These links were mentioned at today’s Final Friday. Thanks to: Pam White, Donna Berryman, Susan Andersen, Dave Panzarella, and Varun Jain for their suggestions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA Ok Go Treadmills on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY Where the hell is Matt? – YouTube
http://www.ted.com – lectures of all of lengths by famous, clever, innovative people!! – funny, thought provoking, dynamite! Here are some TED examples:
—- http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html – Aimee Mullens, my 12 legs
—- http://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html Isabel Allende
—- http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html Daniel Pink on motivation
—- http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/keith_barry_does_brain_magic.html Keith Barry on brain magic – 20 minutes
—- http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html about one or two minutes
—– http://www.ted.com/talks/joachim_de_posada_says_don_t_eat_the_marshmallow_yet.html 6 minutes
—– http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/don_norman_3.php The 3 ways good design makes us happy
http://www.householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov – chemicals in everyday products
http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov – an interactive website about toxic products in cities, farms, etc. Great for school children
http://www.howjsay.com – dictionary with audio pronunciation
http://plato.stanford.edu – online free Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://www.gutenberg.org – free books online
http://www.academicearth.org – lectures from universities
http://fastflip.googlelabs.com - front pages of newspapers for that day!
http://www.wfs.org/futurist.htm – articles from a journal called FUTURIST, which U Of R has access to.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org – digital pictures from the New York Public Library’s collection
http://www.aniboom.com – short animations
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb – library websites from all over the world!!!
http://vimeo.com/8968443 Vimeo, like YouTube but not! This video is on golden retrievers!
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4fdda7d3ad/diploma-fight from the Funny or Die site, a video by Marilyn Rosen’s son, Seth Hymes.
