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Inspiring Innovation.
UW-Stout can help you achieve your goals.
Inspiring Innovation.
UW-Stout can help you achieve your goals.
Check out the following resources for educators.
Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools
Tips for Planning a Successful Internet Experience for Your Students (pdf)
Developed by Mary Alice Anderson, lead Media SpecialistWinona Area Public Schools, and Cathleen Wharton, US West.
50 Uses of Inspiration and Kidspiration
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
A 4-star site! Kathy Schrock's classified list of sites on the Internet for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth
The Awesome Library
Reviewed resources. Includes a directory, an index, and a search engine
Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity features content Web sites with lesson plans, student interactive content, downloadable worksheets, panel-reviewed Web sites, and additional resources created by the nation's leading education organizations.
The Educator's Reference Desk
A national database of lesson plans, bibliographic citations and digests. The database contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on educational research, theory, and practice.
Library of Congress Educator's Page
Provides classroom ideas and professional resources
American Memory Collection
Historical collections for the National Digital Library
New York Times Archive of Daily Lesson Plans
Integrated Technology Lesson Plans
San Diego County K-12 Education Resources
Regional Educational Laboratories
Educational research and development organizations supported by contracts with the U.S. Education Department, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) (formerly known as the Office of Educational Research and Improvement [OERI]). Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
United Nations CyberSchoolBus
Highlights current issues and topics of local and global importance and includes a teacher's guide with suggestions for classroom use
Franklin Institute
Educational hotlists
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