Six Super Foods
This five minute video explains six new superfoods that can help
you stay healthy, fight disease, and lose weight, according to the presentation. This would be good for students to watch and expand their viewpoints about food, even those that eat daily.
Mark Behrens
Professor Mark Behrens reviews in more detail and touches on key elements of his research that the students in video (Student Presentation #5) discussed. In describing his work, Behrens offered "think of looking through color filters." The filters eliminate any unnecessary or unforeseeable data, and when you combine all the filters together, the yield reveals amazing overlaps and patterns.
What are VLEs good for?
What are VLEs good for?
"Sarabande on Attaining the Age of Seventy Seven" by Anthony Hecht (poetry reading)
The Sarabande is a stately dance. I suppose that when one gets old, then one considers one's age an accomplishment, our continued existence becomes more and more precarious. Harbingers are messengers bringing bad news, in this case grey hairs. He mentions other infirmities: wizening, tooth decay, loss of acquaintances. These things we have to look forward to. It's all downhill from here on, folks. The dance has to end sometime.
The picture of Anthony came from here, where there's a perso
1.4 Nature matters in terms of a critical systems literacy
This unit explores conceptual tools for assisting our thinking and deliberation on what matters. The notion of ‘framing’ nature is introduced and three readings provide an understanding of systems thinking for explicitly framing issues of environmental responsibility.
1.2 A framing paradox: experiencing nature with cognitive tools
This unit explores conceptual tools for assisting our thinking and deliberation on what matters. The notion of ‘framing’ nature is introduced and three readings provide an understanding of systems thinking for explicitly framing issues of environmental responsibility.
2.5 Review The title of this unit could have been Juggling with complexity: searching for system. This title seemed to capture something essential about the unit. Juggling is a rich metaphor and will be used explicitly in Part 3. But it also carries the idea of a skill that needs to be practised and that might seem incredibly awkward to begin with. You may find this idea helpful as you review your work in Part 1. Juggling is also a skill that, once practised, becomes second nature. This too may b
Digital projectors merge real and virtual worlds
July 26 - Move over virtual reality, researchers at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute are taking spatially augmented reality to the next level with "dynamic projection surfaces." The system moves projected images out into the real world, enabling multiple users to interact with their physical and virtual environments simultaneously. Sharon Reich reports.
Labor, Unemployment, and Interventionism Washington's Whiskey Still Gaddafi seeks talks, calls for ceasefire The Nottingham Life Cycle Daily: Did we remember the VC's bike? Schizophrenia III from the course Clinical Psychology Tips for Running an Elementary Classroom Teamwork in Science Red Light, Green Light The fight over the debt ceiling literary devices in songs Rick's Reading Workshop: One on One Inside the News: Spain downgrade threat adds to worries
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George Washington's retirement venture had a high alcohol content. Mount Vernon's Director of Preservation, Dennis Pogue, leads us on a tour through Washington's whiskey distillery.Author(s):
Aug. 21 - Muammar Gaddafi's government is ready for immediate negotiations with rebels seeking to oust him. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)
Join our team on their fundraising ride from John O'Groats to Land's End. In this, the first of the Nottingham Life Cycle Daily videos, Gavin Scott makes sure they've packed everything.
Clinical Psychology - Fall 2006. This course offers theoretical and empirical approaches to the explanation of psychological dysfunction. The relation between theories of psychopathology and theories of intervention. A critical evaluation of the effects of individual, family, and community approaches to therapeutic and preventive intervention. Thematic focus of the course may change from year to year. See department notices for details.
An elementary teacher gives a tour of her classroom in this video. She explains her behavior mangement system and gives tips for organizing an elementary classroom. ( 5:19)
This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time explores the concept of teamwork as scientists around the globe work together to explore deep space.
Building upon their understanding of forces and Newton's laws of motion, students learn about the force of friction, specifically with respect to cars. They explore the friction between tires and the road to learn how it affects the movement of cars while driving. In an associated literacy activity, students explore the theme of conflict in literature, and the difference between internal and external conflict, and various types of conflicts. Stories are used to discuss methods of managing and re
Our Washington correspondents discuss the politics of the debt-ceiling debate and the potential damage it may cause
Student made video that shows examples of similes, metaphors, alliteration, and personification in recently popular songs. (1:15)
While students read silently in class, Rick has time to focus on individual students and their particular reading challenges. He works on vocabulary, comprehension and reading speed, using a variety of methods to help his students improve. (5:28)
July 29 - A downgrade warning for Spain intensifies investor uncertainty as the U.S. debt deadlock runs unresolved into the weekend.
