user- Every story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined...Every story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time.
- The site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will l...The site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will like.
- "Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordi..."Time-lapse photography allows us to easily see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living organisms capable of some extraordinary things." various phases of plant life, both on cellular and external level
- just what it says, a dictionary but in pictures; kids will love it; a good way for learning English as a second language
- a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
- a science game: "a virtual Darwinian aquarium .. you initiate a primordial soup, and .. check up on what Virtual Mother Nature is up to - about every 15 mi...a science game: "a virtual Darwinian aquarium .. you initiate a primordial soup, and .. check up on what Virtual Mother Nature is up to - about every 15 min. (or every few days)"
- a look-up source for information
- excellent science site with explanations and many visuals; interesting site design
- how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video...how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.
- Portal with wide variety of categories; most useful are the evaluative and descriptive annotations for each entry, so you can see how the possible "consume...Portal with wide variety of categories; most useful are the evaluative and descriptive annotations for each entry, so you can see how the possible "consumer opinion," for example, sites vary. Place to find free reference tools.
- a web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes
- a librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
- useful annotations, garnering many comments and additions
- tell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes
- goal is to record all the books in the public domain; lots of audio-lit here
- a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography
- how to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will t...how to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools
- may 06 discussion of how delicious works; useful overview and collection of comments. PBS teachersouce is also worth visiting from time to time
- considering Web 2.0 in the context of Internet useability for people with disabilities
