For Teachers and Parents
The Educator’s Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org
This is the new improved version of the old AskEric site. Loads of links to very good sites.
http://www.professional-womens-forum.de
"brings together career-minded women in Hamburg, providing a forum for contact-building and exchanging ideas."
Talented and Gifted Education
http://hoagiesgifted.org
Considerable information for teachers, parents and students on talented and gifted education is available on this site.
For Students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
An excellent site with links to educationally relevant sites and associated topics.
Recommended Websites for Student Research
Finding and evaluating information from the Internet can be challenging for both parents and students. The following educational websites are comprehensive and reliable sources of information:
www.ipl.org – The Internet Public Librarian (IPL) website has its own search engine and links especially for teens, including information on how to write a research paper, help with homework, and teen health issues.
www.kidsclick.org – This website is maintained by the American Library Association and contains links to over 600 subjects for students.
www.factmonster.com – This website is very interactive and is suitable for younger students. It has its own search engine but includes links to current affairs and topics of interest.
www.infoweb.newsbank.com – (Password and Username = 9724); this website allows students to access electronic additions of newspapers from all over the world. Interactive links provide current affairs topics and special reports.
Professional Associations
Council of International Schools
http://www.cois.org
European Council of International Schools
http://www.ecis.org
International Baccalaureate Organization
http://www.ibo.org
College Links
Tests
www.collegeboard.com Students can register for the SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Tests at this site. Be sure to use the ISH code which is 734425. This test can be taken 6 times yearly at ISH. The November test includes a listening option.
www.actstudent.org is the registration site for the ACT. This test can be taken 3 times yearly at ISH. On the day of testing students should arrive at 7.30am.
www.toefl.orgOnline registration for Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Be sure to use the ISH code which is 8961. ISH is not a test centre for TOEFL .
Selected Country information
Australia
For general information about university education in Australia, these websites are worth referring to:
www.avcc.edu.au (this website has authoritative information on 39 universities).
www.studylink.com.au (this is an Australian College and Training Guide) or www.studiesinaustralia.com, www.studyinaustralia.org,
Canada
The following are useful websites for investigating higher education in Canada:
http://www.studyincanada.com/english/index.htm
A comprehensive source of information about studying and living in Canada. (Available in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic).
http://www.aucc.ca/index_e.html
An excellent website containing comprehensive information about all Canada’s universities.
www.macleans.ca – this is a magazine that also contains good sections about university education.
www.cbie.ca - Canadian Bureau for International Education.
Information on studying in Canada and scholarships.
www.cicic.ca – Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials - CICIC assists individuals, employers, professionals and organizations regarding foreign credential recognition and the assessment of diplomas and qualifications in Canada.
Germany
To learn more about German universities and the courses they offer please go to: http://www.hochschulkompass.de/ or www.daad.de
www.studienwahl.de Excellent site full of information about which subjects are offered at which German universities. Indispensable for students wishing to study in Germany.
www.arbeitsagentur.de describes hundreds of careers available in Germany, and details what type of education will qualify you for those careers.
http://www.planet-beruf.de/index.php contains a number of tools to use in exploring your interests and how they match up with available careers and educational paths in Germany.
Netherlands
www.nuffic.nl – Netherlands Organization for International Co-operation in Higher Education. This is a very good source of information on various courses and universities/colleges in the Netherlands. Many courses are available through English.
Japan
www.sophia.ac.jp and www.icu.ac.jp/index_e.html (International Christian University)
These are two universities in Japan that offer programmes in English.
USA
There are thousands of websites through which one can find information. Using www.collegeboard.com and then entering the name of your desired college/university is probably the simplest way of finding initial information. Then you should proceed to the homepage of the college.
The following are three other useful websites:
http://www.globalcomputing.com/university.html
Searchable database (by name or state) with links to university/college websites. Has a simple format and has no advertisements, charges, pop-ups etc.
http://www.allaboutcollege.com/colleges/united_states/usa.htm
Provides links to the websites of universities and colleges worldwide.
www.edupass.org contains
general information about studying in the U.S. in an easily accessible format.
The following are three books that can help to focus a college search:
http://www.ruggsrecommendations.com/rureonco20ed.html
http://www.fiskeguide.com
http://www.wintergreenorchardhouse.com/college_finder.html
For some less known but interesting colleges you can investigate this website: www.ctcl.com – it contains information about 40 “lesser known “Colleges that Change Lives”.
Summer Programmes
There are probably thousands of websites with information about summer activities – there follows just a few to begin a search. These refer to the US but there are also many to be found across the world.
The School Counsellor has a more comprehensive and specific list, and the forthcoming Handbook will also contain information.
www.petersons.com – search for all kinds of summer programmes – academic, wilderness, special interests
www.enrichmentalley.com this website lists enrichment programmes and contains reviews from past participants
www.cogito.org – targeted towards talented students in the areas of maths/science – part of the Johns Hopkins Centre for Talented Youth
www.careercornerstone.org/pcsumcamps.htm
The Sloan Career Cornerstone Centre is a non-profit resource centre for those exploring career paths in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing and healthcare. This website offers summer course possibilities in these subject areas.
The following US universities have summer programmes – check out their websites for specific information:
Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Syracuse, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Boston U, Georgetown, Tufts, Northwestern, George Washington, UC Berkeley, U of Maryland. (Obviously there are many others too).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Women’s Technology Program (WTP) has a 4 week Summer programme designed “to spark high school girls’ interest in the future study of engineering and computer science”. http://wtp.mit.edu/
Rhodes College in Memphis has a Young Writers Institute over 2 weeks in June each year. http://www.rhodes.edu/academics/4422.asp
Affiliated Schools and Foundations
Dutch language classes in Hamburg
www.nederlands-onderwijs-hamburg.de
Dutch Education in Hamburg Foundation