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Building and Using a Web Database With FrontPage
Is Online Professional Development for You?
El Nino Did It—Using Technology to Assess and Predict Climate Trends
Designing an E-zine—Are We There Yet?
Come See the Molecules—Using 3-D Modeling Programs to Learn Chemistry
Opening Doors to the World
Add 'em Up—New and Interesting Math Products


Building and Using a Web Database With FrontPage

Author's Sites
Elfrank-Dana's Web site:
www.elfrank.org
Elfrank-Dana's U.S. history site:
www.elfrank.net/elfrank/ushistory
FrontPage Tutorial:
www.elfrank.net/elfrank/tutorials
Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers:
www.bergtraum.org

Search Engines
Ask Jeeves:
www.askjeeves.com
Google:
www.google.com
Yahooligans!:
www.yahooligans.com

Web Hosting Services
GeoCities:
http://geocities.yahoo.com/home
Tripod:
www.tripod.lycos.com

Web Sites
Teachers Network:
www.teachersnetwork.org

The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:
www.carnegiefoundation.org/CASTL


Is Online Professional Development for You?

Internet-Based Decision-Making Resources
AT&T Learning Network:
www.att.com/learningnetwork/virtualacademy/success.html
.
Online Professional Development—Suggestions for Success! by Lynne Schrum, is a series of articles for educators who want to make "the most out of online educational opportunities." It includes guidelines for choosing online professional development classes, a list of online workshops and degree programs, and a learning style self-quiz.
The Illinois Online Network:
http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/IONresources/onlineoverview/StudentProfile.html
. What Makes a Successful Online Student? provides a list of guidelines to help you make decisions. Find links to several self-paced surveys and Tips for Online Success.
Minnesota Virtual University:
www.mnvu.org/Frame?pg=1515.

Seven Questions to Ask about Your Online Course will provide you with the questions to ask when exploring your
options. It includes topics such as handling instructor and peer interactions.

Online Course Opportunities
TeacherLine:
http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/welcome.cfm.
This professional development Web site is designed as a source for "content, community, and collaboration." A series of modules help educators integrate technology into their learning and teaching. PBS Education and ISTE are working to develop a certification program for PK–12 teachers, based on the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS).
The Teachers Network— The TeachNet Project:
www.teachnet.org
.
The TeachNet Project helps teachers and educational communities create local or regional school improvement projects. Through small grants, the network assists teachers in developing their innovative ideas and connects them
with interested colleagues.
TAPPED IN—Teacher Professional Development Institute:
www.tappedin.org
.
TAPPED IN is an "online community for teachers, professional development providers, and researchers. Visitors can participate in real-time discussions and classes. Teachers log in to share experiences, find and contribute educational resources, hold meetings, conduct collaborative inquiries, and meet new colleagues. Membership is free to educators."
Classroom Connect's Connected University:
http://cu.classroom.com.
The Connected University provides an "online professional development community, providing educators with courses, learning resources, just-in-time support, and a convenient way to interact with your peers nationwide."
Apple Learning Interchange:
http://ali.apple.com/nshelp/welcome.shtml.

Apple Learning Professional Development Online Courses provide an array of self-paced courses, "consisting of an interactive tutorial, a hands-on course project, and a forum for discussion with fellow students and with the course mentor."
OnlineLearning:
www.OnlineLearning.net.

This site offers an extensive list of online offerings for K–12 teachers. There are 20 "Education Neighborhoods," including Teaching English as a Foreign Language and College Counseling Certificate Program.

Degree Programs
The following fully accredited universities offer master's degree programs with no residency requirement:
George Washington University:
www.gwu.edu

Lesley University:
www.lesley.edu

Michigan State University:
http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/onlineedu

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
http://cter.ed.uiuc.edu/index.html

University of Maryland University College:
www.umuc.edu

Online Resources
Peterson's and Barron's, traditionally publishers of guides to face-to-face learning at the undergraduate and graduate levels, provide searchable Web pages at:
www.petersons.com
www.barrons.com


El Nino Did It—Using Technology to Assess and Predict Climate Trends

1997 El Nino:
http://members.aol.com/windgusts/ElNino.html
This site includes basic information on the El Niño phenomenon.
El Niño cartoons:
www.coaps.fsu.edu/lib/climatoons/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Diagnostic Center:
www.cdc.noaa.gov/Usclimate/

Regional Climate Center:
www.wrcc.dri.edu/rcc.html

El Niño: Online Meteorology Guide:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml
This site is an online teaching module from the University of Illinois.
What Is an El Niño?:
www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino-story.html

This site provides more detailed and technical discussion of the El Niño phenomenon. Good graphics.


Designing an E-zine—Are We There Yet?

AltaVista:

http://altavista.com

Ditto:
http://www.ditto.com

Glen Cove School:
http://ggwww.ncook.k12.il.us (Click on Student Work for the e-zine)

Professional e-zines
Midlink Magazine:
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

PC Gamer:
http://www.pcgamer.com

ZuZu:
http://www.zuzu.org

Student-generated e-zines
Cyberstories:
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/6066

Kids on the Net:
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/index.htm

Kidscribe:
http://web2.airmail.net/def


Come See the Molecules—Using 3-D Modeling Programs to Learn Chemistry

Software
Chemscape Chime: www.mdli.com/cgi/dynamic/downloadsect.html?uid=$uid&key=$key&id=1
RasMol:
http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/getras.html
RasTop:
http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/software.rastop/

PDB Files

Klotho: Biochemical Compounds Declarative Database
:
www.ibc.wustl.edu/moirai/klotho/compound_list.html
Protein Data Bank (PDB):
www.rcsb.org/pdb/

Molecules R Us:
http://molbio.info.nih.gov/cgi-bin/pdb

Classroom Activities

Biochemistry in 3D-Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (high school or college level):
www.worthpublishers.com/lehninger3d/

ISAT 454: Computer Applications in Biotechnology (college level):
www.isat.jmu.edu/users/klevicca/isat454
Visualization in Science and Mathematics (VISM) Web page (for beginners):
www.isat.jmu.edu/users/klevicca/VISM/vism.htm

RasMol Tutorials

Introduction to Molecular Modeling:
www.usm.maine.edu/~rhodes/GraphicsGallery/RasTut.html

RasMol Reference Manual:
www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/getras.htm#rasmanual

RasMol Tutorial:
www.chemistry.gatech.edu/faculty/williams/bCourse_
Information/6521/tutorials/rasmol/rasmol_tbp_fset.html


Opening Doors to the World

Adopt an Escargot:
www.AdoptAnEscargot.com

AmazonQuest:
http://quest.classroom.com/marketing/AmazonQuest/AmazonQuest.asp

Building Bridges:
www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Bridges/index.html

CASKE:
www.bigchalk.com/cgi-
bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/676/wa/BCPageDA/gen~CASKE~caske_
homepage

Clean Water for Nicaragua:
www.iearn.org/projects/cleanwater.html

Comparing Costs:
http://gsh.lightspan.com/pr/_cfm/GetDetail.cfm?pID=1532

Cultura:
http://web.mit.edu/french/cultura2001/index.html
Electronic Emissary:
http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/
E-mail Keypals for Language Fluency:
www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~trobb/keypals.html

ePALS.com Classroom Exchange:
www.epals.com

Interactive Story:
http://zero-de-conduite.com/htm/projets/story/stor.htm

KidProj–Spanish:
www.kidlink.org/spanish/kidproj-spanish/index.html

Language Trade:
www.languagetrade.com

Letters to Santa Claus:
www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/cc/santa/index.html

Multimedia Cultural Exchange:
http://ecom2000.hoops.ne.jp/

MayaQuest:
http://quest.classroom.com/maya2001/

Tandem:
http://tandem.ac-rouen.fr/email/idxeng00.html


Add 'em Up—New and Interesting Math Products

Ten Tricky Tiles
www.sunburst.com

Tessellation Exploration
www.tomsnyder.com

Comparing with Ratio
www.sunburst.com

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