Reading, vocabulary, culture: Berlin, meine Stadt!
You practice your reading skills, learn vocabulary and interesting facts about Berlin.
Reading proficiency, culture: Wo in Europe spricht man Deutsch?
At the completion of this lesson you will have learned something about the countries in Europe where German is the official language. You will practice your reading skills and vocabulary on this topic.
Liberté: A First Year French Textbook
Liberté is a first-year college French textbook with a true communicative approach. It is currently being used at California State University, Los Angeles, Mount San Antonio College, and Santiago Canyon College. Please note that the downloadable version is a draft, and that the author continues to expand and modify the text.
The Free Culture Game
The Free Culture Game is a game about the struggle between free culture and copyright. Create and defend the common knowledge from the vectorial class. Liberate the passive consumers from the domain of the market.
Global Distribution of UV-Absorbing Tropospheric Aerosols for 1987
Global aerosol index from January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1987 as measured by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
Global Warming WebQuest
Global warming has become one of the most pressing issues facing the United States and the world. The following webquest, based on the Koshland Science Museum's exhibit Global Warming: Facts and Our Future, was designed primarily to introduce high school and middle school students to the complicated issues surrounding global warming and climate change. Through participating in a fictitious scenario, students will take an active role in determining how and why climate is changing and how humans m
Technology and Global Development
Companies and governments have to decide upon technological strategies, i.e. which products are to be developed and which processes and infrastructures are required for the future. Several tools to consider technological strategies are dealt with in this course.
Development as an Alien Culture: the purposes of governance in South Africa
Dr Jonny Steinberg gives the 2010 Africa Studies Centre Annual lecture held on 11th June 2010, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, Oxford University
Being a 'good BRIC': how the rising BRIC economies can be a win-win for the global economy - Summer
As the 'are we'/'aren't we' debate continues around Britain's early or late emergence from the global recession it is clear that the so called 'BRIC' economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China are proving somewhat more resilient to the global economic downturn suffered by the Western economies. So how much can we learn from them about developing these new growing middle class markets abroad and how much do they still need our skill set in terms of their recent mergers and acquisitions? Boni So
The Fact of Global Warming
Slowly, the globe confronts global warming. Quickly, the globe warms. But can we trust computerized climate models? What's happening to the oceans and the ice? Could warming damage your lungs?
Ask Dr. Global Change
This site offers a searchable collection of answers to questions about global warming, ozone depletion, greenhouse gases, and other issues related to climate change. Students can also submit questions of their own and explore related links.
Being a 'good BRIC': how the rising BRIC economies can be a win-win for the global economy - Summer
As the 'are we'/'aren't we' debate continues around Britain's early or late emergence from the global recession it is clear that the so called 'BRIC' economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China are proving somewhat more resilient to the global economic downturn suffered by the Western economies. So how much can we learn from them about developing these new growing middle class markets abroad and how much do they still need our skill set in terms of their recent mergers and acquisitions? Boni So
The Classroom Mosiac: Culture and Learning-Session 6
This program discusses how culturally responsive teaching enables
students to create connections, access prior knowledge and experience, and develop competence. Featured are a sixth-grade teacher and two ninth-grade teachers, with expert commentary from University of Wisconsin professor Gloria Ladson-Billings and University of Arizona professor Luis Moll.
Video Gallery: Global Ocean Circulation
This video gallery is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses that allow educators to discuss scientific ideas and classroom applications with AMNH scientists and educators. Part of The Ocean System course, the gallery includes the three short videos, which are available ...
21st Century Physics FlexBook: A Compilation of Contemporary and Emerging Technologies
This particular pilot FlexBook aims at several outcomes: Supplementing currently used Virginia physics textbooks by making valuable contemporary and emerging physics ideas available to all teachers at a single URL; Making laboratory activities that employ industry state-of-the-practice equipment available to all teachers; Providing a path for continuous improvement from teachers themselves through comments and new ideas after using a chapter with their physics classes
Diverse food and culture of Brazil
Learn more:http://www.ciaprochef.com/CFA/brazil/ South America's largest country, Brazil is an amalgam of peoples, cultures, and flavors. Discover the national drink - cachaça laced caipirihnas, street food, bubbling clay pot seafood stews, and Brazilian steakhouses called churrascarias.
What's Shaping the Global Internet Society?, Spring 2009
The Internet continues to evolve rapidly. How it evolves will have a huge impact upon how individuals will use it and the impact they will have on society. This course will examine how new technologies, government policies, standards decisions, business practices, and different worldviews are shaping how the Internet is being used in countries around the world. The course will begin with an examination how Internet policy, telecommunications policy, information policy, national security policy,
Dan Smythe, MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
Dan Smythe (MBA '84), Partner with MatlinPatterson Global Advisors, joins us for this edition of "Hot Topics in Finance", a series of interviews with Darden School of Business alumni who are top players in the field of finance. They are giving back to Darden by interacting with current students in classroom sessions, giving their insights and perspectives, and answering questions that arise during the classroom discussions. This series of in-studio interviews gives us a chance to meet each of
Johns Hopkins Global MBA--Trevor Kuchar
Global MBA student Trevor Kuchar, an American with a degree in East Asian studies and experience as an entrepreneur in China, believes in the global marketplace, and in the ties that link the workings of commerce and society. He looks forward not just to enhancing his knowledge at the Carey Business School but also to sharing insights from his Chinese experiences with his teachers and classmates in the Global MBA program.
Johns Hopkins Global MBA-Jack Hirsch
Global MBA student Jack Hirsch, who was born in Israel and has lived in Africa and the U.S., is drawn to the international orientation and trailblazing character of the Global MBA program. His professional career has included experiences with start-up ventures whose "dynamic environments" have proved excellent laboratories of learning, He sees this same "enterprising spirit" in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
