This is a handout I distributed at my presentation on "Multimedia
Technology: Born for the Humanities" at the
Community College Humanities
Association national meeting recently. I hope that some faculty may
find it a useful way to begin exploring the manifold riches of the
Internet.
--Arnold Bradford
Theory
http://www.scs.ryerson.ca/dmason/common/euit.html
Hyperlink version of AAHESGIT posting on educational uses of
technology. Some excellent links.
http://www.learner.org/
Learner On-Line (main page of Annenberg/CPB). See above.
Humanities
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Perseus Project home page—awesome resources on ancient Greece.
http://www.rossettiarchive.org/
The Rossetti Archive—explore the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti—
19th century poet and painter.
http://www.clark.net/pub/cosmic/cba1.html
Cosmic Baseball Association. The concept driving this mind-bending
site is just too difficult to explain. Experience it.
As a scholar, a baseball fan, and a student of world culture
you will be endlessly fascinated.
Art
http://www.culture.fr/culture/gvpda-en.htm
Pont d’Arc cave site run by French Cultural Ministry.
http://www.stedelijk.nl/
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. This government-funded
museum has excellent collections of images, especially for
modern eras.
http://www.nmwa.org/
National Museum for Women in the Arts. This is a very stimulating
and well-organized site. The museum itself is bold and adventuresome
in spirit.
Literature and Composition
http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html
Shakespeare Illustrated site run by Professor Harry Rusche of
Emory University. Concentrates on 19th c. images, criticism and
productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Lots of excellent graphics.
An extensive and well-organized site.