Careers &/or Technical Education

ResearchBuzz.org introduced me to a ‘Huge Online Database of Blueprints‘.

I found it interesting and am going to send it to my high school’s CTE (career & technical education) teachers.  The drafting teacher in particular may be interested in it.   Budding artists may also be interested.  There are blueprints of:

cars
motorcycles
trucks
ships
buses
WWI airplanes
WWII airplanes
modern airplanes
tanks
weapons
science fiction
humans
phones
misc.

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/

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‘AASL is promoting two resource lists, each honoring Internet web sites that enhance learning and curriculum development. Developed by an AASL task force, the sites are all free and user friendly.
The Top 25 Web sites for Teaching and Learning focuses on websites that foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboratin.            [...]

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Kimberly Miller of the Palm Beach Post wrote a good article, State university officials take aim at slashing book prices examining the issue and seeking solutions.  Some excerpts:
“The rising cost of textbooks has long been a sore spot for students and parents. And for good reason. Textbook prices have increased at twice the rate of [...]

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The Internet and the news are full of reports of how libraries are meeting the needs of hurting patrons.  Here are a few examples:
Libraries are bustling with job huntersHouston Chronicle - United States
Hard times are boom times for public libraries, experts say, noting
that scanning computerized job banks and filing résumés via the
Internet largely have [...]

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Daneeta Loretta Jackson wrote Six reasons to love the downtown public library for Examiner.com:
“Being homeless and jobless in America’s third world can be a real drag. Finding a place that can help you feel normal and provide much needed resources is important to keeping up morale. The New Orleans Public Library downtown branch is one [...]

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