Educational Resources
FactCheck.org - Unbiased consumer organization that gives the actual facts about in the political arena.
CoursEra - Free college courses offered by major universities
CHEA - Council for Higher Accreditation, find out if the college you are considering is accredited. Otherwise you may not earn recognized credit for the classes you are paying good money for.
James Burke's Knowledge Web - Very interesting! The author/creator of Connections a great series that ran on PBS about connections throughout history.
Khan Academy - Do you need help with Basic Math or Algebra? What about Money and Banking? Did you know there is a place online where you can get a quality education for Free? That sounds like a gimmick right? It's not. Some guy who happens to be a genius wanted to help his cousins with math, so he started producing YouTube videos to help. They caught on and grew and grew and now The Gates Foundation, Google, and others are supporting this really cool endeavor called The Kahn Academy.
The site is really cool because you can start by viewing videos or you can jump right in with practice exercises. The exercises are great because once you have gotten several right in a row, you have the option to keep practicing or to go on to the next level, and you can keep going until you feel you need help. When you want help there are videos waiting for you. One of the great things about the videos is that they are very patient. You can rewind to view again as often as you want. You can even save your lesson and pick it up again whenever you are ready.
Since I first tried out this wonderful site they have added lots of new categories. Their catalog is growing all the time and the available subjects now include: Developmental Math, Geometry, Calculus, Trigonometry, Physics, Credit Crisis, Current Economics, Finance, Valuation and Investing, Venture Capital and Capital Markets, American Civics, History, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Brain Teasers, Computer Science, Cosmology and Astronomy. If the Kahn Academy had been around when I was a kid, my educational experience would have been totally different. You should see what they can do for you.
Annenberg/CPB Learner.Org - Has free Video On Demand Clips of all of their Classes. The Mechanical Universe is one of our favorites. Very nicely done videos on science and physics. Easily understood demonstrations and very well produced with computer animation and graphics interspersed with historical reenactment...
AlphaSmart - Electronic word processor that is lighter and uses less battery power than a laptop. When all you need is a wordprocessor. You then up-load your work to your desktop or laptop...
Confluence - Intro from site: The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here...
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