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Kalin Wilburn

Adopt A US Soldier - 2 views

www.adoptaussoldier.org

soldier resources

shared by Kalin Wilburn on 05 Dec 11 - Cached
  • Kalin Wilburn on 05 Dec 11
     
    Adopt A US Soldier is a non-profit organization that seeks volunteers to help show the brave men and women fighting for our freedom that their sacrifices will nott go unnoticed. It connects supportive civilians with deployed troops and offers a channel by which to communicate encouragment and express gratitude to those brave men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Rachel Hinton

Colleges rush to create cybersecurity soldiers - 17 views

tbo.com/...ybersecurity-soldiers-20150111

colleges cybersecurity soldiers tampa tribune news

shared by Rachel Hinton on 14 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Rachel Hinton on 14 Jan 15
     
    The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of what is going on in the Wild West of cybercrime. According to Nextgov, the online resource for federal technology decision makers, energy giant BP faces 50,000 attempts at cyberintrusion a day. The Pentagon? Ten million a day. The National Nuclear Security Administration? Another 10 million. Dramatic websites from two major computer security companies, Norse Corp. (http://map.ipviking.com) and Kaspersky Lab (https://cybermap.kasper sky.com) display vivid real-time maps of ongoing cyberwarfare being waged around the globe. That has sparked a mad dash for cybersecurity experts - and another mad dash to recruit and educate students in that field.
spartan76

Museum Box - 106 views

museumbox.e2bn.org

museum box history events people places

shared by spartan76 on 28 Mar 10 - Cached
  • anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others. More... Our inspiration Thomas Clarkson The project was inspired by the anti-slavery campaigner - Thomas Clarkson, who did exactly as described above. Thomas Clarkson's Box He carried around a box of items (ranging from African produce to diagrams of transportation ships) to illustrate his arguments during his campaign. Create your own
  • Lauren Rosen on 27 Apr 10
     
    Create a box demonstrating what you know about any subject. Incorporate text, images, video or audio. Great for describing an artist, author, character, location...
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  • Lauren Rosen on 27 Apr 10
     
    Create a box demonstrating what you know about any subject. Incorporate text, images, video or audio. Great for describing an artist, author, character, location...
  • Angela McDurmon on 16 Jun 10
     
    Place files, images, text, movies, or sounds concerning a particular topic in a virtual box.
  • Deb White Groebner on 20 Dec 10
     
    Make a virtual collection of artifacts to interpret any topic, including yourself.
  • Kelly Boushell on 02 Apr 11
     
    This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others
  • Bob Rowan on 02 Dec 11
     
    Their description ... provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others Shared by Kathy Walker with the following note: "Attached is a cool idea for projects & assessments that can be used with any subject area."
  • Kim Cline on 19 Nov 12
     
    This is a great social studies site for students to collect "artifacts" about an historical person or event.  Site has some bugs, but the finished product is very unique!
  • spartan76 on 02 Jul 14
     
    Create mini histories in a box.
Martin Burrett

Are you a Healthy Teacher? - 21 views

ukedchat.com/...are-you-a-healthy-teacher

health mental health stress well-being wellbeing

shared by Martin Burrett on 22 May 18 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 22 May 18
     
    "Teachers are notorious for ignoring health concerns and just carrying on. From teaching with a high fever, and soldiering on with 4 hours of sleep, teachers often put their health at risk. But done this make teachers more productive, or less?"
fergtoo

the Truth About Being a Hero - WSJ - 14 views

www.wsj.com/...111903596904576516302821089790

hero

shared by fergtoo on 23 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that every human being is special to start with, because we're unique to start with.
  • n the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect.
  • I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all.
  • ...20 more annotations...
  • "A lot of people have done a lot more and gotten a lot less, and a lot of people have done a lot less and gotten a lot more."
  • I got my medals, in part, because I did brave acts, but also, in part, because the kids liked me and they spent time writing better eyewitness accounts than they would have written if they hadn't liked me
  • The only people who will ever know the value of the ribbons on their chests are the people wearing them—and even they can fool themselves, in both directions.
  • he whole assault ground to a halt, except for one kid named Niemi, who had sprinted forward when we came under the intense fire and disappeared up in front of us somewhere.
  • alking to a group of us about when it was a platoon leader earned his pay. I knew, floating above that mess, that now that time had come. If I didn't get up and lead, we'd get wiped.
  • I'm most proud of is that I simply stood up, in the middle of all that flying metal, and started up the hill all by myself.
  • I did it for the right reasons.
  • At this point I saw the missing kid, Niemi, pop his head up. He sprinted across the open top of the hill, all alone.
  • He was a black kid, all tangled up in black-power politics, almost always angry and sullen. A troublemaker. Yet here he was, most of his body naked with only flapping rags left of his jungle utilities, begging for a rifle when he had a perfect excuse to just bury his head in the clay and quit. I gave him mine. I still had a pistol. He grabbed the rifle, stood up to his full height, fully exposing himself to all the fire, and simply blasted an entire magazine at the two soldiers in front of us, killing both of them. He then went charging into the fight, leaving me stunned for a moment. Why? Who was he doing this for? What is this thing in young men? We were beyond ourselves, beyond politics, beyond good and evil. This was transcendence.
  • Crashing out of the clouds into this confusion came a flaming, smoking twin-rotor CH-46 helicopter.
  • I saw Niemi pop into sight again. He sprinted to the downed chopper.
  • the only thing he could think to do was sprint across the open hilltop to see if he could find a place from which he could lay down fire to protect them.
  • Niemi got a Navy Cross.
  • I got a Navy Cross.
  • elicopter pilot
  • ont-page story
  • The kid who borrowed my rifle didn't get anyt
  • hing.
  • It was just about that time I got knocked out and blinded by a hand grenade. I came to, groggy.
  • hen a kid I knew from Second Platoon, mainly because of his bad reputation, threw himself down beside me, half his clothes blown away. He was begging people for a rifle. His had been blown out of his hands.
Lorin Labardee

How The Civil War Soldiers Lived - 55 views

www.civilwarhome.com/soldierslife.htm

shared by Lorin Labardee on 13 Aug 10 - Cached
    • Lorin Labardee
      Lorin Labardee on 13 Aug 10
       
      This seems like a great site but I'm not sure how far into this topic we'll get.
Jenny Staley

Serving Soldiers? - Inside Higher Ed - 12 views

www.insidehighered.com/...cruitment_of_military_students

shared by Jenny Staley on 23 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Jenny Staley on 23 Sep 11
     
    WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the U.S. Senate are turning up the heat on for-profit colleges for their heavy recruiting of veterans and active-duty service members. But it remains unclear if the strong words on Capitol Hill will translate into policy changes that could slow the flow of military financial assistance to the colleges.
Martin Burrett

UKEd Magazine - Issue 51 - 7 views

ukedchat.com/...uked-magazine-issue-51

WW1 First World War 1st World War World War One World War 1 War Trenches soldiers

shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Sep 18 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 28 Sep 18
     
    Special World War One Commemorative Edition
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