Montgomery Public Schools

Useful Links (for parents & educators)

Connections to Other Libraries:

• Alabama Virtual Library
  
  
• Alabama Public Library System
  
  
• Library of Congress
  
  
• Montgomery Public Library System

Links to Other Sites:             

• Accelerated Reader Bookfind
• AT&T Learning Network - Comprehensive education site includes offers curriculum related materials for educators, librarians and families.
  
  
• Alabama Department of Archives & History
  
  
• America Reads - This site offers strategies for meeting the national goal of ensuring that every child can read by the end of the third grade.
  
  
• American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
  
  
• American Library Association (ALA)
  
  
• AskERIC - question answer referral service for educators.
  
  
• Big Six Homepage - designed for educators, administrators and parents interested in helping students to learn and use essential information and echnology skills.
  
  
• Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site - a collection of reviews of children’s books and ideas of ways to use them in the classroom.
  
  
• Caldecott Medal Home Page
  
  
• Children’s Literature Web Guide
  
  
• Classroom Connect - Internet made easy in the classroom.
  
  
• Copernicus Education Gateway - Links USA Today and offers resources for student, teachers and parents.
  
  
• Cyberbee - Links to curriculum resources, copyright, research tools, treasure hunts, and Web Quest.
  
  
• Discovery Channel School - Offers a full range of K-12 interactive multimedia curriculum resources, with links to related content.
  
  
• Education World - Lesson plans and curriculum guides for K-12 teachers, links to education-related websites and newsletters.
  
  
• Iconnect - Learn skills necessary to navigate the information superhighway.
  
  
• Info Zone - provides research skills and connects to other excellent Web sites.
  
  
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators - provides critical evaluations surveys for elementary, middle and secondary levels on using the Web.
  
  
• Library Spot - a virtual library resource center for educators, librarians and students.
  
  
• Lightspan PageOne - provides K-12 teachers and administrators access to educational Web sites rated by curriculum experts and indexed by subject area and grade level.
  
  
• LION - an information resource for school librarians.  Links to other useful websites.
  
  
• Mustang - designed to help teachers integrate the use of the internet.
  
  
• National Forum on Information Literacy - definitions of information literacy, a history and description of the National Forum on Information Literacy, profiles of Forum members, descriptions of successful information literacy programs, and an extensive, annotated compendium of linked websites.
  
  
• Newbery Medal Home Page
  
  
• Teacher Zone
  
  
• Teacher’s Place in Cyberspace - includes web field trips, classroom tested lessons, and author chats, tips on teaching with technology, classroom management, assessment, conference planning, and obtaining grants and funding.
  
  
• Web66 - designed to help K-12 teachers integrate the Internet into their schools.
  
  
• Young Adult Librarian’s Help/Homepage - designed to provide resources to help librarians serving teens.