"The Misfits" and Me - by Christian Esquevin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiIwo8gIUjDDFDjX7SfDjk0XgeN20nQZVO_DJRcpnnoBZ0Wbp5lT9IcNepoyXiuwQkVARIHSyEGT5r9_g6sOTm-7fUt9ECXluaOQ8gVyYca3GU6H7lRaCZ49_Ron822aYrZwgOVbue50j/s1600/Misfits+Title+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiIwo8gIUjDDFDjX7SfDjk0XgeN20nQZVO_DJRcpnnoBZ0Wbp5lT9IcNepoyXiuwQkVARIHSyEGT5r9_g6sOTm-7fUt9ECXluaOQ8gVyYca3GU6H7lRaCZ49_Ron822aYrZwgOVbue50j/s320/Misfits+Title+card.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span id="goog_2054845030"></span><span id="goog_2054845031"></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where does the first step begin on a journey to fate? For me it was sometime in August of 1960, just a kid on a camping trip with his parents and their friends. Lake Tahoe was the destination, with side trips to Squaw Valley, Reno, Carson City, and Virginia City, Nevada. Little did I know, nor anyone else in our little party, that we would run into the production of <i>The Misfits</i>, starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Montgomery Clift, as directed by John Huston. It was clear from the entourage around Gable and Marilyn that this was a very big deal. And my father reinforced this message with his excited exclamation, “there’s Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable!” although he probably uttered this in French, my parents’ and their friends’ native language. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My recollections of this event are from the mists of time, and likely distorted by accretions of images and later reflections on the significance of the occasion, and the powerful warping auras of the stars themselves. As a kid turning twelve I was already highly aware of the significance of stardom. We did after all live very close to Hollywood, and in those days before paparazzi, seeing stars was not uncommon. But seeing Marilyn and Clark Gable at work was like entering the stratosphere. My best recollection of the scene was that it was taking place in a casino in Reno, likely Harrah’s Club. Production personnel were orbiting around the magic couple.  An aura emanated from Marilyn. In spite of the effects on her of nerves or drugs, which I wouldn’t have known anything about, she was glowing from the lights and the sheen of her platinum blonde hair. I don’t believe a scene was being filmed at the moment, since she seemed to be smiling and basking in the rapt attention of the small audience that was there, of which we were a part. Clark Gable was smiling too, though in a sort of cool, smirky way, aging, but still the king of the jungle. I couldn’t see their figures very well, and I was old enough to know that Marilyn’s figure was very special. But with the big stars, then and now, “we had faces” was all-important, and with these two in particular, their very unique faces reverberated in the room.  I had a particular affinity to Clark Gable. I grew up with prominent ears, the cause of a childhood complex, and my father would always tell me that this physical feature was what made Clark Gable famous. I believed him, and as a chubby kid with a funny name, I believed in the possibility that there was hope for me yet. Seeing Clark Gable in person might just provide that twist of fate that would correct my negative self-image. “See what I mean,” my father said to reinforce his message. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That perception of Clark Gable, directly seen and experienced, provided me the kind of connection that seems magically possible to children; a more direct connection than just seeing him on the screen, as I had done, during a re-release of <i>Gone with the Wind</i>.  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItYQGtuLczgMlZ7q53mi1i-LIJMdZpt1U_nNeVUgL0sFM4ALiQyXc-AgXr8OKQnMW4zkJtNbHmwBjEt_76H4VgK5OKBGE5WLuIYLPxDHw5GoVxY-jPUHxr4pdV3igEMJ9qa3oGCFArTZy/s1600/Misfits++Gable+Monroe+Clift+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItYQGtuLczgMlZ7q53mi1i-LIJMdZpt1U_nNeVUgL0sFM4ALiQyXc-AgXr8OKQnMW4zkJtNbHmwBjEt_76H4VgK5OKBGE5WLuIYLPxDHw5GoVxY-jPUHxr4pdV3igEMJ9qa3oGCFArTZy/s400/Misfits++Gable+Monroe+Clift+2.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marilyn seemed even more magical. Here in real life and in plain sight she still seemed ethereal. Perhaps it was that very quality that made people, especially men, want to possess her, and somehow to hold onto a cloud. She was the embodiment of contradiction, an ethereal, almost angelic image that was hotly desired for her earthly body, and that most famous of movie stars, capable of moving mountains, yet unable to control her own life or emotions. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally we moved away from all the action, onward to seeing other sights, me looking backward at the marvel just beheld. Alas, the whole scene was destined to be an ethereal vision. Clark Gable, “the King” died of a heart attack three months later in November 1960. <i>The Misfits </i>premiered in February 1961, to mixed reviews.  Then my father died on June 5, 1962 and Marilyn Monroe died two months after that on August 5, 1962, now fifty years ago.  How could these giants just disappear? My own fate had indeed led me to <i>The Misfits</i>, a rendezvous with the realization that I too might become one.  Marilyn’s star now shines ever more brightly, a testament to film and the power of image. We continue to try to hold onto a cloud.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Misfits</i><b><i> </i></b>was not a hit in 1961. No one then knew, of course, that it would be the last film that both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe would ever star in, nor that Montgomery Clift would also die five years later. The audience wasn’t ready for this modern, existential film in 1961. Its reputation, because of all its baggage, doomed it to the “missed opportunity,” or “underrated film” category. Today it is being rediscovered. <i>The Misfits </i>is not a fun film to watch, its barren landscape parallels its wounded characters. But it is a true reflection of the human condition, and for film buffs, a unique view into the life of several movie legends. For me, it was a rendezvous with destiny – an opportunity to see those legendary stars before they faded, and the passion to now write about them and the world they lived in, a world I briefly transited.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrbS6lbklQqeH6FactUhHt8figZNXA07rIkyqTFNuWdaPJuaRdQjNSZVNqGCvizjUqrkuZwW3yBWo6mQfvYmGwYkC2AnlYNIDaLgAnuiIPrHc1GMPkbh1X27rR2EnyMJj6SwdLziJWg_a/s1600/Misfits+Marilyn+and+Gable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrbS6lbklQqeH6FactUhHt8figZNXA07rIkyqTFNuWdaPJuaRdQjNSZVNqGCvizjUqrkuZwW3yBWo6mQfvYmGwYkC2AnlYNIDaLgAnuiIPrHc1GMPkbh1X27rR2EnyMJj6SwdLziJWg_a/s320/Misfits+Marilyn+and+Gable.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Christian Esquevin</b> is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adrian-Silver-Screen-Custom-Label/dp/1580931936/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325219252&sr=8-1" style="color: #990000;">Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label</a>, published by the Monacelli Press in 2008. The book is about the life and career of MGM’s famed Golden Age costume designer Gilbert Adrian and his subsequent fashion business. Christian also produces his <a href="http://www.silverscreenmodiste.com/" style="color: #990000;">Silver Screen Modiste</a> blog covering classic film fashion. This is Christian's third guest contribution to this blog, and for each piece I am eternally grateful...</i></span><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">TLE</span></span></i></div>

Christian Esquevin Clark Gable John Huston Marilyn Monroe Montgomery Clift Silver Screen Modiste "The Misfits" and Me - by Christian Esquevin

Where does the first step begin on a journey to fate? For me it was sometime in August of 1960, just a kid on a camping trip with his parent...

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I Am So Sad. Winter Olympics, Please Come Quickly!

<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Main Blurb </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Blahblah Closing Ceremony blahblah basketball game blahblah DID YOU SEE THAT VOLLEYBALL GOLD MEDAL MATCH? I really hope you didn’t just tune in for the basketball game and then delete the rest of the recording. Because that was a brilliant gold medal volleyball match played by the Russians. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">To get you up to speed, the Russian men’s team was playing Brazil in the match. Brazil, whose women’s team had already won gold the day before, quickly went up two sets to none. As a matter of fact, Brazil had Gold Medal Match Point <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">twice</i>! But the Russians wouldn’t quit. Their coach changed up all of their positions, and the Brazilians weren’t prepared for that. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Russia made it a late set, but won the third set. Now they were down two sets to one. Brazil just had to win the fourth set and they’d be champions. Did they do it? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No!</i> They lost the fourth set! Giant player Dmitriy Muserskiy – who could be the younger brother of Noah Emmerich – was crushing the ball, and the one-named Brazilians (one of which – Murilo – is a cross between Alan Tudyk and Josh Hutcherson) couldn’t handle it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The fifth set is a shorter set – they only play to 15. And even then, the Brazilians were crushed. They couldn’t do anything. The Russians – who had already come back from match point in round-robin play against the Americans to win – knew how to play the match, and they conquered. I was really in awe of that match – it was probably the best volleyball I saw all Olympics!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mini Blurbs</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">I did watch the entire US-Spain basketball game, and at the end I really didn’t know who was going to win it! I fully believe that the US may not win the gold medal next time around. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I also watched the entire marathon. I was disappointed that Mebrahtom Keflezighi<span style="color: black;">, who had</span> been a silver medalist in 2004 for the US, placed in a distant fourth place. The other two Americans dropped out. Don’t they condition themselves to run in those conditions? They’re marathoners, aren’t they? I could have ran the marathon and dropped out after a few miles! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I got to see some team rhythmic gymnastics, and there were some high flying equipment going around! One of the teams laid out the three ribbons, put them through a hoop, and the gymnast kicked the hoop into the air, causing the three ribbons to fly up…into the hands of the three gymnasts who knew <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">exactly</i> where the ends were going to land! Unbelievable! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Instead of Where’s Kobe? The past couple of days it’s been Where’s Becks? On Friday David Beckham was spotted watching BMX, and on Saturday he was at the Olympic Stadium for the men’s 5000m and at the Aquatics Centre for diving. And in other celebrity news, Arnold Schwarzenegger was at the gold medal baskeball game today. Why? Beats me! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Small side note: I purchased the Opening Ceremony music on iTunes, and the entire second disc is the music that was played when the athletes marched into the stadium that night. It’s 1 hour and 20 minutes of awesome remixed music. I could see myself walking into the Olympic Stadium with that kind of music. Usually I am turned off to that kind of music (“club” music), but I like this mix. I think you should check it out! If I ever need to pull an all-nighter (kind of what I’m doing right now trying to finish this blog!), I will put on that disc to keep me awake. And it will make me think of the Olympics, which is always great.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I did enjoy the Closing Ceremonies this evening. There was lots of variety, and I liked all the British music they chose. The Brazilian contingency was a little odd, but it always is a little jarring to have a bright culture like that thrust upon you after two weeks of Brit culture. I remember feeling that way during the Closing Ceremony in Beijing. When the Brits did their little thing, it was a culture-180 in a very short amount of time.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Did you know Prince Harry’s formal title is HRH Prince <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Henry</i> of Wales? Because I sure didn’t! It was cool to see him as the leading royal figure in the Closing Ceremony. But I’ve always been a Prince Harry kind of gal, so...</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">And how about Boris Johnson? The London mayor was caught by the camera really boogieing to The Spice Girls during the Closing Ceremony. He’s quite a character, that one. (To be fair, who wasn't boogieing to The Spice Girls? The girl group of my grade school years!)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So the Olympic Anthem was sung once again, and the Olympic flag was taken down. That always chokes me up. But then they <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">had</i> to play “The John Dunbar Theme” from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dances with Wolves</i> as the flame was extinguished. And I was a royal mess, because that single trumpet melody gets to me <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anyway</i>, and in these special circumstances I was a goner. Ugh, it’s always so sad to see that flame go out. Britain chose to use a phoenix and ballerinas and precede the actual dousing of the torch with large fanfare. Personally, my favorite extinguishing of the flame was in 2010, when all they did was have Neil Young sing “Long May You Run” with his guitar and his harmonica and the flame just went out. Very simple, and very effective. Though this was effective, too. I was crying, so whatever they did worked.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Of course, then NBC had to ruin my tear-fest and barely had Bob Costas wrap things up before launching into one of their terrible new shows, “Animal Practice.” I wasn’t expecting that, so I never got to see The Who perform (one of my favorite bands) and see the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">actual </i>ending of the Olympics. And way long ago I remember NBC doing some really great closing montages to the song “Titans Spirit” from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Remember the Titans</i>. But nothing here! They blew it AGAIN – I remember complaining in 2010 when they did the same thing. Don’t they ever learn?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I really hope that NBC can brush up its coverage and show a more worldly coverage next time around. They are so American-driven most of the time that we miss out on so much. If you can, watch BBC or Canadian television for your Olympics. I wish that I could.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Summer Blurb: The End</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">And just like that, two weeks have ended. The hype is done – now we celebrate the athletes that actually came out and won their events. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Can you believe we just spent two whole weeks talking completely about sports? I pretty much ignored every other news story going on and maintained my blissful ignorance. Sports is really the glue that keeps us all together. It brings in nations from every corner of the world, and for a brief moment we can set aside our political and cultural differences and just play sports together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Sports! Occasionally revered way too much, but sometimes just the right thing to set us all back in our place. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As a matter of fact, the Olympics have really soured me on a few things here in the States. Take football, for example. Every year the football hype train comes earlier and earlier. I can’t find any magazines that talk about the Olympics, but I can find fifteen fantasy football magazines. Not just football magazines – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">FANTASY </i>football magazines! Preseason games that get ratings equal to that of normal games. Media covering football camp like it’s the Super Bowl. (I’m talking about you, ESPN.) Every busted thumb gets fifteen minutes in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sportscenter</i>. Can’t we wait for the real season to start before we all start freaking out? It’s probably the Olympics-buzz in me, but I am really sick of it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">So as I turn from gleeful Olympics lover to pessimist American sports hater, I guess that means I need to step back and take a break for a little bit. I need to get my bearings again, so I can return to normal American sports and not feel so lethargic about them. But I can strive to keep the good Olympics buzz going, because <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Winter Olympics are only 18 months away!!</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Winter Blurb: Countdown to Sochi 2014</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Can you believe it? In a year-and-a-half, we can return to this Blurb page and get our daily fix of the Olympics again! NBC already was talking about it today, and for once I was excited that they were! Think about it: figure skating, hockey, skiing, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">curling</i>, and twelve – yes, twelve! – new events! Snowboarding and extreme skiing are adding new events, which can only be a good thing! Plus, SCOTT HAMILTON!!! Because let’s face it: Rowdy Gaines and Tim Daggett are just Scott Hamilton wannabes. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Put it on your calendar, folks: The Blurb will reconvene on Friday, February 7, 2014 to celebrate the opening of the Winter Olympics! Only 542 days, 19 hours, 41 minutes, and 44 seconds!!!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much for reading the past couple of weeks. I have gotten so much traffic from my Olympics posts, and hopefully I can keep posting weekly so you can come back for a different perspective on sports... and other stuff!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

I Am So Sad. Winter Olympics, Please Come Quickly!

The Main Blurb Blahblah Closing Ceremony blahblah basketball game blahblah DID YOU SEE THAT VOLLEYBALL GOLD MEDAL MATCH? I really hope you d...

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Today's archidose #607

Here are some photos of the Apartments at the end of Borneo Island in Amsterdam, the Netherlands by <a href="http://www.dickvangameren.nl/">Dick van Gameren</a> and <a href="http://www.search.nl/">Bjarne Mastenbroek</a> (1999). Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/">asli aydin</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/7751039790/" title="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam" height="494" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/7751039790_e93e8bf0fd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/7751039530/" title="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam" height="571" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7751039530_28bf6d17c4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/7748509438/" title="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7748509438_a397aed1c7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asli_aydin/7748510298/" title="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam by asli aydin, on Flickr"><img alt="Apartment at the end of Borneo Island, Amsterdam" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7748510298_3e055fe3ca_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #607

Here are some photos of the Apartments at the end of Borneo Island in Amsterdam, the Netherlands by Dick van Gameren and Bjarne Mastenbroek...

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A Diving Final that Deserved its Primetime Spot

<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Main Blurb</b><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Diving is Chinese. The Chinese are diving. When you watch diving, you hear about the latest Chinese phenom. And more than likely, that Chinese phenom takes the gold medal. There are eight diving events. In Beijing, the Chinese delegation won seven of those golds. The only non-Chinese gold was won by Australian Matt Mitcham in the men’s 10m platform, the Olympics’ final diving event. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This Olympics was slightly different. The Chinese dominated in the golds again, but before the 10m platform, another non-Chinese Olympian took gold. Ilya Zakharov of Russia won the men’s 3m springboard with a huge amount of difficult dives.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">And – finally! – in the diving Olympics, the divers to watch in the 10m platform were not Chinese. Well, there was one Chinese diver in contention – Qin Bo. But the other two divers in the spotlight – Great Britain’s Tom Daley and USA’s David Boudia – were able to step up and make this final the most exciting final in diving that I’d seen.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As I mentioned yesterday, diving was usually the opening hour of NBC’s primetime coverage. I don’t really know why; it usually had the same result: we’d watch the Americans do decent dives, miss the final or place low in the rankings, and see a Chinese person take the gold. I felt that there were so many other events that they could have shown in that first hour instead of diving. Do that many people in America care that much about diving? Is it like the gymnastics of water events that I just don’t know about? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I was glad to see that tonight’s diving event actually was interesting. Entering the final round of dives, the top three divers (who I’ve already mentioned) were only separated by less than two tenths of a point. Scoring in diving almost seems as confusing as scoring in the decathlon, but I trusted the judges tonight that they knew how to do it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tom Daley came first. Tom Daley, Team GB’s sweetheart. He was in the lead entering the sixth round. But because his dive had a lesser degree of difficulty, his score would total less than Qin’s or Boudia’s dive totals. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Boudia came next. He was favored to be the States’ greatest bet for a medal in diving (before the Americans took silver in women’s synchro springboard and bronze in men’s synchro springboard), and the fact that he was diving so well this evening was just Boudia living up to the expectations. His final dive was superb. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Qin Bo was last, with a lot to live up to. He needed to have the perfect dive in order to win the gold. Unfortunately for him, his dive came up just short. He passed Daley but couldn’t beat Boudia, who took the first diving gold for the States since 2000 and the first in the men’s platform since 1988! The top three divers were separated by three tenths of a point. Incredible.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m really hoping that American diving can improve just as much as in all the diving events and challenge the Chinese in every event. We did pretty well this time around (especially tonight), and hopefully we can carry the success onward to 2016.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Speaking of improvements…</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Blurb’s Presentations of American Athletes that Need to Step Up Next Time Around (TBPAANSUNTA, for short)</b></u><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>All men’s team events. This includes water polo, volleyball, beach volleyball, and why don’t we throw in handball and field hockey, too. Hopefully the basketball team will deliver tomorrow.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Men’s gymnastics, which could technically be included as a team event. But they do compete individually too. I’m especially looking for improvements in the rings and parallel bars (which no American male qualified in their event finals) and the POMMEL HORSE. Never have I seen such shoddy pommeling before! </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Women’s volleyball. Now, I know that they got a medal, but it was another silver after letting a one-set lead slip away tonight against Brazil. It’s going to be even tougher next time, because the Olympics are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">in </i>Brazil. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Boxing. One gold medal? Really?</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Men’s 400 meter running. I’ve explained this one already.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>All distance running – especially the ladies. (They’ve got the sprinting thing down.)</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Chevy Malibu commercials (not athletes, but “That’s hippy talk!” is really getting on my nerves)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Lesser-Known-In-America events, like table tennis and badminton. And I really think we can train them really well here!</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Throwing field events, like javelin and hammer throw and discus and shot put. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics…maybe we’ll just concede those.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">          </span></span></span>BMX! For a country that hosts the X Games and seems to have lots of teenagers on tiny bikes, we should really make a better appearance at this than what we did.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mini Blurbs</b><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Where was Kobe Bryant today? Well, first he was being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest – apparently there were others besides me that realized how many events he had attended as a spectator. And he gave a great interview about it. He was curious about how other athletes prepare for their events, and he was honored to be present at so many American victories, because he knew they were all a team together as Team USA and they were all bringing their best forward to honor their country. (Well said, sir. Please tell that to Mark Cuban.) Then he was watching the US ladies beat France in basketball. (They made it close at the half, but pulled away to win by 36.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Alyson Felix is incredible. One DAY after winning gold in the women’s 4x100m relay, she ran in the 4x400m relay and helped them win gold! Outstanding!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I watched mountain cycling today and assumed it was new to the Olympics, because I hadn’t heard of it before. But apparently it’s been contested since 1996! Biking on stones? Too much for me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This was the first night I really noticed the Olympic mascot out on the track. Apparently he’s been pretty visible, but I saw him cheering on the 5000m runners near the long jump pit.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Czech Republic Gold Medal Watch: </b>Another one today! David Svoboda took gold in the modern pentathlon, which consists of fencing, swimming, showjumping, running, and shooting. (It’s celebrating its 100^th anniversary in the Olympic games, created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin.) </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Today’s roundup is a little wonky, since I was catching up on a few events from yesterday as well: synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, wrestling, canoe, kayak, running events, javelin, high jump, hammer throw, BMX, mountain cycling, diving, volleyball, basketball, open water swimming.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tomorrow is the last day of the Olympics. I have to admit that I am exhausted, and I only have one person to blame: me, for making myself watch so many sports in so little time. But it's been awesome, and I thank you in advance for making this Blurb series so successful!  </div>

A Diving Final that Deserved its Primetime Spot

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THE DANGEROUS GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF A SYRIA INTERVENTION

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THE DANGEROUS GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF A SYRIA INTERVENTION

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SAUDI ARABIA - ORIGIN OF WAHHABISM

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6R36hdRjp2UBHV0ZyRA0_APmIsTcYHFRGQdJp2S6ID-rVRq4w3w6-PZQnTF4hLIxNFuCSaqYR_OFLoGTi2paQvfxI7ZCaOeRgQedCE8m-l7O-31Hx39zWqRfP0moZEv3rJNJEijYaq-P/s1600/ikhwan_4-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6R36hdRjp2UBHV0ZyRA0_APmIsTcYHFRGQdJp2S6ID-rVRq4w3w6-PZQnTF4hLIxNFuCSaqYR_OFLoGTi2paQvfxI7ZCaOeRgQedCE8m-l7O-31Hx39zWqRfP0moZEv3rJNJEijYaq-P/s400/ikhwan_4-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: red;"><br /></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>"NEW MOVEMENT"</b></span></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Al-Qaeda represents Wahhabism in its purest form – a violent fundamentalist doctrine that rejects all non-Wahhabi Islam, especially the spiritual forms of Islam. Wahhabism is an expansionist sect intolerant of Shi‘ite Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism; in fact, Wahhabists seek to challenge and destroy these faiths. The SAUDI-Wahhabi threat must not be underestimated; it requires our grave attention.</span><br /><br /> <div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE</strong></span></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Contrary to prevalent Western beliefs, Wahhabism is not an old Islamic tradition and the House of SAUD does not enjoy a credible historic claim to rule over Arabia. Indeed, Wahhabism emerged only 250 years ago under the guidance of an obscure fanatic known as Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab who later formed an alliance with a group of desert bandits, the SAUDS. From the time they established their covenant to the creation of the modern SAUDI state, the SAUDI-Wahhabi movement spread across the peninsula brutally defeating and enslaving non-Wahhabi elements.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">A substantial body of nineteenth century scholarship does exist to confirm the bloody rise of the SAUDI-Wahhabi state. Thomas Hope, a BRITISH author, wrote extensively about the Wahhabi spread from his travels throughout the MIDDLE EAST. In his novel <em>Anastasius</em>, he described Wahhabi agents in words that will be strikingly familiar to modern readers: as extremist puritans bent on dominating the Muslim world by adopting tactics reminiscent of Al-Qaeda’s calculated savagery.</span><br /><br /> <div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE THEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL PACT BETWEEN THE SAUD CLAN AND THE WAHHABISTS,</b></span> </div><span style="font-size: large;">resulted in the fall of Mecca for the second and last time in 1924, solidifying their grip on power. After the conquest of Mecca, the vast oil wealth of the kingdom would be used to export a radical Wahhabist ideology across the globe.</span><br /><br /> <div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>SAUDI ARABIA - NERVE CENTER OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM</strong></span></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Even after September 11, the Wahhabi bureaucracy in SAUDI ARABIA continues to foster religious extremism. When bombs go off in ISRAEL, KENYA, INDONESIA, and elsewhere, SAUDI ARABIA is still the main source of the terrorist money. The kingdom is an unwavering nerve center of ideological indoctrination, incitement, and terrorist financing.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">From time to time, the SAUDI elite attempts to confuse WESTERN opinion by claiming that it too is the target of Islamic terror, a rather hollow gesture to hide its complicity in terrorism. SAUDI ARABIA, being a police state, the monarchy long ago could have ridded itself of extremist elements. But the sobering reality is that international terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda are directly impelled by SAUDI clerics. To recover their credibility in the eyes of more reactionary factions after years of excess, the SAUDI family has embarked on an ambitious global campaign to support incubators of violence and extremism from ALGERIA to the PHILIPPINEs. In sum, Al-Qaeda would not exist absent SAUDI money and membership.</span><br /><br /> <div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>FALSE ARGUMENTS</strong><b>: ISLAMIC TERROR IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF ISLAM ENDURING WESTERN HUMILIATION</b></span></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Washington needs to end its delusion that the SAUDI royal family is a moderating force within SAUDI politics when the reality is that it has produced a well-funded launch pad for a fascist ideology. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of SAUDI apologists. The so-called specialists and academics continue to argue that Islamic terror is the consequence of Islam enduring WESTERN humiliation. But in fact, SAUDI ARABIA has never been subjugated by the WEST, instead it has only been cuddled and bribed to ridiculous extremes. And in turn the WEST has received a torrent of violence and hateful venom.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Equally as erroneous is the contention that an accommodation of non-Wahhabi religions is somehow a break with traditional Islam. This absurd notion is blatantly untrue. QATAR, another Wahhabi state, has actually authorized the establishment of churches. Even, neighboring BAHRAIN seems to be “open” towards accommodating non Islamic faiths .</span><br /><br /> <div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>SUPPRESSED YOUTH: THE KEY TO MODERN SOCIETY IN SAUDI ARABIA</strong></span></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">After decades of theocratic oppression, the vast majority of the SAUDI people are restive for the following reasons: </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">1.) The Shiite minority, in the southern and eastern provinces are tired of the violent persecution they have suffered at the hands of the Wahhabist clergy. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">2.) The youth of SAUDI ARABIA want to live in a modern society where they can utilize their enterprising talents and energies to build a prosperous future. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">3.) Allegedly, non-Wahhabi scholars are already calling on the royal family to reject the officially sanctioned intolerant state religion and replace it with pluralistic Ottoman-Islamic traditions. Remarkably, thousands of young people are turning to Sufism as an expression of protest against the entrenched religious establishment.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-size: large;">The transition to a reasonably open MALAYSIAN parliamentary model from its current medieval state need not be catastrophic. The SAUDI monarchy could remain as a symbolic body with power concentrated in a representative legislature. Indeed, the position that a more strict Islamic system might emerge if the House of SAUD is brushed aside is ludicrous. Proponents of this view often cite the emergence of an IRANIAN-style regime as a possible consequence. However, this is a specious historical analogy since the IRANIAN people never experienced the harsh strictures of Islamic law prior to the ascension of the Islamic Republic. </span><br /> <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">by Zachary Constantino</span></em><br />

SAUDI ARABIA - ORIGIN OF WAHHABISM

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What a difference an hour made

I went to spinning class and stayed for the entire hour. . I was sure I was going to have a heart attack and die on the spot!<br /><br />It was really hard, but the instructor was awesome. She kept saying things like "if you don't challenge yourself, you won't make a difference in your body". Almost every song she played is on my current iPod playlist, so the music was great.<br /><br />I love my new cycling shoes with the SPD cleats. I got to class early and the instructor showed me how to attach my shoes to the pedals. The first few tries was a lot harder than it looked in the video, but it's really easy once you do it a few times. I think it really does make a difference in how I worked my leg muscles. When I got home, a six-minute drive, I could barely get out of the car. <br /><br />My attitude did a 180 after the class. It's true about the endorphins. I walked out of the gym and into the warm sunshine, with a slight breeze, and thought...LIFE IS GOOD!<br /><br />There's sadness all around me right now, but that's life. Into every life a little rain must fall, right?  I've certainly had my share of sadness this past year, but we all do. No one has a perfect life. It just makes me appreciate the good things even more.<br /><br />Regarding my weight, I don't even know what it is right now. I haven't weighed in a week, but I'm sure I'm up several pounds. This past week was harder than most. I didn't exercise or eat right last week, but starting this morning I'm back on track.<br /><br />Life is hard sometimes, no doubt about it.

What a difference an hour made

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WAHHABISM IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Part 5

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;"></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WAHHABISM AT THE DOORSTEPS OF EUROPE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq5yMu2MPTRe3TUfPBfI1qyWuKdFATOBA9X0N6B_8EsqHGMotpIykbOUZc41_-hmomCFhEEK4Tem8QimbA2DHoaDmkrFcnOl9iGuAvm08gd75M9VypSJf7rrxjfwLnCrjsI5iMquyqOL0/s1600/26sep06-saff_ba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCq5yMu2MPTRe3TUfPBfI1qyWuKdFATOBA9X0N6B_8EsqHGMotpIykbOUZc41_-hmomCFhEEK4Tem8QimbA2DHoaDmkrFcnOl9iGuAvm08gd75M9VypSJf7rrxjfwLnCrjsI5iMquyqOL0/s400/26sep06-saff_ba.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Aktivna Islamnka Omladina (Active Islamic Youth, or AIO) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">weekly print and on line publication SAFF Magazine</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><br /></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;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">WAHHABI LINKS TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. </span></span></span></b></div><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";"> </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Juan Carlos Antúnez</span></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-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The potential threat of terrorism in BIH is totally linked to the spread of extremist religious ideas in the country. Despite the fact that Wahhabism and Terrorism must not be merged, most people detained in BIH because of suspected terrorist activities have also been linked to Wahhabi groups. Wahhabi communities are used by terrorist networks to recruit new members, to provide logistic bases for transient terrorists and as a front to cover their activities.</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";">Different articles appearing in local and international mass media have commented about the role of BIH in different issues related with international terrorist networks. Most of this information is unconfirmed. The substance of follow-on media coverage is variously both true and false. Terrorist cells are no less likely to be present in BIH than in any other state. BOSNIAN Serb and Serbian media outlets regularly misappropriate such reporting, and the information is generalized to the point of suggesting that BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA  (BIH) is a significant threat to ethno-national security because it allegedly harbours foreign Islamic terrorists. This is nationalist propaganda that deliberately obscures the facts in two areas: first, the symptoms of global security threats are confused with the causes of BOSNIAN state weakness; and second, deliberate state-level support to terrorism rather than the weak state’s inability to police itself. </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";">POTENTIAL FOR INSTABILITY EXISTS IN BIH, FOSTER BY CERTAIN NGOS, RADICAL COMMUNITIES AND THE CITIZENSHIP ISSUE.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQOJ2ZE6vS9zG6yjY9qjTmZs45yaTlZPawcDbvlBIobGzPfFnxD4uo0OD2Kqgj8yoor8s01N5r7iobcCCfj78FD5ub-87_s9hYHduQYGDz0xTNB-w8jXldUGZIv2QKYj_4YdiFyzeHr5r/s1600/3sector.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQOJ2ZE6vS9zG6yjY9qjTmZs45yaTlZPawcDbvlBIobGzPfFnxD4uo0OD2Kqgj8yoor8s01N5r7iobcCCfj78FD5ub-87_s9hYHduQYGDz0xTNB-w8jXldUGZIv2QKYj_4YdiFyzeHr5r/s400/3sector.gif" width="308" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The terrorist phenomenon in BIH is no more developed, and the risk of a terrorist attack is not higher than in other parts of the world. It is possible to assess that the international presence in BIH, the growing interest of local and foreign police agencies in this issue, especially after September 11th, and the special characteristics of the Muslim population have reduced the possibility of the establishment of a Jihadi base in BIH. But it is necessary to remark that the potential for instability exists in BIH, for example, the presence of some NGOs, some radical communities, the citizenship issue, the historical links between BIH and some suspicious countries and the problem of a weak border control, may provide an environment suitable for such establishment to occur, in a significant and widespread way.</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";">Though Islamic terrorist acts cannot be excluded from BIH, it is assessed that they are very unlikely. Until now there has never been a direct threat against the International Community (IC) in BIH. Taking into account the reported long-term goal of the major ‘Islamic players’ to turn BIH into an Islamic society, it is considered that a terrorist attack in BIH could have a negative impact on achieving this goal. The predicted reaction of the IC might change the now favorable environment significantly.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According to different sources BIH is used by international terrorist organizations mainly for the following purposes:</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";">- Islamic bridgehead in to Europe,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- Logistic base,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- Recruiting base,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- Rest and recuperation area</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- Transit country.</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";">REPORTS IN LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA KEEP PERSISTENTLY EMERGING OF ALLEGED PRESENCE OF TERRORIST TRAINING CAMPS IN BIH.</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";">Various analysts and commentators have offered wildly differing opinions on the implications of individual foreign terrorists being present in BIH, while local authorities have denied that there are any terrorist training facilities operating in BIH. Because extremely limited international and domestic collection assets and capabilities, there is insufficient information available to confirm or deny the presence of paramilitary training camps in BIH. The focus on ‘training camps’ however is, in part, a red herring. </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";">RUGGED TERRAIN OF BIH NOT NECESSARILY THE GATEWAY FOR CLANDESTINE TRAINING CAMPS.</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";">Although BOSNIAN terrain is extremely rugged and suitable to clandestine insurgent-style operations, known extremists have also conducted training in classrooms, prison cells, sporting clubs, and via the Internet. Such approaches to training do not require open-air facilities, cleared fields, firing ranges, tented camps, or sites otherwise identifiable in military terms. Summer youth camps are often reported as terrorist training camps. Although the potential for indoctrination exists at such locations, they are not the same as paramilitary facilities used for training in terrorist methods and equipment.</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";">According to 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism, released by the Office of the US Coordinator for Counterterrorism:</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";">‘BIH’s Law enforcements organizations cooperated with the UNITED STATES on international counterterrorism. BIH remained a weak state, however, with multiple semi-autonomous centres of power, vulnerable to exploitation as a terrorist safe haven or a potential staging ground for terrorist operations in EUROPE. Nevertheless, there were notable signs of increased local operational capability to combat terrorism and terrorism finance’.</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";">The reports also states that</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- ‘BOSNIAN authorities continued to strengthen existing counterterrorism mechanisms and develop new ones. The Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Task Force (IMCTF), formed in December 2004, and currently responsible for coordinating all State level institutions with counterterrorism responsibilities, directed two successful terrorism-related deportations in 2006. Despite these successes the Task Force’s operational effectiveness was generally hampered by insufficient coordination, such as infrequent communication and a lack of clear divisions of labour among the agencies’.</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";">- Is also reported the work of the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- The only reported terrorist activity in BIH during 2006 is ‘the trial against the three individuals that were arrested in October 2005 and charged with terrorism, and two others charged with illegal possession of explosives. The charged people were supposedly preparing to attack unspecified European targets’.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- ‘The BOSNIAN organization <b>Aktivna Islamnka Omladina (Active Islamic Youth, or AIO)</b> spread extremist and anti-American rhetoric through its weekly print and on line publication SAFF Magazine.There were indications that AIO conducted youth outreach in BIH during the year and maintained a presence in Western Europe’.</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";">According to this report, it is possible to assess that:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- BIH’s Law enforcements organizations cooperate on international counterterrorism. There are notable signs of increased local operational capability to combat terrorism.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">- BOSNIAN authorities continue to strengthen existing counterterrorism mechanisms and develop new ones, although coordination among the different agencies has to be increased.</span></span></div>

WAHHABISM IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Part 5

WAHHABISM AT THE DOORSTEPS OF EUROPE Aktivna Islamnka Omladina (Active Islamic Youth, or AIO) weekly print and on line publication SAFF Maga...

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Ticket(s) Giveaway: "Singin' in the Rain" on the Big Screen

<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9pkmeFR1-XZyfl3Q1tZ_5F1i8W8Wk5I1JCDTpk2lylw109vXFA2dxU9dkJbSyQxi61e-RXs3EV60CFgwLxNABXsdw23Iv9IKykcqcwmA_HbCTL5CQnHGW7qM1F9KZPlhOY_MN2nZ0ys1/s1600/singin'_in_the_rain_1952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9pkmeFR1-XZyfl3Q1tZ_5F1i8W8Wk5I1JCDTpk2lylw109vXFA2dxU9dkJbSyQxi61e-RXs3EV60CFgwLxNABXsdw23Iv9IKykcqcwmA_HbCTL5CQnHGW7qM1F9KZPlhOY_MN2nZ0ys1/s400/singin'_in_the_rain_1952.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Singin' in the Rain </i>returns to theaters nationwide on Wednesday, August 22, for an encore presentation of a stunning new print of the film.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><a name='more'></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll be giving away <i>three pairs of tickets</i> for the event. <a href="http://www.fathomevents.com/upcoming/alllocations.aspx?eventid=1107" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a listing of all participating theaters.  Please send your entry, including your <b>name</b>,  <b>mailing address</b> and <b><i>theater selection</i></b> (I need <i>all three</i>), to: <a href="mailto:ladyevesidwich@gmail.com"><span style="color: #cc0000;">l</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">adyevesidwich@gmail.com</span></a>. </span><span style="font-size: small;">A random drawing will be held on August 13 and winners will be contacted immediately. Tickets will be sent directly from the the event coordinator.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Update: Congratulations to winners Lindsay, Barry and Dawn - and thanks to Melanie of Pure Brand Communications for providing tickets for this drawing.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This event, a celebration of the film's 60th anniversary, is sponsored by Turner Classic Movies, NCM Fathom Events and Warner Home Video. Along with the film, a special TCM original production hosted by Robert Osborne will screen. This featurette includes </span><span style="font-size: small;">behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with Debbie Reynolds, who starred in the film with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't miss your chance to see Stanley Donen's iconic musical, the film that ranks #1 on the American Film Institute’s list of the “<a href="http://www.afi.com/100years/musicals.aspx" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">25 Greatest Movie Musicals</a>,” on the big screen. Enter now!</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">~ </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/08/09/158489285/60-years-later-still-singin-in-the-rain" style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">Click here</a> for Pulitzer Prize winning critic Lloyd Schwartz's August 9 review of <i>Singin' in the Rain </i>on NPR's <i>Fresh Air</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ec2beAQ3W6U" width="560"></iframe>  </div>

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Singin' in the Rain returns to theaters nationwide on Wednesday, August 22, for an encore presentation of a stunning new print of the fi...

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WARNING: Obligatory "Girls Rule" Article Ahead

<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Main Blurb</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s Ladies’ Night!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I got to watch the women’s 4x100m relay live this afternoon, and then again tonight. Wow – what a race! After watching the baton drop from their hands back in Beijing, it was refreshing to see their handoffs so crisp and clean. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">One of my fears coming into these Olympics was that China was going to take the medals count again, like they did back in 2008. Technically we haven’t led a medals count <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and </i>the gold medal count at the end of two weeks since 2004 in Athens. Germany won total medals in 2006, China won the most gold medals in 2008, and Canada and Germany finished ahead of the US in golds in 2010. It looks like by the end of the night Sunday we will be in the lead again. Most of it, actually, is thanks to the ladies. Out of 41 gold medals, 27 of them have been won by women. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">In team events, the women have done far better than the men. Soccer won gold, water polo won gold, and volleyball plays tomorrow for gold. Water polo and volleyball didn’t make it to the medal round, and soccer didn’t even qualify for the Olympics this year!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">In gymnastics, the men only won one gold for the United States: Danell Lleyva’s bronze medal in the all-around competition. Put that up against the gymnastics women, who won 5: team gold, Gabby Douglas all-around gold, Aly Raisman floor exercise gold, Raisman bronze, and McKayla Maroney silver. They also managed to hoodwink the media into forgetting that the University of Michigan men’s basketball team of the late 1980s-early 1990s was called “The Fab Five” years before these gymnasts. But they were much more willing to take on the nickname “Fierce Five” instead. At least it wasn’t “Fantastic Five.” Then I would have a problem.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Then there are the lesser known ladies that won. Shooter Kim Rhode won gold once again, medaling in her fifth straight Olympics. On the other end, 17 year-old Claressa Shields took gold in boxing. Jenn Shur won a title in pole vault – no American man cleared the first height in their pole vaulting final. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Plus, Alyson Felix and the ladies’ relay team just proved that it is possible to beat a Jamaican sprint team. Which American man can say the same? (As of right now, before the men’s 4x100m relay tomorrow.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Don’t forget the swimmers – Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni, Allison Schmitt, and Katie Ledecky all won golds for the US. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I hope that the men are able to take this “subpar” showing as a way to spur them on for Sochi and Rio’s competitions. And I hope that the ladies are able to ride the wave to many more medals to come.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mini Blurbs</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sochi alert! Winter Olympics Blurb favorite Evan Lysacek made an appearance at “The Today Show” this morning to announce that he will in fact be competing against Evgeni Plushenko in men’s figure skating in 2014. The fangirl in me shouts “Whee!” while the journalist in me goes, “You’re going to be creamed.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sign the Olympics are winding down: documentaries at the beginning of primetime coverage; Jimmy Fallon doing "thank-you notes" at the end of primetime coverage.  </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We got a wrestling gold! Jordan Burroughs took the gold in the 74kg weight class, and even though he played for Nebraska in college, I’ll forgive him for that.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Has there been a more disappointing Olympic sport than BMX cycling for the Americans? It’s one of those “ignorant American” sports, I suppose, when we think we’re the best at it, and then we watch it and realize that there are soooo many other countries that are better than us. Our best doesn’t even make it onto the medal stand.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I was talking to a friend today about the Olympics coverage, and she said we were missing the evening coverage, and I told her, “Don’t worry; they open up with something relatively boring – like diving.” Sure enough, we turn on the TV and diving is on!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We used to be so dominant in the 400m runs. Now the Bahamas is beating us. Between injuries and the other countries getting better at that distance, I am no longer confident in the middle distance runners. Let’s get back on track! (Get it?)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">NBC Daytime Olympic coverage ended today with a closing montage of great moments. I couldn’t believe they were wrapping it up already! We still have two more days! Don’t cut this celebration short, NBC!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Czech Republic Gold Medal Watch: </b>None today.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Today’s roundup: I had the fitness center all to myself today, so I put one TV on NBC, one TV on MSNBC, and one TV on NBC Sports Network. Those three alone allowed me to watch basketball, wrestling, rhythmic gymnastics, and soccer. You can add synchronized swimming, hammer throw, pole vault, running events, and handball to that total.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

WARNING: Obligatory "Girls Rule" Article Ahead

The Main Blurb It’s Ladies’ Night! I got to watch the women’s 4x100m relay live this afternoon, and then again tonight. Wow – what a race! A...

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30 Days of webtools #18: Use Spiderscribe to create a more advanced mindmap

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also like to use <b>Spiderscribe</b> to mindmap as you can do so much more with it than with <b>bubbl.us</b>. With Spiderscribe you can easily make a very engaging attractive mindmap:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*you can add a text note, and even include active weblinks<br />*you can add photos, <br />*you can attach Word documents or PDFs<br />*you can attach maps<br />*you can attach calendar events</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">. Below you can see more clearly the five elements you can add. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spiderscribe can  be accessed at  </span><a href="http://www.spiderscribe.net/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.spiderscribe.net</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeRLlCsIBQ95dQhF55lMJA_rtbK1_DT5PVC61axzJsh1AwQ_iinyavtvEaMV_6Un3ddz0tyPAIccPcRnNPqsYLYD9T9nxovZEJqi0hXx44sRLBNFES-x9Qhuo2SuFTPwc0sPEj57N6x_x/s1600/spiderscribe+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeRLlCsIBQ95dQhF55lMJA_rtbK1_DT5PVC61axzJsh1AwQ_iinyavtvEaMV_6Un3ddz0tyPAIccPcRnNPqsYLYD9T9nxovZEJqi0hXx44sRLBNFES-x9Qhuo2SuFTPwc0sPEj57N6x_x/s320/spiderscribe+3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below you can see what a Spiderscribe mindmap could look like. You can add a lot more colour than is shown here. This image is taken from Richard Byrne's <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/spider-scribe-mind-mapping-with-images.html#.UCA6tk3iZSg">post </a>on Spiderscribe.  It shows the five different items now added to the mindmap. Spiderscribe also easily allows  collaboration between students.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2Bb3O-ZfC-WimiHWRJ0-vTJEz_oKocG3tYtNIBr-I1BKSrs5PPrH3Ku_ZKLdtqeldrewPmot2xh0mEk9D2NgCwN0D3QorQMTeWRkr3JqNgxzoIrnEJ0B0IzF0imn0ODTgS9lMem9Obkt/s1600/spiderscribe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2Bb3O-ZfC-WimiHWRJ0-vTJEz_oKocG3tYtNIBr-I1BKSrs5PPrH3Ku_ZKLdtqeldrewPmot2xh0mEk9D2NgCwN0D3QorQMTeWRkr3JqNgxzoIrnEJ0B0IzF0imn0ODTgS9lMem9Obkt/s320/spiderscribe.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a YouTube video tutorial that seems to explain how to create a Spiderscribe mindmap quite well.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uKf0tIv7Lw0?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sharing a Spiderscribe mindmap</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Under the word Share, choose your sharing options and email the person you want to collaborate with. </span><b><br /></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Mindmapping in the classroom</b></span><br /><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Spiderscribe especially is great to use in subjects like History or Geography because the students can make concept maps and add pictures, word documents plus organise the map in such a way that it can be remembered easily.</span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. For English classes this can be used to summarise a novel, or create notes on something they are studying. </span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. This is a great way to collect information for a project as well and also to collaborate on projects.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. In Language classes students can brainstorm and outline a story they are planning to write</span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A challenge</b></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please try out one of these tools and if you create something do share it with us.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please also add any other ideas you may have for using a mindmap in class.</span></div></div>

30 days of web tools Spiderscribe Tutorials Web tools 30 Days of webtools #18: Use Spiderscribe to create a more advanced mindmap

I also like to use Spiderscribe to mindmap as you can do so much more with it than with bubbl.us . With Spiderscribe you can easily make a ...

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30 days of webtools #17: Use bubbl.us to create simple mindmaps

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why mindmap?</span></b><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.983333587646484px;"><br />Mindmapping is a great thinking tool. It has been suggested that this visual technique can improve learning and study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note-taking. It is also a very popular planning technique and definitely something one should introduce in every classroom.  It is a great way to brainstorm and generate ideas. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 21.983333587646484px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21.97222137451172px;"><b>Use bubbl.us to mindmap</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I like about <b>bubbl.us</b> is that it is a simple non-elaborate mindmapping tool that is easy to catch on to, and is useful for a younger class.  It can be accessed at <a href="https://bubbl.us/">https://bubbl.us/</a>.  This is what a completed bubbl.us mindmap might look like. It has an attractive colourful look. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ddFMKEZMuGfXoIk63ccboBI_z03m586doOLWWROnoAqcgVEP01b8nOGx9-ZAtSNU8c47-VOyRnMSxwLZdCnrEr-1O1pTBWcjgJSM_7AkPFW1RFzt8jQpBcGEVnZaGnTEaZ48CB8eWSkd/s1600/bubbl.us.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ddFMKEZMuGfXoIk63ccboBI_z03m586doOLWWROnoAqcgVEP01b8nOGx9-ZAtSNU8c47-VOyRnMSxwLZdCnrEr-1O1pTBWcjgJSM_7AkPFW1RFzt8jQpBcGEVnZaGnTEaZ48CB8eWSkd/s320/bubbl.us.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.44444465637207px;">A big plus about using this tool with younger classes is that they don't have to sign up. The mondmaps can also be exported as images such as JPEGS. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.450000762939453px;">Students  start with an idea and flesh it out by inserting ideas into bubbles. The bubbles can then be connected and color coded giving a visual representation of the connections between ideas.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.450000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.450000762939453px;">This YouTube video seems to explain how to use bubbl.us quite well I think. </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.450000762939453px;"><br /></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6TP62aNlVu0?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">How to share a bubbl.us mindmap</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">You can visit bubbl.us and without even signing up start creating lovely mind maps— but if you want to enable saving, sharing, and other cross-session features you'll need to sign up. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">a) If you have your students making a mindmap without signing in, then simply export the mindmap as an image and share it by email. </span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">b) If you want to collaborate or share in any other way you'll need to sign in. </span></span><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> and then get the contact address of someone else who has a bubbl.us account, and find and use the sharing button. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">c) One can share the mind-map in a blog, wiki or website by getting the embed code (which is found in the drop down arrow under the <i>Sharing</i>button).</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">d) Bubbl.us also allows multiple users to interact and collaborate with the map itself. This is called mind-map sharing. To do this click on <i> Sheets > Sharing</i> (top right hand corner of the screen.) Choose the mindmap you want to share and add it to a contact’s account. <span style="color: #333333;">Mind-maps may only be shared with bubbl us 'friends': that is, the persons you want to share your mind-map with must also have a bubbl us account.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGw1auklrj8_AsptjwN6tjmem45ces6J3DFk8GHvRHV7g0pUSiEhPSeHXW9jgbnMmUuT0t8WDMmOiocJxR8tSJms1D-9Y5fC5BTIsdqatlnVqWNY2V4niZhxEbVlzUhOCw0P-fejuvt3I/s1600/bubbl.us.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGw1auklrj8_AsptjwN6tjmem45ces6J3DFk8GHvRHV7g0pUSiEhPSeHXW9jgbnMmUuT0t8WDMmOiocJxR8tSJms1D-9Y5fC5BTIsdqatlnVqWNY2V4niZhxEbVlzUhOCw0P-fejuvt3I/s320/bubbl.us.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Collaborators<i> </i><span style="color: #333333;">can have different permissions assigned to them: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><i>*Read Only, </i>which allows viewing but no editing, <br />*<i>Edit</i>, which allows full editing control, including re-naming of your mind-map.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">(It would probably be wise to save a copy of your mindmap somewhere else before you allow collaborators to start working on it!) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Please have a go using <i>bubbl.us</i> to create a simple but collaborative mindmap!</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>

30 days of web tools bubbl.us Tutorials Web tools 30 days of webtools #17: Use bubbl.us to create simple mindmaps

Why mindmap? Mindmapping is a great thinking tool. It has been suggested that this visual technique can improve learning and study efficienc...

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Field Applications Engineer (# 108419)

<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Position:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Field Applications Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Location:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Malta, NY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Duration:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The selected Field Applications Engineers primary purpose is to provide Bright Field Inspection product applications support to our customer in Malta, NY, including product adoption, penetration, and market share activities centered on Best Known Methods (BKMs) development, identifying and implementing new applications and use cases, and maintaining competitive advantage. In addition, he/she will manage customer demos, competitive head to head activities at customer facilities, and long term adoption support. It will be his/her responsibility to generate BKMs and training material, transfer product knowledge and lessons learned to KLA-Tencor's WW Field Application Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Masters or PhD, in Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Strong troubleshooting skills, combined with a methodical approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and leadership skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Well organized, self-driven, strong follow-up abilities, demonstrated ability to thrive in a dynamic technical environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Training in Semiconductor or related fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Background in IC processing/Semiconductor equipment is a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Basic Qualification:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Masters or PhD, in Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields with at least 2 years of experience or a minimum of 5 years of related work experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kindly send your resume to <a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div>

Field Applications Engineer (# 108419)

Position: Field Applications Engineer Location: Malta, NY Duration: Full time   Job Description: The selected Field Applications Engineer...

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Techno Music + Bicycling = Friday Fun

A few days before the end of the Olympics in London, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/261990/video-chemical-brothers-velodrome-london-2012-by-crystal/">ArchDaily</a> shares the Chemical Brothers' "Velodrome" with a video by Crystal. Apparently the video is played before each event in the Michael Hopkins-designed Velodrome.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47100629?title=0&byline=0&color=c8dd63" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />As one commenter at ArchDaily points out, the "Velodrome" video recalls one for Kraftwerk's "Tour de France":<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sQz-CZvkY8k" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />Not exactly sure why techno music and bicycling go together -- must be the repetitive beats and motions, respectively -- but here is some proof that they do.

Techno Music + Bicycling = Friday Fun

A few days before the end of the Olympics in London, ArchDaily shares the Chemical Brothers' "Velodrome" with a video by Crys...

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89 lesson plans and ideas for teaching math - #mathchat

<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:Love_math_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Dansk: Dedikeret til matematik" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="277" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Love_math_1.jpg/300px-Love_math_1.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;">Dansk: Dedikeret til matematik (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Love_math_1.jpg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>Yesterday, I dedicated<a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/08/62-ideas-lessons-and-humor-for-english.html" target="_blank"> my post on English resources to my high school English teacher</a> (who teaches next door to me.)<br /><br />Today, I dedicate this post to my high school Algebra teacher, Noel Martin, who still teaches my own children just down the middle school hallway, the last room on the right. Coach Martin is a fantastic Algebra teacher. I thanked God every day of calculus at Georgia Tech that I'd had Coach Martin to drill into me the fundamentals of Algebra. I still use Algebra all the time to solve problems. It is because I knew it cold with him.<br /><br />Here's to all you math teachers out there. I hope you get some ideas you can use in your classroom today.<br /><ul class="diigo-linkroll"><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=50003209">Common Core Math Index of resources via @sharemylesson #mathchat</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An incredible set of indexed Common Core lesson plans by standard for grades Kindergarten - 6 in math. Share and get ideas. Every math teacher using Common Core should peruse this list.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/commoncore">commoncore</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/buffer">buffer</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://engageny.org/resource/curriculum-exemplars/">Curriculum Exemplars | EngageNY</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Engage NH has some examples of lessons that they consider exemplars for English Language arts grades 6-12 and math grades 1,2,7, and high school. IF you're looking to see what this looks like in practice, here are some that you'll want to review.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/commoncore">commoncore</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat">engchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/english_teacher">english_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum">curriculum</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/professionaldevelopment">professionaldevelopment</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/assessing-common-core-standards-real-life-mathematics">Assessing the Common Core Standards: Real Life Mathematics | Edutopia</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An excellent set of resources about common core standards and assessment from Edutopia.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/commoncore">commoncore</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ccchat">ccchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/buffer">buffer</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/What-Shall-I-Wear-Today-50005304/">What Shall I Wear Today? - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">"In this activity, students will examine possible combinations (outcomes) by creating different outfits with shirts and pants. The students will then create a chart to record their data. This concrete to abstract activity will help students understand how to organize data in a useful manner to ease the process of interpretation." This is a neat grade 3-4 math lesson that teaches students how to analyze data. Could be adapted with other common things. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Murder-Mystery-6017251/">Murder Mystery - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">"A murder has been committed! There are 32 suspects; and one of them is guilty. Using your powers of deduction; can you crack each of the five coded clues to reveal the identity of the killer?" Cool idea.I may adapt this in my own classroom using technology.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson">sharemylesson</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/middle-school-math-teaching-resources/">Middle School (Grades 6-8) Math Activities, Lesson Plans, Worksheets & Handouts - Share My Lesson</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Middle school math activities. You can drill down to these by topic. There are over 3500 math lesson plans and resources organized by topic. Pass this along to middle school math teachers.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson">sharemylesson</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Proof-of-area-of-a-trapezium-equals-1-2-a-b-h-50000763/">Proof of area of a trapezium = 1/2(a+b)h - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Matthewm is a very interesting teacher who has a lot of great math videos he's sharing. When you join sharemylesson, you'll want to follow him if you teach middle or high school math.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6219544">Secondary Maths – Topic Special: Algebra: Quadratic Expressions and Graphs - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">COTW: Here are 10 of the best quadratic resources in the world! http://t.co/Zg1FMgj6 #mathchat</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Numeracy-activities-for-tutor-time-times-tables-6242777/">Numeracy activities for tutor time times tables - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Review games for teaching multiplication tables.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/review">review</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Angry-Birds-Maths-Algebra-6208511">Angry Birds Maths - Algebra - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Angry bird algebra games.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Angry-birds-maths-game-6218227">Angry birds maths game - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">More Angry bird math games to download.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Angry-Birds-Maths-2-Quadratic-Destruction-6210414">Angry Birds Maths 2 - Quadratic Destruction - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Angry birds and the quadratic forumula. There are many fun ways to use angry birds in the math classroom and here's one of them.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Angry-Bird-Parabolas-6165424">Angry Bird Parabolas - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Having a bit of an angry bird moment. There are lots of ways you can use angry birds to teach math. Here's Angry birds and parabolas.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="https://www.desmos.com/">Desmos | a beautiful, free online graphing calculator</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Such a great online graphing calculator. Desmos.  I like how you can draw things and add interesting shapes to them.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.edgalaxy.com/journal/2012/5/21/excellent-tool-for-teaching-fractions-decimals-ratios-percen.html">Excellent tool for teaching Fractions, Decimals, Ratios & Percentages. - HOME - Edgalaxy: Where Education and Technology Meet.</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An excel workbook to use with students for use on an interactive whiteboard to help you review fractions, decimals, ratios, and percentages. from Kev.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Averages-Treasure-Hunt-6124060">Averages Treasure Hunt - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Mean, median and mode treasure hunt. Nice activity starter.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=2297117">Numberphile Videos</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A collection of more than 100 videos that help you explore the world of mathematics. Just about any math topic is covered including probabilities Kaprekar's Constant and more. These videos will be useful if you're in the process of working towards flipping your classroom.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</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/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/videos">videos</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/maths-secondary-teaching-resources">Maths resources, maths worksheets, maths revision, TES Resources</a></div><div class="diigo-description">If you're a math teacher, here is an organized assortment of lesson plans for math teachers by grade level.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lesson">lesson</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/plans">plans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://classroomwindow.com/introducing-teacherview-report-cards">Introducing: TeacherView Report Cards | ClassroomWindow - Where the best solutions win</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Calling all math teachers - take a few minutes to evaluate your math textbook and get a $10 gift card for Amazon and start your summer reading early. http://bit.ly/KcfLbu  (Full disclosure: I really like what this company Classroom Window is doing and how they want to aggregate teacher opinions into something that can make a difference and am in negotiations to have a (very small) stake in this company. As always I follow the blogger's code of ethics and my own and let you know if there is any other influence that you should be aware of. Also, however, note that I never work with anyone that I wouldn't recommend whether I was officially "working" with them or not.)</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Maths-activities-for-outdoor-area-3004238">Maths activities for outdoor area - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Another set of ideas for the outdoors - these are for math and writing topics as well as recognizing numbers.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/outdoor">outdoor</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal">build your own kaleidoscope :: zefrank.com</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This is a fun activity where you can build your own kaleidoscope. Zefrank has a lot of creative cool things like this.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/lessons">lessons</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/creativity">creativity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/art">art</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Using-Real-Life-Activity-to-develop-maths-concepts-6079892">Using Real Life Activity to develop maths concepts - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Here is a lesson about mirrors and angles using a kaleidoscope activity. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</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/lessonplan">lessonplan</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.mrnussbaum.com/gamescode.htm#social">MrNussbaum.com - educational games, math games, spelling games and much more!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Mr. Nussbaum has a place value pirates game you can play to put math into your end of the year pirate theme. You could use the theme "Don't let summer steal your learning" and share games and fun things to do to learn over the summer.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Education">Education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Algebra-using-coloured-paper-clips-6042896">Algebra using coloured paper clips - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">For those who don't have a lot of technology, this type of lesson (tested in Nepal) that uses colored paper clips to introduce Algebra warms my heart. Algebra is an important subject and using simple manipulatives is a great technique for many classrooms around the world.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/algebra">algebra</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceDetail.aspx?storyCode=6135081">Can there be Giants? - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Can giants exist? This question for middle and high school has students use volume and surface area to determine if giants can exist. This is for geometry. Inquiry based projects can have great results.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/geometry">geometry</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ideas">ideas</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=2245150">Bright storm tutorial videos</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Bright storm has added and aligned their resources  on the TES website. They create a lot of free tutorial videos. These are some great atlernatives to other videos out there. A must for math teachers.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=145262fd4d976310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=051bdfb83de94310VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD#.T417jx8DKOs.facebook">HISD Connect - Elementary Students Use Video Games to Master Math Skills</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Use the Xbox to help students with math. If this pilot works, this is attractive for many. "Thanks to a partnership with Microsoft, 12 HISD schools a received new X-Box 360 Kinect full gaming system and several video games for free as part of a national pilot program to enhance math curriculum and engage students in the classroom using innovative technology. Harris said the game system is helping students master math concepts quickly."</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=3&nbyr=2012&evcode=1043">Pi Day lesson plans</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Pi day is this week. Have you planned for Pi day? Here are quite a few lesson plans including powerpoints and other activities. (Remember to have students bring real PIE or make one for them.) Make math fun and Pi day is a great way to do that!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplan">lessonplan</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.lessonplandiva.com/2012/03/freebie-land-of-gallon.html">The Lesson Plan Diva: Freebie! The land of Gallon!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Here's a website I uncovered called the lesson plan Diva. She gives away a lot of free lessons and ideas. Right now she has a nice cartoon teaching about gallons, cups, and quarts and how they relate.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplan">lessonplan</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Teaching-Spreadsheets-using-Mario-Kart-6165071">Teaching Spreadsheets using Mario Kart - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This looks so much fun!! Using Mario Kart to teach spreadsheets. I'm going to use this lesson plan!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplan">lessonplan</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://coolcatteacher.visibli.com/share/xJCVjE">RT : If you are new to teaching Algebra, or lookin</a></div><div class="diigo-description">RT @tesmaths: If you are new to teaching Algebra, or looking for a different approach, try these Study Units http://t.co/qmTCkoJm #mathchat</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6179070">NSEW collection - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Some great lessons to use for science and Engineering week (in the UK but why not bring it over the pond) March 9-18th. If you are promoting STEM here are some fun lessons including the squashed tomato challenge.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/stem">stem</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engineering">engineering</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6172591">Secondary Maths Collection - Mr Collins’ Maths Sheets - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">High school math teachers will love these sheets of word problems from the UK. They are attractive and well writtten. You can download and print them. I like how students have formulas on their sheets to help another student with their math problems. These are some of the most popular math resources from this site.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wordproblems">wordproblems</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6069067&s_cid=Pick_Valentine">TES collection St Valentine's Day - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Some excellent lesson plans, assembly ideas, and downloadables for Valentine's Day. From math to history, you'll find something for tomorrow.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/valentine's">valentine's</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/day">day</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/kinderchat">kinderchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.carrotsticks.com/">CarrotSticks Online Math Games</a></div><div class="diigo-description">If you're teaching addition, your students can play carrot sticks free. There is a fee for advanced games. Targeted to grades 1-5, this is a multiplayer math game.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://knotebooks.com/">Knotebooks - Anyone can contribute. Everyone can learn.</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Website with tons of math and physics resources shared through a community. This site will give you the best physics and math multimedia on the web in one place. The partners are MIT OpenCourseware and Stony Brook University. This is another way to mashup content and how material is becoming more open</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.lascomaths.com/">Lasco Maths Challenge | Latin American Street Children Organisation | Lasco Charity</a></div><div class="diigo-description">The Latin American Street Children's Organization has a math challenge that runs this Friday, February 3rd. Registration is open through January 31st. It is open to classrooms around the world. I find this interesting because the students debate the strategies for solving math problems. This is the largest math competition in Ireland but is spreading to other countries. When you participate, each child donates 1 british pound (convert to dollars for US) to participate. This looks like a fascinating competition and one that math teachers, particularly those who have students with Latin American heritage, may be excited to join.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/challenge">challenge</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/servicelearning">servicelearning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/resourcecalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=2&nbyr=2012&evcode=4250">Teaching Resources, Classroom Resources & Lesson Plans - TES Resources</a></div><div class="diigo-description">The LASCO interschools math challenge is open to all schools. It is this Friday, February 3.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/04/qr-codes-in-classroom.html">Free Technology for Teachers: QR Codes in the Classroom</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A great lesson plan from Richard Byrne about how he used QR codes to meet common core math standards. These would be great to create and share.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/qrcode">qrcode</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/internet_of_things">internet_of_things</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6127212">Secondary Maths – Topic Special: Solving Linear Equations - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Resources to teach students how to solve linear equations. If this is something that your students struggle with, look at these lesson plans and activities that you can download and use. Sometimes you need a different approach.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/algebra">algebra</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Hungry-Caterpillar-Games-6043479">Hungry Caterpillar Games - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">IF you love the Hungry Caterpillar in your classroom, you will enjoy these math activities built on the hungry caterpillar. Printables and a game.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <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/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary_teacher">elementary_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://developer.smartots.com/announcement">SmarTots - We recommend the Best Educational Apps for your Child</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Smartots names their best educational apps. Here is why I like the concept of Smarttots - the apps give feedback to parents on what a child is actually learning. This is the topic of my New York Times piece last week: we don't have a feedback loop for the educational apps we're using so how do we know what they are doing. I think this is great. Their favorite app: SpaceMath followed by Animal Preschool games and 6 in 1 kids math. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ComputerScienceTeacher/~3/kp7jZzV_HC4/let-s-go-do-some-math.aspx">Let’s go do some math</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I love this reflection on Math by Alfred Thompson and the things that get kids excited.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.smartpen.tv/?p=242">How to Create and Share a Pencast | SmartPen.tv</a></div><div class="diigo-description">If you want to see exactly how a LiveScribe pen works, this is an excellent tutorial video. It isn't super fast but it shows you how it really works from beginning to end. This demo is how to create a pencast. Although some of you may be doing this on your ipad using some of the new apps, the Livescribe pen is a sub $100 pen that is very powerful. If you prefer to take notes you can record everything on the pen. I've had one and really enjoy it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/techintegrator">techintegrator</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.kinecteducation.com/blog/2011/12/28/kinect-lesson-plan-kicking-your-way-to-mastering-math-by-julie-sessions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kinect-lesson-plan-kicking-your-way-to-mastering-math-by-julie-sessions">Kinect Lesson Plan with Body and Brains: Kicking Your Way to Mastering Math | KinectEDucation</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Get this. A lesson plan using Kinect, teaching math, and aligned with common core standards. This includes handouts. For grades 3-6. If you have a kinect at your school, you'll want to follow kinecteducation.com </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/kinect">kinect</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.siemensstemacademy.com/index.cfm?event=showSTEMApplication&landing=1">Siemens STEM - Institute Application</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Siemens Stem applications due by February 9th. Here is the overview of how things will be this year. They will have a program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and also at the Pacific Northwest national Laboratory. 50 middle and high school educators are invited to apply. do you teach Science, Technology, Math, or Engineering. Apply.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/STEM">STEM</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science_teacher">science_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology_teacher">technology_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engineering">engineering</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceDetail.aspx?storyCode=6124593">A CSI Lesson PLan for High School Math</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I love this lesson plan which includes algebra, ratios, angles, and stastics that most 9th and 10th graders I know could compute. This could be a very fund summary activity. Look at this PDF and powerpoint and create your own. If you do, please share it with me in the comments or email it to me, I'd like to share what you do.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/problembasedlearning">problembasedlearning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/challengebasedlearning">challengebasedlearning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pbl">pbl</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.gymnasiumforbrain.com/">Home - Gymnasium for Brain</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A website recognized by the Australian Education association and american Library association. As you look for activities to improve thinking - this website has puzzles, and activities that are bound to have you thinking and talking. There's also a kids corner. If you like game based learning, there are some great tools here. "A gym dedicated to the wellness of the mind."</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/thinking">thinking</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=906">Computer Based Math | K12 Online Conference</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Computer based math by David Wees from the K12 online conference. If you're missing the K12 online conference, you're missing something big. Here, David looks at the consequences of what would happen if Conrad Wolfram's vision of letting computers do math computations in order to free humans up to do other aspects of mathematical problem solving. Something math teachers will want to consider on this controversial topic.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freeresources">freeresources</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><a href="http://www.geogebra.org/cms">GeoGebra</a></li><li> <div class="diigo-description">This open source mathematics software includes graphics, algebra, and spreadsheet capabilities and is increasing in use. This is one of those "must loads" on your school or university websites.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6075946#bingo">Secondary Maths resources collections - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A monstrous list of math links including some cool math bingo and other math collections. This UK collection has a ton of resources for those who are always looking for math things.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://techiemusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/online-and-blended-courses">Online and Blended Courses | techieMusings</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Stacey Roshan writes about AP Calculus (which she flips, btw) but I think that this pondering on how she thinks classes should be redesigned to be online/ blended. I think her views are valuable because she's already flipping. Such views are very valuable and perhaps someone reading this will give her a chance to redesign Calculus or AP computer science in this way. Interesting post.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/computer_science">computer_science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math-teacher">math-teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples">Wolfram|Alpha: Examples by Topic</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Examples of how wolfram alpha can be used in the classroom. From math to physics to research and economics, you can use this data crunching engine in very powerful ways. Another important tool for students and authentic researchers of all ages.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science_teacher">science_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum">curriculum</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.iboard.co.uk/curriculum.htm#maths-year1numstrategy_yearreception">TES iboard</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Tons of interactive white board resources - FREE ONES from @Tesconnect - I'm sending all of these to our kindergarten teachers. Lots of great free stuff. TES is in the UK so sometimes the terms are different but great resources.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iwb">iwb</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary_teacher">elementary_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/web2">web2</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/technology/a-classroom-software-boom-but-mixed-results-despite-the-hype.html">A Classroom Software Boom, but Mixed Results Despite the Hype - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Software companies claim "proven" results but continue to ignore independent studies. If you think you can get a quick fix with software you might want to look again. This New York Times article shows just how volatile this debate has become.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/test">test</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/scores">scores</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/school">school</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/improvement">improvement</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/financial-literacy-resources?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Money Lessons: A Guide to Financial-Literacy Resources | Edutopia</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Financial literacy resources. Curriculum directors and math teachers at all levels should take time to read this article from edutopia.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/challenge">Wolfram Demonstrations Project: Wolfram Demonstrations Challenge</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This is an excellent use of technology for math, statistics, and information literacy! Watch ideas and concepts come to life as you solve each of the challenge questions by exploring interactive Demonstrations. Answering eight questions correctly earns you a chance to win great prizes, including: GRAND PRIZE: A copy of the computational supertool Mathematica 8, a $300 ThinkGeek gift card + a Wolfram Spikey sculpture kit 2ND–4TH PLACE: $100 ThinkGeek gift cards + a Wolfram Spikey sculpture kit FIRST 100 CORRECT SUBMISSIONS: Our sought-after Wolfram Spikey sculpture kit Hurry! The contest ends April 18, 2011. Sign up today »</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="https://www.mint.com/education">Education | Mint.com</a></div><div class="diigo-description">interactive online game to help students see the "impact of smart money decisions."</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/money">money</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/finance">finance</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://letsplaymath.net/2011/03/13/the-weird-number">The Weird Number « Let's Play Math!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Happy Pi Day! Here is a post for 3/14 to help you celebrate Pi day - some links to what you can use with your students. Go out and buy some pie to celebrate pi day!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.zooktutoring.com/">Rebecca Zook - Math Tutoring Online</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Interesting tutoring website for help in math. This site was covered in mashable recently.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=2494">Teaching College Math » Blog Archive » Mathfaery: Elizabeth Hamman</a></div><div class="diigo-description">For those who knew @mathfaery - you may want to go to this blog and contribute to the fund in her memory. What a horrible Loss. Here are the details: "Elizabeth Hamman was a great math educator who will be truly missed in the International math community. She passed away very suddenly last week, at the age of 40, after suddenly developing a problem with blood clots in her lungs, which led to a bleed in her brain. Elizabeth started writing a blog last year, called Mathfaery: Making Math Magical and was known as @mathfaery on twitter."</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.jdnews.com/news/math-80522-project-students.html">Smart phones improving math scores | math, project, students - News - Jacksonville Daily News</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Lots of research starting to come in that smartphones make great study helpers and curricular delivery tools. This from the Jacksonville daily news: "Onslow County students using smart phones in math courses not only outperformed their peers in math but also went on to take additional math courses. A Project K-Nect Evaluation Report, prepared by Project Tomorrow for Digital Millennial Consulting, noted that Onslow County Project K-Nect students — including students at Southwest and Dixon high schools — were more likely to achieve proficiency in algebra and algebra II than other students in their school district or state in the 2008-09 school year. Numbers for the 2009-10 school year will be released later this year."</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/smartphones">smartphones</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mobile">mobile</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sumdog.com/">Sumdog - cool free maths games designed to improve numeracy</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Free math games on Sumdog!! These look like a lot of fun! Please share in the comments if you have an opinion! "The games are designed to help improve numeracy, especially between 9 and 13 years old, and are free to use either in school or at home. They cover 100 topics over 10 different levels, and let you play against others around the world."</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/energy/44620">Goleta, CA Students Win Grand Prize in DASH+ National High School Contest</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Just announced the winners of this STEM initiative -- their project: "DV Technologies is a team of three high school students from Goleta, California. They put their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills to work outside of the classroom and designed a dashboard of the future to promote eco-friendly driving. "</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/stem">stem</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.smithsonianconference.org/expert/program">Program « Problem Solving with Smithsonian Experts</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Cool webinars and expert activities. I just love these -- go to this website and sign up! </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/activities">activities</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010/Default.aspx?">World Maths Day </a></div><div class="diigo-description">The competition is a free, online math competition where students compete against one another in a quest to answer the most math questions in 24 hours. Last year, a new world record was set after a staggering 1,952,879 million students from 38,058 schools in 204 countries answered 452,681,681 math questions correctly during the World Math Day competition. Students are looking to break the record again this year. This is a REALLY cool event.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum">curriculum</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://willowgrove.wikispaces.com/Screencasts">Willowgrove - Screencasts</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I just love these Math screencasts that they are doing in North Rockland Central School District in New York with Craig Mantin. So many things they are doing there are exciting!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.bubbabrain.com/">bubbabrain - K-12+, Elementary, Middle School, High School, AP, IB, SAT, College, Trivia, Interactive vocabulary practice!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This from the Bubbabrain founder - a new Math challenge - go in and play for your state. From the founder: "I decided to create a national elementary math madness challenge. Students can score points for their state by playing math games. http://www.bubbabrain.com 1. Click on the math challenge link 2. Select your state 3. Select a game and hit submit 4. The top left card will say "find this" you have to click on the correct match 5. Clear the board and score points I teach 11th grade and was wondering how to get the message out to the elementary population. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!! Darren McCarty"</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iwb">iwb</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.rockman.com/articles/AuthenticLearning.htm">Rockman Et Al: Authentic Learning & Technology</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Fascinating cross-curricular project from Jennifer Tan's diigo bookmarks (she joined the educators group tonight.) Mathematics students determine whether Poe's story is mathematically sound using graphing calculators and computers.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/21383/Tessellation-Creator">Tessellation Creator</a></div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary">elementary</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tessellation">tessellation</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/middle%20school">middle school</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Semiregular%20Tessellations">Semiregular Tessellations</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Regular%20Tessellations">Regular Tessellations</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m19435/latest">How to use Advanced Algebra II</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This open source textbook by Raleigh, N.C., math teacher Kenny Felder was part of the review of the first 16 digital texts submitted to California's review program as part of the free open-source digital textbook initiative by California's Governor Schwarzenegger. This textbook scored a 96 and met 26 of 27 standards. Felder teaches at Raleigh Charter High school.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/opensource">opensource</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.aleks.com/">ALEKS -- Assessment and Learning, K-12, Higher Education, Automated Tutor, Math</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Two people tweeted about this website and how student test scores went up with it. Wonder if others have had similar results? Might decide to use it with my own children if that is the case.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li><div class="diigo-tags"><a href="https://www.guaranteach.com/index.php">Guaranteach - A Better Way to Learn</a></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-description">Just received the press release on this new one. $4.95 a month and you have access to videos to help with homework. There is a growing business based upon videos for learning -- that is because kids clamor for them. Textbooks, and teachers need to see the value in things like Eric Marco's Mathtrain.tv and other screencasting for teaching. Have the kids make their own tutorials for one another -- or you can just subscribe, I guess.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://mathedresearch.blogspot.com/">Mathematics Education Research Blog</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Cool blog from a professor in Norway who is following mathematics education research</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://mathedresearch.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-rowlands-has-recently-written.html">Mathematics Education Research Blog: A cultural-historical approach to teaching geometry</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Fascinating link and overview of cultural historical view of teaching geometry. From the blog of a professor in Norway who is following mathematics education research. Math teachers - this is for you!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://mathconnections.wikispaces.com/">MathConnections » home</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Linda Nitsche's Math connections collaborative project for elementary and middle school students.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=1628">dy/dan » Blog Archive » I Can’t Do This</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Looking at Math and Web 2.0 technologies -- Dan asks for feedback.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.calculus.org/">calculus.org - THE CALCULUS PAGE .</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Terry Freedman sent this to me for a student struggling with calculus. What a great resource for kids tking calculus. I particularly love the calculus applets.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div></li><li><ul class="diigo-annotations"><li><br /> </li></ul></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/08/27_marcos.php">Everyday Heroes: Eric Marcos, Ed.M.'03</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Congratulations to my friend Eric Marcos for being featured in the Harvard Graduate School of Education "Everyday Heroes" column. Eric's Mathtrain.tv project is amazing and an excellent use of digital storytelling in Math. He is a fellow Google Certified Teacher and I'm so proud of him! Way to go Eric!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/web2">web2</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.globaloria.org/">Globaloria: Social Networks for Global Learning</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Open source curriculum and spaces for creating programs in all subjects! From our speaker at necc.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum">curriculum</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/professionaldevelopment">professionaldevelopment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.mathtrain.tv/">Mathtrain.TV</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Mathtrain.tv brought to you by Mr. Marcos and his 6th grade class in Santa Monica, CA. Let your students find answers about what they are doing here. This is amazing! This is an excellent example of WHY students should be creating and sharing with other students.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ad4dcss">ad4dcss</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.mathtrain.com/">Mathtrain.com with Mr. Marcos</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Mr. Marcos in California is doing amazing work with his sixth grade students and their mathtrain tv and podcast projects. Wow!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://elemenous.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/survey-results.html">High Techpectations: Survey Results Gadgets</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Cool survey results gadgets from Lucy Gray -- very very cool for use with children and to demonstrate spreadsheets and charts. I like the little worms she used on her favorite colors chart.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary_teacher">elementary_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/spreadsheets">spreadsheets</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/googledocs">googledocs</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm">ExploreLearning - Interactive Math and Science Simulations.</a></div><div class="diigo-description">I think we're going to see more companies that have valid, standards based games like this one for elementary science and math. This isn't free but you can have a free trial and try the games free for 5 minutes. I think that games are going to be part of what we do and smart textbook companies would behoove themselves to embed games as part of the curriculum for each chapter. I wish my school could do something like this, another thing to look at.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science_teacher">science_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://minyanland.kaboose.com/launchpad/?pg=%2F">MinyanLand - Launch Pad</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A new free website for kids to learn about money. Has anyone used this -- I'd love to find a review from an educator. It looks cool.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://tulyn.com/">Math Video Help, Math Worksheets, Math Word Problems</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Tons of math videos and clips here. Some great resources for math teachers. From kindergarten to upper level math!</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum">curriculum</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cAs1YBELmA">YouTube - Mathmaticious</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This mathematicious video took a long time to make. I love it! Math teachers will love this. This is something for the horizon project student to review. This is Funny but it is an example of how videos can be made on any topic -- a math teacher could have students see how many of these terms they recognize.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/hz08">hz08</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/hzmeta">hzmeta</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/usercontent">usercontent</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/video">video</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/arts_entertainment">arts_entertainment</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html">National Library of Virtual Manipulatives</a></div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Import">Import</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Mathematics">Mathematics</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/manipulatives">manipulatives</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tools">tools</a></div><ul class="diigo-comments"><li>National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Math<span class="diigo-post-by"> - post by <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">Vicki Davis</a></span></li><li><br /></li></ul></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome">Curriki - WebHome</a></div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Import">Import</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaboration">collaboration</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/composition_teacher">composition_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum">curriculum</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/curriculum_director">curriculum_director</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history_teacher">history_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature_teacher">literature_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science_teacher">science_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/web2.0">web2.0</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sschat">sschat</a></div><ul class="diigo-comments"><li>Website mentioned in time magazine article that comes out this week. Wiki based curriculum - first listed in November, but many people are talking about this.<span class="diigo-post-by"> - post by <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">Vicki Davis</a></span></li><li><br /></li></ul></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://adifference.blogspot.com/2006/12/flickr-assignment-rubric-v10-were-out.html">A Difference: Flickr Assignment Rubric v1.0 - We're Out of Beta!</a></div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Import">Import</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/assignments">assignments</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math_teacher">math_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rubric">rubric</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><ul class="diigo-comments"><li>Darren Kuropatwa's flickr assignment to teach math! Great idea for some things I want to do.<span class="diigo-post-by"> - post by <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">Vicki Davis</a></span></li></ul></li></ul><div class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. 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