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USEFUL RESOURCES
Following is a list of resources for teachers, administrators and students. Click on the subject category below to view the web site links listed in that category.

Grants      Resources for Teachers      Students      Technology
GRANTS FOR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
Money for educators and schools.

National Arts Education Initiative: An Entertainment Industry Foundation Program
Barbie Arts Teacher of the Year Search™: www.eifoundation.org

The NEA Foundation
Supporting a variety of efforts by teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the nation's public schools, colleges, and universities:
www.nfie.org/grants.htm

National Science Teachers Association
Awards, Grants and Competitions for Teachers, Principals and Students:
www.nsta.org/awardscomp

AFT (American Federation of Teachers)
Educator Award and Recognition programs:
www.aft.org/teachers/awards.htm
Grant and Funding opportunities:
www.aft.org/teachers/grants.htm

Grant Opportunities
A long list of grants detailing dollar amount, eligibility, deadlines, etc.:
knox.k12.il.us
Grants for Educators
Grant writing tips and resources:
www.udel.edu/itug/grants_info.html

WWW Focus on Fundraising
Grant writing tips and resources:
www.geocities.com/world_of_websites

EDS Technology Grants
The EDS Technology Grant Program helps teachers of children ages 6 through 18 purchase information technology products and services that will improve their students' ability to learn:
www.eds.com/about

The Center for Educator Development in the Fine Arts
This site contains a whole host of links to grants opportunities. Scroll down to access national opportunities (listed after Texas):
finearts.esc20.net

Travel Grants for Educators
The Travel Grants for Educators provide support to educators from any country in attending Association-sponsored meetings that are held outside the educators' own continent. Applicants must be members of the International Reading Association or one of its affiliated groups:
www.reading.org/awards
Ed.gov U.S. Department of Education
This program supports the implementation of high-quality professional development model programs in elementary and secondary education for music, dance, drama, and visual arts educators. Funds support innovative instructional methods, especially those linked to scientifically-based research.Projects include professional development programs for teachers working in high-poverty schools. Designed for K-12 arts teachers, programs must focus on: the development, enhancement, or expansion of standards-based arts education programs; or the integration of arts instruction into other subject area content:
www.ed.gov/programs

Grant Writing Tips and Tutorials
members.tripod.com/exworthy

Education World: Grants Center
Learn about current education grants, discover additional grant sources, and find grant writing tips and resources:
www.educationworld.com


RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
Lesson plans, professional development, research papers, databases, and discussion boards, and in some cases links to find grants.

Visual Understanding in Education
www.vue.org/download.html

Chicago Architecture Foundation
Schoolyards to Skylines:
www.architecture.org/schoolyards.html

Art Discovery
A resource of links for teachers:
www.artdiscovery.org/

Electronic Media and On-Line Arts Resource Center
A huge list of on-line arts links:
www.cedarnet.org/emig/nj.html

Art:21
PBS's online contemporary arts series with resources for classrooms and teachers:
www.pbs.org/art21/

ARTSEDGE the National Arts and Education Network
Supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects

ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment:
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

The Smart Museum's Educator Resource Page
smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

My eCoach This site provides resources and a forum for educators:
www.my-ecoach.com/
This section of the site deals specifically with integrated and inquiry based curriculum:
www.my-ecoach.com/resources

CES National Web: Essential Resources for School Change
Follow the "resources" link for a database of resources:
www.essentialschools.org
Teaching for Change
A list of links to resources for social change:
www.teachingforchange.org/

The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
"Inspires public education employees to ensure that all students succeed. Created by the National Education Association, the foundation makes grants to improve public education nationwide."
www.nfie.org/

Learner.org: Critical Issues In School Reform
Links to web and PDF information and resources related to specific progressive school activities:
www.learner.org/

Principles of Good Arts Integration for Teachers, Artists, Administrators
"Examples of arts programs, resources, and discussions that can support and animate teaching and learning."
www.arts4learning.org/

Steinman Studios, CAPE visual artist Jenny Steinman
Jenny has a detailed account of her past integrated units with photos of classrooms in action. The link below will take you directly to her CAPE page:
steinmanstudios.com/teaching.html

PBS TeacherSource
Links to lesson plans, activities and other resources for teachers. Search by subject or topic:
www.pbs.org/teachersource/

The Art Room
A virtual art classroom with links to art teaching resources:
/www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/

The Drama Teachers' Resource Room
www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/

Literacy websites for students in grades 5-6
Links to a number of websites for students and teachers:
www.literacy.uconn.edu

ArtsEdNet
The Getty's Art Education Website with teacher discussion board, lesson plans and curriculum ideas:
www.getty.edu/artsednet

Teaching Artist Journal
The Teaching Artist Journal (TAJ) is a quarterly forum that provides an authoritative, timely, ongoing professional development resource to clarify, enrich, and advance Teaching Artist research and practice:
www.erlbaum.com/shop/tek9.asp?

Crayola Website
This Crayola site for educators includes lesson plans for registered users (registration is free):
www.crayola.com/educators

EducatorsResources.com
"EducatorsResources.com is a directory of resources and information for the educational community and other professionals that work with children and teens."
www.educatorsresources.com

The Gateway to Educational Materials
One-stop access to lesson plans, instructional units, and other education resources on the internet:
www.thegateway.org

The Philidelphia Education Fund
"What Story Does the Work Tell? A Resource of Curricular Units, Student Work, and Commentary by Philadelphia Teachers. This publication is a tool to help teachers look at student work."
www.philaedfund.org/slcweb/

NGA Classroom: For Teachers, Artists, and Students (The National Gallery of Art)
Easy to navigate site full of ideas for arts integrated curriculum organized by curriculum, topic, or artist. Also includes links to research resources:
www.nga.gov/education/classroom/

A.R.T. (Art Resources in Teaching)
A source of professional development resources and links for teachers and parents:
www.artresourcesinteaching.org

The Getty Education Page
Lesson Plans for arts integrated learning:
www.getty.edu/education

The Chicago Foundation for Education
Resources for educators:
www.chgofdneduc.org/resources.html

Americans for the Arts and National School Board Association Online Resource Center
Includes: Information on current research on the role of the arts in student achievement, on arts ed policy, assessing and advocating for the role of arts ed in your district, and further useful links and resources
www.artsusa.org/services/arts_education/


STUDENTS
Web sites with links to web sites for kids, interactive web sites, and models usable for classroom activities.

On the Line
"On the Line was a millennium project that explored and celebrated the lives of people who live along the zero degree meridian line a line which passes through Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Algeria, Spain, France and the UK." This site can be used to research these countries or as a model for a similar project exploring local geographies:www.oxfam.org.uk

A Research Guide for Students
A very comprehensive resource for teachers and students:
www.aresearchguide.com/index.html

Art Safari
Students learn how to look at art and write about what they see:
www.moma.org/momalearning
What Kids Can Do
"What Kids Can Do is a national nonprofit organization founded in the winter of 2001. We document the value of young people working with teachers and other adults on projects that combine powerful learning with public purpose for an audience of educators and policy makers, journalists, community members, and students."
www.whatkidscando.org

Volco
An interactive site where students from classrooms around the world work together to create brand new worlds complete with new forms of life and laws:
www.volco.org/

Web sites for Spanish-speaking students
Good resource for research:
www.spanish.sbc.edu/

FirstGov for Kids
Government site for art project ideas and web research resources for students:
www.kids.gov/k_arts.htm

iearn.org: International Education and Resource Network
"iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world."
www.iearn.org

Whitechapel Art Gallery's "Download Project"
"A series of downloadable resources for teachers and parents. Entitled ÔDownloadÕ the project is focused on artistic practice in the age of electronic media and the familiarity and confidence that children and young adults bring to handling instruments of new technology."
www.whitechapel.org/content63.html


TECHNOLOGY
Education with New Technologies: Networked Learning Community
"Designed to help educators develop, enact, and assess effective ways of using new technologies."learnweb.harvard.edu
Tech-Learning
Don't be deceived by the name, this website offers a wealth of resources for all teachers:
www.techlearning.com

Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers
Lessons on integrating technology into classroom practice:
www.tammyworcester

Technology for Teachers
Lots of links:
server.remc11.k12.mi.us/

 

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