28 November 2006 04:00
Naturesongs Digital Recordings and Photos from Nature!
insects, animals, weather, water, birds, etc. and their sounds
28 November 2006 00:00
La FAQ d' ABFH et d' ABFHM
a French site with links to excellent animation, lots in 3D
HHMI's BioInteractive
by 1 otherexcellent science site with explanations and many visuals; interesting site design
A Research Guide for Students - Site Map
a very large portal for students and teachers, including how to search, formatting of research papers, and many content links
A Virtual Library of Useful URLs - Subject Headings Arranged by Dewey
some of the best education Web sites in a Virtual Library arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification System
jlesage's reviews
my tagcloud from stumbleupon; just discovered I could import my delicious tags and comments there. Stumbleupon is my newest obsessively visited site.
27 November 2006 22:00
Visuarios: broadcast your skills
how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by 1 othera very large historical archive, often from advertising, "to provide for all levels of possible viewer a visually orientated taxonomy of the ways in which pictures are used to tell stories." unique collection, also useful for many other purposes
eipcp.net
transversal is a multilingual web journal; interesting web design
Lists of Bests
by 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
27 November 2006 21:00
SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards
March 06; useful discursive comparison by judges of top contenders in each of many categories, which rhetorically can be used to teach students how to write about the Internet; sizeable honorable mention lists
Google Help : Web Search Features
If you click on About Google on its home page, you can get to this page which lists the multiple services Google offers, an amazing array.
Google Page Creator
by 4 othersgoogle tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface
27 November 2006 20:00
Office 2.0 Database
by 41 othersOct 06 list of numerous web2.0 apps related to office functions, plus links to reviews of them, when available.Effort to have all apps be on web and not desktop, including photo, sound, and video editing, web publishing, drawing.
27 November 2006 17:00
What Should I Read Next?
by 9 othersLike many web2.0 search sites, you tell it what you like and it builds a profile of your preferences. Film and entertainment addition in development.
Mojiti-video commentary software
by 11 othersuseful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
pixer.us :: online photo editor
by 18 othersI have not tried it yet but am interested in the arrival of word processing, video editing, and photo editing tools to the web. This one has an intuitive interface.
27 November 2006 15:00
INTERNET TREASURES OR VERY USEFUL LINKS... AND FREE TOOLS
by 10 othersPortal with wide variety of categories; most useful are the evaluative and descriptive annotations for each entry, so you can see how the possible "consumer opinion," for example, sites vary. Place to find free reference tools.
Free Fax • Free Internet Faxing
by 8 otherssend a free fax within the USA and Canada, PDF or Word files, maximum two per day or $1.99 per fax for more; I have not used it yet but it sounds promising
Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution
by 177 othersa web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes
group hug // anonymous online confessions
by 9 otherslike postsecrets but in prose; "type a note about a fault of your own, something you did or thought about and are not proud of"; filters out obvious lies, overtly vulgar, identifying specific others.
Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, TV Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Book Reviews - Metacritic.com
by 19 othersMetacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
Pew Internet: Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"
10/06 report from one of the major sources of information on Internet use in the United States
