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Below are some links to other valuable and high quality online resources which is related to audiovisual and media resources, their evaluation, and their effective use.

ALA (American Library Association)
One of the most extensive sources of library, media, and technology information in the world. Includes the latest news in the library/media world, library/media publications, standards, ALA publications, awards, grants, scholarships, links to library web resources...

ALA (American Library Association) Book and Media Awards
Includes listings of Newbery and Caldecott winning books as well as winners of many other awards including Book and Media awards.

Cable in the Classroom
Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the cable industry's education foundation, works to expand and enhance learning opportunities for children and youth.  Cable networks, such as Discovery and The History Channel, air educational programs that are commercial-free and copyright cleared for a year or more to be used in the classroom at the discretion of the teacher.  They also provide online content, including lesson plans, interactive learning experiences, lesson plans, and activities.

California Department of Education
Features: Teaching, Learning, and Technology; State and School Finance, Research, and Statistical Information; Healthy Children, Youth, and Families; Special, Alternative and Continuing Education; Legal and Legislative Information; and Grant Information. Also provides access to information about the State Superintendent of Schools, the State Board of Education, standards-based accountability, educational resources, conference calendar, and publications.

California Learning Resources Network (CLRN)
CLRN makes it easy for you to find the standards-aligned software, video and Internet learning resources you need.  CLRN experts have identified, reviewed, and organized hundreds of Electronic Learning Resources (ELRs) in a searchable database that allows you to compare key features of selected resources.

California Student Media and Multimedia Festival
The Festival celebrates projects and learning with media and multimedia projects by students.  There are also awards for teachers.  Over 6,000 students and hundreds of teachers took part in last year's Festival!  The Festival is not just for the high-end, expert technology users.  If your students (or you) are using video making or multimedia in your classroom, the Festival is here to honor your efforts.

Center for Media Literacy
The Center for Media Literacy (CML) is a nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally.  Dedicated to promoting and support media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating media content.

Children's Notable Awards
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children's books, recordings, videos, and computer software.  Provides links to descriptions for the winners and vendor web sites.

Educational CyberPlayground
Educational Cyberplaygound K-12 Education Reference Directory of Resources and Schools, Content for Music, Teachers, Internet, Technology, Literacy, Arts and Linguistics.

Just for the Kids - California

• Provides clear and accurate data charts based on publicly available information from the California Standards Test for Language Arts and Mathematics.
• Helps schools benchmark their performance against the top ten performing schools in the state, region and county that have comparable student populations.
• Connects schools to higher performing schools to learn what works as well as a Best Practice Framework and self-audit tool to help set measurable, attainable goals for improvement.

Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace
Provides guidance for wise use of the Internet, Netiquette, Definitions, Safety Tips for Children, Filtering, Selection Criteria.

Library of Congress
This beautiful and huge online library opens with an offering of a rich collection of opportunities and resources: Search Our Site; Search the Catalogs; What's New; Calendar of Events; the new and incredible online digital library of primary source documents, photographs, movies, and sound recordings that tell America's story; Resources for Educators; Legislative Information (full text access to current bills under consideration in the U.S. House and Senate); and much more in this national treasure.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
Provides research and development assistance in delivering equitable, high quality educational programs and research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business, and labor.

S. C. O. R. E. (Schools of California Online Resources for Education)
Sponsored by CTAP, ECTL, and CCSESA, S.C.O.R.E. includes four sites for Math, Science, History/Social Science, and Language Arts. These sites provide lists of electronic resources by theme/topic, lessons by grade level, standards and assessment tools, professional development offerings, virtual projects, Internet classrooms, and more.

Selected Films and Videos for Young Adults  by Young Adult Library Services of ALA
The YALSA committee chose nine videos for its 1998 Selected Films and Videos for Young Adults list. The annual list recognizes films and videos for technical merit, content, use with, and interest to young adults ages 12-18.

U. S. Congress
This Library of Congress site provides legislative information on the Internet: Quick Search for text of bills; Search by Bill Number; Search by Word/Phrase; Congress in the News (current bills and major laws from this and several previous congresses recently in the news; Roll Call Votes; Congressional Record; Committee Information; How Our Laws Are Made; Historical Documents.

U. S. Department of Education
A large and easily navigated base of education information: Education headlines, important national efforts, national testing, school safety, Higher Education Act, Adult Education and Literacy Awards, the President's 1999 budget and initiatives, investment in Equity and Excellence, student aid applications, Title IV school codes, statistics, ERIC Digests, publications for parents, technology, Year 2000, and more in this much-visited site.