History of Educa Vision
Readers of the pioneering educational publishing company "Educa Vision" recorded an oral history of their enterprise. Speakers were founder and publisher Fequiere Vilsaint, author and vice-president Maude Heurtelou and Carol Hollander, editor of the firm's Caribbean Studies Press. Established upon a fundamental commitment to recognize, build upon and develop the linguist and cultural asset that is a Haitian-Creole speaking child's native language, the press supports this child when he or she ent
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Growing Up Gullah
Dorothy Browner-Hubler discusses growing up Gullah in South Carolina and Maryland. Speaker Biography: Dorothy Browner-Hubler is a retired professor of education and foreign languages who uses song, dance and colorful stories to teach people about her upbringing in a Gullah community in South Carolina. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5500.
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Andrew Berns "Impossible to Deny": Paradise and Jewish Thought of the Italian Renaissance
Renaissance Jews thought that paradise on earth existed in their time, and could be found. To their minds its most conspicuous property was the fertility of its soil, quality of its climate, and salubriousness of its produce. That they approached Paradise in this manner is evidence of their preference for natural, as opposed to theological, explanations of Eden. One such Jew was Judah Saltaro, the author of an unstudied composition on terrestrial paradise. This presentation introduces Saltaro
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Clark Barrett, "The Evolution of Human Brain Specializations- A New Look"
Dr. Clark Barrett, Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Anthropology "The Evolution of Human Brain Specializations: A New Look" Abstract: The social sciences have arrived at an impasse with respect to a key concept in the understanding of the evolution of the human brain and behavior: the concept of a psychological adaptation. While everyone seems to agree in principle that the nature / nurture dichotomy is invalid, debates about adaptations in the brain continue to get hung up on dic
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Emily Allen
By: tcarrasc Ocean acidification during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Contessa Road, Italy: Insights from weight percent carbonate content Emily Allen B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisors Dr. Stephen Schellenberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM; ~55 Ma) is defined as a period of time during which thousands of petagrams of carbon were re
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Robert Donohue
By: tcarrasc Whole Rock Geochemistry of the Peñasquitos Formation, San Diego County California Robert Donohue B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisors Dr. David Kimbrough -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The Late Jurassic Peñasquitos Formation is a newly recognized formation in San Diego County distinct from the Cretaceous Santiago Peak Volcanics. The Peñasquitos Formation consists of low g
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Sara Kowalke
By: tcarrasc Investigating the 2010 Moro Gulf deep earthquake sequence using the continuous back-projection technique Sara Kowalke B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisors Dr. Shou Ma, Dr. Eric Kiser and Miaki Ishii, Harvard University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT Deep earthquakes make up approximately one-quarter of all earthquakes, yet current understanding of mechanisms for deep (300-70
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Patrick Shih at the 2012 DOE JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
By: JGI Patrick Shih of the DOE JGI on "A Better Understanding of Cyanobacterial Diversity Through Large-Scale Genomics" on March 22, 2012 at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif.
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Siobhan Brady at the 2012 DOE JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
By: JGI Siobhan Brady of UC Davis on "Getting to The Root of Things: Spatiotemporal Networks in the Arabidopsis Root" on March 22, 2012 at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif.
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N. Louise Glass at the 2012 DOE JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
By: JGI N. Louise Glass of UC Berkeley and the Energy Biosciences Institute on "Systems Biology Approaches to Deciphering Plant Cell Wall Deconstruction by a Model Filamentous Fungus" on March 22, 2012 at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif.
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Stan Wullschleger at the DOE JGI 2012 Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
By: JGI Stan Wullschleger of Oak Ridge National Laboratory on "Omics in the Arctic: Genome-enabled Contributions to Carbon Cycle Research in High-Latitude Ecosystems" on March 22, 2012 at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif.Stan Wullschleger at the DOE JGI 2012 Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Erik Haaker
By: tcarrasc Moving Towards a More Complete late Holocene Chronology of Ancient Lake Cahuilla Erik Haaker B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisors Dr. Thomas Rockwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The Salton Trough is a tectonically active basin that formed by the northward propagation of the Gulf of California, and is associated with transtensional motion on the southern San Andreas Fault
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Krishangi Groover
By: tcarrasc Mineralogy of the Stewart Mine LCT Pegmatite, Pala, California Krishangi Groover B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisors Dr. David Kimbrough -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT Pegmatites of the famous Pala District in the Peninsular Ranges batholith are intruded as a subparallel swarm that dips gently to the west. The Stewart pegmatite mine is the thickest dike in the swarm rangin
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Mike Verrier
By: tcarrasc Developing a Scientific Procedure for Community-Based Landslide Hazard Mapping and Introducing Landslide Education Methods for Rural Communities in Central Java, Indonesia Mike Verrier B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisors Dr. Eric Frost and Dr. Dwikorita Karnawati -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT Central Java, Indonesia is located north of the Sunda arc where the Indo-Australi
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Anayeli Picasso
By: tcarrasc Chloride and Nitrate Distributions in Unsaturated Alluvium, Joshua Tree, California Anayeli Picasso B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisor Dr. Kathy Thorbjarnarson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT The current study will advance the evaluation of ground-water recharge within arid environments such as Joshua Tree National Park. The dry conditions of the Joshua Tree area contribute
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How Kryptos Works
Kryptos is a sculpture installed at the CIA complex in Washington, D.C. This 2:40 video explains how this sculpture works and the challenges that it offers viewers. A good video to challenge students or as a research project on such mysteries.
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SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis Defense - Beckie Biagini
By: tcarrasc Exploring Magnetotelluric Data as a Geothermal Assessment Tool in the Caja del Rio Near Santa Fe, New Mexico Beckie Biagini B.S. Candidate Department of Geological Sciences San Diego State University Advisor Dr. Kim Bak Olsen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT Magnetotelluric (MT) data collected during June 2011 at Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE) was used as a geothermal assessment tool in the Caja del Rio. Th
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15.S22b Brian
15.S22 SSIM: Practical Leadership
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Robotic Videos
This 3:30 long video interview shows some of the thinking about  about evolving robots. The Georgia Tech Mobile Robot Laboratory, led by Dr. Ron Arkin, specializes in intelligent behavior-based control and hybrid software architectures that blend reasoning with simple reflexive behavioral responses. This lab's approach is unique in that they design robotic systems to react and plan and the evolution of robots and robotic "thought" as well as providing examples.
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AUTONOMIA DIDATTICA
Libertà di insegnamento e autonomia di insegnamento: evoluzione e paradossi della legislazione - Il D.P.R. 275/99: conquista o problema? - Le difficoltà per un insegnamento non eterodiretto : la sperimentazione dell'autonomia senza didattica - - Finalità e strumenti, passaggio di culture e di poteri - La valorizzazione delle diversità: democrazia e educazione- La complessità del “patto” scuola-società – Selezione e orientamento: urgenze ed istanze - Il ruolo della selezione nella fu
Author(s): Porrotto, Giorgio