Diigo Bookmarks: Week Ending May 18, 2013

• ZENODO

  ZENODO is a repository service that enables researchers, scientists, projects and institutions to share and showcase multidisciplinary research results (data and publications) that are not part of existing institutional or subject-based repositories.

  tags: research database data

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Science News Websites

• Discover Magazine
• e! Sciences News
• EurekAlert!
• LiveScience
• Nature News & Comment
• New Scientist
• NewsDaily: Science News
• NIMH >> Recent Science News
• nsf.gov – News
• Popular Science
• redOrbit
• Science/AAAS | News
• Science Daily
• Science News
• Science News – phys.org
• Science News for Kids
• Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
• Science News – NASA Science
• Scientific American
• Simons Science News
• Wired Science

Star of the Morning by Lynn Kurland

I can’t remember when I had as much fun as I did reading Star of the Morning, the first of Lynn Kurland‘s Nine Kingdoms novels.   The king is annoying, but Miach and Morgan are likeable.  There is plenty of sword fighting, magery, and romance (but no sex).  I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the books about Morgan and, I hope, Miach:

• The Mage’s Daughter
• Princess of the Sword
• A Tapestry of Spells

Diigo Bookmarks: Week Ending May 11, 2013

• Big Think

  Blogs, Articles and Videos from the World’s Top Thinkers and Leaders

  tags: free videos database education articles blogs

• CosmoLearning

  a free educational website for students and teachers

  tags: free videos database education

• The Futures Channel

  agriculture
  animals
  architecture
  art & music
  business & commerce
  design
  earth science
  environmental
  movie close-ups
  science & technology
  space science
  sports
  transportation

  tags: free videos database education

• Learner.org

  Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum

  tags: free videos database education

• MIT Video

  The MIT Video website aggregates and curates video produced by MIT’s offices, laboratories, centers and administration. This includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more. Each day, the editorial team at MIT Video selects one or more videos to “spotlight” based on the videos’ content, production value and timeliness.

  tags: free videos database education

• MathTV

  Videos By Topic

  tags: free videos database education math

• NOVA Videos Online

  Complete NOVA programs, divided into chapters

  Anthropology/Archeology
  Chemistry
  Earth Science
  Forensics
  Health Science
  Life Science
  Mathematics
  Oceanography
  Paleontology
  Physics
  Social Studies
  Space Science
  Technology/Engineering

  tags: free videos database education

• PBS Video

  arts & entertainment, culture & society, health, history, home & how-to, news & public affairs, parents, science & nature, technology

  tags: free videos database education

• PBS LearningMedia

  PBS LearningMedia™ is the go-to destination for instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos, games, audio clips, photos, lesson plans, and more! You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia is free for educators.

  tags: free videos database education

• SnagFilms

  SnagFilms.com offers the broadest collection of great independent movies you can watch right now, on demand, for free, and share with others – films that entertain and inform, engage and inspire, satisfy every taste, encourage discovery and create community.

  tags: free videos database education documentaries movies

• Teachers’ Domain

  Teachers’ Domain is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You’ll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.

  tags: free videos database education

• TED

  Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world

  tags: free videos database education

• EDU – YouTube

  university, K-12, lifelong learning

  tags: free videos database education

• ResearchChannel – YouTube

  ResearchChannel is a nonprofit media and technology organization that connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions whose developments, insights and discoveries affect our lives and futures.

  tags: free videos database education

• Internet Archive

  Welcome to the Archive’s Moving Images library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains over a million digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

  tags: free videos database education

• MLA Print and Media Sources

  Examples and explanations of Works Cited listings for various MLA print and muoltimedia sources, based on 7th edition of MLA handbook

  tags: MLA citation documentation

• Citation Game Home Page: APA and MLA Citations

  Here you will play an interactive game and learn how to correctly format APA or MLA citations for some of the most commonly used citation types.

  tags: MLA APA citation game documentation

• ClarkChart

  The Registry of Simulations and Serious Games

  tags: simulations games

• Freemake | Best Freeware Alternatives To Paid Video Software

  True Freeware of New Level: Freemake offers freeware in the truest sense of the word: no feature or time limitations, no hidden costs. Download and use our free Video Converter, Video Downloader, YouTube Converter, Audio Converter and Free Music Box!

  tags: freeware conversion video converters audio

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Diigo Bookmarks: Week Ending May 4, 2013

• Wordle

  Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

  tags: tagcloud visualization web2.0 graphics wordcloud

• Dropr

  Dropr allows you to create and browse beautiful portfolios from music to art, photography to print and connects you to the worlds most creative community.

  tags: eportfolio portfolio tools multimedia

• Pathbrite

  Portfolios for education career life–Collect, organize and share a lifetime of learning and achievement.

  tags: eportfolio portfolio tools

• xtimeline

  xtimeline is a free web-based timeline. Easily create and share timelines with pictures and videos.

  tags: web2.0 timelines history visualization free

• Meograph

  Four-dimensional storytelling: Easily create multimedia stories

  tags: education web2.0 digitalstorytelling writing timelines

• List of Free Science Books

  Here’s an alphabetical list of all available free books.

  tags: free ebooks science

• HTML5 Presenter by Easy WebContent

  Create HTML5 Interactive Presentations, Animations, infographics & banners

  tags: presentations infographics

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Blog Posts, Articles, and Reports To Read: April 2013

• “MOOCs Are No Education Panacea, but Here’s What Can Make Them Work“
• “How To Make A MOOC, MIT Style“
• “4 Wonderful Critical Thinking Graphics“
• “The Past, Present, And Future Of MOOCs“
• “9 Tips Every Teacher Should Know about Google Scholar“
• “Online Learning Helps Undergraduates Get Better Grades“
• “MOOCs: Who’s using MOOCs? 10 different target audiences“

Diigo Bookmarks: Week Ending April 20, 2013

• How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources

  Perhaps you have a special skill, talent, or knowledge-base that you want to share with others, and maybe you’ve heard that teaching online courses can make you a little extra money. The resources below will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you want to teach, or size of the class, you will find resources and information to bring your class online.

  tags: tools resources onlinelearning elearning courses

• SoundGator

  Free Sound Effects

  tags: audio soundeffects

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