Following are what we found to be some of the best websites for information pertaining to the K-12 teaching environment. These sites are useful for teachers, students, parents, and volunteers in the schools.

Sites for Teachers -- Sitesforteachers.com is a list of the best teacher's resource and educational sites on the net. Sitesforteachers.com contains only links to sites that contain teacher's resource and educational material and the sites are ranked by popularity. Also, sitesforteachers.com doesn't just allow any site on the list; there are strict rules for the listed webmasters. It's free for every one involved.

Over the past several months, TECH CORPS Rhode Island assisted three Brown University students in conducting a study on the "Digital Divide" in Providence schools. Their completed work offers suggestions for bridging this divide and effective ways to educate teachers about computers and how to use them in their classrooms. This information is a very valuable source for teachers and their districts- click here: http://www.tcri.org/education-sites.htm#digdiv to download the file and see how you can utilize some of their suggestions.

A partnership that brings together six discipline-specific web sites to offer educators no-cost, high quality, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 classroom. The partnership offers K-12 teachers the very best lesson plans and interactive learning tools, engaging content, panel-reviewed links, and professional development resources, including training on integrating Internet content into the classroom - all at no cost.

CyberU.com -- CyberU provides extensive information on online education courses. Coursework offered is primarily fee-based and includes learning resources, self-development and career development courses, continuing professional education, degree and certificate programs, all offered online through accredited universities and educational institutions worldwide.

Compaq in Education -- Compaq's resources for teachers page includes case studies, information on partnerships and alliances, good tools for technology planning, and other research to help teachers.

OnLineSchoolyard -- This site offers stimulating information on a wide range of subjects for the classroom.

National Archives and Records Administration -- An expanding site, rich with historically valuable documents; a fascinating Exhibit Hall, and The Digital Classroom with ideas, programs and publications for teachers.

Learning with the Library of Congress - You will be spellbound by the American Memory Collections from the Library of Congress National Digital Library - documents, photographs, movies and sound recording tell America's story. This is a must visit site.

National School Network K-12 WWW Servers -- A good list of K-12 network resources with particular emphasis on pointers to curriculum resources and curriculum frameworks and standards.

Kid's Web -- A worldwide digital library for school kids. This site contains a selection of resources in just about every discipline - The Arts, Sciences, Social Studies, even Sports.

ITCS -- A Top Ten List of K-12 resources provided by Internet Training & Consulting Services.

Busy Teachers' WebSite -- A compilation of sites designed to provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans and classroom activities with minimum site to site linking. Classified by subject matter, very thorough.

Virtual Schoolhouse -- A Meta-Library of K-12 Internet Links. Cisco's library of educational links. It includes a search interface to help you find specific materials quickly.

MathMagic -- Post challenges in each of four categories (K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each team to pair up with another team and engage in a problem-solving dialog.

Quest - NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative -- Explore current Hot Topics including exploring Europa, a moon of Jupiter, participating in Space Shuttle flight preparation, and investigating Mars. Each section includes a teachers lounge for discussion groups. Fascinating.

Teachnet.Com -- A great resource with information on lesson plans, bulletin board ideas, classroom themes and art projects. There are some great new detention phrases, too! Created by a teacher and an artist in Kansas with weekly updates.

Teachers Helping Teachers -- A forum for teachers looking for new ideas and innovative classroom exercises. The organization is non-profit, the information is free, and suggestions are always welcome. It's goals, as stated on the homepage are: to provide basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers; ideas that can be immediately implemented into the classroom, to provide new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers, and to provide a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world.

Dewey Web -- Named for educator John Dewey, by the University of Michigan, links to the Interactive Communications and Simulations site, The Route 12 Project and other telecommunication projects.

Choices for the 21st Century Education Project -- An educational program that aims to engage the American public to consider international issues, especially environmental concerns, thereby creating a better quality of life for all, from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

LiveText -- A "point-of-view" index site for teachers and administrators, developed by experienced teachers, content developers, and coordinators of school technology projects. LiveText links to resources are pre-sorted and annotated for information relating to technology planning, pedagogy, curriculum design (including specific subject matter guides), and other related topics. LiveText is indexed forgrades 4-12. For K-4 Resources, try Dolly & Buster's K-4 Main Page.

Cyberbee -- A site created and maintained by MultiMedia Schools, a magazine that critiques multimedia technologies, but whose mission is much wider: to report on, review, and discuss a wide array of electronic multiple media, including Internet resources, online databases, CD-ROMs and videodiscs, educational software, and the tools to make the technology work. MultiMedia Schools is addressed to K-12 teachers, librarians, media specialists, technology coordinators, principals and other administrators. Check out the link to popular children's author Jan Brett's website, it offers great classroom and at home materials for children!

The World Wide Web: A Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning? -- A draft version of a paper appearing in Educational Researcher, by Ronald C. Owston, it explores three questions: Does it(the World Wide Web) make learning more accessible? Does it promote improved learning? Does it accomplish the above while containing, if not reducing, the per unit costs of education? An interesting article.

ENC(Eisenhower National Clearinghouse) Digital Dozen -- ENC searches the Net for new and fascinating resources for math and science--check here monthly for great links. Previous months will be archived. If you see a great site that should be here, submit it!

Summary of Current Research and Evaluation Findings on Technology in Education -- The areas outlined in this document are: A) the major outcomes consistently shown for students and teachers determined to result from technology, B) technology development and applications to support teaching learning, C) local, state, and national factors to support effective technology applications, and D) considerations for an expanded R & D agenda for educational technology. Written by John Cradler from the Far West Laboratory.

Teacher Links -- A compilation of math and science related links that includes some very interesting stuff. Want to dissect a frog (again, and again, and again) or just check out the Periodic table, there is a lot to see here. The National Science Foundation is involved with these groups.

Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology -- A division of the Educational Development Center, the Center for Learning, Teaching, and Technology helps learners achieve three essential skills: higher levels of literacy, greater mathematical understanding and proficiency, and the ability to comprehend and evaluate scientific and technological phenomena. To accomplish this, their work focuses on levers for change throughout the system -- from teachers to policymakers, school districts to national agencies, classroom materials to research on teaching and learning. Check out their listing for industry volunteers in the classroom.


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