http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:09 PDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:09 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=249932 This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English, German, and Spanish. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context. It is intended for students of phonetics, linguistics, and foreign language. There is also an interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.To find out about how this project was completed see http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000072/Introduction.html http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89578 Has Word of the Day feature which gives pronunciation, etymology, quotation and date chart. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=512784 This is an online game that was created by University of Michigan researchers to help students with theacademic task of crafting a bibliography. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, "Students are rewarded for their research skills and their ability to differentiate between good and bad material. To play, they find sources, which are judged by their peers for relevance and credibility, and then measure the worth of sources their classmates find. They gain more points the more sources they assess accurately and the better their own sources are judged.״ One needs to use Firefox and to download the free Zotero. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75329 Online, interactive writing assistance that is rhetorically based. Contains sample student papers, self-correcting quizes, as well as informational pages."