Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction

This site provides subject-oriented curriculum links and general information from DPI including job openings, Wisconsin education calendar, and links to other Wisconsin resources.

IDEAS

The IDEAS web site 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.

GEM: The Gateway to Educational Materials

A consortial effort by professional educators and organizations to provide quick and easy access to high quality educational materials on the internet. Browse by subject or search by subject, keyword and grade level. Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Education.

UW-Madison CIMC

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Instructional Materials and Computing's resource guides, organized by subject category.

Educator's Reference Desk

The Educator's Reference Desk contains 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites on the Internet, useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.

Blue Web'n

The Blue Web'n site offers "blue ribbon" links to resources for K-12 educators; entries are annotated and rated.

Verizon Thinkfinity

Verizon Thinkfinity, formerly the MarcoPolo program, provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.

Education World

Education World provides links to education related sites only so educators can find information without searching the entire Internet; searchable by topic and grade level. Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom.

KidsClick!

This fantastic site offers a searchable collection of quality internet sites. Created by librarians and no advertising.

Microsoft Innovative Teachers

This Microsoft portal site targets all K-12 teachers, providing links to resources, online discussions, interviews, and lesson plans. Also teacher-oriented tutorials for MS products such as Access, FrontPage, etc.

Busy Teacher's Website

The Busy Teacher's Website is a directory of links to K-12 Internet sources arranged by subject.

ESL Resources for Teachers

Online journals, syllabi, assignments, general reference, and help with specific teaching tasks, courtesy of The Owl at Purdue.

Scholastic Central

From Scholastic Books, this site offers areas for Teachers, Parents, and Kids and provides a wealth of information from technology in schools to links to their "Magic Schoolbus" and "Goosebumps" pages.

AASL Online Continuing Education

The American Association of School Librarians provides opportunities for continuing education.

National Center for Education Statistics

The U.S. Department of Education provides information, programs and publications from the federal government, including a link to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Assn. for Experiential Education

The mission of the Association for Experiential Education is to develop and promote experiential education. The Association is committed to support professional development, theoretical advancement, and evaluation of experiential education worldwide.