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Turner Adventure Learning

http://cee.indiana.edu/turner/tal.html

Contains information about Turner Adventure Learning, electronic field trips for K–12. Contains text documents, graphics, and Web links related to each field trip.

Welcome K12

http://www.gatech.edu/lcc/idt/Students/Cole/Proj/K-12/K12wel.html

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.

Canadian Kids' Page

http://www.onramp.ca/~lowens/107kids.htm

Serves as a starting place for parents and children exploring the Web together.

Classroom Connect

http://www.classroom.net

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.

The Community Learning Network

http://cln.etc.bc.ca

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.

Cornell Computer Science Graphics Course

http://www.tc.cornell.edu:80/Visualization/Education/cs418/

Plans to develop an online service for the students to review lab procedures and results, as well as present lecture material and project animations for all to view.

Distance Ed

http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/distance.html

Offers several links to good distance education resources, especially for colleges and universities. Serves as a good starting point for researching distance learning examples and practices.

Distance Education Clearinghouse

http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html

Gathers information on teleconferencing technologies, instructional design, programs and courses, and other distance learning resources.

Distance Education Resources

http://tenb.mta.ca/disted.html

Offers links to international distance learning resources for community and higher education.

Distance Learning Directory

http://www.con-ed.howard.edu/Webpages/Husce/Dld.htm

Provides a listing of Web sites, Gopher sites, Listservs, and newsgroups associated with distance education.

Distance Learning Resources

http://www.crl.com/~gorgon/distance.html

Offers a list of links (all resources for distance education) that have Internet support of distance learning included in the definition. Also describes each link.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young mind for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

—Anatole France

Educational Online Sources

http://netspace.students.brown.edu/eos/main_image.html

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.

Exploratorium Homepage

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

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.

GCRIO On-line Student Activities

http://www.gcrio.org/eduStd.html

Offers a collection of links to online science-oriented interactive projects that students can participate in. Also offers subject guides to resources and grant information.

Genetic Engineering Taught Through Telecommunications

http://kadets.d20.co.edu:80/~lundberg/index.html

Genetic Engineering (plant tissue culture/ recombinant DNA) is taught to 36 other schools in the state of Colorado using the Internet.

HotList: Virtual Exhibits

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/jump.html

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.

Impact! Online Homepage

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Impact/impact_homepage.html

Consists of hypertext documents in English, with links giving pronunciation, part of speech, and meaning.

The Interactive Frog Dissection: An On-line Tutorial

http://curry.edschool.Virginia.edu:80/~insttech/frog/

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.

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

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.

JASON Project

http://www.jasonproject.org/

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.

Landegg Academy Online

http://www.landegg.org/landegg/

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.

Math Education Resources

http://www.teleport.com/~vincer/math.html

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.

MathMagic Internet

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/

Seeks to involve teachers and students in problem solving. Pairs up registered teams from all over the world to discuss and find ways to solve the challenges posted in each of four categories: K–3, 4–6, 7–9 and 10–12.

Online Reference Works

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/references.html

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 Open University

http://www.open.ac.uk/

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.

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Reed Interactive's Global Classroom

http://www.reedbooks.com.au/index.html

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.

The Study in the USA Online Directory

http://www.studyusa.com/

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 e-mail the school in which you're interested for more information.

The Technology and Distance Education Branch

http://www.etc.bc.ca/etc.html

Focuses on the development of a community learning network. Also offers links to other good distance education sites and guidebooks.

Total Recall

http://www.demon.co.uk/sharpsw/total.html

Presents an amazing online training course that teaches you how to dramatically improve your memory powers—improve exam grades, learn foreign vocabulary, and more.

Traveler's Japanese with Voice

http://www.ntt.jp/japan/japanese/

Uses the Internet to teach basic language skills. Divides modules by subject. Plays an audio clip that provides proper pronunciation of any word you click. Also provides historical and cultural information.

Upena Hawaii

http://kalama.doe.hawaii.eduandgopher://kalama.doe.hawaii.edu

Focuses on Internetworking between Hawaiian schools and distance education in general. Contains educational resources for teachers and students, interesting Internet server links, and a good collection of state and local education information from the department of education.

Virtual Frog Dissection Kit

http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html

Provides a learning tool instead of dissecting a real frog. The program uses 3D and MRI images that you can manipulate to see the various parts of the body. Includes online tests.

Welcome to TEAMSnet

http://teams.lacoe.edu/

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.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library

http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/Overview.html

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.