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by Web Admin — last modified August 29, 2006 09:08 AM

Don't remember where to find training resources? Don't have time to hunt down all the sites? Check out Curt's Tech. Training page. The links below will get you started.

Click here for a pdf version: Curt Fischers Internet Resources

Great Places to Start

Discovery School http://school.discovery.com/

Description: For Students Homework help! Get it done--fast, fun, and right. For Teachers Teacher-approved! A library of creative curriculum resources. For Parents School essentials! Help your children succeed.

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

Description: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

Colorado Virtual Library http://www.aclin.org/index_cvl.html

Description: Access Colorado Library and Information Network and The Colorado Virtual Library ACLIN is a cooperative project of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado library community to provide access to the information resources of the libraries of the state to support the education, business, health, social service, and personal growth activities of the residents of Colorado.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) http://ericir.syr.edu/

Description: ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a federally-funded national information system that provides, through its16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and anyone interested in education throughout the United States and the world.

Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids http://www.yahooligans.com/

Description:

Apple Learning Interchange http://ali.apple.com/

Description: The online resource for teaching, learning, research, and collaboration.

Database Pros:List, K12 Exchange http://www.databasepros.com/resources.html

Description: Click on K12 Exchange

Search Engines

MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html

Description: An engine that simultaneously uses several search engines and combines the results.

(recommended!)

Alta Vista http://www.altavista.com/

Description: The AltaVista help pages enable you to get the most from your search experience.

Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.com/

Description: The search is in the form of a question.

Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/

Description: Ask Jeeves for Kids(tm) is the fastest and easiest way to find answers to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one web site that answers your question.

MarcoPolo:

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx

Internet Content for the Classroom
MarcoPolo provides the highest quality, standards-based Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the United States. Access lesson plans, student activities, reviewed web sites and other MarcoPolo resources.Description: Need training resources, sample stacks, updates, tech. support? This is the place!