Kathy Schrock's Home Page -- Sites to See

Kathy Schrock's Sites To See

Here are some of the sites that I commonly use from
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
when doing research and reference on the Web.

The Boolean Machine (http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/): ...an interactive site for demonstrating Internet search techniques
Online Tools for Teaching and Learning (http://kathyschrock.net/cooking/): ...over thirty free online tools for teachers and students
Online Exercises, Quizzes, and Tests (http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html): ...a compilation of places to create your own quizzes and tests online
Trackstar (http://trackstar.4teachers.org/): ...an online interface to help you easily organize URLs into your lessons

AlltheWeb (http://www.bos2.alltheweb.com/): ...a simple interface and fast response time makes this an easy tool to use
AltaVista (http://www.altavista.com/): ...a true search engine with millions of entries in their database
Google (http://www.google.com/): ...using a reputable relevance formula, try this one to get appropriate hits
Vivisimo (http://www.vivisimo.com/): ...a very fast meta-search engine which factors in popularity
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/): ...a large, multi-subject directory to help you start your Net browsing

AskERIC (http://askeric.org/Eric/): ...search the current published research in the education field
Assessment Rubrics (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html/): ...a collection of rubrics and information on how to create them
Content Knowledge Database (http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/): ...a database of standards compiled from all the states and correlated activities
DisciplineHelp (http://www.disciplinehelp.com/): ...descriptions and prescriptions for dealing with many discipline problems in the classroom
Education Week: Archive Search (http://www.edweek.org/edsearch.cfm): ...search out the current and archived articles from Education Week and Teacher
Technology Standards for Teachers (PT3) (http://www.iste.org/inhouse/nets/cnets/teachers/index.html): ...national performance indicators and standards for teacher technology integration
State Departments of Education (http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/eece/statlink.html): ...easy access to the homepages of all the U.S. states' Departments of Education

ABC's of Web Site Evaluation (http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows/abceval.pdf): ...an offline slide show to help you understand how to evaluate Web sites easily
Effective Search Strategies (http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows/searching.pdf): ...an offline slide show to teach you some useful search strategies
Content-Rich Home Pages (http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows/content.pdf): ...learn the simple reasons to create your own content for the Web
WebQuests in Our Future (http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows/webquests.pdf): ...an outline of this technology integration, information literacy model