Sacagawea - Guide & Friend
In a biography video on Sacagawea, learn about how Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark with their expedition. She allowed Lewis and Clark to trade with Native American tribes and guided them across unchartered territory. (02:09)
Rockie Blunt
Born in 1925 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Army Infantryman Rockie Blunt battled his way across Europe and into the heart of Hitler's Third Reich. What he saw and experienced during the war continues to impact his life today, over 60 years later. In this video clip, hear his stories of fighting in World War II. (2:05)
Global Cohort: Vasiti Tebamare
Vasiti Tebamare from Kiribati talks Feb. 2, 2012, about the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. http://www.thunderbird.edu
A Peaceful Reminder
Each year from January 30th to April 4th, the University of Rochester takes part in "A Season for Nonviolence" to honor the legacy of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. As part of this initiative, the University of Rochester Carillon Society plays music each Thursday on the carillon bells high above the Eastman Quad in Rush Rhees Library. The music they play is chosen by the M. K. Gandhi Institute and is meant to remind those who hear it throughout the campus to find ways to practice pea
U-M RWJ Health & Society Scholars Presents Tony Blakely 10/25/11
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Heatlth & Society Scholars Program Seminar Series
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health Presents:
October 25, 2011
Tony Blakely
Director - Health Inequalities Research Programme & the Burden of Disease Epidemiology, Equity and Cost-Effectiveness Programme, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Model Thinking
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Education Reform-mongering: A Practitioner's Perspective
Michael Flanagan, the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Michigan and a graduate of Notre Dame, presented an address about the implications of education reform policies as a part of the 2011-12 Notre Dame Forum. http://forum2011.nd.edu/
The 2011-12 Notre Dame Forum, "Reimagining School: To Nurture the Soul of a Nation," is a yearlong discussion to explore the profound and challenging questions that shape the national debate about K--12 education, which has a dramatic impact o
Classroom Teaching Video
Simon Thomas - BA Contemporary Chinese Studies
Simon explains why he's glad he chose contemporary chinese studies.
Dealing with doctrines: time to outlaw nuclear weapon use?
Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. To stand any chance of getting near to zero, nuclear weapons must be marginalised in military and security doctrines. That means creating international norms and, if feasible, agreements that until nuclear weapons are universally prohibited by treaty, their use will be treated as a crime against hu
UA Hosts Arizona's First Collegiate A Cappella Competition
Nine a cappella groups, including two from the University of Arizona, participated in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals competition. The event, which marks the first time an ICCA competition was conducted on Arizona soil, highlighted vocal percussion, chorography, solo work and original student arrangements by co-ed, all-male and all-female groups from four states.
Gingerbread Houses
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Hearing the Japanese Earthquake - Clip 3
In this recording of the 2011 Japanese earthquake, taken from measurements in California, the quake created subtle movements deep in the San Andreas Fault. The initial noise, which sounds like distant thunder, corresponds with the Japanese mainshock. Afterwards, a continuous high-pitch sound, similar to rainfall that turns on and off, represents induced tremor activity at the fault. This animation not only help scientists explain the concept of distant triggering to general audiences, but also p
Two Step Equations
solving two step equations
SFU: Canada's Engaged University
Just what does it mean to be an engaged university? Simon Fraser University President Andrew Petter unpacks SFU's new strategic vision--in a most animated fashion! Visit http://www.sfu.ca/engage
Discrete Random Variables: Practice 4: Geometric Distribution
Susan Dean,
Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
This module provides further practice with topics of Geometric Distribution in Statistics.
Columbian Exchange
This five minute video does an excellent job of explaining the importance of the Columbian exchange and its huge impact on
Asia and Europe. Christopher Columbus discovered a new piece of land, which was the Americas. The Aztecs and the Incas were the two main empires brought down by Spanish conquistadors. The slave trade were transported to be needed for farms. The Columbian exchange gave each continent new different cash crops. It is named after Columbus.
SANKORÉ Session V : Zoom sur l'éducation en Afrique
PREMIER SÉMINAIRE INTERNATIONAL SANKORÉ DE RECHERCHE UNIVERSITAIRE SUR LA PÉDAGOGIE NUMÉRIQUE
SANKORÉ Session V : table ronde - Zoom sur l'éducation en Afrique
Président de séance :
Table ronde :
- Thérèse LAFERRIERE : Université de Laval, Canada
Des classes africaines hors-classe...
- Pierre FONKOUA : ROCARE Cameroun, Ecole Normal
- Zakaria TIEMTORE : Ministre délégué à l'Alphabétisation du Burkina Faso
Deb Dyer, Executive Director NIAD Art Center
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Jennifer Jordan SF Camerawork: First Exposures
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