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Art History Without Slides

Dana Leibsohn, an assistant professor of art at Smith College, is talking about Nazcan pottery in her survey course on pre-Columbian art. The rough surfaces of the vessels, she explains, reflect the rock-strewn deserts of the makers’ Peruvian homeland. Read the Full Article

University Libraries Launch Virtual Archive of ‘The Papers of John Jay’

This new access tool links users to Jay’s unpublished papers (correspondence, memos, diaries and diplomatic papers) written by or to Jay, diplomat and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Columbia graduate from when the school was known as King’s College. Read the Full Article

NASA and SCETV Bring Unique TV Series into Classrooms

Developed by NASA’s Langley Office of Education, the shows, “NASA Science Files,”™ and “NASA CONNECT,”™ enhance and enrich the learning of mathematics, science, and technology for students from grades three through 12. Approximately 18,000 South Carolina educators, representing about one-half million students, are registered users of the programs. The third show, “NASA’s Destination Tomorrow,” is […]

A growing listing of South Carolina’s distance education opportunities

DESC.info lists distance-delivered academic credit, continuing education unit, and non-credit courses, degree programs, and more from South Carolina institutions. Visit the Site

Schools Online

…by developing locally-driven and sustainable Internet Learning Centers, facilitating professional development, and cultivating online cross-cultural projects. Available in 9 languages. Visit the Site

NASA Television Education File schedule for January 2003

The NASA Television Education File airs weekdays at 2-3 p.m. (Eastern Standard or Daylight Time), with replays at 5-6 p.m., 8-9 p.m., 11 p.m.-12 a.m., and 2-3 a.m. the next morning. The Education File may be preempted by other events. If you plan to use program content in your classroom or any situation where program […]

CSUMentor Online Admission Application Submittals Soar

The California State University and Xap Corporation, the leader in Internet-based student services, today announced that the CSUMentor system received 232,934 online applications during the 2-month fall enrollment period of October 1 through November 30, 2002. This number is a 47.5% increase in the applications submitted for same period a year ago, and is over […]

Digital Book Index

Titles range from the Ancient Agriculture to Space Flight. An extensive Reference section includes more than 2000 Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Thesauri, Glossaries, Read the “about” page

National Geographic Image Colleciton

We [National Geographic] are proud to bring you the convenience of online searching and downloading images of “the world and all that is in it.” Visit the Site

TV Acres Covers the Cultural Landscape Of Our Time

If there is a cozy communal campfire for the people of the Information Age, it’s got to be our television sets. Even in a time when our society is ever-more fragmented and segmented, TV continues to be the something that we have in common. Love it or hate it, praise it or ridicule it, television […]