EDUCATIONAL PORTALS

reviewed and updated, January 1, 2006

Saskatoon East School Division No. 41, Teacher Resources - These resources are free to use, but may not be sold or distributed as they remain the intellectual property of the Saskatoon (East) Board of Education. All rights reserved.

Center for Instructional Technology Integration - Sudbury Catholic District School Board, IT Home Page.

Te Kete Ipurangi - The Online Learning Centre - TKI, created by the New Zealand Ministry of Education. It is a bilingual, English and Maori, portal-plus web community which provides quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community.

San Diego County Board of Education - K - 12 Resources.

Teachers Connect - North Carolina's gateway to educational resources for educators.

Bell South's Educational Gateway - organized for students, teachers and parents, this site contains links to many education locations which offers information about professional growth, technology planning guides, collaborative projects with other schools and more.

STAR Center - acronym for Support for Texas Academic Renewal, created for educators in the Lone Star state, much of the material is useful for any educator.

Pacific Bell: Education First - here, teachers will find many links to lesson plans and Internet learning activities.

teaching.com - an Internet portal that gives educators access to current educational news, trends, lesson plans, and book reviews.

New York Times - the Learning Network, connections for students, teachers and parents.

Teacher/Pathfinder - bills itself as an educational Internet village.

Pinakes : A Subject Launchpad - In ancient times, the Library of Alexandria was seen as a universal store of human knowledge. As the Library grew in size, however, it became increasingly difficult to locate relevant material. The poet Callimachus solved the problem by compiling a catalogue called The Pinakes. On a far smaller scale, these Web pages hope to provide a similar function for Internet resources, by linking to the major subject gateways.

ProQuest - online community with content for example curriculum with ClassMate and community for creating class Web pages.

eBoard.com - a virtual corkboard for posting messages, links and photos online.

Lightspan.com - online learning resources for teachers and parents in a secure environment.

teachervision.com - has a Reference Desk for research materials, tools for graphic organizers and free gradebook, free software downloads with related links and an Image Index.

SchoolCity.com - has tools for making a school site with calendar, alumni and online news.

alfy.com - this preK-3 portal has dozens of thematic topics, lessons, interactive Web games, stories, and creative art tools.

The Best on the Web for Teachers - the Web portal for educators.

Cornell Gateway - ( K - 12 ) - this site addresses three different topics : science and math, arts and social studies, and educators.

Enlighten Me - robust resource for education created by Verizon Information Services to bring reading and technology into the lives of students and educators.

Power to Learn - connecting students, educators, and parents; newly redesigned site provides standards-based content, collaborative learning opportunities, and educational games for enhancing classroom activity.

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