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An Epic Mashup of Science and Hip Hop | MindShift - 1 views

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video music creativity science pedagogy ESP teacher-training VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 13 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 13 Oct 13
     
    The Science Genius project is demonstrated through an energetic classroom teacher. The project aims to use students' local culture, in this case rap/hip-hop, to engage students' attention and draw them into science concepts actively. Great video demonstration by Dr. Chris Emdin, including several examples of students' creative projects. The approach also worked with students who hadn't ever written rap music before.Follow the series.
Vanessa Vaile

MOOC newbie Voice - Week 2 Big Data… must be important… it's big! » Dave's Ed... - 0 views

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  • we are increasingly at the mercy of the data that is out there
  • Week 1 skimming
  • The Telegraph article on the 10 ways data is changing how we live
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  • Notes on some of the other resources
  • This one... a gonzo style interview with a dude who’s been in the industry
  • “more is different” it’s a classic. it says that… uh… more is different. Is short and approachable.
  • http://www.dataists.com/2010/09/the-data-science-venn-diagram/ A beginners guide to figuring out what the charts might mean
  • This week’s presentation – Ryan S.J.d Baker
  • a sense of what they actually do with the testing
  • This week’s activity SNAPP is uh… kind of a snap.
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Learning Never Stops: Free Map Tools - Use maps in cool and unique ways - 0 views

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project-based tools content-based adult-learners young-learners VSL

shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 25 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 25 Feb 13
     
    Sounds like a good place for many different kinds of content- and project-based learning. "Free Map Tools is an online resource that allows you to utilize maps in really cool and interesting ways. With this site you can find the distance between two points, by land and air. You are able to calculate the area of a region on a map. It allows you to determine how far you can travel while walking, riding a bike, or driving a car for a designated amount of travel time. It will even tell you where you would end up if you tunneled through the earth. Free Map Tools is a very cool website that has applications for social studies, science , and math teachers."
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Documentary Tube - Watch Documentaries Online for FREE - 1 views

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shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 13 Dec 11 - Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 13 Dec 11
     
    Lots of documentaries on an enormous variety of subjects. These can be used to spark conversation and get students ready to do their own research for a paper. Professionally produced, and free. Many are award-winning. Categories are listed, and there is a search function. Not specifically directed to ESL/EFL, but good authentic content.
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Infographics & Data Visualizations - Visual.ly - 1 views

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shared by TESOL CALL-IS on 26 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • TESOL CALL-IS on 26 Dec 11
     
    "See the best data visualizations on the web all in one place." Mainly infographics--charts and informational maps. Students could upload their own graphs, et al., for comment and feedback, and the site purports to be creating new data visualization tools.
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A special report on managing information: Data, data everywhere | The Economist - 3 views

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evomlit technology information management information overload "big data" report

shared by Vanessa Vaile on 01 Mar 10 - Cached
  • the world contains an unimaginably vast amount of digital information which is getting ever vaster ever more rapidly. This makes it possible to do many things that previously could not be done: spot business trends, prevent diseases, combat crime and so on. Managed well, the data can be used to unlock new sources of economic value, provide fresh insights into science and hold governments to account.
  • also creating a host of new problems
  • the proliferation of data is making them increasingly inaccessible
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  • Scientists and computer engineers have coined a new term for the phenomenon: “big data”.
  • Epistemologically speaking, information is made up of a collection of data and knowledge is made up of different strands of information. But this special report uses “data” and “information” interchangeably because, as it will argue, the two are increasingly difficult to tell apart.
  • business of information management
  • Chief information officers (CIOs)
  • statistician and storyteller/artist
  • many reasons for the information explosion
  • technology
  • digitising lots of information that was previously unavailable
  • access to far more powerful tools
  • many more people who interact with information
  • shift from information scarcity to surfeit has broad effects
  • “Data exhaust”
  • in aggregate the data can also be mined
  • In a world of big data the correlations surface almost by themselves.
  • The way that information is managed touches all areas of life. At the turn of the 20th century new flows of information through channels such as the telegraph and telephone supported mass production. Today the availability of abundant data enables companies to cater to small niche markets anywhere in the world.
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