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All opinions expressed are my own, and should be taken with the appropriate grain(s) of sodium chloride. On the factual stuff, I've done my best to be accurate.
Section One: Writing References and Sites
Section Two: Online Writing Labs (for teachers and students)
Section Three: Lesson Plans for Teachers
Section Four: Software Applications, Education
Section Five: Arizona and School Links
Section Six: Misc. Links
From here, you can go to:
Section One: Writing References and Sites
This site is probably most useful to graduate students and scholars. It includes a catalog of projects in electronic text in multiple languages and multiple disciplines. High school and undergraduate students might find the "Electronic Reference Desk" (under "Electronic Books Around the World") helpful for research papers. If you hunt around you can find works by Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson and other literary greats. (5/8/00).
IPL - The Internet Public Library
This collection of e-texts, magazines, serials and newspapers includes the Dewey Decimal Youth Collection, a wonderful guide to Internet sites of interest to kids. But don't overlook the magazine and newspaper articles as research paper sources. (5/8/00).
You can access a wealth of resources from here, including bills currently under consideration in the House of Representatives and Congress, LOC exhibits, educators' resources, and the National Digital Library Federation. The American Memory collections include Native American music, Civil War photographs, and African-American history (5/8/00).
WWW Virtual Library - Subject Catalog
Use this subject catalog to access information on health & medicine, education, science, and social issues - or gardening sites. Whatever your research topic, this page can point you to magazines, related websites, and other useful sources of information (5/8/00).
Section Two: Online Writing Labs
Good info on technical writing, including resumes, cover letters, lab reports, etc. The e-handouts will give you valuable information on MLA citations. If you're learning html, you might be interested in the Online Resources page. Of course, the site also includes links to other writing labs as well. (5/8/00).
Roanne State Community College OWL
This site has excellent resources for student writers (gr. 11+) including: Terms, Elements of Literature; Keyboarding Tips for Essays; MLA Works Cited; How-to's on Writing Different Kinds of Essays (Descriptive, Argumentative, etc.); and a Revision Checklist for Reports. Teachers will benefit from articles like "Tone and Audience Awareness." A good site (5/8/00).
Section Three: Lesson Plans for Teachers
Lesson Plans from the Teacher's Desk
Language arts lesson plans that could help a teacher, or a substitute in a pinch (5/8/00)
Richard Fouchaux's Lesson Plans Collection
This is not one collection of lesson plans, but rather, links to many collections of lesson plans on many subjects. A must-see site for teachers! (5/8/00)
Teaching Amer Lit Electronic Archives
A great site, with "essays, syllabi, bibliographies and other resources" for teaching American literature (5/8/00).
Section Four: Software Applications, Education
Directory of Internet Information Sources...
(... about Online Communication and the Internet) - This link includes, but is not limited to, educational applications. Teachers will enjoy the Instructional Technology Connections, which includes connections between electronic media and curriculum; there are also government, art, psychology and other interesting links (5/8/00).
Section Five: Arizona and School Links
Arizona Department of Education - Main Page
Includes information on charter schools, school "report cards," and teacher certification (5/8/00).
Mesa Public Schools, AZ - where I substitute teach when I'm hard up for cash <g> - has links to individual schools within the system as well as some parent, teacher and student resources. I found the student resources to be skimpy and under construction, but if you live in the city of Mesa you might want to see this site (5/8/00).
Since Abe was the last American president to write his own speeches, he is of particular interest to me. Everyone that followed him has had professional assistance in communicating; Abraham Lincoln's eloquence, however, was his own. However, this website is more than just his writing: it also has historic places, pictures, and interesting stuff like that (5/8/00).
Bibliomania's Online Literature and Reference Books
They say they have " hundreds of searchable full text works of classic fiction, popular fiction, short stories, drama, poetry, dictionaries, research and religious texts..." I haven't explored this site much, but it sounds like a good homework helper, or a place for a reader to browse. With eighty novels on line, there's no excuse for not getting that book report done, and if you're really ambitious, you could read Gibbons' History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which no doubt all of us are secretly longing to do(5/8/00).
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Part of the Discovery Channel's Student resources, this page includes more than 570 links to educational sites on every conceivable subject. Happy hunting! (5/8/00).
EdWeb Educ Reform & Technology
"Exploring Technology and School Reform" - named by Netguide Magazine as one of the 50 Best Places to Go Online (5/8/00).
I've pointed you to the English page, but this site provides an opportunity for high school kids from 135 countries to communicate in other languages as well. Live chats, mailing lists and online art exhibits are part of what Kidlink is all about. Want to practice a foreign language anyone? Or just find out what life is like in other parts of the world? Try Kidlink (5/8/00).
Search their archives for your research paper topic, read the summary of past programs, and listen to segments that apply to you. Requires Real Audio Player (5/8/00).
This is a tremendous site, with information about current television shows. There are great resources for research papers - you'll have to check the site to see if there's anything relevant to your topic. Content changes all the time. I could spend hours here. In fact, I have (5/8/00).
Check my ezine and online periodicals links for more research ideas.
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