Internet for Music is a free online tutorial to help university students develop their Internet research skills.Learn how to make discerning use of the Internet to help find information for your coursework and assignments.
SWoRD is a web-based reciprocal peer review system. In less fancy terms, students turn their class papers into SWoRD, which then assigns this paper to three to six peers in the class. The peers grade the paper and give advice for how to improve it. Students revise the paper and turn it back in to SWoRD, which distributes the paper to the same peers for final review. SWoRD determines the accuracy of the ratings through a complex process of separating out different kinds of bias in grading.
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and...
The International Honorary for Professions in Technology, Epsilon Pi Tau, sponsors the JOTS so that it can provide an "open forum for the exchang of relevant ideas in the field of Technology Studies. The online version has all the text and graphics published in the paper version.
There was a time once when creating web forms was a big pain for webmasters. Then came JotForm, first web based WYSIWYG form builder, and turned into a joy. Today JotForm has over 500,000 users. JotForm is a free web form builder. For basic usage, up to 100 submissions/month, you can use JotForm fully. No crippleware. No ads. Just what you need. When you need to create forms quickly, JotForm is your best friend. We don't waste your time with things like registration. Just point your browser to jotform.com, create your form and post it on your web site. Literally in minutes!
Brain: The Inside Story | American Museum of Natural History
The brain is quite flexible and resilient, and this online exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History explores both of these traits, along with looking at current research into how the brain works. This website offers a nice complement to the in situ exhibit, and visitors can make their way through five sections, including "Your Sensing Brain", "Your Emotional Brain", and "Your 21st Century Brain". Each of these sections includes short answers to crucial questions about the brain's functions and activities, such as "Why do memories exist?" In the "Videos" area, found on the right hand...
Would you like to develop an iPhone or Android application? If so, it just got much easier with the Buzztouch content management system. Visitors don't need to know any coding, and after creating a Buzztouch account they can get started building their own application. Visitors should look over the "How Buzztouch Works" area to get acclimated to the program and they should also check out the "FAQ" section. This version is compatible with all operating systems and users will need to have access to an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone to test their application's functionality.
Apparently one of the co-founders of Bridg.me was never on time for meetings and conferences, so this handy website was created to solve the problem. Visitors just need to register online, put a meeting in their Google Calendar, and the conference will call them at the appointed hour and minute. It's quite easy to use and it's compatible with all operating systems.
Technology Explained - ABC Technology and Games (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The ABC Technology Explained initiative aims to dispel the myths around new technologies and devices, and explore the kinds of journeys and possibilities they can and will take us on in an ever-changing, technology driven world.
Glogster – Poster Yourself | Text, Images, Music and Video
Glogster is a revolutionary way of expressing your moods, feelings, and ideas, and it goes miles beyond text or video! Creating a Glog lets you express all those things you haven’t been able to describe in words. It opens the door to a whole new world of communication – just choose a background, throw in some shapes and characters from our galleries, add text, your own videos or photos, and perhaps a pinch of music, and there it is! In just a few minutes, you can make a digital poster, a colorful medley of ideas reflecting your own special style.
The Stanford Copyright & Fair Use site has an emphasis on copyright issues especially relevant to the education and library community, including examples of fair use and policies. Useful copyright charts and tools are continually added to help users evaluate copyright status and best practices.
The Interactive Circle of Fifths ("the Circle" for short) is a tool designed to help musicians to: (a) figure out the key of a piece of music, (b) easily transpose music to a different key, (c) compose new music, and (d) understand key signatures, scales, and modes.
Enter text and have it manipulated to appear upside down. The upside down text can then be copy and pasted into an email message, text message, Twitter post, etc.
The finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown. This site has many of the surviving shows, and will eventually have all of them.