The Growing Use of Twitter By Today's Educators
This video blog entry is a companion piece the blog post, "More than a third of Higher Education Faculty are on Twitter" on EmergingEdTech. Twitter is a great way to mass communicate and keep up to date with what peers are doing. This is a great resource to enhance and to expand technology in the classroom. (6:07)
Comparison--Moodle 2.0 versus Blackboard Learn 9.1
This video blog entry is a companion piece to the article, "Moodle 2.0 versus Blackboard 9.1 -- a Brief Comparison" on EmergingEdTech.com. There are lots of features and functions on both of these programs. This is a great resource for teachers to decide which program is best for their classrooms. (06:54)
British Reaction to Suez Canal Crisis
In an address to the U.N. Security Council on October 31, 1956, Great Britain's Sir Pierson Dixon discusses French and English military operations in response to Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal. (1:10)
U.S. Boycotts 1980 Moscow Olympics
In protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter decided that the United States would not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In a news report, the would-be U.S. athletes voice their opinions on the boycott. (1:46)
5 Education Technologies That School Administrators Should Be Aware Of
Video blog companion post to article, "5 Internet Technologies That School Administrators Need To Know About" on EmergingEdTech.com. These technologies can enable school administrators and educators to improve communications, enhance student learning, controls costs, manage Internet access in the classroom, and more. Some of these include Lesson Capture, Skype, and Parent Portals. This is a great resource to help enhance and to help expand technology in schools at all levels. (6:13)
The Importance of Writing Skills: Online Tools to Encourage Success
This video blog entry is a companion piece to the blog post of the same title at EmergingEdTech.com. Writing is such an important skill in both education and business today, and students can always use help learning proper writing skills. Here's a few free online resources and ideas to help teachers and students with this challenge. This is a great resource to enhance and to expand technology in the classroom. (5:11)
Lots of Shapes Song
This cute animated video shows lots of different shapes including house, star, circle, square, plus, wedge, oval, heart, and a triangle. The song plays twice normally and one time really fast. This is a great resource to help introduce and/or review basic shapes in the early childhood classroom. (1:52)
Russia Withdraws Cuban Missiles
In this video clip, view actual footage from the sea of the conclusion of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (0:56)
Diffraction Explained
Diffraction is a wonderful and fascinating topic that I find my students have difficulty grasping at first. I hope this video gives a clear picture. (18:00)
EnergÃa y Telecomunicaciones (2016)
Este curso pretende ofrecer una visión global de carácter introductorio acerca de los elementos constitutivos de los sistemas de generación, transporte y distribución de energÃa eléctrica, tanto desde el punto de vista de dispositivos como de sistema.
Se analizarán los aspectos básicos de la explotación de las fuentes de energÃa para la alimentación de los sistemas electrónicos, y también las fuentes de energÃa renovable, con especial énfasis en la solar y la eólica, asà como en
What comes to mind when you think of the Dean of Students Office?
Hear what Illinois State students have to say about being involved with the Dean of Students Office!
Total Revenue and Elasticity
Thinking about how total revenue and elasticity are related. (11:41)
Re-Thinking Progress: The Circular Economy
There's a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff. 'Re-Thinking Progress' explores how through a change in
perspective we can re-design the way our economy works - designing
products that can be 'made to be made again' and powering the system
with renewable energy. It questions, whether with creativity and
innovation, we can build a restorative economy.
Angle of Friction
Worked example involving angles of friction using a past LC question.
SeaWiFS Biosphere: Europe
Viewing Europe (data begins at Sept. 97 to June 99)
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Morphology Optimization
By: icamp2012school Moritz Riede, TU Dresden
Catherine Campbell (Noblis) at the 2012 SFAF Meeting
By: JGI Catherine Campbell on "Finishing and Special Motifs: Lessons learned from CRISPR analysis using next-generation draft sequences" at the 2012 Sequencing, Finishing, Analysis in the Future Meeting held June 5-7, 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Michael FitzGerald (Broad Institute) at the 2012 SFAF Meeting
By: JGI Michael FitzGerald on "A rapid whole genome sequencing and analysis system supporting genomic epidemiology" at the 2012 Sequencing, Finishing, Analysis in the Future Meeting held June 5-7, 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Essay writing - Conclusion
This is a very quick video stating what a conclusion of an opinion essay should look like. This would be good to use at the end of a lesson to give students the chance to hear what they have learned from a different source (the animated character here). This can be used to teach the CCSS W.3.1.d. (00:28)
