Food for Thought - August 2000
Webgrammar Stew
Keystroke Tips
English Exercises Online
The Gateway to Educational Materials Project
The Researching Librarian
Did You Know: One word or two?
Recommendations
WINDOWS KEYSTROKES: Any time you're in Windows, and you get a full screen, minus the toolbars, don't panic. Use the combination keystroke Alt+F4, and you'll be able to exit the full screen mode.
English Exercises Online offers unlimited access to over 90 language resources. They are meant for learners, looking for interactive ways to improve their English and put it to the test. It was also written to help the site owner's colleagues, teachers of English as a foreign language, pressed for time, in search of lesson ideas, new exercises, interactive quizzes and ready-to-use handouts. Outstanding site for anyone interested in English and grammar.
http://www.smic.be/smic5022/
The Researching Librarian Intended as a supplement to the print resources available in library collections, this site gathers links to selected web resources useful for research: freely searchable citation databases, funding information, relevant journals, statistics and statistical methods, useful research tools, current awareness sources, and a discussion board.
http://www2.msstate.edu/~kerjsmit/trl/index.html
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet. The Gateway to Educational Materials project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. GEM is a project of the U.S. Department of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. Materials cover Pre-K-12, Vocational Education, Adult/Continuing Education, and Higher Education.
http://www.thegateway.org/
DID YOU KNOW that many common words may be written either as one solid word or as two separate words, depending on the meaning. We will cover these in the next few editions.
Almost - all most
The groom was almost (nearly) an hour late. The guests were all most (all very much pleased) pleased when he appeared.
Already - all ready
The boxes had already (previously)been shipped. The boxes are all ready (all prepared) to be shipped.
Altogether - all together
He is altogether (entirely) too lazy to succeed. The papers are all together (all in a group) in the binder.
Always - all ways
They have always (at all times) done well. We have tried in all ways (by all methods) to please our employees.
With help from The Gregg Reference Manual, Seventh Edition, Sabin, ISBN 0-02-819933-2
RECOMMENDATIONS
64 BAKER STREET This web site tells the story of an extraordinary group of women who worked for the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) during World War Two. It does not intend to glamorise or hero worship the women but to simply show the intricate work they did, the extraordinary courage they showed and the sacrifices they made.
During the course of the war SOE F Section (France) alone put 39 female agents in to the field, of these 13 did not return. Years later they were described by Lise de Baissac, now Madame Villameur, as "ordinary women."
These ordinary women were also mothers. wives, daughters, sisters, sweethearts and amongst their ranks were a dancer and a Princess. What shines through when reading their stories is that they are totally selfless individuals, with high personal standards of conduct, loyalty, commitment and a 'sense of right.' What motivated them to leave their families and children we can never fully comprehend but their selfless actions helped shape the outcome of the war and the world we live in today.
http://www.64-baker-street.org/main.html
The Art of the Illustrated Letter: Smithsonian Institution Illustrated letters represent an irrepressible urge to picture language. They are evidence of the writer’s use of words and images to amplify the form and effect of a message. These pages include forty artists’ illustrated letters, drawn entirely from the collections of the Archives of American Art, encompassing exuberant thank you notes, winsome love letters, lively reports of current events, graphic instructions and other personalized communiqués from the early nineteenth century through the 1980s, in each sender’s distinctive style.
http://artarchives.si.edu/exhibits/illusltr/illusltr.htm
CERTIFICATE CREATOR
http://www.certificatecreator.com/default3.htm
DAILY GRAMMAR Daily e-mail lessons from an experienced, effective English teacher.
http://www.dailygrammar.com
GetNetWise The Internet offers kids many opportunities for learning, constructive entertainment, and personal growth. At the same time, parents are concerned about the risks kids face online. The challenge for parents is to educate themselves and their children about how to use the Internet safely. GetNetWise can help.
http://www.getnetwise.org
INSECTCLOPEDIA
http://www.insectclopedia.com
INTELLICAST Intellicast.com provides extensive specialized weather information to help plan all United States outdoor and weather sensitive activities, whether golfing, sailing, hiking, skiing or relaxing at the beach. Drawing on the meteorological knowledge of its staff, Intellicast.com now provides over 250,000 pages of detailed weather information.
http://www.intellicast.com/
MIDDLESCHOOL.COM Assisting Middle Schools through Staff Development.
http://www.middleschool.com/
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
THE SONORAN DESERT What our ancestors called a wasteland, we now know is the last great treasure in the continental United States-the blazing heart of the Sonoran desert, the lushest badland of them all. Now, on both sides of the U.S. and the Mexican border are activities designed to protect the Sonoran desert. The opportunity is simple: in an effort to save this area for generations to come, there is a proposal to create the Sonoran Desert National Park. It will be the greatest transnational biological reserve on earth, a park that can be a benchmark for all the nations.
http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/sonoran/index2.html
University Press of America
Newspapers and academic journals around the country have reported extensively on the difficulties facing scholars seeking publications for academic books. University Press of America offers a bright alternative to this grim scenario, with innovative publishing programs designed for scholarly monographs as well as classroom texts. We are committed to the belief that the only question relevant to the publication decision is: does this work provide a significant contribution to scholarship?
http://www.univpress.com/Index.shtml
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