WEB LINKS, EXAMPLES, AND RESOURCES

Chapter Two and Three: Auditory and Verbal Learning

Adaptive and Assistive Technologies and Resources

Freedom Scientific (assistive and adaptive technology, including the JAWS screen reader): http://www.freedomscientific.com/

Section 508 of Rehabilitation Act of 1998: http://www.section508.gov/

Language Learning Resources:

Chinesepod: http://www.chinesepod.com/

Englishtown: http://www.englishtown.com/

Global English: http://www.globalenglish.com/

Japanesepod101.com: http://www.japanesepod101.com/

LangMedia: http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/index.html

On Demand English: http://www.ondemand-english.com/

Online Mandarin Chinese Program (Michigan State Unviersity): http://ott.educ.msu.edu/confucius/test4/programs.asp

Language Translation Resources:

Babelfish: http://babelfish.altavista.com/ and http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Learning Object Repositories:

Connexions (from Rice University): http://cnx.org/

Jorum (UK; teaching and learning materials): http://www.jorum.ac.uk/

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT): http://www.merlot.org/

Literature Resources:

Complete Works of William Shakespeare: http://wild-turkey.mit.edu/Shakespeare/

Google Book (the writings of Charles Darwin):

http://books.google.com/books?q=darwin

Google Book (the writings of John Dewey):

http://books.google.com/books?q=dewey

Google Book (the complete plays of William Shakespeare): http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/

Poets: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/6

Poetry teaching ideas: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/85

Romantic Poetry Project: http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:8668/space/snipsnap-index

Music-Related Resources:

Musical Acoustics Training: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/

Online Mentoring and Coaching:

Ask a Mad Scientist: http://www.madsci.org/

Ask Dr. Global Change: http://www.gcrio.org/doctorgc/index.php

Ask Dr. Universe: http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/

ePALS Classroom Exchange: http://www.epals.com/

IECC: http://www.iecc.org/

International Education and Resource Network (iEARN): http://www.iearn.org/

MentorNet (for engineering, science, and mathematics): http://www.mentornet.net/

My Language Exchange: http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/

NetMentors.org (for teen mentoring): http://netmentors.org/

Write to Dr. Math: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ask/

Online Tutorials:

pubMed tutorial: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m1001.html

Podcasting and Vodcasting:

The Daily Source Code (Adam Curry): http://dailysourcecode.podshow.com/

Education Podcast Network (EPN): http://epnWeb.org/

Learning 2006 University (from Elliott Masie): http://www.learning2006.com/university

NPR podcast directory (Beta): http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

Podcast Alley: http://www.podcastalley.com/

Podcasting News: http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/link_6.htm

Podcast.net: http://www.podcast.net/cat/47

Podcast directory: http://www.podcast.net/

SonoSite ultasound training: http://www.sonosite.com/trainingmodules/

Reading and Writing Resources:

National Council of Teaching of English: http://www.ncte.org/

Reading and Writing on the Web (from NCTE): http://www.ncte.org/collections/Weblit

Classroom Practices: Research on the Web (from NCTE): http://www.ncte.org/collections/Weblit/strategies/117192.htm

Oh, What a Tangled Web We’ve Woven: Helping Students Evaluate Web Resources (from NCTE): http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Free/Journals/ej/EJ0891What.pdf

Synchronous Conferencing/Virtual Classrooms

Acrobat Connect Professional (formerly known as “Breeze”): http://www.macromedia.com/software/breeze/

Centra (from Saba): http://www.saba.com/centra-saba/

Elluminate™ Live! ™: http://www.elluminate.com/

HorizonWimba: http://www.horizonwimba.com/

Interwise: http://www.interwise.com/

LiveMeeting (from Microsoft): http://www.microsoft.com/uc/livemeeting/default.mspx

WebEx: http://www.Webex.com/

Webinar: http://www.nten.org/Webinars

Technology Tools:

Captivate: http://www.adobe.com/products/captivate/

Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp?CMP=KgoogleCStm

Flash: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/

WebQuests and Scavenger Hunts:

Scavenger hunts: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/Scavenger.html

WebQuest Lesson Template: http://Webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html

WebQuest Portal: http://Webquest.org/

WebQuest Template: http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuestTemplate/Webquesttemp.htm

Chapters Four and Five: Reflective and Observational Learning

General Web Resources

Anatomy and Physiology Websites: http://science.nhmccd.edu/BioL/ap1.html

Computer Assisted Learning Method (CALM): http://calm.indiana.edu/

Hot Potato from Half-Baked Software: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

Human Anatomy self tests (Dr. James Strauss): http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/biology29.htm

MedCases: http://optionstraining.org/login

Muscular System (self test): http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/musc/muscular.htm

Collaborative Writing Tools:

Groove: http://www.groove.net/home/index.cfm

Windows Sharepoint: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/V2/default.mspx

Online Group Tools or Sites:

Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/

MSN Groups: http://groups.msn.com/

Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/

Online Learner Reading Checklists

Distance Learning Reading Checklist (from the Nursing Program at the University of Alabama at Huntsville): http://onlinenurse.nb.uah.edu/distance/online/readiness_list.htm

Distance Learning Self-Assessment (from Manatee Community College): http://www.mccfl.edu/Self_Assessment/Self_Assessment.cfm

Online Readiness Checklist (San Juan College) http://www.sjc.cc.nm.us/documents/DistanceLearning/stu_or.htm

Perception from Questionmark: http://www.questionmark.com/us/perception/

Podcast Tours:

Indianapolis Museum of Art: http://www.ima-digital.org/podcast/spurse/

Smithsonian American Art Museum: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/interact/gallery/coverage.cfm

Walker Art Museum (Minneapolis): http://newmedia.walkerart.org/aoc/index.wac

Stephen’s Web: http://www.downes.ca/

Blogging Software

Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/

Diaryland: http://www.diaryland.com/

Live Journal: http://www.sixapart.com/livejournal/

Movable Type: http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/

Pitas: http://www.pitas.com/

TypePad: http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/pricing

Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/

Other Social Networking Software:

Classmates: http://www.classmates.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/

Friendster: http://www.friendster.com/

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/

Orkut: http://www.orkut.com/GLogin.aspx?done=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orkut.com%2F

Tribes: http://www.tribe.net/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/

Portfolio Tools and Resources:

Avenet Web Solutions (efolio); http://www.avenet.net/

Chalk and Wire: http://www.chalkandwire.com/

The Electronic Portfolio Consortium: http://www.eportconsortium.org/

ePortaro: http://www.eportaro.com/

Helen Barrett’s Electronic Portfolios: http://electronicportfolios.com/

LiveText: http://college.livetext.com/college/index.html

McGraw-Hill’s Folio Live: http://www.foliolive.com/

NuVentive: http://www.nuventive.com/; e.g. iWebfolio: http://www.nuventive.com/products_iWebfolio.html

PebblePad: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/eportfolio/

Task Stream: http://www.taskstream.com/pub/; e.g., Electronic Portfolios: http://www.taskstream.com/pub/electronicportfolio.asp

Process Writing from the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL): http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/instrctn/in5lk11.htm

Tegrity: http://www.tegrity.com/

Useful URLs for E-Moderators from e-Moderators: http://www.atimod.com/e-moderating/links.shtml

Weblogg-ed (blog by Will Richardson): http://www.Weblogg-ed.com/

Writing Across the Curriculum in the Disciplines (Purdue University Online Writing Lab): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/WAC/

Chapter Six and Seven: Visual Learning

General Resources:

Active Worlds: http://www.activeworlds.com/

Active Worlds and Education: http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/index.asp

DNA from the Beginning: http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

E-Read Ohio: http://www.readingfirstohio.org/?pid=6

The GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Project: http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html

Google Blog Search: http://blogsearch.google.com/

International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda): http://www.icograda.org/Web/

Icograda Education Network: http://www.education.icograda.net/Web/home.shtml

Inquiry Learning Forum: http://ilf.crlt.indiana.edu/

Interactive Autopsy: http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/interactive/#

International Council of Graphic Design Associations: http://www.icograda.org/Web/

The Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Kids as Global Scientists: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mlhartma/kgs.html

Learnbydoing: http://www.learningbydoing.net/

Mathematics Visualization Toolkit: http://www.cfkeep.org/html/snapshot.php?id=83229305765805

Omnium Project: http://www.omnium.edu.au/project/

Omnium Project (Creative Waves component): http://www.omnium.edu.au/promo/creativewaves/

Onmium Project Photomedia Examples:

http://www.omnium.edu.au/project/galleries/creativewaves2005/photomedia/

Technorati: http://www.technorati.com/

Valley of the Shadows: http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

Virtual Autopsy (from the University of Leicester, UK): http://www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va/welcome.html

Adventure Blogging and Interactive Expeditions:

Adventure Weather: http://www.adventureweather.com/

Ben Saunders: http://www.bensaunders.com/2004_expedition.htm

ExplorersWeb (see http://www.explorersWeb.com/)

Mount Everest: http://www.mounteverest.net/

Mark Fennell: http://www.markfennell.com/

Mark Fennell sample video: http://www.markfennell.com/video/arktica/index.html

Mark Fennel sample adventure: http://www.markfennell.com/panoramas/frames.php?pan=http://www.markfennell.com/adventure/arctic/index.html&lat=90.0000&long=90.0000

Mount Everest: http://www.mounteverest.net/

The Oceans: http://www.theoceans.net/

One World Expeditions: http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/

Polar Quest Ambassadors: http://polarquest.co.uk/polar_ambassadors.php

The Poles (see http://thepoles.com/)

Concept Mapping Tools:

BrainMine Standard (from Neural Matters): http://www.neuralmatters.com/

Cmap tools (University of Western Florida): http://cmap.ihmc.us/

Freemind: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Inspiration: http://www.inspiration.com/

Kidspiration: http://www.inspiration.com/productinfo/kidspiration/index.cfm

Mind Genius: http://www.mindgenius.com/Website/presenter.aspx#topofpage

MindManager (from MindJet); http://www.mindjet.com/us/

MindMapper: http://www.mindmapper.com/

Visual Mind: http://www.visual-mind.com/wv.htm?0015

Visual Understanding Environment (i.e., VUE from Tufts University) http://vue.tccs.tufts.edu/

Interactive News and News Documentaries:

Andrew Revkin, New York Times (Postcards from the Arctic): http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/sciencereport/index.html

Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/andrew_c_revkin/
Andrew C. A scene from the Ice Age: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/001450.php
Behind the Scenes: NYTimes’ multimedia reporter: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000887.php

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Building Bodies (Becoming Human) (explorative): http://www.becominghuman.org/

CNN Videos (see also Video Resources and Portals): http://www.cnn.com/video/

Enron Example (narrative): http://www.msnbc.com/modules/enron/

How Tornados Form (instructive): http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tornado/default.asp

Oil: A Travelogue of Addiction (Chicago Tribune): http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/broadband/chi-oilsafari-html,0,7894741.htmlstory

LA Times: Altered Oceans: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-oceans-series,0,7842752.special

Printing Process: http://www.moma.org/whatisaprint/flash.html

Web Log of Interactive Narratives: http://www.interactivenarratives.org/

Lesson Plan Sites

Busy Teachers’ WebSite K-12: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

CEC Lesson Plans: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

Discovery School (Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators): http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Education World: http://www.education-world.com/

Edutopia Instructional Modules (George Lucas Education Foundation): http://www.edutopia.org/foundation/courseware.php

Funderstanding: http://www.funderstanding.com/constructivism.cfm

Lesson Plans Page: http://teachers.net/

New York Times Learning Network (includes Daily Lesson Plan): http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

PBS TeacherSource: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/index.htm

Teachers.net: http://teachers.net/

Teachers Helping Teachers: http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

Teaching Tipcs: http://www.teachingtips.com/

Tech Learning: http://techlearning.com/

Library and Museum Portals:

LibraryShare: http://www.libraryshare.com/

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline of History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm?HomePageLink=toah_l

The Museum of Online Museums (MoOM): http://www.coudal.com/moom.php

Theban Mapping Project: http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

Timeline Tools:

JRR Tolkien’s Oxford (a timeline): http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/tolkientour/index.html

Learning Tools Project (University of British Columbia) http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/timeline.htm

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

ReadWriteThink, a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the

TeAch-nology: http://www.teach-nology.com/Web_tools/materials/timelines/ (K-12)

Video Resources and Portals:

Alan Kay (Google Video): Education in the Digital Age: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1109203988787201616&q=alan+kay

BBC News: Video and Audio: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/default.stm

CNN.com Video (see also Interactive News and News Documentaries): http://www.cnn.com/video/

Google Video: http://video.google.com/

Harvard Business School (December 16, 2002). Moving Beyond the Classroom With Executive Education: Distance Learning: What the Experts Think (view 2-3 of the videos) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=3217&sid=0&pid=0&t=innovation

MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/index.php

Thomas Friedman’s MIT World lecture, “The World id Flat”: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/266/

TeacherTube: http://www.teachertube.com/

Yahoo! Video: http://video.search.yahoo.com/

You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/index

Virtual Archeology:

Digital Archeology: http://www.digital-archaeology.com/

Discover Babylon: http://www.discoverbabylon.org/index.asp

UCLA Cultural VR Lab: http://www.cvrlab.org/

Virtual Archeology: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/virtual/

Virtual Archeology portal: http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/virtual.htm

Virtual Field Trips:

How to create a virtual tour: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=6018

Internet4Classrooms Virtual Fieldtrips: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm

Virtual Field Trips: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips2.htm

Virtual Field Trips at Tramline: http://www.field-guides.com/vft/index.htm

Virtual Field Trip of Nova Scotia: http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/field/start.htm

Virtual Hawaii: http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/virtual.field.trips.html

Virtual Tours and Field Trips: http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html

Virtual Tours:

The British Museum: http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/explore/online_tours.aspx

Smithsonian: National Museum of Natural History: http://www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/index.html

US Capital Virtual Tour: http://www.senate.gov/vtour/index.html

Virtual Tour of Antarctica: http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/

Virtual Tour of the Louvre: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en

Virtual Tour of Oxford: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/

Virtual Tour of the Sun: http://www.michielb.nl/sun/

Virtual Jerusalem Tour:

http://www.md.huji.ac.il/vjt/

Chapters Eight and Nine: Hands-On Learning

General Resources:

Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/

Flabusi: http://www.fablusi.com/

Free Online Games: http://puzzle-games.freeonlinegames.com/

Human Intelligence: http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/index.shtml

Puzzlemaker (from Discovery School): http://puzzlemaker.com/

Role Play Controversy: http://www.trainingshare.com/download/roles.doc

Romantic Audience Project: http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:8668/space/snipsnap-index

VideoPaper Builder 3: http://vpb.concord.org/?version=print

Writer’s Window: http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/

Case-Based and Scenario Learning:

Biz/ed: http://www.bized.ac.uk/index.htm

Harvard Business School Cases: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/cases/cases_home.jhtml

MedCases: http://www.medcases.com/Physician/cme_portal.asp

Real-time case method: http://www.sloan-c.org/effective/details2.asp?ACC_ID=32

WisdomTools: http://wisdomtools.com/

Digital Storytelling:

Center for Digital Storytelling: http://www.storycenter.org/

Digital Storytelling (from Helen Barrett): http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/

Elements of Digital Storytelling: http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/

E-Learning Reports in K-12 and Higher Education

Educause: http://www.educause.edu/

Edutopia (George Lucas Education Foundation): http://www.edutopia.org/

Hewlett Foundation: Program in Open Educational Resources (OER): http://www.hewlett.org/Programs/Education/OER/openEdResources.htm

Pew Internet and American Life Project: http://www.pewinternet.org/

The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C): http://www.sloan-c.org/

E-learning Development, Evaluation, and Consultation for Corporate Training:

Allen Interactions: http://www.alleni.com/

Arjuna Multimedia: http://www.arjunamultimedia.com/

Brandon Hall Research: http://www.brandon-hall.com/

Chapman Alliance: http://www.chapmanalliance.com/

CourseShare, LLC: http://www.trainingshare.com/

Dublin Consulting: http://www.lancedublin.com/

eLearning Guild: ttp://www.eLearningGuild.com

Granato and Associates: http://www.granatogroup.com/

Handshaw, Inc.: http://www.handshaw.com/default.asp

Hezel and Associates: http://www.hezel.com/index.html

InSync Training: http://www.insynctraining.com/

Learning Times: http://www.learningtimes.net/certified.shtml

Marc Rosenberg and Associates: http://marcrosenberg.com/

The Masie Center: http://www.masie.com

Option Six: http://www.optionsix.com/

The Thiagi Group: http://www.thiagi.com/

William Horton Consulting: http://www.horton.com/html/home.aspx

Online Simulations and Labs:

Beetle Science: http://explore.cornell.edu/scene.cfm?scene=Beetle%20Science

BioKids (Kids inquiry of diverse species): http://www.biokids.umich.edu/

BrainPop: http://www.brainpop.com/

Cells alive!: http://www.cellsalive.com/

Chemistry Online (University of Oxford): http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/it/

Engineering Lab (National University of Singapore Internet Remote Experimentation): http://vlab.ee.nus.edu.sg/vlab/

General Chemistry Online: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml

Halo: http://www.microsoft.com/games/halo/

Halo 2: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo2/

Human Embryology Animations: http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/embryo_main/index.html

The GLOBE Program: http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html

IrYdium Project (online chemistry): http://iry.chem.cmu.edu/irproject/

IT Manager Game 2.0 (from Intel): http://itmg2.intel.com/eng/

Learn Anywhere Anytime Physics (LAAP): http://www.laaphysics.org/

Lab Physics: http://lab-physics.com/

Lyryx Learning: htt