ARTS
THE AARON COPLAND COLLECTION
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER
http://www.arkarts.com
POSTCARD FROM PROVENCE
http://www.shiftinglight.com/
@RT ROOM
Designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage
kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and
things on their own. The primary author of the site is Dr. Craig
Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education, at the University of Florida.
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
http://www.moadsf.org/salon/exhibits/photomosaic/index.html
GRAMMAR
ACTIVITIES FOR ESL STUDENTS
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
http://a4esl.org/
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH:
PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS' SITE http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
DAILY GRAMMAR
Check your grammar knowledge. Quizzes take four minutes.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Special help in diagramming sentences
http://members.cox.net/teachro/
ENGLISH IDIOMS & PROVERBS
All pages have at least one picture each drawn by students.
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html
EVERYTHING ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/
GRAMMAR CENTRAL
Links to a teacher's notes on grammar lessons as well as copies of the lessons themselves. Be sure to check the index, which is an alphabetized list of definitions.
http://tinyurl.com/94q5d
GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND STYLE: JACK LYNCH
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/contents.html
MRS. BLUEZETTE'S GRAMMAR CORNER
"A PBS mind in an MTV world." Delightful, highly educational articles by a wonderful English language wizard (umm...wizette).
http://www.newsblues.com/grammar.htm
ONESTOP ENGLISH
Magazine for busy teachers
http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.htm
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
Outstanding as a quick reference for your grammar questions.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
THE ENGLISH MAZE
A web-based learning system for individuals and schools worldwide. Students can improve their pronunciation, speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills. The site contains hundreds of hours of material, much of which is free.
http://www.englishmaze.com
WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
Educators can take advantage of online technology to share ideas and benefit from the work of others. Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
IT CONVERSATIONS
http://www.itconversations.com
ANATOMIA
A collection of about 4,500 plates and images of human anatomy
from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library ranging in date from
1522 to 1867.
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
BBC RADIO 4: THE LIVING WORLD
A gentle weekend natural history programme, presented by Lionel
Kelleway, which aims to broadcast the best, most intimate encounters
with British wildlife.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/livingworld.shtml
UNIVERSITY AND JEPSON HERBARIA
Largest collection of herbarium material west of the Missouri
Botanical Garden and the largest at a public university in the
United States.
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/
MINE EXPLORER SOCIETY
Comprised of a group of friends that have been exploring abandoned
mines since the 1980's, predominately in the small village of
Nenthead in Cumbria on Alston moor.
http://www.mineexplorer.org.uk/
WRITING/JOURNALISM
AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW
http://www.ajr.org/
ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHCARE JOURNALISTS
http://www.healthjournalism.org/
NO TRAIN NO GAIN
Newspaper training editors present their ideas, handouts and exercises to improve and expand newsroom training.
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EDUCATION
ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
http://www.allpublicschools.org/
ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS
http://www.AllPrivateSchools.org
ALL COLLEGES
http://www.allCollege.org
THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bubble/tguide/index.html
THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/
THE PROMISES AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL LEARNING
Seven of the world's largest distance education universities—where
students and faculty alike all use some form of computer-assisted
learning—are located in developing countries. Meanwhile, the use of
online delivery in corporate training is predicted to overtake higher
education usage in developing countries, becoming an estimated $150
billion industry by 2025. This report looks at lessons learned,
innovations that work, and the future of ICT in education for
developing countries.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/special/onlineeducation
MARICOPA CENTER FOR LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
Dedicated to supporting and advancing teaching and learning by
working collaboratively with faculty, administrators, and
district-wide groups to provide quality services, programs,
and resources.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/
REFERENCES
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT DOMAIN NAMES
http://tinyurl.com/l5kht
LIBRARY DISASTER PLANS
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/plans/
POETRY MAGAZINES
Free access site to the full-text digital library of 20th and
21st century English poetry magazines from the Poetry Library
collection.
http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/
INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE DATABASE
http://www.archinform.net
SACRED DESTINATIONS
Sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, historical
sites, religious buildings and religious artifacts around the world.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/
THE WI-FI-FREESPOT™ DIRECTORY
A listing of Wi-Fi enabled locations that offer Free Wireless High
Speed Internet Access. USA state-by-state listings come first with
Europe and other regions of the world listed further down the page.
http://www.wififreespot.com/
WORLDMAPPER
A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each
map according to: land area, total population, total births, attended
births, total chilren, total elderly, and population in given time
frames.
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/
HISTORY
CURATING THE CITY: WILSHIRE BLVD.
Spanning 16 miles and three cities from downtown L.A. to the ocean,
Wilshire played a key role in the history and development of Los
Angeles, represents virtually every major architectural style of
the twentieth century, encompasses the most dense and ethnically
diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and embodies changing visions
of urban life.
http://www.curatingthecity.org/
BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
HISTORY MATTERS
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
THE EASTMAN PROJECT: IMAGES OF CALIFORNIA LIFE
Photographs, negatives, and postcards for a wide variety of
northern California locations and events, including dam
construction, logging, mining, food processing, and community
buildings and activities.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6w100646
SAN FRANCISCO HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
Photographs and works on paper of San Francisco and California
views from 1850 to the present.
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm
HURRICANE DIGITAL MEMORY BANK
Preserving the Stories of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
http://hurricanearchive.org
HEALTH
NEWPARENT
http://www.newparent.com/
LOW VISION DEVICES
http://www.nei.nih.gov/photo/lowvis/index.asp
WHY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
http://www.5aday.gov/why/index.htm
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