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Education on the Internet
Frybabe:
I also have this one in my Bookmarks folder. Although I haven't explored it at length, it appears to be single lectures by various experts, either academic or in various professionals. http://fora.tv/topic/science I am not sure but I think someone pointed this one out a while back, if not then I ran across it in one of my science newsletters/websites. Speaking of science, I may as well point out these two great sites for info: www.spaceweather.com and http://chandra.si.edu/ The Chandra site especially has lots of material for teachers and students. Spaceweather.com is more concentrated on our sun, atmospheric conditions and other "local" events. Oh, and I shouldn't forget NASA. They are terrific for learning about space, our solar system, and the earth. They are not just for current science news; part of their mission directive is education. http://science.nasa.gov/
maryz:
More for pretty pictures than for reading, but this is the Astronomy Picture of the Day. There's a new photograph every day.
mabel1015j:
Here is the site i listed last week on "Library" that is an article w/ 10 potential sites. Some of them are for teachers, but others are for all of us. Openculture.com has links to hundreds of things including free college courses and ALL of Bach's organ works for free download and art lectures. "Radioman" Don On "Seniors and Friends" said that was way too much Bach for him, but you can download a few at a time. You'll have to live at least 5 more years to browse it all. :D OpenCourseWare.org was started by MIT to put science and technology courses on line for free, and many other courses and colleges have been added since.
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/05/10-open-education-resources-you-may-not-know-about-but-should/
www.Openculture.org
I'll add more as we talk.
I feel like the computer has finally reached it's young adulthood and gotten to the point that was being predicted in 1990 - learning, reading, listening to music, seeing sights from around
the world, learning the history of those sights, having discussions w/ people around the world!!! Yyyaaaaaaahhhhhh! ......... I love it!
Can't wait to see the sites you've found, or at least to hear about them.
mabel1015j:
This site is all lectures on history courses. I take them one video at a time and learn something new each time.
http://www.learnerstv.com/Free-History-video-lecture-courses.htm
Tom Brokow just said on Booktv that Bill Gates spends his evenings watching lectures on the internet! We are so au courant, as Ginny has said before on our book discussions, and we are in such good company!!!
This is a very good program, Brokow is talking about his new book, The Time of Our Lives: a Conversation About America. It will be followed by Condalezza Rice talking about her new book and at 6:00 a discussion about Why Read?
Jean
jane:
This is one my husband has used for math:
With a library of over 2,700 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 240 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
http://www.khanacademy.org
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