Information & Research Support

• Resource Reviews
  Reviews of resources for students and teachers from a variety of Australian and overseas sources
• Theme Index
  Selected indexing of JCU journals containing articles on themes and topics at early childhood and primary school level
• Curriculum Exchange [ N.B. Access is unavailable until further notice]

• Many of the following sites are good starting points for browsing classroom resources on the web

Australian Resources

• ABC LearnOnline The ABC's gateway to Education
  • ABC Education for Schools
• The Aussie SchoolHouse
  This virtual meeting place is designed to provide access to curriculum ideas and projects.
• BTN - Behind the News
• EdNA Online: School Education Follow the link to Key Learning Areas for a wide selection of resources
• K-6 Linkages Curriculum connections across the six key learning areas - from NSW Board of Studies
• OzProjects Online curriculum projects designed for K-12 students and teachers
• Oz-TeacherNet
• Resources from the Victorian Department of Education
  • SOFWeb IdeaBank Database of teaching and learning ideas and strategies submitted by Victorian teachers
  • Victorian Education Channel: Schools Lists of web links
  • Global Classroom Project "Aims to develop and promote models of networked student learning and teacher professional development."
• Scholastic Australia
• South Australian Education Gateway: Schooling Click on Students to access resources arranged by year level or subject
• South Australia's Curriculum Portal
• Web Wombat Class Mate Links to resources for secondary schools

Overseas Resources

• Awesome Library 15 000 reviewed web resources divided into categories
• BBC Schools Online Includes a web guide to the best web resources
• Berit's Best Sites for Children
• Blue Web'n Wide range of curriculum subjects from A-Z.
• Canada's SchoolNet Resources
• Children's Television Workshop Resources from the producers of Sesame Street
• Dewey Browse Web Sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12
• Discovery School K-12 Website for students, teachers and parents
• EdHelper Lesson plans, WebQuest, news etc.
• Education Place K-8 resources from Houghton Mifflin
• Education World Designed to help educators in lesson planning and classroom projects
• Educational Hotlists
  Links to Web sites in a range of subjects. Suitable especially for high schools.
• Enchanted Learning Web pages on a wide range of topics
• GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials
  ERIC project to provide access to Internet lesson plans.
• Global Schoolhouse Website for collaborative learning
• I*EARN "The International Education and Resource Network enables young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people."
• Infomine: Instructional Resources K-12
• Integrated Resource Packages from BC, Canada. Contains resource packages for almost every subject and every grade level. Each package provides activities, assessment ideas, instructional strategies, learning resources, etc.
• JFTschoolzone "UK's most comprehensive free information resource for schools: 40,000 URLs" and more. JFT = Just For Teachers
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  Detailed list of sites across the curriculum, with activity ideas and professional development
• Kid Info Resources for students, teachers and parents.
• Kids Konnect A gateway homework site primarily for primary school children, this site provides links to a wide variety of information
• LESTER: Links for Educators and Students To Educational Resources. (Canadian site)
• Newspapers in Education Includes links to other sites organised by subject, lesson plans etc.
• Scholastic Teacher Resource Center [U.S.]| Scholastic Interactive [UK]
• Skewl Sites :The Best of Educational Web Sites. Links to educational web sites sorted by subject area and grade level
• Teachers.Net "the ultimate teacher's resource"
• Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers
  UK site providing ideas for activities in all National Curriculum subjects.
• Teaching OnLine
  New Zealand site which incudes classroom lessons
• TeAch-nology: The Web Portal for Educators Information for teachers, including over 150,000 reviewed web sites.
• ThinkQuest
  An educational initiative committed to advancing learning through the use of computer and networking technology.
• Topmarks Education Links to resources for all ages compiled by teachers for teachers
• UK Schools Forum Includes links for lots of topics.
• WebQuest Page A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that students interact with comes from resources on the Internet.
• Zoom School
  "On-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities."

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