When glaciers disappear, the bugs move in (ENN) - 0 views
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We've all been stunned by images showing the dramatic retreat of mountain glaciers. Yet few of us have given much thought to what happens next. Now the first study to look at how life invades soil immediately after mountain glaciers melt has an answer. Primitive bacteria step in to colonise the area, enrich the soil with nutrients, and even cement the ground, preventing landslides, say researchers who have studied the process in the Peruvian Andes.
Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 4 views
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When it comes to showing results, he said, “We better put up or shut up.”
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Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They say the technology advocates have it backward when they press to upgrade first and ask questions later.
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how the district was innovating.
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Imagination Foundation - 2 views
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The Imagination Foundation is launching the first ever Global Cardboard Challenge, inviting the world to play while raising funds to foster creativity and entrepreneurship in kids. September will be the month to organize and build, then on October 6th (the one-year anniversary of the flashmob that came out to make Caine's day) friends, family, co-workers and community members can come out to play at local events, celebrating the creativity and imagination of kids around the world.
The First Peoples' Project iEARN - 0 views
Carbon Counter - Fight Climate Change - 0 views
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Every time we drive, fly, run appliances at home and keep our houses lighted, warm and cool, we emit carbon dioxide, trapping heat in the atmosphere. Be part of the solution and offset your emissions! Your tax deductible donation contributes to the development of new technologies and alternative energy that reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Take the first step, and calculate your carbon footprint.
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections - 0 views
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IECC is dedicated to helping teachers connect with other teachers to arrange intercultural email connections between their students. A new service, IECC-INTERGEN, helps teachers and their classrooms create intergenerational partnerships with volunteers who are over 50 years of age. Created in 1992 by three professors from St. Olaf College in Minnesota, IECC was one of the first services on the Web to facilitate international pen-pal exchanges between teachers and classrooms around the globe
Open GEC Advisory Board Meeting - 36 views
On Saturday, April 5th CST, we're hosting our first board meeting of the Global Education Collaborative. It's open to anyone with an interest in global education. We will be using a tool called Fla...
50StateChallenge - home - 2 views
Bilingual babies' vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation - 3 views
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Kuhl's previous studies show that between 8 and 10 months of age, monolingual babies become increasingly able to distinguish speech sounds of their native language, while at the same time their ability to distinguish sounds from a foreign language declines.
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almost nothing is known about how bilingual babies do this for two languages. Knowing how experience sculpts the brain will tell us something that goes way beyond language development.
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the bilingual brain remains flexible to languages for a longer period of time, possibly because bilingual infants are exposed to a greater variety of speech sounds at home.
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Ben Ramsey » Blog Archive » Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 Defined - 0 views
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Web 1.0 represents the first decade of the Web (1990-1999), which is characterized primarily by a read-only Web.
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Web 2.0 represents the second decade of the Web (2000-2009)
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This is often called the era of the read-write Web
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