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ED Website Awards & Recognition (1997-1999)

1999

Wired Online (December 1999)

Quality Education Data, Inc (QED) (1999)

  • In QED's 1999 report on Internet Usage in Public Schools, ED and ERIC were the 3rd and 4th most popular web sites named by teachers in response to the question "Which three websites do you, yourself, use most often as a teaching aid for the uses we just mentioned?" (for use in teaching). When asked which sites they recommended most often for student use, 4.2% of teachers named ERIC (6th in rank) and 2.1% named ED (10th in rank).

GO Network (November 1999)

  • ... unveiled "GO Education, a center where students and educators can use online tools and resources to help them learn, teach, and grow." The site features three ED-sponsored search services in the Reference Toolbox and on the Teacher Resources page - the ERIC Database, ED's Cross-Site Index, and the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM).

White House (November 1999)

Government Executive (October 1999)

  • ... selected Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) as one of 16 "Best Feds on the Web."

    "This umbrella site for government wide educational tools and resources made some of our judges reconsider the teaching profession. With hundreds of links to learning resources, the site makes teaching look exciting. The links are deep, the design is clean, and the "What's New" section is up-to-date. What's more, the site serves both its student and teacher audiences well."

Discovery Channel (October 1999)

LibrarySpot (October 1999)

  • ... selected AskERIC as Reference Site of the Month.

The Education Source (October 1999)

  • ... selected AskERIC as one of the "Top Ten Teaching Sites for the 21st Century."

Global Schoolhouse (October 1999)

T.H.E. Journal Road Map to Web for Educators (September 1999)

Media Metrix (September 1999)

  • ... reported that ed.gov is the ninth most visited government web domain, with more than 1.02 million unique visitors in August 1999.

Federal Computer Week (August 30, 1999)

  • ... reported that ed.gov is the eighth most visited government web domain, with more than 1.04 million unique visitors in June 1999, according to Media Metrix, an Internet measurement service.

Copernicus Interactive (June & July 1999)

EdPress, the Association of Educational Publishers (May 1999)

  • ... selected the ED web site as a 1999 EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award finalist.

Federal Computer Week (May 3, 1999)

  • ... reported that ed.gov is the tenth most visited government web domain, with more than 1.3 million unique visitors in March 1999, according to Media Metrix, an Internet measurement service.

TeacherNet (May 3, 1999)

ED Week (February 24, 1999)

TeacherNet (February 22, 1999)

  • ..., an online network of educational publishers and teaching professionals sponsored by Highlights for Children, Inc., featured the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) web site as Site of the Week.

Federal Computer Week (February 22, 1999)

  • ... reported on a recent outside evaluation of ED's web site. "The department is doing 'a really excellent job' in Web management policy and site usability and 'a pretty good job' with technology, said Syracuse professor Charles McClure."

In 1999, the Internet Scout Report cited the following new ED web resources:

1998

Yahoo Magazine (December 1998)

  • ... gave four stars, its highest rating, to AskERIC and the ED web site.

School Page (December 1998)

New York Times (November 4 and 8, 1998)

  • ... featured the National Parent Information Network in two articles.

Government Executive Online (October 27, 1998)

  • ... featured ED Pubs in its Daily Briefing.

Washington Post (reprinted from Indianapolis Star and News (October 6, 1998)

  • "FREE ranks as the heaviest of the heavy-duty sites" as "Agencies Tailor Their Web Sites to Help with Homework."

T.H.E. Journal's Road Map to the World Wide Web III (September 1998)

  • ... includes three ED-sponsored sites: McREL's Technology Connections, ED Grants & Contracts site, and South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium's Explorer.

ABC's of Parenting (September 1998)

American Library Association's CHOICE Magazine Web Review Supplement ( August 1998)

Philadelphia Inquirer Online (August 27, 1998)

Washington Post Federal Internet Guide (August 1998)

Syllabus Magazine (July 1998)

  • ... included AskERIC and Project EASI among its top 40 sites for educators interested in technology.

BBC Web Guide (July 1998)

  • ... added Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior to its Families-->Parentcraft section.

National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Electronic School Online magazine (June 1998)

Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer (May 1998)

Government Executive (May 1998)

  • ... recognized FAFSA on the Web as one of fifteen truly innovative federal web sites. Vice President Gore sent Secretary Riley a letter of congratulations "for the truly excellent customer service you are providing through your web site."

NEA Today (May 1998)

New York Times on the Web (April 1998)

  • ... reported on the third annual survey of Internet use in schools conducted by Quality Education Data (QED) in February 1998: "The study also asked the teachers to name the three Web sites that they use most often in their profession. The most popular site, named by 11 percent of respondents, was the United States Department of Education site, followed by the Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse (ERIC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Web site."

Internet Network (March 1998)

    In 1998, the Internet Scout Report cited the following new ED web resources:

Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association) (November 1997)

Education Index (October 1997)

  • ED and NCES web sites named outstanding education-related web sites.

Lycos Top 5% (September 1997)

Learning in Motion (August 1997)

  • "a publisher of innovative software for K-12 education" included the ED web site as a Teacher Pick among its Top Ten selections.

WebCrawler Guide (July 1997)

InterNIC Academic Guide to the Internet (July 1997)

T.H.E. Journal Road Map to the World Wide Web (June 1997)

FromNowOn: The Education Technology Journal (April 1997)

  • ... one of the ten best web sites for educational technology.

National Academy Press (February 1997)

  • Helping Your Child Learn Geography...selected as Cool Science Link of the Day.

Interactive Week (January 1997)

  • ... one of the top ten federal government web sites.

NetGuide Live (January 1997)

  • ...selected as NetGuide Live Gold site. "...you'll appreciate the no-nonsense approach, which foregoes bells and whistles in favor of forthrightness and first-rate organization."

  • Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) "... just about all the bases are covered for those heading into the ivy-walled world of academia; from financial aid resources to black colleges...a wonderful resource."

  • National Center for Education Statistics "...all the latest information and data about the state of education in the U.S. Results of surveys and answers to frequently asked questions are all addressed, and a collection of informative education-related publications and studies is offered."

  • EDInfo Archive "...archives a mailing list by the Federal Department of Education, puts a spin on what's happening in education several times a week. It's free to register for the mailing list and the topics span the full spectrum of what's happening in public education in today's rapidly evolving world.

Washington Web (January 1997)

  • ...selected as one of the "Top DC Sites." "...ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence throughout the nation."

In 1997, the Internet Scout Report, "a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators," cited the following ED web resources.

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