Shana Weber, Princeton University: The Greening of Technology - Sustainability Initiatives at Prince
Princeton’s Campus Sustainability Plan includes comprehensive efforts to reduce waste and conserve resources in all areas of University operations, as well as initiatives in research, education, civic engagement, and communications. Computing is becoming a large part of the University’s energy-use footprint and considerable efforts are underway to find sustainable energy and conservation solutions. From high energy super-computers to paper use to videoconferencing, this session will explore
Julie Shackford, Princeton University: The Sporting Edge - IT Tools for Winning Soccer
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: Soccer coach Julie Shackford and assistant Scott Champ discuss Dartfish and other technologies that they are using from the scouting process to post-game analysis. More info: http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2008/04/the_sporting_edge_it_tools_for_winning_soccer.html
Mark Ratliff, Princeton University: Collaboration Tools at Princeton PDF
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: New forms of electronic collaboration promise to ease the sharing of information and ideas. These technologies reduce the barriers to participation and increase the efficiency with which information can be produced and exchanged. The University is now making available a new set of collaboration tools. This talk will introduce three of these tools and discuss their primary features, most appropriate uses, and how to begin working with each.
Mark Ratliff, Princeton's
Ira Fuchs, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Emerging Tools for Research and Instruction
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: Discussion on IT tools that are helping to support the thoughtful application of information technology to a wide range of scholarly purposes and the impact of information technology (and especially digitization) on scholarship, scholarly communication. More information: http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2008/04/emerging_tools_for_research_and_instruction.html
Princeton University's Baccalaureate ceremony – June 1, 2008
The Baccalaureate service took place at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, in the University Chapel. The speaker was Paul Farmer, the medical anthropologist and physician who founded the international charity organization Partners in Health.
Princeton University's Baccalaureate ceremony – June 1, 2008
The Baccalaureate service took place at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, in the University Chapel. The speaker was Paul Farmer, the medical anthropologist and physician who founded the international charity organization Partners in Health.
Virtual Maths, Shapes, Space and Measure, Calculate Height of Building guide
Guide to calculating the height of a building
Sea Shepherd introduces 'Godzilla'
As Sea Shepherd launches a new vessel, the global anti-whaling group expects to see a shorter whaling season this year as a result of their efforts.
Many-Minds Arguments in Legal Theory (video)
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 Adrian Vermeule, Harvard Law School, 23 mai 2008
Many-minds arguments are flooding into legal theory. Such arguments claim that in some way or another, many heads are better than one; the genus includes many species, such as arguments about how legal and pol
The Confederacy's Last Stand
In March 1865, Confederate forces experienced a flicker of hope for victory after hitting General William Sherman's Union troops hard in North Carolina. Johnson had a faulty map and the North won because of the limited knowledge Johnson had. Sherman now marches through the South, 650 miles, in 100 days. He captures three state capitals, loses very few men, and the South is left to realize that continuing the war is futile. (4:01)
Nottingham U-Now
University of Nottingham, History Resources
Eyeing iPad's impact
Multimedia tablet computers represent an 'epiphany' for the publishing and newspaper industries according to one executive speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit.
Dames with drills: call a handywoman
Need help with hanging a pair of curtains, or want your house renovated? British firm Home Jane says next time you need a tradesman, you should call a tradeswoman.
GS-02: オブジェクトの読み込み
このビデオでは、Flash Professional CS5に画像ファイルを読み込む方法をご紹介します。Illustratorのファイルを使い、ライブラリに画像を読み込む手順を学びます。
Greenewables
Students form expert engineering teams working for the (fictional) alternative energy consulting firm, Greenewables, Inc. Each team specializes in a form of renewable energy used to generate electrical power: passive solar, solar photovoltaic, wind power, low-impact hydropower, biomass, geothermal and (for more advanced students) hydrogen fuel cells. Teams produce poster presentations making a case for their technology and produce an accompanying PDF document using Adobe Acrobat that summarizes
Dangerous Air
By tracing the movement of radiation released during an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, students see how air pollution, like particulate matter, can become a global issue.
Latin America- From Allegory to Democracy
In his 2007 book, Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul, Michael Reid reports that although it has been largely overlooked
Why is online teaching important?
Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/cKqHwc from the Learning to Teach Online project website.
This Learning to Teach Online http://bit.ly/d18ac5 episode provides a brief overview of how our increasingly digitally networked world is changing the way we communicate and learn. ...
Advanced Computing Investigation Topics
This a masters level unit designed to help you plan, develop and write an in-depth technical report.
Fascist Italy and the Jews: Myth versus Reality (part 1)
Dr. Iael Nidam-Orvieto, the Editor-in-Chief of Yad Vashem Publications discusses the topic of: "Fascist Italy and the Jews: myth versus reality".
This is the first part of this talk, for the second part click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJ7N9dy5Gs
The video is part of the series Insights and Perspectives from Holocaust Researchers and Historians." Supported by the Claims Conference.
For more lectures, click here: http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/insights/video/index.asp
