Benzie Shores District Library EDUCATION LINKS
VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES College Related Sites College textbooks Financial Aid and/or Scholarship Programs Curriculum Related Sites Distance Education Early Childhood Education Resources Education Related Journals, Newspaers, Magazines, Email Newsletters, Etc. Education Resources Educational Product Companies Educational Search Engines and Directories Educational Software Educational and Technology Homeschooling Lesson Plans CONTACT US Related Pages: Benzie County Area Web - Education & Schools section Elementary and High School Resources by Subject

VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• College Related Sites
  • 101 Top College, University and Scholarship Pages - features links to free scholarship search services, single college applications accepted by hundreds of colleges, college "matching" data bases, SAT practice tests, traditional African-American colleges, graduate school information, and more.
  • 2001 Colleges, Universities and Scholarships - "designed to offer college-bound students, parents, and counselors easy access to information on colleges and universities throughout the United States, free scholarship and financial aid searches, SAT and ACT test preparation tips, and more."
  • ACT, Inc.– A Student Site for ACT Test Takers. Free practice tests. ACT test dates, ACT registration, ACT scores, college and career planning, college Financial aid estimator, and college search tool.
  • Campus Program: University and College Resources - "Helps you to decide what to study and find a job. Ideal for high school, university and college students, and professionals seeking employment."
  • CampusCareerCenter.com -- "The World's Largest Campus Job Fair — Helps employers simplify the recruitment process while offering university students direct access to career opportunities at leading global companies."
  • CampusTours.com - Virtual College Tours, Campus Maps, Webcams
  • College and University Home Pages - over 3000 colleges and unviersites worldwide.
    • United States colleges and universites
  • Colleges and Universities in Michigan - links to some Michigan colleges.
  • CollegeView.com - A virtual guidance office, and College Search, Financial Aid, and Scholarship Search functions
  • CollegeXpress - Advice for college-bound students, list of colleges to which you can apply online, college search engine, information on financial aid and student loans, research thousands of scholarship opportunities, and college athletics.
  • College textbooks:
    • BIG Words - Rent or Buy your New and Used textbooks online, fast. Tell a friend, and get your text books free!
    • eCampus - Discount college textbooks, used textbooks, college clothing, merchandise, and more. Buy and sell textbooks.
    • eFollett.com - New and Used College Textbooks. Claims to be the world's largest college bookstore.
    • Mushroom Books - Direct, peer to peer student textbook exchange. An online resource dedicated to expanding educational opportunities by lowering the cost of educational materials. No fees or commissions are charged for buyers and sellers wishing to list their textbooks with Mushroom Books. Upon a member selling or buying a book found on the service, Mushroom Books will charge a non-refundable fee of $2 for sellers and $8 for buyers for the initial transaction within a four month, semester-based period. All transactions after that [within the 4 month period] are free.
    • StudentMarket.com - Quality products and services for college life. The premier source for new or used discounted college textbooks and a whiole lot more.
    • Textbooks At Cost.com - New and used university and college text books at heavily discounted prices.
    • VarsityBooks.com - online college and university textbooks discounted to 40%. Huge selection ready for immediate shipping.
  • Education-Portal.com - A directory of colleges, schools, and career information to help students make informed decisions about their education.
  • Embark.com: College, Scholarships, Careers, Majors and more - Comprehensive information and services for college preparation. An excellent site for people planning a college education. "It is the best way to find the best colleges and a great way for the best colleges to find you!"
  • Financial Aid and/or Scholarship Programs:
    • College-scholarships.com - "An all-purpose college and scholarship information site which includes links to nine free Internet scholarship search data bases, links to college Web sites and online applications, college admissions office email addresses, and (mostly toll free) phone numbers, ACT and SAT prep information, and much more."
    • eStudentLoan.com - Helps students and parents compare the costs of student loans, and apply online.
    • ExPAN Scholarship Search - Find scholarships, loans, internships, and other financial aid programs from noncollege sources that match your education level, talents, and background.
    • FAFSA - U.S. Dept. of Educations's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Provides an on-line form to apply on the Internet.
    • FastWEB Scholarship and Financial Aid Search
    • FinAid! - The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid - "Comprehensive free resource for objective and unbiased information about student financial aid."
    • Financial Aid page offered by Yahoo.
    • Guaranteed Scholarships and Financial Aid - "Lists and describes scholarships offered by individual colleges and universities to all enrolled students meeting the specific criteria."
    • Peterson's Education Center: Financing Education
    • Scholarship Programs - list of scholarship related sites offered by Yahoo.
  • Get-Recruited By Colleges and Universities - Students visiting the site can get recruited by, and receive scholarship, financial aid, and student loan information from: colleges, universities, and graduate schools.The service is free and student information is never sold or given to anyone. Fill out a short questionnaire online and your information is sent instantaneously to colleges and universities (or graduate and professional schools) throughout the United States.
  • GoCollege - Good online resource for applying to schools.
  • iCollege.com - Provides online resource for every constituency of the college community: prospective students and parents, in-college students, faculty,
    alumni, and administrators. Includes many, many tools for interested in college.
  • Jobs / Employment Section at the Library - Lots of jobs and employment links.
  • Lansing Community College’s Virtual College Web Site - Whether you live in our community, across the state or country, or around the world, your Internet connection is your gateway to a quality college education at Lansing Community College.
  • National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) - This organization "strives to support and advance the work of both secondary school and college admission counselors as they help students realize their full educational potential." Includes resources for college bound and links to online college fairs.
  • The Princeton Review - "Prepares students for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, GMAT, LSAT, GRE, MCAT, MBE, USMLE, and a host of other standardized tests. It offers preparation through courses, books, and software." You can also search for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs, as well as find information on school selection and financial aid.
  • Search For Classes.com - Search for online degree programs, career colleges, college campus programs, and distance learning information.
  • StudentMarket.com - "Quality products and services for college life. The premier source for new or used discounted college textbooks, discounted academic software, student credit cards, art supplies, dorm room furniture, student loans, poof chairs, plush rugs, clothing, study aides, and other great college life products. Now available to over 2400 colleges and universities nationwide."
  • U.S.News & World Report College Site - "Prepare yourself for college with a wide selection of tools and articles, including U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges interactive guide, scholarship searches, a course scheduler, college comparison worksheets and personality quizzes, discussion forums, and much more."

• Curriculum Related Sites
  • Curriculum Development Program Page at MDE
  • eTeach is a coalition of Traverse area environmental groups who are educating visitors and residents of our beautiful northern
    Michigan on the environment. We have a calendar of environmental education events offered by our members. They have recently added three curriculum projects that kids can do on their own or a teacher can use with a class. You can find that at: www.eteach.net/curriculum.cfm
  • Technology in the Curriculum Online - the educator's guide to high quality instructional technology resources.

• Distance Education:
  • Discussion Group: alt.education.distance (If you have a Discussion Group News Server (NNTP) Configured.)
  • For Frankfort Internet Users (and anyone else) - How to get started, FAQ's, books, lists of courses and schools, and more.
  • Official "alt.education.distance" FAQ
  • Unofficial FAQ

• Early Childhood Education Resources
  • Hall of Early Childhood Education

• Education Related Journals, Newspaers, Magazines, Email Newsletters, Etc.
  • The Beechnut Review - The literary magazine of Leland High School.
  • CyberBee
  • CyberSchool Magazine
  • Electronic Elementary Magazine (The E-LINK) - This magazine is a non-profit, educational project that highlights interactive projects and creations of elementary grade students around the world. (Ages 5 -12.)
  • From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal.
  • Information Today, Inc.- newspaper for users and producers of electronic information services, as well as other periodicals, books, directories, and online products for the library and information user and professional.
  • MidLink Magazine - The Electronic Magazine for Kids in the Middle Grades (Written BY and FOR Kids!)
  • MultiMedia Schools Magazine - A Practical Journal of Multimedia, CD-ROM, Online and Internet in K-12.
  • NetTeach News
  • Peterson's Education Guides
  • Surfing the Net with Kids - a free, weekly, email column that ferrets out the best of the online world for students, parents and teachers. Each column rates and reviews five fun, educational Web sites on very diverse topics. You can subscribe via email. At the related Web site are the author's favorite destination sites for kids. They are reviewed, rated, and organized by topic.
  • Teacher's Edition Online - Teaching tips from other teachers.
  • Yak's Corner - America's coolest news magazine for Kids!

• Education Resources
  • AskERIC - Education resource site. You can also ask any education related question and get an email repsonse withing two business days.
  • Awesome Library: K-12 Education Directory - "Organizes 15,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. It includes a search engine."
  • A Citizen's Guide to School Data - to help you understand the performance of your local school.
  • American School Directory - The Internet Guide To All 106,000 U.S K-12 Schools.
  • Ask ERIC - Educational Information with the Personal Touch.
  • Awesome Library: K-12 Education Directory - "Organizes 15,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. Includes a search engine."
  • Bigchalk.com - Offers resources for teachers, library media specialists, parents and students with online periodicals, state standards, homework help, lesson plans, test practice and school technology guides.
  • Busy Teachers K-12 Resource Lists
  • CLASS IV Online Education Sites & Resources
  • Classroom CONNECT - The premier Web site for K-12 teachers and students.
  • Edlinks - a collection of informational links for education.
  • Education Internet Discussion Lists - Also called Listservs or mailing lists.
  • Education Links maintained by Scantron Quality Computer
  • Education on the Internet - comprehensive listing with short descriptions and a rating system
  • Education Page at Yahoo - A popular Internet directory and search engine.
  • Education Place - K-8 Resources Site from Houghton Mifflin.
  • Education Resources for Everyone
  • Educational Resources on the Web - from the Teachers Helping Teachers site.
  • Educators' Guide to the Web - making the Web work for your classroom.
  • Educators' Reference Disk: Resource Guildes
  • Educator's Resources & Local Educational Resources - offered by Traverse Communication Co.
  • Eduzone - "The International Web Site for Education"
  • Electronic Learning Home Page - Resource for using technology in the schools to meet the challenges of today, and tomorrow.
  • Essential Websites for Educational Leaders
  • Excite: Careers and Education
  • Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Lists and links to thousands of educational resources through the Federal government for children and adults.
  • GEDonline Community - Continuing adult education site dedicated to helping one prepare online for the GED High School Equivalency Diploma Test.
  • Global SchoolNet Foundation - Linking Kids Around the World!
  • GreatSchools.net - Guide to K12 schools, nationwide. Elementary, middle, and high school information for public, private, and charter schools.
  • International Schools Directory - A listing of international schools in many nations to which we can send email letters.
  • K-12 Resources on the Internet
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  • Math and Reading Help for Kids - A comprehensive directory of hundreds of original articles and resources dealing with children's education. Provides a centralized information portal to help parents and children make informed decisions about school-related issues. Although the articles on this site are primarily written for parents, there is also a Just for Kids section designed specifically for children.
  • Michigan Teacher Network - A statewide project supporting Michigan K-12 educators in the successful use of instructional technology by providing best practice, professional development, and evaluated curriculum resources. See also the Tutorials, Flyers, and Training site.
  • MEAP by Mouse -A special project only available online which offers parents, educators and others a chance to better understand Michigan's standardized school achievement tests.
  • Merit Network - A nonprofit membership organization that provides Internet services and expertise to Michigan's educational community, libraries, governments, communities and businesses.
    • Merit Network's list of K-12 World Wide Web Sites
  • Michigan Department of Education (MDEnet)
  • Michigan's State Literacy Resource Center - Located at Central Michigan University, provides teachers of adult students with the latest research and a network of professional development opportunities.
  • Mind's Eye at Winstar - Web-based curriculum projects on which several classrooms can collaborate.
  • National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) -" Collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education in the U.S. and other nations."
  • National School Network Exchange - Exploring tools, information services, technology and support for a national network of local learning communities.
  • Odyssey of the Mind - a world-wide program that promotes creative team-based problem solving for kids from kindergarten through college.
  • Online Internet Institute - offers professional development workshops to help students and teachers improve classroom achievment. OII provides educators with a learning environment to support integrating the Internet into their individual teaching styles and offers a combination of online and onsite collaborations in which participants develop projects to use in their classrooms. OII Table of Contents.
  • Pitsco Resources for Teachers
  • Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI) - a collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education.
  • Surfing the Net with Kids - provides links to the best of the online world for students, parents, and teachers. Each site is reviewed, rated, and organized by topic. Also available is a free, weekly, email column of the same name to which you can subscribe via email.
  • Teachers Helping Teachers - A Site By Teachers, For Teachers.
  • TeachNet.com - Tools for Teachers.
  • Test Books Online - Test Preparation, College Admissions, Study Materials, and more.
  • The Switched-On Classroom - Recognizing the importance which technology plays in enhancing teaching and learning, the Switched-On Classroom provides support for educational technology endeavors.
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • Web66: International Registry of Schools on the Web - The Internet's oldest and most complete list of school Web sites in the world.
  • WedEd Curriculum Links
  • Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction - Leadership for Excellence in Public Education.

• Educational Product Companies
  • Computer Curriculum Corporation - Provider of Educational Software and Services to Schools. Their CCCnet site offers K-12 Curriculum and Lesson Planning for Teachers.
    • Home Page
    • Visitor's Guide
  • Scholastic - the world's leading publisher and distributor of children's books, classroom and professional magazines, and other educational products.

• Educational Search Engines and Directories
  • Education World - Where Educators Go To Learn

• Educational Software
  • Children's Software Reviews
  • Children's Software Revue
  • Knowledge Adventure Online Store - "A division of Havas Interactive, this store sells, develops, publishes, and markets a family of premium educational software brands for teachers, parents & kids to purchase, that educate across every age or grade from young children to adults."
  • SuperKids Educational Software Review - The Parent's and Teachers Guide to Software.
  • Newsweek's Parent's Guide to Children's Software
  • TitleWatch - New CD-ROM, Videodisc, and Software Titles for K-12

• Educational and Technology
  • Living Schoolbook Project - from Syracuse University. Provides a glimpse of the K-12 classroom of the future.
  • MSU Technology Training - Michigan teachers earn Michigan SB-CEU's on the Internet, while gaining new information technology skills.....
  • Smart Valley, Inc. - Creating a 21st community in Slicon Valley today. Dedicated to demonstrating how technology can be used to make Silicon Valley a better place to live.
  • ThinkQuest - "ThinkQuest is an online program that challenges students, educators at all levels to develop educational Web sites for curriculum and staff development. The ThinkQuest Library of Entries is the collection of educational Web sites designed by participants in the ThinkQuest Contests. Teachers and learners can explore a multitude of topics.
  • The Well Connected Educator - An on-line publishing center and forum for the K-12 community to read, write, and talk about educational technology.

• Homeschooling
  • MichiganHomeschoolEntwiner.com - Communication Web site for Michigan homeschoolers. An extensive list of Michigan support groups, explanations of different styles of homeschooling, and links to "tons" of homeschooling resources.

• Lesson Plans
  • Ask ERIC
  • Department of Education
  • Elementary Science This Month
  • Gateway to Educational Materials - Provides the key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality Internet lesson plans, curriculum units, and other education resources for teachers of kindergarten through adult continuing education. Browse subject and keyword lists, or search The Gateway. Retrieved records will link directly to the Internet resources they describe.
  • Houghton Mifflin Education Place
  • Mega-Mathematics! (Text version - much faster)
  • Newton's Apple - PBS Series - Educational Plans
  • PE Central
  • Rainforest Workshop Home Page
  • Science Snackbook
  • TeachNet.com - Teacher lesson plans, teaching resources, teacher connections.
  • Themeday Web Site - For Kindergarten though 2nd grade teachers. Give yourself the day off from planning! – We've done the planning completely for you! Choose from one of the sites many fun themes, and an entire day's lessons (for all subjects) are at your fingertips. Also includes related Web links and literature on the theme.
  • World of Benjamin Franklin - Teacher resource & Interesting Kid site

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