CI Days 2010 at Purdue Using CI at Purdue
CI Days 2010 at Purdue Using CI at Purdue December 8, 2010 featuring Gabriela Weaver, Chemistry; David Salt, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, and Matt Potrawski, Purdue Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and Survivability of Microsystems.
Creative Writing Tips for Students & Teachers : Ideas for How to Write a Story
Tips and ideas delivered personally from a professional play writer (Laura Turner) to help you to become a stronger writer. Great tips for writers in middle school and high school, or for those highly motivated writers in upper elementary (Running Time 2:38).
Colombia siezes 6 tonnes of cocaine
Colombia police intercepts three containers of cocaine destined for the U.S.
Smoking ban in Spain to take effect
A ban on smoking in public places will take effect in Spain in the New Year.
Concept Mapping: How to Start Your Term Paper Research
How do we start our research for a term paper? One way is to map out our ideas and identify some of our key concepts to develop our research question. (04:58)
Isaac Asimov on Changes in Science Fiction after 1949
Legendary SF author Isaac Asimov discusses the transformation of science fiction from the 1950's to 1971 (when this interview occurred). This interview is t...
Wise International Decisions: The Bigger, the Wiser? (audio)
La sagesse collective : principes et mécanismes
Colloque des 22-23 mai 2008, organisé par l'Institut du Monde Contemporain du Collège de France, sous la direction du Professeur Jon Elster.
Intervention de Ariel Colonomos, CNRS, CERI, 23 mai 2008
When he makes strategic choices, the Prince favors prudence. This is one of the basic conclusions of the realist school of international relations. Although this is highly debatable, classical realists consider that
Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher
His latest book, Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher, came about quite accidentally, Irving Singer recounts. Singer was writing a book about several filmmakers, and discovered, when starting on the Bergman chapter, that the filmmaker had directed dozens of movies. Singer set out to explore this oeuvre – no easy task
enChanting Musical Artifacts in Unlikely Places: Rare Resources in MIT’s Lewis Music Library
There are times when it’s necessary to judge a book by its cover, or a single page, because that’s all that remains. Michael Scott Cuthbert and Nancy Schrock reveal some treasures from MIT’s early music collection which, while often incomplete or damaged, sing volumes about their origins and use.
Vietnamese alphabet
How to pronounce each Vietnamese characters.Vietnamese language is based on the latin alphabet, which has 29 letters.
Sharing PowerPoint presentations
Learn how to upload and share PowerPoint presentations. Learn details about controls and display options for PowerPoint presentations, including synchronization, full screen options, and the display of slide notes.
UMMC Physician Profile: James W. Russell, M.D., M.S.
This three-minute video introduces viewers to James W. Russell, M.D., M.S., professor of neurology and head of the neuromuscular division within the Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Russell is also a neurologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Some of Dr. Russell's special interests include neuromuscular diseases, peripheral neuropathies and treatment of neuropathy in diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance patients. Watch this video to
Integration of Foreign-Born Faculty in Academia: Foreignness as an Asset
Athanase Gahungu
Each year, the U.S. invites thousands of foreign-born and foreign-educated professionals as immigrants and on temporary visas, including academicians. In some academic programs such as science, […]
Evolution in Action
10 salamanders look completely different though they are the same species. Leaning to the argument of evolution.
Summary of the Shakespearean Play 'Othello'
This video gives a synopsis, analysis, and discussion of major characters and themes in the play Othello. This video can be used as a great review and discussion started for a high school English class. This is a very helpful video.
