FAVORITE LINKS

Here are links to some of my favorite web sites. I've tried to group them generally according to education/teaching-related sites, research and scholarship sites, and sites just for fun.

 

[ Education/Teaching | Research & Scholarship | Just for Fun ]

 

Education/Teaching Links

 

UNIVERSITIES

http://www.kennesaw.edu/ (Kennesaw State University homepage)

http://www.kennesaw.edu/education/ (KSU Bagwell College of Education)

http://www.lsu.edu (Louisiana State University)

http://chronicle.com/ (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.html (U.S. Department of Education)  

 

http://www3.uakron.edu/aesa/ (American Educational Studies Association)

 

http://www.nameorg.org/ (National Association for Multicultural Education)

 

http://www.nmsa.org/ (National Middle School Association)

 

STATE ORGANIZATIONS

 

http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ (Georgia Department of Education)

http://www.gapsc.com/ (Georgia Professional Standards Commission)

http://www.gmsa.net/HOME/default.asp (Georgia Middle School Association)                     

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LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS

http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/ (Cherokee County School District)

http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/ (Cobb County School District)

http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/ (Paulding County School District)

STUDENT TEACHING & NEW TEACHERS

 

http://712educators.about.com/od/teachingstrategies/tp/studentteaching.htm (Tips for Student Teachers)

 

http://www.teachersfirst.com/tenpoints.shtml (Ten tips for students teachers)

 

http://www.nea.org/student-program/tools/survival.html (NEA Student Teacher Survival Guide)

 

http://teachers.net/gazette/AUG03/tip.html (New Teacher Tips)

 

TEACHING TOOLS

http://kathyschrock.net/ 

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ (Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators)

http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/sites.html (Great Sites for Math Teachers)

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php (Rubric Tool for Teachers)

http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx (Easy Test Maker)

http://www.eduref.org/ (The Educator’s Reference Desk)

http://www.fredjones.com/Tools-for-Teaching/Tools-for-Teaching-main.html (Classroom management articles)

http://www.kinderkorner.com/teachersites.html (Primary Teacher Websites)

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html (Tutorial on finding info on the Internet)

http://www.pbs.org/

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/                                                                                 

http://www.teacheroz.com/toc.htm (History site for teachers)

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm (Teaching students critical thinking skills)

http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/questions.cfm (Multiple Intelligences Survey)

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Research & Scholarship Links

 

CURRICULUM STUDIES

http://gargoyle.arcadia.edu/education/aaacs/ (American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies)

http://iaacs.levinux.org/index.php?menu=23 (International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies)

http://nitinat.library.ubc.ca/ojs/index.php/TCI (The Journal of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies)

WOMEN'S STUDIES

 

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/theory.html (Women’s studies)

 

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1810/theory.htm (Feminist theory)

 

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/ (Feminist theory)

 

http://www.now.org/index.html (National Organization for Women)

 

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SOUTHERN STUDIES

http://www.americansouth.org/

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860645.html?mail-05-27 (Infoplease Lincoln’s Plan)

RESEARCH & REFERENCE TOOLS

 

http://www.aera.net/ (American Educational Research Association)

http://www.bartleby.com/

http://www.brainydictionary.com/ (Google’s online dictionary)

http://www.blogger.com/ (Find blogs or start your own)

http://www.blogstream.com/?SRC=GAW

http://blogsearch.google.com/

http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/syllabi/ (Syllabus finder)

http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html (APA Research Style Crib Sheet)

Interesting, Fun & Miscellaneous Links

http://board.iexbeta.com/lofiversion/index.php/t47380.html (Reebok Terry Tate commercials)

http://cdbaby.com/cd/tracywhitlock (I hope you'll check out my brother Tracy Whitlock's songs.  Poet, songwriter—and horse trainer—his lyrics are powerful and insightful.)

http://espn.go.com/

http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-11-24/bubblewrap.swf (Pop bubble wrap with a click of your mouse)

http://thesmokinggun.com (Contains exclusive documents--cool, confidential, quirky--that can't be found elsewhere on the web.  Using material obtained from government and law enforcement sources, via Freedom of Information requests, and from court files nationwide, they guarantee everything here to be 100% authentic.  The Smoking Gun is owned by the cable network Court TV.)

http://www.11alive.com/ (Atlanta news station)

http://www.2theadvocate.com/ (Baton Rouge news station)

http://www.ajc.com/ (Atlanta Journal Constitution online)

http://www.amazon.com

http://www.dwlz.com/ (Weight loss)

http://www.ebay.com/

http://www.franklincountytimes.com/about_us/ (Franklin County Times online)

http://www.jumptheshark.com

http://www.meditationforeveryone.org/ (Rameshori Buddhist Center)

http://www.shambhalasun.com/

http://www.snopes.com (A site that uncovers the actual story behind widely circulated urban legends of all kinds.
If it's a rumor, chances are it's explained on snopes.com)
 
http://www.stuckinthe70s.com 
 
http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage (Northwest Alabama newspaper online) 
 
http://www.weightwatchers.com/index.aspx
 
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