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Learning Resources

 Web resources

H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online - information and resources for those interested in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

PedagoNet - learning material resources centre, to which resources can be added by teachers. There is also a database of resource request from others and a posting area for teachers looking for resources.

HSC Online - established by Charles Sturt University (CSU) & maintained by CSU, NSW Dept. of Education & Training, Board of Studies and TAFE NSW.

Asia-Pacific studies

Asiaco - an Asia search engine and directory service.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - aims to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in Southeast Asia and promote regional peace and stability.

Business studies/economics

NSW HSC Online: Business Studies - information and resources for teachers and students doing the Higher School Certificate.

NSW HSC Online: Economics - information and resources for teachers and students doing the Higher School Certificate.

English film and media

ABC Online - Australia's national broadcaster.

Australian Film Commission (AFC) - the Australian Government's agency for supporting the development of film, television and interactive digital media projects.

Film Australia - one of the nation's largest producers of television documentaries and educational programs.

Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) - Australia's multicultural broadcaster.

English Literature

We have prepared a page of useful English Literature links.

Geography

NSW HSC Online: Geography - information and resources for teachers and students doing the Higher School Certificate.

History

NSW HSC Online: Ancient History - information and resources for teachers and students doing the Higher School Certificate.

NSW HSC Online: Modern History - information and resources for teachers and students doing the Higher School Certificate.

 Other information

Additional information for this area may available via the wide variety of social software (link to Wikipedia) & other Internet services where people share their knowledge and connect/collaborate/communicate with others around the world who have similar interests. Some of these services (with main links to Wikipedia articles) are: 

• Wikis where information is published online through the collaborative input of many people - this information is then available for all to access & edit.
    • wikipedia  - an encyclopaedia with versions in a number of languages
    • wikispaces - used by individuals, education & special interest groups   
   
• Blogs (or web logs) are essentially online journals or diaries presented in reverse chronological order. Groups often use them to promote informal discussion on particular topics or issues.
    • blogger - search for relevant blogs with keywords of your choice
   
• RSS - this is a way of having a summary of information (or feeds) 'delivered' to your web browser or aggregator as it becomes available from online newspapers, magazines or special interest websites.
    • bloglines - an excellent way of managing your RSS subscriptions or Feeds
    
• Social bookmarking sites where users post their list of bookmarks (or favourite websites) for others to search and view. There are specialised services for particular interest groups.
    • del.icio.us is perhaps the best known general social bookmaking service
   
• Newsgroups & mailing lists are older types of Internet services (or forums) which are mainly used these days by special interest groups.
    • tile.net allows you to do keyword searches of these services

To find out more about these and the many other online information services available, explore Wikipedia further as well as its related Wikimedia Foundation projects.

 Teaching resources

Curriculum Centres provide information and resources for TAFE NSW educational staff relating to this area on their Intranet website - this is only accessible to staff from within the TAFE NSW computer network.

Last updated: 12 April, 2007

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