World Digital Library - Great for US History Classes

In a never ending search for online helps, we have discovered a website that can assist you in any history class.  Below is some information about the World Digital Library's (WDL) website.

WDL creates an environment where you can discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures from around the world on one site.  These cultural treasures include manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and many other items.

Items on the WDL may easily be browsed by place, time, topic, type of item, and contributing institution, or can be located by an open-ended search, in several languages. Special features include interactive geographic clusters, a timeline, advanced image-viewing and interpretive capabilities.

Click the link below to visit their site:

World Digital Library

APA Instructional Videos

We are continually searching for online helps for students.  Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) has a YouTube channel that might help answer some basic APA questions. The vidcast available discusses how to format a paper using Microsoft Word according to APA style. To learn more about APA style, you can also visit the Purdue OWL website:
  

Purdue OWL APA YouTube Videos

Purdue OWL Basics Main Site

Khan Academy YouTube

We have promoted Khan Academy before on this blog.  This time we have discovered that the Khan Academy has a YouTube channel.  This will allow you to search for videos that could help you in class.  

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational organization.  Their mission is to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. This online site has materials that cover subjects ranging from math and finance to history and art.  With thousands of bite-sized videos, step-by-step problems and instant data, Khan Academy provides a rich and engaging learning experience. 

Below is the YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy

Example:

If you were working on your a college math class and needed help with understanding how to add and subtract polynomials, you could search through the YouTube site.  A simple search for polynomials can provide a video that can assist.  Below is just one of those videos:

Easy Bib Mobile

We have come across yet another program that might be helpful to you.

EasyBib is an intuitive information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking, and research tools that are easy-to-use and educational. EasyBib is not only accurate, fast, and comprehensive, but helps educators teach and students learn how to become effective and organized researchers.

Although the web version of APA has a fee the mobile application does not.  Below is a video about the mobile version.

To download the application visit : iTunes or Android

For more information visit : EasyBib

GCF Learning Free.org

In our continued efforts to provide students with learning resources, we have found another website that can assist you in pursuing a degree.

GCFLearnFree.org® creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve the technology, literacy and math skills needed to be successful in both work and life. By delivering over 750 different lessons to millions of people in over 200 countries and territories ABSOLUTELY FREE, GCFLearnFree.org is a worldwide leader in online education.

View one tutorial. Complete a whole class. It is GCF's belief that there's freedom in the ability to learn what you want, when you want, regardless of income or circumstances.(GCF Learning Free, 2013)

Below are just a few areas that may interest you:

• Apple Computer basics
• Career Development (including resume writing)
• Computer Basics (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Setting up email and etc)
• Google Basics
• Internet Basics (Using different browsers)
• Reading and Math Assistance

For a listing of all topics visit : http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics

Khan Academy - New Learning Tool

We have found yet another site that can assist you in classes.

Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational organization.  Their mission is to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

Their online materials cover subjects ranging from math and finance to history and art.  With thousands of bite-sized videos, step-by-step problems and instant data, Khan Academy provides a rich and engaging learning experience.  You can earn points and badges along the way, and coach others as well.

All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal or adult returning to the classroom after 20 years. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

Below is a video about Khan Academy:

Overview of KhanAcademy.org: An overview of the different ways to use Khan Academy

Microsoft App

Apple App

Android App

HippoCampus

  HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge.

  This can be a valuable website for those that might benefit from presentations, simulations and working examples.  As an online student there are times when clarifying subject materials can be a struggle. This site offers you a chance to find some of that clarity.

Some of the subjects include:

• Math
• Arithmetic
• Algebra & Geometry
• Calculus & Advanced Math
• Statistics & Probability
• Natural Science
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Earth Science
•  Social Science
• Economics
• History & Government
• Psychology

If you are interested in this site please click the following links and test drive the site.  You do not have to create a log in to use the site.

User Guide:

http://www.hippocampus.org/help.pdf

Actual site:

http://www.hippocampus.org/

Information provided on this post was acquired from HippoCampus which is product of Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE).

APA Helps

Some schools use the APA writing style when submitting homework and research papers.  The rules of APA Style®, detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, offer sound guidance for writing with simplicity, power, and concision. APA Style has been adapted by many disciplines and is used by writers around the world.

It provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias in language. This writing style is known for its authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system, the Publication Manual also offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures, and tone that will result in strong, simple, and elegant scientific communication.  For more information on APA style writing click the link below the picture.

Click here to begin APA tutorial

ProQuest Helps

 
  ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company has forged a 70-year reputation as a gateway to the world’s knowledge – from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news, in all its forms. Its role is essential to libraries and other organizations whose missions depend on the delivery of complete, trustworthy information.

  ProQuest’s massive information pool, built through partnerships with content creators, is navigated through technological innovations that enable users to quickly find just the right information. The company is currently rolling out the all-new ProQuest^® platform, which moves beyond navigation to empower researchers to use, create, and share content—accelerating research productivity.

Below is a link to a pdf file and a video that can assist you in navigating Proquest:

http://proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/platform_user_guide.pdf

Microsoft Sky Drive

What is Windows Live SkyDrive?

Store, organize, and download your files, photos, and favorites on Windows Live servers, and access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Share photos and files that you create with your friends, collaborate on documents, or display photos and files that you create for anyone on the Windows Live network. When you sign in to the Windows Live SkyDrive website with your Windows Live ID, you get:

Storage - Store thousands of photos and files. The SkyDrive storage meter shows how much storage space you've used.

Organization - Arrange your files in top-level folders and subfolders that you create.

Control - Choose permissions for each top-level folder that you create. Keep your photos, files, and favorites in personal folders so you can keep them private; in shared folders so you can share them with your Windows Live network, your extended network, and people on your contact list; or in public folders so that they can be viewed by anyone on the Internet.

Convenience - Keep track of your favorite websites even when you aren't using your own computer.

Flexibility - Move, copy, delete, rename, and caption your photos and files after you upload them.

Display - Photos saved as the JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIF, and TIFF file types display with thumbnail images, and can be viewed by other users on SkyDrive or in an online slide show, if they have the right permissions to view them.

Sharing - Share links directly to your folders, files, and photos, or embed your photos and files in your blog or webpage. You can also let people know you've added their picture to SkyDrive by adding people tags.

For more information on Sky Drive visit Microsoft's Website:
http://explore.live.com/skydrive