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Links
Many
of these links were found at http://www.oagc.com/handout.htm.
Gifted/Talented
Specific Sites
Art
Snyder's Gifted Education Internet Resources - Art Snyder's
collected listing of GT internet resources in 4 formats - Word
document with hyperlinks - Word
document with no hyperlinks - PDF
document with hyperlinks - PDF
document without hyperlinks - HTML
web page. (Revised August 2002).
Gifted
Child Today - magazine offering educators practical and timely
information about motivating and educating talented learners. The
magazine includes articles from around the country featuring the very
best ideas for teachers of these special children and is packed with
exciting practical ideas.
Gifted
Development Center - serves parents, schools, and advocacy
groups with information about identification, assessment, counseling,
learning styles, programs, presentations, and resources for gifted
children and adults.
Gifted
Resources Home Page - Contains
links to all known online gifted resources, enrichment programs, talent
searches, summer programs, gifted mailing lists and early acceptance
programs, including CTY, EPGY, CTD, NRC/GT, TIP, RMTS, ERIC, NCSSSMST,
Odyssey of the Mind, and many, many others. It contains links to 4+
years of TAG-L mailing list archives (over 10 MB). It also contains
contact information for many local gifted associations and government
(mostly US state) programs. Intended to be a convenient starting point
for gifted students, their parents and educators to access Gifted
Resources, whether on the internet or otherwise.
Hoagies'
Gifted Education Page - Comprehensive
resource guide for education of gifted children. It's full of great
information, with links to the most complete, easiest to use, resources
on nearly every aspect of gifted education available on the Internet,
plus lots of annotations and first hand information provided by parents
facing the same challenges that you are facing.
ODE (Ohio Dept. of Education)
Exceptional Children - Gifted Information Home
ODE (Ohio Dept. of Education)
Exceptional Children - Gifted Information Fact Sheet
ODE (Ohio Dept. of Education)
Exceptional Children - Gifted Publications
Ohio
Association for Gifted Children
RightToGiftedEd.Com
- This
site was launched to assist the public in remaining informed so they
may retain control over the instruments they have created.
Roeper
Review - magazine covers topics that focus on the gifted such
as the middle school, gender issues, developmental phases, at-risk
students, learning disabled, creativity, problem solving, and school
reform and it's impact.
Fun/Interesting/Technology/Miscellaneous
About
the Human Internet
Altavista
Translation Service
Askanexpert.com
- Askanexpert.com
connects you with hundreds of real world experts, ranging from astronauts
to zookeepers. These experts have volunteered to answer your questions
for free.
Authors
and Bookmaking - Links
on Making Books, the Art of the Book and Pop-Up Book Sites especially
interesting.
Blue
Web'n -
Online library of 1200+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by
subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources,
references, & tools). You can search by grade level (Refined Search),
broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject
Area). Each week 5 new sites are added.
Building
Big - Explore
large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™,
a new five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston.
eHow
- How
to do almost anything.
eyetricks.com
- A
site devoted to optical illusions and other mind teasing oddities!
Filamentality
- A
fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking
a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning
Web resources into learning activities. It helps combine the "filaments"
of the Web with a learner's "mentality". Support is built-in through
Mentality Tips that guide you along the way to creating a Web-based
activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything
about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff.
GT:
Kids Funpage
How
Stuff Works - Have
you ever wondered how the engine in your car works or what makes the
inside of your refrigerator cold? Then How Stuff Works is the place
for you!
Innovative
Teaching
Kodak
Postcards
National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Brainteasers, Puzzles,
& Riddles
Puzzles
- Acrostic,
Diagramless, Quotefall, and other interlocking word games. Jumble
word, cryptograms and intriguing picture puzzles.
SchoolNotes.com
- Allows
teachers to post school information on the web.
Teacher
Freebies
TerraServer
- Contains
3.3 tera-bytes of high resolution USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic
maps. You can locate imagery by clicking on a map, entering a city
or town name in the "Search TerraServer" form at the top of the page,
or entering a U.S. street address. Click on Advanced Find to see other
methods for searching the imagery database.
Lesson
Plans & Competitions that inspire research and collaborative
projects using technology
Craftsman/NSTA
Young Inventors Awards Program
The
Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program challenges students
to use creativity and imagination along with science, technology,
and mechanical ability to invent or modify a tool. The 2003 Young
Inventors Awards Program is open to students in grades 2-8. Students
must work independently to conceive and design their tool inventions.
The student, with guidance from a teacher-advisor, parent, or significant
adult, will design and build a tool. The tool must perform a practical
function, including (but not limited to) tools that mend, make life
easier or safer in some way, entertain, or solve an everyday problem.
SCORE:
Schools of California Online Resources for Education Cyberguides
- CyberGuides
are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction
centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student
and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may
be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California
Language Arts Content Standards. In the guides, the magenta text indicates
the language (or context-appropriate equivalent to the language) of
the content standards.
ThinkQuest
- http://www.thinkquest.org/
ThinkQuest
Internet Challenge - An
international program for students ages 12 through 19 that encourages
them to use the Internet to create information-rich Web-based educational
tools and materials. Students
form teams with their colleagues from around the world and are mentored
by teachers or other adult coaches. In the running for scholarships
and awards, student participants learn collaboration, leadership and
critical thinking skills that help raise their level of education
and technological expertise. Awards
are given in five categories: Arts & Literature, Science &
Mathematics, Social Sciences, Sports & Health and Interdisciplinary.
ThinkQuest
Junior - ThinkQuest Junior is a classroom-based competition
that encourages girls and boys in grades 4-6 to take a meaningful
interest in computers and technology. ThinkQuest Junior helps teachers
promote the "Internet Style" of learning - an interactive, participatory
method that encourages students to take advantage of the Internet
as a constantly growing source of information and as a powerful collaborative
tool.
Webquests
- A
WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are
designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information
rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the
levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
Discussion
Forums/Mailing Lists
EDTECH
mailing list - Conceived
to bring together students, faculty, and "interested others" in the
field of educational technology to share ideas and information. There
are more than 3500 subscribers from about 50 countries on the EDTECH
list. As well, EDTECH is carried on USENET NEWS as bit.listserv.edtech,
on the AskERIC gopher server, and on private electronic bulletin boards
at several universities.
EPIC
Discussion Forum - an online discussion forum and parent support
group for members and prospective members of Hilliard EPIC, the Hilliard,
Ohio City School District and area home schoolers to discuss topics
of interest, including but not limited to topics relating to gifted
and talented children.
GT-Families
Mailing List - An
electronic mailing list for the discussion of the range of issues
facing families raising gifted children. All who are interested in
supporting and nurturing gifted and talented children are most welcome,
so long as they agree to follow the rules and principles set out below.
OAGC
Message Board - A
good place to post questions, concerns, statements, wishes, etc. -
anything that encourages shared discussions about the gifted children
of Ohio.
OHIOGIFT
mailing list - The
easiest way to stay up to date on what is happening in Oho regarding
gifted education. From the Statehouse to the State Board of Education,
from parental insights to the Midwest Talent Search, from summer camps
to curriculum ideas.
State
of Ohio Education & Advocacy
Ohio
Department of Education
ODE (Ohio Dept. of Education)
Interactive Local Report Card 2002 - This
interactive application provides analytical access to the state of
Ohio's Local Report Card data for parents, educators, policymakers,
media, and the general public.
ODE (Ohio Dept. of Education)
Local Report Card - Ohio
School Building Report Cards: Find, view and print pre-assembled
reports in PDF format. These are the documents mailed to Ohio residents.
State
Report Cards: State-Level overview of Report Card data. Communications
Toolkit: Tips for Local Report Card users.
Ohio School District Ratings: Ratings definitions, data and interactive
Ratings search by Ohio School District, County, IRN or Rating.
Ohio
Governor's Commission for Student Success website
Ohio
School Funding Web Site & Submit
Your Opinion -
You can use this site to find information and learn more about the
school funding issue, and we encourage you to contribute your ideas
through the site or through the mail. Take your time to learn about
the school funding issue, and then forward your comments.
Ohio
SchoolNet - A
key partner with Ohio public school districts in providing information
services and integrated technologies that will improve the learning
performance and capacity of Ohio's students consistent with state
and local standards.
Out2Teach
- Designed
as a common ground for teachers, and technology personnel from educational
facilities all over the world, with the objective of helping in the
area of Technology Integration.
Rescuing
Our Schools from "Tougher Standards"
Searching
Ask
Jeeves for Kids
FirstGov.gov
- Official website for searching the U.S. Government. FirstGov allows
users to browse a wealth of information, from researching at the Library
of Congress to tracking a NASA mission. This is one-stop shopping
for government services that helps Americans across the country and
around the world find the information and resources they need at a
click of a mouse.
Four
NETS for Better Searching
Google
Google
Web Directory
Google
Education K-12
KidsClick!
Web Search
Seven
Steps Toward Better Searching
Specialized
Search Engines & Directories
Yahooligans
- Categorized
search engine for kids.
Multi-Resources
OPLIN
Homepage - http://www.OPLIN.lib.oh.us/
...
Do
you have a library card? "The MISSION of the Ohio Public Library
Information Network (OPLIN) is to ensure equity of access to information
for all Ohio citizens regardless of location or format and regardless
of location of the user. OPLIN provides the residents of the State
of Ohio fast, free Internet access through the state telecommunications
network, as well as the use of high-quality reference databases not
freely available on the World Wide Web, through their local public
libraries."
INFohio
- http://www.infohio.org/
...
INFOhio,
a statewide cooperative school library and information network, uses
technology to ensure curriculum and instruction of information literacy
by providing greater access for Ohio's learners and educators. INFOhio's
components include electronic resources for schools, instructional
development for teachers, library automation, media booking, and a
statewide union catalog.Many
materials are available to support INFOhio's Electronic Resources,
both as instructional materials to use with students as well as inservice
materials to use with teachers and parents. Usernames and passwords
that may be required for home use of some resources can be obtained
from your DASite Staff Provider. INFOhio encourages Ohio library media
specialists and classroom teachers to submit examples of materials
that can be linked and shared with visitors to this page.
Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online - General encyclopedia (and more) for most grades
and subjects.
INFOhio ProQuest Collection - Online articles from more than
200 magazines and newspapers.
SIRS Discoverer Deluxe - Thousands of articles from more than
1,200 sources, from easy to challenging.
Encyclopedia Britannica Intermediate - General encyclopedia
for lower grades.
ProQuest SiteBuilder - Link articles from the INFOhio ProQuest
Collection to assignment pages and Web pages.
American National Biography - Biographies of more than 17,000
Americans.
NetWellness - Information from Ohio's major medical centers.
OH! Kids - Activities, Information, and Learning Tools especially
for children.
OH! Teach - Web links for teachers, library media specialists,
and other educators.
Ohio Government Information - Information about Ohio's executive,
judicial, and legislative branches.
Ohio Historical Society - Includes a link to the Society's
Kids Pages and other information about Ohio's past.
ArchivesUSA - Information about primary source materials from
over 5,400 U.S. manuscript repositories.
School Online Catalogs (MultiLIS) - Schools using INFOhio's
Web-based library automation - software.
Special Agency Online Catalogs (Medianet) - Agencies using
INFOhio's media booking software.
Union Catalog - More than one million unique resources held
by K-12 schools and agencies.
Many
of the above Internet addresses contain information created, published,
maintained or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations
independent of EPIC. EPIC does not endorse, approve, certify,
or control these Internet addresses and does not guarantee the
accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing
of information located at such addresses. Use of any information
obtained from such addresses is voluntary, and reliance on it
should be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy,
completeness, efficacy, and timeliness. Reference to any specific
commercial product, process or service by trade name, manufacturer,
or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation,
or favoring by EPIC.
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