Education Resources
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ADL Curriculum Connections: Anti-Bias Lesson Plans and Resources
Features a collection of lesson plans and resources with multicultural, anti-bias, and social justice themes for K-12 educators. Created by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
These mega-sites provide direction to resources for the full range of interests related to research in this topic.
Blue Web'n: a Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web
Online library of nearly 3000 annotated sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects) and organized in 12 curriculum areas. Rating system (5 stars for top sites) and frequency of update (weekly, offered by email) make this a very useful gateway.
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM (GEM) project is a consortium effort to provide educators with access to collections of educational materials found on federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. Search, browse by subject (12 topic categories), or review new resources. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character
Offers links of interest to teachers, parents, and students, from curriculum materials to research. Also features a select bibliography related to academic integrity.
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Offers a collection of more than 16,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education. Includes reports generated by private consulting firms and governmental agencies.
Children's Book Award Winners
Information about many book and media awards and past recipients, including Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and more.
Childstats.gov: Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families including populations and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Features America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.
Copyright & Fair Use
Good starting place for educators with overview for copyright and Fair Use, key copyright sites (includes Copyright Crash Course at U Texas), and current issues and legislation. Sponsored by Stanford University Libraries.
Council for Exceptional Children
Offers a teaching and learning center, with links for accreditation and licensure, evidence-based practice, professional practice topics and information, professional standards (including CEC Code of Ethics), and an exceptionality area with information on many different disabilities.
Education for All Global Monitoring Report
Provides information and reports from the Education for All movement, a global commitment to provide quality basic education for all children, youth and adults.
Educational Associations and Organizations
Features the Educational Resource Organizations Directory (information on more than 3,000 national, regional, and state education associations) plus an annotated collection of other sites for associations and organizations that provide information on a broad range of education related topics.
Explorations in Learning & Instruction: the Theory Into Practice Database (TIP)
The TIP database features descriptions for 50 of the major theories for human learning and instruction, with overview, scope, principles/application, example, references, and related websites for each. Categories for access include theories, learning domains, and learning concepts
Government Information
Comprehensive collection of links to government information for federal, state, and local government.
Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center
Established in 1987, the Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center of Bluffton University is a place where children and teachers learn peacemaking through fine art and literature. The website features bibliographies for many topic areas promoting multiculturalism, global awareness, and non-violent lifestyle, all titles from the Peace Arts Center library.
Literacy Web
'Designed to promote the use of the Internet as a tool to assist classroom teachers in their search for best practices n literacy instruction, including the new literacies of Internet technologies.' Comprehensive collection of links with literacy resources by grade level, plus literacy topics and research.
Mazza Collection
Founded in 1982, the Mazza Collection at the University of Findlay is the “first and largest teaching gallery specializing in the original art work of children’s picture books.” Includes information about the museum and collections, a virtual tour, and links to author websites and other galleries for children’s literature.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
The NAEYC is "dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the wality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8." Good source of information on public policy and current issues. Provides a list of national organizations with early childhood related resources.
PBS teachersource
More than 4,000 free lesson plans & activities arranged in subject categories, current events for the classroom, concepts across the curriculum (special monthly features), teaching & technology – all this and more from PBS!
Women, Girls, and Education
Annotated guide to Internet resources related to women and education: pedagogy, curriculum, research, gender issues, organizations, and more. Maintained by the Women’s Studies section of the Association of College & Research Libraries.
Research Databases for Education (opens in a new window)
Visit Musselman Library's list of databases for Education.
Electronic Journal Center
Full-text access to thousands of academic journals assembled by OhioLINK.
OhioLINK Electronic Journal Finder
Search here for full-text journals found in some of our most important databases, including Electronic Journal Center (EJC), Education Abstracts, LexisNexis Academic, and Academic Search Complete.
Musselman Library Catalog
Online catalog of Musselman Library's holdings and materials in the OPAL and OhioLINK consortia.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
The world’s most comprehensive bibliography, with 68 million bibliographic records and 1 billion individual holdings representing 400 languages. Describes items owned by academic, public, special, and national libraries around the world, including books, maps, sound recordings, manuscripts, musical scores, films, and web resources. Produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). Updated daily. For Bluffton University users, WorldCat is the database to consult for resources not found in the Bluffton, OPAL or OhioLINK catalogs. Items not held in Ohio libraries may be available through Interlibrary Loan.
Alternative assessment in higher education: Web sites for a learner-centered approach
Bibliography of Internet sources with focus on various forms of alternative assessment. “Serving less as final measurements than as vital components of the classroom dynamic, these alternative or authentic assessments can inform ongoing course development and invigorate teaching and learning.”
College and University Rankings
'The purpose of the rankings site is to draw together and provide context to various online sources of information on the ranking of institutions of higher education.'
Copyright & Fair Use
Good starting place for educators with overview for copyright and Fair Use, key copyright sites (includes Copyright Crash Course at U Texas), and current issues and legislation. Sponsored by Stanford University Libraries.
Information Literacy
Collection of websites for information literacy offered from the Musselman Library website. Includes link to the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education and links for selected articles and reports helpful for faculty and administrators.
Educators for Social Responsibility
Features resources, lessons, guides, and 'best of the web' for dealing with crisis, understanding war, countering discrimination, and analyzing 9/11. ESR is a national non-profit organization founded in 1982 with a mission 'to make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education.'
Teachable Moment
Provides educators K-12 with teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues of the day. Offers activities based on level: elementary, middle school, and high school.
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