Legatum Lecture: Chris Meyer "The Emerging Economies Drive the Evolution of Capitalism" For half a century the US has sat at the center of the global economic system, and Western-style capitalism has dominated. Now, it's no secret that the center of gravity is shifting. Christopher Meyer discuss today's deeply held assumptions about capitalism and the world of other possibilities in emerging economies. For more videos visit:http://legatum.mit.edu/media?tag=Video <
Upper Intermediate S5 #8 - Murderous Tendencies are Revealed in Japan
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You have always had a tendency to procrastinate, especially when it comes to chores that you don’t want to do. So now that you moved into a new apartment in Japan, you’ve promised yourself that you’re going to be more diligent about housework. You wrote up a chore chart in Japanese [...]
Meet Tim Judah: Will Scotland Withdraw from the U.K.?
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/united-kingdom-scotland-independence-referendum-european-union-nuclear-security-nato-scottish-national-party
In recent news, the Scottish government have announced plans for a referendum concerning their independence from the United Kingdom in the next couple of years. Pulitzer Center grantee Tim Judah travels to Scotland to report on the future of the country as a part of the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union. The possible shift in the
Establishing Tone in the Distance Course
This course covers seven topics useful to establish tone in the distance course.
Building the Towers
In this video clip, learn a brief history of the conception and creation of the World Trade Center. (4:10)
Exquisite Corpse Adventure: 2011 National Book Festival
Join emcee Mary Brigid Barrett and authors and illustrators Calef Brown, Susan Cooper, Jack Gantos, Gregory Maguire, Patricia McKissack, Katherine Paterson and Chris Van Dusen for a session of fun and surprises as they bring you excerpts from the episodic story "The Exquisite Corpse Adventure," developed as a biweekly story event for the Library of Congress for the Read.gov website.
For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5469.
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READing PAWS
Mercurial exercise -- one person, one repository
Hannes Hirzel
In this exercise you create a new repository under the control of the Mercurial version control system. Then you add files to it and commit changes to the repository. It is shown how to get back […]
Application problems with equation in one variable
Application problems with equation in one variable
Communication towers kill about 6.8 million birds every year
Every year more than 6 million birds die as they migrate from the United States and Canada to Central and South America, according to a new USC study published April 25 in journal PLoS ONE.
"This is a tragedy that does not have to be," said lead author, Travis Longcore, an associate professor in the USC Spatial Sciences Institute in the USC Dornsife Collage of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
The birds are killed by the 84,000 communication towers that dot North America and can rise nearly 2,000 fe
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal
In this video clip, learn how President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal got the American economy back on track, and which components of his New Deal still have a major impact on society today. (1:54)
Minimum Measured Ozone Level in 1984
Stratospheric Ozone level for October 31, 1984.
Moodle 2.0 Lesson - part 2
This video shows you how to add question pages to your Moodle 2.0 lesson. It continues from the previous video, where we created a simple linear lesson of content pages. (03:02)
The Story of SUNY Oswego: Chapter 7, Student Life
The day-to-day student experience has changed greatly over 150 years, but the college's friendly nature and dedication to student experiences remains unchanged.
Tip of the Week: BioProject
By: OpenHelix A quick intro to BioProject. For more information see http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=11931
Lesson 1 - Video #1
Money Schoolhouse Rock - $7.50 Once a Week
This video shows students the importance of keeping track of their money and budgeting that money. It is written and sung by Dave Frishberg and shows how saving a little each day builds for the future. It also explains the importance of making good choices. The video could be used for a conversation about needs and wants as well. (03:03)
Session 5: Building student commitment Student responses to using social media and other Web 2.0 tools will vary from discomfort with the technology to enthusiastic adoption. The challenge for any academic is creating
Creating the social classroom
How Honey is Made Science Chart
In this animated video, students will learn in story format how honey is made. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (03:07)
