March, 2001 - 4KidsSites has grantedWebTeacher its KEY SITE award for its contributions to children and families. This award is given to sites that demonstrate a love of children and dedication to their success.
Top 5% in K-12 Education
WebTeacher has been selected for inclusion in the Awesome Library, a collection of the top 5% of sites in the field of K-12 education. To find the link, go to www.awesomelibrary.org and search for the word: "webteacher"
In order to be included in the Awesome Library, a site must meet a set of standards and criteria. The standards and criteria are presented on the Ratings page.
"Blue Web'n" Award
Presented by the San Diego State University Department of Education Technology, the "Blue Web'n" (or Blue Ribbon Web site) recognizes outstanding Internet learning sites. "Inclusion in the Blue Web'n is an honor reserved for the best online lessons, activities, projects, resources, references and tools," says Jodi Reed, a Pacific Bell Education First Fellow at San Diego State University, who notes 22,000 current Blue Web'n Update subscribers. ( www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn )
"Millenaire: The Third Millennium Education Project"
Produced by a group of some of the world's top educators and writers, the Millenaire is an international online education site created by the editors of the Magellan and Excite search directories, generating more than 10,000 hits every week. "We are so impressed with your webTeacher that we have placed you in our Starter Kits section, an elite cache of top educational sites for beginning Internet instruction and finest online resources for teachers. And we have reviewed your site for inclusion in our Top of the Month section for September," says Deborah Phelan, director of Millenaire. ( www.millennaire.com )
"Too Cool School House Educational Site of the Week"
Presented by the Grosse Point Public Schools, the Too Cool School House Educational Site of the Week identifies top educational Web sites and learning opportunities for teachers and students. "webTeacher provides outstanding tutorials that help educators master the Internet and integrate technology into student learning," says Grace Smith, Technology Coordinator. ( www.worldvillage.com/wv/school/html/schoolpk.htm )
"Excellence in Education" Award
The Fife School District in Milton, Washington presented webTeacher with its Excellence in Education Award in February 1999. The award recognizes programs for students and teachers that consistently raise the level of challenge and excellence, offer outstanding resources and information and provide a dynamic, challenging format that leads to innovative, effective instruction. ( www.fifeschools.com/fifeschools/excellence.html )
"Busy Educator's" Award
The Busy Educator Award recognizes "the truly great sites" that "offer teachers help in understanding how to implement this new communications technology into the classroom and develop a curriculum which will prepare kids for the next millennium." webTeacher received the Busy Educator Award in March 1999 from Marjan Glavac, author of The Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web. ( www.glavac.com/busyaward.htm )
"Education Pick of the Week"
In March 1999, BBC Scotland selected webTeacher as its Education Pick of the Week, pointing out that it was particularly relevant to the school curriculum and had been hand picked by teachers. ( www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education )
"Internet Hot Pick of the Week"
When Richland College Library selected webTeacher as its Internet Hot Pick of the Week in June 1999, Reference Librarian John Ferguson said, "of all the Internet and World Wide Web tutorials we've seen so far, webTeacher is the best." Richland College is located in Dallas, Texas.
"Associations Advance Tennessee" Award
In July 1999, the Tennessee Society of Association Executives presented its excellence award in the public education category to the Tennessee Cable Telecommunications Association. The association offered six daylong webTeacher seminars across the state for more than 160 technology coordinators who are now prepared to train teachers in their school districts on how to use the Internet more effectively in the classroom.
Erols' "Site of the Week"
When school began in September 1999, webTeacher was first on erols.com's list of suggested back-to-school sites. Recommending the site for its "clear, well-written tutorials," the ISP noted that "if you have never done any research on the Internet, this is an outstanding place to learn all about the Web and how to use it." On December 17, 1999, Erols again selected webTeacher as a site of the week, describing it as "among the best sites we have seen for pulling together what you need to know about the Web into a coherent, step-by-step series of tutorials."
Letters and support
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Consortium for School Networking
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Richard W. Riley, Secretary, Department of Education
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National Education Association
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National PTA
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American Federation of Teachers
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The National Association of Secondary School Principals
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The National Association of Elementary School Principals
- International Society for Technology in Education