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In addition to geography links and chat, this site offers an extensive collection of outline maps available for download. There is also a list of lesson plans organized by country/continent for elementary and middle school children, with lots of interesting activities.

Current and back issues of this journal provide great articles on school networks, using the Web in class and at home, positive attitudes in education, or "educational technology in support of Engaged Learning."

"The Geometry Center Web at a Glance" will help you to navigate this site, which details the work of the Geometry Center, a National Science Foundation Center at the University of Minnesota. You'll find interactive Web and Java applications, geometry reference archives, software, video, and teaching materials.

The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 required the Department of Education to develop a long-range plan for education technology. The report is available online at this address. It includes best practices, benefits and costs of technology, and more.

This Center enriches the education of gifted students in Shawnee Mission Kansas. While the site details the program and its projects, it also contains excellent lists of Web resources for parents and teachers of gifted and talented children.

Ideas and projects from teachers around the world are available on this site, which connects schools and classrooms all over the planet.

This is a project for an interdisciplinary study involving 7th grade math, science, English, and world cultures classes. Students examine air quality, drinking water quality, radon levels, air flow, and a number of other factors in the course of an eight week unit. Objectives, procedures, and lesson plans are included in this excellent site.

This site is focused on providing services and information to Massachusetts residents. It includes "academic, financial aid and career information...and conducts education awareness programs in middle schools, high schools and community agencies serving youth and adult populations throughout the Boston area." All their services are free.

This is a huge collection of "links to the history of education & childhood." The author has combed the Web and written excellent reviews of sites which detail historical education practices, methods of child rearing, and conditions of children’s lives throughout history and all over the globe. Fascinating stuff!

This attractive site offers "Global Careers and Education Service." There are comprehensively annotated links to education and career sites, many of them Hobsons' own, with more to come.

Here's lots of helpful information about integrating the Internet into your classroom, including resources, projects, a newsletter, and study units.

IECC offers mailing lists (provided by St. Olaf College) to help teachers and students find participants in other countries for "e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges."

Kent School District has compiled Internet resources on curriculum for a variety of subjects. Some areas are not yet researched, but science, social studies, and math, (among others) are worthwhile.

This is a large Geography/Geology resource. Choose from a dozen topics including world geography, government resources, and teaching helps, and find a number of resources under each topic. Link to environmental information or take a virtual tour of Bosnia, Hawaii, the Grand Canyon, others.

Go to the site map and get a clear picture of what this site offers in its attempt to encourage history teachers out onto the information superhighway. Though this site has been up since 1995, it's updated and offers good techniques and resources for teachers, and not just teachers of history.

This is an excellent site, and not just for teachers. Straightforward and easy to use, it offers extensive lists of annotated links in dozens of subject areas, but also contains wonderful information on search engines, directories, and how to use the Internet effectively.

Lesson plans by subject or by grade are here for your perusal, as well as discussions of imaging projects and archives of Kodak's news releases of interest to educators.

This site offers a wealth of information regarding learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder. You can be kept up-to-date on current events, locate help nationally and by state, participate in discussion groups, and more. What a find!


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