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News, Media and Travel
News, Media and Travel
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/newsmediatravel.htm Worldwide information for genealogists, family historians and other research specialists involved in travel, tours and accommodations. Includes, under TRAVEL - FAMILY RESOURCES: The Independent Traveler online http://eleaston.com/travel.html Ancestry Research found in Modern Education Tools New Year's Day updates www.academic-genealogy.com/ Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory Examples: Top Search Engines and Directories http://www.academic-genealogy.com/to...irectories.htm brings out the best, under Instructions for General Internet Use. We have added, The Open University's OpenLearn website: Information on the Web (T180_5) Foundation skills to use search engines confidently to locate both information and images on the Web and learn how to critically assess and reference the information you have found for study purposes. Beginning on page 13, is #3.3 Focused search sites "An alternative to using general purpose search engines is to make use of focused search engines that only index known genealogical sites. . . ." http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/reso....php?id=182768 Beginning on page 28, is an Appendix: Genealogical Resources http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/reso....php?id=182798 Schools - Colleges - Universities: Alumni and Genealogy Education http://www.academic-genealogy.com/sc...iversities.htm now has a worldwide comprehensive resource for current open online distance education, under Online Education and Resources. Besides having a "Massive List of Free Education Online For Autodidacts", which includes tons of educational resources, such as learning languages on iTunes, there is Open Education Resources (OER) Index. This site includes: "teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world." http://cwr.unitar.edu.my/file.php/1/Index.htm REPOSITORIES of interest include Fathom Archive, provided by Columbia University, which has: Jewish Studies, . . . " Hebrew manuscripts reflect regional variations in materials, culture and religious sensibility, and they consider how scribal practices and literary tastes evolved over the centuries . . ." http://www.fathom.com/special/jewish_studies/index.html .. . . University of California eScholarship Repository has: Objectivity in History, . . . The purpose of this paper is to define a concept of objectivity based on criteria of comparison, . . . http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/1099/ .. . . Wikipedia, with its related WikiEducator, developing free and open educational content for the world. . . . " a partnership that will make it possible to obtain high quality print and word processor copies of articles from Wikipedia and other wiki educational resources. . . ." http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndR...rticleId=40445 United States General Resources has http://www.academic-genealogy.com/re...ealogy.htm#usa State and Local Family History, with sub set: Virtual Libraries and Digital Archives, which includes the nationwide Princeton Public Library Research Online (Digital Genealogy Collections). http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/resea...y-digital.html This is significantly enhanced by The British Columbia Digital Library: North American Collections: United States, which includes sections on National and Regional Collections, the States, DC and Territories. http://www.bcdlib.tc.ca/general-collections-us.html Furthermore, Books - Publications: Genealogical Materials http://www.academic-genealogy.com/bo...nealogical.htm under Education Publications & Online Books, http://www.academic-genealogy.com/bo...ical.htm#Edpub provides a more comprehensive worldwide outlook for Digital Libraries and systems, including international directories, guides and portals, with Collections by Subject (Worldwide) http://www.bcdlib.tc.ca/links-subjects.html Additionally, on another side (just the tip of the ice burg), is: Computer - Internet - Softwa Genealogy Programs http://www.academic-genealogy.com/co...etsoftware.htm Support for Photography & Digital Preservation has: Picturing the family http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/v...2688&topic=all " These photographs provide another type of record that can offer insights into our family history. But what can they tell us? How can we elicit the information they hold? And how do we analyse or evaluate that information? The purpose of this unit is to suggest how to approach the interpretation of the photographic record. . . ." Academic Education Learning Resources: Educators http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ac...gresources.htm Coordinates academic "genealogy" with other scholarly information, such as: Genealogy as an Academic Discipline http://www.avotaynu.com/Wagner.htm or, Accelerated Teacher Resources http://www.academic-genealogy.com/teachers.htm Teaching Family History, an annotated bibliography, presented by OAH. http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/fam...liography.html Respectfully yours, Tom Tinney, Sr. Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th] through 2004 Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions] Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ |
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News, Media and Travel
On Jan 11, 5:12 pm, "
wrote: News, Media and Travelhttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/newsmediatravel.htm Worldwide information for genealogists, family historians and other research specialists involved in travel, tours and accommodations. Includes, under TRAVEL - FAMILY RESOURCES: The Independent Traveler onlinehttp://eleaston.com/travel.html Ancestry Research found in Modern Education Tools New Year's Day updates www.academic-genealogy.com/ Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory Examples: Top Search Engines and Directorieshttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/topsearchenginesdirectories.htm brings out the best, under Instructions for General Internet Use. We have added, The Open University's OpenLearn website: Information on the Web (T180_5) Foundation skills to use search engines confidently to locate both information and images on the Web and learn how to critically assess and reference the information you have found for study purposes. Beginning on page 13, is #3.3 Focused search sites "An alternative to using general purpose search engines is to make use of focused search engines that only index known genealogical sites. . . ."http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=182768 Beginning on page 28, is an Appendix: Genealogical Resourceshttp://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=182798 Schools - Colleges - Universities: Alumni and Genealogy Educationhttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/schoolscollegesuniversities.htm now has a worldwide comprehensive resource for current open online distance education, under Online Education and Resources. Besides having a "Massive List of Free Education Online For Autodidacts", which includes tons of educational resources, such as learning languages on iTunes, there is Open Education Resources (OER) Index. This site includes: "teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world."http://cwr.unitar.edu.my/file.php/1/Index.htm REPOSITORIES of interest include Fathom Archive, provided by Columbia University, which has: Jewish Studies, . . . " Hebrew manuscripts reflect regional variations in materials, culture and religious sensibility, and they consider how scribal practices and literary tastes evolved over the centuries . . ."http://www.fathom.com/special/jewish_studies/index.html . . . University of California eScholarship Repository has: Objectivity in History, . . . The purpose of this paper is to define a concept of objectivity based on criteria of comparison, . . .http://repositories.cdlib.org/postprints/1099/ . . . Wikipedia, with its related WikiEducator, developing free and open educational content for the world. . . . " a partnership that will make it possible to obtain high quality print and word processor copies of articles from Wikipedia and other wiki educational resources. . . ."http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/wndReader.asp?ArticleId=40445 United States General Resources hashttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm#usa State and Local Family History, with sub set: Virtual Libraries and Digital Archives, which includes the nationwide Princeton Public Library Research Online (Digital Genealogy Collections).http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/resea...y-digital.html This is significantly enhanced by The British Columbia Digital Library: North American Collections: United States, which includes sections on National and Regional Collections, the States, DC and Territories.http://www.bcdlib.tc.ca/general-collections-us.html Furthermore, Books - Publications: Genealogical Materialshttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/bookspublicationsgenealogical.htm under Education Publications & Online Books,http://www.academic-genealogy.com/bo...alogical.htm#E... provides a more comprehensive worldwide outlook for Digital Libraries and systems, including international directories, guides and portals, with Collections by Subject (Worldwide)http://www.bcdlib.tc.ca/links-subjects.html Additionally, on another side (just the tip of the ice burg), is: Computer - Internet - Softwa Genealogy Programshttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/computerinternetsoftware.htm Support for Photography & Digital Preservation has: Picturing the familyhttp://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2688&topic=all " These photographs provide another type of record that can offer insights into our family history. But what can they tell us? How can we elicit the information they hold? And how do we analyse or evaluate that information? The purpose of this unit is to suggest how to approach the interpretation of the photographic record. . . ." Academic Education Learning Resources: Educatorshttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/academiceducationlearningresources.htm Coordinates academic "genealogy" with other scholarly information, such as: Genealogy as an Academic Disciplinehttp://www.avotaynu.com/Wagner.htm or, Accelerated Teacher Resourceshttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/teachers.htm Teaching Family History, an annotated bibliography, presented by OAH.http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/fam...liography.html Respectfully yours, Tom Tinney, Sr. Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th] through 2004 Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions] Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directoryhttp://www.academic-genealogy.com/ Another bunch of ****s with nothing to say about Africa. **** off to your own NG, then. |
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