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> Electronics
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learn basic Electronics. Electronics: An Online Guide for
Beginners. There are other electronics resources on the net but this is the place to start. They cover a wide range of subjects beginners need to know and here is a forum for asking questions. Another great ThinkQuest site put together by students.
Careers
> Entrepreneurs
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start a home bakery. A very nice helpful site, with lots of tips and resources to help you become successful. This page covers things like location and permits, challenges, setting up your kitchen, product line and selling. Look for links to other parts of the site for additional info like management, recipes, Baking School, Pizza and much more.
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calculate the cost of relocating. Relocation "Power Tools" for comparing cost of living, crime statistics, moving costs etc. plus a Relocation Wizard to help plan your move. The Relocation Wizard includes a 'Military Friendly' version.
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> Computer Science
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get girls interested in computer science. Computers and the internet are becoming the brain of planet earth. So far females are sadly under-represented. We need women in the highest levels of the computing industry to ensure this
"brain" .has a feminine side. "Computer science and computer engineering are the routes to the top, and we must find ways to encourage young women to pursue those routes. Read Getting Girls Interested in Computer Science. "
Education
> Languages
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learn to speak French. The French Tutorial by Hervé Foucher is a free online tutorial with 116 pages and 194 audio files audio files to learn the proper pronunciation.
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To speak Inuktitut. This web site gives you an introduction to the language of the Eastern Arctic, Inuktitut. Sound files let you listen to the proper pronunciation of selected words and phrases.
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get recognition in Canada for foreign credentials. If you have already earned a formal credential in another, country and you're wondering how to get recognition for it in Canada, the International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES) might be what you're looking for.
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To improve your reading comprehension, build your vocabulary, and sharpen your grammar skills.
Merit Software's Merit Quiz Center.
Education
> Physical Sciences
- HowTo
Succeed in Physical Science.
Unlike most physical science text books this one has minimal mathematics "so that you can concentrate on what happens and why it happens, as opposed to abstract equations used for predicting scientific events." Once you understand this the mathematics make a lot more sense and are much easier to learn. One of the topics covered in this course is "The Physics of Computer Games"
At the School for Champions sponsored by Kurtus Technologies " You pay for the lessons by becoming successful and by helping others"
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how to detect an earthquake epicenter, determine Richter magnitude tutorial.
How to detect an earthquake epicenter, determine Richter magnitude - an interactive tutorial that helps students understand how the epicenters of earthquakes are located from seismograms and how their Richter magnitudes are determined. Part of the ongoing project
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Education
> Research
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do research. This course from Brian Brown's Life Long Learning series "Research an Introduction" is for those wanting to know how to do in-depth research. It covers various theories such as system theory, chaos theory, information theory and cybernetic theory. Interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, organisation and mass media theories are also explored. Qualitative and quantitative research methodology is explained. Students are expected to apply system theory, information theory and cybernetic theory to everyday situations
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evaluate the quality of internet resources.. Internet Detective a free interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources. Offline version available to download for non-commercial academic and research purposes. English French and Dutch versions. You first register a user ID so the system can remember your quiz scores. It also remembers where you left off in case you don’t finish it in one go. (Estimated to take one to two hours). It asks for a name,
e-mail address and user name. Bear in mind that this was developed to benefit the academic research community in the European Union.
Education
> Teaching Online
- HowTo
Telework as a Virtual Teacher. Eduardo Peirano. Publisher of the
Online Courses Newsletter " to keep subscribers informed of courses offered online so they can benefit from online education." He has put a lot of work into this truly excellent resource.
- HowTo
create online research modules for students. This Module Maker will show you how to build your own
Online Research Modules that will challenge your students to make up their own minds while supplying them with rich information to support higher level thinking. Visit also the author Jamie MacKenzie's homepage at
http://questioning.org/ for more resources and Standards based research units.
Education > Writing
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punch up your essay writing. Free online tutorial from Merit Software, guides you through creating an essay. The topic is changed periodically.
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revise and improve your essays. See also this handout from the
Writing Center
- HowTo
write essays. Basic Guide to Essay Writing by Kathy
Livingston. Great refresher course. if you're feeling a little
rusty.
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