Instructional Media

Vendors: Films, Videos, DVDs,
CD-ROMs

• Annenberg/CPB (http://www.learner.org)
  (classroom materials and professional development)
  
• BIODISC (http://www.biodisc.com/generalbiology.htm)
• BioMedia Associates (http://www.eBioMEDIA.com)
• BSCS (http://www.bscs.org)
• Bullfrog Films (http://www.bullfrogfilms.com)
  
• Carolina Biological Supply Company (http://www.carolina.com)
  
• CyberEd, Inc. (http://www.cyber-ed.com)
  
• EME (http://www.emescience.com)
  
• Films for the Humanities and Sciences (http://www.films.com)
  
• Human Relations Media (http://www.hrmvideo.com)
  
• Insight Media (http://www.insight-media.com)
  
• Hawkhill Associates, Inc.(http://www.hawkhill.com)
  
• Nova (http://www.pbs.org/nova)
  • Subscribe to Nova Teacher's Guide
    
• Scientific Software Group (http://www.scisoftware.com) environmental software
  
• Teacher's Video Company (http://www.teachersvideo.com)
  
• Torcomp (http://www.torcomp.com)
• Video Placement Worldwide (http://www.vpw.com)
• The Video Project (http://www.videoproject.net)
• Videodiscovery (http://www.videodiscovery.com)

Software Collections

CAREO A searchable, Web-based collection of multidisciplinary teaching materials for educators (http://www.careo.org)

UWM Center for International Education A collection of links to "learning objects collections", etc. (http://www.uwm.edu/dept/cie/aop/lo_collections.html)

Educause Items from its publications and other sources on the subject of "learning objects" (http://www.educause.edu)

TLT Group Many links to open source or open course collections of instruction-related resources (http://www.tltgroup.org/opensource/base.htm)

Readings

Images

• Access Excellence Graphics Gallery (http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG)
• Botanical Society of America Online Image Collection (http://images.botany.org)
• Cells Alive! An introduction to cell biology; contains images and interactive animations dealing with plant cells, animal cells, mitosis, the cell cycle, apoptosis, etc.; also includes cell cams for cultured human melanoma cells and bacterial cells). (http://www.cellsalive.com)
• Google, select the "image" link and search (http://www.google.com)
• MIT Animations, tutorials, images (http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001)
• MicroAngela, an online collection of electron microscope images (http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/bemf/microangela)
• Microbial Images (http://www.microbelibrary.org/Visual/page1.htm)
• National Science Digital Library: Science Pictures (http://www.nsdl.org)
• Ward’s Histology Collection 197 W 0007 (384 images on a CD-ROM)
  
• Cells and Genes; The Mona Group, LLC.Interactive CD-ROM
  
• The Chemistry of Life for Introductory Chemistry (Robert M. Thornton; CD-ROM tutorial, Benjamin Cummings)
  
• Biodisc, Inc. 1995.Encyclopedia of Biological Microslides. CD-ROM. Stiltmart (ph:904.944.0926)
  
• The BioSci II Videodisc. An Image Database for Biological Science. Videodiscovery (http://www.videodiscovery.com)
  
• BIODIDAC: A bank of digital resources (http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/index.htm)
  
• Alta Vista Photo Finder (http://image.altavista.com/cgi-bin/avncgi)
  
• NSSDC's Photo Gallery, NASA's National Space Science Data Center (http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery)
  
• Internet Directory for Botany: Images (http://www.botany.net/IDB/subject/botpics.html)
• The Plants Photo Gallery, National Plant Data Center (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture) (http://plants.usda.gov)
  
• Public Domain Images (http://www.pdimages.com/web6.htm)
  

Information Literacy

Instruction and Tutorials (University at Albany libraries) (http://library.albany.edu/usered/)

Conducting Research on the Internet (http://library.albany.edu/usered/tutdex/index.html)

Evaluating Internet Resources (http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html)

Avoiding Plagiarism (http://library.albany.edu/usered/plagiarism/index.html)

Technology and Teaching Links

Apple Computer (http://www.apple.com/education)

Apple e-News for Education Newsletter Subscribe (http://applenews.lists.apple.com/education/subscribe)

Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/education): This software developer's education sections outlines successful practices, shows how teachers are using the company's multimedia products in the classroom, and includes curriculum guides and training.

E-School News (http://www.eschoolnews.com): This online news site lists education buyers guides to technology, offers funding ideas and provides articles on a variety of education topics related to using techology in teaching.

Projectors (http://www.educationprojectors.com): This resource site has gathered information about using projectors in schools, tells you which companies offer discount programs and grants, and provides links to other education sites.

Smart Technologies (http://www.smarttech.com): This site offers case studies and services that show teachers how to work interactive whiteboards into their curricula.

Teach-nology: A Web Portal for Teachers (http://www.teach-nology.com): This free-access Web portal for teachers provides lesson plans, Web links, news, downloads, educational games, worksheets and more.