactive Frog Dissection: An On-line Tutorial, The

This online dissection kit uses photographs and QuickTime movies to illustrate step-by-step the dissection of a frog. Tests along the way help the student judge mastery of the content. A useful classroom tool to use in lieu of real frog dissection.

Interactive Multimedia Education Resources

This site contains images and other multimedia files related to earth science. The resources are available in either Windows or Mac formats, and the player needed to view the files is available at the site. There is even an online tutorial to learn how to use the resources.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

This new page has listings of teachers and classes needing keypals for cross-cultural exchanges and partners for online projects at the K-12 and the college level. This site also has links to listservs and other collections of keypal requests and online projects. A very useful resource!

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions or (IFLA), is a worldwide organization created to provide librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas, promoting international cooperation, research and development in all fields of library activity. We look forward to presenting our members and interested individuals with an evolving range of electronic information resources and services through the use of Internet technologies.

IPL Building Directory

The Internet Public Library is made up of four main divisions: reference, youth services, services for librarians and information professionals, and the education division. The 'building' itself is divided into the building directory, the classroom ,and the exhibit area. This site is chock-full of neat resources, interactive exhibits, and discussion areas.

ISN KidNews

ISN KidNews is a news service for students and teachers around the world. They allow anyone to use stories from the services as long as the author is credited, and anyone may submit stories. They also encourage comments about news gathering, teaching, and computer-related issues in the Discussion sections for students and teachers. A great tool for getting kids into current affairs and critical evaluation of the media.

issues

This site is good in general, but has one particular set of links that are very helpful in that they discuss issues facing the use on Internet in the classroom. Censorship, age-appropriateness of materials, setting up a network, etc. are all found here. This is a good place for parents or educators who want to look at issues before actually dealing with them.

IUB Libraries: Research Collections and Services Department

The librarians and staff of the Research Collections and Services Department (RCSD) work in three units in the Main Library of Indiana University, Bloomington, serving the humanities and social sciences. We build the printed and electronic collections, instruct classes and individuals and offer general and specialized reference and research assistance to the students, faculty and staff of Indiana University. We also present some guides which we have created and select and monitor information on sites around the world which we think is of potential value and importance to the students and faculty we serve.

IUP-Miages de France

At Paris XI University : Computer sciences, Management and Information Systems

JASON Project

The JASON project is a collaborative learning experience for students around the world. Each year, a two-week scientific expedition is mounted in a remote part of the world and broadcast in real-time, using state-of-the-art technology, to a network of educational, research, and cultural institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom. Participating students at the interactive downlink sites have the ability through telepresence to "go live" to the expedition, to operate the scientific equipment being used, and to talk directly with the scientists at the expedition site.

Jefferson-Scranton Community Schools

This site is a high school home page from Jefferson, Iowa. We are currently in a joint project with Iowa State University. The project was started to provide our high school students the opportunity to explore the internet through WWW.

John and Janice's Research Page

This page gives continually updated education-and-the-Internet and other telecom-related statistics. This is a good page for gathering numbers to convince any who are not sure that the Internet is really useful in a learning environment. It lists information in a summary document, and also by state.

John Suler's Teaching Clinical Psychology Page

This page is devoted to sharing ideas and resources about the teaching of clinical psychology, especially undergraduate courses. Contributors are welcome!

Jon's Home-School Resource Page

This site is a great place for online information about home-schooling. It's very complete, with links to other web pages, online curriculum guides, listservs, newsgroups, etc. A good site, especially considering the role that the Internet could potentially play in home-schooling and other non-traditional educational methods.

Judi Harris' Network-Based Educational Activity Collection

This is a collection of 236 exemplary network-based educational activities, collected by Judi Harris. They are available through two different classifications: Judi Harris' Activity Structures Classification, and by a Content Domain Classification This is a good listing of online interactive projects to either join or adapt for your own class.

Junior Achievement Purpose/Facts

This site gives essential information about Junior Achievement such as the purpose, mission, goals, and national contact information. It also lists answers to commonly asked questions and tells why you should volunteer to help this worthwhile organization. This might be a good model page for other non-profit education-oriented organizations trying to develop a web presence.

K-12 Technology

This site describes what is calls "Simple School Internet Protocol" - that is, a way to get schools online. This information is from a Vermont school district, and is very nicely organized. The document's sections are informative and clearly labeled. Add this site to the technology planning committee's reading list!

K12 Education (Education)

This is a very comprehensive site detailing lots of K-12 links. For ease of use, it is searchable and subdivided into primary and secondary education, and also into document type. Another good place for Internet research.

KIDDING Around

This page is an on-ramp to the Internet designed for middle-school age students. It features current affairs, celebrity information, movie and music reviews, as well as educational links. This site is catchy and should keep teens' interest for quite a while

Kids Web A World Wide Web Digital Library for Schoolkids

This is an easy to use collection of multimedia and other resources useful in education. One caution - the fun and humor link leads to a general Internet humor archive, so that area may not be entirely appropriate for children. However, the other links are quite useful.

Kids' Space

Kids Space has been planned for children to enhance basic computer skills through their real participation and use of the Internet.

KNOX JR. HIGH homepage

This site provides important links for research and training students and teachers to use the vast resources of the internet.

Landegg Academy On-line