General Resources
Ask ERIC: http://askeric.org/
Classroom Connect: http://www.classroom.com/ membership (free) required
Education Index (annotated guide; accessible via subject or lifestage): http://www.educationindex.com/
ERIC Digests (New): http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/
ERIC Full Text: http://ericae.net/ftlib.htm  
Discovery Channel:  http://www.discovery.com/ 
Education World: http://www.education-world.com
Educational Agencies: http://www.edinformatics.com/edagencies/edagencies.htm
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): http://www.ed.gov/free/
High School Hub: http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Inquiry Page - Learning begins with Questions: http://inquiry.uiuc.edu/
Knowledge Loom: What works in Teaching and Learning: http://www.knowledgeloom.com/gmott/index.shtml
NY Times - Learning Network: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ 
Periodicals (database of more than 150,000): http://www.publist.com/
Primary Resources: http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/teaching.html National Archives
Scholastic Central: http://www.scholastic.com/  Reproducibles, authors, classroom  ideas
Teaching Pre K-8: http://www.teachernet.com/
Teacher TimeSavers (Thematic Units): http://www.teachertimesavers.com/
Teachers First: http://www.teachersfirst.com/
Teachers Helping Teachers: http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//
TeachNology: http://www.teach-nology.com/ Lesson plans, worksheets, resources:
Theory into Practice: http://tip.psychology.org/index.html Learning theories
Virtual Teacher (Primary Teachers On-line): http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/directory.html
Web for Teachers: http://www.4teachers.org/ (WWW 4 Teachers)

Grants & Funding
Foundation Center for Grants: http://fdncenter.org/
School Grants (also gives writing tips): http://www.schoolgrants.org/grant_opps.htm
Technology Grant Programs (US Office of Ed. Technology): http://www.ed.gov/Technology/edgrants.html
US Department of Education: Funding Opportunities: http://www.ed.gov/topics/topics.jsp?&top=Grants+%26+Contracts

Lesson Plans
Apple Learning Interchange: http://www.ali.apple.com/ go to Units of Practice
Ashland Lesson Plan Archive: http://www.ashland.com/education/lesson_plans/archive.html
* Ask ERIC Lesson Plans: http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
Blue Web'N Great learning Sites on the web: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Education World: http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/index.shtml
Collaborative Lesson Plan Index: http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
Daybook Searchable Index; http://www.discoverlearning.com/daybook/
Schoolhouse Lesson Collection: http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp supported by MSN
GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials): http://www.thegateway.org/  
Houghton Mifflin Activity Search: http://www.eduplace.com/search/activity2.html 
Kodak Lesson Plans: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/edu/lessonPlans/
Lesson Plans and Thematic Units: http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/lessons.html
Lesson Plans for Social Studies Teachers: http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html
Middle Grades Lesson Plans: http://www.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/mmlp/
Nancy & Laura's Lesson Plans: http://www.geocities.com/k6tech/lessons.html
TeachNet.Com:  http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html 
Thematic Units for Primary Grades: http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Unitlink.htm
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:  http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/ 
ZoomSchool (On-line Elementary Activities):  http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/index.shtml 
WWW Lesson Plans (focusing on research): http://www.learningspace.org/teach_learn/lplan/default.html

Maine Resources
ACTEM: http://www.actem.org/Association of Computer Technology Educators of Me 
ASCD Online - Welcome to Maine http://www.maineascd.org/
Electronic Learning Marketplace (ELM) : http://www.elm.maine.edu/ ME cooperative; Learning Results
Health Education Resource Collection: http://www.library.umaine.edu/lmc/herc/
Kids Art Gallery (Oakland, ME): http://www.oaklandmaine.com/gallery/kid_art.html
Learning Results: http://www.state.me.us/education/lres/homepage.htm  
Maine Department of Education: http://www.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm
Maine Association of School Librarians:  http://www.maslibraries.org/ 
Maine Center for Educational Services (incl. Project Seed): http://www.mainecenter.org
Maine's Curriculum Framework for Mathematics and science: http://www.mmsa.org/  
Maine Education Association: http://www.maine.nea.org/
Maine History Day for Students: http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/historyday/histhome.htm
Maine Learning Results: http://www.state.me.us/education/lres/lres.htm
Maine Learning with Technology Initiative http://www.mainelearns.org/
Maine Library Association:  http://mainelibraries.org
Maine Math & Science Alliance: http://www.mmsa.org/
Maine Science and Technology Clearinghouse: http://www.mainescience.org/index.html
Maine Student Book Award: http://www.windham.lib.me.us/msba.htm
Maine Principals' Association: http://www.mpa.cc/
Portland Public Schools: Learning Results: http://www.portlandschools.org/Pages/LResults/LResults1.html
SPIN:  Teachers & Parents of Children with Disabilities; http://www.mpf.org/SPIN/index.html 

More Links of Links
Awesome Library: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Internet Resources for Teachers and Students: http://www.ets.org/resource.html  
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Phil's Place (Incl: State Departments of Education: http://mav.net/phil/state.shtml
* Web Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Miscellaneous
Annenberg/ CPB: http://www.learner.org/
Debate Central:  http://debate.uvm.edu/default.html
FunBrain:  http://www.funbrain.com/
History of Education & History of Childhood:   http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index.html 
Homework Now (On-line student assignment directory): http://homeworknow.com/
Kaplan (study for standardized tests): http://www1.kaplan.com/view/article/1,1898,1418,00.html
Knowledge Loom: Best Practice Resources; http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index.html
Pumpkin Trivia: http://www.ahowlinggoodtime.com/trivia.html 
Puzzlemaker:  http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ cryptograms, mazes, crossword puzzles, and more
Study Guides and How-tos for students: http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/index.htm

Multiple Intelligences
Article on Learning Styles : http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Academia/KierseyLearningStyles.html
Keirsey Temperament Sorter : http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi
Learning to Learn MI Inventory: http://snow.utoronto.ca/Learn2/mod3/miinventory.html
Project Zero : http://pzweb.harvard.edu/  Harvard's research in learning & creativity & the Arts "

Regional Labs: Regional Educational Laboratory Network: http://www.relnetwork.org/
Appalachia Education Partnership (AEL): http://www.ael.org/
Laboratory for Student Success (LSS MidAtlantic): http://www.temple.edu/lss/
Mid-Continent Center for Research and Learning: (McREL): http://www.mcrel.org/  
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: http://www.ncrtec.org/
Northeast and Islands Educational Lab: http://www.lab.brown.edu/public/index.shtml
NorthEast Regional Resource Center: http://www.wested.org/nerrc/
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning: http://www.prel.org/
SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE): http://www.serve.org/
Southwest Educational Development Lab: http://www.sedl.org/
Western Region (WestEd): http://www.wested.org/

Special Education (from Donald Leu)
ADA Guidelines (Dept. of Justice):  http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm 
Different Roads to Learning : http://www.difflearn.com
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities & Gifted Ed: http://ericec.org/ 
Family Village: http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx excellent central site
Internet Resource for Special Children: http://www.irsc.org/  extensive resources on special ed.
Special Education : http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/speced.htm
Special Education Resources on the Net: http://www.seriweb.com/
Learning Disabilities : http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/learningdis.html  from the 
      National Institutes of Mental Health that explains learning disabilities to parents.
Disability Connection - Mac Access http://www.apple.com/education/k12/disability/

Blindness Resource Center: http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm   best central site for visually impaired
Early ID of Speech-Language Delays: http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/early_identification.html
General Information - Speech/ Language Disorders: http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/speech.html  
Questions and Answers about Child Language : http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/child_language.html
The Arc of the United States: http://www.thearc.org/
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented : http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwgt/nrcgt.html

Reform
Coalition of Essential Schools: http://www.essentialschools.org/
Constructivism and Related Sites: http://www.emtech.net/construc.htm
Essays on Constructivism and Education: http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Essays.html
Improving America's Schools: Reform Issues:  http://www.ed.gov/pubs/IASA/newsletters/assess/
Prisoners of Time: "Report of the National Education Commission on Time and Learning": http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PrisonersOfTime/index.html
Uses of Time for Teaching and Learning: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SER/UsesofTime/index.html

Commercial Sites
Big Chalk (The Education Network): http://www.bigchalk.com/
Education.com: http://www.education.com/home/index.jsp

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