Resources

Course Material

Architecture: Wikepedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture

Architecture: Answers.Com: http://www.answers.com/topic/architect

Brick: basic construction: http://www.quikrete.com/diy/BasicBrickConstruction.html

Brick: contruction and restoration: http://www.nps.gov/goga/history/seaforts/chap9&10/brick.htm

Bricks: research videos: http://www.engineering4theworld.org/Ongoing%20Research/Tests.html

Brick: glossary: http://www.bia.org/html/frmset_thnt.htm

Brickwork designing: http://www.brickbydesign.com/brickworkdesign/designing/index.html

CITIES: Places Sacred, Safe, and Busy by Joel Kotkin http://www.americancity.org/article.php?id_article=119

Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com

Interactive lab on materials: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/materials.html

New ways of looking at cities by Michael Batty: http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/nature.html

Stone: http://www.pierre-bourgogne.fr/Stone-General-presentation--en0601.html

Urban Design as a Career: http://www.udg.org.uk/?document_id=468

Master of Urban Design - Briefing Materials: http://www.vanalen.org/forums/_graphics/Briefing%20Materials.pdf

Language help sites

Descriptions: http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/describe.htm

How to write definitions: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_define.html

Pronunciation practice: http://id2125-parallel.pbwiki.com/f/pronunciation-practice.htm

Sumarizig and paraphrasing: http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/students/factsheets/paraphrasing.pdf

Summarizing - interactive lesson

Grammar How-to help pages

Text-to-Speech Sites

http://public.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

http://www.cepstral.com/demos/

http://www.bluegrind.com/index.html

http://www.oddcast.com/home/sitepal (Use the Try Demo buttom)

Web Tools

BubbleShare: http://www.bubbleshare.com

Chinswing: http://www.chisnwing.com

Del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us.com

MyChingo: http://www.mychingo.com

Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com

Make Beliefs: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ (creating comics)

Podomatic: http://www.podomatic.com

Springdoo: http://www.springdoo.com

Vaestro: http://www.vaestro.com

YouSendIt: http://www.yousendit.com

Wetpaint: http://www.wetpaint.com

Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com