Favorite+Websites+for+Education

This page is for good educational resources. Please share them as you come across new sites, or post sites that have been useful to you over the years.

 Library of Congress: [|www.loc.gov]

 Jacket Flap: [|www.jacketflap.com]  (This is a social networking site, and it is similar to shelfari, but it is geared towards librarians, publishers, and authors. I haven't played with it much yet, but it seems pretty neat. It might be useful for networking with authors to do author visits for my school.)

 Scholastic Bookwizard: []  You can find information on reading level and interest level, as well as similar books that might interest students.

Here is a website I enjoy: [|www.shelfari.com] At Shelfari you can "build" your own bookshelf of books you have read/want to read/own/etc. I like to browse around to see what people are reading, particularly when I am in a reading rut and can't decide what I want to read next. You can also use it to read reviews of books. -Laura Roush

I LOVE StumbleUpon!!!!! http://www.stumbleupon.com/ The problem with this site is it's addictive! You set up your profile with topics you want to "stumble upon" (photography, education, games, etc.), and then you click the stumble button (that you've installed into your browser from the StumbleUpon website), and different sites come up. You can then rate the site thumbs-up or thumbs-down, and it trains the search engine to give you more of what you like. It's also set up for social networking, so you can become "friends" with others who share your interests. -Susan Stansberry