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Paul in Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Serves as a starting place for parents and children exploring the Web together. This site links to 300 other related sites. Search by topic or title.
Online magazine for K–12 educators using the Internet in the classroom. Both in print and online, Classroom Connect has become a source of pointers and features related to using the Internet in formal education for more than 8,000 monthly readers.
Provides information pertinent to United States education as well. Includes distance learning resource information, connections to other educational and Canadian government Gophers and CLN software.
An online service for the students to review computer graphics lab procedures and results, as well as present lecture material and project animations for all to view.
Gathers information on teleconferencing technologies, instructional design, programs and courses, and other distance learning resources.
Plans to become a central “welcoming” and jump station for educators on the Internet. Contains links to educational conferences, policy and reform archives, and subject guides to online resources.
Features, among other exhibits, “Diving in to the Gene Pool,” “Remembering Nagasaki,” “Ask Us A Question,” and a digital library. Also offers The Learning Studio, a collection of science resources for parents, teachers, and kids.
Offers links to many online interactive exhibits, where you control the action on the other end, such as a robot or telescope. Also offers links to online exhibits, such as the Amazon jungle or the Louvre.
Consists of hypertext documents in English, with links giving pronunciation, part of speech, and meaning.
Uses photographs and QuickTime movies to illustrate step-by-step the dissection of a frog. Provides tests along the way to help the student judge mastery of the content.
Provides listings of teachers and classes needing keypals for cross-cultural exchanges and partners for online projects at the K–12 and the college level. Also offers links to Listservs and other collections of keypal requests and online projects.
Collaborative learning experience for students around the world. Each year, a two-week scientific expedition is mounted in a remote part of the world and broadcast in real-time, using state-of-the-art technology, to a network of educational, research, and cultural institutions in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and the United Kingdom. Lets participating students at the interactive downlink sites “go live” (using telepresence) to the expedition, operate the scientific equipment being used, and talk directly with the scientists at the expedition site.
http://www.missouri.edu/~rhetnet/interversity/
Serves as a learning environment in which people from all parts of the world can gather to search for new answers to the needs of contemporary society.
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Offers links to many good online math sites. Lists lesson plans, curriculum guides, and interactive links such as the Gallery of Interactive Geometry. Also offers listings of math-related newsgroups.
Lists several different online reference sources, such as a hypertext Webster’s dictionary, a thesaurus, and an acronym dictionary. Also offers several foreign language dictionaries, and computing dictionaries.
The British institution that pioneered distance education as a way to broaden educational opportunities across the country. Offers a comprehensive program that serves as a model for other programs. Also offers links to other online resources.
http://www.ncss.org/online/NCSS Online
Netwohttp://www.cc.ukans.edu/~sypherh/bc/onctr.htmlrk
Offers online projects centering around specific themes, and encourages international participation. Also offers an international keypal search and find center and access to education-related newsgroups.
Serves as a resource for international students seeking to study at a quality American university, college, or English language institute. Lets you browse informative articles and program descriptions, and use the online request information forms to email the school in which you’re interested for more information.
Presents an amazing online training course that teaches you how to dramatically improve your memory powers—improve exam grades, learn foreign vocabulary, and more.
Contains information about Turner Adventure Learning, electronic field trips for K–12. Contains text documents, graphics, and Web links related to each field trip.
Focuses on teachers learning to use the Internet while online, as well as those who have very limited access time. Arranged alphabetically by subject area with two different tables of content—one with subheadings and pictures for those who want to browse and the other with just plain text links to resources. Addresses the real problem of teachers and time.
Offers information on both distance education and Internet in the classroom. Lists online projects, links to resources, and professional development information. Also offers a page on preservice teacher preparation.
Cross-references everything from aboriginal studies to zoos. Details the links by alphabetical order, by era, and by region. Offers clickable maps of the world and specific information about many countries. Also offers a list of other online resources.