Education and Info
| Website | Description | Listing |
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| ACT |
Activity, Curriculum and Technology - GCS Lesson Plans Database Online |
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| Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts |
English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy |
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| ANYDAY Today-in-History |
Find historic events and birthdays for any date |
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| Ask Me Help Desk |
online expert community where you can ask questions in any topic and have them answered for free by experts |
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| Banished Words |
Lake Superior State University releases its annual list of words in English which should be banned forever |
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| Bartleby |
Comprehensive reference publisher. Books, quotes, dictionary, thesaurus, facts and information |
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| Broadband Forum |
Ongoing information about Broadband |
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| Calculators On-Line |
Over 4000 calculators |
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| CIA - The World Factbook |
Comprehensive range of information on more than 200 countries |
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| Collection of Ambiguous or Inconsistent/Incomplete Statements |
Collection of some of the pitfalls of the English language which may both amuse and enlighten |
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| Community Learning Network |
Helps K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom |
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| Country Reports |
In depth profiles on countries around the world |
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| Desktop Publishing |
All about Desktop Publishing |
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| Distance Ed |
University of Colorado at Denver. School of Education Distance Learning Sources |
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| Double-Tongued Word Wrester |
Growing dictionary of old and new words |
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| Driving Under the Influence |
Info about driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs |
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| Dryer Vent Wizard |
Dryer Vent Wizard maintains homeowner?s clothing dryers for safety, energy efficiency. Dryer vent cleaning prevents fires and hazards |
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| Duke Collections |
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library - Duke University |
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| Educational CyberPlayGround |
Develops original Web-based curriculum for K-12 educators with over 1500 pages of content |
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| Educational CyberPlayGround |
Develops original Web-based curriculum for K-12 educators |
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| eHow |
How To Do Just About Everything |
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| English dictionary |
Powerful, no-frills English dictionary containing over 200,000 references with both US and British spellings |
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| Fact Monster |
Fact Monster is the largest free reference site just for kids! Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education and health |
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| Farmer's Almanac |
Around since 1792, now on line. |
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| Federal Resources for Educational Excellence |
FREE makes it easy for teachers, parents, students, & others to find teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations |
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| GEC Computers in the Classroom |
Info and tips for using the computer effectively in the classroom |
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| Geography |
Good links for information you may need |
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| GoodQuotes.com |
GoodQuotes.com lists thousands of funny and inspirational quotes |
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| Grammar Errors |
Common Errors in English |
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| Grammar, Composition, Editing, Proofreading Resource |
Grammar NOW! Even answers questions |
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| Grantwriters |
Free info, training, grant writing materials, & services for grant and proposal writers |
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| HandSpeak |
Sign Language Dictionary Online with acual moving illustrations |
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| History Net |
Where History Lives on the Web |
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| Homeworkhelp.com |
Homeworkhelp.com free lessons |
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| Household Products Database |
Health and Safety Info on over 4 000 consumer brands - research products based on chemical ingredients |
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| How Everyday Things Are Made |
Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing helps explain how many everyday things are made |
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| How Stuff Works |
How things work in the world around you |
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| How Stuff Works Express |
Marshall Brain makes science and technology entertaining and understandable |
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| Howcast |
Watch fun and informative how-to videos |
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| iCue |
Collection if Video Cue Cards with video clips from NBC News. Immerse, Connect, Understand, Excel, is a learning tool that taps into the vast resources of NBC News while informing the next generation of NBC viewers |
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| Information Please |
Dictionary, Internet Encyclopedia, & Almanac Reference |
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| Internet Grammar of English |
Online course in English grammar |
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| Internet Picture Dictionary |
Free, online multilingual picture dictionary |
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| IQ tests, personality tests and entrepreneurial tests on the WWW |
Many of the best IQ tests on the web for your enjoyment |
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| JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching |
JOLT is a peer reviewed online journal that addresses the scholarly use of multimedia resources in education. |
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| Lesson Plans Page |
Over 1,000 FREE Lesson Plans for teachers |
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| LibrarySpot |
Encyclopedias, maps, libraries and more. Good site to look at when doing research |
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| LINGUIST |
Ask a Linguist |
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| List Universe |
Top Ten Lists at the List Universe, featuring lists on topics from the bizarre to politics. The essential site for top ten lists |
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| Martindale's The Reference Desk |
International Art, Business, Science & Technology Reference |
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| MERLOT |
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education with links to online learning materials |
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| Merriam-Webster OnLine |
Merriam-Webster provides a free, on-line dictionary (with audio pronunciations), thesaurus and more |
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| MLA |
Study and teaching of language and literature |
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| Moodle |
Free, Open Source course management system (CMS) help educators create quality online courses |
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| Multiple Choice |
For educators who are building secure online learning and testing environments at schools and universities |
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| Museum of online museums |
Online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions |
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| National Learning Institute |
Feedback surveys - employee surveys - online -learning - distance learning and training support materials that help people learn and develop |
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| NYPL |
New York Public Library |
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| Open Video Project |
Digitized clips and complete short films video clips from a variety of sources |
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| PhoneSpell |
What does your phone number spell? |
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| Practical Guide to GPS - UTM |
Instruction manual addressing many key elements of GPS units |
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| ResourceShelf |
Contains professional news, search tips, and new web accessible resources, many of them available at no charge |
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| Right@Home |
Home-care tips, recipes and inspiration from SC Johnson. Commercial products info |
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| Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography |
Selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet |
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| Self Test Software Inc. |
Self Assessment tests for Novell, Microsoft, & Lotus |
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| Software for schools and nonprofits |
Discounted educational software and business applications for nonprofits |
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| statehealthfacts.org |
Kaiser State Health Facts. Lots of health related facts |
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| STATS |
STATS monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before people are misled and public policy is distorted |
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| Straight Dope Archive |
Straight Dope columns in their entirety |
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| Teacher Created Materials |
Created by teachers for teachers and parents |
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| The Best on the Web for Teachers |
Web Portal for Educators |
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| TNC |
The New Curriculum provides ideas and resources for teachers who want to integrate technolgy into their teaching |
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| travlang's Word of the Day |
See and hear new word every day in many languages |
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| Visual Thesaurus |
Artistic exploration and a tool to explore, study, and analyze the structure of language. In other words, a cool visual thesaurus |
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| Voice Of America Pronunciation Guide |
Search or browse this database of names of people in the news. Then, read a phonetic pronunciation and/or listen (online) to the name pronounced by someone at the VOA |
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| Web of On-Line Dictionaries |
Links to dictionaries in 160 different languages |
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| Wikipedia |
Multilingual project to create a complete and accurate open content encyclopedia |
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| Wolfram Alpha |
You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer. Based on a new kind of knowledge-based computing |
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| Word2Word |
Language Resources and Translating Chat with links to online dictionaries and translators - many languages |
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| Wordcount |
Interactive presentation of the 86,800 most common words in the English language |
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| Wordnik |
Gives as much information as possible for every word in English. Every word may include an example sentence, related words, images, statistics, audio pronunciation, and even translations into other languages |
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| Wordsmyth English Dictionary Thesaurus |
Integrated English Dictionary and Thesaurus |
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| World Wide Words |
History, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English from a British viewpoint |
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| Write Place Catalogue |
Literacy Education Online Writing Center at St. Cloud State University |
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| Writer's Guide |
University of Victoria's Hypertext Writer's Guide |
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| Yahoo! Answers |
Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people |
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| YMMV Questions and Answers |
from Brett Glass |
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