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About the Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.The Republic of the Web
The web continues to grow at staggering rates. Automated search engines are increasingly unable to turn up useful results to search queries. The small paid editorial staffs at commercial directory sites can't keep up with submissions, and the quality and comprehensiveness of their directories has suffered. Link rot is setting in and they can't keep pace with the growth of the Internet.
Instead of fighting the explosive growth of the Internet, the Open Directory provides the means for the Internet to organize itself. As the Internet grows, so do the number of net-citizens. These citizens can each organize a small portion of the web and present it back to the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping only the best content.
The Definitive Catalog of the Web
The Open Directory follows in the footsteps of some of the most important editor/contributor projects of the 20th century. Just as the Oxford English Dictionary became the definitive word on words through the efforts of a volunteers, the Open Directory follows in its footsteps to become the definitive catalog of the Web.
The Open Directory was founded in the spirit of the Open Source movement, and is the only major directory that is 100% free. There is not, nor will there ever be, a cost to submit a site to the directory, and/or to use the directory's data. The Open Directory data is made available for free to anyone who agrees to comply with our free use license.
The Internet Brain
The Open Directory is the most widely distributed data base of Web content classified by humans. Its editorial standards body of net-citizens provide the collective brain behind resource discovery on the Web. The Open Directory powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most popular search engines and portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, Google, Lycos, HotBot, DirectHit, and hundreds of others.
You Can Make a Difference
Like any community, you get what you give. The Open Directory provides the opportunity for everyone to contribute.
Signing up is easy: choose a topic you know something about and join. Editing categories is a snap. We have a comprehensive set of tools for adding, deleting, and updating links in seconds. For just a few minutes of your time you can help make the Web a better place, and be recognized as an expert on your chosen topic.
Join the Open Directory Project
1. Find a category that you would like to maintain.
2. Follow the Become an Editor link at the top of the category page.
Note that some categories do not have a Become an Editor link; you should find a more specific category which interests you, and apply there. Once you have joined, and gained some experience, you can apply for more general categories.
Further Information
* General FAQ - Want more info? Check out some general FAQs about us in our Help area.
* Sites Using ODP Data - Category listing of all sites, search engines, portals, etc. using the ODP RDF dump.
* ODP in the News and medias - News, articles and other reports about the ODP.
* Linking to the ODP - Show your support of the ODP by linking to us from your site.
* Downloading ODP Data - Get the Definitive Directory of the Web for your site. It's free and available to everyone.
* Free Use License - License governing use of ODP data.
* Social Contract - Our commitment and promise to all net-citizens to keep the ODP a free and open resource.
* Awards - Our site has won a number of awards.
miércoles, 16 de enero de 2008
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jueves, 3 de enero de 2008
Breaking News English.com
Breaking News English.com
Free ready-to-use EFL / ESL lesson plans in Word and PDF. Graded news articles, listening, podcast, and communicative activities.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
Sean Banville (Webmaster and Author of the Lessons)
Free ready-to-use EFL / ESL lesson plans in Word and PDF. Graded news articles, listening, podcast, and communicative activities.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
About the Site
Sean Banville (Webmaster and Author of the Lessons)
- British, Master's (distinction) in TEFL/TESL, permanent resident of Japan, Apple iMac and iPod lover, Arsenal Football Club supporter, gardener, visitor to 37 countries, early riser, long-distance swimmer, kayaker and cyclist.
Features
- The lessons are free.
- There are several new lessons each week at two different levels.
- All lessons are based on stories currently in the news - as the world's news breaks, teach it.
- All lessons are also downloadable in Word.doc and PDF formats.
- Listening files can be downloaded in mp3 format or subscribed to via a podcast.
- Classroom handouts are readily reproducible.
- There is a graded listening for each level.
- Teachers can easily copy and paste the parts of the lessons they want to use.
History
- So… half way through a Master’s in TEFL/TESL with Birmingham University, I was reading a wonderful book called "Appropriate Methodology and Social Context"*. This got me thinking about what would really interest students on a daily basis, which got me thinking about daily news, which got me thinking about having a cup of tea and a sit down, which then got me thinking about a website offering news English lessons the same day the news breaks.
Eighteen months and one dissertation later, I started my new project. I called it "Breaking News English.com".Help Support and Promote This WebsiteWhy did I start this? Well… years of producing news materials for my language school in Japan; too many fine teachers to mention telling me to write a textbook; dozens of other fine teachers telling me my news materials worked well for them; my experience as a teacher-trainer; a lovely iMac computer; a stupendously supportive and wonderful wife; and a horribly loud alarm clock delicately balanced on the top stair outside my bedroom. What better recipe for success?
And so onto successes… and many have there so far been. Just getting everything online is one; each pre-toast-and-marmalade upload yet more; wonderful E-mails of encouragement – fuel for fingertips at keyboard; lots of support and encouragement from other ESL sites; seeing my site in #1 position for many searches on various search engines; and others. Small though these successes may be, I hope I can in some way contribute to a change in ELT news materials by producing my materials.
*Adrian Holliday, 1994, Cambridge University Press.
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