Friday, December 31, 2010

Maple Recipe Collection

" The Maple Recipe collection offers a unique glimpse at the variety in maple sugar and maple syrup use over the last half-century, as it is prominently featured in a range of dishes, from the sweet to the savory. The collection includes entrees, side dishes, appetizers, breads and desserts, and draws recipes from a variety of sources, including commercial cookbooks, regional cookbooks, and community cookbooks. Highlights of the collection include: a selection of recipes from Judith Jones, cookbook editor for Julia Child and part-time Vermont resident; published recipes from celebrated Vermont food establishments, including the Inn at Shelburne Farms, the Cobble House Inn, and the New England Culinary Institute; and recipes from community organizations, including local Vermont church groups, the Green Mountain Folklore Society, and the University of Vermont. The materials in this collection are a small sampling of the cookbook collection in the University of Vermont Libraries Department of Special Collections."

Source:
Maple Recipe Collection
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/getCollection.xql?pid=maplerecipes&title=Maple%20Recipe%20Collection

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Ad-Aware Free

"We have taken the security product millions of people know and trust one step further to give all users the power to protect themselves online. By combining Lavasoft's pioneer anti-spyware technology with traditional anti-virus protection, Ad-Aware Free now features complete malware protection, that won't slow your computer down! Ad-Aware Free Internet Security features real-time protection, advanced Genocode detection technology, rootkit protection, automatic updates, and much more — to ensure that you have the power to protect yourself online."

Source:
Ad-Aware Free - Download Internet Security Software with Antivirus & Spyware Removal - Lavasoft
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

NOVA | PBS

"An award-winning source for standards-based classroom resources in science, technology and engineering, from NOVA and other public television series."

Source:
NOVA | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Happy New Year Free Printable Greeting Cards Template

"New Years Day is the first day of every year. Let your friends and family know that you are thinking about them on New Years Day this year by giving them a personalized printable New Years greeting card. Below you'll find several printable New Years greeting cards that you can download and print out. The New Years greeting cards have New Years themed web graphics with illustrations of party scenes, confetti, and such. These Happy New Years Greetings are quarter page folded greeting cards. This means that you fold an 8 1/2 sheet of paper in half and fold again to create a single Happy New Years greeting card."

Source:
Happy New Year Free Printable Greeting Cards Template
http://www.hooverwebdesign.com/printable-happy-new-year-greeting-card.html

National Music Museum

"Founded in 1973 on the campus of
The
University of South Dakota
in Vermillion, the National Music Museum (NMM) & Center
for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is one of the great
institutions of its kind in the world. Its renowned collections, which
include more than 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments
from virtually all cultures and historical periods, are the most
inclusive anywhere."

Source:
Home Page for the National Music Museum
http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/index.html

Monday, December 27, 2010

User Script Compiler

"You may use this tool to create a Firefox extension (.xpi) from a greasemonkey script."

Source:
User Script Compiler
http://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler

Zotero

"Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself."

Source:
Zotero | Home
http://www.zotero.org/

Sunday, December 26, 2010

George Washington Carver Digital Collection

"George Washington Carver. Slave. Student. Researcher. Scholar. Teacher. Inventor. Icon. After receiving his education at Iowa Agricultural College (Iowa State University), Dr. Carver gained an international reputation during his career at Tuskegee University. His research resulted in the creation of 325 products from peanuts, more than 100 products from sweet potatoes, and hundreds more from a dozen other plants native to the South. These products contributed to rural economic improvement by offering alternative crops to cotton that were beneficial for the farmers and for the land. This digital collection contains images of Dr. Carver as well as letters and correspondence between Dr. Carver and Iowa State colleagues. The majority of correspondence is to Dr. Carver's mentor, Dr. Louis Pammel, on a variety of scientific topics. The George Washington Carver collection is housed in the Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library."

Source:
George Washington Carver Digital Collection
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/home.html

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Rag Linen - Online Museum of Historic Newspapers

"Rag Linen is an online museum and educational archive of rare and
historic newspapers, which serve as the first drafts of history and the
critical primary source material for historians, authors and educators. 
The collection also features some notable periodicals, documents,
broadsides and books."

Source:
Rag Linen | Online Museum of Historic Newspapers
http://raglinen.com/

Friday, December 24, 2010

Google eBookstore

"Access all your ebooks wirelessly, no matter where you go. Google eBooks stores your library in the digital cloud, so you can read all of your favorite books using just about any device with an Internet connection. Google eBooks is compatible with Android phones, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, web browsers and many supported eReaders. Whenever you open one of your books, we'll pick up right where you left off."

Source:
Google eBookstore
http://books.google.com/ebooks

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Awesome Highlighter

"Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page."

Source:
the Awesome Highlighter >> Highlight text on web pages
http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

ReSearch.ly - Instant Community

"Search tweets from around your town or around your country. Local knowledge can be far more insightful if you’re looking for somewhere great to eat or what people think about your local business. Discover what people around you find interesting and are retweeting. Join the conversation by replying or retweeting without having to leave the site. Search only for tweets from people in your community. If you’re an engineer, foodie or fashionista you can search for tweets just from other people in those communities. No need to look through irrelevant conversations. Local knowledge can be far more insightful if you’re looking for a great place to eat or what people think about your brand in a certain location."

Source:
ReSearch.ly - Instant Community
http://research.ly/

All Free Printables

"Three printable money gift cards with envelopes ... Three vintage Christmas cards with printable envelope ... Paper Christmas Trees ... Paper choir singers ornaments ... Paper Santa ornaments ... homemade by ... Christmas gift tags"

Source:
All Free Printables
http://www.allfreeprintables.com/

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dynamic Periodic Table

"Many other periodic tables use the word interactive to describe themselves while offering nothing more than links to pages of data about elements. Pages of data are fine, and Ptable "outsources" these writeups to other providers like Wikipedia and WebElements through the dropdown in the first tab. However, this is only offered as a convienence. Ptable shines when used as a true application, more interactive and dynamic than any standalone software. Please continue reading to learn about all the interesting things you can do with Ptable that make Mendeleev's creation come alive."

Source:
Dynamic Periodic Table
http://www.ptable.com/

Free Printables

"Print out unlimited copies of your favorite projects including art, deals, and greeting cards. Always free, always available! This is the most comprehensive site offering every kind of easily-printed activity that you can simply copy on your home computer! All free printables on this site are free for use for teachers, parents, schools, and personal use. They may not be used on other websites."

Source:
Free Printables Calendars, Cards, Coloring Pages, and Invitations
http://www.freeprintable.com/

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Unsubscribe from mailing lists at Unsubscribe.com

"Unclog with Unsubscribe.com * Powerful Software: Unsubscribe.com supports the most popular email clients and browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari for lightning quick inbox management. * Expert Review: Our team of Network Experts constantly review new types of mail being generated and identifies abusive marketers. * Quick Removal: Check off multiple emails at a time to Unsubscribe from, revisiting a brand new inbox."

Source:
Unsubscribe from mailing lists at Unsubscribe.com
http://www.unsubscribe.com/

Monday, December 20, 2010

Christmas Templates

"These templates can be used in all sorts of craft projects - including making your own Christmas cards, scrapbook layouts, fridge magnets, mobiles, bath foam shapes, Christmas tree decorations and much more!"

Source:
Christmas Templates
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/Christmas_templates.htm

Schoology - Your Digital Classroom

"Schoology is a free web-based learning management system (LMS) built on a social network. Schoology leverages the familiarity of popular social media tools to improve communication and collaboration. Schoology provides an enterprise level platform for individuals, schools, and districts free of charge, allowing institutions to focus on introducing new technologies rather than being limited by budget constraints."

Source:
Schoology - Your Digital Classroom
https://www.schoology.com/home.php

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Format Factory - Free media file format converter

"Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter. Provides functions below: All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF. All to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV. All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA. Rip DVD to video file , Rip Music CD to audio file. MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format. Supports RMVB,Watermark, AV Mux. Format Factory's Feature: 1 support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others. 2 Repair damaged video and audio file. 3 Reducing Multimedia file size. 4 Support iphone, ipod multimedia file formats. 5 Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags. 6 DVD Ripper. 7 Supports 56 languages. OS requirements: All Windows OS"

Source:
Format Factory - Free media file format converter
http://www.pcfreetime.com/index.html

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Population Reference Bureau

"PRB informs people from around the world and in the United
States about issues related to population, health, and the environment.
To do this, we transform technical data and research into accurate,
easy-to-understand information. Innovative Tools. PRB's wallcharts, including the World Population Data Sheet and the Map of Persistent Child Poverty in the U.S., are searchable via our DataFinder Web tool and make accurate demographic information accessible to a wide audience. Influential Reports. Health workers in the developing world
use PRB's report on cervical cancer prevention, created in collaboration
with the global health nonprofit PATH, to design successful screening
programs. PRB and the Russell Sage Foundation published The American People: Census 2000, 14 reports that describe America in the year 2000. Unbiased Policy Analysis. For more than 20 years, PRB has
hosted a monthly seminar series focused on the policy implications of
population issues, including the color line in American society and
HIV/AIDS in India. Online Resources. PRB's website offers full text of all PRB publications, including our respected Population Bulletins
and Web-exclusive data and analysis on world issues ranging from aging
to family planning. Our Center for Public Information on Population
Research puts new population research findings into context for
journalists and policymakers."

Source:
About the Population Reference Bureau - Population Reference Bureau
http://prb.org/About.aspx

Friday, December 17, 2010

Timeglider

"Create, share, and publish zooming/panning interactive timelines. Timeglider is great for history classes, project planning, genealogy, and more. It's like Google Maps, but for time. "

Source:
Timeglider: Web-based Timeline Software
http://timeglider.com/

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Scribophile

"Scribophile is a writing community where you get real, insightful feedback on your writing. Friends and family will always say your writing is great, even if it isn't. Other writing sites are full of people who only tell you "I like it" and nothing else. We're different: we guarantee at least 3 solid critiques on each work you post, and often more. You have to critique before you can post your own work, but if you're ready to get serious about your writing, Scribophile is the place to be."

Source:
Scribophile, the online writing workshop and writer's community
http://www.scribophile.com/

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

OneLook Dictionary Search

"Think of this web site as a search
engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation,
we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate
that word. If you don't know the right word to use, we'll help you find it.
No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 1000 online dictionaries
are indexed by the OneLook® search engine."

Source:
OneLook Dictionary Search
http://www.onelook.com/

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

iBreadCrumbs

"Interactive BreadCrumbs was created by two Cal State Fullerton entrepreneur students, Reuben Fine and Rey Marques. During their group research projects, they became extremely frustrated at the inefficiency and redundancy of gathering research and decided to solve the problem by creating iBreadCrumbs. They created this site in the hopes that students and researchers worldwide will be able to save and share their research with others in a fast and easy way."

Source:
iBreadCrumbs
http://www.ibreadcrumbs.com/information/aboutus/

Monday, December 13, 2010

TribalPages.com

"Build your Free Family Tree website online. Invite friends and family to view or update your site. Each private and secure website is loaded with Photos, Charts, Reports, Maps, Relationships, Events and Stories. Just add names of your relatives or import a GEDCOM file and instantly create your website. Your site can create custom newsletters for each member with birthday and anniversary reminders, recent site activity and send them out every two weeks. "

Source:
Family Trees | Genealogy | Free Family Tree - TribalPages.com
http://tribalpages.com/

Sunday, December 12, 2010

New Year templates

New Year templates from Microsoft Office online.

Source:
New Year templates - Templates - Microsoft Office
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT010256674.aspx

Christmas templates

Christmas templates from Microsoft Office online.

Source:
Christmas templates - Templates - Microsoft Office
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT010256659.aspx

eMOM: Supporting Our Military, One eMail at a Time

"Using eMail, eMOM provides a safe way for people to continue the tradition of "Any Service Member" mail with a much more personal touch. Service Members register with us for support and are matched with civilians who have registered to send and show their support to our troops."

Do it this season. It's better than ribbon-shaped magnets or flag decals on your car.

Source:
eMOM - Supporting Our Military, One eMail at a Time - Troop Support - Supporting Our Troops
http://www.emailourmilitary.com/about.html

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Joopz

"Two-Way “Web Texting” Joopz lets you send and receive text messages (SMS) from the Web to any mobile phone for free. A real-time history of all your conversations is included."

Source:
Joopz - Web Texting
http://www.joopz.com/

Friday, December 10, 2010

YAKiToMe!

"Free text to speech. Uses the world's best text to speech (TTS) software. Upload documents, cut and paste text or link to feeds. Text reader converts text to speech automatically. Download audio and podcasts. It's fast and easy to use. Get started right away! No software to download or install. Unlike all other TTS websites, YAKiToMe! is 100% free!"

Source:
Free Text To Speech (TTS) - YAKiToMe!
http://www.yakitome.com/

Thursday, December 9, 2010

slydial

"Dial 267-SLYDIAL (267-759-3425) from any landline or mobile phone. At the voice prompt, enter the U.S. mobile phone number of the person you want to slydial. You will be directly connected to their voicemail. Leave them a voicemail, sit back and relax."

Source:
Welcome – slydial
http://www.slydial.com/

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Larry Ferlazzo's World History Page

"This page is designed to support the textbook "Short Lessons in World History," though this website has no official connection to the text, its authors, or its publisher."

Source:
Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher
http://larryferlazzo.com/world%20history.html

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Paltalk Express

"Paltalk is the premier real-time, video-based chat community. With more than 4 million members and thousands of chat rooms to choose from on virtually every subject. Members interact with each other through real-time voice, text and video chat."

Source:
Try Paltalk Express - Access free chat rooms, IM and video chat - Paltalk
http://www.paltalk.com/express/

Monday, December 6, 2010

Text + Image + CSS3 = Crazy Delicious

"Safari and Firefox support CSS3's ::selection pseudo-element. Using that and PHP, this toy hides an image in plain view."

Source:
Text + Image + CSS3 = Crazy Delicious
http://metaatem.net/make_selection.php

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Favebot

"“FaveBot” is short for “Favorites Robot”. It’s a software agent (robot or bot) that works for you by continuously searching for “stuff” that you want to track. That “stuff” could be any of the following: events in your area; new music, DVD or book releases; news articles; blog posts; photos; podcasts; videos. ... After you sign up for an account, simply create a list of things you want to track. You can do that by going to the “Tracking List” tab and then clicking the “New Tracking” link. For example, if I wanted to track news & podcasts related to “software agent” I’d click the “New Tracking” link then enter my search term “software agent” in the “Topic” field and then I’d check the “in News” and “in Podcasts” checkboxes. What FaveBot finds (discovers) will be listed within the “Discoveries” tab."

Source: http://favebot.com/
FaveBot FAQ « Favebot Blog
http://favebot.wordpress.com/faq/

Saturday, December 4, 2010

WyzAnt Tutoring

"It's simple to find a qualified and experienced home tutor with WyzAnt Home Tutoring Services. Our more than 27,950 tutors in virtually all grade levels, core academic subjects, foreign languages, and test preparation have helped an incredible number of students reach their full potential as they dramatically improved their grades and college exam test scores. Our tutoring service offers affordable private tutoring for all ages - from kindergarten through adult. Many of our private tutors are certified to work with special needs students and some WyzAnt tutors even offer music and art lessons in a number of different areas."

Source:
Home Tutors - Find a Private Tutor | WyzAnt Tutoring
http://www.wyzant.com/Home.aspx

Friday, December 3, 2010

TeachStreet

"TeachStreet is a dynamic online community that brings motivated learners and talented teachers together. On one hand, this is a place where people who love to learn can find classes that are just right for them. On the other, we offer a public forum that helps teachers, coaches, and other experts share what they know. In the process, TeachStreet helps these experts grow their businesses with simple online tools they can use to promote their classes, workshops and special events. So they can then focus on what they do best—teach. In short, the TeachStreet team is a bunch of dreamers and tech geeks who want to encourage people to get away from their computers, get out into the real world, and learn something new. So we support that goal by helping people find experts in their own neighborhoods who can teach them face-to-face. TeachStreet is privately-funded and located in downtown Seattle, WA. We've formally launched in major cities all over the U.S. and are growing bigger all the time. In fact, customers have listed classes in more than 500 cities across the country. Joining TeachStreet is absolutely free, and it takes only a few minutes to register. Once you become a member, you can take advantage of all of TeachStreet's features and benefits"

Source:
About TeachStreet
http://www.teachstreet.com/about-teachstreet

Thursday, December 2, 2010

TEFL.net

"TEFL.net is written mainly in British English, taking the The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English as a reference. For American English we use Webster's New World College Dictionary as a reference. TEFL.net is part of the EnglishClub.com community. Like English Club, access to all parts of TEFL.net is free. But, unlike English Club, which provides resources both for students and for teachers of English, TEFL.net is designed exclusively for teachers. TEFL.net is your resource. Please feel free to use it in any way you wish to help you teach English. And please let us know what you think about TEFL.net and what you would like to see added."

Source:
About TEFL.net
http://www.tefl.net/about/index.htm

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

International Edubloggers Directory

"The purpose of this site is to develop an up to date directory of edubloggers from around the world and provide an easy way to find out what other edubloggers are blogging about. This site also includes a shared events calender and wiki site where members may add relevant dates and links to a central location, which will hopefully prove useful to all educators - both edubloggers and non edubloggers alike. I would encourage all members to contribute to these two areas as the more pooled information we have the better for everyone. Members may also contact others on the directory through a group email address. Hopefully everyone will enjoy using the site and be will able to make many useful connections. Please feel free to add any suggestions or recommendations for improvements by adding a comment."

Source:
International Edubloggers Directory: About
http://edubloggerdir.blogspot.com/2008/01/about.html