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Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or
believe to be beautiful.
~
William Morris
Interesting World Wide Web Sites
to Visit
Birthdate Calculator - Enter your birth date and see how many days, hours, and milliseconds you have existed.
American Sign Language Dictionary - Includes video clips showing each word (QuickTime Required).
Copernic Summarizer - A software product (with a free trial) that summarizes content of
documents, web sites or other files. While not yet perfect, it does point towards an intriguing use of intelligent agent software.
The Miniature Earth [click on the large word "Play"] -
This is a Flash presentation representing the world's population and economic disparity. Count your blessings.
We Feel Fine - A real-time
data driven site that harvests "I feel..." statements from blogs
worldwide and represents them within a graphical interface.
The Visual Thesaurus [after it loads, click the red "Launch" button] -
This site shows a graphical representation of a thesaurus. As you click on words, the image shifts to that word. It is interesting to explore.
Floorplan Designer - Make a floor plan, then walk through it using the arrow keys in isometric view.
Virtual Reality Sites -
A list of links to 3D and/or VR sites, games, worlds.
Cyber-Geography -
This site has many images and graphic representations of the Internet, and the 'virtual real estate' which it has created. After choosing a category from its menu on the left, scroll down the page to see the various images.
SodaPlay -
This is a fun site for kids. It lets construct things from virtual-soda-straws that animate on the screen. You can turn gravity on or off, and experiment with various shapes and forces.
SwitcherZoo -
This fun site lets you choose various animals to combine, and then morphs the results for you. Try making a zebrilla or an elephig!
Data Powers of 10 -
This site puts bits, bytes, and zigabytes into their proper perspective.
Image Powers of 10 -
Travel from the rim of the universe towards the Earth and eventually into the quarks in the atoms of a leaf in leaps of 10x magnification!
Virtual Reality
- A collection of sites on educational VR software gathered
for a report I wrote.
Encyclopedia of Educational
Terms & Technology
- Descriptions of an extensive list of educational constructs
and pedagogy.
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© Doug Reina
used here with permission
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