Concordia 2012 Golf Classic tournament
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David Adelman, a student reporter in Concordia's Department of Journalism, attended the 2012 Concordia Golf Classic, hosted by Advancement and Alumni Relations. The annual golf tournament has raised more than $3 million towards bursaries.
Concordia researchers feted
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On June 5, 2012, researchers from Concordia University were honoured with awards that recognize outstanding accomplishments in different fields of scholarship. The evening celebration saw the presentation of the University Research Awards, the Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award, four new awards by the Centre for Academic Leadership, and the induction of eight Concordians into the Provost's Circle of Distinction.
Read about the recipients of the University Research Award
How to release other activities only after a lesson is completed
This video will show you how to ensure that a lesson activity is completed before the rest of the course is made availaible to students.
Venus transits the sun.
On June 5 2012, the Solar Dynamics Observatory collected images of the rarest predictable solar event--the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event lasted approximately 6 hours and happens in pairs eight years apart, which are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117. Footage courtesy of Goddard Space Center
PHRGE presents the Honorable Albie Sachs
In February 2010, the Program on Human Right and the Global Economy welcomed the Honorable Albie Sachs, retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
From a young age, Justice Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a result, he was detained in solitary confinement, was subjected to sleep deprivation and eventually injured by a car bomb that cost him an arm and the sight in one eye.
CSUN Alumna Named 2012 National Teacher of the Year
Cal State Northridge alumna Rebecca Mieliwocki '96 (Secondary English Education), who currently teaches at Luther Burbank Middle School, receives the National Teacher of the Year Award from President Barack Obama and delivers an inspirational speech to the audience assembled in the White House East Room. (Apr. 24, 2012. Video courtesy of the White House.)
Design Thinking at IDS
The Getting Sorted project at Leeds Metropolitan.
The Getting Sorted Enterprise Unit specialises in participatory research with children and young people with type 1 diabetes, their families and healthcare professionals. The aim of this is to develop, influence and enhance service redesign and service improvement in the UK.
Our vision is to enable young people with a long-term condition to achieve their optimal health through combined research and enterprise. We work with young people, their families and professionals to deliver a high quality
Money, War, and 2012
Chrystia Freeland talks to Steve Clemons, the Atlantic's Washington Editor-at-Large about money, war, and the 2012 election.
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Laboratory Techniques - Flaming the Loop
Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, which are usually maintained in culture. Pure cultures of microbes are crucial to the success of studies in this area. Good, repeatable results must rely on good aseptic technique being used at all times, and on the correct use of related techniques.
Basic Right Triangles (Interactive)
Compare attributes of two-dimensional shapes (square, rectangle, triangle, and circle). Identify the properties of two dimensional figures using appropriate terminology.
"The 3R's" Â (Reread, Record, Reflect)--Using iPad in Reading
This video features the process of students using iOS devices (iPad, iPod Touch) to help build reading fluency skills. Students in the classroom use "The 3 R's" -- reread, record and reflect, to help build meta cognitive behaviors to asses their own literacy. This is a great professional development resource to show how to enhance technology instruction in the primary classroom. (2:29)
Implementing Mobile and e-learning in Health and Social Care
As part of a submission for the IMS Global Award, this film discusses the outputs of the ALPS CETL and demonstrates the impact that they have had on learning and assessment in practice settings, particularly focussing on the development of competency maps, 360degree multiprofessional asessment tools and the use of mobile technology to deliver these innovative assessment processes to the Health and Social Care students on placement.
Private Universe Project in Mathematics: Workshop 1. Following Children's Ideas in Mathematics
An unprecedented long-term study conducted by researchers at Rutgers University followed the development of mathematical thinking in a randomly selected group of students for 12 years—from first grade through high school—with surprising results. In an overview of the study, we look at some of the conditions that made the students’ math achievement possible.,5 min. Mathematics in Free Play? Prof. Herbert Ginsburg, a psychologist at Columbia University Teachers College, finds that when you exam
DÃa mundial del Agua (en español)
Un video que nos explica el origen del Día Mundial del Agua, que cae el 22 de marzo. El video se podría utilizar ese día para motivar a los estudiantes a conservar el agua. (.48)
Truman Announces Japan's Surrender
On September 1, 1945, in a radio address to the American people, President Harry Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Japan, formalized aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. (1:57)
Perpetual Sun
Flight Engineer Don Pettit downloaded a video of the sun seen from the International Space Station as it orbits the Earth in a phase of continuous twilight.
Episode 83 - Windows Azure June 2012 Release | Cloud Cover In this episode Nathan Totten, Nick Harris, and Michael Washam introduce the newest features of the Windows Azure. Michael shows off the new portal and gives a demo of Windows Azure Virtual Machines and the
Spreaker Web Radion Information Tutorial--Get on Air in 60 seconds
This tutorial shows how it is possible to start broadcasting Live on Spreaker and social media in less than 60 seconds. This informative tutorial gives step by step directions in using this broadcast live program. This is a great resource to further enhance the use of Spreaker in the classroom or at home. (2:20)
