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Applications Gaggle.net Student Eamil: Free student e-mail system for schools. These email accounts on Gaggle are similar to HotMail, but the teacher is in control. The teachers has a Master account which allows him or her to create and monitor accounts for the students. EP Teacher Tools $fee$ based service includes NewsletterMaker, LearningLinks, LessonMaker, and online storage. From Education Planet, also a news source. Inspiration Software: concept mapping, story webbing, and other teacher resouce software. Learner Information Packaging (LIP) : Instructional Management Systems (IMS) specifications and prototype software for a Content Packaging Information Model. The goal is to create a "set of open standards for Internet-based education." Download the plan or explore online. listTool.com: free tool that makes the process of subscribing, unsubscribing and sending commands to 616 mailing and discussion lists (in categories such as law, art, music, computers, news, business, humor and more) easy. You no longer have to remember which command you need to send to some obscure e-mail address to subscribe or unsubscribe from a discussion or mailing list. Mac Mission Control: Mac software for tracking space missions or simulating your own. MapQuest Access to maps anywhere in the continental U.S. and more... One Look Dictionaries - The Faster Finder: search a multitude of on-line dictionaries by specific category. ProjectMaker (download only):From Education First. FTP a tool that jumpstarts Internet project design and development in your classroom. Not a site--immediate download, requires Stuffit Expander. Teaching tools from Discovery Channel: Includes Puzzlemaker, WorkSheet Generator and quiz making aids. TypeIt4Me: A very handy utility for Mac users!! Anytime you enter text in your Mac by typing it at the keyboard, TypeIt4Me can help you do it faster and more accurately. First you define a number of abbreviations and the full text entries that they represent, then you watch the Mac expand them on the fly even as you continue typing! . Wired Learning Applications: includes Filimentary applications developing web pages for synthesizing Web information from Pacific Bell's Education First Applications Design Team. Includes Blue Web'n resource library and Filamentality Web activity builder. Interesting Resources 3G on W3: The Great Globe Gallery: Colorful world globes and relief maps Today in History: daily page of American historical events of the day. From the Library of Congress "American Memories" collection. Copyright and Fair Use: The basics, legal facts, and copyright myths. Education Calendar & WWW Sites: new monthly resources and events for classroom activities, from Media Designs. Foreign Languages for Travelers: online translations. High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium: Offering an assortment of resources and tools, including Profiler, TrackStar, library of links for students and for teachers, RubiStar, PBL Checklists, QuizStar, Web Worksheet Wizard. How far away are they? From indo.com. When you want to know how far from you (as the crow flies) other participants in your project are, this site is THE place. Students can easily do it themselves. A map shows the two places queried. Informant: currently free service from Dartmouth will update you on URL changes for 5 sites or 3 sets of key words. You specify the interval and notify you by email of changes. Landmarks for Schools: selected resources and techniques for harvesting information from the Internet. On This Day: Daily highlights of the current date in history from The New York Times. PuppeTools: offers patterns and resources, and teacher journals of uses in addition to background information. Research-It: a diverse assortment of helpers, including language translators, thesaurus, stock quotes and shipping rates. WWW Education Calendar: Significant dates, or events in history that occurred during the current month. The Calendar is referenced with hypertext links (each pre-screened and summarized for your review) to related sites on the web for each citation. From Media Designs WWW Tools for Instructors: free and commercial tools for educators, forum for exchanging ideas and guide for evaluation software. Top References and Readings Dummies Daily: PC World Online and IDG Books Worldwide daily e-mail newsletter with hints, tips, and tricks about getting the most from your computer and the Internet. Education Week on the Web: broad ranging educatioal news coverage and archive of materials on- and off-line. Teachers Magazine is now on the web, too. eSchool News Online: Coverage of current education and technology issues. Specialized discussion forums and email newsletter. Edutopia links from the George Lucas Education Foundation, also an online newsletter Horizon: resources, courses and projects on broad issues related to education. MiddleWeb: focuses on urban middle school reform sites and issues. MultiMedia Schools: a practical how-to magazine that addresses K-12 technologies: CD-ROM, multimedia, online, and Internet resources. . NetTeach News: Focus on applying new technology at all levels of education. The School Page: Resources and links from an international group of consulting teachers and administrators, distributing educational information and products, making evaluations and recommendations Scout Report: Consolidates in one place many of the Internet's regularly published e-zines, allowing users to read or browse all or none of them from the same mailing list or Web site. Part of the Scout Reports. Teachersfirst.com Register for free for their news, resources, interactive lessons. TeachNet.com Tools, courses, lesson ideas, projects and a free weekly newsletter of tips and lesson plans. T.H.E. Journal Technological Horizons in Education, largely commercial resources and tools. Ultimate News Links : news resources around the globe. Top |
