Education Links

1. WNED Think Bright Lifelong Learning
   Imagine a world where the television, the classroom, and the home are linked together to create a rich and timely learning resource for educators, students and the community. Such is the world of WNED's ThinkBright Lifelong Learning, an exciting innovation unfolding in the Buffalo Niagara Region.

   Think of ThinkBright as a family of digital learning services that work together. Online, you have www.thinkbright.wned.org, a dynamic web site. On television, you will have ThinkBright TV, a new digital channel offering a diverse range of entertaining and educational programming. In the near future as the technology of television and computers converge, ThinkBright will provide people of all ages with state-of-the-art interactive learning experiences, accessible with only a remote control.

2. Virtual Learning System
   The purpose of the New York State Education Department Virtual Learning System is to encourage the use of the internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to provide help to classroom teachers in locating and using internet resources for instruction.

3. TeachersFirst
   TeachersFirst is a web site geared exclusively to the needs of K-12 classroom teachers. It provides extensive listings of web resources, lesson plans, and other materials. TeachersFirst provides information and practical ideas on how to use student and teacher web resources in the classroom.

4. The Museum Education Consortium of Buffalo
   The Museum Education Consortium of Buffalo represents nine cultural institutions with a common goal to provide enhanced educational opportunities. Programs are aligned with the New York State Learning Standards and many also provide cross-curricular activities. The Consortium's web site offers educators the opportunity for "one-stop shopping" to easily find information about tours, outreach programs and resource materials available to them through the members of the Consortium.