National association for the teaching of english (NATE) The National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) is run on a voluntary basis and acts to represent the views of its members to national bodies, local education authorities, exam boards, etc. It conducts research into the teaching of English and is involved with curriculum development issues. The Association represents English teachers at all levels from pre-school to university. The Nate web site promotes the association and disseminates news and information regarding forthcoming conferences, publications, and positions vacant. There is an online store and a discussion group. The d From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) The National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) is the UK organisation devoted to creative writing in education. All levels of education are covered, from the primary to tertiary sectors, and all genres of writing fall under the association's remit. NAWE seeks to "promote and develop the educational ideals of writers", and to facilitate dialogue between writers and teachers. They provide training workshops and publish the magazine 'Writing in Education'. The NAWE web site offers: a news service; details of forthcoming events and opportunities; information about writing From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Looting matters! The material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities David Gill (University of Wales Swansea) and Christopher Chippindale (University of Cambridge) are widely respected archaeological writers on the subject of the trading and looting of antiquities. This resources presents four studies on various topics related to the antiquities trade, namely: 'The material and intellectual consequences of esteem for Cycladic figures'; 'The material consequences of contemporary collecting'; 'Collecting the classical world: the idea of a quantitative history' (includes a PowerPoint presentation); 'On-line auctions: a new venue From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology The website and database of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading, founded in 1922 to house the collection of antiquities at the then University College. The collection has expanded considerably since that time through further purchases and gifts and now possesses the fourth largest corpus of Greek vases in Britain as well as an interesting collection of Egyptian material. This resource provides a useful thematic guide to the museum holdings as well as a very detailed and well illustrated searchable database which is described as work-in-progress. In addition to sections o From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) is a research institute based at St Mary's College, the Divinity School at the University of St Andrews. The Institute pursues research into the interactions between theology and the creative arts. The Institute brings together two particular research strands at St Andrews: Theology through the Arts; Theology and Imagination. The Institute encourages postgraduate research; organises a range of events; and produces a series of publications. The web site provides full information on the Institute's activities together with a b From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The EpiDoc collaborative for epigraphic documents in TEI XML The EpiDoc initiative aims to develop standard or compatible languages, protocols to enable digital projects on the languages and scripts of the ancient Mediterranean world to be available to as wide a constituency as possible. The project advocates the use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) as a standard medium together with the conventions of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) (as used by the Perseus Project). This resource provides guidelines for using XML and TEI and information on a wide variety of online resources for using EpiDoc in addition to weblinks of projects involved in EpiDoc. From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Discover Petra: The lost city of stone The webpages accompanying the major exhibition of artefacts from the Jordanian site of Petra on show at the Cincinnati Art museum in 2004-2005 provide a brief, illustrated guide to the archaeology site in Jordan, details of the content of the exhibition itself and a Quicktime virtual tour of the ancient city. There is also a useful page of FAQs about Petra and links to other resources on the site and its surroundings. The city of Petra in Jordan, which flourished in Hellenistic and Roman times (c300 B.C.-100 B.C.), was one of the wealthiest caravan cities of the ancient Near East and is famous From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Society for late antiquity The website of the Society for Late Antiquity features information about the organisation itself, including details of its annual conferences on the theme 'Shifting frontiers in Late Antiquity' (1995 to the present), its newsletter from 1996-1997 and a discussion list devoted to Late Roman, Byzantine and related subjects. The resource is particularly notable for its excellent series of links to webpages featuring many aspects of ancient and early mediaeval archaeology and ancient history which will be indispensable to students, researchers and teachers of these subjects. These links From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Tel Dor Project Tel Dor is a large and important archaeological site on the Mediterranean coast 30km south of Haifa which played an important part in the commercial and cultural history of the Levant in the second and first millennia BC, though the archaeological record extends almost continuously down to Crusader times, circa 1300 AD. This resource, featuring the new excavations initiated by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2003, provides a valuable illustrated overview of the history and archaeology of the site, including a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography, and includes details of the project From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Base Arcade : centre historique des Archives nationales Base Arcade: Centre historique des Archives nationales is one of several Web sites hosted by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. Arcade highlights the conjunction of French archival collections and French Art History, with over 74,000 online documents that trace the policies that governed the acquistion and management of works of art by the French state from 1800 to 1939. There is a general table clearly listing the codes for different collections. Precise information on location and history of each piece of art within Arcade's database is available via the site's se From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Carthage Produced to accompany two Channel 4 documentaries on ancient Carthage first broadcast in May 2004 this attractive resource provides a useful illustrated overview of what was once one of the richest and most powerful civilisations in the Mediterranean in the first millennium BC. While the parent documentaries focused in particular on the relationship between Carthage and Rome, who fought three bitter wars between 264 and 146 BC or else on the character of the great general Hannibal Barca, the website also provides a valuable social, economic and religious framework for the military history of t From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Canadas first nations The 'Canada's First Nations' resource provides a multimedia tutorial focussed on the histories of the First Nations peoples up until the nineteenth century. The tutorial covers a number of thematic elements from the ancient past, such as creation myths and migrations theories, up to the social, political and economic impact of European contact and the reasons the First Nations and the Government of Canada negotiated and signed treaties. The tutorial also aims to outline the cultures and languages of the various Native groups inhabiting the northern lands of this continent. The From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The museum of computing The Museum of Computing is located at the University of Bath (Swindon). The Museum's web site includes an introduction to the history and vision of the museum together with recent news items; brief details of exhibitions; and PDF copies of the Museum of Computing magazine which includes articles covering all aspects of digital history from handheld electronic games to home computers of the 1980s. The Museum of Computing operates as a non-profit organisation and is guided by a steering committee comprising, amongst others, representatives from the University of Bath, the Science Museum, CL From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Shakespeare's globe Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is the reconstruction of the open-air playhouse designed in 1599 at which William Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote his later plays. It is situated on London's South Bank, and stages productions throughout the summer season. The Globe also hosts exhibitions, organises several educational programmes for students of all educational levels, and publishes Shakespeare-related materials such as the magazine 'Around the Globe'. The Globe web site describes the theatre itself, its performance schedule, and the educational facilities provided. Al From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Edsitement EDSITEment is an American web site intended for teachers of the humanities teaching to pre-university student classes. It is produced by the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. The site authors have selected online resources from various libraries, museums, universities, and other cultural institutions, and have integrated them into lesson plans. The lesson plans may be browsed or searched by subject and educational level (K2 to K12). They are frequently quite extensive and are clearly laid out From New Humbul Resources on October 1, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Pilbara Manggullarta - Pilbara Kids The Pilbara Manggullarta website was a Pilbara District Education Office initiative for Education Week 1999. The Pilbara Manggullarta website was developed in response to technology and it's potential to overcome distance and improve communication and access to information for students, teachers and community members throughout the Pilbara. Schools include Balers PS, Cassia PS, Karratha ESC, Karratha SHS, Newman PS, Paraburdoo DHS, Port Hedland School of the Air, Roebourne PS, Tom Price SHS, Yandeyarra RCS From EdNA Online on October 1, 2004 at 4:30 a.m..
Interactive EndNote Tutorial These tutorials from Learning Resource Services University of Melbourne introduce the basics of using EndNote for creating and storing references and inserting them into university assignments. The tutorials are not designed to show everything about EndNote, but they do provide a useful overview of some important features. From EdNA Online on October 1, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
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