Smithsonian Education Online Ready for School


[Tue August 12, 2003]
At Smithsonian Education, you'll find great teaching
materials, links to hundreds of web-based resources,
and online access to everything the world's largest museum
system offers.




DiscoverySchool.com Site News For July 2003


[Fri August 8, 2003]
New on the site for July... All educational CD-ROMs in the
Teacher Store are half off. Discovery Channel School
videos and CD-ROMS are edited and formatted for use in
the classroom. Each video is Closed Captioned.

PBS Parents Web Site Launches Struggling to Learn


[Wed August 6, 2003] The site is designed
to give parents and teachers a better understanding of learning processes
and potential reading, writing, math and attention difficulties, and specific
strategies and resources for responding, as well as the opportunity to hear
from a range of learning disability experts. From WGBH, the producers of
the television documentary and Web site Misunderstood Minds.

ClassBrain.com Launches Back To School Sections For Parents, Teens


[Tue August 5, 2003]
ClassBrain.com has been creating supplemental educational
resource materials for students, teachers and parents
since 1999. The dedicated staff constantly scours the
Internet for the best materials available. They assemble,
augment, and in many cases create materials that can't
otherwise be found.

MyBestSeller.com Helps First-time Authors Get Published


[Fri August 1, 2003]
Launched today, mybestseller.com is the place to learn how to
write a personal bestseller. The site offers information,
inspiration, and assistance written in plain English, making it
easy to understand and use. "Everyone does indeed have a story,
as evidenced by recent statistics which show that 81% of
Americans believe they have a book inside of them," said
site founder Marvin D. Cloud.

July 2003 Bandwidth Report: Cable Trumps DSL, US Broadband at 36.7%


[Tue July 29, 2003]
The Bandwidth Report from Andrew B. King
is a monthly roundup of connectivity trends in the US and elsewhere. Each
month's bandwidth report offers the latest statistics in Internet connectivity
and broadband trends. King is also the founder of WebReference.com and JavaScript.com,
both award-winning developer sites from internet.com, and he has recently
authored a new book "Speed Up Your Site - Web Site Optimization".

Security Industry Association Launches BusinessSecurityTips.com

[Mon July 28, 2003]
The goal of the Web site is to become a reliable resource
of information sharing for the private sector by featuring
extensive online resources and a tour of a simulated
business facility.

Gutenberg Bible Now Online at University of Texas Ransom Center

[Fri July 25, 2003]
The University of Texas Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
web site now features a scanned version of their Gutenberg Bible.
The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed with movable
type, is one of the greatest treasures in the Ransom Center's collections. It was printed at Johann
Gutenberg's shop in Mainz, Germany and completed in 1454 or 1455. The Center's Bible was
acquired in 1978 and is one of only five complete examples in the United States.

Best-Selling Tech Author's Team To Form AnswerSquad.com

[Thu July 24, 2003] "This group has
a phenomenal amount of experience answering questions, ranging from simple
explanations to complex technical matters," said founder and author Dave Taylor,
"We're excited to be able to offer our collective expertise to a larger AnswerSquad audience."

MicroURL Launches Simple Way To Track, Analyze Links

[Wed July 23, 2003]
Says MicroURL co-founder Derek Scruggs, "MicroURL allows you to quickly
and easily consolidate all your links in one place and track their activity over time. Instead of
crunching through massive log files, marketers, Web site managers and newsletter publishers can
track the clicks on specific links in real time."

SprintRelayOnline.com adds American Sign Language Videos, Smart Button

[Mon July 21, 2003]
Sprint Relay provides telephone accessibility to Those who are deaf,
hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, or speech disabled, who can use the service to make
and receive calls to and from anyone, anywhere in the world, via a web interface.

Liberia Info Center from National Geographic Online

[Thu July 17, 2003]
You probably didn't know that Liberia was founded by
freed American slaves. And you probably also didn't know
Liberia's cheif export is...Diamonds. But don't feel bad,
I didn't know either until I spent some time at
National Geographic's excellent site devoted to this
African nation.

USPS Site Features Daily Tour de France News, Photos, Articles

[Wed July 16, 2003]
Dan Osipow's Notebook, Frankie Andreu's Diary, and Graham Watson's photographs
are included on the official site for the USPS Pro Cycling Team

FindSavings Expands Coupon Search Engine

[Tue July 15, 2003]
Most online shoppers don't realize they can save money almost
every time they shop by using online coupons. FindSavings.com
is a niche search engine just for online coupons and sales.
Spend a few minutes on FindSavings.com and find online coupons/sales
for over 200 stores, like Amazon.com, Buy.com, and Expedia.com.