TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
| Category: Media | Cool Site: July 2010 |
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 | Amazing talks. Amazing people. TED.com makes the best talks from TED conferences available to the world for free. TED is a nonprofit that seeks to promote "ideas worth spreading". It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: technology, entertainment, and design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Watch a speaker--be inspired.
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Newseum
 | The Newseum - a 250,000-square-foot museum of news - offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits.
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Soungle
| Category: Media | Cool Site: December 2008 |
| Recommended 3 times |
 | Free searchable database of hundreds of downloadable special effects and musical instrument samples.
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Space Time TV
| Category: Media | Cool Site: December 2008 |
| Recommended 2 times |
 | Site that features video clips from National Geographic, PBS, History Channel and others focusing on math and space. Users can watch up to 50 hours of free content (with commercials). Includes a fun arcade gallery of mind games, such as Tangram House.
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Free Video Lectures
 | A large collection of links to video and audio lectures on science, technology , law, and other topics from colleges and other educational institutions in several countries, but mostly the United States.
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Planet Perplex
 | A gallery of optical illusions, word games, puzzles, abigrams and more.
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World of Teaching
| Category: Media | Cool Site: August 2008 |
| Recommended 2 times |
 | Collection of free PowerPoint presentations for teachers, covering science, language, English and more.
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FiftyCrows: TV/New Media
 | This organization supports and promotes Social Change Photography because they believe that "Images inspire people to act." Once you see the photo and video essays on this site your view of world events will never be the same. You will be inspired to make the world a more just place. You'll need Quick Time to view the movies.
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Philosophical Toy World
 | A fascinating site created by multimedia artist Zoe Beloff, which examines optical toys and other pre-cinema devices. "Like philosophical toys themselves, these texts and images are designed to be playful and provoke thought."
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Street Level Youth Media
 | This Chicago-based community program educates youth in media arts and emerging technologies. Be sure to check out their archive of Web projects by inner-city youth.
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American Radioworks
 | Very cool interactive documentary journalism. Check it out!
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Shutters Sprockets and Tubes: How Moving Image Machines Work
 | This nicely designed site uses text and animation to explain everything from how sound is recorded to how TV works. (You will need the Flash Player to view this site).
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Adflip
 | Visit this site to reflect on America's past and present. Revisit your favorite decade or search "the world's largest archive of classic print ads" by keyword, or browse by year. The archive spans the 1940s to the present.
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Reaching Out: The Evolution of Communication
 | This ThinkQuest site covers the evolution of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history. You can learn about major events in the history of communication, learn about the brain and language, hear alphabets in several different languages, and see movies of communications satellite launches and deployments.
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Reaching Out: The History of Communication
| Follow the history of human communication, from the development of language ability in the human brain to the invention of fiber optics and satellites.
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Adbusters
 | What effect does the proliferation of advertising in our visual environment have on our culture? This site asks some pointed questions about the way our view of the world is affected by mass media and marketing techniques.
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Science Matters
 | This site provides an up-to-date guide to science coverage in the media, ranging from television to radio to the Internet. This is a clear and useful service in a world of information overload.
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The George Lucas Educational Foundation
 | This site offers useful resources and information on the ways computers and network technology can enhance peoples' efforts to improve their communities, schools, and lives. The site also contains Edutopia, an on-line newsletter; the current issue highlights the ways technology can assist people with disabilities to create and learn.
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The New Venue
| Category: Media | Cool Site: June 1998 |
| Recommended 2 times |
 | Check out this site to see state-of-the-art movies produced just for the Web! Best viewed with a fast internet connection.
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Newswise
 | This site calls itself "Search Tools for Reporters." You can search a comprehensive database of new releases from top institutions engaged in scientific, medical and business research. The engine itself is straightforward and easy to use.
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Witness
 | An original documentary series that presents first-person accounts of the issues and events shaping our world. Their two main stories are on the war in Bosnia. the QuickTime Player VR movies are worth checking out.
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ABYZ News Links
 | Looking for a newspaper in Peru? Or in Cameroon? This site provides links to newspapers world-wide. Graphically it is not the most engaging site, but the extent of the hyperlinks provided is impressive.
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The Greatest Films
 | If you love film, this site deserves a bookmark. Check out films by genre or by title. The site also contains quotes and the greatest moments and scenes in film. I don't agree that all of the films here are "great," and there are some omissions, but everyone's a critic.
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NPR Science Friday Kids Connection
 | Information about the popular NPR radio show designed just for kids. There are activities, home experiments, and more.
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Discovery Channel
 | An amazing web site, packed with information about what's on the Discovery cable television channel as well other unique content. Very well designed.
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PBS ONLINE
 | Visit your favorite PBS shows online! Information about "The American Experience" to "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?"
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The Library of Congress
 | The Learning Page for the National Digital Library Program historical collections.
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