World Water Day: Resources

We often forget, here in the United States, that most of the people on our planet don't have easy access to fresh, clean water. We just turn on a tap, they have to trek for miles to get clean water, THEN haul it home. Today is World Water Day. Click here or on the logo to the right to go to the official website. Check out other resources here:


History of World Water Day

National Geographic Society has a nice interactive feature on freshwater.

A Freshwater Story outlines how much freshwater is available.

From the Web:: 12 Word Cloud Resources, Tips, & Tools

This is from Shelly Terrell's blog. Over the weekend, Wordle was taken offline because of trademark issues, so my PLN on Twitter scrambled to share alternatives. This is a great list of possibilities. Wordle was back online by Sunday night.

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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Daily Charts at the Economist.com

The Economist.com publishes a daily chart of interesting information. The chart here is from January 10, 2009. Students might be surprised that the United States, which even they perceive to be an extreme car culture, is NOT in the top three in terms of car ownership/thousand. The Economist.com has many great resources, though some are on a subscription basis.