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Clint Walters

Building on the Past - Creative Commons - 0 views

  • Justin Cone won our Moving Images Contest with this clip,created to demonstrate how CC works.
despina houck

Parque del Retiro, Madrid - 0 views

  • The Parque del Buen Retiro is the most popular park in Madrid. It can get crowded during weekends when many Madrilenian families go for a stroll in the park and street musicians, sidewalk painters, fortune tellers, jugglers and street performers animate the crowd.
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      As seen on our video series in class.
  • The Retiro Park was created as a royal park; it belonged to the Real Sitio del Buen Retiro palace. In 1632, the palace was built by King Philips IV as a retreat for the Royal family.
  • Of the original palace, only two buildings survived, the rest was destroyed during the Napoleonic wars.
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  • The most important item in the collection is the sword of El Cid or La Tizona. Not really weaponry, but another notable item on display is the cross that Columbus took with him to the New World. The other surviving building is the Casón del Buen Retiro, a museum with a collection of 19th and 20th century paintings, including works by Joaquín Sorolla.
  • Close to the northern entrance of the Parque del Retiro is a large artificial lake, the Estanque del Retiro. Here you can rent a rowing boat, especially popular during weekends
  • More to the south is another, much smaller lake. At the edge of the lake is a beautiful glass building, the Palacio de Cristal.
  • Another feature of the park is the Rose Garden, the Rosaleda. And possibly the most remarkable feature of the Retiro Park is one of its statues, El Angel Caído. It is dedicated to Satan, possibly the only such statue in Europe.
  • The Retiro Park is located east of the city center, not far from the Prado Museum
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    Park in Madrid
Eric Sweitzer

InterMath - 0 views

shared by Eric Sweitzer on 12 Feb 09 - Cached
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    This is a professional development site for math educators. It focuses on building content knowledge through mathematic investigations supported by technology.
Brianne Williamson

Storybird - Artful storytelling - 0 views

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  • Teachers Sign up for a teacher account to manage students without emails, create assignments, and build beautiful libraries.
Clint Walters

Curriki - WebHome - 0 views

  • Curriki's mission is to provide free, high-quality curricula and education resources to teachers, students, and parents around the world. Learn how you can help
Vw Prof

Coding4Fun - 0 views

  • Twitterlight: A Silverlight Twitter client24 February 08 02:03 PM | Coding4Fun | 25 Comments    Twitter, using simple SMS length messages, has changed how people stay connected. Here's how to build a Silverlight web client to access the Twitter API and display your tweets in a layout of your choosing. The Twitterlight code provides a solid starting Read More...
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    Great blog site with lots of content for .NET programming. Includes a lot of code dealing with web 2.0 apps
despina houck

The Fiestas of Spain : Las Fallas , Valencia - 0 views

  • Las Fallas is undoubtedly one of the most unique and crazy festivals in Spain (a country known for unique and crazy festivals). What started as a feast day for St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters, has evolved into a 5-day, multifaceted celebration of fire.
  • Las Fallas literally means "the fires" in Valencian. The focus of the fiesta is the creation and destruction of ninots--huge cardboard, wood and plaster statues--that are placed at over 350 key intersections and parks around the city today. The ninots are extremely lifelike and usually depict bawdy, satirical scenes and current events (lampooning corrupt politicians and Spanish celebrities is particularly popular). They are crafted by neighborhood organizations and take about six months to construct (and often cost upwards of US$75,000). Many ninots are several stories tall and need to be moved into position with cranes.
  • Starting in the early evening, young men with axes chop holes in the statues and stuff them with fireworks. The crowds start to chant, the streetlights are turned off, and all of the ninots are set on fire at exactly the stroke of midnight. Over the years, the local firemen, called "bomberos," have devised unique ways to protect the town's buildings from torching along with the ninots, such as by neatly covering storefronts with fireproof tarps. And each year, one of the ninots is spared from destruction by popular vote and exhibited in the local Museum of the Ninot along with the other favorites from years past.
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  • The origin of Las Fallas is a bit murky, but most credit the fires as an evolution of pagan rituals that celebrated the onset of spring and the planting season.
  • Besides the burning of the ninots, there is a myriad of other activities during the fiesta. During the day, you can check out the extensive roster of bullfights, parades, paella contests and beauty pageants around the city. Spontaneous fireworks displays occur everywhere during the days leading up to "La Crema", but another highlight is the daily mascletá which occurs in the Plaza Anyuntamiento at exactly 2pm. When the huge pile of firecrackers is ignited, the ground literally shakes for the next ten minutes.
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    Las Fallas - the fires in Valencia
Lindsay Boeckel

BuiLD YouR WiLD SeLF - 0 views

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    Create avatars that allow you to incorporate animal parts into "the new you!"
Brian Heisey

Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration: Monarch Butterfly - 1 views

  • Internet-based program that explores the interrelated aspects of seasonal change.
  • A simple, student-directed entry point to Journey North studies. Engaging stories, photos, videos, and slide shows from the natural world build observation skills, inspire scientific thinking, and create fertile ground for discussions and new questions!
  • K-12 students share their own field observations with classmates across North America.
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      This is great for collaboration!
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    Migration website.
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