Chulapol Thanomsing
EDTL 601 Unit 3 Assignment 2
Best Sites List

1.  University of Colorado at Denver - School of Education
Topic: Constructivism
URL: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html

This page contains many links to find the information concerning constructivism such as: definitions of educators, linking to related web, etc.

I use this page to be the resources for learning about constructivism in the educational system. Moreover, I can find the related information that concern constructivism. As most related links are the text style, the use of this site is easy.

2. STEM~Net
URL: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/

This site provides a means of sharing best practice in education for both teachers and students. This site could support the provision of quality students, teachers and school internet access.

I utilize it for learning and finding the information concerning the internet network access and online resources. This site is designed to be easy for clicking from page to page because most of the pages are the text style.

3. Google
URL: http://www.google.com/

This site is one of the most popular search engines on the World Wide Web. The categories of information are separated into 5 categories that depend on your need. The categories are web, images, groups, directory and news.

I usually use this search engine site to search for information on the topic that I want. After that, much information will be shown on the screen, so I can choose the information that I need. I believe the other search engines also are good for users but I use Google because I am accustomed to using it. According to you, I agreed that everyone should typically use only a few search engines.

4. RAND
URL: http://www.rand.org/

Much information regarding education is combined on this site. This site also tries to serve the public interest by widely disseminating its research findings.

This site is used for finding the information that is necessary for me to learn about education. Its information could be used in several aspect of education. This site is text style, so it is comfortable to see its contents.

5. Flash Kit
URL: http://www.flashkit.com/

This site is created as a resource for Flash developers. It is like a one stop raw materials center for Flash creation.

For my interest, I concentrate specifically the Information Communication Technology (ICT), so the Flash program is one part that I am learning. The raw materials on this site are very useful for me to make an idea usable.

6. Washington Homeschool Organization (WHO)
URL: http://www.washhomeschool.org/

This site is nonprofit membership organization. Its mission is to serve the diverse interests of home-based education in Washington State.

I can learn about how to appropriately integrate the internet technology in terms of homeschool. I also would be able to know more about the homeschool system and this is new knowledge for me.

7. North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL)
URL: http://www.ncrel.org/

This site is one site that is a nonprofit organization that provides research-based expertise, resources, assistance, and professional development opportunities to educators and policy makers.

This site has much information concerning educational development. I believe it may benefit resources for every educator because I can find many educators’ aspect for each subject on this site. Therefore, these aspects get my ideas to think more about education.

8. American Memory
URL: http://memory.loc.gov

Much information is contained in this site, not only for educational academics, but history, society and culture.

I use it to study every course that I am taking in this semester. This site has not only American’s culture, but it also has foreign culture such as Japanese.

9. South Burlington School District
Topic: Teacher Resource Page
URL: http://www.sburl.k12.vt.us/district/ite/resources.html

This site is designed to be the educational resource for both teachers and students. The multi information is included such as the internet research, professional development, search engines etc.

This page is so advancing and growing that I can easily find a key word that I am looking for by the use of function <Ctrl> <F>. I can utilize the information in terms of educational technologies.

10. Merriam- Webster Online “The Language Center”
URL: http://www.merriamwebster.com/

This site is a commercial site concerning language books. There are many things that concern dictionary to sell on the web, including the electrical dictionary and dictionary program. It is designed to give users a dictionary online.

As I am the international student, I should use a dictionary sometimes to help me understand some words that are new for me. I also can find many meanings of words and know how to utilize the words from its example.

11. Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems (CETUS)
URL: http://www.cetus.org/

This site is originated from the three largest public institutions-- SUNY (the State University System of New York), the California State University System, and CUNY (the City University of New York). Its objectives are helping, providing and encouraging the information to improve productive educators

I use its information for learning in terms of educational technology. It is my resource when I would like to know about that topic.

12. Electronic Journal of Sociology (2000)
Topic: Is Amae the Key to Understanding Japanese Culture?
URL: http://www.sociology.org/content/vol005.001/smith-nomi.html

The EJS is free of charge to individuals, libraries, academic and commercial organizations. It is part of, and a model for, a new publishing paradigm whereby the scholars themselves retain control over all aspects of the scholarly communication process.

I benefited from it for my Anthropology and Sociology courses. I find culture information on this site. As its information is text format, I can easily use it to seek the information.