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Interactive Greek History resource - 86 views

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    Great collection of interactive Ancient Greece resources, well worth a look!!
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The Art of Memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The Art of Memory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the general topic known as "Ars memoriae" or "the Art of Memory", see Art of memory. The Art of Memory Author(s) Frances A. Yates Country United Kingdom Language English Publisher Routledge and Kegan Paul Publication date 1966 Media type Print (book) Pages 400 ISBN 0-226-95001-8 OCLC Number 42905743  Preceded by Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition The Art of Memory is a 1966 non-fiction book by British historian Frances A. Yates. The book follows the history of mnemonic systems from the classical period of Simonides of Ceos in Ancient Greece to the Renaissance era of Giordano Bruno, ending with Gottfried Leibniz and the early emergence of the scientific method in the 17th century. See also [edit] Method of loci John Crowley Art of Memory
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winged sandals - 97 views

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    An amazing flash resource for learning about the ancient Greeks with animated videos of myths and main Gods.
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Suicides in Greece due to the economic crises - 0 views

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    Another look at the indirect costs of the economic crises
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Greeks Discover the Politics of Poverty | NationofChange - 8 views

  • Goerge Barkouris (62), who found himself homeless for the first time in his life during the massive wave of unemployment in 2010, lost his home last November. Barkuris had worked for over 25 years in music and radio production but lost a contract with the public sector due to cuts in 2001. He then worked as a freelancer until 2008, but "when the crisis hit it was impossible to make money to pay for my house," he said. He has now found shelter in Klimaka’s hostel for homeless people in exchange for contributing to its street work program, which consists of riding Klimaka’s van around the streets of Athens, handing out food and other assistance to people in need.
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  • "The municipality, in cooperation with private entrepreneurs, plans to open big hotels that had previously been shut down because of the crisis and transform them into one-night shelters." She believes this process will be fast-tracked and happen in a non-transparent manner, raising questions about how municipal authorities open up space to private entities and tackle social issues like poverty
  • On Feb. 8, Eurostat published a report estimating that 27.7 percent of the active workforce, aged 18-64 years old, currently lives on the poverty line.
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  • On Feb. 8, Eurostat published a report estimating that 27.7 percent of the active workforce, aged 18-64 years old, currently lives on the poverty line.
  • On Feb. 8, Eurostat published a report estimating that 27.7 percent of the active workforce, aged 18-64 years old, currently lives on the poverty line.
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New York town's prayers test church-state separation - 19 views

  • National data on prayer practices at the city, town and village levels do not exist.
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    Good update to todays issue with lots of good reference material which the reporter has already started for students.
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50 Best Education Technology Blogs You Aren't Reading Yet - 173 views

  • Early EFL: Leahn is located in Spain, where she works as a freelance language assistant teacher and as a teacher trainer in workshops for primary and secondary school teachers.
  • Box of Chocolates: Join this EFL teacher from Recife, Brazil, who is very passionate about teaching
  • Neslihan Durmusoglu: This blog reflects on the world of EFL and about being a 21st-century learner and teacher.
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  • Reflections of a Teacher and Learner: David teaches kids at a private college in Turkey and he also is a distance student on the University of Manchester’s MA in EdTech & TESOL programme
  • An A-Z of ELT: This blog is managed by the man who wrote An A-Z of ELT in 2006, Scott Thornbury.
  • Authentic Teaching: This blogger has taught EFL in Brazil, and taught ELT for several years as well. He now is earning an MA in Education in London
  • Jeremy Harmer’s Blog: Jeremy is a writer and teacher/teacher-trainer for English to speakers of other languages, and he blogs about presentation.
  • Marisa Constantinides — TEFL Matters: This blogger runs CELT Athens, a teacher development center based in Greece.
  • Shaun Wilden’s Blog: Shaun has been involved in English language teaching for almost twenty years. He also maintains several online teaching sites including ihonlinetraining.net.
  • So this is English… This blog is filled with ideas, thoughts, discoveries, feedback and more about the teaching and learning of English.
  • Teaching Village: Barbara is an English teacher currently living in Kitakyushu, Japan, and using Web 2.0 tools and virtual worlds.
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    Technology and teaching - two words that seem to fit together perfectly today for most teachers and learners. So much so that a slew of new blogs have come on board to talk about education technology - or, edTech. This list of the 50 best education technology blogs are not inclusive, as there are so many new blogs available; however, if you look at links provided by many of these blogs to other edTech blogs, you may learn about even more blog that you aren't reading yet.
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The Longfellow Ten - 57 views

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    This website provides stop-motion student project samples. The samples given relate directly to the ancient civilizations, Early Man, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China!
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Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking - 0 views

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    Favorite resource ever!
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    Think: Before you read While you read After you read
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Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking - 82 views

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    Tools to help students engage in rigorous thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold their ineractions with texts. Not to be used simply as worksheets or activities for their own sake.
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Grove Art: Subject Guide in Oxford Art Online - 12 views

  • the Renaissance was a period when scholars and artists began to investigate what they believed to be a revival of classical learning, literature and art. For example, the followers of the 14th-century author Petrarch began to study texts from Greece and Rome for their moral content and literary style. Having its roots in the medieval university, this study called Humanism centered on rhetoric, literature, history and moral philosophy.
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      This 'rebirth' of classical thought and investigation led to many advances in the areas of art, science, medicine, and literature.
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      Make a list of three specific historical people from the article to share with the class.
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Ancient civilizations - British Museum - 63 views

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    A good resource from the British museum. Explore ancient civilizations from across time and across the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/History
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