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"Law Day 2012 Video Contest Your students can enter the Connecticut Bar Association's (CBA) Law Day Contest for a chance to win a Nikon digital/video camera for your school. Law Day is a national effort to inform citizens about the importance of law and the role it plays in our everyday lives. Participation in the Law Day Video Contest is easy and educational. The Law Day 2012 theme focuses on "No Court, No Justice, No Freedom". With this national theme the Connecticut Bar Association would like to bring to Connecticut the third Law Day Video Contest. There are two categories: Middle school (grades 6-8) and High School (grades 9-12). Students are asked to make a three to five minute video that answers the following question: How would society be affected if there were no courts - therefore affecting justice and our ability to be free? Rules: *There are two categories: Category 1 is a video contest for grades 6-8. Category 2 is a video contest for grades 9-12"

""We were seven brothers -- seven soldiers," says 91-year old Chikara "Don" Oka, a World War II veteran now living in a retirement home in Los Angeles. "Five of us for the United States and two against us because they were stranded in Japan" when the war came. They're all American citizens born here in the United States."

Ever whiled away five minutes on a Facebook quiz, finding out what cartoon character is your look-alike or how your IQ stacks up? These quizzes may seem like a perfectly harmless way to spend a few spare minutes. But have you stopped to think about what these quizzes are learning about you and how that info could be used? Take our quiz and learn more!

"The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) was created as a partnership among the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Yellowstone National Park, and University of Utah to strengthen the long-term monitoring of volcanic and earthquake unrest in the Yellowstone National Park region. Yellowstone is the site of the largest and most diverse collection of natural thermal features in the world and the first National Park. YVO is one of the five USGS Volcano Observatories that monitor volcanoes within the United States for science and public safety."

"As the seventh anniversary of the United States' 2003 invasion of Iraq approaches-and as American and NATO forces gear up for a major push into a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan-LIFE asked five outstanding photographers who have covered both wars to reflect on the conflicts, and on their own work. Collectively, these four men and one woman have taken tens of thousands of photographs from the two wars; here, they've each chosen a handful of images that, for reasons as varied as their utterly distinct styles, resonate most deeply with them. The pictures that follow, and the photographers' words that accompany them, comprise a chronicle of courage, folly, misery, hubris-in short, a look at humans at their best, their worst, their most guarded, and their most vulnerable. WARNING: Some of the images depict extreme violence."

"free service for creating animated videos. Without downloading any software or having any special skills, Memoov allows users to create animated videos up to five minutes in length. Creating an animated video with Memoov can be as simple as selecting a setting image(s), selecting a character or characters, and adding dialogue. Memoov offers users a wide variety options that make it stand out amongst similar services. Memoov allows users to customize the appearance of the characters in their animated videos. On the dialogue front, Memoov gives users the option to record their own voices for use in their videos. Users can also upload pre-recorded dialogue in MP3 format. Memoov users have the option to add background music to their animated videos."

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003).

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"The eruption of the volcano in Iceland may present teachers with an opportunity to combine lessons in science and current events. The list below contains five resources for learning about volcanoes in general. If you're looking for links specifically about the volcano in Iceland, Larry Ferlazzo has a good list going."

"Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week we will be talking to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events."

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