Article :: Style Your Website for Multiple Devices Using Dreamweaver CS5.5
To get a site to work properly across multiple devices used to be more a challenge than it is today. For instance, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 has built-in tools that help you design for multiple devices including personal computers, tablets, and phones. In this article, Adobe expert Brian Wood shows you how to use CSS3 media queries, Multiscreen Preview, and various other tools, to easily take your design and get it to work on different devices.
Meet the Basketmaker
Basketmaking is a tradition born of utility and preserved for beauty. Colonial Williamsburg basketmaker Terry Thon practices a trade passed down through generations.
Ovarian Cancer
This patient education program discusses ovarian cancer, including the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options, as well as female reproductive anatomy. This is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
Happiness: Movie Clip From The Pursuit of Happiness
After months of being homeless and struggling through a grueling internship, Chris Gardner is offered the sole position at his brokerage firm. Themes addressed through this clip include hard work, determination, ambition, rewards, and joy. ( 3:18)
Habitat Mapping
The marine environment is unique and requires technologies that can use sound to gather information since there is little light underwater. The sea-floor is characterized using underwater sound and acoustical systems. Current technological innovations are allowing scientists to further understand and apply information about animal locations and habitat. Remote sensing and exploration with underwater vehicles allows scientists to map and understand the sea floor, and in some cases, the water colu
Hypothesis Testing of Single Mean and Single Proportion: Using the Sample to Support One of the Hypo
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Entrants stuck on bog snorkelling
Aug 29 - Swimmers get down and dirty for the twenty-sixth World Bog Snorkelling Championship in Wales. Tara Cleary reports.
Balancing Equations
Myself 1 - Quiz
The pupils' vocabulary will improve. Encourage the pupils' interest in reading Irish through questioning. The pupils' vocabulary will increase. The pupils will become interested in reading Gaeilge through completing the quiz.
Steven Curtis Chapman -- Live from NASA
Grammy award-winning artist Steven Curtis Chapman gave a live performance on the radio while surrounded by space vehicle trainers at the Johnson Space Center. Steve later got a chance to talk to astronauts currently orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station and tour the space center's astronaut training facilities.
The Animal Boogie-Story in Song-Barefoot Books
Down in the Indian jungle, the children and animals are learning about actions like leaping, stomping, shaking and flapping while meeting different jungle creatures. Sung by Fred Penner. (4:25)
U.S. Week Ahead: Bernanke faces tough time at Jackson Hole
Aug. 19 - The spotlight will fall on Ben Bernanke when he gives his economic outlook on Friday morning. Reuters Specialist Editor Dan Burns says investors will turn to him for more assurances on the economy.
Teaching Elementary Students the Magic of Math
An Oregon elementary school has improved test scores by integrating math across all subject areas and focusing on teacher training. (9:43)
eBay hits the high street
Dec. 1 - Online auction giant eBay is taking on traditional retailers as Christmas approaches, launching a pop up shop in London, which stocks the website's 200 best-selling items. Hayley Platt reports.
Net Cetera: Chatting with KidsAbout Being Online
This four minute video is a good one to show parents as it explains the basic elements of how to talk to kids about the dangers of cyber social networking and the use of photos and bullying and other concerns.
Teacher Tipster-Greater Than and Less Than
Mr. Smith has a fun, creative way to teach and review greater than and less than. He uses an alligator head, a deck of number cards, and 3 volunteers. Students will enjoy this hands on activity while learning this important skill. (3:14)
ISS Update - August 24, 2011
The International Space Station video update for Aug. 24, 2011.
Sesame Street Mystery- Mariska Hargitay!
Mariska Hargitay appears on Sesame Street :), Enjoy! Students can use predicting and inference skills to guess the "Mystery" in the box. Also contains words with the letter L. (5:35)
Comprehension Strategies
Using the nonfiction book, Wilma Unlimited, this teacher models the following reading comprehensions strategies for teachers to use in their classrooms: Get the Gist, Read Recover Retell, Story Star, The Hand, character traits, and revisiting the text. (7:23)
Reading Mini-lesson: Asking Questions
A teacher recorded video showing a reading comprehension mini lesson on asking two types of questions, thick and thin. "Thick questions" are questions you have to think about, while "thin questions" are questions you look back in the passage to answer. Video includes a cute graphic organizer to use when using this technique. (9:38)
