Posts Tagged ‘project’
ISA on December 12th, 2008
I had the great privilege today to attend an event marking the culmination of a wonderful project. The famed Scottish artist, Willie Rodger, has been working with nine schools across Scotland, helping them to create linocut prints of their very own. It all began on Hallowe’en, with Willie hosting a masterclass via Glow Meet from his studio, with each of the nine classes joining in to watch.
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In the Hands of Willie Rodger
Blog for iplittle on December 11th, 2008
November 13th Well the piano teacher worked out well. I photographed him in school teaching and then also at school but like everyone else was not really that comfortable to be photographed at home or outside his work place
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Diary
Blog for iplittle on December 11th, 2008
Technology today indeed plays a big role in our life.
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Automated Voting System in ARMM
admin on December 10th, 2008
From Macedonia Online: Romania’s withdrawal of the theory of evolution from the school curriculum could be evidence of a growing conservative tendency in teaching.
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Creationism in Romania
Blog for iplittle on December 9th, 2008
A thought struck me a couple of days ago, and I tweeted (twate?) it thus: I was struggling to articulate what the problem was and, more important, find some way of teaching it in an appropriate way. “It” in this case is taxonomy, the bane of every biology student and, as I have learned, their teachers.
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Teaching taxonomy in the age of Wikipedia
admin on December 8th, 2008
Article Date: 22 Nov 2008 A new study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center suggests that the incidence of heterosexual anal sex is increasing among teens and young adults – particularly those who have recently had unprotected vaginal sex. These findings mirror recent data that show anal sex rates among adults doubled between the years 1995 and 2004
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Increase In Anal Intercourse Involving At-Risk Teens And Young Adults
ISA on December 6th, 2008
The Eindhoven University of Technology has the following vacancy PhD student on the project “Surfing the information waves: Finding, revealing, and evaluating information online” at the School of Innovation Sciences.
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PhD Surfing the information waves-Eindhoven University of Tec
ISA on December 6th, 2008
You’re likely going to hear a lot about Teach For America in the next few weeks as it’s a handy shorthand proxy for reform efforts. That’s why today’s WaPo front-pager on TFA was somewhat disappointing as a stage-setter. First, it seems pretty obvious that the economic situation is fueling an increase in applicants to TFA and to teaching more generally and that’s an easy hook for an article. But, that angle overlooks how competitive TFA was long before this recession, it’s part of their m
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TFA-Palooza
Blog for iplittle on December 6th, 2008
Padang News.com-I.G. Bagus Gloria Kasuma Pradana and his friends, aspiring scientists from Denpasar’s State Junior High School 7, experimented with fermented carrots with one goal in mind: to create a healthy, appetizing snack for Indonesian children, and secure a spot in the third annual science fair over the weekend. Like all great scientists, they suffered initial setbacks
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Science fair attracts young learners
ISA on December 6th, 2008
HAIFA, Israel (CNN) — A new Web site launched by an Israeli university professor and his Bedouin students aims to address life’s everyday quandaries from the perspective of an ancient sacred text: the Quran. Organizers of the site, Quranet.net, say they hope it will serve as a “bridge between Islam and the West” by applying the wisdom of Islam’s holiest book to modern-day problems. “We try to transform the Quran into a modern and useful tool, so that every person can find a Quranic answer to
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Israeli Web site advises using wisdom of Quran
