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Additional Resources, Web Sites with Directories

  • 700+ GreatSites
    http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html
    This listing of sites from the American Library Association is divided by subject, such as arts and entertainment and science and technology. It includes many links and quick descriptions of what visitors can expect to find.

  • Berit's Best Sites for Children
    http://www.cochran.com/theodore/beritsbest/
    Berit's Best Sites for Children is categorized by subject with broad headings and a list of contents beneath those. So far, over 900 sites have been reviewed and ranked here.

  • BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
    http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/
    BJ Pinchbeck says: "My dad and I use the Internet to help us with homework and to research information on the Net. We have found more than 360 terrific sites on the internet that can help you find any information that you need." Basically, this is a gigantic list of links, organized by subject, with brief annotations. Nice because it's all on one page, but you have to scroll down a lot.

  • Blue Web'N
    http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
    A listing of highly selective, educationally related resources that can be searched or browsed by topic. These selective sites are initially sent out to the Blue Web'N electronic mailing list prior to being included in the collection.

  • Internet Public Library
    http://www.ipl.org/
    Internet Public Library offers a very well organized, briefly annotated, and nicely displayed set of links. It is also divided into young adult and children sections.

  • Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators
    http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
    Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites. Sites listed have very short descriptions, not quite annotations.

  • KidsClick
    http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
    KidsClick! is a searchable and browsable directory of close to 4000 Web resources of use to kids and those who work with them. Entries are grouped into fifteen major categories with dozens of sub-categories. Each record has a brief annotation and includes the number of illustrations, as well as the reading level of the site.

  • Net-mom
    http://www.netmom.com/
    This site was created by Jean Armour Polly, author of the Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages. It contains valuable information, a newsletter that includes annotated sites, updates on her books, and a select list of worthwhile sites.

  • Network Nuggets
    http://www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/
    A comprehensive list of annotated sites organized by topic and searchable. It is a part of Open School's Community Learning Network.

  • Yahooligans
    http://www.yahooligans.com/
    A marginally annotated and topically organized list of sites of interest to kids. Visitors can conduct keyword searches. Only sites deemed child-appropriate are retrieved.


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