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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.
- 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
- Distance Education:
- Early Childhood Education Resources
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Educational Software
- 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
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