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Taking the Next Step
Now that you've seen the many ways that the Web can be used to promote inquiry learning in the science classroom and you have started creating your own page, you may be ready to take the next step. Below are some tools to help you continue creating your own web site and tools for inquiry learning.

Information and Lesson Plans

• GEM, The Gateway to Educational Materials
• Teachers Connect Tried 'n' True lesson plans
• Original Lesson Plans from WNET 13 in New York
• Online Tools for Schools from NC State

Professional Development Tools

• www 4 Teachers
• Learning to Use Technology from NC State's Science Junction

Education Communities usually contain resources, discussion forums and will host your school website.

• Big Chalk
• Think.com from Oracle
• SchoolNotes from Copernicus Education Gateway
• Northwestern Collaboratory Project

Online Courses use someone else's or create your own.

• Blackboard

Authoring Tools help you put together your web page without necessarily using html or java

• Landmark Project Slate Tools
• NetMechanic
• NC Classes Online is a service of the state government and DPI with free help and space for teachers' Web pages
• Knowledge Network Explorer from Pacific Bell, home of Filamentality

Server Space once you build a web site you'll need someplace to put it

• Homestead
• TeacherWebSite
• SchoolNotes
• Tripod
• Think.com from Oracle

Media Players & Plug-Ins

• Information on plug-ins from Netscape.
  
• Links to browser software tools from MediaCast.
  
• Common Internet file formats and links to download software from Internet Literacy.

Other Useful Tools

• NC Wise Owl
• Online Tools for Schools
• Focus on Success NC's Best
• Science Junction
• Resources from MentorNet summer workshops
• backflip mobile bookmarks
• MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom from WorldCom
• The story of the World Wide Web from the World Wide Web Consortium.
• Internet resources page from the NC Department of Public Instruction.
• Help on creating Web pages and links to resources from Yahoo!Geocities. (Find out about having your own free homepage and email!)
• Choosing an Internet Service Provider from NC State's computing center.
  
• Helpful hints for setting up a multimedia classroom from Fred D'Ignazio.