Here's a quick guide to the Academic Resources links:
Free Productivity Tools
Bibliographies
EasyBib: This
website creates bibliographies for you in MLA and other formats. Just
input key data (or have it find it for you) and it will autofill the
rest. You can create a perfect bibliography ready for printing in just
minutes.
Mindmaps & Process
Charts
Webspiration: This online tool creates mindmaps, flow charts and process charts. Like Google Docs, you can collaborate with others.
Surveys
SurveyMonkey:
This website allows you to create free, professional online surveys in
a variety of formats with excellent analysis tools that save you time
doing the math and graphs to analyze your results.
References
Synonym.com:
A synonym-finder tool.
Dictionary.com: It's a dictionary.
C.W.P. Resources
Politifact.com &
Factcheck.org: both these award-winning sites check political and media statements for their relative truthfulness.
CIA Factbook:
This is the best resource for any and all traditional statistical data
about a country in the world. Need to know major exports for Angola?
It's there. Percent of the population under 30 in Madagascar? It's
there. Just select the country you're interested in from the drop down
toolbar.
Register to Vote!:
At the Secretary of State's website, you can register to vote online if
you have a driver's license. Making sure your voice is heard has never
been so easy.
Online Newspapers: This
website has news resources in English from every country in the world.
Beware, they are not listed in order of usefulness. For instance, in
the U.S. section the
New York Times might appear below
Living on the Peninsula. Make sure to browse and look for links labelled English Language.
S.A.T. & Vocab Help
Spark Notes: Along with useful summaries of just about every academic topic imaginable, Spark Notes has a free online SAT prep section.
The downside is you have to pay to download sample tests (which are
the key to doing well). I still recommend a full SAT prep book, but if
you can't afford it, or get around to it, this is a good stand-in.
FreeRice:
This website is a vocab quiz with a socially conscious twist.
Sponsored by the Berkman Center at Harvard and the United Nations World
Food Program, each time you correctly answer a vocab question rice is
donated to the UNWFP. Vocab levels range from basic to stump the
English teacher. There are also quizzes over other academic subjects.
Studying for the SATs never did so much good.
P.E. Resources
Map My Run:
This website is a great tool for figuring out how far you have run, or
creating new running routes. Using Google Earth technology, you can
easily map and figure out the exact distance of any running route. You
can also see suggested running routes for anywhere in the world posted
by other users. Visiting Bellingham and need a good run? This site
will have a variety of runs of different lengths.