listening comprehension

listening comprehension Listening to songs (with gaps to fill).

The Periodic Table of Videos - University of Nottingham

The Periodic Table of Videos - University of Nottingham Cool videos about the periodic table - about as geeky as it gets!!!

Procrastineering - Project blog for Johnny Chung Lee

Procrastineering - Project blog for Johnny Chung Lee

Johnny Chung Lee - Human Computer Interaction Research

Johnny Chung Lee - Human Computer Interaction Research

newsmap

newsmap A tree structure map of newspaper headlines in real time.

Media Talk - What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day - NYTimes.com

Media Talk - What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day - NYTimes.com: "The observations were made by George Orwell, whose copious diaries are now being published every day in blog form, exactly 70 years after they were made. The scholars behind the project say they are trying to get more attention for Orwell online and to make him more relevant to a younger generation he would have wanted to speak to."

BLU > NEWS

BLU > NEWS
Lovely animation graffiti...

Le blog d'Orianne, Olive et Vince en Australie!

Le blog d'Orianne, Olive et Vince en Australie!

The blog of some Supelec exchange students in Australia.

Graffiti Research Lab

Graffiti Research Lab A gazillion projects; some of questionable taste but all interesting.

Farai Sevenzo

Farai Sevenzo The blog of the Zim writer, Farai Sevenzo, whose great insights are worth keeping up with.

Big Think - About

Big Think - About: "What is Big Think?
bigthink.com is a new and growing website, currently in its beta version, with a simple mission:
This is a digital age, one in which a wealth of accessible information empowers you, the citizen-consumer. But where is the information coming from? How accurate and unprocessed is it, really? Ask yourself this: how empowered do you feel debating a television screen or a newspaper?
Our task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that our information is truly interactive. When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with today's leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or by topic, and, best of all, respond in kind. Upload a video in which you take on Senator Ted Kennedy's views on immigration; post a slideshow of your trip to China that supports David Dollar's assertion that pollution in China is a major threat; or answer with plain old fashioned text. You can respond to the interviewee, respond to a responder or heck, throw your own question or idea into the ring.
Big Think is yours. We are what you think."

The Real News

The Real News: "The Real News Network is a non-profit news and documentary network focused on providing independent and uncompromising journalism."

TEFLclips

TEFLclips A site dedicated to the possibilities for YouTube in the classroom. Every week a new lesson plan will be uploaded.

FreeRice

FreeRiceA fun vocabulary game that lets you practise language and donate rice to the hungry at the same time.

Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto

Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto A nice way to play with words and make poetry from even impossibly dry text.

RCRD LBL | Free MP3 Downloads

RCRD LBL | Free MP3 Downloads: "RCRD LBL is an online record label releasing exclusive and completely free music from emerging and established artists. In addition to our in-house label, our network includes a roster of independent record labels offering free MP3 downloads and multimedia content"

BP Global

BP GlobalThis is a new Yes Men site just for BP. To be taken with a grain...

Mr. Picassohead

Mr. Picassohead A great drawing site for the Picassos among us.

The Young Turks: All about The Young Turks

The Young Turks: All about The Young Turks: "All about The Young Turks Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. (American Heritage Dictionary)

The Young Turks, the first nationwide liberal talk show and first live, daily internet TV show, is a funny, smart, irreverent and entertaining look at politics, sex, news, pop culture, current affairs and personal stories."

Variety - Slanguage Dictionary

Variety - Slanguage Dictionary: "Almost from its launch in 1905, Variety has used its own, distinctive slanguage in headlines and stories, words like ankle, which refers to someone leaving (say, walking away from) a job, or whammo, which refers to something terrific, especially box office performance. In part it was a device to fit long words into small headlines, but it was also to create a clubby feel among the paper's entertainment industry readers."

About Us | StoryCorps

About Us | StoryCorps: "StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another%u2019s lives through listening.By recording the stories of our lives with the people we care about, we experience our history, hopes, and humanity. Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share, and is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to our award-winning broadcasts on public radio and the Internet. StoryCorps is the largest oral history project of its kind, creating a growing portrait of who we really are as Americans."

weneedgirlfriends.tv

weneedgirlfriends.tvweneedgirlfriends.tv“We Need Girlfriends” ("WNG") is an independent online webseries produced by Ragtag Productions. WNG chronicles the adventures of Tom (Patrick Cohen), Henry (Seth Kirschner) and Rod (Evan Bass), recent college graduates struggling to understand the complex world of the New York City dating scene after all three are simultaneously dumped by their long-term college girlfriends.

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere

Frozen Grand Central at Improv Everywhere: "AboutImprov Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 70 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City."

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… � The Best Music Websites For Learning English

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… � The Best Music Websites For Learning English

Hubdub - Home

Hubdub - Home: "Hubdub forecasts how news stories will turn out. Use it to track the stories you care about and compete with others by making predictions yourself."

Kiva.org - Loans that change lives

Kiva.org - Loans that change livesKiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.

Audio Production for Movies, TV | Film / TV - Music Sound Effects, Dialogue, audio for tv, movies, film

Audio Production for Movies, TV | Film / TV - Music Sound Effects, Dialogue, audio for tv, movies, film: "Distributed in 94 countries, Mix is the world's leading magazine for the professional recording and sound production technology industry. Mix covers a wide range of topics including: recording, live sound and production, broadcast production, audio for film and video, and music technology."

American Civil Liberties Union : Close Guantanamo

American Civil Liberties Union : Close Guantanamo: "JANUARY 11, 2008, is the six-year anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

On January 11, we are calling on everyone opposed to torture and indefinite detention to WEAR ORANGE to symbolize their sadness and disgust with the national shame that is Guantanamo Bay.
Download the CLOSE GUANTaNAMO Toolkit now to find out how you can organize for January 11 at home, in your office, on campus, in your community, and online."

Exonerated, Freed, and What Happened Then - The New York Times

Exonerated, Freed, and What Happened Then - The New York Times Since 1989, more than 200 prisoners have been exonerated by DNA evidence in teh United States. The NY Times interviewed 137 of them since leaving prison.

Primary Documents / Chapter Resources | Naomi Klein

Primary Documents / Chapter Resources | Naomi Klein Naomi Klein puts all the R &D for her book, The Shock Doctrine online. Lots of useful information you may or may not want to know.

Useful ESL Web Sites - QualityTime-ESL

Useful ESL Web Sites - QualityTime-ESL Many more web sites from the QualityTime ESL links page--thanks to Sophie Pietrucci.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language. A user-based subtitling site--loads of video subtitled in dozens of languages by everybody and his brother.

Cool Hunting: video

Cool Hunting: video The coolest weekly podcast site I know--art, sculpture, nugroove, roller derby...

englishsup wiki

englishsup wiki A wiki for English teachers in France to air their laundry.

Download Free Political Documentaries And Watch Many Interesting, Controversial Free Documentary Films On That You Wont Find On The TV!

Download Free Political Documentaries And Watch Many Interesting, Controversial Free Documentary Films On That You Wont Find On The TV! Not sure about the legality of this, but it's a .org, so who knows.

The Hub

The Hub: "Welcome to the beta of the Hub for human rights media and action! The Hub is a place for you to see and upload human rights-related media, and to take action on what you see."

Canal-U - Producteurs

Canal-U - Producteurs FYI, there are loads of graduate educational channels in French here.

QualityTime-ESL : QualityTime-ESL Podcasts

QualityTime-ESL : QualityTime-ESL Podcasts Podcasts for English grammar review.

Slate V

Slate V Slate.com now has video podcasts.

Messages From Our Troops To The Families They Can Barely Remember | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Messages From Our Troops To The Families They Can Barely Remember | The Onion - America's Finest News Source You love the paper and the audio podcast--here's their video podcast. Very very funny.

Jamendo : Open your ears

Jamendo : Open your ears On jamendo, artists allow everyone to download and share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited.

Superfund365

Superfund365: "Superfund365, A Site-A-Day, is an online data visualization application with an accompanying RSS-feed and email alert system. Each day for a year, starting on September 1, 2007, Superfund365 will visit one toxic site currently active in the Superfund program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We begin the journey in the New York City area and work our way across the country, ending the year in Hawaii. (We will need a beach vacation by then!) In the end, the archive will consist of 365 visualizations of some of the worst toxic sites in the U.S., roughly a quarter of the total number on the Superfund's National Priorities List (NPL). Along the way, we will conduct video interviews with people involved with or impacted by Superfund. "

The ESP Game: Labeling the Web

The ESP Game: Labeling the WebVey cool game to label things with a partner.

NMAAHC - Home Page

NMAAHC - Home PageNational Museum of African American History and Culture has gone virtual. Great site.

LibriVox

LibriVox A user-based audiobooks site with thousands? of books. You can listen or add to the collection by reading a book.

National Priorities Project - Cost of War

National Priorities Project - Cost of War An interesting cost comparison to things like children's health, public education, etc.

Spell with flickr

Spell with flickrGet names or sayings spelled out in photos from Flickr--soooo cool!

Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films

Robert Greenwald's Brave New FilmsA pioneer in 21st century activism, Brave New Films are the centerpieces for guerilla campaigns designed to break through noisy news cycles. Utilizing the latest technologies, unique distribution strategies, and a growing network of dedicated volunteer field producers, we are producing entertaining and engaging films, blogs, television shows, and short videos while building the essential distribution infrastructure needed for long-term social change.

Voices from the Gulf

Voices from the Gulf : "Two years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast is still recovering, and thousands of personal stories remain unheard. Experience them here. Tell us yours."

List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations

List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations
Now, we'll know what they realy think...

SMITH Magazine: Everyone Has A Story - Personal Stories Magazine, Your Stories, Brushes With Fame, Diaries

SMITH Magazine: Everyone Has A Story - Personal Stories Magazine, Your Stories, Brushes With Fame, Diaries: "SMITH explores storytelling in all its forms. We're personal and participatory. Read a story. Write a story. Come in."

PlayerXing.com / Published

PlayerXing.com / Published Allen's website.

Wal-Mart Subsidy Watch - brought to you by Good Jobs First

Wal-Mart Subsidy Watch - brought to you by Good Jobs First: "A secret behind Wal-Mart’s rapid expansion in the United States has been its extensive use of public money. This includes more than $1.2 billion in tax breaks, free land, infrastructure assistance, low-cost financing and outright grants from state and local governments around the country. In addition, taxpayers indirectly subsidize the company by paying the healthcare costs of Wal-Mart employees who don’t receive coverage on the job and instead turn to public programs such as Medicaid. This website brings together available information on both kinds of subsidies involved in Wal-Mart’s “double-dipping.” In the future we will add data on other ways Wal-Mart relies on taxpayers to finance its growth."

Eyes On Darfur

Eyes On Darfur: "Amnesty International USA's unprecedented Eyes On Darfur project leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide unimpeachable evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur - enabling action by private citizens, policy makers and international courts. Eyes On Darfur also breaks new ground in protecting human rights by allowing people around the world to literally 'watch over' and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages using commercially available satellite imagery."

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg A site where volunteers have scanned over 20,000 free books.

Listen and draw

Listen and draw Flore, Pierre-Emmanuel and Adrien's site full of their comic art and musical choices.

Justin.tv

Justin.tv/ijustineAnd of course, the female version. At least she doesn't sleep till noon every day.

Justin.tv

Justin.tv Uh, yeah this kid has a camera on his head and broadcasts what he's doing most of the time. You can even get involved in chatting with his fans...

Current TV // The TV Network Created By The People Who Watch It

Current TV // The TV Network Created By The People Who Watch It Lots of nice podcasts and VC2 (Viewer Created Content)

Social Innovation Conversations

Social Innovation Conversations Podcasts from Stanford University's Center for Social Innovation.

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs | D5 | AllThingsD

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs | D5 | AllThingsD:

D5 is the WSJ's 5th Executive Conference called "All things digital" that just ended in Carlsbad California.

Lots of online video interviews of leading IT figures... Larry Page of Google, and even Bill and Steve together... with the video and a transcript!

... An interesting interview!! enjoy

james

"To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different, it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.”
–Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 1984"

midomi

midomiCan't get that song out of your head but have no idea what it's called? Here's a Web site that can help you figure it out.

http://www.crudeoils.us/

In Domestic Tension, viewers can log onto the internet to contact, or shoot, Bilal with paintball guns. Bilal’s objective is to raise awareness of virtual war and privacy, or lack thereof, in the digital age. During the course of the exhibition, Bilal will confine himself to the gallery space. During the installation, people will have 24-hour virtual access to the space via the Internet. They will have the ability to watch Bilal and interact with him through a live web-cam and chat room. Should they choose to do so, viewers will also have the option to shoot Bilal with a paintball gun, transforming the virtual experience into a very physical one. Bilal’s self imposed confinement is designed to raise awareness about the life of the Iraqi people and the home confinement they face due to the both the violent and the virtual war they face on a daily basis.

The Living Room Candidate

The Living Room CandidatePresidential campaign commercials since the beginning of TV.

Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving ImageThe Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital media. It does so by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts; screening significant films and other moving-image works; presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences; and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.

Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote

Famous Quotes and Quotations at BrainyQuote A gazillion quotes by topic, author or type.

Prelinger Library

Prelinger Library: "Prelinger Library Digital Collections Page
-- currently 2,141 fully downloadable digital books --"

Prelinger Library Blog

Prelinger Library Blog: " Name: Prelinger Library
Location: San Francisco, California, US

An appropriation-friendly, image-rich, experimental research library. Independent and open to the public."

Million Dollar Documentary

Million Dollar Documentary: "An online documentary about one guy's year-long journey across America to see if he can convince One Million different people to each give him a buck."

About Us | DeSmogBlog

About Us | DeSmogBlog: "DeSmogBlog exists to clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science on climate change.

Supelec Promo

Sup�lec Promo go, man!

Interviewing Success

Interviewing Success: "The interview levels the playing field. No matter where you went to school, no matter what your GPA is, no matter how much experience you have, no matter who you know--if you aren't able to interview successfully, you won't get the job. Following are some insights designed to help you successfully interview and get the job you want--and then negotiate the very best job offer!"

nau - not just another outdoor company

nau - not just another outdoor company Worth checking out their website as well as their business model.

It’s JerryTime!

It’s JerryTime! Geez, it's Jerry--freaking weirdo....you gotta love him.

mediabistro.com: TVNewser

mediabistro.com: TVNewser The news about the news?

We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar

We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar The continuum of our hearts from love to hate...

trackingtransience.net

trackingtransience.net
If Big Brother wanted proof of your coordinates, why not surveil yourself? After Hasan Elahi was taken for a terrorist, he implanted a GPS-enabled device in his cellphone, art and life merged. Several times a day, the artist inputs his location into the phone and his computer records the data (he hopes to incorporate a live GPS tracker soon).

The Literature Network: Online classic literature, poems, and quotes. Essays & Summaries

The Literature Network: Online classic literature, poems, and quotes. Essays & Summaries: "We offer searchable online literature for the student, educator, or enthusiast. To find the work you're looking for start by looking through the author index. We currently have over 1900 full books and over 3000 short stories and poems by over 250 authors. Our quotations database has over 8500 quotes." There's also a reader forum to answer questions regarding literature.

Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides

Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts

this is almost everything I've created

this is almost everything I've created Jason Nelson's Net Art/Digital Poetics

Art of the Animal Galleries

Art of the Animal Galleries Art of the Animal Net Exhibition--check this out, you, animal, you!

Selections 2.0: 24 media files

Selections 2.0: 24 media files Hyperpoetry, song and pandemonium from Christopher Funkhouser

WordChamp - Lecteur Web

WordChamp - Lecteur Web "Choose a website (or paste in some text) and see pop-up definitions just by pointing at words!"

Amazon Interactive

Amazon Interactive Unesco's game on ecotourism.

CorpWatch�:�About CorpWatch

CorpWatch�:�About CorpWatch: "CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations. "

About ENN Media - Environmental News Network

About ENN Media - Environmental News Network: "ENN's editorial team selects news stories from a variety of sources, including major wire services (Reuters, Associated Press, Knight Ridder/Tribune), and also features content from partner publishers, freelance journalists, and on-going research.

In addition, ENN provides a platform for organizations and companies with environmental interests through our Network News Program, which offers ENN readers diverse views on current environmental issues, public policy developments, sustainable business news, and more"

Nieman Watchdog

Nieman Watchdog
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University
"Questions the press should ask..."

Street Scenes DC

Street Scenes DC Perhaps we all need a wish tree in our yard, but especially in Washington...

Thousands of newspapers on the Net

Thousands of newspapers on the Net Direct links to the world of rags.

Hightower Download: What Color is your Steak? | The Hightower Download

Hightower Download: What Color is your Steak? Right on, Jim!

Remember Segregation

Remember Segregation
An incredibly emotional walk through the segregation period of the US.

Language tracking?

WORDCOUNT / Tracking the Way We Use Language
WordCount presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.

WordCount was designed with a minimalist aesthetic, to let the information speak for itself. The interface is clean, basic and intuitive. The goal is for the user to feel embedded in the language, sifting through words like an archaeologist through sand, awaiting the unexpected find. Observing closely ranked words tells us a great deal about our culture. For instance, “God” is one word from “began”, two words from “start”, and six words from “war”. Another sequence is "america ensure oil opportunity". Conspiracists unite! As ever, the more one explores, the more is revealed.
And, of course, Querycount tracks the use of WordCount... Ourobouros?

Modern Mythology/Astronomy

Universe / by Jonathan Harris Cyber constellations defining the signs of the times: a game, a reflection, another universe?

From Love to Hate

LOVELINES : From Love to Hate, in Words and PicturesLovelines presents a stark white screen, bounded on the bottom by a slider running from “Love” to “Hate”, with a draggable heart that becomes scratched out to the point of illegibility as the heart approaches “Hate”. As the slider is pulled through Love, Like, Want, Indifference, Dislike, and Hate, words and pictures appear above to represent the chosen state of desire or despair.

Lovelines is structured around three movements: “Words”, “Pictures”, and “Superlatives”. Words and Pictures iteratively present individual examples of human desire, while Superlatives provides a daily zeitgeist of the most loved, wanted, liked, and hated things. Interactive timelines represent the changing magnitude of love and hate over time, and allow navigation into the past.

Defining Our Time

10x10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris Everchanging images of our world at any given moment--clicking on images gives rise to articles related to them--well, you have to see it, you'll understand

We are what we eat

BBC - Food - Back to basics - Back to basics A great glossary on everything related to food.

Global Voices Online
Global Voices seeks to amplify, curate and aggregate the global conversation online - with a focus on countries and communities outside the U.S. and Western Europe. We are committed to developing tools, institutions and relationships that will help all voices everywhere to be heard.

YouTube Awards

YouTube Awards
In case you were wondering, here they are...

E-nike Generator

E-nike Generator
This somehow feels like vindication against branding--take that you nike...

Urban Dictionary: Define Your World

Urban Dictionary: Define Your World Super cool dictionary of neo-slang and acronyms. New words of the day every day, etc.