By Kathleen Baker

New Media Studies has become increasingly popular in as a college major with the ever faster implementation of new technologies in recent years. For those who are unfamiliar, New media studies explores the possibilities of new digital media in communication, education and other social, political and intellectual facets, though the field itself is quite open ended. These free open courseware offerings will serve those who are already studying new media, who have an interest in the subject, and even those who know nothing about it at all. Check out this list of 100 courses to learn more about the many facets of new media and gain a better understanding of the type of material it encompasses.

Communication

These courses will teach you the basics about communication as well as offering some education and insight on new communication technologies and their potential.

1. Argumentation and Communication: This writing workshop is an intensive way to study how to create effective arguments and written communication online and off. [MIT]
2. Communicating With Data: Here you’ll learn some more effective ways to communicate complex data. [MIT]
3. Communicating Across Cultures: With an increasingly global world it can be important to know how to communicate with people from around the world. This course will teach you how. [MIT]
4. Communicating in Cyberspace: Learn to use the Internet to communicate better through this course which addresses language, design, information architecture, and more. [MIT]
5. Digital Communications: This course will cover some of the more technical aspects of digital communications so you can better understand the mechanics of how they work. [OpenLearn]
6. Diversity and Difference in Communication: Through this course, you’ll learn how to improve your interpersonal communication skills and discover new ways to communicate with people from all walks of life. [OpenLearn]
7. Marketing Communications as a Strategic Function: Want to use new media as a way to market products or services? This course will give you the lowdown on the communication skills you’ll need. [OpenLearn]
8. Planning, Communications, and Digital Media: This course addresses new methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues.[MIT]
9. Intro to Tech Communication: People in all professions need to be able to communicate effectively. This course will help you build the necessary skills to work in a technical setting. [MIT]
10. Introduction to Technical Communication: Ethics in Science and Technology: This course will address the design, use, and propagation of technology and how any issues that arise may be communicated in house and with stockholders.[MIT]

Technology

These courses touch on a variety of new media developments and issues that arise from technology use.

11. Introduction to the History of Technology: This course examines the political, historical and cultural influences that shaped the rise of modern technology. [MIT]
12. Videogame Theory and Analysis: In this class, you’ll learn about the cultural, educational, and social functions of contemporary video games. [MIT]
13. Technologies of Humanism: From books to digital media, this course will examine the non-sequential, multi-linear, and interactive forms of narratives. [MIT]
14. Pattern Recognition and Analysis: Through the lectures and materials in this course, you’ll learn how to recognize and analyze patterns in numerical data. [MIT]
15. Optical Engineering: Check out this class to learn more about diffraction, statistical optics, holography, and imaging. [MIT]
16. Ambient Intelligence: While it may seem like science fiction, this course delves into new ways of human and machine interaction through embedded intuitive interfaces. [MIT]
17. Out of Context: A Course on Computer Systems That Adapt To, and Learn From, Context: Computers today are becoming increasingly interactive and responsive to users. This course aims to explore ways to make them able to learn and adapt from context clues in the environment. [MIT]
18. Techno-identity: Who We Are and How We Perceive Ourselves and Others: With science and technology playing a major role in personal identity, this course addresses how modern notions of the self are formed. [MIT]
19. Social Visualization: This course will help you make visual representations of the virtual visitors of web sites. [MIT]
20. Workshop I: Give this workshop a try to put your hands-on skills to the test in media studies. [MIT]

Education

Learn more about the role of new media in education through these courses.

21. Seminar on Deep Engagement: Here you’ll learn how to build interactive media that provides truly deep engagement with users, for learning or entertainment. [MIT]
22. Blogs, Wikis, New Media for Learning: This course will help you keep up to speed with the rapidly evolving technologies being used in educational settings. [USU]
23. Technologies for Creative Learning: Check out this course to learn creative and innovative new ways to change education through technology. [MIT]
24. How to Learn Almost Anything: Here you’ll find information on how new technologies can create new approaches to learning, and new ideas about what can be learned. [MIT]
25. The Nature of Constructionist Learning: Here you’ll get a philosophical and theoretical foundations of constructionism and approaches to education. [MIT]
26. Autism Theory and Technology: This course will give you a background in autism theory so that you can better innovate new technologies to be used by those with autism. [MIT]
27. Technological Tools for School Reform: See how new technology may impact schools and help reform education in the US and abroad. [MIT]

Globalization

Educate yourself on global technology and information systems with these free classes.

28. Global Issues in Information Technology: This course examines how information technologies are adapted and used differently in countries around the world. [TWB]
29. Globalization: Here you’ll learn about the international economy and its effects on domestic politics, economy, and society. [MIT]
30. Global Marketing Strategy: Those interested in using digital tools to market will appreciate this course with a global focus. [USU]
31. Integrating eSystems & Global Information Systems: This course will help you learn how to better integrate technology into a business and use it to become more effective globally. [MIT]
32. Internet Technology in Local and Global Communities: Learn how the internet has impacted communities on a small and large scale through this course. [MIT]
33. New Global Agenda: Exploring 21st Century Challenges through Innovations in Information Technologies: Check out this course to learn how information technology is changing politics and international relations. [MIT]
34. Topics in Culture and Globalization: Here you’ll get access to readings and discussions of the effects of interconnectedness of cultures and societies geographically wide apart, including America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. [MIT]
35. International Politics in the New Century – via Simulation, Interactive Gaming, and "Edutainment": Take a new look at new visualization techniques and approaches to interactive political gaming through this course. [MIT]

Visual and Performing Arts

Here you’ll find a selection of classes that can help you learn about new and existing media in the arts.

36. American Soap Operas: This class examines the history of soap operas from the production, consumption, and media texts of soaps. [MIT]
37. Visualizing Cultures: Here you’ll learn about the visual images created during the reopening of Japan by Commodore Perry, and learn to apply the issues from these to a larger scope of media. [MIT]
38. Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro Wrestling: This course addresses the cultural history and media industry surrounding the masculine drama of professional wrestling. [MIT]
39. Holographic Imaging: Here you can learn more about the science behind holography, and possibly learn to make them yourself. [MIT]
40. Special Topics in Multimedia Production: Experiences in Interactive Art: Check out this course to get advice from artists who are working in interactive media. [MIT]
41. Numeric Photography: This course combines the creativity of photography with the analytical power of computer imaging and programming. [MIT]
42. Learning from the Past: Drama, Science, Performance: Through this course you’ll learn about of the modern scientific and cultural world through study of western Europe in the 17th century including the work of Descartes, Newton, Shakespeare and Rembrandt. [MIT]
43. Modern Art and Mass Culture: Learn more about art historical theories about modernism and postmodernism in this great course. [MIT]
44. Documenting Culture: Why capture everyday life on film? This course addresses why and how people capture culture on film. [MIT]
45. Documentary Photography and Photo Journalism: Still Images of A World In Motion: In this course you’ll learn about the greats in photography and photojournalism, and learn how to embark on your own photography project. [MIT]
46. Art and Technology: Learn about the history of art and technology through this course and its new implications in fields like biology and engineering. [Capilano University]

Television, Video and Film

Boost your skills in new media through the information provided by these courses.

47. Producing Films for Social Change: This course will allow you to learn how to write, produce and make your own documentary film. [Tufts University]
48. Special Topics in Cinematic Storytelling: Learn about the variety of approaches to cinematic storytelling in this course. [MIT]
49. Philosophy of Film: Here you’ll get a philosophical analysis of film as an art form, with lectures that address reality, visual effects, communication and alienation. [MIT]
50. The Film Experience: This is an introductory course that will help you learn more about how film works. [MIT]
51. Understanding Television: This course will help you understand how television has changed and evolved, creating its own system of representation. [MIT]
52. Five Steps to Multimedia Storytelling: Go through this course to learn how simple it can be to use multimedia technologies to tell your story. [News University]
53. Good Shooting Guide: The Basic Principles: Check out this simple guide from the BBC to learn how to take good photos or film. [BBC]

Computer Science and Programming

With these courses you’ll get a chance to learn about the processes going on behind digital media and learn to create interactive programs yourself.

54. Introduction to Computer Science and Programming: Even students with little or no experience in this field will be able to learn and understand the information presented in this course on basic programming and computer science principles. [MIT]
55. Signals, Systems, and Information for Media Technology: Here you’ll learn the fundamentals of signals and information theory with coursework that focuses on audio/visual messages. [MIT]
56. Affective Computing: This course will examine the role of emotion in computer-human interactions. [MIT]
57. How to Make Almost Anything: In this course, students will learn how to make a variety of technological items from start to finish. [MIT]
58. Quantum Information Science: This course on quantum computation and quantum information is not for beginners, so to really get anything out of it you’ll need to have a firm foundation in the subject ahead of time. [MIT]
59. Special Topics in Media Technology: Computational Semantics: Here you’ll learn more about language and meaning and how that affects computers and their functioning. [MIT]
60. Common Sense Reasoning for Interactive Applications: Through this course, students will use their knowledge of common sense reasoning to build interactive systems that take advantage of this concept. [MIT]
61. Computer Graphics: Check out this class to get an introduction to computer graphics hardware, algorithms, and software.[MIT]
62. Programming Languages: Using the Scheme+ programming language, students will do readings and complete small projects in an attempt to understand the fundamental principles behind programming languages. [MIT]
63. User Interface Design and Implementation: Focusing on design, implementation and evaluation, this course will teach students how to create better user interfaces. [MIT]
64. Foundations of Software Engineering: This course touches on numerous issues that are important when creating any new piece of software from the basics of programming to the necessity of good maintenance and support. [MIT]

Design

Interactivity is often an important element in new media studies, and it relies heavily on good design. Learn more about web and digital design from these courses.

65. Designing Sociable Media: Learn how the design of social websites influences how people use them to interact, valuable skills and knowledge for those who want to use new media in any field. [MIT]
66. Digital Typography: In this course you’ll not only learn how to use text but actually get to design some yourself. [MIT]
67. Designing the user interface: text, colour, images, moving images and sound: learn how to design programs that look and run smoothly and are super user friendly. [OpenLearn]
68. Learn and Apply HTML: As one of the most common web languages, HTML is essential to any individual hoping to work in online media. [USU]
69. Blender 3D Design: Create 3D models and animations in this course that instructs students on how to use the Blender 3D software. [Tufts University]
70. Interactive Media Production: Through this class you’ll gain the skills and confidence to create just about anything in Flash 9.[USU]
71. Fundamentals of Computational Media Design: You’ll get hands on experiencein working with a variety of media design tools in this course. [MIT]
72. Flash: This course will teach you how to use Flash 8 to create a great project you can put in a media portfolio. [USU]

Media Theory and History

These courses will help you to explore the foundations of media studies.

73. New Media Literacies: This course focuses on literacy theory and the implications that new media may have on improving literacy programs and success. [MIT]
74. History of Media and Technology: Here you will learn about the shift from analog to digital technologies as well as gaining a better understanding of the historical interplay between technology and communication. [MIT]
75. History of Media and Technology: Sound, the Minority Report — Radical Music of the Past 100 Years: Take a look back at the avant-garde music that has been produced in the past hundred years and the technologies that have been used to make it. [MIT]
76. Introduction to Media Studies: Check out this course to become a more aware observer and participant in media culture. [MIT]
77. Media Education and the Marketplace: Here you’ll learn how information and communication technologies have fostered a global community for learning, selling products and communicating. [MIT]
78. Media in Cultural Context: Through this course you will examine the trade of television programs from one country to another and one culture to another, examining how the context of the shows may or may not hold up to a different audience. [MIT]
79. Media in Cultural Context: Popular Readerships: From Oprah books to mass market romance novels, this course examines the growth of popular print materials. [MIT]
80. Media in Transition: This course focuses on historical periods where major changes in media occurred, from the invention of the printing press to the shift to the digital realm. [MIT]
81. Media Industries and Systems: Here you’ll learn about how art, science and technology work together to produce and market contemporary media and media delivery systems. [MIT]
82. From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-Present: If you’re looking to learn about the history of the written word, this course can be a great starting point with information that stretches several centuries. [MIT]
83. Digital Anthropology: This course will ask students to examine the role digital technology has in preserving human culture through a series of experiments and activities. [MIT]

English and Writing

Boost your writing skills and learn how to write about technology, the web and new media through these helpful courses.

84. Expository Writing: Analyzing Mass Media: Students in this course will write an essay or paper addressing the power of popular American media has in shaping our ideas of self, family and community. [MIT]
85. Forms of Western Narrative: Learn about the style and impact of traditional, Western ways of telling stories. [MIT]
86. Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice: There’s more than one way to tell a story and this course addresses the myriad of non-linear ways to get your story through to the viewer or reader. [MIT]
87. Writing on Contemporary Issues: Culture Shock! Writing, Editing, and Publishing in Cyberspace: In this course you’ll learn to write for a web audience while addressing issues relevant to popular culture. [MIT]
88. Major Media Texts: Check out this course to read some of the texts that have had the greatest impact on culture and intellectual discussion. [MIT]
89. Shakespeare, Film and Media: Learn how film and classic literature intersect and manifest in even more modern forms of media in this course. [MIT]
90. Popular Narrative: Masterminds: Students will engage in active discussion and keep journals related to the study of literary masterminds and storytellers in this course. [MIT]
91. Expository Writing: Social and Ethical Issues in Print, Photography and Film: Students can build their writing skills in this course while analyzing film, photographs and print media. [MIT]
92. Becoming Digital: Writing About Media Change: This course offers writing instruction but also information on how digital media have changed business, communication and entertainment. [MIT]
93. Digital Poetry: Embrace your inner poet with this course that will teach you how to work with computer based poetry using soundscapes, hypertext poetry, animation, code poems, and interactive games. [MIT]
94. Technology for Professional Writers: If you’re not tech savvy, this course can help bring you up to speed and allow you to use your creative skills. [USU]
95. The Creative Spark: This course will examine the creative process from start to finish and help you create your own creative writings. [MIT]

Media Law

With technology changing so rapidly, laws can hardly keep up. These courses will help you learn where they stand currently and how you can work within them.

96. Online Media Law: The Basics for Bloggers and Other Online Publishers: Here you’ll learn all the important legal stuff you’ll need to know before publishing anything to the web. [News University]
97. Ethics and the Law on the Electronic Frontier: Here you’ll get an interesting introduction to issues like internet regulation, fourth amendment law, surveillance and more. [MIT]
98. Information Law and Policy: This course addresses "copyright and other forms of legal protection for databases, licensing of information, consumer protection, liability for insecure systems and defective information, privacy, and national and international information policy." [UC Berkeley]
99. Communications and Information Policy: Give this course a try to learn about the current policies government public networks. [MIT]
100. Freedom of Information: Through this course you’ll learn to use the Freedom of Information Act, Public Records Laws and more to protect your right to free information. [News University]

By Kathleen Baker

Graduating from college can be a great experience. It can also be a scary one, as leaving the comforts of a college campus and community for the real world can be a big shock. Part of that transition is finding a job that will utilize your new skills and hopefully start you on a successful career path. Here are 100 places where you can look to find a little help in getting the job you want.

General

These sites offer jobs in a wide range of fields. No matter what you’re looking for you should be able to find something here.

1. CareerBuilder: CareerBuilder is one of the largest job search sites on the web and offers listings for cities and companies all around the nation.
2. Monster: Here you’ll find a great job search tool as well as a wide variety of helpful articles that can prepare you for the big interview or teach you how to make a resume.
3. Craigslist: While you may want to be wary of some of the listings on this site, for the most part they’re reputable and can provide you with some great opportunities.
4. Indeed: This job search tool can be a big time saver as it searches through newspapers, other job sites, and company web pages to bring you listings.
5. LinkUp: Check out LinkUp to get job listings from over 19,000 company websites.
6. Hot Jobs: With this Yahoo! site you can post your resume, search through jobs and even save positions you’re interested in.
7. SimplyHired: This job search engine will scour thousands of sites to help you find just what you’re looking for.
8. LinkedIn: LinkedIn doesn’t just provide a chance to get your name out there, it also has networking tools to help you hook up with your contacts and find work.
9. Hound: One of the largest job search engines, this site offers plenty of results for your career goals.
10. TrueCareers: Post your resume and search through loads of job listings on this site.
11. College Recruiter: This site focuses on internships and entry level positions for recent grads like you.
12. Job.com: Register for this site and post your resume so employers can find you.

Education

Are you graduating with a degree in teaching or in an education-related field? These jobs are designed to help you find work in schools and instructional facilities.

13. Education America: Use this site to find everything from guidance counselor positions to kindergarten teaching work.
14. Agent K-12: Here you’ll find job listings for administration, director and teaching positions.
15. Teacher Jobs: Look through the listings in your area for open teaching positions with this site.
16. SchoolSpring: With this tool you’ll be able to search by grade, location and type of job.
17. Teachers Teachers: This recruitment site is designed to help hook up teachers with employers in search of qualified applicants.
18. Ted Job: This site focuses on higher education positions, ideal for those graduating with a Master’s or PhD.
19. Higher Ed Jobs: From administration to college faculty, this site offers a range of higher education positions.
20. Education America: With over 18,000 jobs around the country listed, you’re likely to find something great in your area.
21. Teachers.net Job Center: Upload your resume to this site and search through the thousands of listings offered to find a job.
22. ABC Teaching Jobs: With thousands of K-12 jobs, this site is a great resource for teachers looking for work.

Science and Engineering

These job search sites will help you get great jobs in fields like biology, engineering, and more.

23. Engineer Job Search: This site offers a job search in energy, power plants, management and general engineering.
24. New Scientist Jobs: Find cutting-edge jobs in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and more on this magazine’s job site.
25. AEJobs: Here you’ll find a job search tool that combines both engineering and architecture listings.
26. Engineer.net: Search by city or zip code for the best engineering positions.
27. OneScience: Check out this site to find a wide variety of science related positions.
28. CivilEngineeringCentral: Sign up with this site to get access to thousands of listings for civil engineering careers.
29. BioSpace: Whether you want to work in pharmaceuticals, do behavioral research or something else entirely, you’ll find numerous bio-related jobs here.
30. LifeScienceJobs: With tools that help you search through leading research organization’s listings, this site can be an invaluable resource for biology degree grads.
31. ScienceCareers.org: The journal Science provides this job search site, with listings for everything from astronomy to virology.

Creative Professionals

Those with a creative side can find help getting work through these sites focused on design, illustration and web development.

32. AuthenticJobs: This site focuses on getting web and creative designers hired for a wide range of positions.
33. Company Meet Creative: Here you’ll find a simple search engine for design and development.
34. Coroflot: Use Coroflot to post your portfolio and hook up with potential employers through the job search features.
35. Aquent: Check out this recruiter to find work in design and marketing.
36. Art Job: You’ll find a wide range of art jobs on this site. Just register and search through the available listings.
37. Artisan: This agency works to hook up creative individuals with freelance work in their field. It can be a great way to build some experience for newcomers to freelancing.
38. How Design Job Bank: How Magazine offers this job search tool, ideal for those looking to do graphic design or web work.
39. Creative Hotlist: From photography to architecture, this site offers listings in every creative field out there, making it easier to find work.
40. Krop: Focused on hiring creatives, this site offers listings for copywriters, designers, web developers and much more.

Tech Careers

Whether you want to program video games or work on the latest nanotechnology, these sites are designed to help you find what you need.

41. Jobs for Programmers: Here you’ll find programming job listings for Java, Oracle, LAN networking, C++ and a whole lot more.
42. Dice: Offering one of the largest job searches exclusively for tech professionals, this site is an indispensable resource for recent tech grads.
43. Software Jobs: Always imagined yourself designing and programming great software? Fulfill your dreams with the job listings from this site.
44. Techie Crossing: This site offers tech-related listings from a wide range of Fortune 500 companies.
45. Tech Centric: Telecommunications, Java programming and system architecture are just a few of the fields that you can find work in with this site.
46. TinyTechJobs: Here you’ll get listings for jobs in nanotech, biotech, microtech and information tech.
47. ITJobs: Those looking to begin a career in information technology will get a leg up with the listings on this site.
48. ComputerWork: Find the high tech job of your dreams through this site, an affiliate of JobServe.
49. OdinJobs: This site will help you post your resume, search through jobs, and get your name out there for work in a variety of programming languages.

Finance and Accounting

Use your new money management skills in the jobs you’ll find through these job search sites.

50. Jobs in the Money: This search site provides numerous listings in accounting and finance.
51. eFinancial Careers: From equities to real estate, you’ll find a wide range of potential careers on this site.
52. BankStaffers: If you’re looking to work your way up the banking ladder, check out this job listing site.
53. BankJobs: From positions for tellers to branch managers, here you’ll find a range of banking jobs that can meet your skills and use your new degree.
54. Totally Financial: Check out this site for listings in insurance, finance, taxes and more.
55. Money Crossing: With over a million jobs to choose from, you’re bound to find something in your field on this site.
56. iHire Accounting: Here you’ll find exclusive postings of great accounting jobs.
57. Investment Jobs: If you got into an investment focused degree before the market downturn you may be kicking yourself now. There are still jobs out there, however, and you can start searching on this site.
58. Quant Finance Jobs: This site is focused on hooking up quantitative finance professionals with work.

Healthcare

Those graduating with a degree in nursing or health care can find related careers on these helpful sites.

59. Hire Medical: This site offers jobs around the country in fields like nursing, pharmaceutical sales and health care support staffing.
60. Nurse Universe: If you just got your degree in nursing, put it to use with the jobs offered on this site.
61. Access Nurses: This staffing agency can be a great place to send your resume and find employment opportunities.
62. Nurse Jobs: Search through this site to find jobs in a wide range of nursing specialties.
63. All Healthcare Jobs: If you’re looking for work in the health care sector, this site offers a range of positions for doctors and nurses.
64. Hospital Jobs: Finding work in a hospital just got easier with this site that offers jobs for nurses, pharmacists, lab techs and more.

Advertising and Marketing

Here you’ll find a great assortment of resources to help you get a job in the fast-paced world of marketing.

65. Advertising Crossing: Here you’ll find numerous job openings in marketing and advertising related work.
66. Advertising Job Search: Find a great position in advertising with the help of this site.
67. Ad Age Talent Works: Search through the listings on this site to find jobs in creative, multinational, and digital advertising and much more.
68. American Marketing Association: Use this association as a resource for finding your first real job in marketing.
69. TalentZoo: This site offers the latest news about advertising and marketing as well as loads of job listings.
70. Marketing Jobs.com: Through this site, you’ll get access to numerous marketing and sales jobs around the nation.

Sales

Put your smooth talking skills to the test with these sales job listings.

71. Sales Trax: Here you’ll find job listings, information about career fairs and much more to help you find work in medical, technical, industrial and financial industries.
72. Sales Jobs: Upload your resume to this site to get in touch with employers looking for sales employees.
73. Just Tech Sales: Combine your knowledge of technology with a great career in sales through the listings on this site.
74. Insurance Sales Jobs: Learn how you can become an insurance agent or find jobs in your area through this site.
75. Sales Careers Online: Check out the listings on this site to find sales jobs in a variety of fields.
76. Power Sales Jobs: This site focuses on selling energy, especially the renewable kind. Great for sales people who want to embrace their green side.
77. Software Sales Jobs: Get a leg up in finding software sales positions through the listings on this site.

Retail and Customer Service

Whether you want to pursue a career in these fields, or just haven’t decided what it is you want to do yet, you’ll find helpful job opportunities here.

78. CoolWorks: If you’re just looking for a fun way to spend your summer, check out this site. You may be able to find work at a resort or amusement park in a scenic location, helping you make money and have fun.
79. Customer Service Jobs: Here you’ll find job listings for employment centered around customer service, from receptionists to customer service reps.
80. Call Center Jobs: You can find a great call center job using the resources on this site.
81. Hospitality Jobs Online: Want to work in a restaurant, hotel or tourist location? You’ll find loads of job listings here to help you do so.
82. Job Loft: This site focuses on listings for food service, retail and hospitality.
83. All Retail Jobs: No matter what kind of retail you want to work in, this site will offer you listings from entry level to management.

Freelance

If you want to go it on your own after graduation, these sites can help hook you up with clients.

84. BookALesson: With this site you’ll be able to more easily find and book lessons for everything from tutoring to piano.
85. Care.com: With openings for nannies, pet care, tutors and senior care this site can meet the needs of a range of job seekers.
86. Guru.com: Here you’ll find listings for all kinds of freelance work from consulting to web design.
87. GetAFreelancer: This site offers jobs in loads of fields as well as in places around the world.
88. Elance: Those with skills in web programming can find a large number of job opportunities through this site.

Miscellaneous

These jobs sites can help you find work in everything from aviation to the U.S. government.

89. Alumwire: Take advantage of the alumni network from your college and use their help to get a job.
90. USAJOBS: This site will help you find a job working for the U.S. government.
91. Net Temps: If you’re unsure where you’re headed or what you want to do, find some temp work here.
92. Jobs in the Office: Those looking to find work in an office setting will find a range of employment opportunities here.
93. Administrative Jobs: Here you’ll find a wide range of administrative jobs, both entry level and experience required.
94. AdminCareers.com: If you’re interested in working in administrative careers, this site can help you get started right.
95. AnimalJobs: This site focuses on getting vets and vet office employees hired.
96. Vet.com: Want to work as a vet or in a vet’s office? Here you’ll find animal-focused listings.
97. AVJobs.com: Here you’ll find a number of aviation related jobs.
98. Airline Career.com: If you’re looking to work for a major airline, check out the jobs available here.
99. H-Net: Finding a job in the humanities can sometimes be a trying task. This site offers some helpful listings to get you started.
100. Academic Employment Network: If you’re looking to keep your work close to campus, this site can help you find a great academic position in teaching or research.

We won’t judge you if you weren’t the smartest kid in preschool or if you didn’t graduate with honors, if you graduated at all. But we will encourage you to try a little harder by checking out these blogs by some of the world’s smartest people. From the environment to health care to law to economics to art, these bloggers are sharing their knowledge from years of research and experience on the cutting edge.

Environment/Green Issues

Learn about the climate crisis and other green issues here.

1. World Changing: World Changing’s executive editor is Alex Steffen, a writer who has contributed stories to The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and more. Al Gore even wrote the forward to Steffen’s book, Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century.
2. Green Options: The managing editor Green Options is a former training program head for the public toxicology information library at Oregon State University, one of the largest in the country.
3. Real Climate: Real Climate is a group blog published by climate scientists, including NASA Goddard Institute’s Gavin Schmidt, Penn State’s Dr. Michael E. Mann, the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Caspar Amman, and others.
4. Carl Pope’s Blog: Carl Pope has been the Executive Director of the Sierra Club since 1992 and has played a strong part in the environmental movement for 30 years.
5. Inhabitat: This popular green design, technology and lifestyle blog is run by Jill Fehrenbacher, a Brown and Central St. Martins alumna, as well as other editors with outstanding credentials and experience.
6. EcoGeek: EcoGeek’s founder and editor is Hank Green, who also has his own show on Planet Green. Green has also contributed to stories for NPR, Mental Floss Magazine, The Young Turks, and The New York Times.

Government and Politics

Journalists and other experts discuss U.S. politics on these blogs.

7. Al’s Journal: Former Vice President Al Gore blogs about the climate crisis, financial crisis, and more.
8. George’s Bottom Line: Former Bill Clinton Communications Director and current ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent, George Stephanopoulos shares sharp insight into what’s going on in Washington.
9. Burka Blog: Texas Monthly Senior Executive Editor Paul Burka maintains this blog about Texas politics.
10. Rough Sketch: This Washington Post blog is maintained by Dana Milbank, former senior editor of The New Republic and writer for The Wall Street Journal.
11. Congressional Budget Office Director’s Blog: Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas W. Elmendorf blogs about economic growth, unemployment, the stimulus package, and more.
12. Evolution of Security: This blog, from the TSA, is written by agency workers who have been praised for their work on explaining policies and more.
13. The Caucus: The New York Times blog, The Caucus, covers Washington and politics and is written by Peter Baker, an author, former Washington Post Moscow bureau chief and journalist embed in the Middle East, among other writers.
14. Paul Begala: Political commentator Paul Begala is a former co-host of CNN’s Crossfire, former Clinton administration counselor, and current commentator on CNN’s Inside Politics, as well as a blogger for The Huffington Post.

Health

Check out these blogs for the latest news and research in health care.

15. Health Marketing Musings: Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH and Director of the National Center for Health Marketing blogs about vaccines, social networks and modern health care, and more.
16. KevinMD.com: Dr. Kevin Pho is a primary care doctor whose blog has been cited by The New York Times, NPR, CNN, LA Times, Newsweek, British Medical Journal and other publications.
17. In the Pipeline: In the Pipeline is written by Derek Lowe, who has a PhD in organic chemistry from Duke and has worked with major pharmaceutical companies on research projects for finding treatments for schizophrenia, diabetes and more.
18. Time Health: Time Magazine staff writer also blogs with Dr. Scott Haig and other writers about public health issues.
19. Global Health Policy: This blog comes from the Center for Global Development and is maintained by several Center agents and professionals who have extensive experience working for health groups all over the world.
20. Well: Tara Parker-Pope blogs for the New York Times and has experience as the paper’s health columnist and as a Wall Street Journal reporter.
21. Paging Dr. Gupta: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a regular health commentator on CNN, blogs here.
22. ABC Health Insider: ABC News Medical Editor Dr. Tim Johnson contributes to this blog. Dr. Johnson is an award-winning medical journalist, founding editor of the Harvard Medical School Health Letter, author, faculty member of Harvard Medical School, and staff member at Massachusetts General Hospital.
23. Cosmetic Surgery: Robert Kotler, MD, FACS, is a WebMD blogger who has experience as chief of head and neck surgery at the DeWitt Army Hospital in Fort Belvoir, VA; instructor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.; founder of the Cosmetic Surgery Specialists Medical Group in Beverly Hills; commissioner and regional consultant to the Medical Board of California; and author.
24. Empowering the Patient: A Physician’s View: Dr. John Whyte is Chief Medical Expert and Vice President for Continuing Medical Education at Discovery Health.

Science

Professors and scientists blog about space, science policy, evolution, and more.

25. Bad Astronomy: Bad Astronomy is a popular blog written by Phil Plait, a former worker on the Hubble Space Telescope, an astronomer, author and lecturer.
26. Cosmic Ray: Ray Villard is the news director for the Hubble Space Telescope and blogs for the Discovery Channel.
27. Prometheus: This blog comes from the University of Colorado at Boulder and covers science policy news.
28. Science and Reason: Charles Daney simply calls himself a science writer, but his blog covers everything from DNA to cancer to cosmology.
29. Science Base: David Bradley is a former technical editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry, has written for the New Scientist, The Economist, American Chemical Society journal and more.
30. Wired Science: Wired Science is Wired.com’s science blog and was nominated for a 2009 Webby Award.
31. Greg Laden’s Blog: Greg Laden’s evolution and life science blog apears on ScienceBlogs.com. Laden has two Masters degrees and a PhD in Archeology and Biological Anthropology from Harvard.
32. Inside NGC Blog: The team at National Geographic interviews scientists, documents travels around the world, and more.
33. 60-Second Science: This blog appears on the Scientific American website and is maintained by a team of editors who have worked at U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, The Nation, and more.
34. Neurologica: Neurologica is written by Dr. Steven Novella, an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine, and the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society.

Architecture and Engineering

Discover what’s next in architecture and engineering.

35. Green Engineering: John Dodge is editor-in-chief of Design News, a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe, and blogs about green engineering here.
36. Joel on Software: This software engineering blog is written by Joel Spolsky, a Yale grad former Microsoft engineer, and current owner of his own company, Fog Creek Software.
37. Ocean Engineering Blog: James Miller, Professor and Chair of the University of Rhode Island Ocean Engineering department blogs here.
38. Engineering Ethics Blog: Karl Stephan, Associate Professor at Texas State University’s Department of Engineering and Technology has a B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, a Master of Engineering from Cornell, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Texas.
39. Interactive Architecture: This blog is edited by Ruairi Glynn, a lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture and associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins.
40. Super Colossal: Super Colossal is maintained by an architecture office in Sydney run by Marcus Trimble, a member of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

Art

From fashion to American art to foodies, these blogs are some of the best from the art world.

41. Eye Level: Eye Level is the blog from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and is written by Chief Curator Eleanor Harvey and other contributors.
42. Lines and Colors: Charley Parker is a web designer, professional artist, and instructor at the Delaware College of Art and Design. Here she posts information about sketching, drawing, illustration, digital art, and a lot more.
43. On the Runway: Cathy Horyn is one of the country’s most respected fashion writers, and for On the Runway, she documents trends, fashion news stories, and fashion shows.
44. Modern Art Notes: Tyler Green blogs about modern and contemporary art on this site, praised by The Wall Street Journal as "the most influential of all visual-arts blogs."
45. chez pim: chez pim is a travel food and drink blog, named one of The World’s 50 Most Powerful Blogs by The Guardian in 2008.

Society

Study society and anthropology by reading these professors’ and writers’ blogs.

46. Cognitive Daily: Cognitive Daily is part psychology, part health, and part science blog. It’s written by Greta Munger, a psychology professor at Davidson College, and Dave Munger, co-founder and president of ResearchBlogging.org.
47. The Criminal Report Daily: Expert crime writer David Lohr blogs for The Discovery Channel here.
48. Culture Matters: Students and staff from the Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, write about anthropology, ethics and more.
49. Brainstorm: This blog, from The Chronicle Review, is written by University of Pennsylvania associate professor and visiting Harvard law professor John L. Jackson, Jr.
50. The Cool Hunter: The team behind The Cool Hunter is the smartest at finding all the hippest places to visit around the world.

Technology

These technology blogs are written by some of the most influential, cutting edge experts.

51. NASA Ames CIO Blog: Chris C. Kemp, NASA CIO, blogs about upcoming research projects, NASA history, data architecture, and more.
52. Digits: WSJ technology editor Julia Angwin writes Digits.
53. New Scientist: Read about the technology and science stories that affect your daily life, from social networks to cloning.
54. O’Reilly Radar: Founder Tim O’Reilly is considered to be "the best computer book publisher in the world" and blogs for O’Reilly Radar.
55. CrunchGear: CrunchGear is a gadget blog published by John Biggs, an author whose work has been published in The New York Times, Popular Science, and more.
56. The Unofficial Apple Weblog: TUAW is written by the programming manager for AOL tech and other experienced writers.

Law

Even if you never went to law school, you can learn more about business, security law, law culture and more, just from reading these blogs.

57. Law Blog: The Wall Street Journal Law Blog follows business law, law trends and politics.
58. Schneier on Security: Learn about security technology and security law from one of the industry’s most respected leaders.
59. The Am Law Daily: This online publication covers firms, salaries, trends, the economy and more.
60. Jurist: Paper Chase: This blog is written by University of Pittsburgh students, but it’s probably pretty safe to say that they’re all still smarter than most.

Education and Library

Here you can learn about what’s new in education and the library world.

61. Library of Congress Blog: Librarian of Congress James H. Billington keeps this official blog current.
62. Catalysts and Connections: Evan Tobias, Music Education instructor at Arizona State University, writes about music education composing, and more.

Economics

Gain insight into how the world operates after reading these economics blogs from some of the world’s smartest people.

63. Economix: Economix is written by New York Times economics editor Catherine Rampell, Economic Scene columnist David Leonhardt, European economic correspondent for The Times and the International Herald Tribune, Carter Doughterty, among others.
64. Chicago Boyz: University of Chicago alumni and adopted Chicago economists blog here.
65. Economist’s View: This economy blog is written by Mark Thomas, of the University of Oregon’s economics department.
66. Dani Rodrik: Harvard professor and economist Dani Rodrik explores economic development and globalization.
67. The Becker-Posner Blog: This famous blog is a project by two esteemed professors, one from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the other from the University of Chicago Law School.
68. The Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman’s popular op-ed blog covers politics, the stock market, and more.

History

Study medieval history, environmental history, pop culture evolution and more here.

69. The Victorian Peeper: Kristan Teten’s blog has been praised by UK Politics and other publications.
70. News from Kevin Mattson: Kevin Mattson is a contemporary history professor at Ohio University and has a PhD from the University of Rochester.
71. Easily Distracted: This Swarthmore professor blogs about environmental history, historic preservation, and a whole lot more.
72. jliedl.ca: This blog comes from a medievalist and history professor from Laurentian University.
73. English Eclectic: This gay, Catholic, Democratic Socialist historian blogs about pop culture, politics and more.
74. Tenured Radical: Claire Potter is a history and American Studies professor at Wesleyan University.

Finance

These finance blogs may help you with your own budget and investments.

75. The Wallet: Learn about investments, personal finance and more from WSJ staff reporters.
76. Floyd Norris: Floyd Norris’ "notions on high and low finance" are published on this blog, on nytimes.com. Norris is the chief financial correspondent of The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune.
77. Money & Co.: This LA Times blog covers stock market news and personal finance advice.
78. Carpe Diem: Mark J. Perry is an economics and finance professor at the Flint campus for the University of Michigan. He has two graduate economics degrees, plus an MBA.
79. The Wealth Report: The WSJ’s Robert Frank "looks at the lives and culture of the wealthy" in this blog.

Business

Top journalists and business powerhouses blog here.

80. Gary Hamel’s Management 2.0: This WSJ blog considers new management and business strategies.
81. DealBook: On New York Times’ DealBook, you can get the latest news about mergers, private equity, trading, hedge funds, and more.
82. Andrew McAfee’s Blog: Andrew McAfee is the man behind the phrase Enterprise 2.0. Here he blogs about IT management, the modern business world, and more.
83. The BeeHive with Steve Bee: Steve Bee is Head of Pensions Strategy at the Royal London Group was named "Personality of the Year" in 2004 and 2005 by Money Marketing, and translates all the "pensions gobbledegook" that you need to know.

Religion and Philosophy

Explore your own spirituality, track a region’s religious history, or just consider different schools of philosophy when you read these blogs.

84. Informed Comment: Follow this blog from Juan Cole, President of the Global Americana Institute, to gain insight into conflicts in the Middle East and beyond.
85. Akma: Akma’s Random Thoughts come from A.K.M. Adam, a Biblical scholar and professor at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.
86. Notablog: Notablog is written by Chris Sciabarra, an NYU professor.
87. Dr. Jack Rogers: Dr. Jack Rogers is Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminaryblogs about Jesus, the Bible and homosexuality.
88. Religion Clause: Howard M. Friedman, Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toledo, combines religion and law in this blog.

Writing and Literature

Improve your writing and learn more about poetry and Shakespeare from these blogs.

89. Bardiac: Bardiac is maintained by a feminist Shakespearean who teaches "graduate classes in writing and research, literary theory, poetry, drama."
90. Korncrake!: Herr Professor Doktor Boethius P. von Korncrake is the Klaus Meine Chair of Medieval Semiotics at the Institut fur Europaische Spielwissenschaft und Freizeitforschung in Bitterfeld, Germany and has written fifteen books, "none of which remains in print."
91. Silliman’s Blog: Silliman blogs on contemporary poetry and poetics and has written three books.
92. University Diaries: Margaret Soltan is an English professor at George Washington University and has been interviewed on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

Media

Journalists and professors blog about rhetoric, media culture, entertainment, film and more.

93. Zoom: Errol Morris, an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, blogs about film for the New York Times.
94. The Big Picture: Patrick Goldstein, who has been contributing to the LA Times, among other publications, for decades, writes about "the collision of entertainment, media and pop culture" here.
95. Jacket Copy: LA Times book editors blog here.
96. The Chutry Experiment: Chuck Tryon is an assistant professor of film and media studies at Fayetteville State University.
97. Rhetorica: Andrew R. Cline is an assistant journalism professor at Missouri State University, and he blogs about media culture and rhetoric.

Miscellaneous

From these blogs, you’ll find expert information about the Air Force, UFOs and more.

98. UFO Hunters: The History Channel’s UFO hunters are experts in their niche field.
99. U.S. Air Force Live: The official Air Force blog includes posts from everyday airmen and Capt. David Faggard.
100. Angry Bear: Angry Bear is written by a handful of PhD economists, a historian, and financial professionals who comment on U.S. policy, the economy, and more.

Beyond Facebook, there’s an entire world of social media outlets worth exploring. Experiment with sites like Ning or Google Groups that let you create your own social group, or try out travel networks that help you plan your next vacation and meet up with friends around the world. There are also sites for job networking, sharing music, and learning about current events. Here’s our list of 50 new social sites that college students should try out.

General

These sites can be used however you’d like: for networking, study groups, sharing photos, posting your portfolio, and more.

1. Ning: Create your own social network for parties, special clubs, study groups and more with Ning.
2. Tribe: Find hyper-local and niche groups to join on Tribe.
3. Google Groups: Set up online study groups and more with Google Groups.
4. Twitter: Use Twitter to build your brand, keep up with friends, connect with teachers and family, and network.
5. Tumblr: Blog through Tumblr’s platform to express yourself, post your portfolio, meet friends and more.

Multitasking

This group of social sites works for users who are on the go and interested in playing with multiple features from one site.

6. Plaxo: Find content around the web from sites like Flickr, Amazon and Digg through Plaxo.
7. Meebo: Manage your various chat and instant messaging accounts from Meebo.
8. Mobicue: This social networking site is for mobile users on the go.
9. TeamSugar: This network of fashion, politics, beauty, environment, and entertainment networks has a strong community for sharing videos, photos, blogs, opinions, product reviews and more.
10. eBay My World: Find people and things to do through this eBay network.

Friends and Social

Expand your network and socialize in new ways on these sites.

11. Meetup: Meetup allows you to form groups and then meet up at events in real life.
12. Gimme20: This health and fitness social media site will help you focus on maintaining a healthy weight and active lifestyle.
13. Crusher: This open invite list lets you add polls, videos, and sharable guest lists for your events.
14. groovr: Find local events in your area, manage live chat, find friends, and more.
15. Beliefnet: Take time to nurture your faith and spirituality during college through Beliefnet’s community.
16. iLike: Share playlists, music events and favorite artists on this member-driven music site.
17. SecondLife: Get lost in the virtual worlds in SecondLife, a site that lets you experiment with jobs, dating, charities, living on your own, and a lot more.
18. Buzznet: Learn about new music, local music events, and concerts on this site.
19. PerfSpot: This social network lets you build your own website, watch videos and TV shows, watch sports games, share photos, and manage very strict privacy settings, while meeting new friends.
20. Sportsvite: Athletes and sports fans can organize games and tournaments with others in their area.
21. Tagged: Tagged currently boasts over 70 million users who are on the site to play games, meet friends, and more.

Networking

These professional networking sites will help you make contacts, learn about the profession, and maybe even land a job.

22. LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a popular professional networking site, but not all college kids are on it yet. Use it to make contacts and learn about openings in your industry.
23. Ryze: Join Ryze to network within your industry and learn about special networking events in real life, too.
24. Bring Light: Learn about charity groups and volunteer projects through this social site.
25. Graduates: This social site supports over 250,000 schools.
26. MyWorkster: This site helps college students and college grads find jobs and connect with the employers who are actually hiring.
27. BlackPlanet.com: Members of the black community network, chat, blog, and manage profiles on this site.
28. Jobfox: On Jobfox, you can set up a profile and get introduced to employers and job leads.

Travel

Use these sites to plan a vacation, learn about good deals, link up with friends and other travelers around the world, and rate your own experiences.

29. TripAdvisor: Travelers share reviews of hotels, restaurants, activities, flights and more so you can learn about the best deals and hot spots before you go.
30. Dopplr: After registering with Dopplr, enter your travel information so that Dopplr connects you to friends in that city or nearby.
31. Zorpia: Zorpia opens the door to international socializing with its videos, groups, journals and more for users around the world.
32. TravBuddy: On TravBuddy, you can meet travel buddies, write reviews, get ideas for travel destinations and activities, manage a profile, view maps, plan trips and more.
33. WAYN: This lifestyle and travel social network helps you meet up with friends who are also traveling around the world.

Multimedia

On these social sites, you can explore music, movies, photos and art.

34. esnips: Share photos, news, portfolios, videos, jokes, poetry, music, links and anything else you’re interested in on this site.
35. blip.tv: This video sharing site features lots of silly uploads and shows.
36. Hulu: Watch TV shows and movies online for free.
37. Break: Break is marketed as a multimedia sharing site for guys who are into crazy videos, games and more.
38. deviantART: Promote your work or search for crafts, stock images, cartoons, comics, films and more on this site.
39. Last.fm: Explore artists and music on Last.fm, a site that recommends music to you.

Sharing and Learning

Join these groups to learn more about the news, science, health, relationships and other topics. You can share links, rate popular stories, post your opinion, and more.

40. bebo: On bebo, you can find videos, people and music from places like Facebook, YouTube and other sites, but from just one spot.
41. Sodahead: Get answers to questions you have on virtually any topic, including money, music, religion, schools, research, current events and more. SodaHead is also a place to share news stories, voice your opinion, and join groups.
42. Ask500 People: This poll-driven site collects opinions, reviews and more from users around the world.
43. ThisNext: On ThisNext, you can recommend products, movies and more. Keep track of your favorite items, read reviews from other members, and more.
44. Care2: Care2 is a social site for environmentalists to connect, share resources and information, join groups and real-life campaigns, and change the world.
45. Clipmarks: Share links, videos and your favorite "clips" on this site.
46. Instructables: Learn how to do virtually anything on this community-driven site.
47. Flixster: Rate movies, share your reviews, meet friends with similar tastes, and get recommendations for movies you’d like.
48. Shelfari: Share your favorite books, authors and reading lists with other bookworms.
49. diigo: Use this social tool to save your research, highlight and annotate important pages, manage research project groups, share content, and more.
50. Fark: Fark is a social bookmarking and social networking site that has channels for sports, business, geek, showbiz, politics, music and video trends.