Portals to K-12 Online Resources

1. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
<http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/>

Special features/comments: covers all subjects; provides easy subject access to resources in support of the curriculum; excellent site)

2. Blue Web'n
<http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/>

Special features/comments: covers all subjects; focuses on teaching and classroom activities; provides access through content table, subject list or grade level.

3. Academy Curricular Exchange
<http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/>

Authority: teachers involved in the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshops.

Special features/comments: includes over 700 lesson plans, which are organized by subject area and grade level.

4. IDEAS (Interactive Dialogue from Educators Across the State)
<http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/>

Special features/comments: IDEAS provides Wisconsin educators access to high-quality, highly usable, teacher-reviewed web-based resources for curricula, content, lesson plans, professional development and other selected resources. These resources help Wisconsin educators use technology to meet the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards and create the foundation for a statewide knowledge management system.

5. Edsitement
<http://edsitement.neh.gov/>

Special features/comments: covers both the arts and humanities; includes  lesson plans by grade-level and a careful selection of curriculum-supporting web sites.

6. Education Place 
<http://www.eduplace.com/ss/>

Special features/comments: created by Houghton Mifflin; features of potential interest: unit on current-event topics (social studies) and map outlines; difficult to navigate; content is rather limited.

7. Library in the Sky
<http://www.nwrel.org/sky/>

Authority: sponsored by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

Special features/comments: links to student, teacher, parent, librarian and community resources in all subject areas; includes lesson plan section; contains keyword search engine.

8. Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)--NLE, US Department of Education
<http://thegateway.org/>

Authority: National Library of Education.

Special features/comments: This one-stop educational resource provides information, lesson plans, and activities pertaining to all K-12 subjects.  The well designed search engine makes this site particularly appealing.

9. Educator's Reference Desk
<http://www.eduref.org/>

Authority: teachers

Special features/comments: This site contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States.

10. Accessible Web Design Resources
<http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/pub_resources.htm>

Special features/comments: Do you maintain or are you planning to create your own web pages?  Do you believe in inclusive schooling? This site leads to numerous resources that can help you make your site accessible to people with print disabilities. 

1. Academic Info (Gateway to Quality Educational Resources)
<http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html>

Special features/comments: organizes educational resources by subject.

2. The Education Index
 <http://www.educationindex.com/index.html>

Authority: CollegeView Partners

Special features/comments: An annotated guide to education-related web sites. Contains numerous dead links.

3. Merlot
<http://www.merlot.org/Home.po>

Special features/comments:  This is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Provides links to online learning materials along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. Potentially suitable for advanced high school classes.

Created by Axel Schmetzke, Library, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Last updated 02/07/05 .
Comments are welcome! aschmetz@uwsp.edu