The Best Educational Sites on the Web

As the Internet has grown and expanded, the number of truely great sites has grown (as has the number of not so good one). In an effort to promote what we think is the best of what the web has to offer, we decided to awards those sites we think are the best of the best. To qualify for an award, a site needs to meet 3 criteria:

  1. The site covers a topic deeply and well
  2. Site visitors are educated and enriched by their visit
  3. The site is regularly maintained

    4. Our Winners:

    en.wikipedia.org - 10/15/2006
    The granddaddy of all educational resources, this is almost always my first stop.

    www.bizzikid.co.uk - 10/26/2006
    A Great Home Schooling resource focusing on the UK with fun characters guiding kids through all ospects of their education.

    arthistory.about.com/ - 11/12/2006
    The About.com network is a great resource for any number of things. The guides are knowledgeable and keep things current, thought the sites tend to have way too many ads for my taste. Anyhow, I’ve chosen to recommend the Art history section because Shelley Esaak does a great job of making this esoteric topic abroachable and fun.

    www.w3schools.com/ - 11/22/2006
    For all things technical, there is no better beginning resource than w3schools. They can just about always answer whatever question I have about syntax, and if you’re just trying to learn something new (about web programming), they have a great way to write code on their sites online and see how it compiles.

    www.4guysfromrolla.com - 11/22/2006
    For Microsoft technologies, I love this resource. The writing style is fun and there are great code samples that I learn a lot from. Thanks for the great site 4 guys.

    www.trilobites.info - 1/20/2007
    I stumbled across this site trying to understand how fossils are made and was quite impressed. The pictures are great and the site just keeps going. I enjoy how focused it is as well.