English for Architecture and Urban Planning, ID2-125, USB
Prof. Dafne González

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCES / VIRTUAL TOOLS

Architecture: Wikepedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture

Architecture: Answers.Com: http://www.answers.com/topic/architect

Brick: basic construction: http://www.quikrete.com/diy/BasicBrickConstruction.html

Brick: contruction and restoration: http://www.nps.gov/goga/history/seaforts/chap9&10/brick.htm

Brick: Its parts. (interactive activity): http://www.student.cardonald.ac.uk/materials/construction/parts%20of%20a%20brick/home/index.htm

Bricks: research videos: http://www.engineering4theworld.org/Ongoing%20Research/Tests.html

Brick: glossary: http://www.bia.org/html/frmset_thnt.htm

Brickwork designing: http://www.brickbydesign.com/brickworkdesign/designing/index.html

CITIES: Places Sacred, Safe, and Busy by Joel Kotkin http://www.americancity.org/article.php?id_article=119

Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com

Interactive lab on materials: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/materials.html

New ways of looking at cities by Michael Batty: http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/nature.html

Urban Design as a Career: http://www.udg.org.uk/?document_id=468

Urban Design: Practices, Pedagogies, Premises. A series of Panel Discussions between
Urban Design Educators, Practitioners, Public Policy Experts, and Academics from Urban and Design fields. April, 2002. Columbia University, NY:
http://www.vanalen.org/forums/_graphics/Conference%20Program%20and%20Transcript%20Final%20Reduced.pdf

Master of Urban Design - Briefing Materials: http://www.vanalen.org/forums/_graphics/Briefing%20Materials.pdf

Master of Urban Design - Program Documentation Package: http://www.vanalen.org/forums/_graphics/Program%20Documentation%20Package.pdf

VIRTUAL TOOLS

Activities wiki: http://id2125-activities.pbwiki.com

Alado virtual room: http://www.alado.net/webheads (a virtual room for synchronous meetings)

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=en (to record, edit, and save in .mp3)

BubbleShare: http://www.bubbleshare.com (to create presentations with voice)

Elluminate at Learning Times: http://www.learningtimes.org (a virtual classroom)

GeoCities (server to upload files): http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/

Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com (tool to create graphic organizers)

Graphic Organizers: http://www.graphic.org/

iTunes! (to download podcasts /mp3): http://www.download-it-free.com/iTunes2/

Moodle: http://80.60.224.77/moodle/2 (our virtual platform for asynchronous communication)

Moodle registration tutorial: http://dafnegonzalez.com/id2125/content/reg-moodle.html

MyChingo: http://www.mychingo.com (to post voice messages)

Podomatic: http://www.podomatic.com (blog to create voice and video podcasts )

SmartDraw (to create mindmaps): http://www.smartdraw.com/exp/ste/home/

Springdoo: http://www.springdoo.com (to send voice e-mails and video message board)

Wikispaces: http://www.wispaces.com

Wikispaces tutorials: