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RECOMMENDATIONS

ARTS

ANSEL ADAMS'S PHOTOGRAPHS
OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT AT MANZANAR
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/anseladams/

THE CENTRE FOR SWEDISH FOLK MUSIC
AND JAZZ RESEARCH
http://www.visarkiv.se/en/index.htm

MOVING HISTORY
This research guide to the United Kingdom’s twelve public sector moving image archives presents detailed information on these fascinating and valuable film and television collections.
http://www.movinghistory.ac.uk/index.html

DIGITAL SCORES: LOEB MUSIC LIBRARY
http://tinyurl.com/n5a45


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 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://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. The site contains hundreds of hours of material, much of which is free.
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

MAYO CLINIC: TRADITION AND HERITAGE
http://www.mayoclinic.org/tradition-heritage/

ALGEBASICS
http://www.algebasics.com

PHYSICS FLASH ANIMATIONS
The site contains Flash animations that illustrate principles in
such categories as optics, sound waves, vectors, and relativity.
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/

GEOMETRY
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Geometry.html

MATHEMATICS ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CURRICULUM
http://www.mac3.amatyc.org/index.htm

STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE:
CENTER FOR NARCOLEPSY
http://med.stanford.edu/school/Psychiatry/narcolepsy/

VISIBLE PROOFS: FORENSIC VIEWS OF THE BODY
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visibleproofs/

VIRTUAL ANAESTHESIA TEXTBOOK
http://www.virtual-anaesthesia-textbook.com/

PANDA, INC.
http://tinyurl.com/nga9v

NATIONAL HURRICANE SURVIVAL INITIATIVE
http://www.hurricanesafety.org/home2.shtml

WEBANATOMY.NET
http://webanatomy.net/


HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: RADIO
http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/index.htm

INTEL: HEALTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
http://www.intel.com/research/prohealth/

EDUCATION

GETTING RESULTS
This multimedia resource for community college faculty will challenge your previous thinking about teaching and learning and give you the basic tools for effective classroom practice. The key theme of the course is to encourage you to focus on what the students will do and take responsibility for their success.
http://www.league.org/gettingresults/web/

MUSIC EDUCATION ONLINE
http://tinyurl.com/lk82s

LESSON PLANS FOR ON MY HONOR
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/bauer.html

LEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
http://www.league.org/

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
Information, research, and resources to help prepare young people and adults for postsecondary education, successful careers, and productive lives.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html?src=oc

GRADED READING
For students and teachers of EFL/ESL
http://www.gradedreading.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

ACTIVITIES FOR ESL STUDENTS
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
http://a4esl.org/

EVERYTHING ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/lessons/

ESL GOLD
http://www.eslgold.com/


REFERENCES

CHARITY NAVIGATOR
http://www.charitynavigator.org/

ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD
http://www.laptop.org/

JERRY'S VINTAGE RADIO LOGS
http://otrsite.com/radiolog/index.html

LIBRARY LISTSERVS-N-MORE
Creating a Newsletter or EZine
http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4createnewsletr.html

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN COASTAL REGIONS
AND SMALL ISLANDS
A global platform for environmentally sound, socially equitable,
culturally respectful and economically viable development in coastal regions and small island. Main goal: the mitigation and management of conflicts over coastal resources and values.
http://www.unesco.org/csi/

FABRICLINK
The educational resource for fabrics, apparel, home furnishings,
and care.
http://www.fabriclink.com/

WORLD WEATHER
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/

FOOD CONSUMPTION TRENDS
http://tinyurl.com/orxhb

OBSERVATORY OF CULTURAL POLICIES IN AFRICA
http://ocpa.irmo.hr/index-en.html


HISTORY

LETTERS TO SALA: A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE
IN NAZI LABOR CAMPS
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/sala/index.html

HIGGINS ARMORY MUSEUM
http://www.higgins.org/

IRONMINERS.COM
An ongoing project to document through pictures and writing, the history and industrial archeology of iron mining in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
http://www.ironminers.com/about/index.htm

GILMER CIVIL WARS MAPS COLLECTION http://dc.lib.unc.edu/gilmer/index.php

LOSING LOUISIANA
http://digitalartwork.net/wetlands/losinglouisiana/index-ie.html

LIFE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
http://tinyurl.com/o4q2n

MONTICELLO EXPLORER
http://explorer.monticello.org/

TAKING THE WHEEL
Manufacturers’ Catalogs from the First Decade
of American Automobiles
http://tinyurl.com/fgrlf


WRITING/JOURNALISM

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS, INC.
http://www.ire.org/

RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION ONLINE: DIANA HACKER
Help using MLA, APA, Chicago, & CSE; tips for evaluating sources; list of style manuals; and glossary of research terms.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

RELIGIONLINK
A resource to help print and broadcast journalists when they encounter religion in stories about government, politics, education, social services, science and other areas of public life. ReligionLink’s only purpose is to help journalists write informed stories about the ways religion affects public life. It does not take sides on issues. It strives to treat all belief systems with respect and fairness and has no ties to any religious organization.
http://www.religionlink.org/

J-LEARNING
How-to guide for hyper-local community media.
http://j-learning.org/

JUDY'S PHOTO GALLERY


Can you identify this little creature?


Can you identify this little creature?


Pink Plumeria: Keahou Beach, Hawaii by Judy Vorfeld


White Plumeria: Keahou Beach, Hawaii by Judy Vorfeld


Anthurium: Holualoa, Hawaii by Judy Vorfeld


Orchid: Holualoa, Hawaii by Judy Vorfeld

Hibiscus: Keahou Beach, Hawaii by Judy Vorfeld

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