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GRAMMAR
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
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
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR
SITE
Outstanding as a quick reference for your grammar
questions.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
USINGENGLISH.COM
A large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools and
resources for students, teachers, learners, and academics.
http://www.usingenglish.com/
WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers
can find inspiration.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
ANIMAL SCIENCE IMAGE GALLERY
http://anscigallery.nal.usda.gov/index.php
BEE LORE
A collection of stories from the world of the honey bee - both past
and present. The site’s main purpose is to act as a portal to the stories
from the folklore and ancient myth associated with bees - Beelore will
guide you to these stories.Bees also have a magical, other-worldly quality
about them - and Beetwixt and Beetween covers stories that are perhaps a
little mystical, magical or downright unexplainable.
http://beelore.com/
BABY CHAMELEONS
http://cli.gs/d7X1Zb
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
http://www.evidence-based-medicine.co.uk/default.html
HUMAN GENETIC DISORDERS
http://www.humangeneticsdisorders.com/
ONLINE TOUR OF ASSOS
A major metropolis in antiquity, Assos was the site of the
Archaeological Institute of America's first excavations, directed
by Francis Bacon in the 1880s. Today, Assos is overseen by
archaeologist Nurettin Arslan of the University of Çanakkale.
http://www.archaeology.org/assos/tour/
SIAM JOURNALS ONLINE
Your Link to the World of Applied Mathematics
http://epubs.siam.org/
EDUCATION
ADULT LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
CALIFORNIA DISTANCE LEARNING PROJECT
http://www.cdlponline.org/
MAKE BELIEFS COMIX
Created by Bill Zimmerman. A journalist and prize–winning newspaper
editor, Zimmerman for 13 years created an interactive, syndicated
Student Briefing Page for Newsday newspaper to teach young people
about current events.
The page was nominated twice for a Pulitzer
Prize. At Newsday, Bill also created a series of comic books to teach
history and current events to young readers.
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
PBS TEACHERS
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar/index.html
TRANSFORMING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
Academic institutions with programs in agriculture are in a perfect
position to foster the next generation of leaders and professionals
needed to address these challenges. However, to keep pace with
changing times, undergraduate agricultural education needs a new focus.
http://dels.nas.edu/ag_education/
HISTORY
A HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES
Published by the University of Wisconsin Press over a twenty year
period beginning in 1969, it was intended to serve as a
collaborative and comprehensive treatment of the topic, ranging
in time from the first 100 years of the Crusades to their ultimate
impact on the histories of the Near East and Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/buxhhy
BOTANICAL AND CULTURAL IMAGES OF EASTERN ASIA, 1907-1927
http://tinyurl.com/c7jndo
CATALOGUE OF DIGITIZED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
The Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts offers a simple and
straightforward means to discover medieval manuscripts available on
the web. Basic information about the manuscripts is fully searchable,
and users can also browse through the complete contents of the database.
http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/
CROSSROADS TO FREEDOM
Digital archive of materials from the Civil Rights era in Memphis,
TN, to community education and engagement. The purpose of the archive
is to promote and support discussions of the impact of this historical
period on our community today.
http://tinyurl.com/btygjw
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: MASSACHUSETTS MAPS
104 unique and rare manuscript and printed maps of Massachusetts are
available through 36 web presentations. The maps presented include
twenty-four manuscript maps of local towns and counties dating from
1637-1809 and eight iconic printed maps of Massachusetts and Boston.
http://www.masshist.org/online/massmaps/ |
ARTS
CHIHULY: THE NATURE OF GLASS
http://www.chihuly.com/
MASS MoCA
Since opening in 1999, MASS MoCA has become one of the world's
premier centers for making and showing the best art of our time.
With annual attendance of 120,000, it ranks among the most visited
institutions in the United States dedicated to new art.
http://www.massmoca.org
TALES IN SPRINKLED GOLD:
JAPANESE LACQUER FOR EUROPEAN COLLECTORS
This exhibition presents examples of Japanese lacquer objects from
the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Made in Japan—some
specifically for export to Europe—these objects were popular among
wealthy European collectors from the 17th to 19th centuries. The
art form has had a major impact on both the fine and decorative arts.
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/japanese_lacquer/
REFERENCES
AFGHANISTAN ANALYST
The goal of The Afghanistan Analyst is to provide an online
research portal for scholars, students, journalists, policy-makers,
NGO/humanitarian workers, and others who want to better understand
Afghanistan. This website is, by our own admission, biased towards
the study of conflict and development. Current events, recent
history, war, ethnicity, development, government, etc. are its focus.
http://afghanistan-analyst.org/default.aspx
DATA VISUALISATION: TOOLS AND EXAMPLES
With the volume of information piling up inside organizations, information
professionals are turning to information discovery tools to help them find
information that might otherwise get buried. Visualisation tools are one
such approach and, as Matthew Solle writes, the tools in this space are
becoming increasingly innovative.
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/3619
FILE EXTENSION RESOURCE
A huge file extension list including easy-to-understand descriptions and
associated applications. Quickly search by extension, view common and most
popular file extensions, and click to extension categories including audio
and music files, multimedia, graphic and image file types and others.
http://www.file-extensions.org/
FLOWING DATA
Provides fascinating examples of data visualization. Posts on the
site depict everything from a visual guide to the financial crisis
to the safest seat on a plane.
http://flowingdata.com/
PIPL
Searches the deep web for information about people. In
addition to news articles and websites, search results include email
addresses, social networking profiles, blog posts, publications,
documents and videos. Somewhat hit-or-miss, it can be a useful
corollary to other people search sites.
http://www.pipl.com/
SLOVENIA
http://www.slovenia.si/
TED
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in
1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds.
Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference
now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers,
who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
http://www.ted.org/
WRITING/JOURNALISM
THE BIGHOW ONLINE JOURNALISM HANDBOOK
Free online resource for journalists, bloggers, citizen journalists
and anyone else interested in publishing. Covers the basics of online
reporting, writing for the web and social web, citizen journalism,
professional blogging, how to use Facebook and Twitter, how to deal with
censorship, list of citizen journalism websites worldwide, list of free
tools for journalism and more.
http://bighow.com/journalism
BOOK PRODUCTION
Services for Authors and Self Publishers
http://wordpix.com/authors/index.asp
JEA (JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION) DIGITALMEDIA
Its goal is to educate JEA high school advisers and their students about
relevant areas of digital media. Digital media includes, but is not
limited to: Web sites, podcasts, blogs, broadcasts, social networks, etc.
http://jeadigitalmedia.org/
NEWSEUM
Every morning, more than 700 newspapers from around the world submit
their front pages to the Newseum via the Internet to be part of Today's
Front Pages
http://tinyurl.com/289rq8
NEWS UNIVERSITY
A project of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies funded by the John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation, NewsU is committed to providing interactive,
inexpensive courses that appeal to journalists at all levels of experience
and in all types of media.
http://www.newsu.org/
SMITH MAG
SMITH is a home for storytelling of all forms and kinds, with a focus on
personal narrative. We believe everyone has a story, and everyone should have a place to tell it.
http://www.smithmag.net/
THE WRITING PROCESS
http://wire.rutgers.edu/process.html
HEALTH
50 IDEAS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
THAT TAKE 10 MINUTES OR LESS
http://cli.gs/Wq5rXQ
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION:
COPING WITH A DISASTER OR TRAUMATIC EVENT
The effects of a disaster, terrorist attack, or other public health
emergency can be long-lasting, and the resulting trauma can reverberate
even with those not directly affected by the disaster. This page provides
general strategies for promoting mental health and resilience. These
strategies were developed by various organizations based on experiences
in prior disasters.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
DIET AND NUTRITION
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200010 |
