Education!
Internet Education Resources

I'm always roaming the World Wide Web looking for information packed sites. This month I want to concentrate of the subject of education.

Let's start our exploring at the U.S. Department of Education website, a logical choice for educational information. http://www.ed.gov
This site has some great resources to help you find tons of information, all right from your computer. The main page is full of great links. Below we will explore a few of these.

Some of the really useful information includes: help with financial aid
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students
including forms right on the Internet. This is a great help for those who need financial support for their schooling.

The National Library of Education
http://www.ed.gov/NLE.
This site is a gateway to a wealth of information, including lesson plans (I searched for "Photography" and found 23 lesson plans for 7th grade and up. Several of these lesson plans were outstanding, including links for hundreds of historical photographs.) The search engine is very easy to use, and allows the user to easily construct complex searches.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
http://www.accesseric.org
This site has been a favorite with online savvy educators for years, and is a tremendous resource for information. From the site description: "The database contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and articles in the field of education." Many of the abstracts and articles are available at libraries (otherwise you have to pay for the reports). One of the more popular features is "AskERIC", a service where education professionals will answer questions about the theory and practice of education‹for free! So, go exploring!

B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper site at
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com
is wonderful. It contains hundreds of links, arranged by subject.
The Teacher's Corner page at
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/lessonplans.htm
offers lots of links to lesson plans on lots of sites. One of the websites is Kodak's, one of my favorites (can you tell I'm a profesisonal photographer?) You have to visit and explore BJ's site to appreciate how it can help you.

Next month we'll see more of the best knowledge and information sites on the Internet.

And now, KnowledgeSpider's Knowledge/Information Resource recommendation of the month:

Knowledge: Grab some new knowledge at one of these great sites, most of which are available for free on the Internet.

In each column I "grab" knowledge or information resources from the web and share them with you. If you have a learning or knowledge resource, or a teaching technique that has proven particularly useful to you, share it with all of us by tossing it into my web!

David E. Price
david@mymac.com