1. Illinois Secretary of State Gateway
2. Illinois Road Reports
3. Tech Learning magazine
4. Educational technology news blog
5. Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois (Real Estate)
6. Cook County Assessor's Virtual Office // DuPage County Assessor
7. Internal Revenue Service
8. Illinois Department of Revenue
9. School Grants
10. Movie Showtimes from the Chicago Reader
11. Internet Movie Database
12. Martindale's Reference Desk - Language (translation dictionaries)
13. The Quotations Page
14. Citizens Against Government Waste
15. BBC World News
16. Utne Reader Webwatch - interesting articles on all sorts of topics
17. SuperKids Educational Software Reviews
18. How to Find a Good Therapist
19. Overlawyered - Abuses of Law
20. The Why Files - Science behind the news
21. News of the Weird
22. Travelocity // Orbitz // Expedia: Travel planning/airfare sites
23. Google (and the tricks for using it)
24. How Stuff Works
25. Pagewise - Lots of useful semi-random information
26. The Internet Public Library
27. Library Weblog
28. National Geographic Maps
29. National Parent Information Network
30. Special Ed resources
31. Harcourt On-line Resources
32. Worksheets 'n stuff
33. Teacher Tools - interesting forms and letters section
34. The Gateway to Educational Materials
35. Amazon- Not just for the shopping, but for the reviews and recommendations
36. WebMD
37. Nutrition Analysis Tool
38. Food Allergy Network // National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
39. All Recipes // RecipeLand // Recipe Source
40. Institute of Official Cheer (featuring the gallery of regrettable food)
41. Burnworld - Info about creating your own CDs
42. Plants Database
43. Dictionary.com - Crossword Puzzles etc. Also good for looking up words.
44. Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing
45. Behind the Name - Etymology and History of First Names
46. Lesson Plans - AskEric // Discovery.com // Teachers.net
47. Teachers.net Message Boards
48. Regional Educational Laboratories
49. Trailmonkey's Illinois Biking Page
50. Family Taxpayers Network - Look up school salaries
51. Home

Additional Class Credit
Submit a list of sites with site name and address, and an explanation of why you find the site to be essential.
5 sites = 2 additional contact hours (CPDUs); deadline March 14.
10 sites = 4 additional contact hours (CPDUs); deadline March 28.