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 * Online Resources for Teachers and Students**

How can teachers determine whether a site is a good educational site? A good basic rule of thumb to follow is that the site should make your teaching easier instead of more difficult. Sites that are developed by educators for educators will also be the most valuable. Some sites offer information overload (eg. http://www.childrensmuseum.org/), while providing little detail about how to use the resources. The best sites will offer teachers help in understanding how the technology or resources are to be used. Try to avoid sites with a strong corporate agenda or ones that attempt to extract demographic data from kids (eg. http://www.frootloops.com/) When it comes to education, Web sites are typically organized and/or categorized as follows: • Portals that offer a ‘one-stop’ resource collection • Theme or subject-specific sites (eg. Health, Social Studies, Holidays, etc.) • Lesson plans submitted by teachers While Canadian-based educational sites are valuable and sometimes preferable (eg. []), education is a universal phenomenon, and teachers should feel free to explore the resources developed by educators world-wide. Below are some links to well-established educational sites, which can serve as a starting point. A good starting point for all Manitoba teachers is Manitoba Education’s [|MAPLE] portal.

GENERAL EDUCATION SITES: http://www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/edulinks/areas.jsp http://atozteacherstuff.com/ http://about.com/education/ http://www.actden.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/ http://www.teachers.net/ http://www.cln.org/ http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ http://www.education-world.com/ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html http://www.epals.com/ http://www.learningpage.com/ http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ http://www.educationplanet.com/ http://www.proteacher.com/ http://www.reacheverychild.com/ http://teachers.work.co.nz/ http://www.learningpage.com/index.html http://www.surfnetkids.com/ http://www.inspiringteachers.com/ http://www.kinderkorner.com/ http://www.edutopia.org/ http://www.brainpop.com/ http://www.learningshortcuts.com/ http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php PRIMARY EDUCATION SITES: http://teachers.net/mentors/primary_elementary/posts.html? http://www.educationalpress.org/ KID’S SITES: http://www.goodsitesforkids.org/ http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/kidstuff.html http://www.amazing-kids.org/links.html http://www.cbc.ca/kids/ http://www.cyberkids.com/ http://www.funbrain.com/ http://funschool.kaboose.com/ http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/index.asp LESSON PLAN SITES: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ http://www.proteacher.com/lessonplans.html http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/camp/lessons.htm FUN STUFF& PICTURES: http://classroomclipart.com/ http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html http://images.google.com/ SEARCH ENGINES: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156191 LANGUAGE ARTS SITES: http://eduscapes.com/ladders/index.html http://www.bookadventure.org/ http://english-zone.com/index.php http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ MATH SITES: http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/add.asp http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ http://aplusmath.com/ http://www.coolmath.com/home.htm http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/ http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/