Education Websites

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Big6

Provides a guide and additional resources for teaching information literacy concepts.

Blue Web'n

A searchable database of about 1000 reviewed Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but chooses the most useful and those that especially have online activities targeted at learners.

Britannica Online

Britannica Online lets users search their encyclopedia, reviews of the Web's best sites, articles from leading magazines, and related books.

Education Index

An annotated guide to the education-related sites on the Web. The sites are sorted by subject and lifestage. More than than 3,000 sites in 66 categories are represented.

ERIC

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is a program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC disseminates useful education-related material. Some of the resources on the web include the Educator's Reference Desk, which includes lesson plans, and ERIC Digests, which are summaries of ERIC documents. Brigham Young University provides a guide to citing ERIC documents, APA REFERENCE STYLE: ERIC Documents.

FIRN

The Florida Information Resource Network (FIRN) is an network which electronically links Florida's public education entities to computing resources which serve public education.

SREB Factbook on Higher Education

America's first interstate compact for education, the Southern Regional Education Board is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps government and education leaders in its 16 member states work together to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region.

Sunshine State Standards

Curriculum framework designed to help Florida teachers understand state education goals when creating their class content.

Verizon Thinkfinity

"The Verizon Foundation’s signature digital learning platform designed to improve educational and literacy achievement. Thinkfinity reflects the Verizon Foundation’s goal of truly making a difference in the lives of students, teachers, families and the communities in which they live and work."

U.S. Department of Education

A useful site with plenty of resources for educators. You can find statistics in the Digest of Education Statistics and Encylopedia of Education Statistics, Title IV school codes, or use the public school & district locator. Browse the site through the "Topics A-Z" or "Search" for a particular topic.