New South Wales Government - Education The New South Wales (NSW) Government portal provides a range of links relevant to education in NSW. This includes information about starting school, kindergarten to year 10, school certificate and HSC, further education and contacts. From EdNA Online on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Dublin Core Services (DCS) - Describe This A service designed for the automatic extraction of metadata from online resources. The site offers an easy to use interface where you can indicate the resource to analyze and how to download the results as XML, XHTML or RDF files. DCS turns the dissimilar content of Internet resources into Dublin Core metadata registers, making the web more manageable for information specialists and software applications. Giving to DCS the URLs of online documents, images, etc. or keywords, its engine parses the content and returns specific information about the resource, ex.: submitting dates, keywords, creat From EdNA Online on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
German, Austrian, Swiss cultural history German, Austrian, Swiss Cultural History is a Web site set up by Dr. Paul Schons of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. The site is an undergraduate teaching resource. Subpages include a chronology of history and culture in German Europe for the past 2000 years. Modern sections of the timeline incorporate some facts from the Anglo-American world, which might make these subpages either more accessible or more confusing. That said, entries for recent years are very up to date and detailed. The site posts over 900 short biographies of key figures and a Calendar of Significan From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Gesellschaft für Exilforschung This is the homepage for the Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (GfE), a centre for resarch on people, especially Jews, who fled Germany and East Central Europe leading up to and during the Second World War and came to live in exile. For the later period, it also deals with Western Europe. This is a relatively new field of enquiry, emphasising an integration of political history and literary studies, with a deep-rooted exploration of the nature of the cultural identity of Germans and Jews who fled the Nazi régime. It also investigates the nature of exile itself, tracing reverberations of the From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The Avalon project : German-American diplomacy, 1785-1847 German-American Diplomacy is a subsite of the Avalon Project at Yale Law School, an online collection of primary source documents on law, history and diplomacy. From this subsite, users can access the main Avalon collections from the 18th to the 21st centuries. But they can also scroll down to find a timeline for German-American diplomacy for the period 1785 to 1847. Users can click on each entry in the chronology, which brings up relevant primary source documents. Most offerings here deal with commerce, emigration tax treaties, extradition and naturalisation. The site is easy to navigat From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Literà ria Literà ria is an online magazine devoted to contemporary Catalan literature. It offers extracts from works by young Catalan writers, including short stories and poetry, and also publishes articles of opinion related primarily but not exclusively to Catalan literature and culture (including theatre and cinema). Interviews with Catalan writers and book reviews are also published frequently here, and users may access archived articles. Each new issue of the magazine features a book recommendation, and links to related Web resources are provided. This is a small publication but those interested in From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
The cantigas de Santa MarÃa This Web site makes available facsimiles of the Cantigas de Santa MarÃa, a collection of medieval songs in Galician-Portuguese, written during the reign of Alfonso X 'El Sabio' (1221-1284). On the site, users may view facsimiles of both the To Codex and the E Codex and each cantiga is available as a standard and small gif file, as well as a printable PDF. The illuminations that accompany every tenth cantiga in the E Codex may also be viewed here. While all may be viewed in black and white, a selection may be viewed in colour. The site also provides a good list of links to related W From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
União dos escritores angolanos The Portuguese-language Web site for the União dos Escritores Angolanos is a useful source of information about both Angolan writers and academic research and criticism of their work. Users will find on the site a wide and interesting collection of ful-text scholarly articles on Lusophone literature from the region: this section features a search facility to allow for easy location of required material. Lengthy interviews with a selection of major figures may also be read here (included are Arnaldo Moreira dos Santos, Henrique Abranches and Celestina Fernandes). The site features a 'Who From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Klick escritores Klick Escritores is an impressive Web site devoted to Brazilian writers from across the ages. The bulk of the site comprises a database of writers: for each writer featured, users may read a short biography, full bibliography, a sample review of one of his or her publications, and a quotation. The classic or 'immortal' Brazilian writers are grouped together in a separate database (here, users will find Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector, and Jorge Amado, for example) and for each of these writers is a small gallery of photographs and illustration and longer extracts from their work. From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Vinicius de Moraes An attractive Web site devoted to the Brazilian writer, poet, film critic, songwriter and lyricist, Vinicius de Moraes (1913-1980). The site acts as a useful reference resource for those interested in the man and his work. It offers full bibliographical details of all his published poetry and prose and allows registered users to compile their own electronic anthologies of his work. His musical career is granted similar attention with a full discography: users may refer to the production information for each recording, view the record sleeves and listen to extracts. An extensive anthology of de From New Humbul Resources on October 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
K12Handhelds Small portable devices, such as handheld computers bring the power of technology to the educatorsÂ’ fingertips! K12 Handhelds, Inc. provides a solution to access, organize and offer planning, professional development, hardware, software and applications, educational bundles, implementation and support, and assessment. Employ technology to collect and analyze data and other information to improve decision-making and other management functions, by the resources of this site! Guidance is given on how to implement new technologies to improve teaching and learning for you or your faculty. < From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..
Heart Attack Info This audio activity demonstrates the symptoms when someone is having a heart attack. It explains how the symptoms are different for heart attacks occurring on the right or left side of the heart. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..
Heart Failure Quiz This short quiz provides the student with feedback about how to diagnose heart failure. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..
Melbourne Planetarium The website of the Melbourne Planetarium at the Scienceworks Museum campus of Museum Victoria. It contains details about current shows and upcoming events at the Melbourne Planetarium including schedules and prices. There is also information about astronomical topics including a monthly Skynotes information sheet, sunrise times and moon phase information. From EdNA Online on October 21, 2004 at 5:30 a.m..
TAFE Queensland Guide 2005 The TAFE Queensland Guide is designed as an easy way to discover what TAFE Queensland can offer. A comprehensive range of skill areas is offered in grid format, with skill areas grouped into 14 broad study areas. Students can select a study area of interest, a preferred skill area and then follow the grid to see which institutes offer programs in these areas. Users can also determine which institutes offer these programs on campus, off campus or a combination of both. The full guide is available to download as a PDF file. From EdNA Online on October 21, 2004 at 5:30 a.m..
The Science Spot A neat array of both lesson plans and interactive material. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Animated Breathing Quiz This activity provides the student with a fun way to learn about different breathing difficulties people might have. The student answers a set of 20 questions as a animated character blows a ship across a tub. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
ECG Complex ECG Complex object provides the user with a graphical repesentation of a an ECG. The user can place their mouse over the different areas of an ECG. This provides them a more detailed explanation of each of these areas. The user can also view PR Intervals, QRS Measurements, and QRS Complexes. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Repeat After Us Created by a high school student, RepeatAfterUs is an award-winning online library with the best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings. Free audio clips provide an excellent resource for students and literature lovers of all ages. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Hyperphysics Concepts Site has explination of Potential energy. Formulas, and examples are given to add visual aid. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
The Physics Classroom From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Nursing Research Introduction Introduction to nursing research concepts and process. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Emphysema Quiz This activity is a short quiz that helps a student understand how to make an emphysema patient more comfortable in terms of their sitting positions. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Enterobacteriaceae Reactions A Drag and Drop activity for self-assessment of knowledge of the test reactions of enterobacteriaceae. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
American Forum for Global Education The American Forum for Global Education is a private, non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1970 with the following goal: that the young people of the United States will achieve an understanding of global issues, of cultural differences and similartities, and of the connections which exist in their daily lives between their actions, and those of their country, and others taking place in all parts of the globe. The website contains resources and publications on global issues. From Recent Items on October 21, 2004 at 2:30 a.m..
Design Shop Developed by Educational Technologies at Virginia Tech. The site focuses on instructional design and offers instructional design resources and case studies illustrating the course transformation process. From EdNA Online on October 21, 2004 at 12:24 a.m..
Teaching/Learning Activities - What Do You Want to Use Technology For? The site, from University of Maryland University College, outlines some teaching/learning activities below that are used across the disciplines and offers examples of different technologies to accomplish specific learning objectives. Each example represents a different discipline, and there are over 40 disciplines represented in the examples. From EdNA Online on October 21, 2004 at 12:24 a.m..
Gallery of Teaching and Learning The gallery examples are created by The Knowledge Media Laboratory (KML) of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and individual faculty associated with Carnegie programs. This gallery provides examples of ways that faculty can make ideas, insights, and new understandings generated in the course of teaching available so that others can build upon them. From EdNA Online on October 20, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
Teaching Online - Demo Course To see the resource, login as: Username: Guest; Password: user. The course has been developed by USQ with the assistance of NextEd using Blackboard, a learning management system to WebCT. Includes: Study Materials, Study Schedule, Assessment and Resources. From EdNA Online on October 20, 2004 at 11:30 p.m..
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