Resources for Educators

  1. Agencies, Associations, Boards, Coalitions
  2. Citing Electronic Sources
  3. Educational and K-12 Sites
  4. Search Engine Sites
  5. Software Sites
  6. Web Browser Reviews
  7. WWW Scavenger Hunt Sites

AGENCIES, ASSOCIATIONS, BOARDS, COALITIONS: [back to top]

National

DOE - U.S. Department of Education
NBPTS - National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
PTA - National PTA web site
National Network for Educational Renewal
Holmes Partnership
Kellogg Leadership for Community Change

Texas

ATPE - Association of Texas Professional Educators
TExES - TExES Study Guides
SBEC - State Board for Educator Certification
TASB - Texas Association of School Boards
TCET - Texas Center for Educational Technology
TCTA - Texas Classroom Teachers Association
TxDLA - Texas Distance Learning Association
TEA - Texas Education Agency
TENET - Texas Education Network
THECB - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
TLA - Texas Library Association
TRESC - Texas Regional Education Service Centers
TWC - Texas Workforce Commission


CITING ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: [back to top]

APA - Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association©
MLA Style - Modern Language Association.

 


EDUCATIONAL and K-12 SITES: [back to top]

The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Ask Eric - Great resource site for teachers, library media specialists, and administrators.
Berit's Best Sites for Children - Links to some of the best web sites for kids.
Classroom Connect - Resource center for teachers.
CollegeAssist - Information on over 1600 four-year universities and colleges in the US.
Education World - Excellent educational search tool.
EMC 300 - On-line approach to preparing teachers to use technology in the classroom.
Global School- One of the best Education Sites on the Internet.
Learner Online - Resource center for teachers.
Quest - NASA's K-12 Internet initiative.
Yahooligans - Kids version of the famous search engine


SEARCH ENGINE SITES: [back to top]


Excite Netsearch - Searches Web Documents, Usenet Newsgroups, Web Reviews, and Recent Classified Ads
Lycos - Searches on document titles and content.
Search.Com - The best over-all web site for searching anything on the net. Over 250 databases to choose from.
Web Crawler - Search contents from user keyword input.
YAHOO - Searches by topic categories.


SOFTWARE SITES: [back to top]

Galt Shareware Zone - This site stresses quality over quantity. 200 of the best shareware packages available.
Jumbo Shareware - Over 59,000 shareware packages available for downloading.
Stroud's CWSA - The Consummate WinSock Applications List.
Virtual Software Library - From C\NET - searches for any type shareware you might need.


WEB BROWSER REVIEWS: [back to top]

Stroud's CWSA - The latest reviews of Windows based web browsers.


WWW SCAVENGER HUNT SITES: [back to top]

Cool Science Scavenger Hunt
Egyptian Scavenger Hunt