Resources for Homeschoolers

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Using the Internet as a Teaching Resource

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Filamentality

A fill-in-the-blank interactive website that guides you through picking a topic, searching the web, gathering good internet sites, and turning web resources into activities appropriate for learners.

BOBCAT: Best of the Best Computer-Aided Teaching

Links to interactive sites by subject for K-college, with additional links for homeschool, Catholic school, virtual libraries, reference works, and other education sites.

Blue Web'n

A searchable database of internet learning sites, categorized by subject area, grade level, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools). Specifically targets online activities for learners.

Gander Academy's Theme-related Resources on the World Wide Web

A Canadian site that has a phenomenal number of links to websites sorted by topic.

Kids Connect K-12

A collection of educational websites chosen by school library media specialists, arranged by subject.

McREL Internet Connections

Links to educational websites, sorted by subject.

Connecting Students

Provides links to educational and interactive sites for students, as well as to internet-ready lesson plans for teachers.

Busy Teachers' Website, K-12

Provides lesson plans using the internet and includes classroom activities.

Websites and Resources for Teachers

A variety of websites and resources are gathered by subject, and include lesson plans, interactive sites, virtual field trips, and kids' sites.

Interactive Learning Resources

Language skills are practiced online using stories from CNN's newsroom.

Home Schooling Daily

Based on the premise that much of a homeschooler's curriculum can come from the internet, this site is set up so that a child is encouraged to access the internet daily.

Making Connections on the Internet

Sections include how to evaluate websites, how to search effectively on the web, how to cite internet resources, copyright issues, and thematic units and lesson plans that make extensive use of internet sites.

webTeacher Tutorial

A complete internet tutorial designed by teachers for teachers; addresses using the Internet in the classroom. An interactive guide that includes online exercises and activities.

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