Oregon Education Resources

Oregon Department of Education
Oregon Department of Education publications can be found here.

OPEN
The Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN) maintains an excellent Web site of resouces for educators. The site includes a complete listing of the content standards.Sponsored by the Oregon Student Assistance Commission.

General Education Resources

Blue Web'N
One of the top educational directories. It has links to other sites that are content area specific; gives examples of standards-based lesson plans, projects, etc.

NWREL
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

Professional Development 

ASCD
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Online Institutes.

World Lecture Hall
The World Lecture Hall contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.

The Arts

AMC
American Music Conference site provided as a service to all those who care about the importance of music, music making and music education.

American Orff-Schulwerk Association
A professional organization of music and movement educators dedicated to the creative teaching approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman.

ARTSEDGE
The National Arts and Education Information Network.

NAEA Home Page
National Art Education Association Home Page.

National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Home Page.

Business

National Business Education Assoc.
(NBEA) The nation's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to serving individuals and groups engaged in instruction, administration, research, and dissemination of information for and about business.

Association for Information Management Professionals
ARMA International is a not-for-profit association and the leading authority on managing records and information – paper and electronic records.

Business Education Compact 
Nonprofit organization serving as an intermediary for business and education partnerships to promote excellence and relevance in education.

BizEd
A Web site for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism.

Inc.com
An online daily resource for entrepreneurs

Computers

Learn the Net
A website dedicated to helping you learn more about this amazing mediums

W3 Schools
AtW3Schools you will find Web-building tutorials, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP.

Intel The Journey Inside
The Journey InsideSM is a collection of 35 interactive, online lessons for students to complete.

English

Center on English Learning and Achievement
Site dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and language arts.

Rhet Net
Archive for Net conversations relating to rhetoric and writing.

International Reading Association
Their mission: To increase literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction.

Ready Set Read
Early Childhood Language Activities for Children from Birth through Age Five.

Copyright & Fair Use
Stanford University Libraries' Copyright & Fair Use site.

Marine Science

Treasures@Sea:Web Resources
Lots of links to Oceanography Education sites

Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Institute contributes to local, state, and national efforts for K-12 and undergraduate science and mathematics education.

Treasures@Sea
Exploring the ocean through literature.

Ocean Planet Floorplan
A site at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

Ocean Planet: Resource Room
A continually expanding list of resources to help you explore the Ocean Planet.

Science Junction - Carolina Coastal Science
An innovative, inquiry-based, science resource that utilizes the interactive technologies of the WWW to explore science in coastal Carolina.

Yahooligans Oceanography Directory
Oceanography links for kids. 

Math

Educational REALMS
Resources that engage active learners in math and science

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
One of the best educational site lists on the web! Organized by subject area.

The Math Forum
Ask Dr. Math, discussion groups, Problem of the Week, Teacher2Teacher, Web units and more.

NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress Math Framework and Results.

Paul Nelson's Math Links
Links for Math humor, help, instructional resources, contests, news, hot topics, and just plain cool math sites.

IES Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics

Miscellaneous Links

My Virtual Reference Desk
A huge list of reference resources on the web organized from A to Z.

Ask An Expert 
After you've exhausted your other resources you can go straight to the experts to find the answer to your question via email.

Ask Jeeves! 
This site allows you to enter plain English questions to search the web. Excellent for students and other beginners.

Yahooligans 
Another kid friendly search engine.

Lycos Kids 
A search engine for kids brought to you be Lycos.

Science

AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Annenburg/CPB Math and Science Project
A searchable database with consise information on projects, resources and organizations devoted to reforming K-12 science and mathematics education.

Educational REALMS
Resources that engage active learners in math and science

The Franklin Institute Science Museum
The Franklin Institute Science Museum.

NSTA
National Science Teachers Association.

Science Learning Network
Site funded by the National Science Foundation to improve science education. Includes news, links, museums, resources, contacts and more.

IES Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics

Social Studies

BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation. Get a different perspective on national news.

NCSS Online
An information service for Social Studies Educations from the National Council for the Social Studies. 

Library of Congress
One of the best sources on the Web for Social Studies Teachers.

World Wide Arts Resources
This page offers access to museums from all across the world.

U.S. Government Printing Office
Official Federal Government information at your fingertips.

Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian web page.

US Holocaust Museum
Web page for the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research.

The White House
The official White House Home Page.

Archiving Early America
Historic documents from 18th century America and related information.

Crossroads
ERIC's Crossroads (a K-6 American History Curriculum.

Lewis and Clark Exhibit
An Exhibition of maps and navigational instruments on View in the Tracy W. McGregor Room, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.

From Revolution to Reconstruction
A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times.

Front Line
FRONTLINE remains the only regularly scheduled long-form public-affairs documentary series on American television.

Teaching with Historic Places
TwHP uses properties listed in the National Park Services's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects.

US Historical Documents
The University of Oklahoma Law Center: A chronology of US historical documents.

MapQuest
Need a map of Brookings-Harbor or some other community? This is the place to go.

Virtual Tourist
The Miningco.com's virtual tourist site.

CNN/Time AllPolitics
CNN web site devoted to politics.

PBS News and Views
PBS site devoted to politics and The Democracy Project.

Project Vote Smart
Tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders.