In this issue:

• Note from Judy
• Windows Keystroke & Tips - Switch to menu mode
• Did you Know - Difference between media and medium
• Recommendations
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Grammar
  • Health
  • History
  • References
  • Science/Technology
  • Writing/Journalism
  • Judy's Photo Gallery
  
  

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  NOTE FROM JUDY

  1. I may have mentioned that my son and daughter-in-law are very
     involved in supporting the needs of children with disabilities.
     http://www.meyersonfoundation.org. They recently visited Little
     Bit Therapeutic Riding Center, a nonprofit organization that
     provides therapeutic horseback riding to children and adults with
     disabilities who live in the Puget Sound area (Washington State). I
     hope you'll take a moment to visit their wonderful website:
     http://www.littlebit.org/index.html - it's truly an educational
     experience to see what they are doing to make a difference in the
     lives of very special people.

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WINDOWS KEYSTROKES & TIPS - Switch to menu mode: F10

DID YOU KNOW - The difference between media and medium.

According to A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker, media is the plural of
medium. Hacker uses this example: "Of all the media that cover the
Olympics, television is the medium that best captures the spectacle
of events."

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

GRAMMAR CENTRAL
Links to a teacher's notes on grammar lessons as well ascopies of the lessons themselves.
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

PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
Outstanding as a quick reference for your grammar questions.http://grammar.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.
http://www.englishmaze.com/

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
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

ABC SCIENCE PODCASTS
Get caught up in the podcasting frenzy, but in a sciencey way!
You can now have the latest ABC Science Online and Radio
National science shows to download at your leisure or to have
magically delivered when you subscribe via RSS feed. Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/science/programs/podcast.htm

CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING
http://tinyurl.com/3yyo7e

GENE2MUSIC
The primary goal of this work is to convert genome-encoded protein sequences into musical notes in order to hear auditory protein patterns. Another goal: to help make protein sequences more approachable and tangible for the general public and children.
The project also opens opportunities for visually impaired s
cientists to access protein sequences more readily.
http://tinyurl.com/2jc4vu

HOT PINK: AFRICAN FLAMINGOS ON THE MOVE
http://tinyurl.com/2fjwpl

NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/welcome.html

SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
http://www.bcpl.info/kidspage/sciencefair.html

SILENCING GENOMES
http://www.silencinggenomes.org/

STATE OF THE SALMON
http://www.stateofthesalmon.org

WOLFRAM DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT
Conceived by scientist Stephen Wolfram as a way to bring
computational exploration to the widest possible audience, The
Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that
uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science,
technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range
of other fields.
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/

HISTORY

COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/

HARLEM HOSPITAL WPA MURALS
The Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP) was created in 1935 for the support and employment of artists. In its eight years of operation, the WPA commissioned over five hundred murals solely for New York City's public hospitals.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas/wpa/index.html

JOSEPH SECHTL & JAN VOSECEK
More than 18000 preserved glass plate negatives (1860–1950), hundreds of 35mm films (1930–1950), and thousands of medium and large format films. Czech Republic.
http://sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/en/

THE OFFICIAL ROMAN BATHS MUSEUM WEB SITE
IN THE CITY OF BATH
http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/

SEATTLE HISTORY
http://www.seattlehistory.org/

SHERMAN'S MARCH
http://www.history.com/civilwar/shermansmarch/

ARTS

AMAZING GRACE
http://tinyurl.com/336sg2

BACH BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachbib/

FRANK CAPRA: 1897-1991
http://www.eeweems.com/capra/

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: HIROSHIGE’S ONE HUNDRED
FAMOUS VIEWS OF EDO
Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, actually composed of 118 splendid woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth- century Toyko, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art.
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/online/edo/

HEALTH

BODY MASS INDEX
BMI gives you a rough idea about whether or not you are at a healthy weight for an adult of your height. Overweight individuals are known to have higher risk for certain types of cancer and other diseases.
Touch the buttons to enter your height and weight to determine your Body Mass Index.
http://www.labs.cancer.org/lifeclinic/kiosk.html

GET BODY SMART
An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology
http://www.getbodysmart.com/

REFERENCES

ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/

BNA'S WEB WATCH READING ROOM
Links to government, industry, and academic resources on selected topics
http://www.bna.com/webwatch/

CALIFORNIA LIBRARY SYSTEMS COOPERATIVE SONG INDEX
Contains more than 180,000 song titles (mostly popular music) from over 2,000 sheet music collections (song books, magazines, and other collections).
http://www.sjvls.org/songs/

THE CATASTROPHE READINESS CLEARINGHOUSE
Provides tools to empower families, individuals, and small businesses to more effectively plan their own strategies for responding to potentially catastrophic events.
http://www.catastrophereadinessclearinghouse.org/

COLOUR LOVERS BLOG
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/

DIGITAL LIBRARY FOR THE DECORATIVE ARTS
AND MATERIAL CULTURE:
Image and Text Collections
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/DLDecArts/

GETTING STARTED WITH EXCEL
http://www.studyfinance.com/lessons/excel/index.mv

HARTFORDINFO.ORG
Access web sites, documents and news articles about issues critical to Hartford and the region.
http://www.hartfordinfo.org/

THE INFORMED DECISION
Guide to information on Springfield and Greene County's most talked- about issues
http://www.thelibrary.org/informed/index.cfm

IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC ARCHIVE:
Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann
A multi-media reference archive and resource centre for the
traditional song, instrumental music and dance of Ireland.
http://www.itma.ie/

POINT SMART CLICK SAFE
Help your children safely enjoy the benefits of the Web.
http://www.pointsmartclicksafe.org/flash.html

POLLSTER.COM
http://www.pollster.com/

TIMEANDDATE.COM
http://www.timeanddate.com/

WRITING/JOURNALISM

THE CRAFT OF WRITING
http://www.writershelper.com/craft-of-writing.html

DECODING VISUAL LANGUAGE ELEMENTS IN NEWS CONTENT
http://www.katebrigham.com/thesis/index.html

EDUCATION

DEVELOPMENTAL MATH
http://tinyurl.com/239z5d

GOOGLE/SCHOLAR
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles. Uses the following search languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.
http://scholar.google.com/

LESSON PLANS FOR THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/kidd.html

MARK TWAIN: BIOGRAPHY, CRITICISM, AND ETEXTS
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/twain-bio.html

PBWIKI
Use a wiki for easy web pages that let you collaborate. If you're
looking for an easy way to get your syllabus online and a tool to
let your students collaborate online, PBwiki is for you. No more
IT headaches. No more worries about safety. We handle all the
technology so you can run your classroom.
http://pbwiki.com/edu.html