Education Web Sites

Education Associations
AERA: American Educational Research Association (http://www.aera.net/)
NCATE: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (http://www.ncate.org/)  
NEA: National Education Association (http://www.nea.org/)

State & Federal Agencies
Pennsylvania Department of Education (http://www.pde.state.pa.us/)
U.S. Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov/)

Education Web Resources
Children’s Literature Web Guide (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/index.html)

Internet resources related to books for children and young adults:

Educator’s Reference Desk (http://www.eduref.org/)
The Educator's Reference Desk builds on over a quarter century of experience providing high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, this site includes 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.

GEM: Gateway to Educational Materials (http://www.thegateway.org/)

The Gateway to Educational Materials Catalog contains detailed descriptions of over 50,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

What Works Clearinghouse (http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/)

The What Works Clearinghouse was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.

Lesson Plans / Activities / Multimedia

NetTrekker
Provides access to more than 180,000 educator-selected online resources organized by readability level and aligned with state standards. Registration is required for all Lock Haven University staff and students. To register for an account please contact Dr. Judy Yoho jyoho@lhup.edu or Mr. Jamie Foor jfoor@lhup.edu.

PBS TeacherSource (http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/)
PBS TeacherSource provides nearly 3,000 free lesson plans and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards.

Teachable Moment (http://www.teachablemoment.org/)
Free, timely topical activities and lesson plans for the K - 12 classroom offered by the nonprofit Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area.

Teacher’s Domain (http://www.teachersdomain.org/)
Teachers' Domain collections include classroom-ready multimedia resources for use in lessons or independent study.