Below you will find:
* APA Style (guidance on citing references)
* Free Public Domain eBooks and Audiobooks
* Great Websites
* Recursos para Estudiantes de Español/Resources for Students of Spanish
* Research Resources
Teachers often require students to use "APA Style" for formatting reports and research papers. "APA Style" refers to the style manual developed by the American Psychological Association. Here is the APA Style website, where you will find clear explanations of how to cite websites, and how to format reference lists (a "reference list" is similar to but not exactly the same thing as a bibliography, as a bibliography is supposed to list all references consulted, including those not used in the paper, while a "reference list" includes only those actually used. Teachers generally make no distinction between the two), tables of contents, title pages, and so on.
Free Public Domain eBooks and Audiobooks
* APA Style (guidance on citing references)
* Free Public Domain eBooks and Audiobooks
* Great Websites
* Recursos para Estudiantes de Español/Resources for Students of Spanish
* Research Resources
APA Style
Teachers often require students to use "APA Style" for formatting reports and research papers. "APA Style" refers to the style manual developed by the American Psychological Association. Here is the APA Style website, where you will find clear explanations of how to cite websites, and how to format reference lists (a "reference list" is similar to but not exactly the same thing as a bibliography, as a bibliography is supposed to list all references consulted, including those not used in the paper, while a "reference list" includes only those actually used. Teachers generally make no distinction between the two), tables of contents, title pages, and so on.
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Free Public Domain eBooks and Audiobooks
Two wonderful, noble endeavors which everyone should know about are Project Gutenberg and LibriVox. These San Francisco-based crowd-sourcing projects seek to make public-domain literature available to everyone—for free. In essence, “public domain” works are those which are not under copyright protection. As a rule of thumb, as of 2012, works first published before 1923 are in the public domain—in most cases. This includes an enormous number of works that students typically read in school, such as The Odyssey, The Scarlet Letter, the plays of William Shakespeare, the works of Dickens, Poe, Whitman, Jane Austen, and thousands more. These projects depend on volunteers to scan books, in the case of Project Gutenberg, and to record audiobooks, in the case of LibriVox. I myself am a LibriVox reader; links to some of my recordings appear below. So, here are your links:
To read free ebooks, visit Project Gutenberg.
To listen to free audiobooks, visit LibriVox.
Jon reading “To An Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman (scroll down the alphabetical list)
Jon reading “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Alan Poe (scroll down to No. 16 in the collection)
Jon reading “The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll (scroll down the alphabetical list)
Enjoy!
“Best Of History” portal. This isn’t a recommendation exactly, because “best of history” is not a content site but a portal that offers links to 1,200 history websites.
History.com. Worthwhile site featuring lots of videos from The History Channel. Just choose the tab “Topic” and select from the menu of “Video Categories.”
Forum, a super discussion program on KQED and other public stations. Check out this episode, Bringing Extinct Species Back To Life—another case of science fiction approaching science fact.
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Great Websites
The Internet has ushered in a glorious era in which every computer user can obtain access to an astonishing wealth of information. On the other hand, the Internet is a daunting place to visit, for, to spin the words of Thomas Jefferson, all websites are not created equal. With that in mind, I’d like to share a list of my favorite education–oriented websites, sites which students can rely upon as trustworthy, scholarly sources of information.
“Best Of History” portal. This isn’t a recommendation exactly, because “best of history” is not a content site but a portal that offers links to 1,200 history websites.
History.com. Worthwhile site featuring lots of videos from The History Channel. Just choose the tab “Topic” and select from the menu of “Video Categories.”
Forum, a super discussion program on KQED and other public stations. Check out this episode, Bringing Extinct Species Back To Life—another case of science fiction approaching science fact.
Maps Of War. This website has some very cool video maps which show the how the march of history has changed the world map over time. The map “Imperial History of the Middle East,” for instance, is a ninety–second video map showing the successive empires that have controlled the Middle East and North Africa over thousands of years.
How Stuff Works. A hall of fame site, in my opinion, with a vast video library explaining, well, how things work, in a way that goes beyond what words alone can accomplish. Type in “cloning” or “TV” or anything else you can think of, and learn.
Live Science. This is an ultra-cool science site. For fun, take the Amazing Earth Facts quiz on the homepage:
My Science Academy. This is an absolutely amazing, ultra–cool website guaranteed to stimulate students’ interest in science. Begin with this page of amazing “science fictions–that–became–science–facts” recently, then return to the home page to explore to your heart’s content.
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NASA’s Astronomy Picture Of The Day archive. This site features phenomenal images of near and deep space.
Speaking of space, check out this site to experience "A tediously accurate map of the solar system." When we see representations of the sun and its satellite planets in books, the sun and planets all look comfortably close. But that is not at all how it is. The distance between these bodies is mind-bogglingly great, and space is, indeed, mostly space.
National Geographic Magazine website. The esteemed print magazine has an equally admirable website loaded with wonderful articles about the Earth and its inhabitants:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ The site’s archaeology section is quite worthwhile too.
New York Times website. This is one of the few great American newspapers left, possibly the greatest. The reporting standards are high (notwithstanding a notable reporting scandal a few years back), and the writing quality is of the highest. This should be a go-to reference for researching current events, or simply learning more about the news of the day.
The Poetry Foundation website is an amazing resource. You can find thousands of peoms on the site, including most you are apt to read in school, and you can find audio recordings and video recordings of quite a few. Poetry really is best experienced read aloud, because then the magic of the words comes alive.
Science Friday. Science Friday is an outstanding general science program presented weekly on National Public Radio. The website is outstanding too.
Scientific American Magazine website. This is a fabulous, searchable site with a vast archive of scientific articles. Incidentally, I strongly urge you to consider subscribing to this great publication:
Happy Surfing!
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Recursos para Estudiantes de Español/Resources for Students
of Spanish
Queridos estudiantes,
Aquí están unos recursos fantasticos! Les presento en inglés
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Fundamental Resources
Reverso.
This is a superb English–to–Spanish and Spanish–to–English dictionary, and much
more. For each defined Spanish word, you will find numerous examples furnished
by the producers of “el sitio web” and by the community of users. And there is a fantastic verb
conjugator. ¡Conjugaremos ahora!
StudySpanish.com
is a wonderful resource. It has clear mini–lessons on various points of grammar as
well as quizzes on verbs and
other grammar issues that will really sharpen your skills.
Coffee Break
Spanish is great. It includes free downloadable podcasts
taking you through a complete course of Spanish grammar in a well planned,
enjoyable way.
Fun Stuff
Have fun with this rhyming
dictionary at Rimador.
¡El chico rico comió un burrito poquito!
La señorita poquita tiene un gatito bonito.
For more fun, check out this
web site of Spanish tongue twisters.
Como poco coco como,
poco coco compro.
Since I don't eat many coconuts, I don't buy many
coconuts.
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Research Resources
Google Books. This site allows you to sample pages or read entire free books relating to your research topic.
Google Scholar. This search site is designed to furnish links to credible sources of information.
