The Resources for Historians section features nearly 60 links to different documents, scholarly journals, and other useful, history-oriented materials.
The site's administrator, Steven Kreis, has also included syllabi from 11 different community college courses he taught between 1990 and 2006.
Library of Congress: The U.S. Library of Congress is one of the most expansive publication and document collections in the world, and the institution's official site is filled with digital books and excerpts, maps, and other helpful resources for students.
Specific collections available online include ‘Veterans History‘, ‘Historic Newspapers‘, ‘Prints and Photographs‘, and ‘Sound Recordings‘.
The site also features links to the American Folklife Center, World Digital Library, and other programs and resources associated with the Library of Congress.
Eleven blogs are featured on-site, and five downloadable apps are available for smartphone and tablet users.
Best of History: This site (administered by EdTeacher Inc.) features links to more than 1,200 history-oriented websites. Special sections are dedicated to particularly significant periods, such as World War II and the 2012 Presidential Election.
Also included on-site: sections featuring sample lesson plans and games/interactive activities for students.
Busuu: Once users have registered on Busuu, they will have the opportunity to learn 12 different languages (including English) from teachers who are also native speakers. The site boasts a membership of roughly 40 million people worldwide.
Courses are designed by certified teachers who have experience creating effective, language-learning lesson plans.
Coffee: This site abides by a less conventional format: registered users essentially search for ‘buddies' that speak the languages they would like to learn, and then conduct language exchanges with the people they meet. Account-holders can choose their specialty or specialties from a list of more than 100 languages, allowing users to learn languages not offered on sites like the two listed above.
The site's ‘Phrase Maker‘ tool provides accurate translations between the user's native language and the language they are attempting to learn.
The user's proficiency level will increase after successful completion of on-site vocabulary and grammar tests.
PaperStarter: This site features study guides for more than 140 novels, plays, poetry collections, biographies/autobiographies, and other works frequently assigned to contemporary students. Each guide features essay topics, notable quotes, and miscellaneous other information about the work in question.
The on-site Resources section features an essay guide, SAT writing tips, and other useful links for college-level writers and readers.
The User's Guide to PaperStarter includes some helpful hints for using the site to effectively supplement English/literature-oriented coursework.
Text-related articles are included in some of the study guides; the Othello guide, for instance, features links to articles like ‘Perception of Race in Othello by Shakespeare‘ and ‘The Power of Words & Language in Hamlet and Othello by William Shakespeare.'
Web English Teacher: This site is essentially an aggregation of articles, study guides, and other online resources for English students. In addition to links specifically related to a particular field or genre of English literature (the list for April reflects ‘National Poetry Month'), Web English Teacher houses its content in searchable categories, such as Children's Literature, Journalism, and Mythology.
Chalkdust, the site's official blog, covers topics related to English studies, as well as online learning and researching.
TAUxThe site's robust Twitter account boasts more than 18,000 followers, and uploads several posts per day.
The Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate section contains links for those who do not qualify as typical college-level learners.
Bartleby: Free-of-charge and chock-full of content, Bartleby allows users to search for information about various fiction, nonfiction, verse, and other published works. The site's offerings include a full digital version of the classic medical textbook, Gray's Anatomy, and fully transcribed versions of 70 different works included in the Harvard Classics collection.
Full versions of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Oxford's Shakespeare, Strunk's Elements of Style, and other time-honored texts are also available in full.
Visitors may buy books published on Bartleby or download free e-book versions for their electronic reading device.
This collection of lesson plans touches on mathematics at all grade levels, from elementary-level arithmetic to advanced disciplines like calculus and trigonometry. The site features calculators, study plans and sample tests, games, and other learning materials.
The Math Tutoring section includes tips for finding a tutor, evaluating his/her methods, and retaining long-term tutorial services.
The Math Tutoring section includes tips for finding a tutor, evaluating his/her methods, and retaining long-term tutorial services.
Math Help: With the tagline ‘Your Personal Math Teacher,' Math Help is geared toward online learners who struggle in particular areas of the subject. Live study sessions, practice problems, tests, and graded report cards are all included.
Specific sections target math for elementary and secondary students, community college enrollees, and individuals currently studying for collegiate entrance exams.
The Textbook Search tool allows users to find lesson plans that correspond to their specific assignments.
PatrickJMT (Just Math Tutorials): The administrator of this site (a college-level math instructor with nearly a decade of experience) provides an extensive collection of instructional videos for thousands of basic mathematical operations.
The offerings include nearly 400 guides for algebra, 275 for calculus, and just over 150 for trigonometry.
Most videos range between 6 and 10 minutes, providing a clear explanation of the subject at hand.
A search tool allows users to find videos pertaining to specific operations or functions.
Science World: The guides on this site are divided into five categories: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Mathematics, and Biography. Each was created by researchers from Wolfram using Mathematica software, and are available to users free-of-charge.
Many guides feature .GIF images, 3D animation, and other high-resolution media resources.
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