The University of West Alabama

Julia S. Tutwiler Library
Education

General  
Full-text Publications on the Web
Associations & Agencies
Curriculum Materials & Lesson Plans         
Financial     
Global SchoolNet-Internet Projects Registry

Home Schooling  
Jobs 
Law 
Special Education    
Statistics   
Technology in the Classroom          
Alabama Department of Education


SUBJECTS
(See also individual subject links under Internet Resources.)

Art   English  Environment   Government  Library Media    Music 

Science         
 


GENERAL EDUCATION RESOURCES

Education Index - annotated guide to web sites on education by subject and level.

Education World: Where Educators Go To Learn

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence- resources for teachers, students and parents from federal agencies.

Global Campus -educational materials by subject.

Internet Public Library - sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information.

MarcoPolo - Internet Content for the Classroom.  A professional Development Training Program designed to introduce educators at all grade levels to MarcoPolo, an Internet resource created by the WorldCom Foundation through partnership with the nation's leading educational organizations to help teachers effectively integrate Internet Content for the Classroom into the K-12 curriculum.

National Library of Education

Open Educational Resources Archive - a collection of educational content.

PEPE Alabama Professional Education Personnel Evaluation Program.

Praxis - The Praxis Series™ Assessments provide tests and other services that states use as part of their teaching licensing certification process.

Empirical Research

Standards Based Education - Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL).

Teacher Pathfinder - links to online resources for teachers and parents.

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FULL-TEXT PUBLICATIONS ON THE WEB

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Computer Writing, Rhetoric and Literature

Current Issues in Comparative Education

Education Policy Analysis

Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews

Education Week

Educational Insights

EDUCAUSE

Journal of Asynchronous Learing Networks

Journal of Interactive Media in Education

Journal of Statistics Education

Journal of Technology Education

Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal

Online Education - commercial web site with links to K-12 curriculum aids.

Reading Online

School Library Media Research

Teacher Magazine

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ASSOCIATIONS & AGENCIES

American Library Association, (ALA)

Consortium for School Networking, (CoSN)

EDUCAUSE

Global Schoolnet Foundation

NEA

National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education

National Council for the Social Studies, (NCSS)

National Science Teachers Association

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, (NCTM)

National Endowment for the Arts, (NEA)

National Endowment for the Humanities, (NEH)

National Information Center for Educational Media, (NICEM)

National Science Foundation, (NSF)

National Standards for Arts/Music Education

Nat'l Info Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities, (NICHCY)

Pathways to School Improvement

Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, (SIAM)

United States Dept. of Education

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CURRICULUM MATERIALS & LESSON PLANS

Collaborative Lesson Archive - K-12 and undergraduate level plans searchable by suject, title, & grade.

Encarta Online - lesson plans from the Microsoft Network.

Gateway to Educational Materials

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Lesson Plans Page

Science NetLinks

"The Story Place" - The Children's Digital Library - stories and activities for children.

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FINANCIAL

ASU reSEARCHnet

Benton Foundation, (arts funding)

Council of Foundations

Distance Learning Sourcebook

Ed-Tech Alert

Fastweb - Internet's largest free scholarship search

Foundation Center - includes a database of funding activities and links to other web sites.

Foundations

George Lucas Educational Foundation

Grant Opportunity Resources

Henry Moore Foundation (arts funding)

Scholarship Resource Network - Financial aid for students

Office of Postsecondary Education - Programs The Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) administers over 40 programs that address critical national needs and support our mission of increasing access to quality postsecondary education.

TRAM

U. S. Department of Education - select "Grants Information"

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HOME SCHOOLING

Homeschooling - About.com  Homeschooling resource offering information on getting started, choosing curriculum, methods, legal issues, product reviews, state information

Homeschool World

Homeschooling site offering free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine, including articles, interviews, columnists, resources, reviews

 

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JOBS

50 States K-12 Employment Opportunties

National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse -gateway to job banks and other information for job searches in education.

Teachers @ Work - the National Educators Employment Network

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LAW

CataLaw - Education

Code of Alabama -Title 16 is education law.

EdLaw Homepage - has several links mostly dealing with special education.

Education Law Materials - from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. This is a great site for federal statutes and federal agency regulations concerning education.  Links to federal statutes, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions and individual state ed. law materials.

FedWorld

FirstGov.com- search engine for U.S. government information.

Find Law Internet Legal Resources - Education

In Brief Law Journal - provides links to state information, reference sources, and articles.

The Law and Special Education - supplementary materials and legal updates to Special Ed. law textbook.

Thomas Legislative Information -legislation, committe information, and the Congressional Record.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION

NICHCY - The National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities.

The Law and Special Education

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STATISTICS

National Center for Educational Statistics

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TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook - examples of agreements policies, etc. Virginia Department of Education

E-Rate Information - E-Rate Hotline.

Global SchoolNet Foundation  -Internet Projects for the Classroom.

National Center for Technology Planning - technology plans for K-12 schools.

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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Alabama Department of Education Home Page

Classroom Improvement:  includes "Alabama Courses of Study" as well as other documents.
Click on Publications (left in blue border) To view or print full text.

SUBJECTS

ART

ArtsEdge

Crayola Art Education

Open Studio The Arts Online

WebMuseum

World Wide Arts Resources

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ENGLISH

Children's Literature Web Guide

C.S. Lewis Web Site

Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages

UWA's LRC Internet Resources for Literature

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ENVIRONMENTAL

Artic Circle

EE-Link

Environmental Resources for Education

GLOBE

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GOVERNMENT

FedWorld

Government Printing Office

Library of Congress

State of Alabama

Thomas Legislative Information

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Department of Education

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LIBRARY MEDIA

School Library Media Research - the refereed research journal of AASL.

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MUSIC

MHN Music Encyclopedia

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SCIENCE

Science Education Resources on the Net - Univ. of Georgia's list of science education web sites.

Science Net Links - Internet resources in science for K-12 educators.

Chemicool Periodic Table  

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