Resources
International Education
Professionals for Cooperation
A site for U.S.-Russian academic exchange.
www.prof.msu.ru/
Official site of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. You can find the site useful in terms of comparative study of educational systems of different countries. A special attention could be paid to transition economies.
www.oecd.org
The Academic Co-operation Association (ACA) is an independent European organisation dedicated to the management, analysis, and improvement of education and training co-operation within Europe and between Europe and other parts of the world.
www.aca-secretariat.be/index.htm
Bologna Secretariat Website
www.dfes.gov.uk/bologna/
Bologna Process in Russia
www.bologna.mgimo.ru/index.php
UNESCO-CEPES (the European Centre for Higher Education) promotes co-operation in higher education among Member States of the Europe Region.
www.cepes.ro/
Eurydice is part of the Community Action Programme in the Field of Education and Lifelong Learning. It is a European website aimed at advancing the education and training in Europe.
www.eurydice.org/
The european webiste on the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013.
ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/index_en.html
Dialing guides & Access Codes
www.countrycallingcodes.com/index.htm
International Phone Card Search Engine
www.calling-plans.com/international/
Professional associations linguists and TESOL specialists can join.
MinneTESOL (local association of ESL teaching professionals)http://www
Comparative and International Education Society(CIES), Inc. - fosters cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement and societal development through the international study of educational ideas, systems, and practices.
www.cies.ws./
http://www.iiep.unesco.org/information-services/publications.html
UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning’s educationa
Teaching Methodology
A link to on-line teaching and instruction site.
www.blackboard.com/
MIT Open Course Ware Program provides free open access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm
This is a site of Law and Civic Education Education Center "Living Law" at St.Petersburg Institute of Law. It provides materials on interactive methods of instuction and assessment tools in the field of civic, HR, and law education.
www.livinglaw.spb.ru
Educause focuses on education technology. The site offers different regional conferences.
www.educause.edu/ConferencesSeminarsandInstitutes/31
Introduces and develops grammar skills for ESL/EFL teachers. Contains teaching suggestions, expansion activities, exercise answers and background notes on grammar and usage.
azargrammar.com
Multimedia resources and professional development for K-12 educators. Also see: www.pbsteachers.com
www.pbs.org
This site provides explanation for case method teaching. It is developed by C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University.
www.hbs.edu/teachingandlearningcenter/in-practice/index.html
A very useful website for EFL teachers to include interesting and fun quizes and exercises on grammar, homonyms, synonyms, etc.This can "spice" up their lesson and at the same time be a good assessment tool.
Armine Aghabekyan
http://a4esl.org/a/v5.html
You can find virtually every grammar item thoroughly discussed and presented here, and a lot of fun exercises on each topic. Students like it.
A.Aghabekyan
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/
You can subscribe through bronze, silver, and/or gold membership, 40 $ average annual fee, and enjoy endless number of ready-to-use lesson plans, ebooks, flashcards and many other materials so necessary for EFL teachers.
A. Aghabekyan
http://www.esl-library.com/index.cfm?pageid=25
Curriculum Development
Internet Access and Training Program Site
www.irex.org/programs/iatp/
This site presents materials on the contemporary issues of feminist theory and practice, including literary aspects.
www.feministstudies.org/
A dictionary of Physical terms and notions (about 2,500 entries). Covers terminology used in university-level course of General Physics.
www.yphysics.freenet.kz
This is a site of the Curriculum Resource Center - the Central European University's consultancy and training unit in curriculum development with a special emphasis on social science and humanities in post-communist higher education systems.
www.ceu.hu/crc/index.html
Web site of Center for History and New Media with many easy to find syllabi in all subjects.
chnm.gmu.edu/tools/syllabi/index.php
Harvard Bussines School Cases
This site migth be interesting for teachers who would like to develope case study curriculum. It provides the best cases from practices for Economics and Finances.
www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/course_materials.jsp
Universities and Specific Academic Topics
The site of Central European University
www.ceu.hu/
The TESOL website (for ESL professors)
www.tesol.org/
The site of the National Communication Organization
www.natcom.org/
Russian State Library site(in Russian and English)
www.rsl.ru/
This is the site of the Centre for the Classical Tradition administered by Dr. Evgueni Afonassine - a JFDP Alumnus. It contains materials on the history of philosophy and law, syllabi, and other resources. Mainly in Russian.
philos.nsu.ru/classics/
Humanities, Social Sciences, Political Science (in Russian). This site was created by sponsorship of Ministery of Education of Russian Federation
www.humanities.edu.ru/
Collection of articles in social science and humanities (in Russian)
svarkhipov.narod.ru
Useful website for social workers. Besides you can find interesting articles and information about conferences.
www.socialworkers.org
This site gives you access to different US laws, codes, encyclopedias, casebooks and much more.
lawschool.westlaw.com/
The American Society of Criminology - I recommend this website to all who wish to find conferences and seminars in law. Really useful web resources.
www.asc41.com
On this website you can find nearly everything about US law: Codes,different laws ,encyclopedias, casebooks and much more.
web.lexisnexis.com/.
Very good resource for natural and engineering sciences
www.sciencedirect.com
The Economic Research Centre is a policy-research oriented nonprofit Think-tank with a mission to facilitate sustainable economic development and good governance.
http://erc-az.org/new/view.php?lang=en&menu=0
Grant Funding and Financial Assistance
The Open Society Institute website
www.soros.org/
International Education Financial Aid
www.iefa.org/
Chronicle of Philanthropy
www.philanthropy.com
Council on Foundations
www.cof.org/
The Grant Advisor Plus
www.grantadvisor.com/
This group aims at providing necessary mechanisms for mutual collaboration among scholars.
Posts on different academic programs, conferences and awards as well as discussions on different academic issues are very much welcomed.
groups.yahoo.com/group/Armenian-Academic-Association-ARMACAD/
Joint Project on writing Shugni grammar
www.as.uky.edu/news_events/news/Pages/LinguisticsProgram.aspx
National and International News
Online Russian news (Russian)
www.lenta.ru/
Online Russian news (Russian)
www.gazeta.ru/
Russian news (in English)
www.einnews.com/russia/
Indispensable information regarding the US.
www.usnews.com
The best non-partisan American newspaper
www.nytimes.com/
Expression of Interests for privatizing Georgian Railway is announced. Information about the company is available online.
privatization.railway.ge
The site is the official web page for the
Albanian legislation. While the site is Albanian, it is a great resource for whoever wishes to conduct research on Albanian legislation.
www.legjislacionishqiptar.gov.al/
Human Rights Education Association
www.hrea.org/learn/guides/children.html
Website focused on children's rights!
www.crin.org
This website is a good source for fellows to follow the presidential campaigns and the stories about different presidential candidates.
www.c-span.org
This is very interesting website about international social work and international news.
cisw.rutgers.edu
Other
A free "build your own website" site
www.homestead.com/
A comprehensive list of Russian listservs and websites
weblist.ru/index.html
Cyrillic fonts and keyboard drivers for your computer
aatseel.org/fonts
Visa and consular information
www.state.gov/www/regions_missions.html
Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary and Thesaurus. Look up any word, and even hear its pronunciation.
www.m-w.com/home.htm
A comprehensive site with links to hundreds of useful reference sources.
www.refdesk.com
This is a very good web-site where you can find a lot of conferences.
www.conferencealerts.com
This is a newly based yahoo-group by some scientists and graduate students having the aim to share all news about scientific world with each other.
groups.yahoo.com/group/Armenian/
JFDP at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln
cehs.unl.edu/jfdp/
Alumni LIGP seminar in 2001
www.geocities.com/ligp2001/temporarypreviewfile.html?9978229298
Business management methodologies
www.12manage.com
Corporate management methodologies
www.cfin.ru
Dear JFDP fellows, if you plan to make a presentation about your country, but have forgotten some materials home, you can use this site to download any audio,video,DVD materials, clips etc.
www.youtube.com
This site allows you to search several websites to find books at cheap prices.
www.bookfinder.com
International Mail Manual from United States Postal Service. Here you can find everything about mailing things to home.
Useful section about mailing books: http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/immc2_015.htm
pe.usps.gov/text/imm/welcome.htm
Cyrillic-Latin converter. Very useful for fellows who has text in Cyrillic and want them in Latin letters.
www.crosign.com/hr/cirilica-latinica-konverter
In this website you can find the cheapest airline tickets to different locations, much cheaper than buses.
www.southwest.com
This website will give you an access to Popular Cultural Association & American Cultural Association. You will get a deeper understanding of American Culture, Literature, Art, Film, Animation, Architecture.
www.pcaaca.org
This organization is a good place for doing our volunteerism, for instance donation of shoes, clothes and such kind of stuff. Check whether you have the office of Salvation Army in your city. Good luck.
www.satruck.com
learn more about issues affecting communities, help to improve lives and build stronger communities...
www.uwgmc.org
This site is an excellent aid for students with disabilities. Mobility International maintains a wonderful website listing information, scholarships and stories from students with disabilities who have traveled, worked, and lived abroad.
www.miusa.org
Websites to cheap air fares. Also see: www.studentuniverse.com and www.airlines.com
www.travelzoo.com
Website to cheap air fare.
www.sta-travel.com
Website to round the world airfares.
www.airfareabroad.com/airtreks.cfm
Weather reports.
www.intellicast.com
Hostel finder.
www.hostelworld.com
Time zones/world clock.
www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Mailing Information
www.usps.com/
World Consulates
www.embassyworld.com