Whiteness and Resistance: Investigating Student Concepts of White Privilege in the Writing Classroom
Of the many identity issues that students face as they enter university writing
courses—those of gender, class, age, and race—the issue of white privilege is one that is seldom addressed. In the predominately white Southern university where I teach, African American students make up 26% of the incoming freshman population, reflecting the racial demographics of the state. Although the visible majority, white students benefit
from racial privilege that seems invisible, at least to them. I am i
Techniques for Studying Materials: Indexing Electron Diffraction Patterns
This animation explains origin and behaviour of Kikuchi lines. From TLP: Indexing Electron Diffraction Patterns
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Rajiv Vinnakota on The Difference Network at Marquette University
Rajiv Vinnakota spoke the the Marquette community about the challenges and successes he and founding partner Eric Adler faced when starting the SEED foundation.
"Rock and Roll Jihad": Salman Ahmad's Revolution for Peace
The founder of South Asia's biggest rock band, Junoon, Pakistan-born Salman Ahmad is renowned for being the first rock-and-roll star to destroy the wall that divides the West and the Muslim world. In this video, Varun Soni, dean of religious life at USC, sits down with Ahmad to discuss his book "Rock & Roll Jihad," which tells the story of his incredible journey.
The program is sponsored by the USC Office of Religious Life, in association with USC Spectrum.
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Airbus to revamp A320 jet
Airbus announces it will upgrade its best selling A320 jet from 2016 to make fuel savings and challenge competitors.
High early scores for video game biz
The video game business is getting a boost this holiday season thanks to winning new products like Xbox Kinect and PlayStation Move.
The Australian Dream Debate: Defining the Australian Dream
‘The Australian Dream’ is widely accepted in the media, politics and society as a summary of Australian identity, values and aspirations, of what it means to be Australian. So we ask the question – what are the values, hopes, and dreams that inspire... (Running Time 112:27)
Burma votes 2010 - Episode 4
Amnesty International Southeast Asia researcher Benjamin Zawacki and Dr Aung Si - the grandson of former Prime Minister of the Union of Burma U Nu - are the guests in the fourth and final Burma votes 2010 vodcast from The Australian National University.Dr Aung Si, grandson of former Prime Minister U Nu, discusses his experience of campaigning with his parents who were candidates in the 2010 election. Later, Benjamin Zawacki discusses the human rights situation in Burma.Burma votes 2010 is a seri
The Learning to Teach Online team just arrived back from London My World Colors - Red News #120 - No Excuses, Learn a Little Japanese a Day with Japanese Word of the Day! Making a Network Patch Cable Mode en kleding : Basiswoordenschat Engels Tijdens hun stage in een winkel of bij werkplekleren, moeten leerlingen klanten soms in het Engels te woord staan. Je vindt hier afbeeldingen met de correcte Engelse benaming, korte Engelse zinnen met de vertaling en enkele korte … Nancy Pressman Levy: Google Search Strategies 5 Designer babies? Chord Building on Vimeo The Daily's Double Shot: 12/17/2010
Taken from the Little Laureate DVD series, this video clip features “Star,” an animated character who introduces the color red. The video also provides the translations for the word red in both Spanish and French as well as shows examples of things that are red, such as an apple and a fire truck. (1:28)
What do you do during your morning routine? Wake up, brush your teeth, get dressed for work. Hop in the car and listen to some JapanesePod101.com. Fill up your mug of coffee, grab a guilt-inducing pastry and turn on your computer. Then what? Might we suggest adding a new element here to help you grow [...]
Video of a student demonstrating how to make a cat5 patch cable with the appropriate tools to do the right job. Run time 04:35.
Are you one of those Google searchers who just pop in a word or two in the search box and hope for the best? If so, this presentation is for you. This session covers *basic* Google searching tips which will help you to maximize the power of Google. Find out how you can limit your searches to a particular web site or domain (government, organization, university etc.), limit by file type, search for scholarly articles and books, perform calculations and more.
More info: http://blogs.princeton.
Following on from the advances made in diagnosing disorders using genetic testing, this unit looks at the possibilities for genetic therapies. Two approaches to gene therapy are discussed: correcting genes involved in causing illness; and using genes to treat disorders. Before closing on a discussion of the issues around 'designer babies' somatic gene therapy and germline gene therapy are discussed.
This amateur video discusses basic chord building and learning the difference between major and minor chords on a keyboard. Run time 04:47.
This finals week episode features highlight clips from the fall 2010 season of shows. The shows included features on campus outreach programs, student activities (including a rousing game of zombie tag) and profiles of stand-out students who are proud to be Huskies.
