Other Interest
Travelocity is one of the most powerful one-stop travel sites on the Internet. It is operated by SABRE Interactive, a leading provider of online travel reservation services. SABRE also has a powerful yet simple Business Travel Solution.
Numerous finance links
Numerous links to reference sites.
Don't know where to turn to find expert advice on a problem that's really got you stumped? Pitsco's Ask an Expert is the answer. Behind the initial list of topics-health, arts, education/personal development, career/industry, and money/business are just some of them-are a slew of masters and mavens waiting for your puzzled request. Click on a wizard you want to deal with, and you will either pass to his or her Web site or pop open a preaddressed e-mail to that person.
Multi-lingual education based site.
Welcome to Classroom Connect's home on the Internet! We have designed this site with the hope that it will become "homebase" to thousands of K-12 educators and students around the globe. The resources available here augment Classroom Connect's rapidly expanding line of product offerings which include our newsletters , videos , books , training systems , and conferences .
Our site is a unique resource with the largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web --updating cartoons from 45 cartoonists are presented with the permission and participation of the creators who include the top names in the field such as Pulitzer Prize winners Jeff MacNelly, Jim Borgman, Mike Luckovich, Signe Wilkinson and Mike Peters.
We have developed lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels.
The Educational Technology Network website is the result of a collaboration of professional educators and technologists committed to realizing the potential of technology in education.
Seven partnerships of teachers and federal agencies, plus 10 planning efforts, have been selected to receive support for developing (or planning) Internet-based learning modules and Internet-based learning communities.
Education games and links to other educational games and activities on the Net.
- The Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is a major contributor to the philosophy, design, culture and content of Internet-based learning.
- GSN Visions & Goals Our mission is to "harness the power of the Internet" to provide ongoing opportunities to support learners both in and outside of the school environment.
- GSN Support Services GSN offers a variety of free support services to learners, but more importantly we provide the "training wheels" needed to get started!
- GSN Projects GSN collaborates with individuals, schools, businesses and community organizations to design, develop, and manage hundreds of collaborative learning projects each year.
GSN's Global Schoolhouse® Microsoft has joined forces with the Global SchoolNet Foundation in an focused effort to bring the very best educational resources to students, educators, parents and the extended learning community.
Claims to be the biggest study site on the Internet. Lost of links and stuff.
This Site is designed
- to provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans / classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and
- to provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.
Our service is similar to a newspaper's classified section. The focus of our classified information is to facilitate the exchange of educational resource material. Our classified database contains resources posted by educators and resources wanted by other educators. It is organized by subject matter.
The map and point of interest data seen in MapQuest comes from numerous international sources. We have scoured the world to bring MapQuest users the best data available to highlight features that help map readers quickly relate to a given geographic area. We will add more data sources as we continue our quest for great maps!
We have assembled the biggest filtered collection of useful search engines and newswires anywhere on the World Wide Web. We are designed to save you time in researching materials for work, or play. Our site has been enthusiastically reviewed by universities, news services and major corporations.
The World's Largest Online Database!
Did you ever wonder what your neighborhood looked like from space, or wished you could get an aerial shot of your favorite vacation spot? Welcome to Microsoft® TerraServer, one of the Web's most engaging sites - providing a bold demonstration of Microsoft's scalability while taking on the ambitious challenge of presenting the earth in a mosaic of photographic imagery.
Database Size: 1.01 TeraBytes
Size of uncompressed images: 3.5 TeraBytes
Database rows covering shaded area: 173.6 million
Welcome
to the Computers for Learning Home Page. Our economy is at a crucial turning point. By the year 2000, an estimated 60 percent of new jobs in America will require advanced technological skills and computer know-how. Computers for Learning will place hundreds of thousands of computers in our Nation's classrooms and prepare our children to contribute and compete in the 21st century. The program is designed to donate surplus Federal computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofits, giving special consideration to those with the greatest need. The Computers for Learning website allows schools and educational nonprofits to register quickly and easily to request surplus Federal computer equipment. Federal agencies will then use the website to donate computers to schools and educational nonprofits based upon indications of need.
My Virtual Reference Desk. Appears to be thousands of links to everything.
Send your name to a comet - REALLY!
