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ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII) It contains trustworthy links to online reference materials for a variety of ages and subjects... great place to send your kids to look for information! (Usually better than using Google or Wikipedia)

Gives a great justification for technology integration into the classroom.

Great resource for K-12 teachers... especially if you have a smartboard in your classroom.

This is a great resource site for K-12 teachers. Step 1 is getting the technology into the classroom, but it's useless unless teachers have training and resources that can best take advantage of their (the technology and the students) capabilities.

Great tools and ideas for integrating the internet into the curriculum.

Amazing resource website for smartboard lessons. It seems that the big drive these days is to get a smartboard in your classroom (at least in elementary.) The question is what do you do with it once it's there? Unitl you are comfortable with reating your own lessons (and this does take some time to do because there are so many resources) it's very helpful to have a resource that has MANY already designed smart lessons available. From the home page click on Smart -> Lessons. Additionally, these lessons can be downloaded and manipulated to meet the individual teacher's needs.

Thank you for finding this--awesome! I will share with a teacher who is looking for SMART lessons.

The new development for educational technology.  I became a member here since their goal is to improve learning and teaching by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and higher education.

What is N-Gen Course Redesign™?

What is N-Gen Course Redesign™?

A great resource for project based learning. There are many links to help you and your students learn while using the web.

This site is a great blog with up to date websites for educational technology integration and current trends and issues.

This is the best online library I've come across. There are complete books online from 25 countries, in addition to the United States. Many of the books are in the original language, which would help tremendously if you had students who didn't speak English.

If you wanted to use a specific book in your classroom, but didn't have enough copies, this site could really help. It contains many complete children's books--both text and illustrations for younger children, older children, and young adults. In addition, there are activities in which students could engage.

This site, created by Scholastic, is jammed with activities for students and teachers. I personally like the authors and illustrators page, on which students can view videos about authors, and participate in writing workshops where authors give students tips on how to improve their writing in a specific genre.

This site is for K-8 students. Students can create their own book lists from among 7,000 titles. They can also take quizzes on the books once they've read them. The site was created by Sylvan Learning. There is information and resources for students, parents, and teachers.

If you are looking for reading strategies for elementary students, this site is wonderful. There are strategies for each of the components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) as well as writing. For each strategy, there is also a chart that recommends whether to implement the strategy before, during, and/or after reading.

This is an awesome site for elementary reading teachers and students. There are online activities for phonics, phonemes, vocabulary, site words, comprehension, book talks, and author sites to name a few. There are also games students can play while learning basic reading skills.

The Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials to students. Questions on the contests never require any mathematics beyond the grade level tested. They're fun too! In addition, clicking on the 'Help Facility' link offers students, parents, and teachers additional strategies for review and explanation of key skills.

This site from the Missouri Botanical Gardens provided a wealth of information about 12 of the biomes. There were many layers for the study of each of the particular biomes. In addition, there were links to further information about the study of plants.