Database of Internet Resources

Search database by chapter - returns web sites associated with the content of that chapter.

Search database by key term or phrases

We see Internet resources as useful to you in two ways.

First, as a practicing or future educator, the Internet offers many resources relevant to your practice. The Internet can serve as a source for lesson plans, primary source material, and as a tool for general professional development.

Second, the Internet can offer resources specifically related to the topics included in "Integrating Technology for Meaningfiul Learning."

We hope you are interested in both areas. We feel we can do a much better job helping you with the second benefit we have just identified. Because we are very familiar with our own book and use the Internet extensively in seeking relevant sources, we can offer suggestions for online sources that extend the content in each chapter.

How to search database for resources linked to Grabe and Grabe books:

These resources are organized to accompany chapters in the "Integrating technology ..." books. Enter the chapter number (e.g., 1, 2) in the chapter field when searching.

How to search database for curriculum resources:

You can search our database for curriculum resources by entering a search term in the "description" field. Try a content area (science, literature), level (elementary, middle school) or topic (lesson plan, project). We do identify many of the extensive educational portals that are great curriculum sources (try searching for portal).

Database Issues:

There are obviously some very powerful online search tools and we see no point in attempting to compete with such tools. What we have attempted to do is focus on topics and resources relevant to our book (e.g., searching for links organized by chapter). The database we have created has been developed over several years and is fairly large. There are several known disadvantages. Because of size and aged records, it is possible some links are no longer valid. We do make an attempt to remove invalid entries, but because this is a database, the process is manual and takes time. A second problem is the large number of entries some queries return. We have attempted to address this issue by ordering the list of "hits" by the frequency with which previous users have used the links. A problem with this approach is that newly added records will always appear near the end of the list.

An added feature:

We became interested in what people might look for when using our database. As a way to gain insight, we created a system that counts how may times each link provided in the database actually is used. Our Top 15 List provides dynamic data on the most frequently accessed sites.