Bono helps Desmond Tutu celebrate 80th birthday
Oct. 10 - South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu attends a church services at St. George's Cathedral for his birthday. Alicia Powell reports.
Sentence Types - Free English Video by Brightstorm
This video describes the 4 different types of sentences: simple, compound, complex or compound-complex. Simple sentences are independent clauses while compound sentences are made up of two or more independent clauses. A complex sentence has an independent plus a dependent clause, while a compound-complex sentence has two or more independent clauses plus one dependent clause. (5:30)
Urgent investment needed in renewable energy: new IEA chief
Oct. 19 - Investment is needed in renewable energy sources now to guarantee a sustainable energy future, says the new head of the International Energy Agency, Maria van der Hoeven.
Discover Tokyo Part 2/3
This 3:46 minute video is a tourist oriented presentation that shows some of the unique features of this city especially its transportation.
How to Create an Interactive Rubric
This tutorial will show you how to create an interactive rubric in Blackboard.
Caterpillar Life Cycle Animation
This is an animation for toddlers and preschoolers, about life in an Australian
backyard. This sequence depicts the life cycle of a caterpillar. Music and sound design by Mark Johnson. (02:06)
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Inverse Square Law
This animation from KET's distance learning physics course demonstrates the mathematical formula for a scientific law as it applies to light.
Musicians@Google: The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile)
The Goat Rodeo Sessions is an ambitious and groundbreaking project that brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile. These artists -- each prominent figures in the music space independently -- have come together as a unique ensemble for this project. The music, including two tracks with female vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, crosses several different genres.
While visiting Google New York they performed
Jack Gantos: 2011 National Book Festival
Jack Gantos appears at the 2011 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: When Jack Gantos was 7, his family relocated to Barbados, where he attended British schools. His family then moved to Florida, and in the sixth grade, he started a diary and began his life as a writer. He is well known for his "Joey Pigza" and "Rotten Ralph" series of books. His new book is "Dead End in Norvelt" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and he is also one of the writers of "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure," an original
Defense witness is aggressively cross-examined during Conrad Murray trial
Oct. 30 - Under aggressive cross-examination, defense witness Paul White acknowledges Conrad Murray deviated from proper standards of care as doctor to Michael Jackson. John Russell reports.
Revisiting the Four Cornerstones to Mentoring Adjunct Faculty Online
Carolyn Rogers,
Melissa McIntyre,
Michael Jazzar
Online teaching and learning in higher education is growing at an exponential rate! This growth will continue to escalate during the 2
2011 ESS Alumni Lecture
Talk by Harry W. Green entitled, "From the Nano to the Global Scale: Using Nanoscience Observations to Understand Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics."
Breakingviews: Mussolini muse guides Wall Street protests
Nov. 7 - Breakingviews' Christopher Swann explains how the slogan "We are the 99 percent" hearkens back to one of Benito Mussolini's most trusted statisticians.
Film Animation: 2011 Trailer
Trailer of student work completed in 2010-11 in Concordia University's Film Animation program.
Admissions info: http://www.concordia.ca/programs-and-courses/undergraduate-programs/a-z-subject-list/bfa_filmanimation.php
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema: http://cinema.concordia.ca
Actividad Física para la Salud (2011)
Está ampliamente demostrado que la actividad física habitual y adaptada a las posibilidades del individuo mejora la salud bio-psico-social, mientras que el sedentarismo es un factor de riesgo de enfermedades cardiovasculares, metabólicas, etc.
Sin embargo, la adquisición de este hábito es una tarea compleja que requiere del análisis y comprensión de diversas variables cualitativas y cuantitativas tanto a nivel físico como psico-social, las cuales se analizan y estudian en esta asignatur
Poetry Out Loud: 2011 National Book Festival
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, with the state arts agencies of the United States, are the creators of Poetry Out Loud, a program that encourages high school students to memorize and "perform" great poems. Poetry Out Loud brings the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken word and theater into the English class. This exciting program helps students master public-speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage. Award-winning students wi
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Opening
Truman's presidential library is unveiled. In attendance are former president Herber Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson and more. (2min)
Asia Regional Night Finale
Thunderbird School of Global Management students perform Nov. 12, 2011, during Homecoming festivities. http://www.thunderbird.edu
Itinéraire d'un scientifique : Adolphe Pacault (1918-2008) - Allocution de Jean-Claude Pecker
A l'occasion de l'inauguration de l'exposition organisée par l'Université Bordeaux 1 : "Itinéraires d'un scientifique : autour des bibliothèques d'Adolphe Pacault (1918-2008)", Jean-Claude Pecker, professeur honoraire au Collège de France revient sur ce qui le lie inévitablement à cet imminent chimiste : souvenirs, anecdotes, nostalgies...
