Tag: nytimes
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A Reading List for High School Students About College
The NYTimes sent this to me, a short list of things worth reviewing with students working towards college. I will be judicious where I use it; however, it is a nice list to see pulled together. Check out the full article for additional links and information. Amherst is among the elite colleges that have made…
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A Changing Autumn Leaf
One of the great wonders of life is watching the leaves change colors in the fall. When temperatures get cool, chlorophyll begins to break down revealing the underlying pigments in the plants’ sap. This depiction of the inner-workings of a maple leaf shows the process in action (see the annotated version that appeared in The…
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10 Courses With a Twist
FLASH AND DRIVE With 700 students, David J. Malan’s computer science course is one of Harvard’s most popular. Why are so many nonmajors taking “Introduction to Computer Science” at Harvard or “Introductory Oceanography” at Cornell? Why is Temple Grandin’s livestock course at Colorado State always filled, and not just with students at home on the…
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Updated Microsoft Photosynth
From the NYTIMES, this is a partial reprint to update the local knowledgebase of understanding, for the complete article, full pictures, comments and all the useful items head over to the full article on NYTimes.com Updated Microsoft Photosynth Makes HDTV Look Low-Resolution, the pictures are amazing. Microsoft’s latest update to Photosynth, a technology that stitches…
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Are We Still Teachers?
The next collaborative project between English and Information Technology is going to be this project from the NYTimes Learning Network: Student Contest | 15-Second Vocabulary Videos If we can fit this into CCSS, the deliverology we are mandated, collection of Data Team results, statistics for evaluations, new systems implementation, and everything else required this year.…