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HippoCampus
HippoCampus (project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE)) provides high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. Each lesson includes multimedia lessons, the text of the lesson, and related resources.
American History [ushistory.org]
“The Independence Hall Association (IHA) in Philadelphia has released a free digital American history textbook for middle- and high-school students, which will evolve to include interactive displays, video streaming, simulations or dynamic versions of the text, and opportunities for collaboration by students and teachers.”
Transitioning to College: Helping You Succeed
If you have found your way to this site, you are probably either planning to attend college or you are already there. You are discovering (or will discover soon) that although many things about college classes and coursework are pretty similar to high school, there are still big differences. Explore this site to learn more about what is involved in transitioning to college.
Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie
Xtranormal allows a huge amount of control of exactly how a movie will look, users choose camera angles, animations, expressions, looks, points, and sounds.
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
Designed for high school and college teachers and students,
History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers
other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
TCA Prep :: Triumph College Admissions
TCAs web-based software gives you the edge you need to raise your students test scores and track progress as it occurs.
Unigo
Unigo relies on huge database of student generated content for college reviews. Unigo has reviews written by students as well as video content. The value of Unigo extends beyond college reviews to first-hand accounts of mistakes made and lessons learned in the first year of college.
College Grazing
Designed to provide resources to prospective students, their parents, and their teachers or guidance counselors, the site offers the usual links to financial aid information, advice on writing college essays and career guidance.
EDUPursuit - College Search
Edu Pursuit is a simple tool designed to help students locate colleges that they may be interested in attending. Edu Pursuit lets students search using the following parameters; public or private school, two or four year program, size of the student body, and location. Students set the parameters, search, and the results are displayed on a Google Map. Each search result placemark is linked to a college's website.
Behind the News
ABC Behind the News site looks at local and overseas events that hit the news and simplifies it for students. Behind the News is complete with lesson plans and worksheets.
Career Aisle :: Students
Career Aisle is from the South Carolina PBS Station, and has many short, and accessible, videos on different careers. There are a number of other activities and resources related to jobs there, too.
Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum
Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides high-school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web.
Social Issues - Multnomah County Library
This web page has been created to meet the needs of Multnomah County middle and high school students researching current social issues from multiple perspectives.
MyCollegeCalendar.org
My College Calendar helps students organize their college applications. Students select the names of the colleges to which they are applying then My College Calendar generates a color-coded calendar with important due dates for the application procedure at each college.
College Crunch
College Crunch features college reviews, college profiles, tips for navigating the logistics of college financing, and career planning advice. The career planning advice includes lists of salaries by career. Not all aspects of the pages on College Crunch appear to be functioning yet, none-the-less the concept of College Crunch is good.
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