Monday, October 10, 2011

Museum of Obsolete Objects


The Museum of Obsolete Objects is site of videos set up on a timeline of when objects became obsolete. The items that are obsolete will surprise you, but take a look at what is to come.

Monday, October 3, 2011

You Be the Historian


This site will intrigue the minds of future historians everywhere by digging through clues to discover what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas and Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware.

At the same time discover what historians in the next century could learn about you if they found your house exactly the way it is today.

Do you think you have what it takes to discover the facts? Let's find out.


Teaching Resources from the Library of Congress


The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

HiDrive


HiDrive uses cloud technology to allow you contact with your favorite files from from any computer or smartphone. You can be anywhere in the world and still have access to your photos, music, and documents and the best part is, it is FREE!!!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Internet Public Library 2


ipl2 is a public service organization and a learning/teaching environment. To date, thousands of students and volunteer library and information science professionals have been involved in answering reference questions for our Ask an ipl2 Librarian service and in designing, building, creating and maintaining the ipl2's collections. It is through the efforts of these students and volunteers that the ipl2 continues to thrive to this day.

Creative Commons


Creative Commons is a new system, built upon current copyright law, that allows you to legally use "some rights reserved" music, movies, images, and other content - all for free. Creative Commons offers free copyright licenses that anyone can use, without a lawyer, to mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. For instance, a musician would use a Creative Commons license to allow people to legally share her songs online, make copies for friends, or even use them in videos or other compositions.

Schooltraq



Schooltraq is an online academic planner that enables students to track and organize assignments and classwork effortlessly in a clean and minimalist web app.