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Katie Day

Free Technology for Teachers: 10 Resources for Teaching & Learning About WWII - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...for-teaching-and-learning.html

history technology free WWII teacher_resources war G5_conflict

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  • Katie Day on 25 Jun 10
     
    "Next week my US History students will be beginning their studies of World War II. I spent some time this week going through some of the resources that I've used in the past and the resources that I've mentioned in the past on Free Technology for Teachers. "
Katie Day

Virtual trenches immerse students in First World War poetry : JISC - 0 views

www.jisc.ac.uk/...ww1simulation.aspx

WWI G5_conflict poetry

shared by Katie Day on 28 Nov 09 - Cached
  • The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new project in the 3D virtual world Second Life to simulate areas of the Western Front 1914-18. The team believes this is the first time anything of its type has been done on Second Life. This project, which is funded by JISC, has arranged a range of digitised archival materials like poetry manuscripts, letters and diaries from the major poets of the First World War including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg and Vera Brittain, along with contextual primary source materials. These materials have been supplemented with new interpretative content and a spectrum of interactive tools and tutorials, streaming video and audio effects.
  • Katie Day on 28 Nov 09
     
    The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new project in the 3D virtual world Second Life to simulate areas of the Western Front 1914-18. The team believes this is the first time anything of its type has been done on Second Life.
Katie Day

Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops | Environment | The Gu... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...ernativeenergy.renewableenergy

water environment plants deserts solar Africa sustainability architecture G5_help

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  • Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turbines to generate electricity.
  • Katie Day on 03 May 10
     
    "Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turbines to generate electricity. "
Satvik S

Rhinoceros - 0 views

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this is how rhinos are seen on tv

shared by Satvik S on 14 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The smallest rhinos are found in the tropical rainforests on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Borneo.  These two species are very rare and extremely difficult to find.  Only a few photographs of them in the wild have been taken.
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      Thomas C on 14 Sep 09
       
      Those are the rhinos i'm intrested in.
  • Sumatran and Javan rhinos—use their speed to disappear to safety in the thick grass or jungle.
    • Thomas C
      Thomas C on 14 Sep 09
       
      I didn't know rhinos were fast.
  • For the rarest rhinos, the Sumatran and Javan rhinos, their survival may depend on how well we learn to breed them in captivity while we work to protect their wild tropical rainforest home from destruction.
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  • o study the behavior of animals so large and potentially dangerous can be difficult. Too close and you could get killed. Too far away and you can’t learn anything. So what to do?  Technology can help. First, the rhino can be carefully shot with a small dart containing a sleeping drug.  A few minutes later, after the rhino falls asleep, scientists can move in and attach a small radio transmitter. The transmitter will send back information about the rhino’s movements after it wakes up. Using computers and GPS signals, scientists can track a rhino in thick bush, over hilly country and even at night.  Over time, the rhino’s travels will build a map telling scientists where it wanders in the habitat—its territory.
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      Satvik S on 16 Sep 09
       
      this is good stuff I never new how animals are seen on tv
  • Too close and you could get killed. Too far away and you can’t learn anything. So what to do?  Technology can help. First, the rhino can be carefully shot with a small dart containing a sleeping drug.  A few minutes later, after the rhino falls asleep, scientists can move in and attach a small radio transmitter. The transmitter will send back information about the rhino’s movements after it wakes up. Using computers and GPS signals, scientists can track a rhino in thick bush, over hilly country and even at night.  Over time, the rhino’s travels will build a map telling scientists where it wanders in the habitat—its territory.
  • Satvik S on 16 Sep 09
     
    this is nice info
Hugues M

Land mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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landmine history use wikipedia 5msa

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  • Hugues M on 03 Nov 09
     
    "A land mine is a target (person or vehicle) triggered explosive weapon . Their non-explosive predecessors (caltrops, stakes and spikes) have been used on the battlefield since ancient times. Landmines were designed to be used to deter, channel, delay and kill an enemy. They have been used in various formats, for centuries and have featured in all major conflicts. Land mines are force multipliers , meaning that they may increase the efficiency of a force without requiring more personnel. The name originates from the practice of mining , where tunnels were dug under enemy fortifications or forces. These tunnels ("mines") were first collapsed to destroy fortifications above, and later filled with explosives and detonated. Land mines generally refer to devices specifically manufactured for this purpose, as distinguished from improvised explosive devices ("IEDs"). The use of land mines is controversial because they are indiscriminate weapons, harming soldier and civilian alike. They remain dangerous after the conflict in which they were deployed has ended, killing and injuring civilians and rendering land impassable and unusable for decades. To make matters worse, many factions have not kept accurate records (or any at all) of the exact locations of their minefields, making removal efforts painstakingly slow. These facts pose serious difficulties in many developing nations where the presence of mines hampers resettlement, agriculture, and tourism. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines campaigned successfully to prohibit their use, culminating in the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty . As of 2007, a total of 158 nations have agreed to the treaty. Thirty-seven countries have not agreed to the ban, including China , India , Israel , Pakistan
Katie Day

Ancient Civilizations -- interactive exhibit from the British Museum - 0 views

ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html

civilizations history ancient G5_voices interactive

shared by Katie Day on 01 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Katie Day on 01 Dec 09
     
    Themes = Cities, Religion, Buildings, Writing, Trade, and Technology
Katie Day

YouTube - I'm a Mac ... and I've Got a Dirty Secret - 1 views

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youtube G5_conflict technology gadgets minerals africa electronics

shared by Katie Day on 27 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Katie Day on 27 Jun 10
     
    "Hello, I'm a Mac, and I'm helping fuel the war in the Congo -- the deadliest war in the world. So are PCs, cell phones, digital cameras and other electronics. That's what Apple's famous ads don't tell you. So actor/activist Brooke Smith and cinematographer Steven Lubensky teamed up with actors Joshua Malina and John Lehr to create a version that sets the record straight. To learn more about conflict minerals and how you can help end war in the Congo, visit www.raisehopeforcongo.org."
Mahi N

Rainforest People - 0 views

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5LWh rainforest people

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  • Tropical rainforests have long been home to indigenous peoples who have shaped civilizations and cultures based on the environment in which they live. Great civilizations like the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs developed complex societies and made great contributions to science. Living from nature and lacking the technology to dominate their environment, native peoples have learned to watch their surroundings and understand the intricacies of the rainforest. Over generations these people have learned the importance of living within their environment and have come to rely on the countless renewable benefits that forests can provide.
    • Mahi N
      Mahi N on 07 Sep 09
       
      Find out more about the history of rainforest people,incas and aztecs and how they have changed
Jean Luc L

People of the Amazon Rainforest - 0 views

www.tigerhomes.org/...people-amazon-rainforest.cfm

5RTo biomes rainforest people

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      Zoe P on 16 Sep 09
       
      There are many people in the rainforest the main tribes are the Huli the Pygmies Yanomami who are protected by the government. They often have diffrent belifes as it is very rare to find same tribe in another place. Many tribes have not yet been out of the depths of our world and are totaly disconeccted but they now that there are others out there. But because of deforesttation the tribes will soon be in contact with our world and forget there ways of living.
  • Of these varying Amer-Indian people living in the Amazon Rainforest, one of the largest groups is the Yanomami.  “Yano” translates to “communal house”.  Their village life is centered around the “yano”, or communal house.  The “yano” is a large, circular shelter constructed of vine and leaf thatch, which has a living space in the middle.   Village activity revolves around the main house which has multiple living quarters built in the center.  
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  • Emily S on 10 Sep 09
     
    At one time almost 10 million native Indians occupied the lands of the South America Rainforest. At the time when Western and European explorers and conquistadors invaded the land in search of untold riches, there were less than one million indigenous people, today there are less than 250,000 indigenous natives. As the Rainforest dies, so does the heritage of the land and sadly so do the people of the Rainforest. The remarkable human diversity here has over 215 ethnic groups speaking 170 different languages in an area composing 190 million acres of land - roughly twice the size of California. 188 million acres of this land remains inside the Brazilian Amazon, in the states of Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Roraima, and Tocantins. Of these varying Amer-Indian people living in the Amazon Rainforest, one of the largest groups is the Yanomami. "Yano" translates to "communal house". Their village life is centered around the "yano", or communal house. The "yano" is a large, circular shelter constructed of vine and leaf thatch, which has a living space in the middle. Village activity revolves around the main house which has multiple living quarters built in the center. Pygmy Tribes, include Baka and Mbuti Pygmies, like the Bushmen of the Kalahari in Africa, are some of the last remaining "hunter-gatherers". Totally self-sufficient, these many Amazonian Indian Tribes have called the Amazon Rainforest home for centuries now. The Huli Indian Tribe are one of many who make their home in the remote highland forests of Papua New Guinea. In their culture, men and women live in large groups in separate quarters. The people of the Amazon are highly intelligent, even though many have never seen any modern technology. They live by the earth and the sea and have developed an extreme affinity with nature. Their ritual ceremonies and beliefs in their lives are often governed by nature. They look between the l
  • Mahi N on 14 Sep 09
     
    A bit long but interesting
  • Victoria B on 14 Sep 09
     
    descriyion
  • Zoe P on 16 Sep 09
     
    descriyion
Ameya R

Yanomamo Indians In The Modern World - Term Papers - Soufiane - 0 views

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  • The Yanomamo (Yah-no-mah-muh) also called Yanomamo, Yanomami and Sanuma (which means ‘Human Being') are deep jungle indigenous Indians living in the Amazon basin in both Venezuela and Brazil. The Yanomamo are believed to be the most primitive, culturally intact people in existence in the world. In spite of that, they exist within the modern period by use of technology which is well-adapted to their environment.
  • They number approximately 12,000 people and are distributed in some 125 widely scattered villages in the upper Amazon basin of Brazil and in the South of Venezuela (South America). They live in small villages that are separated by many miles of unoccupied land. The villages can be as small as 40 to 50 people or as large as 300 people grouped by families in one large communal dwelling called a Shabono; this disc shaped structure with an open-air central plaza is an earthly version of their god's Abode. The villages are autonomous but constantly will interact with each other. The quote following read in the book Yanomamo Warfare is intended to give more details about number of Yanomamo "The Yanomamo are by far the most numerous and best described of the four major divisions of Yanomamo. Population estimates put their numbers at 6,00
    • Ameya R
      Ameya R on 10 Sep 09
       
      i never knew some stuff this is a good site too bad we cant see the full thing
  • 0 around 1970 (Migliazza 1972:34), at...
Katie Day

World Digital Library Home - 0 views

www.wdl.org/en

libraries digital international world united_nations culture archives images history online research G5_voices

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  • Katie Day on 22 Oct 09
     
    images / cultural artefacts from around the world, e.g., old maps - thinking this would be good for the Voices from the Past unit of inquiry
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