Art

Reversing Vandalism

Over 600 torn and sliced books, on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics, women’s issues and HIV/AIDS, deemed beyond repair at the San Francisco Public Library are now in this online exhibit in which art the books have been turned into art.

sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibits/rv/

SlideShare

SlideShare is a free online slideshow maker. Share publicly or privately. You can add audio to create a webinar.

slideshare.net/

West Point Bridge Design Contest

Although the contest is over, this website offers software to download where you can design and test your own virtual bridge.

bridgecontest.usma.edu/

John James Audubon

Audubon was a famous painter of birds in the Americas. His paintings have been placed in flash movies with original music. The site also has a catalog of over 400 of Audubon's paintings.

mcq.org/audubon/menu.html

Robotics: Seeing, Thinking, Acting

Explore the history and working of robots and the ethics behind them, check out "robot art," or even interactively command a remotely operated vehicle.

thetech.org/robotics/

Gliffy

Gliffy is an online tool for drawing and sharing diagrams. You can create flowcharts, UI wireframes, floor plans, network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram. You can also add collaborators and publish your diagrams on the web.

gliffy.com

Beethoven: The Magnificent Master

Great site offering biographical information, a large picture gallery lists of his works, and a section called The Creation Histories. In this section you can learn how Beethoven made each of his symphonies, where they were performed and what people thought of them when they first came out.

raptusassociation.org/

Google SketchUp

Google SketchUp is free software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easy to learn and use, and models that you make can be placed on Google Earth maps.

sketchup.google.com/

Stop Motion and Clay Animation

Watch clay animation films view historic pictures and even read how to sculpt and create clay animation.

animateclay.com/

Graffiti Archaeology

Graffiti Archaeology is the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The grafarc.org project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of San Francisco graffiti taken by many different photographers from 1998 to the present.

otherthings.com/grafarc/about.html

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Bonus Links

Frontline/World News

A news program by PBS that seeks to find stories from across the globe. The program has been internationally recognized for its in-depth journalism.

pbs.org/frontlineworld/index.html

American Red Cross

A national relief organization that provides help and aid all over the world.

redcross.org/en/

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