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Ask Jeeves is the fast, smart, and easy way to find information on the
web. It's the first natural language search service--with a massive Knowledgebase of 6
million answers to the most popular questions asked online. |
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Ask Jeeves for Kids(tm) is the fastest and easiest way to find answers to
questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English and, after
interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and
only one web site that answers your question. |
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Cable in the Classroom is a $420 million public service effort supported by 38
national cable networks and over 8,500 local cable companies. These networks and local
cable companies act as a partner in learning with teachers and parents by providing a
free cable connection and over 540 hours per month of commercial-free educational
programming to schools across the country. This site includes links to curriculum
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California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse
clearinghouse.k12.ca.us
This web site is an educator's guide to instructional technology resources that
support California's curriculum frameworks and standards. A key portion of this site is
the Online Evaluations Database which is a continuously updated database of information on
all types of instructional technology resouces. Each of the listed programs has been rated
as Exemplary or Desirable by the California Instructional Technology
Clearinghouse and has been found to be effective, technically excellent, and appropriate
for use in a California classroom. The database has sophisticated, simple-to-use search
capabilities designed to help the educational user make informed instructional technology
resources choices. Every Clearinghouse evaluation is conducted by one of the
Clearinghouse's 19 Evaluation
Satellites, each specializing in a particular subject area. Each of these Satellites
is operated by a California county office of education and is supported by the California Technology Assistance Project. |
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Classroom Connect is an Internet site for education-related resources, products,
information and support. This site includes: G.R.A.D.E.S.--a
hand-picked selection of quality education-related Internet Web sites; the Resource Station--Internet-enhanced
Lesson Plans; information on Internet projects; and the The Teacher Contact Database provides
the ability to identify colleagues who are interested in the use of the Internet in the
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The California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) is a statewide
educational technology leadership initiative, providing assistance to schools and
districts in integrating technology into teaching and learning.
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The International Schools CyberFair competition, now in
its fourth year, has been described as the largest event of its kind ever held on the
Internet. The program has brought together more than 500,000 students from 52 counties.
Acting as "student ambassadors," schoolchildren share their stories with other
students around the globe. School-generated web sites in eight different categories are
evaluated by the students themselves, using a unique web tool developed by Global
SchoolNet. |
The Educational Technology Journal on the WWW.
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George Lucas Educational Foundation
www.glef.org
This site has many resources including links to helpful online resources, projects, and programs in K-12 education and Edutopia--an online magazine. |
Global SchooINet Foundation
www.gsn.org
The Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
corporation, is a major contributor to the philosophy, design, culture and content of
Internet-based learning. GSN offers a variety of free support services to
learners, but more importantly we provide the "training wheels" needed to get
started!
GSN collaborates with individuals, schools, businesses
and community organizations to design, develop, and manage hundreds of collaborative
learning projects each year.
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the
Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It
is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites.
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Science NetLinks, developed by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) and MCI, has a wealth of resources for science educators, divided broadly
into twelve main sections (correlated with the AAAS' Project 2061).
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SCORE is a web-based classroom resource with links to quality Internet
sources and teacher-developed lessons divided into the following subject groups: Science, Mathematics, History/Social Science, and Language Arts. |
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TAPPED IN™ is a growing community of over 2800 K-16 teachers, staff, and
researchers engaged in both formal professional
development programs and informal collaborative activities with their colleagues
year-round. Members hold real-time discussions and classes, browse Websites together,
learn about professional development options, and interact via mailing lists and
discussion boards all in a single on-line venue.
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