Beyond Wikipedia: Locating authoritative web resources for scientific research
BY THOMAS RHEINECKER Searching the internet for information is a tricky business. There are countless resources out there but there is not a lot to govern the quality or accuracy of the information...
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BY BILL FERRIS I don’t know what I did to get on the Federal Trade Commission’s radar, but I’ve gotten a bunch of email from them lately. So far, it’s all been good — the first email was for...
View ArticleInstructifeature: Strategies for online reading comprehension
This article examines the differences between reading in print and reading online, and proposes some tools and strategies to help aid students' reading comprehension and information literacy in online...
View ArticleLearn how the web works: 20 Things about Browsers and the Web
20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web is a helpful primer designed to fill in our knowledge gaps about how the web works and how it is constructed.
View ArticleBring classic radio programs into your class with RadioLovers
RadioLovers has archived old radio shows from the pre-television days. Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, and Laurel and Hardy are just a few among the classic voices kept alive at this site, which features free...
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