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world maker faire NYC 2010: RU-BOT
it solves rubik's cubes, hula hoops, and makes pancakes. at the same time. from http://www.mechatrons.com/rubot/
Just a "Fellow Traveler" in the Human Experience - Exploring How the Launch of Sputnik Changed the W
In this lesson, students go on a gallery walk about space exploration and then participate in a fishbowl discussion to make connections between this historical event and their lives today.
Ybor City: Cigar Capitol of the World
reveals how immigrant cigar makers adapted to life in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th century while maintaining their ethnic identity. This lesson also describes Cuban immigrant efforts to free Cuba from Spain and their involvement in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Video: Project-based World
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Bill Youngdahl, Ph.D., discusses project-minded leadership. http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/
Share your files with the world. Lesson Plans, Apps, Videos etc. There is no restriction to file type and a whoppin
This weekend I added a new section to Edgalaxy that allows you the audience to share your files with us and the rest of the world. Lesson Plans, Video files, Applications the works.
Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy and World Humanitarian
is a curriculum-oriented site using the birthplace of the American president to introduce readings and suggested theme topics for student papers. The site shows photos and drawings of the home in West Branch, Iowa, where Hoover was born.
Sustainability and the Humanities: Shaping Culture and Community for a Changing World
Sustainability and the Humanities: Shaping Culture and Community for a Changing World
3.3.1 The geography of the Classical world
How do we learn about the world of the ancient Romans and Greeks? This unit will provide you with an insight into the Classical world by introducing you to the various sources of information used by scholars to draw together an image of this fascinating period of history.
Mapquest: The bare facts of our world
Mapquest is a great resource if you want to find out simple and quick information about countries from around the world. Dead easy to navigate and not overrun with u
Video: Brazil World Cup and Olympics
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor John Zerio, Ph.D., says infrastructure investment is flowing into Brazil ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/students/brazil
UN Ideas That Changed The World
Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and co-ordinator of the UN Intellectual History Project draws on the 17-volume official history of the UN
Put real world objects into perspective with BBC Dimensions
How big really is an excellent resource for geography and math teachers who want to put objects from around the world into perspective that students will understand. For instance how big was the rece
Teach Math's with a Slide Rule - The modern world was built on them
The International Slide Rule Museum is a Not-for-Profit commercial-free Museum Dedicated to the Students, Educators, Scientists and Engineers of the Past and Those Still Present, and to promote the lost art of Author(s):
The Muslim World and the West
The PBS series Muslim examines the resurgence of interest by the West in the Islamic World and seeks to inform westerners about the traditional role of Islam and the changes it confronts using interviews with leading Islamic scholars in the United States.
Open Education for an Open World
In Charles M. Vest’s expansive vision, scientists and engineers around the world are creating a “meta university” as they increasingly share ideas and build on common knowledge. Technology enables this integration of minds, leading us toward “an era better called brain circulation,” he says.
Vest cites evidence of rap
Find out what occurs in the Molecular world with your students
What lives in the nano world? You'll find out here through interactive activities, a gallery, and more! By Rensselaer’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures. You'll need flash to utilise all
Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Professor Bo Cui
Professor Bo Cui is from the Zhejiang University of Media and Communication in China. Here she gives a Chinese perspective on the question of whether world journalism is in crisis.
Is there a Crisis in World Journalism? Dr Fred Mudhai
Okoth Fred Mudhai is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Global Media/Communication at Coventry University, UK. He has written research papers and memos on ICT and politics as a member of the IT and Civil Society Network of the IT and International Cooperation Program, US Social Science Research Council (2003-2005). At the Tunis (2005) World Summit on the Information Society, he received a Media Award by Panos London and Global Knowledge Partnership. He was also a category runner-up in the 2007
