Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/13/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.rd.com/slideshows/10-fun-father’s-day-activities/">10 Fun Father’s Day Activities | Reader's Digest</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Reader's Digest has a nice set of activities to do with your Dad. This set of pictures and paragraphs would make an interesting conversation with students. You could show the slide and text and discuss each option or use them as a creative writing starter.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fathersday">fathersday</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=6&nbyear=2012&evcode=26">Teaching Resources, Classroom Resources & Lesson Plans - TES Resources</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Father's Day is this upcoming Sunday in the United States. If you're working with kids this week, you'll want to include some father's day activities. Here are 21 ideas to get you started.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fathersday">fathersday</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apple-after-steve-jobs-isnt-missing-a-beat.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29">Apple After Steve Jobs Isn't Missing a Beat</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Readwriteweb has a fan-boy-ish overview of Apple's announcements on Monday. It is worth a read no matter your feelings about Apple. They remain the "king of the hill" in technology even in a post-jobs era -- for now.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apple">apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/12/chemistry-experiment-at-east-valley-high-school-sends-four-to-the-hopsital_n_1590539.html">Chemistry Experiment At East Valley High Sends Four To Hospital, School Evacuated</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you want to understand why online and virtual experiments are so attractive to science teachers, read this article about how a mistaken identity of a chemical caused the evacuation of an entire high school. In fact, this is one complaint I've heard from science teachers about thee iPad -- many of these online experiments are in flash and have yet to be converted to updated non-flash formatss. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/chemistry">chemistry</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://zenhabits.net/control-freak/">» How Being a Control Freak Can Set You Free :zenhabits</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I read problogger and Zenhabits so this post about letting go of goals intrigued me. I think, however, it isn't necessarily letting go of goals, it is about letting go of the traditional view of success. I agree that truly getting in touch with what you want out of life is essential. Read this post and think but realize that there may be a few semantic issues here that may cause you to want to debate. Get past the semantics into the real meaning and look at your life. Summertime is an important time to reset for teachers.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/goalsetting">goalsetting</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=58397">How to start an amazing class blog ~ Stephen's Web</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Start at Stephen Downes review of this post and then move on to the Learn Boost blog to learn how to set up a blog for your classroom and the bennefits.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/2012/06/blackboard-collaborate/">Using Blackboard Collaborate 11 to deliver a global online conference | ALT Online Newsletter</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Stephen Downes pointed to this article from his blog and noted that the conference was well organized. We use Blackboard Collaborate as the underpinning of our Flat Classroom projects as a key essential tool. It is stable and pretty simple to administer after receiving a little training. This best practices article is a must read for anyone working to organized global conferences. From the Association for learning technology.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blackboard">blackboard</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/weekinreview/27zimmer.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">The Great Language Land Grab - NYTimes.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">"App store" and other words are in contention. If you like language or even current events, there are some fascinating discussions from this New York Times column about the English language. They state their opinion that Apple doesn't have much hope in protecting the term "app store" but I guess the courts will decide. I do, however, think it is absurd that Facebook claimed the word "poke." I distinctly recall poking the fire when I was a kid on campouts. ;-)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Apple">Apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Google">Google</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/legal">legal</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/06/how-to-use-video-game-tactics-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29">How to Use Video Game Tactics in the Classroom | MindShift</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Teacher Paul Anderson created a game-based classroom without a game. In TEDxBozeman, he talks about what he did and tthe results.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/gamification">gamification</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/chicago-teachers-strike-v_0_n_1582547.html">Chicago Teachers Strike Vote: Teachers Union On The Verge Of Authorizing First Strike In 25 Years</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Union politics heat up in Chicago where the teachers, upset over increased hours without increased pay, may strike. Expect such tensions to increase. Unfortunately all such things take our eye off of students where they should be.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/union">union</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/politics">politics</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/09/feature-phones-are-not-the-future/">In Five Years, Most Africans Will Have Smartphones | TechCrunch</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Collaborating on mobile devices is going to be an essential part of connecting students. We've only begun to understand collaboration but those of us who are doing it now know the challenges inherent in connecting with schools in Africa. If we're going to do it, we'll have to resist "bandwidth" and "device" snobbery and have ubiquitous access for the platforms where we connect. Everything used in collaborating globally will need to be mobile friendly.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sms">sms</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smartphones">smartphones</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://storify.com/SherwoodKids/social-media-spotlight-for-kidzblastvbs">Social Media Spotlight for #kidzblastvbs (with images, tweets) · SherwoodKids · Storify</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This week I'm doing Kidzblast for my church. Here's an example of a storify for those of you who work with nonprofit, school, or church events and want to see an example of how social media can be used but also how you can use events to educate people about social media. Events are a great way to get people's attention and educate them.  I used storify - it is a great service because it notifies people when you are done that they are quoted in the article.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/storify">storify</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

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A report back on a TeachMeet at Somerset House on 23rd May 2012

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />On Wednesday 23rd May at 17:30 I excitedly attended the TeachMeet in Somerset West at Somerset House Preparatory School. They were hosting the first ever TeachMeet in the Helderberg Basin, organised by their enthusiastic ICT teacher, Siobhan Louw.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyb1YfRor-XvtUBzG-eY-M0ztaKcCz_yXq3baYEdKSEc3-8smveIrno_fI5wiSSf47B6n93hmZbDIpLMmgdWFGYfC2JA98-4et3QZoL4JaObxoQ0Mrcwcng2lAIA7fSVgu_YZpxzbazhA/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBiM5qS7O4U1U73ImXddu18YmzhEJAv_ZDlhDEYEv9vNl0OT7ZzfogQYJn97NBugkcgpVqf0BuRHlL0aXV0TeE-k2QxQZis0iE6TM4v4jcUD0NFy9tzaFNdRn2YXi_f-Tj0636g6udMc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />There was an excited buzz with at least 30 teachers from the surrounding areas turning up to see what this was all about. We started off with a delicious light meal of a variety of soups and breads and then it was down to business!  There was a Twitter backchannel during the TeachMeet and Siobhan kindly presented each of the eight presenters with a small gift as they completed their presentation.  <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Presentations</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><br />I was really impressed at how many of the presenters were from Somerset House. They are doing really well in their technology-integration.<br /><br />Clair Craig (from Somerset House) presented on using Blabberize in Grade 4, Her Grade 4 class was reading the Sheep-Pig as their setbook and they really enjoyed creating talking animals as part of their lesson plan.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-j6VkBcCquKOepjAdpKinwnU37Ebp327hLdaV90LBTAXYPyQlRc0Cy34o1npLDFKP7q_Ht725Wl2BRubvtT7F1sOvNmORLXjU-nsaxSEgnUuTx5xUtyZHo2-5sVzksYugzzCKO5TtEA/s1600-h/image2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBljqGefb2kWLsf4P0yxv-XxP599AHh7xq-XvyD6BPlMq8tDOhh1Bi3Xh96pRBw6oomqIFsmFUm6YxrS17f4qJkmdri0otKHAEMSIFDI4eT6rlitsF7TQgI0FS0W45-G1wR8l87kpswtc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br />Debbie Underwood (from Somerset House) spoke on the MimeoView. This is not a free tool but she certainly convinced us that it is almost indispensible in a classroom!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMO4YeizHnYz-kU51svHvpbAmnfVNzdTZ9hGECaknMSUn8mkBYfp0-oJV1Jq_WknxLrxzIj5uZy4IsWNm908vE7FUy1fg4m5eRjI8fLh8nAUIWustrU1OKb0JUEhVo5aU9A0y33LcMbLI/s1600-h/image7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2YjIBKRkusYBg5_ztLensZaY2No3kFVlSbejhEN50Q56b6PA5WMpoLvODyxkiNkVveswUuk2t7F9KK7q7rx1bVKL-Mwf9Br3Ocz37LJFri5UTDyIS5qIKG9uUMObfQuQLOmXOh4pz5A/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Fiona Beal (that's me!) spoke on Classroom Dojo – a motivational tool for your classroom. This is a really cute way of rewarding individuals in a class or positive behaviours (and also losing points for negative behaviours).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA56ddp-nk63dVqN8em0temvXWEBXpJMFF44O6JlRCnL3KORlZi_yWfNivOv0U7JxHA9f9QdL0G_yxyO7MVNqqJyQYVSI1OZkuwWdNpLnQpEL0x-gt5UOy2KVAtwsTMoRrozzqugB_Ds/s1600-h/image11.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_E9VN1r_o9kDelXaVRqfQUg4KV2Ka0YqLuPMnjCQ7rtszv7NJiPC0nCWF7PrIEM56rY0iG8cdkZJo173XRArz0hOXgQzxcmHmIv6pJm95vrsOyABlyIbpwAnpOkVd3bnPzvuaqavrQaI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Jenny Martin (from Somerset House) gave two presentations, one on Word Magnets and one on Wordstash which she says is a teacher's dream to use. Both these amazing webtools can really enhance a Language teacher’s lessons. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bz-hXqPUemyseKFqFSaaM5NvivDn1IpAduYomnCbhyxdnizbbTko5kdefYMn4onFlG_SD9PEdfO-3pIvgniTOxE0nqBZuAzxHgPRRXdz2Uz1Kveg-3N0Xfr4DcpuAXqKc6GDcwIRSzE/s1600-h/image15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4y55BIkYRtLfRfsxabDuWRWsPrSvWSSy2pUJF-KJiFi4je7Xz2DbEzNlEl-3_gMGbfIYMsgow2KyQ8HOfLNWeIjV6DHE8Y5OoISGW7Kwn9uJPN_46z237UBUFtbi0N9grdpsB2PnS9E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYk6GrlGAJ5Upv97XGATlT4wnzO9DIuq-31Gmtjwhos-vi0UTGFvXZhTOTuqx9wT9tQenttkk6AP2VIdAyMYHQovUryrzO6RNPLNU-xdfrgblNewWBmQJQrn_MNkzHPZuK3hocivbSz0/s1600-h/image19.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXZ2Zd9VJ_D1SyZi-5a1EZ8BFz6_nonS2FTDu2ydcGPxuvHA_Irq34lW5wU3upLTQpSEn5CamonXh8cBhHOwVfkUYz_eyu8YN3YeSM_Vo4cfsJkd8Us7-HvIvn8O2dLMJX5tDyi1cCf0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Pam Roberts (from Somerset House) spoke on her use of Purple Mash in Grade 1 for Mother's Day cards. Purple Mash is the online version of the 2Simple software. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2Yi9dPKjL2Q-Aiu2GgWJKaRvqvZm-LstZ69rNR2ZuVSwp4pNYPejmBKV-StyBzbao3X-sZ4iABkefldTnciAldasLVvO7noMibOoR5KUZ5HcAPAeI1JLl0BWoSx4Py-W0cSz7HeYO8w/s1600-h/image23.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8oQWqj5tMR_0zXH1eiD2s0uo3u5tGdiQjqgxIX1mWbXpYd-v_3934zul3ASYR8S4PAxY4x9H6vrGoMuaiZBzdwMSBZ8oeb7qVEYPMPVdpnqUicQgnUD1z0TxPkklMjPcgq1POED69Wg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br />Siobhan Lowe, the organiser (from Somerset House) spoke on how she successfully used Google Docs for a collaborative assignment. Siobhan also mentioned how her Grade 7s were enjoying finding relevant TED talks and writing brief reviews on them. If you would like to see which TED talks they enjoyed visit <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/thattechteacher.com/shtedreviews/technology">this</a> link. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTohWr3WUW4OL0_wdg37ewq5WJzm5smfcTHPHEHVzc0ekFX4x8AG4RY_eCNu3rhhugEny1YbGLoA2cYTCbiMBrfGa_6cKV25C657cFBxpYNHFjXjvDVT94Oio-Ft1WYHVGb_RGdoGdgpk/s1600-h/image26.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Lf8naFbctlB1vPDrrX3rzbBCpqdIVDrI4aNPtyR8-W5181SI_QrAMfi432Fm4BszZVdL5TPbc_tDwsRZmeXz3YQAioPgLoQZuko473QjHckBEc1wQwCXFnvZCPu6NI4Xp1DpAMf6SWQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Michelle Botha (from Somerset House) also gave two presentations. She spoke on using Popplet to teach creatively about triangles in Grade 7. You can look at that presentation online: <a href="http://popplet.com/app/#/103497">http://popplet.com/app/#/103497</a>. Michelle also presented a very impressive writing project she did using stop animation and Windows Live Moviemaker. She said that the students actually taught her all the inns and outs of stop animation.<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2sed4iGuU2tabMCToAAk34DzHlhlq2SfjGxbWqc4SRfVcMmAgSOy7fWghQn8BxKorWksL6c2JCA8ZtXquspZf0ivo19qV-GyZtR9WwuAXzok8tkF7iDYGcwvv3xfKU_P4BOIj8t-ghc/s1600-h/image30.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1TTKVzN38c3QV9h_uomlwCaA24kzshA0W7NvgGVuhWkzQ13c8-6iEzxge1t2z8wpgl_8I8nfq3awgSJFDD6M9Izr48BEmC-HMx_-PWE1TF_eQQZm-EesaFFHsSjjK4VhxGKVnrDSSs2M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Siobhan’s report back</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br />Siobhan Lowe, the organiser,  wrote a blog post about the Teachmeet which she called '<b>‘Host a teachmeet and you’ll create an enriching PD opportunity’</b> <br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>“</b>This past week saw Somerset House host its first teachmeet. Inspired by teachmeets attended by some of our staff at Elkanah House over the last year, we decided that hosting one of our own would be a good opportunity to expose more of our teachers to the sharing and learning experience that a teachmeet offers. <br /><br />Undoubtedly, one of the biggest challenges facing modern education is getting school staff to buy in and support the use of technology in classrooms. There are many reasons for this: age, fear, time shortages, tradition, ineffective resources and lack of personal exposure to technology. In my experience, it’s a combination of these factors that keep teachers from using and embracing many of the contemporary technological tools that have not only already changed the way we live, but that will most definitely impact on how today's youth succeed and progress through their own lives.<br /><br />In our school, as in many others, the historical reluctance to use technology to supplement the education we provide is multifaceted. Recent technical improvements to our school’s computer system have seen a growth in the confidence levels in our teachers. Coupled with positive staff development and support from colleagues, it has been inspiring to see more of our teachers improve and  increase their innovative use of technology…. Read more <a href="http://www.thattechteacher.com/past-blog-posts">here</a> on Siobhan’s blog <a href="http://www.thattechteacher.com/">http://www.thattechteacher.com/</a>.<br /><br />We most certainly look forward to more TeachMeets in the Helderberg basin! Thank you for this initiative Siobhan!<br /><br />PS. Since writing the post Siobbhan has advertised the next TeachMeet for Wednesday 29th August at 5:30 pm. Please keep watching Siobhan's blog for further details <a href="http://www.thattechteacher.com/">http://www.thattechteacher.com/</a><br /><br /><br /></div>

teachmeets A report back on a TeachMeet at Somerset House on 23rd May 2012

Submitted by Fiona Beal On Wednesday 23rd May at 17:30 I excitedly attended the TeachMeet in Somerset West at Somerset House Preparatory Sch...

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treats for me

I was treated to two wonderful surprises yesterday.<br /><br />The always inspiring Naomi at <a href="http://designmanifest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Design Manifest</a> featured one of my images in <a href="http://designmanifest.blogspot.com/2012/06/tabletop-styling.html" target="_blank">her post on styling</a>,<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5r7mXdJ0VWD0-pVgw2IK6GODT4juQRFoNzDrB3JM_H1QRpKCfmDzS3Y_FwagkXhAbDC9_i8MBr5WuST13ycQ92I3xktxVEQx_RzCJimsQbdU0tzNdV4xqa9bJZX__-y0tY35HTm7csd9/s1600/DM+blog+header+bw-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5r7mXdJ0VWD0-pVgw2IK6GODT4juQRFoNzDrB3JM_H1QRpKCfmDzS3Y_FwagkXhAbDC9_i8MBr5WuST13ycQ92I3xktxVEQx_RzCJimsQbdU0tzNdV4xqa9bJZX__-y0tY35HTm7csd9/s320/DM+blog+header+bw-1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />and the lovely and creative Vicky at <a href="http://www.decorharmony.com/" target="_blank">Decor & Harmony</a> featured me on her <a href="http://www.decorharmony.com/2012/06/coast-to-coast-creativity-little-black.html" target="_blank">Coast to Coast Creativity series</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXUGg45cmpOAJF7V4DAcsWKfAUKwsL6ZYaTdApm7gVVEuSitV2bl2qq6hAnU1OuRIYI3wQdFUOz-Q3jRKsRuO6nkUxi4dxs4NRg7YwdKs-DTF1jUW5K7vWE_DoPRtyA1R32FMputHoeWd/s1600/DecorHarmony.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXUGg45cmpOAJF7V4DAcsWKfAUKwsL6ZYaTdApm7gVVEuSitV2bl2qq6hAnU1OuRIYI3wQdFUOz-Q3jRKsRuO6nkUxi4dxs4NRg7YwdKs-DTF1jUW5K7vWE_DoPRtyA1R32FMputHoeWd/s400/DecorHarmony.tiff" width="400" /></a></div><br />Now all I need is for Brad Pitt to return my phone call and I've got one banner day!<br /><br />Thanks ladies for putting a smile on my face.

treats for me

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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/13/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/2012/06/blackboard-collaborate/">Using Blackboard Collaborate 11 to deliver a global online conference | ALT Online Newsletter</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Stephen Downes pointed to this article from his blog and noted that the conference was well organized. We use Blackboard Collaborate as the underpinning of our Flat Classroom projects as a key essential tool. It is stable and pretty simple to administer after receiving a little training. This best practices article is a must read for anyone working to organized global conferences. From the Association for learning technology.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blackboard">blackboard</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/09/feature-phones-are-not-the-future/">In Five Years, Most Africans Will Have Smartphones | TechCrunch</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Collaborating on mobile devices is going to be an essential part of connecting students. We've only begun to understand collaboration but those of us who are doing it now know the challenges inherent in connecting with schools in Africa. If we're going to do it, we'll have to resist "bandwidth" and "device" snobbery and have ubiquitous access for the platforms where we connect. Everything used in collaborating globally will need to be mobile friendly.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sms">sms</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smartphones">smartphones</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/13/2012

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Financial Analyst ( MBA | SAP/ BPC | Microsoft Excel | PowerPoint | Forecast | Analytics | Reports) (#108067)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1" style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title :</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Financial Analyst</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Team:  Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis (Global Ops FP&A) team serves as a partner organization with our manufacturing operations organization.  Our role is to implement and manage financial processes that support the company's business decisions; such as forecasting, analytics, strategic operations planning, scenario analysis, risk assessment and management reporting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Role:  Financial Analyst</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We are looking for a sharp finance professional to join our Global Operations Financial Planning and Analysis team who will be responsible for forecasting, strategic operations planning, analytics, and management reporting.  The ideal candidate would have an interest in manufacturing operations and the metrics that help to drive improvements.  You will be a key contributor to driving Operations headcount planning, Gross Margin improvement, Inventory management and Materials Cost reduction. You will interact with executives and have high visibility throughout the company.  Successful candidate will be a top performer who has a passion to champion positive change throughout the organization.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Essential Functions:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Provide financial and analytical support for the company's forecasts and results.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Create and implement process improvement across the company in all regions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Create new reports and models to meet the business' needs and drive decisions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Perform ad hoc financial analyses and special projects</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prepare quarter end executive reports</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Support improvements of our financial planning models and system</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Participate in all budgeting and forecasting processes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Monitor and report operating results against budget and forecast</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Create and distribute scalable weekly, monthly and quarterly management reports</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and/or experience desired:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">MBA Preferred</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Experience with SAP/ BPC</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Team player with a positive attitude</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Strong Analytical skills</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Strong computer skills and extensive knowledge of Excel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fast learner with new tools and systems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ability to think strategically and proactively</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Strong ability to partner and build relationships</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize; to troubleshoot and problem solve.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Must be comfortable presenting data to senior management.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Financial Analyst ( MBA | SAP/ BPC | Microsoft Excel | PowerPoint | Forecast | Analytics | Reports) (#108067)

Job Title : Financial Analyst Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: The Team:  Global Operations Financial Planning ...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/12/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://twittertoolsbook.com/10-awesome-twitter-analytics-visualization-tools/">10 Awesome Twitter Analytics and Visualization Tools | Twitter Tools and Twitter Tips Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Some incredible analytic tools for tracking and sharing onTwitter.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/12/2012

10 Awesome Twitter Analytics and Visualization Tools | Twitter Tools and Twitter Tips Blog Some incr...

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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/12/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://coolcatteacher.visibli.com/share/AsVdAS">9 Amazing Word Cloud Generators For The Classroom …Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 3</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">9 Amazing Word Cloud Generators For The Classroom http://t.co/g1b6jPlL #flatclass #edtech #engchat</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edtech">edtech</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat">engchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H0x3xLmxTCU">Eastwood High School c/o 2012 Flash Mob - YouTube</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A flashmob at graduation? Oh yes. If you want to smile at kids and what happens in today's interconnected society watch this graduation flashmob. Without social media, I doubt this sort of thing would be possible. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flashmob">flashmob</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/arts_entertainment">arts_entertainment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/www_world">www_world</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/worldonline">worldonline</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/12/2012

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Librarian (Part Time) - Meriden Public Library

<strong>Librarian (Part Time)</strong> - The <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Meriden Public Library</strong></span> seeks a 20 hour/week Librarian. Applicants must enjoy working with people of all ages, have excellent communication and computer skills, and knowledge of new technologies. Flexible schedule a must, some nights and weekends required. MLS from an ALA-accredited school or a Bachelor’s Degree supplemented by graduate level courses which will lead to the Master of Library Science Degree within two years of employment. Hourly rate begins at $21.28 with generous step increases in following years. Benefits: Prorated vacation and sick time, city pension. The City of Meriden is an EOE. Resumes may be submitted online at <a href="http://www.cityofmeriden.org/employment/" target="_blank">www.cityofmeriden.org/employment/</a> or sent to Caroline Beitman, Personnel Director, City of Meriden, 142 East Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450 and must be received by <span style="color: red;">June 22, 2012</span>.

Librarian (Part Time) - Meriden Public Library

Librarian (Part Time) - The Meriden Public Library seeks a 20 hour/week Librarian. Applicants must enjoy working with people of all ages,...

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In Support of Nature Education...Naturally

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbmCgnuaLzz1u_Gmt3bBgsvzL7VAids-9Yi76dL49VeEg1AUVARVZG_oVMRtY2xsMYMHpBYh99C2oOwbHBKr-smA_IYR3aEGJ31jpFYHW4LCXuQ2twn2YUbw_JjXgxRQ2lzew42LlB2jn/s1600/Parks-DOW-Partners-Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbmCgnuaLzz1u_Gmt3bBgsvzL7VAids-9Yi76dL49VeEg1AUVARVZG_oVMRtY2xsMYMHpBYh99C2oOwbHBKr-smA_IYR3aEGJ31jpFYHW4LCXuQ2twn2YUbw_JjXgxRQ2lzew42LlB2jn/s1600/Parks-DOW-Partners-Logo.jpg" /></a>I have the good fortune in my position to oversee a grant program that helps support the state park naturalist positions in our ODNR-Division of Parks and Recreation.  In exchange for this funding, the naturalists have to devote half of their programming to wildlife and wildlife-related topics.  Seems like a no-brainer, right?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I attended the All-State Naturalist meeting last week and was very glad to see a lot of folks I hadn't seen in several years, and a lot of new faces.  Due to budget constraints, this all-naturalist meeting had been reduced in size and scope the last couple of years.  I was very glad to see it brought back.  I think these folks need some dedicated time to network and interact with each other.  They were able to bounce ideas off of each other on topics like starting up a geocaching program, dealing with various ages of kids at their programs, drumming up attendance, and interactions with their local community.  I can say, without reservation, that this is a dedicated, passionate and fairly under appreciated group of people.  They are often the face of that park, the go-to person for issues, complaints, suggestions and more from the park patrons and the surrounding community.  </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, why would the ODNR-Division of Wildlife support naturalist in their sister agency?  Because it's a good investment for the Division of Wildlife.  These naturalists probably number around 50 across the state, but compared to the 8 full time education staff in our agency, they reach thousands more people per year than we ever could.  Many years, they reach well over 200,000 park attendees with wildlife-related programs each year.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Why is this a good investment?  With today's public spending less and less time outdoors and growing more and more disconnected to wildlife, park naturalists have a natural opportunity to help their patrons learn more about the nature around them.  A camper, while likely an outdoor enthusiast already, may not have a good base of knowledge about the wildlife and the quality habitat that is around their campgrounds, homes, and parks.  And, whether it's the roaming naturalist with an owl or snake that talks to the campers, or the naturalist that conducts the regular Saturday evening night hike, or the naturalist that helps the community do an annual creek clean-up, these small, intimate contacts with nature are often the ones that spark the enthusiasm, interest and desire in children and adults to participate in nature even more.  Whether it's simply wanting to learn more about what they are seeing on the trails, or wanting to learn how to take a fish off of a hook, park naturalists are in a unique position to have a real impact on creating a positive experience in nature.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, the next time you visit an Ohio State Park, seek out the naturalist and thank them for their passion, time and effort.  And tell them I said hi and thanks too!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>

In Support of Nature Education...Naturally

I have the good fortune in my position to oversee a grant program that helps support the state park naturalist positions in our ODNR-Divisio...

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watch out, i'm armed

The upholstery bug bit me again and I blame Craigslist. I found these chairs for an incredible steal ($25 for BOTH) and I couldn't pass them up. The lady was as nice as could be. They were her mother's chairs and have sat in her garage for months. They "just weren't my style" she told me. Well, they are my style lady. Me and your 95 year old mother.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3NyMJMuox_d4ugBrC7huXz5ZOZQ-V24R_g2CC5Ikk2y2LsN2RPR4kb3HlDv0gVmwL76vNvnmMZ7UnpxiS6HZ_gJ4wcRsKgRG60z-chGLq2hDvVnue48aVwnnpiEYHbVoA6hiqOeFsCSl/s1600/P6117361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3NyMJMuox_d4ugBrC7huXz5ZOZQ-V24R_g2CC5Ikk2y2LsN2RPR4kb3HlDv0gVmwL76vNvnmMZ7UnpxiS6HZ_gJ4wcRsKgRG60z-chGLq2hDvVnue48aVwnnpiEYHbVoA6hiqOeFsCSl/s640/P6117361.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XlSnrRyDgJGEaL77sjxt2sxYqcsGnUeNKpje4TYpGqdNi4mGia1FMn-tiqulgTC-9dAnk6G2p3YcGCJ2FKkhcEiFen_1_-H0CXNCbDUkxEtZo2WfKuzqUSaWNSEGvem5Yf2PJWNMewWU/s1600/P6117365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XlSnrRyDgJGEaL77sjxt2sxYqcsGnUeNKpje4TYpGqdNi4mGia1FMn-tiqulgTC-9dAnk6G2p3YcGCJ2FKkhcEiFen_1_-H0CXNCbDUkxEtZo2WfKuzqUSaWNSEGvem5Yf2PJWNMewWU/s640/P6117365.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />These will be easy peasy compared to <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/04/now-you-really-can-take-seat.html" target="_blank">the couch</a> and I'm wanting some fun fabric this time.<br /><br />AND, I'm going to try the cushions myself as I also scored a sewing machine on Saturday at a garage sale. Never been opened, brand new. Raise the roof to that people! Keep in mind I don't have the first clue how to sew, but I'll worry about that small technicality later.<br /><br />The bulk of the weekend however was working on the deck. And aside from a few flower pots we're done. <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/party-in-front-business-in-back.html" target="_blank">My house's reverse mullet</a> has officially been cut. Stay tuned for the reveal.<br /><br />How was your weekend? Anything exciting to report? Anyone know of any wonderful fabric sales going on?

watch out, i'm armed

The upholstery bug bit me again and I blame Craigslist. I found these chairs for an incredible steal ($25 for BOTH) and I couldn't pass ...

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31 Things I Learned from Being Bullied as a Child

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bullying_Irfe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="English: Bullying on IRFE in March 5, 2007, th..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="225" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bullying_Irfe.jpg/300px-Bullying_Irfe.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;">Bullying isn't always done with fists.<br />(Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bullying_Irfe.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>I hate to admit this. I was picked on as a child. Left out. Not included.<br /><br />Surely some of the fault was "my own." I was clueless on fashion. I played outside and petted my animals--- a lot. I may have gone to school smelling like Grunt, my black lab or Crissy my cat with a limp and 3/4 of a crooked tail. <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"Icky Vicki"<br /> "You have no common sense."<br /> "You will never have any friends."</blockquote><br />Other things that hurt. Well, I lost weight, studied fashion magazines and was at least treated courteously by some of my classmates. But I never forgot.<br /><br />What I learned from being bullied:<br /><br /><br /><ol><li>People can be mean but...</li><li>My family loves me and supports me. They know me. </li><li>I trust my family's feedback on my weaknesses above the stranger who pretends to know everything.</li><li>No one is going to be liked by everybody.</li><li>It isn't how I am treated that is as important as how I treat others.</li><li>The more I treat others with respect and kindness, the more that comes back to me.</li><li>People see the real you when you are falsely accused or maligned.</li><li>I never forget those who stuck up for me when I was done.</li><li>I always look for the person who is new, down, or lonely to be for that person what I wish someone would be for me.</li><li>Mean people are often unhappy, bitter, unforgiving people. It isn't a way of life I want to emulate.</li><li>Kind people are happy, joyful, forgiving people. This is who I want to be.</li><li>The greatest Teacher I have ever known came to earth and was mistreated too. I should know if I am doing anything good at all that such things will happen to me.</li><li>Often in criticism is a grain of truth I can learn from. I can't stop my ears to what others are saying but neither can I let it derail me from following me dreams.</li><li>No one is going to give me my dreams. I have to seek, pray, work, and struggle and maybe a few of them will work out.</li><li>I can't let the fear of being outnumbered by unkind people keep me from speaking for those who are afraid to. God allowed me to experience the loneliness for a reason and part of it is so I can speak up and be ok with it. (See 1-12.)</li><li>Most people are great, wonderful, kind people who are afraid of being hurt themselves.</li><li>All it takes for bullying to happen is for good people to say it is none of their business and say nothing.</li><li>Sometimes teachers are the worst bullies. These teachers side with the "popular" kids and don't look deeper to know what is happening. They should know better. The "majority" doesn't always tell the truth.</li><li>Bullies gather when good people run away.</li><li>No one is perfect. Life is a succession of forgiving and being forgiven. </li><li>Thank goodness for those who let a person change course and take a new path.</li><li>There are many that choose to stereotype and let others make up their minds for them instead of getting the facts.</li><li>I need to make my classroom a safe place.</li><li>I need to make my blog a safe place.</li><li>I can't do much about other classrooms and other blogs but I can speak out when necessary.</li><li>There are lots of great amazing, trustworthy people in this world. I can't let the existence of those who are unkind, untrustworthy and hateful prevent me from making new friends.</li><li>Friends can quickly become enemies when they get jealous.</li><li>If I help others follow their dreams maybe a few of them will help me back in return, although we help because it is the right thing to do.</li><li>I can become a bully if I forget what it feels like and am not careful. It is easier for me to bully because I've seen how it is done.</li><li>Those who bully you as a child either fein cluelessness or are really clueless to what they did.</li><li>Bullying is never OK. To say you learn from it and excuse it is not fine. We have to do our best to do what is in front of us.</li></ol><br /><br />It is hard to number all the things you learn in the hard knocks of life. Sometimes the worst things that ever happened turn out to be the things that help us become the kind of person that can be of some use in the world.<br /><br />If you want to know what bullying feels like, ask someone who has been there. If you've been bullied, don't let it go to waste, use your time and energy to help people.<br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=f930cc07-4485-49ea-9447-43b6e7e35158" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

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Bullying isn't always done with fists. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I hate to admit this. I was picked on as a child. Left out. Not includ...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/11/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H0x3xLmxTCU">Eastwood High School c/o 2012 Flash Mob - YouTube</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A flashmob at graduation? Oh yes. If you want to smile at kids and what happens in today's interconnected society watch this graduation flashmob. Without social media, I doubt this sort of thing would be possible. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flashmob">flashmob</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/arts_entertainment">arts_entertainment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/www_world">www_world</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/worldonline">worldonline</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://cybraryman.com/diigo.html">Cybraryman Internet Catalogue - Diigo Resourcers</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Jerry Blumengarten (Cybraryman1) has made a list of diigo resources. Many great ones here to follow as well as instructions. I"ll be presenting on Diigo with co-founder Maggie Tsai at ISTE 2012.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/diigo">diigo</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/">Literacy Resources For Parents | Reading Rockets</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Reading rockets has a lot of resources for parents working to help their children improve their reading over the summer. I have a child with dyslexia and each summer, reading is one of our most important things we do. Every day I set the timer and my son and I both get our favorite book and get on the couch and read.I read too. If it is important enough to have him do, it is important enough for me to do too.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reading">reading</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reading_teacher">reading_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/100-Activities-and-Ideas-for-parents-and-kids-to-do-over-the-summer-3007101/">100 Activities and Ideas for parents and kids to do over the summer - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a flyer that you can download and tweak to send home with kids for the summer including 100 things that parents and children can do together to keep children's minds active and learning. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6197063">Child Safety Week - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I think that every school should have a safety week. Discuss the accidents and safety precautions that kids can use to protect themselves. While some schools celebrate "child safety week" in June - this is a great topic when school gets out for the summer or to be run in summer preschools or camps. It is also something that could be scheduled during the month that students return to school. Children should be empowered to protect themselves. Here are some age appropriate ways this is done by schools now.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/safety">safety</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 06/11/2012

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SYRIAN CONFLICT:

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxXRQtaMQPhaeedtrsfl2yCCBLSumy_B_EAmQS1Ro52o2YaZdG9b75uOsugcbytYx9-oBiCfeKd9Bi_P71ks71NDhMMWKjlKQy8ZdqRdREqB3Y7X2XnPd5nljRrhSvM8Rnx0ggXUL_9rp/s1600/bio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxXRQtaMQPhaeedtrsfl2yCCBLSumy_B_EAmQS1Ro52o2YaZdG9b75uOsugcbytYx9-oBiCfeKd9Bi_P71ks71NDhMMWKjlKQy8ZdqRdREqB3Y7X2XnPd5nljRrhSvM8Rnx0ggXUL_9rp/s320/bio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RESULT OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THE LIBYAN EQUATION? </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The USA and its allies clearly underestimated RUSSIA'S and CHINESE persistent pro SYRIAN stance from the beginning of the instigated SYRIAN conflict and thus thought the LIBYAN matrix could be applied for SYRIA. What the USA missed in the equation was that CHINA and RUSSIA never forgave the USA, FRANCE, BRITAIN and the GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL STATES for denying them a share of the post GADDAFI LIBYAN natural resources cake. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CHINA and RUSSIA invested heavily in LIBYAN oil infrastructure and its economy during Gaddafi’s reign, in order to obtain a share of the oil bonanza, only to realize that the USA, FRANCE and BRITAIN had no intention of sharing prosperous oil revenues after the regime change in LIBYA. Learning from mistakes, this time around CHINA and RUSSIA are making sure the LIBYAN scenario is not repeated in SYRIA and keep vetoing any UN Security Council resolution on Syria. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">USEFUL EXCUSE FOR FOREIGN INTERVENTION: SYRIA’S BIO – CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARSENAL?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Even the threat by the USA to circumvent the UN Security Council some way or the other, in order to intervene in SYRIA is not such an easy undertaking and mostly </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">sable-rattling</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">, for it could easily trigger a full out confrontation with RUSSIA and CHINA, the later of the two already weary of Washington’s geostrategic ASIA advance. In view of these developments it becomes understandable that US proxies are beefing up their efforts and “PSY – OPS” tactics to opinionate the public and politicians in order to create excuses as well as justifications for a foreign intervention in SYRIA. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">TACTICIANS TOOLS </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thus the SYRIAN Bio- Chemical warfare card comes in handy. The fact that SYRIA possesses a large amount of Bio- Chemical weapons is nothing new. What has changed however is that the existence of these weapons have until now never been mentioned by the media nor used as a propaganda tool. The same applies for Al Qaida presence in SYRIA. The minute the SYRIAN conflict started it was clear that fundamentalist Islamic groups would infiltrate and intervene. But because of the veto on foreign interventions by CHINA and RUSSIA, the USA and its allies now, more than a year into the conflict, beef up their serious concern over Al Qaida infiltration in SYRIA and the possibility of Bio Chemical weapons falling into the hands of Islamic terrorist groups.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For more info see: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-feasts-and-rites-of-confusion.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-feasts-and-rites-of-confusion.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In view of these facts one either has to assume the foreign entities who instigated the SYRIAN conflict are fully aware of the consequences and consider the infiltration of Al Qaida and other Fundamental Islamic terror groups as well as possible deployment of Bio – Chemical warfare in the conflict a calculated risk in order to achieve their objective, or these entities are indeed naive enough as well as ignorant to think that a regime change in SYRIA will bring prosperity, democracy peace and harmony in the region.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Continue reading posting below: <b style="color: blue;">SYRIA’S BIO – CHEMICAL WARFARE THREAT? LEGITIMATE, OR A WELCOME EXCUSE FOR US INTERVENTION? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><br /></div>

SYRIAN CONFLICT:

RESULT OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THE LIBYAN EQUATION? The USA and its allies clearly underestimated RUSSIA'S and CHINESE persistent pro SYRIA...

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SYRIA

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SYRIA’S BIO – CHEMICAL WARFARE THREAT? LEGITIMATE, OR A WELCOME EXCUSE FOR US INTERVENTION? </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> numerous times claimed that SYRIA’S Bio – Chemical warfare arsenal bears a real threat to both, the WEST and the internal struggle. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> wrote in March 2012 already two articles. For further details see: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syrian-missiles-will-pre-empt-any.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/syrian-missiles-will-pre-empt-any.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/given-fact-syria-does-possess-chemical.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/03/given-fact-syria-does-possess-chemical.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If indeed the entire SYRIAN conflict was instigated by foreign entities, as it seems increasingly likely, one has to seriously question these countries on their geo - strategic and geopolitical analytical abilities as well as inefficient intelligence gathering capabilities, otherwise they would have known the outcome of the current conflict in SYRIA. On the other hand, DEBKAfiles article shown below, on Chemical warfare can also be viewed as a propaganda tool to justify foreign intervention in the conflict. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/iran.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/iran.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHEMICAL WARFARE FEARED RAISING ITS HEAD IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Via DEBKA<i>file</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i> </i> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tehran pumped out a report Early Sunday June 10 accusing SYRIAN rebels of arming themselves with chemical weapons originating in LIBYA and acquiring training in their use from an unknown source in their use. The report sent shudders of alarm through WESTERN capitals and ISRAEL and fears that Tehran and Damascus were preparing the ground for the Assad regime to resort to chemical warfare to finally crush its foes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TALKING OPENLY ABOUT BIO – CHEMICAL WARFARE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IRAN claimed, “Any report released on the SYRIAN Army’s alleged use of the chemical weapons is meant to pave the ground for the terrorists to use these weapons against the people and accuse the SYRIAN army and government of that crime.”<br />Three days earlier, on June 7, SYRIAN rebel sources charged that the SYRIAN air force planes had dropped poisonous substances over Deraa, Hama and Idlib which knocked people unconscious. This later proved unfounded.<br />Western military sources watching SYRIA’S flashpoint areas warn that the fact that both sides of the conflict are now talking openly about chemical warfare attests to their seriously getting ready for this deadly escalation - and the ultimate game-changer. If they indeed go through with it, say sources Washington, EUROPEAN capitals, Riyadh and Jerusalem, US President Barack Obama cannot possibly stick to his refusal to take military steps in SYRIA and will have to step in with limited force to stop the escalating horror.<br />In that case, the US would almost certainly be joined by SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR and possibly other Arab nations.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">COMMENT BY GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: Are those alleged Bio – Chemical threats “leaked” to the media the base for justifying the launch of a military intervention in Syria by US, SAUDI ARABIAN and QATAR coalition forces? A goal the three of them have pursued since they allegedly instigated the turmoil in SYRIA in the first place? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Official spokesmen in the West, Moscow and the UN are still warning that SYRIA is on the verge of civil war, refusing to admit that a sectarian war which they failed to avert is already fully fledged – certainly between Sunni Muslims and Assad’s Allawite minority.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">COMMENT BY GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING: </span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This is not a conflict between SUNNI and ALLAWITES but SUNNI versus SHIITES. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CLASH OF FAITHS</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Christians are also involved because some members of that community occupy high-ranking positions in the military command. Defense minister Dawoud Rajiha, who manages government action against the revolt, is a Christian.<br />The conflict is no longer clear-cut between the SYRIAN army and the various armed rebel groups. The al Houla massacre in the last week of May was a tragic turning-point:  Armed groups of Alawites and Sunnis living in the same neighborhoods are now turning on each other. Their battles go largely unreported. One of the most disastrous episodes of this kind erupted last week between Sunni and Alawite neighbors in Latakia. Many parts of southern, eastern and northern SYRIA had consequently spiraled out of control of military and security forces. WESTERN and ISRAELI military sources report that regional commanders and the general staff in Damascus have lost track of the violence plaguing those regions and more massacres on the scale of al-Houla and Al Qubeir are feared.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The rebel SYRIAN National Council’s choice of a KURDISH exile Abdel Basset Sayda Saturday as its new head is a bad omen: More than a step toward resolving the differences among the various factions and unifying ranks, the appointment brings the KURDISH community, one-fifth of the SYRIAN population, squarely into the revolt. SYRIAN KURDS have stayed out of it until now.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">COMMENT BY GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING: </span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If indeed the KURDS are now also involved, it will be interesting to see how TURKEY will react to the new situation. TURKEY so far has been playing a double edged sword policy regarding SYRIA and showcased serious concerns on SYRIA’S KURDISH stance.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A major concern for Jerusalem was sparked by recent comments in IRANIAN Revolutionary Guards publications. Friday and Saturday, the official IRGC mouthpiece <i>Mashregh </i>quoted a warning by Brig. Gen. Massoud Jazaeri that in the event of any WESTERN or ARAB force interfering in SYRIA, Assad’s allies in the resistance “would ensure that aggressors do not survive the conflict. The Zionist regime and the interests of the enemies of SYRIA are all within range of resistance fire.”<br />Saturday night, RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov underlined Moscow’s hard line on SYRIA: “Moscow would support the departure of President Bashar al-Assad, but only if SYRIANS agreed to it,” he stressed. He ruled out outside force and sanctions against the regime and proposed another international conference.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />Moscow has now ranged itself solidly behind Assad and the pyramid that keeps him in power – family, Alawites and the top military echelon. Even if the ruler was himself ousted in a coup by his own army, the general who seized power could count on RUSSIAN backing.<br />SYRIA endured another day of slaughter Saturday with the numbers of dead in double digits and the Red Cross warning that more than a million Syrians are in dire need of aid. The SYRIAN tragedy is more intractable than ever.</span></span></div>

SYRIA

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Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/11/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6243992">In the news - Euro 2012 - Controversy and Protest - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">For those using Euro 2012 (as I blogged about yesterday) as a teachable event for global competency and literacy or current events, here is some more information about the controversy surrounding Euro 2012. Human rights/ racism -- these are all things that are being discussed around this tournament that sweeps Europe like "March Madness" sweeps the USA in March. Here are some lesson plans and information about this.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sports">sports</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 06/11/2012

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SA teachers–would you like to join SchoolNet’s free short online Google Docs course?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />Google Docs is a very versatile suite that can be used on a PC, Mac, tablet or iPad. This month SchoolNetSA is offering a free short online course introducing Google Docs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8U-d7Ldq8lLLtcTbNCf3U115DTHZCQYoQr2qfrwxSjfffHmUY0lzWFA4UyYZ5YNc4T-j2GX0xYJh1kpwB5dg33EOrhHld_60zQ061gg2Q7h2W7xNy3LfMcThOyVhHK0wYD022lbXP1Zs/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOuw_vzYDWycDkeyqrjNewOlcFcDRhVfh_bBJ6qPduvfPKriz6XjEQ8XMraUhWcLhZJHN7UMl9N_-pv32YJVlUOxWMLHLUkqIQrxrKKEs42wAmg_Ck_JlmkityFQaITi1Ly_PpOENIXrQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br />The suggested outline is: <br /><u>Week 1</u> (beginning 8 June) <br /><i>Getting started with Google Docs </i><br /><br /><u>Week 2</u> (beginning 11 June): <br />a)<i> Google forms are incredible </i><br />b) <i>Create and share a presentation using Google Docs </i><br /><br /><u>Week 3</u> (beginning 18 June): <br /><i>Tips and tricks with Google Docs</i> <br /><br />This course is supported by 'how to' webinars and offers a Certificate of Participation from SchoolNet if certain requirements are met. Please fill in the form below if you would like to join us. You will then be sent an email directing you to the course platform. <br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/schoolnet.org.za/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHA5UXBubVRtVEd6bVFFalNYOHktUmc6MQ#gid=0">Sign up for the Google Docs course here</a><br /><br />The course is arranged in such a way that you can easily catch up if you start late. If you are not a premium member of SchoolNet (a free membership to South African educators), please also go to <a href="http://edn.schoolnet.org.za/">http://edn.schoolnet.org.za/</a> and register as a SchoolNet premium member which will put you on our mailing list and keep you updated on all our various technology-integration opportunities. Simply follow the prompts and choose 'other' if there are any queries. </div>

Free online courses SA teachers–would you like to join SchoolNet’s free short online Google Docs course?

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/10/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomySearchResults.aspx?mode=browse¶metrics=52108,52188,52192">Whole School: Parents and community: Supporting learning at home teaching resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A list of ideas and information to send home to parents to help their children learn over the summer. There are some gems here that you can use with parents to send them over the summer. Some of them might be great to include in the summer letter many teachers send parents for the children they'll be teaching next year.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/homeschooling">homeschooling</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/100-Activities-and-Ideas-for-parents-and-kids-to-do-over-the-summer-3007101/">100 Activities and Ideas for parents and kids to do over the summer - Resources - TES</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a flyer that you can download and tweak to send home with kids for the summer including 100 things that parents and children can do together to keep children's minds active and learning. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 06/10/2012

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IRAN

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font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHKoGSgEhRU47N0jatiI3wNMZw_51gwS4uaBsLVbqNMuuuklGtpalxpbuCrcESQ0DPNmo21SlomsXpKpQq4TYc3QymVszCKFc34pJahbdtb69D0hpyKqWNk7Ljt34_OLOj3Yieao4x1L4/s1600/IRAN+NUCLEAR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHKoGSgEhRU47N0jatiI3wNMZw_51gwS4uaBsLVbqNMuuuklGtpalxpbuCrcESQ0DPNmo21SlomsXpKpQq4TYc3QymVszCKFc34pJahbdtb69D0hpyKqWNk7Ljt34_OLOj3Yieao4x1L4/s320/IRAN+NUCLEAR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt;">IRANS ATOMPROGRAMM:SÄBELRASSELN SEIT 1979</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Via Der Standard von Stefan Binder</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ein Blick ins Archiv zeigt: Die Warnungen vor den atomaren Bestrebungen des Iran sind so alt wie das Atomprogramm selbst</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Der Iran gibt sich gar keine Mühe, seine atomaren Ambitionen zu verbergen. Einer der führenden Politiker in Teheran, Ayatollah Mohadscherani, sagte jüngst: 'Die Moslems müssen ihre Zusammenarbeit fortsetzen und ihre eigene Atombombe produzieren, denn der Feind hat Nuklearwaffen.'"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Zeilen entstammen einem STANDARD-Bericht vom Jänner - allerdings nicht 2012, sondern aus dem Jahr 1993.  Schon damals schränkte der Redakteur jedoch ein: "Fachleute glauben aber, daß der Iran noch gut zehn Jahre braucht, um dieses Ziel zu erreichen."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das iranische Nuklearprogramm ist dieser Tage wieder in aller Munde. Warnungen, die Islamische Republik könnte Nuklearwaffen bauen, sind jedoch so alt wie die Islamische Republik selbst. Manchmal sogar älter.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F15F73459137B93C0A81788D85F418785F9" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">"Nuklearer Iran?"</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, fragt die "</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">New York Times</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">" bereits 1975, als in Persien noch Shah Reza Pahlavi regiert. Eine Frage, die der Shah - damals Verbündeter des Westens - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A15FA3559147A93C7AB178DD85F408785F9" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">vehement verneint</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch die Berichte über die Atom-Ambitionen sorgen für Unruhe in den Medien, der Sturz des Shahs und die Einführung der Islamischen Republik verschrecken den Westen. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50616F9355C12728DDDA80894D0405B898BF1D3" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Deutschland kündigt Verträge auf</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, die den Bau von zwei Nuklearreaktoren vorsehen. Nach der Geiselnahme von amerikanischen Botschaftsmitarbeitern schließt sich auch </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20617FF3E5C12728DDDAB0A94DA415B898BF1D3" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Frankreich Sanktionen des Westens an</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Trotz des gewaltsamen Sturzes, der US-Botschaftserstürmung und der Einführung der Islamischen Republik gibt es verglichen mit späteren Jahrzehnten in den Medien wenige Warnungen vor Nuklear-Ambitionen des Iran. Stattdessen beschäftigt der Krieg mit dem Irak das Regime in Teheran und die Medien.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">90er Jahre - Iran als "größte Bedrohung" für Israel</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das ändert sich in den 90er Jahren. Die </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/31/world/report-says-iran-seeks-atomic-arms.html" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">"New York Times" berichtet</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> nach der Fertigstellung eines Berichts der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde (IAEO) im Oktober 1991, dass einige Mitglieder des iranischen Regimes die "Absicht haben, Nuklearwaffen zu entwickeln". Besonders China, das Wissenschaftler in den Iran geschickt hat, um iranische Ingenieure auszubilden, macht amerikanischen Regierungsvertretern Sorgen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Atommacht Iran?", fragt DER STANDARD am 28. Februar 1992. "Mit dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion hat der Iran eine diplomatische Offensive zu seinen neuen islamischen Nachbarstaaten begonnen, die furchtsame Geister bereits von einer neuen Großmacht im Nahen Osten träumen läßt. Das Schreckgespenst eines Mullah-Regimes entsteht, das mit Hilfe sowjetischer Technologie bald über Atomwaffen verfügt." Der damalige CIA-Direktor und spätere Verteidigungsminister Robert Gates nennt das iranische Atomprogramm vor einem Kongressausschuss ein "ernstes Problem", DER STANDARD berichtet jedoch im August 1992, dass laut einer CIA-Untersuchung der "Iran bis jetzt noch sicher keine Einrichtungen zur Produktion von Atomwaffen" besitzt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Für Israel, das in den 80er Jahren noch den Irak als großes Problem ansah und den Nuklearreaktor in Osirak angriff, stellt die Islamische Republik zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits den "Feind Nummer eins" dar, wie der ehemalige Mossad-Agent Joseph Alpher der </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/08/weekinreview/the-world-israel-focuses-on-the-threat-beyond-the-arabs-in-iran.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">"New York Times"</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> sagt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1995 - Eskalation der Warnungen</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1995 ist die Besorgnis über Russlands Lieferungen atomarer Technologie in den Iran das dominierende Thema. Die USA äußern Befürchtungen, dass die iranischen Atomanlangen dem Land ermöglichen würden, Uran anzureichern und Atombomben herzustellen. Der damalige russische Präsident Boris Jelzin beruhigt: "Im Iran wird nur ein Atomkraftwerk mit Leichtwasserreaktoren zur friedlichen Nutzung gebaut." Es werde nicht zur Lieferung einer Gaszentrifuge und damit zusammenhängender Anlagen kommen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">US-Präsident Clinton zeigt sich über die Lösung zufrieden - öffentlich. Denn hinter den Kulissen wächst die Besorgnis. In einem </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/world/iran-may-be-able-build-atomic-bomb-5-years-us-israeli-officials-fear.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">"New York Times"-Artikel aus dem Jahr 1995</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> warnen Vertreter der amerikanischen und israelischen Regierung davor, dass der Iran näher an der Herstellung von Nuklearwaffen ist, "als man bisher geglaubt hat". Der Iran werde in weniger als zehn Jahren Nuklearwaffen besitzen. Israelische Vertreter warnen, dass man einen Angriff in Betracht ziehen müsse, falls das Atomprogramm nicht gestoppt werde.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Als der Iran versucht, an Material und Technologie für die Herstellung von Mittel- und Langstreckenraketen zu gelangen, vervielfachen sich Artikel über das iranische Waffen- und Atomprogramm. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/25/world/iran-nearly-got-a-missile-alloy-from-russians.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">1998 berichtet die "New York Times" erstmals</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> über die Herstellung der Shahab-3-Langstreckenrakete, die eine Reichweite von 800 Meilen (rund 1.300 Kilometer) haben sollen. Vor allem die russischen Materiallieferungen beunruhigen die Amerikaner: Unter anderem stoppen auch die österreichische Behörden eine Lieferung von Material, das zur Herstellung von Gefechtsköpfen verwendet werden kann. In einem </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/bm-threat.htm" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Bericht an den US-Kongress 1998</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> warnt der ehemalige Verteidigungsminister Donald Rumsfeld, dass der Iran Technologie und Material für eine Interkontinentalrakete bauen könnte, die fünf Jahre nach Erwerb einsatzfähig wäre und die USA bedrohen könnte.</span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 50.0%;" width="50%"><br /></td> <td style="padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; width: 50.0%;" width="50%"><br /></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Einzelnachweise</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A15FA3559147A93C7AB178DD85F408785F9" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Iran Says She Has No Intention To Develop Nuclear Weapons" - The New York Times, 25. Juni 1974</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F15F73459137B93C0A81788D85F418785F9" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Nuclear Iran?" - The New York Times, 12. März 1975</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50616F9355C12728DDDA80894D0405B898BF1D3" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Bonn Concern Ends Iran Nuclear Pact" - The New York Times, 1. August 1979</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20617FF3E5C12728DDDAB0A94DA415B898BF1D3" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Iran Freeze Is Upheld In France; Freeze on Iran Nuclear Stake" - The New York Times, 22. Dezember 1979</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">90er Jahre</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/31/world/report-says-iran-seeks-atomic-arms.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Report Says Iran Seeks Atomic Arms" - The New York Times, 31. Oktober 1991 </span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/08/weekinreview/the-world-israel-focuses-on-the-threat-beyond-the-arabs-in-iran.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Israel Focuses on the Threat Beyond the Arabs in Iran" - The New York Times, 8. November 1992</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1995 - Eskalation und Warnungen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/world/iran-may-be-able-build-atomic-bomb-5-years-us-israeli-officials-fear.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Iran May Be Able to Build an Atomic Bomb in 5 Years, U.S. and Israeli Officials Fear" - The New York Times, 5. Jänner 1995</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/25/world/iran-nearly-got-a-missile-alloy-from-russians.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Iran Nearly Got A Missile Alloy From Russians" - The New York Times, 25. April 1998</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/bm-threat.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Executive Summary of the Report of the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat To The United States", 15. Juli 1998</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2000/walpole_missile_092200.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Iranian Ballistic Missile, WMD Threat to the US" - cia.gov, 21. </span><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">September 2000</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2002 - Die Achse des Bösen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://derstandard.at/1862296" target="_self"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Powell: Iran baut "ohne Zweifel" an Atomwaffen - derStandard.at, 23. </span><span style="color: blue;">November 2004</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/international/middleeast/13nukes.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Relying on Computer, U.S. Seeks to Prove Iran's Nuclear Aims - The New York Times, 13. November 2005</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/international/20051113iran.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Iran's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: Cycle A Pattern of Peaceful Intent? - Powerpoint-Präsentation, als PDF auf nytimes.com zum Download</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2006 - Zweifel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/17/060417fa_fact#ixzz1wp12OmDF" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"The Iran Plans" - The New Yorker, 17. </span><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">April 2006</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/10/060710fa_fact#ixzz1wp3irsdD" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">"Last Stand" - The New Yorker, 10. Juli 2006  <br /></span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,440633,00.html" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">"Iran will Touristen in Atomanlagen lassen" - Spiegel Online, 4. Oktober 2006</span></a><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/10/060710fa_fact#ixzz1wp3irsdD" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;"><br /></span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2009 - Obama und Verhandlungen</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2009_rpt/iran.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">"Iran: Where We Are Today" - A Report To The Committee On Foreign Relations United States Senate, 4. </span><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Mai 2009</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://derstandard.at/1259281945711/Clinton-Politik-der-ausgestreckten-Hand-bisher-ein-Fehlschlag" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Clinton: Politik der ausgestreckten Hand bisher "ein Fehlschlag" - derStandard.at, 15. </span><span style="color: blue;">Dezember 2009</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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