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Peggy George

The Best Ways To Create Online Slideshows | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 0 views

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ferlazzo online photo slideshows ESL web2.0 writing audio

shared by Peggy George on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Peggy George on 27 Aug 09
     
    Great review of free online applications for creating slideshows by Larry Ferlazzo. He reviews many and selects his "best." Great tools for all students but especially good for ESL learners. His criteria for selection-free, simple, can grab images from web and not just computer, appropriate content for classroom use, allow for creation of captions and other writing-9 tools reviewed.
Michael Harris

Concussion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/Concussion

shared by Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Concussion, from the Latin concutere ("to shake violently")[1] or the Latin concussus ("action of striking together"),[2] is the most common type of traumatic brain injury
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      A concussion is basically a violent collision that has to do with the brain. It is not a plesant feeling.
  • Treatment of concussion involves monitoring and rest.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because if a concussion is treated this way there would be no deaths or paralysis.
  • Repeated concussions can cause cumulative brain damage such as dementia pugilistica or severe complications such as second-impact syndrome.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      Repeated concussions can lead to lots of brain damage. That could lead to memory loss or even paralysis. Many people have terrible lives and miss out on a lot of things.
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  • Due to factors such as widely varying definitions and possible underreporting of concussion, the rate at which it occurs annually is not known; however it may be more than 6 per 1,000 people
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      How many people in the United States have had or had concussions?
  • Common causes include sports injuries, bicycle accidents, car accidents, and falls
  • Concussion may be caused by a blow to the head, or by acceleration forces without a direct impact.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 10 Dec 09
       
      A concussion can be caused by a heavy blow to the head, not anywhere esle. They blow must occur in the head area.
  • Cellular damage has reportedly been found in concussed brains, but it may have been due to artifacts from the studies
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 10 Dec 09
       
      Have Doctors done anything to fix the cellular damage in the brain?
  • A debate about whether structural damage exists in concussion has raged for centuries and is ongoing.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 10 Dec 09
       
      This is important because I think that agruements are the reason that most things are discovered. Without conflict and resolution how are you going to discover anything?
  • Headache is the most common MTBI symptom.
  • A group of experts called the Concussion in Sport Group met there and defined concussion as "a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      Is this the first defintion of the sports concussion?
  • neuroimaging
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      What does neuroimaging mean?
  • According to the classic definition, no structural brain damage occurs in concussion;
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      This basically means that back in the days Doctors didn't believe that when a concussion occured the brain was also damaged structally
  • concussion may involve a physiological or physical disruption in the brain's synapses.[17]
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it opens eyes to the public on what happens to the brain when a concussion occurs.
  • Definitions of mild traumatic brain injury
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      Why are there so many definitons of concussions?
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