http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:58 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:58 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91239 This site provides a very clear and organized overview about optics, the science of light. There is a table of contents near the top of the site that links to all sorts of information, diagrams, and related about light, lenses, lasers, scientists and engineers, careers and more. The wealth of information here provides a nice starting point for student teachers to develop lesson plans that are focused on particular topics within this site such as white light and laser light or camera lenses. For some, it may provide a quick review and quick reference. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91289 Fair use is a legal principle that defines the limitations on the exclusive rights** of copyright holders. Thepurpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on the application of fair use principles by educators,scholars and students who develop multimedia projects using portions of copyrighted works under fairuse rather than by seeking authorization for non-commercial educational uses. These guidelines apply only to fair use in the context of copyright and to no other rights. There are three opening letters at the beginning of this site that provide background on how the Fair Use Guidelines came to be. Scroll down about 1/3 of the scroll bar and find the table of contents. It is at this point that you will find some very useful information including: Student Use, Educator Use and Permitted Uses under 1.3 through 3.4; Illustrations and Photographs under 4.2.4; Important Reminders under 6., including 6.1 which covers cautions about downloading material from the Internet. These guidelines http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=312049 This video clip was posted on YouTube in Feb. 2007 by Professor Michael Wesch of Kansas State University. Within days millions had view it. It provides an overview of the shift to Web 2.0 from a digital ethnographer's perspective. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=747523 Figure/Ground is an interdisciplinary research website investigating central problems across the university environment today through a myriad of approaches in the fields of education, technology and media studies, and the arts, humanities and social sciences. Figure/Ground organizes its discussion around four central problems across the university environment today: academic capitalism, the university in the information age, the sovereignty of disciplines and mentorship and pedagogy. The site's main avenue of practice is the Figure/Ground interview collection, which features in-depth conversations with academics and intellectuals from all walks of life who are teaching and working within education, technology and media studies and the arts, humanities and social sciences. There are over 150 interviews in the collection with more being added. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=533103 The Google Chart API is an extremely simple tool that lets you easily create a chart from some data and embed it in a webpage. You embed the data and formatting parameters in an HTTP request, and Google returns a PNG image of the chart. Many types of charts are supported, and by making the request into an image tag you can simply include the chart in a webpage. You can embed these charts on your web page, or download the image for local or offline use.