Awesome Civil War Website w/Multimedia

Greetings all! Hope you’re enjoying winter break.

Came across this site and thought I’d share, but most of you history types probably already know about it.

Leave it to PBS to come up with such a great educational resource. But this site goes way beyond a simple place to go for information. It’s got three main sections:

Telling Details: . . . → Read More: Awesome Civil War Website w/Multimedia

EdHeads.org: Activate Your Scientific Mind!

Happy Thursday everyone … ready to head back to school yet? :)

Just came across this great site – http://www.edheads.org/ – it is an award-winning collection of science-themed interactive activities that educate while they entertain. There are only a few activities but they are very high quality! The Odd Machine is really neat (and funny, too) … . . . → Read More: EdHeads.org: Activate Your Scientific Mind!

FreeFoto.com – Free Photos (No! Really?)

Hi everyone! Enjoying the winter break? Hope so!
Just ran across another cool resource and had to share:

http://www.freefoto.com/

This site is massive, featuring almost 79,000 images in 2,656 categories … all are high-resolution, presentation-ready images. Even better, the pictures often come with explanatory snippets with interesting, fun facts about the subject. Check . . . → Read More: FreeFoto.com – Free Photos (No! Really?)

Writely.com – The Web Word Processor!

* IMPORTANT UPDATE *
The Writely.com Privacy Policy indicates that the service is only for users who are at least 13 years old, to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Sorry for not mentioning this sooner. Mea culpa! -kj-

Happy holidays everyone!

Here’s my first of what will hopefully be more than one (HA!) blog entry . . . → Read More: Writely.com – The Web Word Processor!

Teaching Astronomy? Download Stellarium!

Just came across this amazing piece of software – open source, completely free – that allows you to run your own planetarium on a PC. I kid you not! Stellarium (http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/) is an AMAZING program that renders realisitic skies (day or night) in real time. It presents images so real you will think you are either . . . → Read More: Teaching Astronomy? Download Stellarium!

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