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jmcminn0208

There's No Place Like Home - 22 views

ngm.nationalgeographic.com/...keillor-text

shared by jmcminn0208 on 11 Jun 14 - No Cached
    • jmcminn0208
      jmcminn0208 on 11 Jun 14
       
      This is literally two sentences. I found it very difficult to read through the first one... as it was itself one whole paragraph
  • And it is distressing to come home and not know where I am
  • Superimposed over that geography, like a Jackson Pollock painted on a fishnet, is the geography of a man’s life, the griefs and pleasures of various streets,
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  • We attended church at the Grace & Truth Gospel Hall on 14th Avenue South, where a preacher clutched his suspenders and spoke glowingly of Eternity, and I grew up one of the Brethren, the Chosen to whom God had vouchsafed the Knowledge of All Things that was denied to the great and mighty. The Second Coming was imminent, we would rise to the sky. We walked around Minneapolis carefully, wary of television, dance music, tobacco, baubles, bangles, flashy cars, liquor, the theater, the modern novel—all of them tempting us away from the singular life that Jesus commanded us to lead.
    • jmcminn0208
      jmcminn0208 on 11 Jun 14
       
      What did he get from this? How has he lived his life based on this childhood staple?
  • There were the neon lights of Hennepin Avenue and the promise of naked girls at the Alvin Theater, which our family passed on Sunday morning on our way to church, but that was lost on me, a geek with glasses, pressed pants, plaid shirt, a boy for whom dating girls was like exploring the Amazon—interesting idea, but how to get there? Writing for print, on the other hand—why not? And then came the beautiful connection: You write for print, it impresses girls, they might want to go on dates with you.
  • For days after Frankie drowned, I visited the death scene, trying to imagine what had happened. He was paddling a boat near the shore, and it capsized, and he drowned. I imagined this over and over, imagined myself saving him, imagined the vast gratitude of his family. I don’t recall discussing this with other boys. We were more interested in what lay ahead in seventh grade, where (we had heard) you had to take showers after gym. Naked. With no clothes on. Which turned out to be true. Junior high was up the West River Road in Anoka, the town where I was born, 1942, in a house on Ferry Street, delivered by Dr. Mork. That fall of seventh grade, he listened to my heart and heard a click in the mitral valve, which meant I couldn’t play football, so I walked into the Anoka Herald and asked for a job covering football and basketball, and a man named Warren Feist said yes and made me a professional writer. Ask and ye shall receive.
  • down to work at 4 a.m. to do the morning shift on KSJN in a basement studio on Wabasha and then a storefront on Sixth Street, the house where I lived next to Luther Seminary and the backyard parties with musicians that inspired A Prairie Home Companion at Macalester College, the dramatic leap to home ownership on Cathedral Hill in St. Paul, where I’ve lived most of the last 20 years, where you drive up from I-94 past Masqueray’s magnificent cathedral, whose great dome and towers and arches give you a momentary illusion of Europe, and up Summit and the mansions of 19th-century grandees and pooh-bahs in a ward that votes about 85 percent Democratic today.
  • Pride goeth before a fall, so deprecate yourself before others do the job for you
  • I drive down Seventh Street to a Twins game and pass the old Dayton’s department store (Macy’s now but still Dayton’s to me), where in my poverty days I shoplifted an unabridged dictionary the size of a suitcase, and 50 years later I still feel the terror of walking out the door with it under my jacket, and I imagine the cops arresting my 20-year-old self and what 30 days in the slammer might’ve done for me
  • She was a suicide 28 years ago, drowned with rocks in her pockets, and I still love her and am not over her death, nor do I expect ever to be.
  • “There’s no point in a bunch of rubberneckers standing around gawking.”
  • That’ll be the day, when you say goodbye / oh, that’ll be the day, when you make me cry,”
  • She says, “Tell me a funny story”—my daughter who never had to fight for a seat. I say, “So ... there were these two penguins standing on an ice floe,” and she says, “Tell the truth,” so I say, “I like your ponytail. You know, years ago I wore my hair in a ponytail. Not a big ponytail. A little one. I had a beard too.” And she looks at me. “A ponytail? Are you joking?
My name is Ron Hyde

Motivate your students for that assessment. - 87 views

Get your students ready for the big test!!! Help your class get pumped up about taking the test by watching one of our now two Macklemore Parodies. 2013: Rock that Assessment (Thrift Shop) 2014: G...

Assessment

started by My name is Ron Hyde on 29 Mar 14 no follow-up yet
Jac Londe

Making Oil from Plastic - 34 views

www.oil-price.net/...making-oil-from-plastic.php

oil plastic science plastiques

shared by Jac Londe on 14 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Making Oil from Plastic
  • Tons of plastic from Japan and US is left afloat in the Pacific Ocean, which is endangering marine life significantly.
  • Blest, a Japanese company has invented a safe and user friendly machine
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  • The machine is effective in recycling different kinds of plastic into oil.
  • Utilization doesn't just take into account the 20 percent of recycled plastic. But it also considers the incinerated 52 percent used for energy recovery like generating electric power or heat. Akinori Ito says "If we burn the plastic, we generate toxins and a large amount of CO2. If we convert it into oil, we prohibit CO2 production and at the same time, increase people's awareness about the value of plastic garbage"
  • Oil from Shale: Oil can be extracted from this fine grained, organic rich, sedimentary rock through pyrolysis, thermal dissolution or hyderogentation. Shale contains high concentrations of organic chemical compounds known as Kerogen. From this solid mixture, oil is extracted through chemical process. Shale can be effective converted into combustible oil shale gas and liquid hydrocarbons (shale oil). Global deposits of Shale are estimated to be around 2.8 trillion to 3.3 trillion barrels of restorable oil. Planet earth is blessed with about 600 known oil shale deposits, most of which is found in United States of America. Although several countries have oil hale deposits, known deposits of economic importance is found only in 33 countries.
Maggie Tsai

Steli Efti: You do what you do and Diigo what we do! - 1 views

supercoolschool.typepad.com/...you_do_what_you.html

diigo review

shared by Maggie Tsai on 05 Aug 07 - Cached
  • Diigo let´s you bookmark, highlight and sticky-note the Internet! A really remarkable research tool that should be used by every teacher and student worldwide! > What´s really exciting is that you can share these annotations by making them "public" with everyone using Diigo or even create/join a group. This means if you use Diigo and visit a website I highlighted some text and made a sticky note about - YOU CAN SEE IT TOO:) > I just created the > Education Revolutionaries Group > at Diigo: > "This Diigo Group is all about new and innovative education solutions on the Internet. Search, bookmark, highlight and sticky-note the world of online education together with us. Let´s Rock´N´Roll!" > You can > join the > Education Revolutionaries Group > if you like :) Everyone interested in education is welcome! > Kudos to Jim > for making me aware of this killer tool for research - you > won´t believe it but there are people out there never heard of Diigo > before! I knew one of them - me ; ) And > Kudos to you Clay > for making the > cool Diggo video. >
anonymous

VoiceThread Rocks - Use it for all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy - 29 views

voicethread.com

tools voicethread web2.0

shared by anonymous on 11 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Deborah Thonus on 11 Feb 10
     
    "A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too." From VoiceThread
  • Deborah Thonus on 11 Feb 10
     
    "A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too." From VoiceThread
  • anonymous on 03 Sep 12
     
    An internet classic web 2.0 tool. So versatile and so fun. If you can't use this in the classroom, you shouldn't be a teacher. "With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies." (taken from the VoiceThread site - http://voicethread.com/about/features/)
Stephanie Greer

Five Best Bookmark Management Tools - 80 views

lifehacker.com/...best-bookmark-management-tools

bookmarking diigo web2.0 bookmark

shared by Stephanie Greer on 18 May 10 - Cached
  • Diigo is different from most bookmarking tools; it allows you to not only save the URL of a website, but annotate it, archive it (instead of merely saving the address of it), and share both your bookmarks and archived research with others.
  • Phil Taylor on 18 May 10
     
    "it allows you to not only save the URL of a website, but annotate it, archive it (instead of merely saving the address of it), and share both your bookmarks and archived research with others"
  • Stephanie Greer on 17 Sep 10
     
    Others agree! Diigo rocks. 
Anne-Mette Krejberg

TechSmith | Jing, instant screenshots and screencasts, home - 43 views

www.techsmith.com/jing

shared by Anne-Mette Krejberg on 08 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Seth Roberts on 10 Jan 11
     
    I use this for Professional Development and it ROCKS!
William Barnett

Learner-Shaped Technology » Blog Archive » Scrivener Rocks as a Course Design... - 84 views

mikewiniski.com/blog

technology education teaching Course Design scrivener

shared by William Barnett on 17 Mar 11 - Cached
  • William Barnett on 17 Mar 11
     
    Scrivener is a great tool for writing projects. This blog posting talks about using it for course design.
Katie Lange

Dropbox - Downloading Dropbox - Simplify your life - 84 views

www.dropbox.com/downloading

shared by Katie Lange on 04 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Katie Lange on 04 Aug 11
     
    A free 2 gig folder that you can install on any computer to access any of your files.
  • Donna Canuel on 04 Aug 11
     
    Dropbox rocks for use with Ipads
Martin Burrett

iGeology App - British Geological Survey - 40 views

www.bgs.ac.uk/igeology

science geology Geography rocks iphone android

shared by Martin Burrett on 02 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 02 Aug 11
     
    A set of smartphone app downloads from the British Geological Survey which show detailed maps of what is under your feet. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/science
Lyn Giebels

Oresome Resources - Minerals and Energy Education - 61 views

www.oresomeresources.com

resources Minerals science energy mining coal Rocks

shared by Lyn Giebels on 14 Sep 13 - Cached
  • Lyn Giebels on 14 Sep 13
     
    Mining and natural resources
Chuck Holland

Eight Ways To Build Blended Learning Class Culture | EdSurge News - 60 views

www.edsurge.com/...blended-learning-class-culture

education blended learning review

shared by Chuck Holland on 18 May 14 - No Cached
  • the following eight actions have a positive impact on the blended learning culture among our students.
  • 1. Identify Online Learning Behavior You Want To See
  • 128 27 Romain Bertrand · May 15, 2014Eight Ways To Build Blended Learning Class CultureHow to get students to value and care about the work they do onlineRomain Bertrand
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  • 2. Model and Narrate These Behaviors Constantly
  • 3. Celebrate Rock Star Online Learners!
  • 4. Make Students Explain Their Reasoning Online
  • 5. Provide Students With Written Feedback
  • 6. Use Data To Make The Right Connections In Class
  • 7. Provide Support During Online Learning Time
  • 8. Create Activities Tailored To Student Needs
Panagiotis Apostolellis

Team A - Phase 2 - 0 views

sites.google.com/...phase-2

shared by Panagiotis Apostolellis on 25 Sep 19 - No Cached
  • FitWithFriends (FWF) should help students attending UVA achieve their fitness goals by motivating prospective gym goers through connecting them with potential workout buddies. FWF will provide guidance to new users in creating a profile and matching with another person through simple instructions. It will provide a service in which users can input information, such as fitness goals and availability. FWF will also provide a database that will educate users on how to use different equipment as well as supply different workouts. Next, users can match with a single user or a group, and if it is mutual, FWF should be able to connect them within a day of the match to plan workouts. FWF will handle various physical activities from running or weightlifting to rock climbing depending on user interests. FWF can also offer rewards to students who continue to complete workouts. FWF will work to build deeper connections between students through a medium other than academics.
  • System concept statement
Martin Burrett

Dropbox - Simplify your life - 95 views

www.dropbox.com

storage backup sharing links collaboration sync

shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 10 - Cached
    • Kalin Wilburn
      Kalin Wilburn on 19 May 11
       
      Use dropbox to keep track of files you need at home, work, and anywhere else you might be. It provides you the ability to access your files from any location, allow others to "drop" files into your dropbox, and to share any files you have placed in there. You can use it for student work or just as a personal productivity tool.
    • Kalin Wilburn
      Kalin Wilburn on 19 May 11
       
      It has to be downloaded on your computer so if you want to use this at school you will need your tech coordinator's permission.
    • S. Cosmo
      S. Cosmo on 06 Sep 11
       
      But you can use it at school with the access to the web page...
    • smithirowa24
      smithirowa24 on 07 Jan 12
       
      Dropbox synchs with your smart phone like an iphone, and it also synchs with tablets like the ipad.  This way I can carry my files no matter where I am.
    • Bill Shelly
      Bill Shelly on 19 Jun 12
       
      Try this in combination with dropitto.me. Awesome!
    • benjaminv
      benjaminv on 19 Sep 12
       
      I am not sure, but the idea of bringing referals to increase storage are awesome.
    • 玉昆 吴
      玉昆 吴 on 03 Feb 20
       
      Great application
  • Glenn Hervieux on 28 Aug 10
     
    This is an amazing solution for storing, sharing, and back up your data. The ability to access files from any computer & mobile devices makes this a great solution. Up to 2GB storage free! Learn more about the public folder to share files with others, while keeping your other files private. I have it on both my Apple computers and on two PCs. This rocks!
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  • Cathy Edwards on 29 Aug 10
     
    I love my Dropbox!! It makes life so much easier!
  • Jonathan Wylie on 29 Aug 10
     
    I have it too, and have used it for a couple of years now to go between my mac at school and PC at home. I recently blogged about it here: http://www.educationtechnologyblog.com/1/post/2010/08/dropbox-for-educators.html
  • Glenn Hervieux on 29 Aug 10
     
    @Jonathon, thanks for sharing the blog post. I'll pass that along to others. @Cathy, thanks for confirming it's been a useful tool.
  • Martin Burrett on 08 Jul 11
     
    One of the leading and best online file storage option. It works across many different devices and is great for teachers who like to travel light. Download required. Basic package is free with 'paid for' option with more storage. Easily share files with others. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
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