A collection of links to Flashcard systems taken from an online article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. That article is the first of the links. I tried Memrise to help learn some Spanish terms and found it very effective. Revisiting Flashcards – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – “Now that I’m trying [...]
Tagged app, chronicle, flashcards, language, languages, learning, memorization, memory, quiz, tools, vocabulary, web2.0Medical research and treatment, how to use common household items rather than special cleaners, radioLab archives, debunking anti-science myths and an agglomeration of useful apps. Medical Research and Treatment Information from Medify.com – “Our goal is simple: to help you and your family more easily navigate, stay current, and manage the often complex process of [...]
Tagged android, apps, cleaning, climate, climate change, debunking, health, healthcare, history, household, information, lifehack, lifehacker, medical research, medicine, podcast, radio, science, treatment, video, vinegarThis came to me via Stumbleupon. The Geek’s Guide to Getting Almost Anything for Free | MintLife Blog |… – StumbleUpon “Does it pay to be Internet savvy? Yes. In more ways than many people imagine. Sure, the Internet is a great way to research just about anything you could ever want to know about; [...]
blekko | slashtag search ‘New search engines are released all the time, and occasionally a new one is worth checking out. Blekko is a new customizable search engine that helps users stay away from spam, content farms, and malware. Blekko draws on the power of the slashtag in order to organize websites and search results [...]
Tagged public library of science, science, search, search enginesBagg’s Tree Buskers Nice collection of pieces for Band In A Box (tags: biab band-in-a-box music bandinabox) Ge.tt | Gett sharing “The best way to publish and share your files” (tags: web internet web2.0 online tools filesharing) The next two are from Scout Report DuckDuckGo “You may have played “duck duck goose” growing up, but [...]
Tagged band-in-a-box, biab, file sharing, search enginesPunchfork. Listings of recipes by images, and recipes gathered from a variety of blogs and other social media sources. This seems very nice. The visual aspect is especially appealing to me. Searching seems to work well too. Punchfork | The best new recipes from top food sites visual discplay of recipes form a variety of [...]
Tagged Recipes, social mediaTwo links here. One for lyrics and tabs for the Ukulele. The other a listing of places to find images. Richard G’s Uke Songs “Here are lyrics and chords for a few songs” (tags: howto music reference) 5 Sources for Free and Legal Images | The Blog Herald “ while using your own images is always [...]
Tagged chords, images, lyrics, tab, ukulelePenZen – The distraction free writing enviroment distraction-free writing environment (tags: writingonline) scrible | smarter online research – annotate, organize & collaborate on web pages Receommened via http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/scrible-a-new-tool-for-web-annotation/33240?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en (tags: web2.0 research annotation)
Tagged annotation, writing