Resources & Little Marvels 2 - this time it's personal!
A directory of resources - video, audio and images - freely available, with notes about their copyright and re-use for schools. This section updates some articles first published in 'Little Marvels' which is now archived, here...
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World Digital Library launched.
World Digital Library or WDL, launched 21st April 2009. Massive project attempting to maintain balance between world cultures in the resources provided and avoid the US/Euro centric nature of much web materials.
An "intellectual cathedral" - 32 partners from countries around the world and supported by UNESCO. Look and study mode. Free of charge. Seven languages. Background information inc videos about objects and collections. Interactive timeline/map interface as well as 'ordinary' search. Gradual growth.
:: Hurry Now World Digital Library
:: More information here.
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Europeana
Europeana is a vast European digital library, museum and archive. Like several other big digital projects the launch of its prototype website on 20th November caused the site to crash under the huge weight of use - 10 million hits an hour. But its OK now - bookmark now!
:: More about and links to Europeana
:: See also the related film archive project European Film Gateway
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George Orwell's Diaries
George Orwell's diaries are being published online exactly 70 years after they were first written. They are being published a day at a time, as they were written - as a blog is written today - in fact published in 'Wordpress' which is blog. See Orwell Diaries
The domestic diaries begin on 9th August 2008 and the political diaries covering the Spanish Civil War and the War with Germany begin on 7th September. The diaries run from 1938 until 1942, so that gives us four years of reading!
:: Orwell Weblinks ... Charles' website ... Wikipedia ... BBC
:: Would Orwell have been a blogger? - Robert McCrum, The Observer Sunday 2nd September 2007.
:: Another blogged diary ... The Pepys diaries - 1 January 1660 aka 1 January 2003.
This image appears to be in public domain...originating from the National Union of Journalists over 70 years ago. See Wikipedia Images
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The Great War Archive
:: The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, from Oxford University, includes materials about Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Roland Leighton, Robert Graves, Edward Thomas and Vera Brittain and now (hooray!) David Jones. They are also developing resources and tools for learning and teaching.
The Great War Archive, sits alongside the poetry materials and brings together material wbout the First World War held by members of the public to help keep the memory alive of the sacrifices made during World War One. The full collection was made available free of charge via the Web on the 11th November 2008, the 90th anniversary of the Armistice.
All the materials can be used for education use in schools - we checked ... The Terms and conditions sound a bit as though it's just for HE, but we have checked and it is OK for schools in the UK as well. Schools outside UK should, perhaps, check for themsleves. But please read their terms and conditions and the context information to maintain the provenance of the materials and develop good practice in using original materials.
:: Additional image resources are being collected through a Flickr Group http://www.flickr.com/groups/greatwararchive/
:: More on Wilfred Owen and poetry copyright in Shapesoftime at Poetry online
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Flickr Commons
Flickr Commons is a fantastic initiative to bring archive images to a wider audience. High quality digital images from archives in USA, Australia and France - so far - are provided using a new variant public licence and urging user participation to "make these collections even richer." more...
Don't miss the colour photos from 1940's USA (see image) from Library of Congress or the 100-year old plus colour images of Egypt and modern art work from Brooklyn Museum.hurry now...
Image: Woman aircraft worker, 1940s, full citation
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English Heritage
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Wellcome-images
Welcome has been a pathfinder in recognising the needs of education in it's provision of on-line resources.
Welcome Images has a wide range of medical and scientific images. Also covers aspects of history and society; and issues of citizenship and faith; art will love it. Images are made freely available in formats for re-use in education. more...
Image B0006464 Credit Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images
A diatom frustule. full image details and credits
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Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of LIfe has key information about all life on Earth accessible to all using Creative Commons licences or in the public domain ... wonderful stuff. Key information about all life on earth accessible to anyone, more...
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Wikipedia Commons and Wikipedia
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Archive
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt archive has a thousand photographs plus some sound and other documents, all of which are in the publc domain and are "copyright free" covering the The Great Depression, The New Deal and World War II. more...
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You Tube
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Internet Archive
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Creative Commons Resources
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The National Education Network
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Slide Share
A place to share 'powerpoints' freely - on just about everything - from commercial, public service and education sources.
Slide Share...MORE
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Creative Archive
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Poetry on-line
The availability of audio recordings of poetry online - some downloadable, many streamed - has burgeoned in the past few years... MORE
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Ask Professor Zebra
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Update history: updated 11th July 2008. Origin February 2008
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