https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

[Read more →]

Visitors to the National Science Foundation’s Biology Research Overview site are privy to an interactive tour that guides users through a three-dimensional image of a human cell, complete with numbered parts such as the mitochondria and the nucleus.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/biology/index.jsp

[Read more →]

Faculty at the University of Houston’s history department and College of Education have designed the “Digital History” web site to support the teaching of American history to K-12 students. The site includes an online textbook, annotated historical documents, and more than 70 interactive, inquiry-based modules. Check it out at:

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

[Read more →]

Google has a resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning. Check it out:

http://www.google.com/literacy/
Google has an education site devoted to teachers – you can become a Google certified teacher, although I doubt NCLB counts this as a “highly qualified” [...]

[Read more →]

Podcasts a flexible way to learn Chinese. With 5 million downloads to date and 20,000 visits a day, ChinesePod.com, a Web site offering free 15-minute podcasts of Mandarin Chinese instruction, has, according to Yahoo!, become one of the five most popular podcast sites in the world. Check it out.

http://www.chinesepod.com/

[Read more →]

Looking for statistics for every country in the world – check out Nation Master:
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

[Read more →]

For something a bit different check out the australianedubloggers page at the following link:http://australianedubloggers.pbwiki.com/
This is a set of education oriented blogs that are based in Australia.

[Read more →]

Ever since it went online in 1993, the Exploratorium science museum has been a pathfinder for its quality virtual exhibitions. Robert Semper, overseer of the museum’s Web programs, says designers hope to expand interactive technologies through such means as sending pictures to hand-held devices and e-mailing content to mobile phones -check it out at:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

[Read more →]

A new internet research tool called Digital Universe aspires to be a more authoritative version of Wikipedia. If successful, it could provide scholars and students with one more option for finding accurate, reliable information online. It is still in it’s early stages but has tremendous possibilities.
http://www.digitaluniverse.net

[Read more →]