Arizona State Education Standards A direct link to the content area standards.
Association For Curriculum and Supervision Research, professional development and teaching resources.
Big Chalk This site provides interactive center, virtual field trips and a lesson plan database.
Blue Web'n A lesson plan database
Children's Software Revue An independent newsletter that reviews software for children.
Classroom Connect A great all around resource providing lesson plans, links to educational sites, internet information and more.
CNN FYI This site contains news and information with no advertising or subscription required. The language and content are kid friendly.
Education Trust Articles and information on providing a high level of education especially for disadvantaged groups. Activities are provided that align with state standards.
ERIC The Educational Resources Information Center provides research and support on a vast array of educational issues.
Explorasource Provides educational resources by grade level, subject area, media and publisher.
Filamentality A site that lets you create WebQuests, Scrapbooks, Treasure Hunts and Hotlists using their easy to follow step by step wizards. You can also search a lesson database and use lessons created by other teachers.
4 2 Explore A great site when you are looking for educational resources on a specific topic. Definitions, activities, links, resources and four good starting points are provided on each page.
Funbrain Games for grades K - 8. Quizlab tab provides opportunity to create online quizzes and surveys for your students.
HPR*TEC At the High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium site you can create Internet based lessons such as TrackStars and Web Worksheets or search their data base by grade, subject or creator's name. There is also Rubistar for creating Rubrics. This site is always getting better and better!
Inspiration A great tool for concept mapping, brain storming, outlining etc. This site offers a free 30 day trial to download.
ISTE The International Society for Technology in Education provides information on what is going on in technology education, professional development resources, teacher resources and national technology standards links.
Kathy Shrock's Guide A list of educational sites to enhance the curriculum and increase professional growth.
Kidspiration The K - 3 version of Inspiration. This is a must for any early elementary teacher. The program has fully integrated voice commands for your non-readers! A 30 day free trial is available from this site.
Mail Rings A site which provides a directory of listservs for teachers.
Middle School Sites Lists of middle school sites by subjects designed for students.
Marco Polo Marco Polo is a free, standards based Internet center for K- 12 students developed in partnership with National Geographic, NCTM, the Kennedy Center and others. Extraordinary content and application.
National Education Association
Peggy Steffen's Educational Resources A fabulous resource for teachers that provides great sites, great organization and user friendliness. Among this author's favorites!
Patti Greenleaf's Educational Resources Wonderful materials on how to integrate software and the internet into your curriculum. Printable instructions are very helpful. Another classic!
Puzzlemaker Create printable games including criss cross puzzles, cryptograms, math squares and word searches.
SURWEB This site allows students and teachers to create multimedia presentations using sounds, movies and image files from the extensive SURWEB collection.
ThinkQuest A site that highlights the ThinkQuest competition in which educators and students work in teams to create web based learning materials to teach others. You can search the library of entries for great activities to use with your class.
Quia Create online activities such as matching, flash cards, concentration, quizzes.
Webhound This site provides activities to help adults learn how to search the world wide web.