Today's archidose #619

Here are some photos of the Department of Islamic Art at the Louvre in Paris, France, by <a href="http://www.rudyricciotti.com/">Rudy Ricciotti</a> and <a href="http://www.bellini.it/">Mario Bellini</a>, (2012), photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruamps/">Laurent Ruamps</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruamps/8012373544/" title="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris by RUAMPS ©, on Flickr"><img alt="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris" height="399" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/8012373544_a82b91255b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruamps/8012233305/" title="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris by RUAMPS ©, on Flickr"><img alt="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris" height="449" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8012233305_d616dea28d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruamps/8012310916/" title="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris by RUAMPS ©, on Flickr"><img alt="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/8012310916_308f5ea50d_c.jpg" width="628" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruamps/8012429063/" title="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris by RUAMPS ©, on Flickr"><img alt="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris" height="458" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8012429063_710106a9c9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruamps/8012498518/" title="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris by RUAMPS ©, on Flickr"><img alt="Département des arts de l'Islam- musée du Louvre [2012]- Paris" height="461" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/8012498518_f925fb4da1_z.jpg" width="640" /></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 #619

Here are some photos of the Department of Islamic Art at the Louvre in Paris, France, by Rudy Ricciotti and Mario Bellini , (2012), photogr...

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328 Credits and Counting...Happy Birthday, Mickey Rooney!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGgDCHZ6vOEIJ7ZsnGmbs2oh1hTlAhR7m1iHb9VrLxoT0OSr43APCOWEgbJ14ePT-iXGWwLHSGrAHPgkZkr_Y4Ttftbx0D9GsSUUCaZIxre7w7dHr9AL_UFTy_0Wj7145F6hiZ-93-Cc/s1600/Mickey+Rooney+Collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGgDCHZ6vOEIJ7ZsnGmbs2oh1hTlAhR7m1iHb9VrLxoT0OSr43APCOWEgbJ14ePT-iXGWwLHSGrAHPgkZkr_Y4Ttftbx0D9GsSUUCaZIxre7w7dHr9AL_UFTy_0Wj7145F6hiZ-93-Cc/s1600/Mickey+Rooney+Collage+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mickey Rooney, who celebrates his 92nd birthday on September 23, has spent 90+ of those years in show business. Born into a family of vaudevillians, he came closer to actually being "born in a trunk" in the back of a theater than even his frequent MGM co-star and pal Judy Garland. His stage debut came before he was 18 months old.</span></span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mickey's mom always thought her boy had star quality and hustled him to Hollywood in the mid-'20s in hopes that he might be selected for the "Our Gang" series. Though he auditioned, it didn't work out and he later ended up making his big screen debut in a short titled <i>Not to be Trusted </i>cast as a midget.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEg1rZuUtqbpy7aXaOo9Rr1hV7ZphlI8wGeQvyRUPD2aYdWFYgpWpzBusty3-TE_DAYiDQP45907x5NJtz3JsSt8BI0LGzbndpggkFbfzP4ZDcuKJYiGlRp1c33JyjZ6rE4j73FlaCirHhA/s1600/mickey+mcguire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rZuUtqbpy7aXaOo9Rr1hV7ZphlI8wGeQvyRUPD2aYdWFYgpWpzBusty3-TE_DAYiDQP45907x5NJtz3JsSt8BI0LGzbndpggkFbfzP4ZDcuKJYiGlRp1c33JyjZ6rE4j73FlaCirHhA/s320/mickey+mcguire.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mickey McGuire"</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mickey has not always been Mickey. Originally Joe Yule, Jr., he took the name by which he became known for nearly nine decades from his first breakthrough movie role. In 1927 he was cast as comic strip character Mickey McGuire and starred in the part for a series of 78 comedy shorts from 1927 - 1934. He briefly changed his name to Mickey McGuire but for legal reasons was forced to drop the surname. It was then that he became Mickey Rooney.</span></span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_Bj-jTprhBsg6-gg18ExYx-rPVKUrx7lw2rQJRD4C2IG2GhV-48OkQb4Caq-8b93yHNhObmt2_csiVHk5TzW_PeZA04bRi7P6mU7R1xWvAJCKeCQI4XD_0jlQPzJ2OOPsC4k3z2SMp0/s1600/Blackie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_Bj-jTprhBsg6-gg18ExYx-rPVKUrx7lw2rQJRD4C2IG2GhV-48OkQb4Caq-8b93yHNhObmt2_csiVHk5TzW_PeZA04bRi7P6mU7R1xWvAJCKeCQI4XD_0jlQPzJ2OOPsC4k3z2SMp0/s320/Blackie.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two 'Blackies'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One day in 1934 producer David O. Selznick happened upon young Rooney competing in a ping pong match - and putting on quite a show for the crowd. Taken with the boy's showmanship and charisma, Selznick arranged for him to be cast as "Blackie as a boy" in the MGM hit <i>Manhattan Melodrama</i> (1934), starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Clark Gable (who portrayed "Blackie" as a man). Soon Mickey was signed to a long-term contract with the studio. In 1935 he was given a small part in the Jean Harlow vehicle, <i>Reckless</i>, appeared as "Puck" in the star-studded Warner Bros. production of <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> and was cast in the MGM adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's <i>Ah, Wilderness!</i> as Lionel Barrymore's mischievous youngest son, Tommy.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Roles in the Jean Harlow hit <i>Riffraff </i>and the Freddie Bartholomew vehicle <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy </i>would follow in 1936, and in 1937 he would once more portray Lionel Barrymore's son - this time in <i>A Family Affair</i>, as Andy Hardy to Barrymore's Judge Hardy. The film was so successful that it begat 15 sequels. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Beloved as the Hardy series was from the late '30s to mid-'40s, there was more to Mickey Rooney's filmography during this period than Andy Hardy. Among the other popular films that fueled his ascension to #1 box office star in America from 1939 - 1941 were <i>Captains Courageous </i>(1937), <i>Boys Town </i>(1938), <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn </i>(1939), <i>Babes in Arms </i>(1939) -  for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination, <i>Strike Up the Band </i>(1940) and <i>Babes on Broadway</i> (1941). In 1938, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences honored him with a "Juvenile" Oscar. From 1942 until he went into World War II service in early 1944, Rooney </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">cranked out three more Andy Hardy sequels, </span></span>received his second Best Actor nomination for his starring performance in the film adaptation of William Sorayan's <i>The Human Comedy </i>(1943) and co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor in <i>National Velvet</i> (1944). During the war he entertained troops in the U.S. as well as in combat zones and worked for American Forces Network radio. </span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X2PKTEgsvBQ" width="420"></iframe><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">  <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Human Comedy </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(1943)</span></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Like the other top male stars who left movies for the the war, Mickey Rooney returned to a changed Hollywood.  Many of the most successful films of the post-war era were markedly dark and serious -  <i>The Best Years of Our Lives, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, All the King's Men, Sunset Blvd., A Streetcar Named Desire</i>. And TV was on the near horizon, portending more change to come. Rooney's first film following his war service was <i>Love Laughs at Andy Hardy</i> (1946), with Bonita Granville. But audiences had moved on from that particular brand of Americana and he would struggle to keep his career afloat. He would do admirable if overlooked work in early '50s noir (<i>Quicksand</i>, <i>The Strip, Drive a Crooked Road</i>), and earn a Best Supporting Actor nod for his portrayal of an American soldier serving in Italy in <i>The Bold and the Brave </i>(1956). He ventured into live television, appearing on various anthology series of the time, and garnered an Emmy nomination for his performance in "The Comedians," a <i>Playhouse 90</i> drama, in 1957.</span></span><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEiBziYoNcE2HKaSWBU-llZxvtytFQwjQQ_KhEGmotM4gNuDV0_2ysjsKFAonx1Ql1tIa7uppEDeA-xF7q7E35Dzop3xswvcpwsPds9XK85gAnKphds_K8KYAYrINE2CYMWwmAbpW8-8xMo/s1600/quicksand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBziYoNcE2HKaSWBU-llZxvtytFQwjQQ_KhEGmotM4gNuDV0_2ysjsKFAonx1Ql1tIa7uppEDeA-xF7q7E35Dzop3xswvcpwsPds9XK85gAnKphds_K8KYAYrINE2CYMWwmAbpW8-8xMo/s400/quicksand.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeanne Cagney and Mickey Rooney in <i>Quicksand  </i>(1950)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Rooney would work primarily in TV through the '60s, but would also turn in a gritty performance in the 1962 film adaptation of Rod Serling's teleplay <i>Requiem for a Heavyweight</i>, a searing drama co-starring Jackie Gleason and Anthony Quinn. He also appeared, along with a boatload of great comedians (Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers and Jonathan Winters), one Broadway diva (Ethel Merman) and a revered dramatic actor (Spencer Tracy) in the classic 1963 comedy <i>It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</i>.  And he had a supporting role in a premier romantic comedy of the early '60s, <i>Breakfast at Tiffany's </i>(1961). Unfortunately, his over-the-top turn as Audrey Hepburn's Japanese-American neighbor, though performed exactly as director Black Edwards requested, did not age well; eventually Edwards apologized for the characterization.</span></span><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEjqFuKqRpo6Z0Q19QCmMTZyH6189Fwzq2AMHpBAO1Gji3RUtHGEpsEpH1pr6J2EkXEOxZuhWfF_F7j9Fz5ppoPwZFZ7nY5yc1dn61fTx7Jt53dKlaqsikjQNysw2u5P460-Eo-OrcBkJ7U/s1600/Requiem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFuKqRpo6Z0Q19QCmMTZyH6189Fwzq2AMHpBAO1Gji3RUtHGEpsEpH1pr6J2EkXEOxZuhWfF_F7j9Fz5ppoPwZFZ7nY5yc1dn61fTx7Jt53dKlaqsikjQNysw2u5P460-Eo-OrcBkJ7U/s400/Requiem.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney in <i>Requiem for a Heavyweight  </i>(1962)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Though the glory years at the top of the movie star pile were over, Mickey Rooney continued on as a journeyman character actor. In Carroll Ballard's stunningly beautiful <i>The Black Stallion</i> (1979), Rooney portrayed aging horse trainer Henry Dailey, a role for which he received his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Both the film and his character recalled <i>National Velvet</i>, and footage of Rooney as jockey Mi Taylor in the earlier film was used in <i>The Black Stallion</i> to depict the trainer's previous career as a rider.</span></span><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEjKmzDCW17mDUYpBDmgVaQPcXGW70ill7XrWsj8xSb3cdbBPkf8DKCLk8NUU38659MVJhv6JACMfONYORlYvHFezZr_0_YsNUwTTZi0L8HGdFBwWk3RQwGdTzes1L7S1XdhICZ_V4Fy2jQ/s1600/Mickey+Rooney+83+Oscar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmzDCW17mDUYpBDmgVaQPcXGW70ill7XrWsj8xSb3cdbBPkf8DKCLk8NUU38659MVJhv6JACMfONYORlYvHFezZr_0_YsNUwTTZi0L8HGdFBwWk3RQwGdTzes1L7S1XdhICZ_V4Fy2jQ/s320/Mickey+Rooney+83+Oscar.jpg" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">for "50 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances"<small></small></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In October 1979, Mickey Rooney took to the stage with Ann Miller in the Broadway production <i>Sugar Babies</i>. For his performance he earned a Tony nomination and won the 1980 Theatre World Special Award. In 1981 he was cast in the title role of <i>Bill</i>, a TV-movie based on the true story of a mentally handicapped man, and won a Best Actor Emmy for his performance. He was Emmy-nominated for his portrayal in the 1983 sequel, <i>Bill: On His Own</i>, and was awarded a 1983 Academy Award in honor of his 50 year film career. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Born to entertain, he says he fell in love with the spotlight before he could walk or talk, when he first crawled from the wings to center stage. He was a natural for movies and grew up in front of a camera. A whirlwind of energy onscreen, he could dance and sing and put on a one-man show. And he proved to be a fearless dramatic actor with a gift for naturally disappearing into character. </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He has never stopped working - whether TV, voice or film work  - and has enjoyed the pleasure another hit movie, famously appearing with Dick Van Dyke and Bill Cobbs as one of a trio of aged and larcenous security guards in <i>Night at the Museum </i>(2006).<i> </i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was interviewed by Turner Classic Movies' Robert Osborne for an early (1997) "Private Screenings" segment and appears at TCM-sponsored events (he'll be a special guest on TCM's 2013 Classic Cruise to Grand Cayman and Cozumel). He has also been outspoken on the subject of elder abuse and in 2011 testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What more can be said about a living legend? I'll leave the last word to Cary Grant, who described Mickey Rooney as "the most talented actor in Hollywood." </span></span></span></span><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEjpWIj_tdQ0uX0IwU9xtAmyNdRgE_geXwaDfs6mw0XtZPn0k1bTfKzEHABGh0xNFbZmRWrLOMK2KkabDJ_TYr2XWY3sMp3UCQbPu1ADibt0ZVKIq5xWDk8G2fgMfiYPFTc3Ohq1cUXfXSg/s1600/Mickey+Rooney.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWIj_tdQ0uX0IwU9xtAmyNdRgE_geXwaDfs6mw0XtZPn0k1bTfKzEHABGh0xNFbZmRWrLOMK2KkabDJ_TYr2XWY3sMp3UCQbPu1ADibt0ZVKIq5xWDk8G2fgMfiYPFTc3Ohq1cUXfXSg/s400/Mickey+Rooney.JPG" width="322" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When James Montgomery Flagg finished this charcoal sketch of Mickey Rooney in October 1941, he showed it to his subject and cracked, "There's the brat!" Rooney grinned and agreed, "Yessir -- one hundred percent brat!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><b>Sources</b></u> (click on title for link):</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mickeyrooney.com/" target="_blank">The Official Mickey Rooney website</a></span></span></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://filmnoirfoundation.org/sentinel-article/MickeyRooney.pdf" target="_blank">"Fate Slaps Down Andy Hardy: Mickey Rooney After MGM"</a></span> by Jake Hinkson</span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>

Mickey Rooney The Lady Eve (author) 328 Credits and Counting...Happy Birthday, Mickey Rooney!

Mickey Rooney, who celebrates his 92nd birthday on September 23, has spent 90+ of those years in show business. Born into a family of vaudev...

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 09/22/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://kindle.amazon.com/work/flattening-classrooms-engaging-minds-ebook/B005PBY6HW/B0072VTFTM">Amazon Kindle: Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time (Pearson Resources for 21st Century Learning)</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here are some of the public notes of most commented upon items from the book I coauthored Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. You do have to make your notes public to make posts, but I think that highlights may share whether or not they are public. I like to see the things that resonate.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/kindle">kindle</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.iboard.co.uk/units">TES iboard: Units of work</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">These are complete mini-topics that are a week's worth of activities and lesson plans on each topic for ages 4-11. This pulls together lesson plans, interactive whiteboard resources, and printables and will be helpful for teachers in a tight or who need to quickly emphasize a topic where they know students have problems.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</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/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.iboard.co.uk/skill-builders">TES iboard: Interactive skill builders</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">These are practice games to give students to practice skills including mental math and phonics.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iwb">iwb</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.iboard.co.uk/teaching-tools">TES iboard: Interactive teaching tools</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here are teaching tools that you can use to teach a topic. From piggy banks to teach money to number lines. This is a must use site for elementary teachers.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.iboard.co.uk/activities?utm_source=iboard&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=700-tes-home-rh">TES iboard: Interactive activity finder</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I love this activity finder at TES iBoard. They have more than 700 free activities that you can use with your Interactive white board for ages 4-11. You can search by topic. If you have an interactive whiteboard, you should use this site. A subscription lets you easily share the activities with your pupils and they can access them anywhere without a log on. That is very useful.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 09/22/2012

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I dis-like the echo chamber Facebook is becoming

If social media has given us the gift of being afraid to speak the truth in love, then we are a sad lot indeed. Speech isn't free, it often costs our speech of mind, but the flaw may be inherent in Facebook's design. It is designed to make us feel good with the partial reinforcement of being "liked" every time we go there. Every human wants to feel liked, so they are catering to that desire. <br /><br />But liking you as a person and liking what you say are two different things in life.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115916382183421477315/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPCp6bK0YDF6gE#5790959530525492706'><img border="0" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VIs9tWYcMOcZN3eYtcB6-r8v9HW8XWszFpSiAFmM2jnC1i4-cMvr6WYW9TEMAOFGPkEsqwxSS7LGCUDCJ_q6I1S6pfLxdicDCM99yBzCS0ijKk7HrtMnKIqKRro0C6kh5o1Fy-BYeiwV/s288/4.jpg" style="margin:5px" width="219"></a></center><br />The deafening silence of the lack of respectful discourse on issues that matter is upsetting.<br /><br />We only have a "like" button on Facebook. This is not a good thing for balanced conversation and news sites like the <a target="_blank" href="http://live.wsj.com/video/why-doesnt-facebook-have-a-dislike-button/11AB2B22-D8BA-4725-A0C2-4A47D16C910C.html#!11AB2B22-D8BA-4725-A0C2-4A47D16C910C">Wall Street Journal</a> are carrying stories agreeing with this perspective. There has been a scam running for years claiming to <a target="_blank" href="http://thatsnonsense.com/blog/enable-the-facebook-dislike-button-facebooks-latest-scam/">allow people to install the dislike button</a>. People want to do it, they just can't. <br /><br />People are coming to facebook and getting "liked" and only the most vehement post verbally in disagreement, so then you get everyone who "liked" the post descending and those who didn't like it but couldn't mark the discussion can't follow it. <br /><br />This makes it feel like "me and my buddies agree and you don't, so you're wrong" on almost every issue. No one wants to disagree because they literally know they aren't liked in that group and will be the butt of a group of people who all agree. I know what Zuckerburg was doing, but for meaningful discourse it isn't a good thing.<br /><br />It makes it perfect for marketing. People can easily "like" your product, but to say they dislike it, they have to put it in writing and take the time to comment - something that is easily blocked.<br /><br /><b>We need to be able to follow things we don't like to learn and converse</b><br />Facebook isn't the best place to have conversations and yet so many people are having them there. There needs to be a way to track conversations on topics where you "disagree" and don't "like" but the only way you can follow conversations now is to "like" them which implies agreement.<br /><br />It is all "feel-goody" from a partial reinforcement standpoint but as it relates to real life, it is a lie.<br /><br />The very nature of Facebook is to ostracize and gang up on the dissenting voice. By nature it makes majorities of people who circle around conversations. Just because you have a group of friends who agree with you doesn't make you right. The majority isn't always right either.<br /><br />So, then, you have these odd statements that languish with no likes, but the person who writes them has no idea that the statement is off or offensive. It is good for Facebook but is it good for the person?<br /><br /><b>They liked it, so I'm OK.</b><br />I remember once that a Mom posted horrid things about her 10 year old son on her own Facebook page. In a small town like mine, such things will haunt her child forever. I messaged her privately to mention that I'm not sure she came across as she intended. Her flip response was "well I had a bunch of people like it so it was OK with them, they got it." No they didn't, I heard someone talking about what she said later as shocked as I was that she'd say such a thing.<br /><br />She heard what she wanted to hear. In 4-5 likes out of her thousand something friends, she heard an endorsement. In the quietness of the lack of likes, I saw people mourning for a Mom who put something out there that she'd regret later.<br /><br /><b>Like doesn't mean you're right</b>. It might just mean someone likes you and sympathizes with you - not that they like what you said. The two are so confused.<br /><br /><b>Ranting Encouraged</b><br />Now we're in the political season and I read the other day that a study showed that if a friend rants on Facebook about a political issue, that other friends are more likely to change their mind. So, now, political parties could, quite literally, encourage ranting. <br /><br />There are times to rant, of course. There are issues worth ranting about. But the pure evil of one candidate over the pure angelicness of another are lies. No man is perfect and there are things every candidate has big issues in my mind. Don't give me this "my candidate is a better person than the other candidate" stuff. I want facts and rants are often personal attacks. It is the nature of the political beast.<br /><br />You can like it or you can engage the ranter in conversation if you disagree? Those are your only two choices? Are we all idiots? You never fight an angry man or woman on their own turf and that is what you're doing. Then, you have to ruin your whole day by seeing who said what in the ridiculous escalating conversation that if you ignore, will leave you looking like an idiot. Come on! Who does that unless they just love fussing. I don't.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115916382183421477315/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPCp6bK0YDF6gE#5790959550574491330'><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMX1EWQVdB9kmEcfw2lRVSeXNqyw-4ke37AOMBP75-Y0_4W3sMIcIne9U4HDlIGyCUCMoiTb_qhucW6ojEQzn1_WEqTYbKrzCZlKXcUZ53wGvW333c7OriN3qMCxP_ND5IXpstSlFHDIDj/s288/5.jpg" style="margin:5px" width="281"></a></center><br /><b>Conversation Tracking is Great, but why should I have to "like it" to track it?</b><br />The biggest issue I have with Facebook is what it is doing to conversation. With blogging, you have people conversing on both sides. On tumblr, you can converse, but there is no way to really track the conversation.. Facebook is one of the few places you can track a conversation but you have to "like" the conversation to do so. I think this is a flaw in Facebook and needs to be fixed for the good of all of us.<br /><br />I may not agree with a person to want to follow in on the conversation and I shouldn't have to fill up my bookmark bar to do it. <br /><br />I have to "like" a political candidate to follow what he/she posts publicly on Facebook. Really? That is an endorsement. Maybe I want to read and get to know them, but that is going to be hard to do. I guess I can follow them personally, maybe that is what I'm supposed to do. But isn't that still public for everyone to see? Once I like someone, everyone thinks that is a vote, and I'm not willing to do that, especially now that our likes are basically used as advertisements. (Someone goes to a political candidate's page and they'll see their friends who "like" that candidate.)<br /><br /><b>Wake up to the flaws in Facebook</b><br />There are times in my life when I have woken up and realized something is amiss. <br /><br />The way Facebook is designed inherently causes mob behavior and I don't like it one bit. I'm so glad that everyone can feel good about how much they are liked but we have real world problems to deal with and Facebook is where many people go to talk about them. It may not be the best forum for balanced conversations where multiple voices are heard.<br /><br /><b>Facebook is a polarizing influence on society.</b><br /><br />So, talk about issues, but if you want to have real, multiple perspectives, you will have to go somewhere else. The problem is that "everyone" is quite literally on Facebook and so these flaws will continue to influence society in ways that are not for the best - the polarization of people. Right now we need common ground, not a widening chasm.<br /><br />I dis-like the echo chamber Facebook is becoming. So, for now, I'll just leave these wandering thoughts out here on my blog and continue to ponder a social media platform that is good at getting people to come back but may actually be harming the discourse we need to have in society.<br /><br />See Facebook clearly for what it is. You don't have to like it.<br />

I dis-like the echo chamber Facebook is becoming

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 09/22/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://belkinwemo.tumblr.com">Belkin WeMo</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I am testing a wemo along with 2 students. If you're a student or teacher, stay tuned to my blog for a very exciting opportunity to test these devices. wemo with ifttt.com is AWESOME and I"m having a blast playing with it.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wemo">wemo</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/gadget">gadget</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 09/22/2012

Belkin WeMo I am testing a wemo along with 2 students. If you're a student or teacher, stay tune...

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Senior Software Engineer (C++, Java, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108693)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Senior Software Engineer</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><br />Job Description</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of the Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore. The SWIFT division has the mission to  provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (front side, backside, and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications.<br /><br />Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods). The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafer Inspection at Fast Throughput) division is part of Wafer Inspection Group (WIG) and consists in an organization globally located in US, Germany, India, and Singapore. The SWIFT division has the mission to  provide cost-effective solutions for high-sampling wafer inspection applications. We effectively partner with field support teams and customers to lower overall fab costs by supplying world-leading high-throughput inspection, metrology and review systems. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes: all-wafer-surface (front side, backside, and edge) macro inspection, standalone high-sampling inspection, and standalone edge inspection and metrology tools that are deployed across several advanced wafer fabs for a large number of applications. Besides developing valuable products, the SWIFT division provides support to the customers to achieve performance entitlement through the sharing and implementation of applications BKM (Best Known Methods).</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responsibilities:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Design, develop, implement and test software for semiconductor inspection equipment and complex semiconductor tool systems. Determine software requirements, conduct software integration, troubleshooting and on-tool qualification. Utilize Java, Eclipse, Enterprise Architect, and Matlab for software development tasks. Support internal customers and field escalations on related product issues.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ensure the systematic conversion of customer/program requirements into a usable consistent application. Define the software architecture of the application to enable implementation of the requirements. Adhere to SWIFT/KT standards for the software development process.</span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Specific Skills:<br /> </span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1) Designing, developing, testing and implementing complex software applications.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2) Machine control.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3) Object-Oriented Analysis/Design/Programming.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4) Java (or similar programming language).</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5) Semiconductor equipment domain experience.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6) Bug-fixing and feature development for the complex tool integrated with mechanical, electrical, and physical components.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7) Data analysis.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8) Strong leadership, communication and problem solving.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics or related technical field and 8 years of work experience in job offered or in a software engineering- related occupation.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum Qualifications:<br /> </span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 2 years of experience.<br /> OR<br /> Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.<br /> OR<br /> Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span></div></div>

Senior Software Engineer (C++, Java, OOA/OOD/OOP) (#108693)

Position :   Senior Software Engineer Location : Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description : The SWIFT (Simultaneous Wafe...

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Oktoberfest!

<span style="font-size: large;">Oktoberfest in Dublin was quite crazy! It started off sedate enough and then the music got going and it went wild.  The place was packed and everyone was singing, dancing and drinking.  I believe that the beer was very strong which might explain the girl being taken away by paramedics at about 8pm.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">When you left the beer tent to go to the bathroom it took about 20 minutes to get back in due to the crowds.  There was also a system where you exited one side and then went back in at the other side, this was causing a huge queue.  Luckily my sister and I were able to bypass the line and enter through the exit by pretending we were event staff - made believable by the fact that we were wearing  "Dirndl" style costumes!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rDzIVTdGPHLOE6x6CHFDQGYEUj6BAqvzjP5jWsYosoEak5uURdVn5Rx9vPGS6YHSBRu5zEx4ictjpE4sMcQNgWF7-SHWFbcwJgXiifzIplSpafSuEbZFx5wYanDdQu96Sheo4REWOD9C/s1600/Oktoberfest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rDzIVTdGPHLOE6x6CHFDQGYEUj6BAqvzjP5jWsYosoEak5uURdVn5Rx9vPGS6YHSBRu5zEx4ictjpE4sMcQNgWF7-SHWFbcwJgXiifzIplSpafSuEbZFx5wYanDdQu96Sheo4REWOD9C/s320/Oktoberfest.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8mn4dQNhNBPsFI9kHXZ8znKOwyaWQVHkdDpBIv8oR7bsMWNPkV0BUCPBSZnDM9rXoXCW2ybFf-qySjfL3QQ14goS7YUh5FD-xVYFn3n3NyEjOC0gcZzMN_Ysl6yD1QfB8s9g_lIFLC1-/s1600/IMG_1998%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8mn4dQNhNBPsFI9kHXZ8znKOwyaWQVHkdDpBIv8oR7bsMWNPkV0BUCPBSZnDM9rXoXCW2ybFf-qySjfL3QQ14goS7YUh5FD-xVYFn3n3NyEjOC0gcZzMN_Ysl6yD1QfB8s9g_lIFLC1-/s320/IMG_1998%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The above and below are some girls in authentic Dirndls.  They were all German Nationals who are currently living in Ireland.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU09cjz7Sf9r6hUYlBh-KqhUj7Q9M7PJBXlG1PvLoQbyaQaMPkrQ9qecVE_WZmJxxHsGY5PCd6bvUJgofTvEfxk39icOlSJhJik3H7i64twePpFzu6dQMutmDNyfqhGsF-AtctzWxjqhj/s1600/IMG_1971%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU09cjz7Sf9r6hUYlBh-KqhUj7Q9M7PJBXlG1PvLoQbyaQaMPkrQ9qecVE_WZmJxxHsGY5PCd6bvUJgofTvEfxk39icOlSJhJik3H7i64twePpFzu6dQMutmDNyfqhGsF-AtctzWxjqhj/s320/IMG_1971%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It was actually hard to believe that we were in Ireland it felt like we were in Germany!  It was such a great event - a really great day out in Dublin.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Beer lovers should take note of this festival and plan to visit Ireland in 2013 for it!  Of course there will be loads going on this year in Ireland because it is the year of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegatheringireland">"The Gathering"</a></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegatheringireland"><br /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>

Oktoberfest!

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Another Antinori Update

My last progress report on <a href="http://www.archea.it/index.php/progetto/35/2">Studio Archea</a>'s project for the <a href="http://www.antinori.it/">Marchesi Antinori Winery</a>, which I <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Aug05/081505.html">originally featured in 2005</a>, was way back <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/04/cantina-antinori-progress.html">in April last year</a>. Back then the building was starting to take shape, but it was far away from realizing many of the striking details, particularly the stairs and the brick (or is tile?) vaults. It looks like a good deal of progress has been made on the construction.<br /><br />Here are a few of the many images on the project from Studio Archea's website. <a href="http://www.archea.it/en/antinori-winery/">Click over</a> to see many more.<br /><br /><img alt="antinori12-1.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/antinori12-1.jpg" title="Cantina Antinori Construction" /><br /><br /><img alt="antinori12-2.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/antinori12-2.jpg" title="Cantina Antinori Construction" /><br /><br /><img alt="antinori12-3.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/antinori12-3.jpg" title="Cantina Antinori Construction" /><br /><br /><img alt="antinori12-4.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/antinori12-4.jpg" title="Cantina Antinori Construction" />

Another Antinori Update

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If You've Got a Pulse, You've Got a Purpose

As I sit here and watch the pulse beat on the ankle of my left foot, I see that as proof that God is not done with me yet. He has a plan, although I may not see it. The way I see it, if you've got a pulse, you've got a purpose.<br /><br />I took yesterday off, the second day I took off to write in two weeks, in order to get my second book, <a target="_blank" href="http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com">Collaborative Writing in the Cloud</a>, to a point where I'm happy with it and ready for it to go to the publisher.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/115916382183421477315/BloggerPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPCp6bK0YDF6gE#5790582174240081650'><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDPv0QFdiD3ppSX7IxI7xnJlgdegPYIK6kglxNS40CqqiPbeLc5AMz2RklUFiAYbwDdblgH5dkgpmm6DNVTwDOPtG53Q1h5ysG9Mv_9cVIs9EIJuSZCvMviK-AEVp7ZnyR2ySz7hgRRaH/s288/4.jpg" style="margin:5px" width="267"></a></center><br />I started writing at 5:15 am and continued until 7pm when I prepared and spent time with our incredible group of Flat Classroom certified teachers in our weekly discussion. Finally, at 9:45 last night, I went to sit on the couch.<br /><br />Now, I'm quietly typing on my ipad as my family sleeps. With my oldest a senior, we are filling out college applications, prepping for his last SAT, and balancing bank accounts to scrounge up the money to send him to college next year. My daughter is a junior with all of the worries that come with being a cheerleader and one of the tallest young ladies in South Georgia. My youngest is off at Jeckyll Island on a field trip but will come bounding home today at 5:30 with endless energy and an appetite to go with it.<br /><br />And yet, as I work from eyelids open to eyelids shut, it is easy to let the busy cause me to behave like a human doing instead of a human being.<br /><br />This is the risk for so many of us teachers - we are so busy doing, that we don't spend enough time being. Isee this as a caution to myself and to those of you out there like me.<br /><br /><b>Are you so busy doing that you're not being?</b><br /><br />Sure, I will look back upon these times and smile at the craziness, surely I will. But yesterday, after my children left for school, I took a moment in the hall looking at the pictures of my oldest son growing up. He was so little. He had no idea what the future would bring (nor did I) and he lived on my hip. He was so full of energy and I remember being exhausted and just wanting sleep (because he so rarely does and still doesn't) - now I want to go back in time and hold his little face in mine because he's seventeen now and hugs are the things I ask for for Christmas and graduation. He doesn't get a choice then but hugs are rare. I just want to be his Mom and love him and yet, things are different now.<br /><br /><b>There are beautiful moments in every period of life</b>. The tough thing is that some periods of life are so crammed with beautiful moments that we're too worn out to notice.<br /><br /><b>So, right now I'm noticing</b>. I have a heart that is beating that is causing my pulse to move in my foot. That means I'm alive. What a gift! Life! I have the privilege of writing to you as a fellow teacher about to grab a cup of coffee and roll into homeroom to check roll, take my lunch count, and do a dress code check. <br /><br />Sure, I've got problems and struggles, but I've got a God bigger than those problems and struggles who guides me daily and gives me joy amidst the jungle of activity.<br /><br /><b>Just take a minute to breathe in and out</b>. <br />Listen to the breath in your nostrils. Really listen. Do you know what a gift that is? That invisible wind being moved in and out of your lungs as your body automatically just LIVES. Do you know how many people have sat beside the bodies of loved ones asking for just one more breath and one more moment? And you've got hundreds of these moments happening automatically, right now, without you having to think about them!<br /><br />You aren't going to get extra breaths past the moment that will be the end of your life. Your job is to enjoy your life now. This moment.<br /><br /> <b>Find the meaning in this moment and your life will have meaning. </b><br /><b>Behold the beauty in this day and you're days will come together to make a beautiful life.</b><br /><br />Don't waste the chance you have right now to enjoy this moment.<br /><br />Have a great day. And remember, if you've still got a pulse, you've got a purpose. Get busy and do it.<br /><br />*** Posted from my iPad.<br />

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 09/21/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://tashacowdy.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/editing-wikipedia/">Editing Wikipedia « Kizuna</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Editing Wikipedia is something we encourage teachers to do in our book Flattening Classrooms, Engagaging Minds and in our Certified Teacher Course. All of us should at least have a user page. Tasha Cowdy, one of our certified teachers shared her experience editing an orphaned article on Wikipedia. This is something all of us can do to learn about the community of practice built around a sustainable site like wikipedia.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborativewriting">collaborativewriting</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/wiki-inventor/">Wiki Inventor Sticks a Fork in His Baby via wired</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">There is a new type of wiki called the "federated wiki" that is the new brainchild of wiki inventor, Ward Cunningham. INfluenced by GitHub, this invention lets you "fork" a wiki page and make your own version with the original author having the choice to integrate your changes or keep it separate. This may be a great type of collaborative writing tool for researchers and academicians who often are concerned about adding to a common repository in that the page could evolve to no longer represent their views but their name is still affixed to the page. On the other hand, those who may not understand it, might incorrectly attribute something that has been forked and edited but not approved by the original author. I like the potential, however. For those of you who do collaborative work, this is an excellent read.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/nextpractices">nextpractices</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborativewriting">collaborativewriting</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</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/web2">web2</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/09/19/twitter-hots-establishing-a-twitter-routine-in-the-classroom/">Twitter HOTS & Establishing a Twitter Routine in the Classroom | Langwitches Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An excellent, useful post from Silvia Tolisano with practice information and graphics about using Twitter in the classroom. This is a must read in edtech classes and in professional development for teachers. Pass it around and learn. In it, she quotes Terry Heick of Edudemic who divided tweets into 3 sections relating to higher order thinking skills: watch, talk, produce. Excellent, useful points about using Twitter in the classroom.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</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/hots">hots</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 09/21/2012

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What To Do This "Archtober"

It's about a week-and-a-half until <a href="http://www.archtober.org/">Archtober</a>, "the second annual month-long festival of architecture<br />activities, programs and exhibitions in New York City." So it's time to start planning what to do, where to go, and what to see. Below are a few of the highlights, but check out <a href="http://www.archtober.org/calendar">Archtober's calendar</a> or download their <a href="http://www.archtober.org/Archtober%202012%20Calendar.pdf">PDF guide</a> for a list of all the events taking place next month.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">1-7</span><br /><b><a href="http://dht.dwell.com/about-new-york-city-home-tours">CITY MODERN</a></b><br /><img alt="archtober2012_city-modern.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012_city-modern.jpg" title="CITY MODERN" /><br />Dwell and New York Magazine have teamed up for a week of home tours, design studio tours, panel discussions, and an exhibition. Tickets are now available. Many of the events are free for readers of this blog; just <a href="http://dht.dwell.com/buy-tickets-ny">click this link</a> and enter <b>nypress12</b> in the Promotional Code field.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">4-7</span><br /><b><a href="http://tclf.org/sites/default/files/microsites/bridging2/index.html">Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide 2</a></b><br /><img alt="archtober2012-tclf.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-tclf.jpg" title="Bridging the Nature-Culture Divide 2" /><br />The Cultural Landscape Foundation is hosting a symposium at the Museum of the City of New York on October 5 that "engage[s] experts with a range of relevant experience in the field of landscape architecture and environmental design in a discussion of woodland restoration and management in Central Park." October 4 is <a href="http://tclf.org/event/stewardship-central-parks-woodlands-launch-reception">a reception</a> at El Museo del Barrio, and symposium registration includes tours as part of <a href="http://tclf.org/event/whats-out-there-weekend-nyc">What's Out There Weekend NYC</a> on the 6th and 7th.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">6-7</span><br /><a href="http://ohny.org/"><b>OHNY</b></a><br /><img alt="archtober2012-ohny.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-ohny.jpg" title="OHNY" /><br />The 10th anniversary of Open House New York, a weekend when buildings open their doors to the public, is sure to be packed to the gills with some great places to visit and tours to attend. But the full schedule, and reservations for many of the events, won't happen until September 27. I'd recommend <a href="http://ohny.org/about/mission">signing up for their newsletter</a> because many of the events fill up very quickly -- quickly like the <a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/12/black-keys-sell-out-madison-square-garden-in-15-mi.html">Black Keys at Madison Square Garden</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">6</span><br /><a href="http://www.docomomo-us.org/tour_day_2012/new_york"><b>DOCOMOMO US Tour Day</b></a><br /><img alt="archtober2012-docomomo.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-docomomo.jpg" title="DOCOMOMO US Tour Day" /><br />DOCOMOMO is an international organization that works for the preservation of modern architecture. One of the most important buildings in New York City in this regard is Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal at JFK Airport. The organization's NY/Tri-State chapter is teaming up with OHNY to host a free open house from 10am to 4pm.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">9</span><br /><b><a href="http://stillspotting.guggenheim.org/visit/learn/">STILLSPOTTING NYC FINALE</a></b><br /><img alt="archtober2012-stillspotting.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-stillspotting.jpg" title="STILLSPOTTING" /><br />"The Guggenheim and Unsound host a variety show featuring architects, artists, scientists, musicians, politicians, and philosophers... [to] wrap up the cycle of editions in the New York project and start a larger conversation about how man-made environments can be reconceived, reshaped, and redesigned to provide increased opportunities for calm and stillness." Purchase tickets via the link above.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">13-14</span><br /><a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=4978"><b>BIts & Mortar: Architecture in the Age of Digital Communication</b></a><br />AIANY presents "a one-and-a-half day symposium that will bring together some of the most influential thinkers and achievers in design, technology, fabrication and publishing to discuss ways in which the discipline of architecture – enabled by fundamental technological advances– can re-establish itself as a driver of cultural change beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline." Sunday keynote is Frank Gehry.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">13-21</span><br /><a href="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/ndw"><b>Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Week</b></a><br /><img alt="archtober2012-ndw.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-ndw.jpg" title="National Design Week" /><br />"During National Design Week, Cooper-Hewitt's award-winning Education Department hosts a series of <a href="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/ndw/events" target="_blank">free public programs</a> based on the vision and work of the National Design Awards honorees. National Design Week culminates with the National Design Awards <a href="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/national-design-awards-gala" target="_blank">gala ceremony</a>."<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">18-21</span><br /><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/ny2012"><b>Architecture and Design Film Festival</b></a><br /><img alt="archtober2012-adff.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-adff.jpg" title="Architecture and Design Film Festival" /><br />"This year's festival at Tribeca Cinemas will offer more than 25 films from around the world, panel discussions with design leaders and filmmakers and architectural driving tours of lower Manhattan."<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">24</span><br /><a href="http://www.fdrfourfreedomspark.org/"><b>Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park Opens to the Public</b></a><br /><img alt="archtober2012-boat.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-boat.jpg" title="Four Freedoms Park" /><br />The memorial designed by Louis I. Kahn four decades ago finally opens. Don't want to wait until the 24th? Reserve a spot for the <a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=4867">October 19 open house</a> -- I did. Related is <a href="http://www.aperture.org/event/in-conversation-barney-kulok-and-joel-smith/">a book talk at Aperture</a> on the 30th with Barney Kulok (who photographed the construction of Four Freedoms Park) and Joel Smith.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">26-28</span><br /><b><a href="http://bookfair.designersandbooks.com/">Designers and Books Fair</a></b><br /><img alt="archtober2012-db.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/archtober2012-db.jpg" title="Designers and Book Fair" /><br />The first Designers and Books Fair takes place at FIT with two days of <a href="http://bookfair.designersandbooks.com/programs/">programs</a> and an <a href="http://bookfair.designersandbooks.com/exhibitors/">exhibition</a> of architecture and design publishers. The three-day event starts with a keynote on the 26th: Designing the Future of the Design Book.

What To Do This "Archtober"

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Product development Engineer ( system Design | Optics | Physics | Subsystem | statictical | migitation strategy | C |Python |Java ) (#108254)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Product development Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of KLA-Tencor is the world leader in design and manufacturing of systems that are used for capturing yield-impacting defects through optical inspection of patterned wafers for semiconductor manufacturers to ramp and maintain yields for their products.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The successful Product Development Engineer will work in the WIN Division on bright field inspectors used for defect detection and yield analysis by major semiconductor manufacturers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">This role involves requirements analysis and systems design of complex inspection systems using multiple technical disciplines. The selected candidate will:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.work with marketing and engineering to define system and subsystem architecture and specifications, develop requirements and test plans<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.work with functional groups to define and review designs; Create and execute test plans and perform analysis to validate system performance. Troubleshoot system and subsystem issues and work with various functional groups to find and implement solutions<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.support internal and external customers in implementing processes to build and use the tool effectively and optimize tool performance. Lead troubleshooting efforts in manufacturing and in the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Occasional travel may be required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and Experience:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Must have a strong background in physical sciences or engineering and demonstrated analysis and problem solving skills. Hands on experience designing, building, operating, and/or troubleshooting complex instruments preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Strong programming skills in C, Python, Java or some other language is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Experience in numerical modeling of complex physical processes is a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Should be familiar with scientific and statistical analysis tools.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Must be an effective communicator who is able to share technical information with functional groups and provide executive level reports to management and customers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams and to take a leadership role when needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">7.Natural curiosity, inventiveness, and an interest in making things work better.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">8.Masters degree required (PhD preferred) in physics, chemistry, optics, materials science, or related technical field.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Master's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Doctorate (Academic)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div></div>

Product development Engineer ( system Design | Optics | Physics | Subsystem | statictical | migitation strategy | C |Python |Java ) (#108254)

Job Title: Product development Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: The Wafer Inspection Division (WIN) of...

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 09/20/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words#Unsupported_attributions">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I teach students not to use "weasel words" in their collaborative writing. This includes things like "Many people say" or "it is widely thought" - these statements, unless backed up by a reliable source, lend credibility without fact backing them up. These are words that students should be familiarized with when writing for academic purposes in collaborative writing.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborativewriting">collaborativewriting</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wikis">wikis</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.fractuslearning.com/2012/09/19/tips-tweeting-teachers/">Top Tips for Tweeting Teachers</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Some great advice. Of course, as it mentions me in this article and that I space out my tweets, I couldn't do that without @bufferapp and @hootsuite - two of my favorite tools.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/09/19/twitter-hots-establishing-a-twitter-routine-in-the-classroom/">Twitter HOTS & Establishing a Twitter Routine in the Classroom | Langwitches Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An excellent, useful post from Silvia Tolisano with practice information and graphics about using Twitter in the classroom. This is a must read in edtech classes and in professional development for teachers. Pass it around and learn. In it, she quotes Terry Heick of Edudemic who divided tweets into 3 sections relating to higher order thinking skills: watch, talk, produce. Excellent, useful points about using Twitter in the classroom.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</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/hots">hots</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=9&nbyear=2012&evcode=2504">International Day of Peace</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Lesson plans for the International Day of Peace on September 21st. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/peace">peace</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/ResourceCalendar.aspx?nbday=0&nbmth=9&nbyear=2012&evcode=4080">World's Biggest Coffee Morning</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I love this idea for a fundraiser for cancer. This is a UK fundraiser called "World's Biggest Coffee Morning." I love this idea as a fundraiser. Here are the lesson plans and resources they are using.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cancer">cancer</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/profiles/blogs/digital-citizenship">Digital Citizenship - Flat Classrooms</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you want to read how teachers are using digital citizenship in practice, the Flatclassrooms network has lots of great ideas being sharedby teachers like this blog post. One thing we teach the Flat Classroom certified teachers is how to create a CMP (classroom monitoring portal) using Netvibes as depicted here. Digital citizenship should be part of what we all teach.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/digitalcitizenship">digitalcitizenship</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-power-of-communication-with-google-docs">The Power of communication with Google Docs - Flat Classrooms</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">There are some great things you can do with Google Drive (formerly Google Docs). Here's a lovely post by teacher Helen McConaghy about what she's doing in the classroom with her students and Google Docs. Great ideas.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 09/20/2012

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I teach students not to ...

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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjemxRXPJPYkGqlQ3zLYsQpuSHFKUwkFCW-QJH8kuZgh0lNhlaMz-wiyj0QIrF4KLbjKIXbzXb-cqUKYtBdAkoqjGt6GHT3s-yK43bwbJ1C54P6TSU5trdBp1xE5C1Yu7RtfdvQlR8yUqY/s400/Tips-on-your-Trips-to-Golan-Heights.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Golan heights" seen from Israeli territory , 40km further east lies Damascus</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">IRAN POURS MORE TROOPS INTO SYRIA, READY TO TARGET ISRAEL FROM SYRIA AND LEBANON</span></b></span></div><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Via <span> </span>DEBKA<i>file</i> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IRAN continues to fly military personnel and quantities of weapons into SYRIA by civilian aircraft which cut through IRAQI airspace, AMERICAN intelligence sources disclosed early Thursday, Sept. 20. UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon also said that, "Unfortunately, both [SYRIAN] sides, government and opposition forces, seem to be determined to see the end by military means."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Clearly, IRAN is augmenting its military involvement in the constantly escalating SYRIAN civil war, broadening it into a multinational conflict which threatens to drag LEBANON in, by means of the IRANIAN-SYRIAN ally, Hizballah.</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 UN Secretary General's statement implying that the two SYRIAN sides are determined to fight to the bitter end is echoed in IRAN’S resolve to fight to the bitter end for Assad, on SYRIAN soil.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tehran is not hiding its actions. IRANIAN Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Commander Gen. Ali Jafari said openly that Al Qods Brigades units were present and operational in both Syria and LEBANON.</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";">No comment on this revelation has come from the US, ISRAEL or ISRAEL’S military (IDF) chiefs - notwithstanding its menacing import, namely, that Tehran is no longer hanging about and waiting for its nuclear program to be attacked in order to punish ISRAEL, but is getting ready for a pre-emptive operation.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddMLSjLZQEboqp-fTrRpcQq6ZCQ94nCoh-ZXAlUYy9_WalAJjaAehRNHP1LloI3k5kcxqOYKzMOUARJtX48of4Osdrlyq07P-7qikWcfMNaDLFIXwxXqrNlMjLXbLsqWkfx7a02WvbZ4x/s1600/Golan_92.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddMLSjLZQEboqp-fTrRpcQq6ZCQ94nCoh-ZXAlUYy9_WalAJjaAehRNHP1LloI3k5kcxqOYKzMOUARJtX48of4Osdrlyq07P-7qikWcfMNaDLFIXwxXqrNlMjLXbLsqWkfx7a02WvbZ4x/s400/Golan_92.gif" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">United Nations Disengagement Observer Forces buffer zone </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have chosen silence in the face of what any other nation would regard as a casus belli: the open deployment of enemy forces on its northern and eastern borders.<br />This must have been the catalyst for <a href="http://www.debka.com/article/22366"><span style="color: blue;">the IDF’s surprise two-division strength drill </span></a>Wednesday on ISRAEL’S Golan border with SYRIA. But the IDF spokesman sounded almost apologetic when he explained that the exercise had nothing to do with the events in SYRIA or with Hizballah, and that it was no more than a routine drill for testing preparedness.</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";">debkafile's military sources say that, in the current climate, no military operation by any army on the SYRIAN border – especially one of this magnitude – may be regarded as “routine.” Only a week ago, the Golani Brigade concluded a large military exercise in northern ISRAEL including the Golan. </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";">That sort of frequency must have operational connotations: The IDF is evidently keeping the army on the move and in a constant state of readiness to fight a real war without delay on terrain made familiar by repeated war games.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz has a penchant for expressing himself through symbols, his method of overcoming the restrictions placed on his tongue by military and other constraints.</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";">On New Year’s Eve last week, the general handed military correspondents a small gift: The Hebrew edition of the AMERICAN writer Richard David Bach's "There's No Such Place as Far Away."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For the Golan drill Wednesday, he decided to attach Maj. Gen. (res.) Nati Sharoni, chief artillery officer in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to his party of advisers and observers.</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";"> <b>Background information: </b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></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";"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2gODtyrUJIwrKucCwfdNvyQl-z0D0_2bvhN-rlRz7Ey-Gt03hQLz3-Y1vPivi9unot2NCRc_TMFuW2EBEu0PR_uElmYJme1a2pC8cfNqmiYkpVWrnr3Q24fvpK-ymGGXZVopeoMn2Vbj/s1600/570px-1973_Yom_Kippur_War_-_Golan_heights_theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2gODtyrUJIwrKucCwfdNvyQl-z0D0_2bvhN-rlRz7Ey-Gt03hQLz3-Y1vPivi9unot2NCRc_TMFuW2EBEu0PR_uElmYJme1a2pC8cfNqmiYkpVWrnr3Q24fvpK-ymGGXZVopeoMn2Vbj/s640/570px-1973_Yom_Kippur_War_-_Golan_heights_theater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The book was a clear message to Tehran and doubting Thomases at home that the IDF is fully capable of an operation against IRAN’S nuclear program and of successfully accomplishing any mission far from its shores.</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";">Gen. Sharoni’s presence at the Golan exercise, and the exercise itself, was a warning to Iran, Hizballah and SYRIA that they will be disappointed if they hope to catch ISRAEL unready, as it was by the surprise attack which almost overcame the IDF 39 years ago before the tide of war was turned back against EGYPT.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></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";"><b>Background Information: </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/israel-iran-syria.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-israel-iran-and-usa.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/syria-israel-iran-and-usa.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/syria-cause-and-effect.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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