Interesting Resources from the IRN - Issue 174
The Internet Resources Newsletter is an online compendium of interesting web sites and is published on a monthly basis. You can check out their web site, or subscribe to the newsletter in your email, if you prefer.Below are some resources I found of particular interest in the latest newsletter, and thought might be useful or interesting to other libraries. Please note that in no way are these resources affiliated with us, nor are we promoting them; as with anything on the web, ymmv.
80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1480
Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy.
CopyTaste
http://www.copytaste.com/
“CopyTaste enables you to create your own private URL with the data you wish to share with your friends or colleagues. You can paste codes, tips or stories into the text editor, upload an image or a video file, or share a video link from any video streaming site. And the best part is that you can do all of these at once without any registration required.”
Culture24
http://www.culture24.org.uk/home
Thousands of UK museums, galleries, archives and libraries, all in one place.
Eccellio Science
http://science.eccellio.com/
“Eccellio Science is fully dedicated to students and researchers that want to obtain fresh results and very focused on Science Matters, not just Wikipedia as it often happen, but accredited and specialized sites.“
Open source alternatives: Osalt.com
http://www.osalt.com/
Find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software.
Scoopler
http://www.scoopler.com/
“Scoopler is a real-time search engine. We aggregate and organize content being shared on the internet as it happens, like eye-witness reports of breaking news, photos and videos from big events, and links to the hottest memes of the day. We do this by constantly indexing live updates from services including Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Delicious and more. When you search for a topic on Scoopler, we give you the most relevant results, updated in real-time.”
spezify
http://www.spezify.com/
Well worth checking out. Spezify gives an overview and also helps you find useful information – all in a visual way.
Teaching with Technology
http://ipt286.pbworks.com/Index
Links to downloadable software, "cloudware", and webservices like hosting, for use in teaching.
Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English (Presentations)
http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/
I found this short explanation very informative, and the links to various presentations are helpful as well.
WorldImages
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/
The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes.
DISCLAIMER: The State Library regularly highlights third-party events and online resources as a way to alert the library community to training and resource opportunities. By doing so, we are not endorsing the content of the event, nor promoting any specific product, but merely providing this information as an FYI to librarians who must then decide what is right for them.
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Secretary of State
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