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‘The Chalkboard’ lists free school resources
http://thechalkboard.com Here you can find the latest information on free resources offered to educators by corporations. These resources include lesson plans, materials, grants, scholarships, tours,…
Get your school kicks on ‘Web66′
http://web66.umn.edu Web66 features a comprehensive list of U.S. and international school web sites. Just click on a region of the map, and you’ll receive a…
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1998
The first multimedia reference tool to link articles to topic-related sites on the internet, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is now available in a 1998 edition. Grolier Interactive, Inc. has released two…
LION: Create roaring good school and library web sites
A service of the Librarians Information Online Network, this site provides great links to resources for K-12 school and library leaders who want to learn how to create web pages.…
Macintosh tips and tutorials for beginners
http://users.desupernet.net/ohora/index.html This site is dedicated to helping less experienced users make the most of their Macintosh computers. It gives reviews of educational software, plus links…
‘Download.com’ serves up Mac software
http://www.download.com At Download.com, a service of CNet, you’ll find the best in freeware and shareware for downloading to your Mac. You can search by category,…
New digital ‘ADSL’ lines will streamline internet access
ADSL, a lightning-fast internet access technology that could make clicking through web pages as easy as flipping through a book, might be widely available to your schools by this fall.…
College Board Scholarship Search
http://www.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/bin/fundfind01.pl This is a nifty service to help college-bound students locate obscure sources of money. Students fill in a brief questionnaire and receive an array…
Educast lets you customize internet resources
http://www.educast.com Educast, an educational broadcast network, also delivers free personalized information to teachers and administrators using the internet. Its selling point is a feature through…
Got questions? AskERIC!
http://ericir.syr.edu AskERIC is a personalized internet service providing information and assistance to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents. It’s a division of the Educational Resources…