Featured Site of the Week
Designed to stimulate educational software development for K-12 science teachers, this newly launched Web site seeks teacher feedback and participation. A prototype, ‘manumit’ is one of the few sites offering…
February 4, 2002 / Comments Off / Read MoreEDSITEment, the National Endowment for the Humanities’ collection of the internet’s best humanities resources for K-12 teachers, has grown from 105 to 131 peer-reviewed web sites, the agency recently announced.…
January 21, 2002 / Comments Off / Read MoreTeachers might want to defer plans for a field trip to the planetarium in favor of this new site. “Telescopes in Education,” from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),…
January 14, 2002 / Comments Off / Read MoreTeachers and students can dive deeper into our world’s oceans with this site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “Ocean Explorer” enables teachers and students to follow along…
January 7, 2002 / Comments Off / Read MoreUse this map to get information on any of the approximately 92,000 public schools in the Department of Education’s 1999-2000 school year database. Get its address, find out how many…
December 10, 2001 / Comments Off / Read MoreThis new site from McGraw-Hill’s Aviation Week will tweak the curiosity of K-6 students and inspire youngsters to learn more about the wonders of flight. Liftoff Education supplies teachers with…
December 3, 2001 / Comments Off / Read MoreSchool computer labs are no longer down the hall in many schools; laptops are moving them into the classroom. As laptops become more popular with educators, one site aims to…
November 26, 2001 / Comments Off / Read MoreSince the very first reports hit the news wires, the tragedy of Sept. 11 has been compared to other great national tragedies, but perhaps none so much as the Dec.…
November 19, 2001 / Comments Off / Read MoreFor the first time since the launch of its JPI Rangers Club, education.com will be hosting four separate live chats in November, one with world-famous paleontologist Dr. Robert T. Bakker…
November 12, 2001 / Comments Off / Read MoreCoSN is co-sponsoring a series of free teleconferences on important policy and leadership issues. November’s satellite Town Hall meeting will be on Smart Budgeting for Technology. Topics include Total…
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