1	SPECIALIZED EDUCATION WEB RESOURCES Online resources for all
2	"wikipedia.org" wikipedia.org As of April 11, 2011: 3,608,959 articles and 23,710,782 pages in total There have been 455,481,161edits. 845,948 uploaded files 14,336,836 registered users, including 1,784 administrators (Wikipedia volunteer editors with access to restricted features who can protect, delete, restore pages, move pages over redirects, hide and delete page revisions, and block other editors.)
3	Wikipedia Collaboration of worldwide users (volunteers) Wikipedia is NOT A paper encyclopedia A ‘soapbox’ or advertising platform A dictionary Publisher of original thought: no original research; personal essays; new inventions; discussion forums; primary source for journalism “mirror”/repository of links, etc.
4	Marco Polo http://www.thinkfinity.org/ Sponsored by Verizon Foundation merging MarcoPolo and Thinkfinity Learning Network Content partners Over 55,000 classroom ready resources created by preeminent experts in their field Printable maps, worksheets, lesson plans Free and available for teachers and students Example: Interactive Paper
5	Smithsonian Institution Comprehensive web site map Online areas for: Art and Design History and Culture Science and Technology Different sites for each museum
6	Library of Congress Nation's oldest federal cultural institution Research arm of Congress Largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts in its collections
7	Library of Congress Legislative information Global Gateway Exhibitions Wise Guide The Center for the Book Welcome page American Memory The Learning Page Ask a Librarian America’s Library
8	World Digital Library Cooperative project of the Library of Congress, UNESCO, and partner libraries, archives, and educational and cultural institutions from the United States and around the world Rare and unique books, maps, prints, etc. Operates in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
9	International resources Global resources of the Library of Congress Portals to the World: electronic resources on the nations of the world Global Gateway: multilingual resources on world culture
10	"Many different tools available" Many different tools available Mostly K-12 Specific tools adaptable to higher ed Rubrics Web track tours Others possible
11	Merlot Searchable collection of peer-reviewed materials Higher ed focused Specific Academic Discipline communities Feature of the month Example: e-Skeleton Project
12	Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources from dozens of federal agencies Contributing Federal Agencies Animations, Primary documents, Photos, Videos
13	TeachersFirst More than 12,500 free resources that are teacher-reviewed Animations, Primary documents, Photos, Videos Professional Development section
14	Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/ Started in 1994, website for humanities research and teaching The site models the way the humanities are organized for research and teaching Also models the way the humanities are adapting to social, cultural, and technological changes
15	Gateway to Educational Materials Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites.