3 great safe search engines                                                                                                     6 December 2010
Duck Duck Go gives priority to privacy & safety with settings to switch on safe search & Web of Trust(WOT) ratings on 30m+ sites crowd-sourcetrust scores fromcommunity of 15m+ users; SweetSearch searches only 35000 websites evaluated & approved by a staff of research experts, librarians & teachers  fine-tuned them by rankings from organizations such as Library of Congress, Smithsonian, PBS & university websites; Google Safe Search mode set in Google Preferences between moderate filtering(filters explicit images only), which is Google’s default setting & strict filtering(filters both explicit text & explicit images);

10 top tools for learning professionals                                                                                     7 May 2009

15 Places to Find Great Screencasts                                                                                      30 May 2008
Screencasts, how-to videos on the computer screen, around since as early as 1994, according to Wikipedia; popularity as an instructional method has grown(term "screencast" was coined in 2004);

100 top tools for learning 2010: Jane Hart  (Phil Bradley's selection)                                       12 June 2010

100+ free textbooks: meta collection (Open Culture: best free web cultural & educationa media)   28 August 2010

100+ online resources that are transforming education                                                                25 January 2011

A+ Education from Informit subscription service                                                                     2 April 2005
ACER bibliographical & fulltext database on Australian education - articles, monographs, research reports, theses, conference papers, legislation, parliamentary debates, newspaper articles, texts, Internet; 131000 records from 200+ comprehensively indexed journals (1/3 copyright cleared i.e. fulltext)

Academia.edu Tree of Academics worldwide                                                                                                   12 December 2008
graduate students & academics create academic webpages & find other academics worldwide with the same research interests in a “tree” format, displayed according to departmental & institutional affiliations;  news on latest research, latest people, papers, & talks; free for now; will eventually list faculty members, postdocs, graduate students, & independent researchers; 15000+ academic listing in past 2 months;

Academic & Scholar Search Engines & Sources(Marcus Zillman) (V8N6, June 2010)                   29 May 2010
Awareness Watch V10N3 March 2012; See also Short guide to free academic search;

Academic Directories                                                                                                              29 November 2002
AllLearn (Alliance for Lifelong Learning - Uni. of Oxford, Staford & Yale Universities); leading academic websites

Academic Info: Your Gateway to Quality Educational Resources                                             14 March 2003

ACER: Australia's gateway to educational research(Australian Council for Educational Research) 29 September 2007
creating & distributing research-based knowledge, products & services to improve learning across the lifespan in both formal & informal settings; Research reports; Current research projects; Completed projects; Research Conferences;

American Association of Physics Teachers: Downloadable Teacher Resources & Guides            30 October 2010

AskERIC: Education Information with the Personal Touch                                                        discontinued on December 19, 2003
personalized service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents; Q&A service (to specialists), resource collection, question archive, 200+ lesson plans from US teachers; 3000+ internet-based resources ranging from peer education programs to classroom management for administrators, teachers, policy makers; (7 Nov 2003) Educator's Reference Desk includes the 2000 lesson plans, 3000 value-added pointers to education information & organizations, 200 question archives accessed at askeric.org for the past 10 years. The AskERIC site and service was discontinued on December 19, 2003; Q&A service is no longer active..ERD interface to the ERIC Database's 1m+ bibliographic records on educational research, theory, & practice; Search the ERIC Database interface has moved to http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/ ( 20/3/2004)

Australian Council for Private Education & Training(ACPET)                                                    13 April 2011
national industry association for independent providers of post-compulsory education & training, for Australian & international students; Higher Education; Vocational Education & Training; English Language Courses; Senior Secondary Studies; Foundation Studies;

Australian Education International's(AEI)                                                                                  31 January 2007
searchable database of  6000+ international & Australian books, articles, conference papers & reports since 1990 using criteria, including: subject; publication title; author; year of publication; country; as well as type of document (ie journal); links to 60+ websites; international education publishers; and other searchable education databases; Access to the database is free, and many of the articles can be downloaded free of charge; Following a review into utility & use of Database of Research on International Education, this service ceased to be funded by AEI from 31 December 2007. It is expected that, during 2008, the Database will be relocated & managed by an external organisation. From that point this page will be maintained for period of time to redirect you to the new site.

BigChalk.com                                                                                                                        23 March 2002
aims to be the education destination trusted by teachers, students, parents; lesson plans, homework help, in-depth articles;  physical science subject page of twenty subjects; explanations & visually pleasing illustrations, along with links to further information.

Blue Web'n                                                                                                                          24 April 2002
1200+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, format(lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, tools); search by grade level(Refined Search), broad subject area(Content Areas), or specific sub-categories(Subject Area); 5 new sites/week

BL Learning resources for students, teachers & general public                                               12 April 2005
English & History sources from British Library's unique collections

BrainTrack online directory of universities & colleges                                                               10 December 2008
links and free information for 10000+ higher education institutions in 194 countries;

Buros Institute Need a test review by fax or e-mail? (intelligence & personality tests)                21 October 2001

Complete University Guide(UK)                                                                                            12 August 2008

Databases of International Bureau of Education of
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization(UNESCO)                            28 September 2005
index to World Data on Education, Country Dossiers, RelatED & IBEDOCS databases; profiles education systems worldwide, country data, school-based initiatives around the world & access to library catalog of International Conference on Education;

Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)                                                             15 February 2008
clearinghouse of high-quality materials for educators, students & scientists; DLESE section provides background information along with a guide to searching the library; Resource of the Day; embedded search engine to search by type, grade level, or educational standard;

DiscoverEd(Creative Commons)search engine of open educational resources beta                  28 July 2009
CC or other licensed for use material assembled from third-party repositories like Open Courseware Consortium & National Science Digital Library; Results include title, brief summary, education level & sometimes information about usage license; Some  data fields have magnifying glasses next to them to click on for a refined list of results; RSS feed;

Docstoc: documents for small business & professionals                                                                    1 May 2011
repository of free & for purchase legal, business, financial, technical, & educational documents; sell, store, bulk upload, email, monitor private documents; Adobe Acrobat(PDF), Word Files(DOC & DOCX), Spreadsheet (XLS & XLSX), Presentations(PPT & PPTX) , text files (TXT & RTF); users can access Docstoc Certified Premium Documents & Packages in the Docstore; subscription service access to Premium documents for a small monthly fee;

Earth Science Australia                                                                                                          22 October 2006
freeware & educational resources for educational purposes presented or provided on a not-for profit basis

Ed-Cast.org                                                                                                                         23 February 2007
international clearinghouse for sharing lectures, conversations, speeches, related podcasts for higher education worldwide.  searchable by keyword, format(audio or video), length (0-15 minutes, 15-30 minutes, etc); "Show All"; results tabulated by title, category (format, presentation, interview, etc), length, keywords, authors, and date of submission; title link for abstract, Creative Commons license, contact;  RSS feed;

EdNA - OnLine: School Education                                                                                         20 March 2004
Education Network Australia's on-line gateway to educational resources for school education

Education & Learning: A Paradigm Shift (Master New Media)                                      8 January 2009
Part 1 - Is Our Educational System Broken?

Education at a Glance 2007, Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development(OECD) 29 September 2007
comparative state of education across member countries; who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems operate & results achieved; Executive summary; Briefing Notes for each OECD country covered; PowerPoint presentations, podcasts, & report summaries in 20 languages;

EducationGuardian published weekly, archives 1998-; interactive features.                              25 September 2004

Education Index                                                                                                                     5 October 2002 
astronomy, chemistry, geology, physics;  by lifestage, from prenatal & infant to college & continuing education 

Educator's Reference Desk(US Department of Ed.)                                                                9 February 2004
AskERIC service discontinued December 19th 2003; AskERIC's 2000+ lesson plans, 3000+ links to online education information, 200+ archived responses (no longer active); access 1m+ bibliographic records on educational research, theory, practice; updated monthly; citations from 1966

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative(ELI) nonprofit association to advance higher education        8 March 2005
promoting intelligent use of IT; online Resource Center - repository for information concerning use & management of information technology (IT) in higher education; aggregates content submitted by EDUCAUSE, ECAR, Net@EDU, NLII, and our members

Eduseek educational material on the Internet                                                                          2 May 2002

EnhanceTV                                                                                                                            8 April 2009
subsidiary of Screenrights not-for-profit organisation that licenses educational institutions to copy from TV for teaching; free membership gives access to study guides, articles & a weekly newsletter of upcoming educational TV programs; 6000+ hours of educational TV;

ERIC(Educational Resources Information Center)                                                                 1 March 2004
A) Basic Search - keyword search; limited by publication type, target audience, record type (RIE/CIJE), EDRS electronic availability, year added; B) Advanced Search "Boolean operators AND & OR; limited by author, title, electronic availability, target audience, journal name, publication type; C) Topics Organized Hierarchically 2000+ ERIC topics in 50 subjects areas arranged hierarchically; based on Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors; D) Topics Organized Alphabetically  2000+ ERIC topics; Utilizes Search/Content Management Technology from Artesia, Basic/Advanced search interfaces contain spell-check,  % is truncation symbol; Results sorted by 12 criteria(Basic & Advanced),  Boolean Connectors AND/OR must be Upper Case, Records clearly labeled; ED records link to ERIC Document Reproduction Service; Search the ERIC Database interface has moved to http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/( 20/3/2004); 50000+ fulltext non-journal ERIC resources(added to ERIC from 1993-July 2004) now available FREE as PDF files via ERIC database; These documents previously sold via E*Subscribe from ERIC Document Reproduction Service(EDRS); ERIC Selection Policy for new materials (7 Oct '04); SearchEduResources Video Collection on YouTube;

European Gateway to Recognition of Academic & Professional Qualifications                       25 August 2005

Forum Network Online Library                                                                                             9 October 2009
freely available lectures by some of world’s foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers & community leaders from community partners in US cities including libraries, museums, academic institutes, public lecture forums, public policy think tanks, cultural councils; subscribe to weekly podcasts through iTunes or NPR Podcast Directory, downloadable videos through iTunesU & YouTube channels. Search descriptions by keyword; browse by topic, series(narrow by topic &/or collection), speakers, FNO partners; Twitter & Facebook updates; See also ResearchChannel compilation of 3500+ academic lectures/presentations from numerous organizations, iTunes U, YouTube EDU,(YouTube EDU goes international);

ForwardIT(DFEEST, South Australia) free digital literacy learning materials                             19 March 2012
easy to understand articles, videos & instructions to develop basic digital literacy skills & knowledge for novice users; free iPad application to download for access anytime, anywhere; available for use by agencies to deliver digital literacy skills: libraries, community centres & not-for-profit organisations statewide to help staff, volunteers & clients develop digital literacy skills; Broadband case studies; Forums; Internet TV; Skype; Podcasts(audio) & Vodcasts(video); Music; Facilitator information;

Gateway to Educational Materials(GEM)                                                                                10 April 2002
free, metasearch engine - educators(& parents) search for lesson plans by grade level; lesson plans, instructional units & educational materials in all forms, formats ; 42450 resources indexed by subject, grade level, pedagogy, audience; faceted searching for specific words/ phrases with browsing descriptions of resources based on facets(metadata elements or properties); Gateway to 21st Century Skills open access digital library of teaching & learning resources correlated to state & national curriculum standards is sponsored by National Education Association(NEA) & provided at no cost to teachers & educators worldwide;

Global Education Digest 2007 (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)  2011                                1 December 2007
comparative look at education statistics & spending worldwide; compare education statistics from 200+ countries; in English, French, & Spanish(soon Arabic & Russian too);

Global Learning Resource Connection(GLRC)  Gale(Cengage Learning) partnership             13 Decembetr 2010
public/private collaboration helps teachers & learners seamlessly navigate related learning resources across national & state boundaries, enriching curricula in each state & nation while providing means for relating learning outcomes to educational resources such as student ePortfolios, professional development resources, & individual student learning plans; Achievement Standards Network(ASN) enables states & countries to collect curriculum objectives & make them freely available for educators & publishers;

Google Search Education  See also Google in Education                                                           12 May 2012
links to learning/teaching materials (free & open for classeroom uses), announcements of upcoming live & online classes, video about teaching people how to search, updated teaching material; email contact to Search Education staff for feedback & queries;

Horizon Report 2010 Australia - New Zealand edition                                                                5 December 2010
internationally recognized Horizon Reports part of New Media Consortium's Horizon Project's comprehensive research venture established in 2002 to identify & describes emerging technologies likely to impact over next 5 years on sectors w2orldwide; This volume examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on & use in teaching, learning, & creative enquiry within higher education in Australia & New Zealand over a five-year time period; 3rd in annual series of reports focused on higher education in the region;     

Information Commons/Learning Commons aka Computer Commons/ Knowledge Commons 24 April 2011
Putting learning into the learning commons: A literature review(Postcompulsory Education Centre, Victoria U, 30 May 2005); 7 things you should know about the modern Learning Commons;

Information Sources For Education On The Web(Freepint 16 Sept 04)     

Inquiry into school libraries & teacher librarians in Australian schools                                            23 May 2011   
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives: House Standing Committee on Education & Employment; Tabled on 23 March 2011; Chair of the Committee, Amanda Rishworth MP, provided comment & made reference to significant recommendations from the report. The Deputy Chair, Rowan Ramsey MP, support the comments & recommendations; Lots of work ahead as ASLA & ALIA work with the education & government agencies identified in the recommendations;

International Benchmarking Toolkit (ECS - Education Commissionof the States (US))                   8 April 2009
for state policymakers, school district officials, principals & classroom teachers

International Education Indicators                                                                                                 10 October 2003 
snapshots of US education system compared to systems in other countries

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators                                                                                          1 September 2002
free, categorized list of 2000+ Web sites useful for enhancing curriculum & professional growth updated daily

Learning Commons/Information Commons aka Computer Commons/ Knowledge Commons         24 April 2011
Putting learning into the learning commons: A literature review(Postcompulsory Education Centre, Victoria U, 30 May 2005); 7 things you should know about the modern Learning Commons;

Learning Discrete Mathematics & Computer Science via primary historical sources                       8 October 2011
Projects for Abstract Algebra, Algorithms, Automata & Formal Languages, Calculus, Combinatorics, Data Structures, Discrete Mathematics, Graph Theory, Introduction to Computer Science, Mathematical Logic, Programming Languages, Theory of Computation;

Lesson Plan Central                                                                                                                   5 October 2002
free lesson plans, WebQuests, worksheets, student link & clipart ; collection of science specific links; Categorized by subject & grade level;  briefly described

Media Awareness Network (MNet)                                                                                        15 January 2011
Canadian non-profit organization that works on development of media literacy & digital literacy programs to equip adults with information and tools "to help young people understand how the media work,how the media may affect their lifestyle choices & extent to which they, as consumers & citizens, are being well informed"; For Teachers includes lesson plans to help teach young people about body image, movies, music, & other topics depicted in the media; search for lessons by grade & subject; For Parents e-tutorials about keeping up with children's online activities & look through helpful educational games; blog;

MERLOT:[Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching]                          31 January 2003
free, peer-reviewed collection of 13000+ online learning tools & simulations designed primarily for faculty & students of higher education; browse by subject -- Arts, Business, Education, Humanities, Mathematics, Science & Technology,  Social Sciences -  2005 MERLOT awards page

MIT OpenCourseWare online, free course materials for undergraduate & graduate subjects     25 January 2003
advance knowledge & education to serve the nation and the world; wide range of subjects incl. biology; informal learning - no degrees or certificates; Syllabi, Course calendars, Lecture notes, Assignments, Exams; 500 courses from 33 disciplines, eg Introduction to Solid State Chemistry OCW initiative "chemistry-centered class integrates examples from world around us, in arts & humanities, human stories behind the science, & applications to engineering & emerging technologies" designed for independent learners has online study group;  17 Feb 2012: MIT’s new “teacher free” online course: “6.002x: Circuits & Electronics”;

My Classroom Resources  PowerPoint presentations free to download:                                     16 November 2002
1. Active Learning with Instant Messaging - Threat or Menace?  2. Blindly Stumbling towards Technology Nirvana  3. Computer Care 101 - Keeping Your Computer Healthy 4. Computer Care 102 - Top 10 Troubleshooting Tips & Tricks 5. Designing Online Communities on a Shoestring Budget  6.The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly-How Internet Filters Work, How They Don't Work, How Students Bypass Them  7. Stop Searching & Start Finding - Strategies for Effective Web Research  8. Web Page Design, Part One: People Actually Get PAID to Do This?  9. Web Page Design, Part Two: Internet Graphics for the Artistically Challenged

National Geographic Education Guide for  teachers, families, students & kids                             30 August 2002
searchable collection of National Geographic lesson plans, projects, photographs, printer-friendly  maps, Teacher Community;  multimedia activities,reference library with a glossary, encyclopedia & downloadable media; 

National Grid for Learning portal                                                                                             28 March 2002
650000+ pages of quality-assured learning resources from 650+ web sites

National Institutes of Health: Office of Science Education                                                         20 May 2006
Created in 1991 to encourage science literacy in adults & children & to attract young people to biomedical & behavioral science careers; in topical areas such as cell biology & bioethics; listing by resource formats including lesson plans, newsletters, book covers; search by educational level;  “Research Results for the Public” fact sheets decipher complex medical research into lucid & accessible language ;

Navigating International Education Resources                                                                             25 August 2005

OCW Search(OpenCourseWare) for free university courses online                                            28 April 2010

Online Education Database(OEDb)                                                                                           17 July 2009
guide to online colleges, continuing education, distance learning; reviews 1041 programs from 89 accredited online colleges; sort reviews by program, college, or degree level

Open Access Journals in the Field of Education                                                                         20 March 2007
Directory & links to 200+ open access electronic journals on education

Open Educational Resources Center for California                                                                     13 February 2010
7 resources for finding open textbooks & 4 each for open educational resources & open courseware,5 for open media,  2 for open quizzes; category links to 400+ open textbooks;

Peer 2 Peer University(P2PU)  free & open online courses                                                            26 February 2010
Learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything site run by volunteers to create a source for high-quality, low cost education; 2nd phase of courses, March 12 to April 23 course list; register to sign up for courses;

Phil & Moke's Secret Free Place - Education Index   free resources, not just links                     9 March 2002

The Pool online environment  for collaboration                                                                         29 May 2008
experiment in sharing art, text, & code, sharing process of making them to stimulate & documents collaboration in a variety of forms, including multi-author, asynchronous, & cross-medium projects; Art Creation, Art Reference, Code Creation, & Code Reference Pools are currently active, with Text, Theme, Application under development;

Reading level                                                                                                                                13 December 2010
filtering of search results by reading level now accessed via Google Advanced Search(review); Filter Google search results by Reading Level; 

RefSeek web search engine for students & researchers                                                                6 December 2009
aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone; 1b+ documents including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, & newspapers; document search, definitions, natural language math calculations, reference directory; comprehensive subject coverage without information overload of a general search engine;

Researchers Without Borders Center for Elementary Mathematics & Science Education, U of Chicago  11 February 2012
open research in education collaborative learning environment for individuals across academic institutions, disciplines & sectors "to solve shared problems, do collaborative research & development, build productive working relationships & collaborations; Resources area documents about best practices, curriculum development, & topics submitted by vetted members of the community; Community area: emerging issues, upcoming events & seminars, learn about fellow members;

Rudolf Steiner Archive                                                                                                              24 February 2007
Born Croatia 1861, educator, artist, & philosopher, founder of philosophical school of anthroposophy & Waldorf education movement; introductory essays about Steiner, writings, events & conferences related to his work & body of thought; On This Day feature;

Scholarsip 2.0: alternative Web-based scholarly publishing philosophies & practices                    7 July 2008
Horizon Report 2008, joint publication of New Media Consortium(NMC) & EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative(ELI), 6 emerging information technologies & practices expected to significantly impact educational organizations: Grassroots Video, Collaborative Webs, Mobile Broadband, Data Mashups, Collaborative Intelligence, & Social Operating Systems; Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: (Re)Use / (Re)Mix / (Re)New - 3rd International Plagiarism Conference;

ScienceEducation.gov (US Department of Energy Open Goverment Plan)                                     13 May 2010

Search education website(Google)                                                                                            5 May 2012

Search for free educational videos with WatchKnow  (US)                                                       2 August 2009

Second Life Multi User Virtual Environment(MUVE)
500+ librarians worldwide including a small group of Australian librarians who constructed the Australian Libraries Building & library objects built and scripted within it; See Alliance Virtual Library; Getting Started in Second Life; 4 May 2012: Has Second Life lived up to expectations?: useful tool for educators, most useful in allowing users ability to create & observe 3-dimensional models, giving SL particular applicability for students of courses such as design, architecture & sciences, SL has been unable to gain enough ground: in making it easier for users to be able to run SL(either at home or in educational institutions), in reducing learning curve required to satisfactorily navigate virtual world, or: in improving functionality & stability of platform;

Selected Sources for Higher Education (Part1; Part 2) UK                                                   1 December 2010

Shareable Content Object Reference Model(SCORM)                                                              8 July 2010
Advanced Distributed Learning(ADL) project: de facto standard for e-learning content; brief overview of SCORM specification to help non-technical readers understand underlying technology & rules;

SOSIG education gateway                                                                                                        25 September 2004

Student Research Resources(Awareness Watch Newsletter, Vol.8No.9 September 2010 )       27 August 2010

SurfWax Scholar                                                                                                                      11 July 2004
helps schools integrate technology with curriculum, improve information literacy; used anywhere, anytime;100% Web-based--no downloads, nothing to install;

Teaching & research with original sources from Euler Archive                                                        8 October 2011
Loci project at MathDL initiative, part of Original Sources series, created by Mathematical Association of America(MAA); genius, Leonhard Euler's historical ruminations & their classroom applications;

Times Educational Supplement(TES) full access to archive 1994-; features                                25 September 2004

Top 500 World Universities;                                                                                                     28 December 2005
Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities; Academic ranking of world universities - methodologies & problems

Udacity                                                                                                                                            5 February 2012
We believe university-level education can be both high quality & low cost using economics of Internet, connecting great  teachers to hundreds of thousands of students worldwide; How to build a search engine: forthcoming online course at Stanford U:  Professor Thrun following success of Introduction to AI course -160000 students from 190+ countries, with a median age of around 30 & 23000 stayed the course - has set up spin-off company Udacity which plans to enrol 50000 students on its first two courses: Building a search engine & Programming a robotic car;

Understanding Educational Opportunities & Outcomes: An Atlas of South Australia                    25 February 2010
project funded by SA Department of Education & Children's Services as a joint undertaking between The Smith Family & PHIDU(Public Health Information Development Unit at U of Adelaide). It focuses on learning & development, & differences in education outcomes across communities in South Australia that need to be addressed.  It is hoped that the report & additional data on the World Wide Web will highlight communities & groups within the populations where action  is needed to improve learning & development outcomes; uses a range of population, socioeconomic & education participation & outcome indicators, & includes data from the recently produced Australian Early Development Index & school literacy & numeracy tests

UNESCO's International Bureau of Education Databanks                                                           25 August 2005

UNESCO world atlas of gender equality in education                                                                14 March 2012
120+ maps, charts & tables to visualize educational pathways of girls & boys in terms of access, participation & progression from pre-primary to tertiary education; sex-disaggregated data & gender indicators from UNESCO Institute for Statistics; illustrates extent to which gender disparities in education have changed since 1970 & are shaped by factors such as national wealth, geographic location, investment in education & fields of study;

University Policy Handbook Index                                                                                              9 February 2004
searchable collection of 950 policy handbooks from 691 universities and colleges; for human resources professionals, policymakers, and contract negotiators.

Web Based Resources supporting on-campus and distance learning                                             13 November 2003
Educational Gateway to best Electronic Journals & Selected Websites by discipline.

Wisc-Online: Online Learning Object Repository                                                                         9 August 2008
digital library of web-based learning objects,  2170+ self-contained small chunks of learning to embed in learning activity, lesson, unit or course; short registration form to access; RSS feed;

Wolfram|Alpha Educators’ Version  for 4th graders to college students                                       13 April 2010
videos, PDF lesson plans covering science, social studies, & math; education portal (resources arranged by grade); math resource; education forum;

Working the Web for information: Tom March                                                                                31 December 2011
contributing Bright Ideas for education since 1994, starting with WebQuests & continuing web-based teaching tools like Filamentality & Web-&-Flow & an emphasis on quality as seen in BestWebQuests. These days, Tom focuses on supporting systemic change toward 1:1 digital learning primarily the Edge-ucators Way & CEQ•ALL as main components of Next Era Ed; ThesisBuilder licensed to a private US university to support students ability to quickly formulate a persuasive thesis & essay outline;

World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)                                   6 March 2012
120+ maps, charts & tables featuring a wide range of sex-disaggregated indicators enables readers to visualize educational pathways of girls & boys in terms of access, participation & progression from pre-primary to tertiary education; illustrates extent to which gender disparities in education have changed since 1970 & are shaped by factors such as national wealth, geographic location, investment in education & fields of study; planned mid-2012 online data mapping tool for tracking trends over time, adapting maps & exporting data;