Body Systems, Part II
Description	This is the second of a two-part lesson. Students create a multimedia presentation to reinforce the knowledge they gained from the lesson "Body Systems, Part I."
Type	Lesson plan
Grade Level	3, 4, 5

Harry Potter Webquest
Description	Through the use of the computer and the Harry Potter novels endless learning opportunities are presented to teachers and children alike. In this Webquest students practice typing skills through the English activity. In the Maths section students use the fun and magic of Harry Potter to explore activities involving currency, addition, subtraction and other basic operations. The Web is used in a discovery on birds thus developing research skills.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Project
Grade Level	5

School Library Media Specialist Opens Pathways to Success
Description	An inner-city educator in New York State helps connect students and teachers to online resources.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

Hemingway Adventure: Cuba Nobel Prize AudioClip
Description	"Hemingway Adventure", based on Michael Palin's TV series and sponsored by PBS, retraces the travels of great American novelist Ernest Hemingway. This section, "Cuba", explores Hemingway's Cuban home and his most successful period as a writer. This page is a RealAudio clip which allows visitors to hear Hemingway's acceptance speech of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Medium	audio/realaudio
Type	Artifact
Grade Level	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Information Literacy Primer
Description	Kathy Schrock, an information technology specialist, identifies the skills that comprise information literacy.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

An Educator's Guide to School Networks: Chapter 2 - Protocol
Description	This is the second chapter of the Florida Center for Instructional Technology teachers' guide entitled: "An Educator's Guide to School Networks". It describes the following protocols, or sets of rules that govern the communications between computers on a network: Ethernet, LocalTalk, Token Ring, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface), and ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode).
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Unit of instruction
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

A Career Head Start
Description	Pasadena Partnership Academies in California offer a rigorous blend of academic and work-based learning to high school students, including those at highest risk for failure. Students are provided with full use of the technologies available by area businesses and institutions participating in the program.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

The Home-School Team
Description	Parent involvement in a child's education can range from reading together in the pre-school years, to volunteering in the classroom, to serving on a school site-based management team. The benefits can include: increased learning and self-confidence for students; improved morale and classroom support for teachers; and better understanding of their child's school experience and a closer parent-child bond for parents.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

Engaging Parental Involvement
Description	The more parents understand and are involved in what's going on at school, the better a student's learning experience will be. This article includes a video (2:41).
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten

Cultivating Parent Leaders: One School Districts Story
Description	How a comprehensive parent involvement program helped transform Louise Dodson from irate parent to a school - and school district - leader.
Medium	text/HTML
Type	Literature, Secondary source
Grade Level	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, kindergarten