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taryn doherty

Chinese-Canadians respond to stem-cell call - 0 views

www.vancouversun.com/...story.html

shared by taryn doherty on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • taryn doherty on 30 Mar 10
     
    I find this very interesting! Although I don't know much about the research being done with stem-cells, I do know that it is rather controversial.
lucas brettell

NASA - Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days - 0 views

www.nasa.gov/...earth-20100301.html

NASA Science Earth Astronomy EarthQuake Chili

shared by lucas brettell on 04 Mar 10 - Cached
Emmy-Lou Sill liked it
  • lucas brettell on 04 Mar 10
     
    the earthquake shortened our days..yay! by how much? one millionth of a second.....well whats the big deal
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 10 Mar 10
     
    lol very funny
Diana Boffa

How to Plan For a Successful Future - wikiHow - 1 views

www.wikihow.com/Plan-For-a-Successful-Future

shared by Diana Boffa on 08 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Diana Boffa on 08 Feb 10
     
    this is a very interesting site..with alot of different categories to search through.
Diana Boffa

Essay Info :: Cause and Effect essay writing - 0 views

essayinfo.com/...cause_and_effect_essay.php

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  • Diana Boffa on 08 Feb 10
     
    this site will be very helpful for the types of essays we will be writing.
J.Randolph Radney

Free Technology for Teachers: The Importance of Proper Mathematics - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...nce-of-proper-mathematics.html

mathematics

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 06 Jan 10 - No Cached
  • J.Randolph Radney on 06 Jan 10
     
    I know only a few of you are taking math this term, but I thought it would be good for all of you to see the value of good math understanding in the real world. This is a phone conversation between a customer who has been quoted a very low charge rate and then billed at 100 times the quoted rate. See if you can figure out the logic of the billing company. Do you believe that $0.002 = 0.002cents?
Danika Bush

Interesting Discussion Questions - 1 views

ezinearticles.com/?Interesting-Discussion-Questions&id=484472

Essay Topics writing interesting

shared by Danika Bush on 13 Jan 10 - Cached
  • 7. If the people who know you best were asked, would they say you tend to be mostly predictable or unpredictable? Why? Which of these traits do you most value in a friend? Do you tend to follow a set routine or do you often do the same things differently?
  • 9. For $10,000 would you be willing to stand up spontaneously and sing The Star Spangled Banner at the top of your lungs in the middle of a church service?
  • 11. If you were to move to a poor, primitive country, what three things would you most miss from your current life?
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  • 12. What is the biggest lie you’ve ever told? Why? What were the consequences, if any?
  • 14. What is one of the books (other than the Bible) that has had the greatest influence on your life? Why?
  • 34. Do you think people would be surprised about your thought life? How often would you be embarrassed if others knew exactly what was on your mind? Do you think your thought life is better or worse than most of the people in your circle of friends? Why?
  • Danika Bush on 13 Jan 10
     
    I like writing essays on the highlighted topics just for practice. For me, writing these interesting essays is somewhat fun.
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 13 Jan 10
     
    very great find! love it wish i had found it! thanks for telling me diana! <3
Emmy-Lou Sill

Can people help me find BLOGS on Borgia and or Medisi Families? - 2 views

Borgia Family seems very intersting just like """""King Henry""" VI lol, it is sooooo much drama!!!!

Borgia Florence Italy Pisa Pope European history Bank modern art rennassance

started by Emmy-Lou Sill on 18 Jan 10 no follow-up yet
Denise Hunlin

Smile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

en.wikipedia.org/Smiles

wikipedia smile

shared by Denise Hunlin on 15 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Although many different types of smiles have been identified and studied, researchers have devoted particular attention to an anatomical distinction first recognized by French physician Guillaume Duchenne. While conducting research on the physiology of facial expressions in the mid-nineteenth century, Duchenne identified two distinct types of smiles. A Duchenne smile involves contraction of both the zygomatic major muscle (which raises the corners of the mouth) and the orbicularis oculi muscle (which raises the cheeks and forms crow's feet around the eyes). A non-Duchenne smile involves only the zygomatic major muscle.[5] Many researchers believe that Duchenne smiles indicate genuine spontaneous emotions since most people cannot voluntarily contract the outer portion of the orbicularis oculi muscle.
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 18 Jan 10
     
    Wow, cool I didn't know that! i like all smiles! this is very intriguing.
J.Randolph Radney

City Brights: Howard Rheingold : Crap Detection 101 - 0 views

www.sfgate.com/...detail

Internet information_literacy detection Research

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 22 Mar 10 - Cached
  • "Who is the author?" is the root question. If you don't find one, turn your skepticism meter to the top of the dial. And use easywhois.com to find out who owns the site if there is no author listed. If the author provides a way to ask questions, communicate, or add comments, turn up the credibility meter and dial back the skepticism. When you identify an author, search on the author's name in order to evaluate what others think of the author - and don't turn off your critical stance when you assess reputation. Who are these other people whose opinions you are trusting? Is the site a .gov or .edu? If so, turn up the credibility a notch. If it helps, envision actual meters and dials in your mind's eye - or a thermometer or speedometer. Take the website's design into account - professional design should not be seen as a certain indicator of accurate content, but visibly amateurish design is sometimes an indicator that the "Institute of Such-and-Such" might be an obsessive loner.
  • More good questions to use as credibility probes: Does the author provide sources for factual claims, and what happens when you search on the names of the authors of those sources? Have others linked to this page, and if so, who are they (use the search term "link: http://..." and Google shows you every link to a specified page). See if the source has been bookmarked on a social bookmarking service like Delicious or Diigo; although it shouldn't be treated as a completely trustworthy measurement, the number of people who bookmark a source can furnish clues to its credibility. All the mechanics of doing this kind of checking take only a few seconds of clicking, copying and pasting, searching, and judging for yourself. Again, the part that requires the most work is learning to do your own judging.
  • I use martinlutherking.org as an example with my students today - it's not owned by admirers of the late civil rights leader, but you wouldn't know that at first glance. Another, less sinister but equally sobering teaching story: "The parody site Gatt.org once duped the Center for International Legal Studies into believing it was the Web site of the World Trade Organization.
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  • on the cutting edge of community-based filtering tools, Intel labs' Dispute Finder Firefox Extension "highlights disputed claims on web pages you browse and shows you evidence for alternative points of view."
  • J.Randolph Radney on 22 Mar 10
     
    This site has some very helpful tips for research evaluation.
Emmy Sill

How to lose a pound a week | Weight Loss | Get Healthy | Best Health - 0 views

www.besthealthmag.ca/...lose-a-pound-a-week

wieght loss- very simple to follow guidelines

shared by Emmy Sill on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Emmy Sill on 08 Oct 09
     
    How to lose a pound a week, Weight Loss, Get Healthy, lose a pound a week, lose weight, weekly weightloss, Weight Loss, Simply add exercise; subtract food. Here are two weeks' worth of ideas to get started!
J.Randolph Radney

"This topic is impossible!": Social Media as Research Panacea? (Part II) « Th... - 1 views

nkogan.wordpress.com/...ia-as-research-panacea-part-ii

diigo

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Rather than having vague status-update conversations with students, where I’m typically assured that everything is “going well” (a response which, in its vagueness, I can neither confirm nor deny), I, by virtue of being connected to my students’ Diigo networks, would be able to look at their sources, and more importantly, their annotations for those sources, and give them specific feedback about their level of engagement and depth of research. Not only would this ability allow me to see what progress they’ve made on their research, but it will also help students develop a clearer sense of what constitutes valuable active reading and how one distinguishes salient, useful information from that which is less valuable.
    • J.Randolph Radney
      J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09
       
      This feature would allow me to better coach students in the research process.
  • as I imagine that all students will be connected to one another’s Diigo networks, those working on related topics would be able to share ideas, sources, and insights about their progress. At present, I sense that each student perceives his or her research process to be a very isolated one that is disconnected from his or her peers. By employing a network where students could see the notes their peers have made about the sources they’re reading (though Diigo does offer a “private note” feature, which keeps one’s comments hidden from view by others) as well as those that might be potentially useful, the students will hopefully feel less disconnected and despondent about their progress when they hit a speed bump, and instead will look to their peers for guidance and insight.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09
     
    "However, perhaps the most exciting element of Diigo from my perspective, is the insight it will give me as a teacher into the students' research process. Rather than having vague status-update conversations with students, where I'm typically assured that everything is "going well" (a response which, in its vagueness, I can neither confirm nor deny), I, by virtue of being connected to my students' Diigo networks, would be able to look at their sources, and more importantly, their annotations for those sources, and give them specific feedback about their level of engagement and depth of research. Not only would this ability allow me to see what progress they've made on their research, but it will also help students develop a clearer sense of what constitutes valuable active reading and how one distinguishes salient, useful information from that which is less valuable."
  • J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09
     
    This is an evaluation of social media tools for classroom use.
J.Randolph Radney

Seth's Blog: Apparent risk and actual risk - 0 views

sethgodin.typepad.com/...rent-risk-and-actual-risk.html

education

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Apparent risk is what gets someone who is afraid of plane crashes to drive, even though driving is more dangerous.
  • Apparent risk is avoiding the chance that people will laugh at you and instead backing yourself into the very real possibility that you're going to become obsolete or irrelevant.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 15 Oct 09
     
    What will you risk today? Is the risk you fear actual or only apparent?
J.Randolph Radney

Websites and IMs and Blogs, Oh My! : A Response to Dr. Jill McClay's BCTELA Presentatio... - 0 views

www.bctela.ca/...e-dr-jill-mcclay%E2%80%99s-bct

bctela standards English

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Jill began by talking about the "new literacies" of technology, including blogs, instant messaging, sharing videos online, and many other kinds of literacy that go well beyond "print on paper." One of the most interesting and potentially alarming things Jill told us was the fact that eight- to ten-year-olds are the fastest-growing group of users on the internet.
  • According to research done by media-awareness.ca, a non-profit organization that develops media literacy programs, kids can be exposed to inappropriate content and risky situations online, including bullying and sexual harassment. On the other hand, the same survey makes it clear that most young people have positive experiences online, and they use the Internet to foster existing social relationships and create new ones. How can we help keep kids' online literacy experiences positive?
  • Jill gave us some examples that made us realize that, regardless of the fears (and often, regardless of the rules) of parents and educators, kids are using the web and joining online communities; they are sharing their writing and secrets, reading those of others, and creating relationships. The Internet is not going away; in fact, access to the web is nearly universal in Canada, either at home, at school, or at public libraries and Internet cafes.
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  • we need to participate in web-based communities and literacy and respect, not dismiss, kids' online relationships. We need to learn the conventions of online literacy. Young people are not going to learn about online safety and security from us unless they see that we know what we're talking about, and that we are also part of that community.
  • Jill's presentation made me realize how much more was out there, and that a lot of it could be very useful in the English classroom and beyond.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09
     
    This is another recent article written on the use of social media in education, particularly by younger students.
J.Randolph Radney

More U.S. Children Being Diagnosed With Youthful Tendency Disorder | The Onion - Americ... - 2 views

www.theonion.com/...28223

YTD youthful tendency disorder

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 02 Nov 09 - Cached
  • J.Randolph Radney on 02 Nov 09
     
    Please read very carefully; I would like to get an idea in class whether many of you face this malady... Cheers, radney
J.Randolph Radney

Nothing's Impossible (A Special After Thanksgiving Motivational Message) - The Educator... - 5 views

www.educatorsroyaltreatment.com/...ving-motivational-message.html

shared by J.Randolph Radney on 30 Nov 09 - Cached
  • J.Randolph Radney on 30 Nov 09
     
    This teacher has some very unique qualities. Can you find out what they are?
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