How Well Do You Know Your World?

This is a fun and educational game; find world locations while playing against the clock. You know you're in trouble when you choose the the wrong continent.

Streaming Lectures from TED

TED means Technology,Entertainment, Design and is the name of an annual "think-tank" conference that presents lectures from well known thinkers. The talks are in streaming video by default, but can also be downloaded to iTunes or portable video devices. Or you can download just the audio portion to listen on an iPod device. WARNING: Streaming is best viewed on a home computer with a high speed Internet connection.

Opposing Viewpoints

Many courses require debates or discussions that address two sides of a controversy. This website provides expert commentators writing about different sides of an issue. The site is American with emphasis on U.S. problems, but there are enough supra-national issues covered to make it worthwhile.

Calling All Sports Fans

For some of us, sports trivia and history are the spice of life. Imagine then the delights of the Sports Illustrated Vault, an archive that contains 54 years of Sports Illustrated history including over 150,000 stories , 2,800 covers, and 500,000 photographs in a searchable database. Check out the report of the last Maple Leaf Stanley Cup victory. Or a famous piece of sports writing by Mark Cram describing the epic third Ali-Frazier heavy-weight fight in 1975.

Helping Third World Individuals with Micro-Loans

How can a CCVI student with limited means help an individual in the Third World? One way is through making a micro-loan. Kiva is one of the better known agencies providing the service. Their web site lets you make instant loans to individual entrepreneurs in the developing world. Read more about micro-loans.