125 Educational Sites Ranked in 25 Categories

Contributors Gene Crawford, Jay Barry, and Jason Johnson feature gorgeous web sites that stand out not only for their beauty, but also for commitment and adherence to web standards and usability guidelines.

Higher-ed web veteran Stewart Foss watches trends in campus web design, championing best practices and highlighting some of the great design work being done in the college and university web space.

Founded by Kyle James, .eduGuru is the online bible for web design and web marketing professionals in higher education. The .eduGuru team tackles topics ranging from initial development to social media marketing.

Book publisher Joe Wikert envisions the future of print, online, and video media, as well as media formats that have yet to be invented.

Blurb believes everyone should be able to have the experience of holding their own published work, and they specialize in photo books, blog books, wedding books, and portfolios.

TasteBook allows visitors to make personalized cookbooks using their own recipes as well recipes from favorite chefs, authors, and recipe web sites.

After leaving a high tech career, the author now explores his first love: math. With a passion for interpreting complex ideas and translating them, Wild About Math helps the rest of us understand and appreciate math.

College instructor and algebra entrepreneur Maria Andersen shares her infectious excitement for all things involving math, technology, and Twitter.

Denise has homeschooled five children, and learned a few tricks along the way. A true math-lover, she wants to help other homeschooling parents incorporate varied, exciting math ideas into their lessons.

Futurity collects cutting-edge research news and articles from some of the leading research universities in the U.S., U.K., and Canada.

For 15 years, Science Daily has been a popular source for breaking science news, features, and research articles.

When he's not teaching Physics and Astronomy at Union College or authoring books, Chad Orzel explores physics, politics, and pop culture here.

Founded in 2001, Wooster Collective explores and showcases the street art, graffiti, installations, sculpture - basically anything you can imagine to be art - found on streets in cities around the world.

Philadelphia comic artist, illustrator, web designer, and flash animator Charley Parker's blog on everything from drawing and sketching to 3D graphics. "If it has lines and/or colors, it's fair game."

Sharon L. Butler shares reviews, commentary, news, and background information about painting, drawing, and printmaking. Sharon describes her blog as "a journalistic undertaking, and also a community for painters and art writers."

The folks from literary journal McSweeney's Quarterly Concern play around on the internet, giving quirky, independent writers another forum for sharing their work.

What can you say in six sentences? Inspired by the flash fiction movement, his blog aims to find out. Read, rate, and submit your own six-sentence stories.

Toronto writer-illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi features her writing-related cartoons and posts on freelance writing. Her current 250/500/1000 Words A Day Challenge is motivating and inspiring her readers.

This site, part of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, is dedicated to exploring what works in public education, from assessment to teacher training to technology integration.

A leading source on global education news, covering topics in higher education, policies and politics, school reform, and more.

Education Week, published by Editorial Projects in Education Inc. out of Bethesda, Maryland, is an online magazine on education policy.

Award-winning, animated education resources for students. BrainPOP's content is designed for use in the classroom or out.

Kids' Astronomy offers maps, instructions, games, activities and resources to help kids discover outer space. Learn how to locate and observe stars, planets, and other celestial objects.

FunBrain.com offers educational math and reading games, plus videos for kids from kindergarten to middle school.

For more than 25 years, Diverse has focused on matters of access and opportunity for all in higher ed, covering key issues that affect all higher education communities.

The award-winning Chronicle of Higher Education is billed as the "No.1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators."

Inside Higher Ed is an online news source for anyone involved in higher education, from students to adjuncts. The underlying principles guiding their publication are excellence, accessibility, and community.

NYC writer, photographer, and cook Deb Perelman offers tutorials on everything from poaching eggs to making pastry. Deb's blog centers around comfort food, accessible recipes, and simple cooking that produces fantastic results.

Serious Eats is the collaboration of an entire food community. They describe themselves as "a website focused on celebrating and sharing food enthusiasm through blogs and online community."

Cookbook author and photographer Heidi Swanson explores recipes made with whole foods and natural ingredients. She expertly explains techniques for cooking with healthy foods that may be new or unfamiliar to readers.

Brooklyn writer Grace Bonney and her cohort of stylish, crafty contributors are all about finding and creating beauty by mixing everyday with the extraordinary. In the guest blog, readers get in on the fun, too.

Apartment Therapy's mission: "Helping people make their homes more beautiful, organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of resources, ideas and community online."

Seattle resident Megan Reardon makes all manner of crafty things – cakes, sweaters, home improvements – but don't confuse her with Ms. Stewart.

Kelly Goodman and Austin Hill write about travelling artfully and adventurously, revealing ways for anyone to make travel possible in their life, no matter their budget or time constraints.

This worldwide travel blog explores the best in some of the biggest cities in the world.

Travel buddies Sam Powers and William Reinhard set out to prove they can travel the world with a budget of only $10,000, getting close to the locals, and learning about life in unknown places.

LinkedIn is one of the top professional networking sites online, allowing past and present colleagues and classmates connect, stay in touch, share information, and network for career advancement.

Biznik is a social community of professional entrepreneurs and small business owners dedicated to collaboration and helping one another succeed.

Professional on the Web is a portfolio directory for web agencies and freelancers in web design, development, and online marketing.

Change.org examines the social and economic problems faced by communities at local, state, national, and global levels. They provide a platform for informing and empowering movements for social change.

Charity Navigator is the largest independent charity evaluator and leading donor advocate in the U.S., providing detailed information on charitable organizations and empowering donors to make the most of their charitable gifts.

Kiva connects people through lending, helping individuals provide micro-loans to entrepreneurs around the world via a trusted system that promotes dignity, accountability and transparency.

Koichi, a student and teacher of Japanese language, informs you of everything you didn't know you didn't know about Japanese culture.

Ireland native Benny Lewis has been traveling for more than 7 years, and speaks 11 languages (7 fluently). Never good at languages in school, he’s now fascinated by linguistics, and shares his methods.

Quickly find important common phrases, fundamentals, and cultural conventions of some of the world's most popular languages, all collected in one place.

The Smithsonian Institution's nonprofit recording label offers folk music, spoken word, and world music downloads and information.

Sean Michaels, Dan Beirne, and Jordan Himelfarb, pioneers of the mp3 blog, offer samples of great new songs and music along with commentary and band information.

Pitchfork offers articles, interviews, videos, and reviews of new music.

Tips, training plans, nutrition advice, race information, running gear, injury prevention and more online.

Founded by Jason Wachob, Carver Anderson, and Tim Glenister, MindBodyGreen is all about better, healthier, greener living with tips, news, and interviews.

Planned Parenthood's web site devoted to men's and women's sexual health, with games, quizzes, and information.

Rutgers PhD candidate Pam Epstein publishes fascinating 19th Century personal ads with her own commentary.

Smarthistory is a multi-media art history web book that could easily replace most heavy art history textbooks.

Veteran history teacher Tom Daccord founded this site in 2001, collecting the best history resources online for the benefit of teachers, students, and history enthusiasts.

A social site dedicated to user-collected news on web design and development.

The social news site for finance, investing, and business topics.

The social network for causes, news, and healthy living.

The ultimate source for tips and shortcuts for every aspect of your personal life. LifeHacker has explored ways to handle, fix, and organize almost anything you can think of.

Leo Babauta writes about organizing the chaos of daily life to focus on goals in every aspect of life. It's about doing less to achieve more.

Erin Doland and team write this excellent home and office organization blog, with great information and tips for neat freaks and the hopelessly disorganized alike.

Dr. Ian Bogost is a videogame designer, critic, researcher, and Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His blog is dedicated to games, books on games, articles on games, courses on games, and more.

Brenda Brathwaite, veteran game designer, artist, writing, and developer, has been working in the video game industry since age 15. She writes this blog with occasional help from friends.

Jeff Tunnel tells you everything about the business of making games, from design issues to business strategy to marketing advice.

Big Think is a forum for the exchange of ideas, featuring videos, lectures, and interviews with leading experts and thinkers from the fields of science, economics, finance, business, politics, and more.

TED; Technology, Entertainment, Design; publishes video and transcripts of the best talks and performances given by some of the most influential people in the world.

Academic Earth features free online video courses from the world's leading universities, including MIT, NYU, Yale, Harvard, Berkeley, Columbia, Michigan, Princeton, Stanford, and UCLA.

TThis blog is devoted to creative color combinations in design, providing visual ideas and inspiration for personal and professional design projects.

Founder and Editor Holly Becker shares fresh ideas meant to inspire readers to live a more fulfilling, authentic, and creative life.

This interior design blog posts tips and advice from professional designers on trends, fabrics, prints, and materials for home design.

Three high school buddies founded Wise Bread. Today, they've built up a community of bloggers who provide solid information on how to live well on a small budget.

Trent Hamm of The Simple Dollar once pulled himself out of a financial meltdown, and now shares what he learned with others who may be struggling with personal finances.

Matt Jabs publishes articles and advice to help others fight off personal consumer debt and win their independence.

Lindsey Pollak is a writer, speaker, and consultant whose blog is dedicated to illuminating the path from college to career for Gen Y.

A social site dedicated to helping Gen Y learn the art of professional networking. Build a network, find jobs, and share ideas.

Author, consultant, and speaker Alexander Kjerulf is an expert on creating happiness at work. His blog is dedicated to ideas that help make any workplace more energizing, meaningful, inspiring, and fun.