02 SEP 2016 by ideonexus

 Math Exercise: Comparisons

Select two boxes or cans of food that weigh 8 ounces and 16 ounces, respectively. Have students hold each as you tell them (or they read) the weights of the containers. Give students a box or can with the weight covered and have them compare the weight of the new package to the weight of the 8- and 16-ounce samples. Th ey can then estimate whether the new item’s weight is closer to 8 or 16 ounces. As students become more successful, they may want to predict a more specifi c weight. Ask them...
Folksonomies: education games math
Folksonomies: education games math
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04 APR 2013 by ideonexus

 Ideas Power the American Economy

Ideas are what power our economy. It’s what sets us apart. It’s what America has been all about. We have been a nation of dreamers and risk-takers; people who see what nobody else sees sooner than anybody else sees it. We do innovation better than anybody else — and that makes our economy stronger. When we invest in the best ideas before anybody else does, our businesses and our workers can make the best products and deliver the best services before anybody else. And because of th...
Folksonomies: ideas economy innovation
Folksonomies: ideas economy innovation
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The Human Genome Project returned $140 for every $1 spent.

These are various notes from session hosts and members of the audience during this session:

  • www.blueearth.org – neat wave effect on the site.
  • Escaping the Ivory Tower – photography publicizes work.
  • We create visual narratives about ourselves on facebook.
  • It’s important for people at organizations to take their own photos for people to use. The photo is the first thing to catch your eye.
  • Strobist.blogspot.com – light tutorials, photoshop and gimp for post production,
  • Graphitti archeology project – photo documents the evolution of walls over time. Scientists photograph environments, documenting change.
  • Neil _____: building a community of science photographers
  • Online photography community is enormous, amateurs who want to take photos but don’t know what to shoot.
  • Naturescapes.net
  • Birdphotographer.net
  • Bugguy.net
  • Bloggers think of photographers as collaborators.
  • Photos illustrate, convey ideas, create visual representations of concepts
  • Kids might not have professional cameras, but it’s good to get them taking photos with their phones as a means of getting them into photography.
  • Gigapan Project: a camera robot takes thousands of photos, which get stitched together and allow you to zoom in for incredible detail
  • What’s the best image? Steve from Scientific American: If you can get a shot that gets rid of 400 lines of copy.
  • Science in the Triangle writer: break out of the average, learn how to use the camera and turn off its automatic feature
  • Zenfolio – more professional photos
  • Should writers do the photography, or should they collaborate with photographers. Photographers can miss things the writer thinks are important.
  • “The best camera is the one you have with you.” – the photographer’s maxim
  • Deviantart
  • Istockphoto - $1 to $10 photos
  • Discrimination Learning: everything looks the same at first, pay attention to the images that interest you to become more distinguished
  • Fillflash – use it, good for evening out shadows, especially at noon or in bright light
  • Caption images in your head as you take them.
  • Stories Behind the Greatest Photos in Sports – HBO documentary
  • 365 Project – take and post one photo a day for a year
  • Visualscience at discover website
  • Theartofscience.posterous.com – photos through microscopes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 The Political Generation Gap White-Majority Seniors VS No...

"The future of America is in this question: Will the Baby Boomers recognize that they have a responsibility and a personal stake in ensuring that this next generation of largely Latino and African-American kids are prepared to succeed?" contends Stephen Klineberg, a sociologist at Rice University in Houston, who has studied the economic and political implications of changing demographics. "This ethnic transformation could be the greatest asset this county will have, with a young multilingual,...
Folksonomies: future shock
Folksonomies: future shock
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These two demographics have competing needs. Seniors need social safety nets, while underprivileged youths need educational benefits. The youths bare the tax burden of having to pay for the white-seniors' social security, but the seniors have a responsibility to the future of America by providing a healthy educational start to its youth.