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See how a teacher in Texas is using geocaching to take her lesson plan out of the classroom and into the real world. Students learn navigation, directions, math and that's just the beginning.
(June 12, 2010) Selected by the graduating class, Professor Debra Satz urges students to "take an interest in the lives of others" in her parting lecture for the class of 2010. More than 25000 family members and friends gathered for Stanford's 119th Commencement Weekend. Among the highlights on Saturday were a Baccalaureate address by Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and the Class Day Lecture by Philosophy Professor Debra Satz. On Sunday, family members and friends will be in Stanford Memorial Stadium to cheer on the class of 2010 as the university awards 1722 bachelor's degrees; 2100 master's degrees; and 980 doctoral degrees. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Commencement: commencement.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
www.whizkidsmovie.com At a time when American teens lag far behind other countries in math and science, WHIZ KIDS is a coming-of-age documentary that tells the story of three remarkably different yet equally passionate 17-year-old scientists who vie to compete in the nation's oldest, most prestigious science competition. Win or lose, these 'whiz kids' raise questions about class, courage, personal sacrifice, success and failure, and in the process, learn as much about themselves as they do about science. Visit www.whizkidsmovie.com for more details.
(April 8, 2010) Ben Galbraith provides a general introduction to HTML and CSS. Dion Almaer then shares some examples of CSS and HTML 5 in action and goes on to demonstrate javascript. Palm executives including VP, Directors, and Senior Product Managers lead a course on mobile application development on the WebOS. Students have the unique opportunity to attain the technical knowledge needed to create their own apps, get insider information about the application submission process at companies like Apple and Palm, and network with various members of Palm's executive team. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Engineering: soe.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
www.facebook.com Religion or Science: Which is more Important in the World Today? A fascinating discourse by Swami Nikhilanand Ji, apracharak of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, presented by Hanuman Temple of New York. The event will also include captivating Kirtan led by Swami Nikhilanand Ji. You are warmly invited to attend this talk, and to share this event info with family and friends in New York. Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP) was founded by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, our beloved Shree Maharajji, the fifth prime Jagadguru in the last 5000 years. Founded in 1990 by HD Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, the Barsana Dham Temple and ashram campus serves as the national center of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat in the United States and is one of the largest Hindu temples in North America.
Google Tech Talk April 8, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by W. David Schwaderer. Innovation is essential for all progress and competitive survival. It provides a democratic vehicle for individuals and upstarts to challenge and neutralize powerful incumbents. Yet, because change accompanies innovation, it is a double-edged sword. This presentation examines the historical reception transformative scientific breakthroughs initially received before widespread adoption. By example, it teaches principles that can help ensure change agents personally, and their organizations, are on the delivering side of innovation's sharp edge. W. David Schwaderer has a Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He has worked at IBM, EDS, Adaptec, Symantec, and Silicon Valley startups. He has authored six commercial software programs for a variety of machine architectures using several different languages, dozens of articles, and ten technical books that explain complex technology in approachable ways. David's soon-to-be-published 11th book follows over 10 years of research and is titled "Innovation Survival - Concept, Courage, Chance, and Change".
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Lecture 1: General principles of teaching Note: Additional material was added to replace the missing material due to technical difficulties. See the complete course at: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
Dear viewer, please read the description before placing a comment, thank you for all your support . If you are a creationist read the following instructions: 1st please get a real job, 2nd do some research, 3rd educate yourself, 4th read some books, 5th acquire some culture and knowledge, 6th then make a comment. Thank you. Description: Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial is an award-winning NOVA documentary on the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which concentrated on the question of whether or not intelligent design could be viewed as science and taught in school science class. It first aired on PBS in November 2007 and features interviews with the judge, witnesses, and lawyers as well as re-enacted scenes using the official transcript of the trial. Judgment Day was produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions in association with the Big Table Film Company. The senior executive producer was Paula S. Apsell, the executive producer was Richard Hutton, and the producers were Joseph McMaster, Gary Johnstone, and Vanessa Tovell. The senior producer was Susanne Simpson. Johnstone and McMaster served as directors, and McMaster was the writer. In April 2008 the documentary won a Peabody Award. It won the 2008 Science Journalism Award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to honor excellence in science reporting. The documentary was praised by Nature, and described as accurate by the National Center for Science Education. Variety ...
Dear viewer, please read the description before placing a comment, thank you for all your support . If you are a creationist read the following instructions: 1st please get a real job, 2nd do some research, 3rd educate yourself, 4th read some books, 5th acquire some culture and knowledge, 6th then make a comment. Thank you. Description: Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial is an award-winning NOVA documentary on the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which concentrated on the question of whether or not intelligent design could be viewed as science and taught in school science class. It first aired on PBS in November 2007 and features interviews with the judge, witnesses, and lawyers as well as re-enacted scenes using the official transcript of the trial. Judgment Day was produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions in association with the Big Table Film Company. The senior executive producer was Paula S. Apsell, the executive producer was Richard Hutton, and the producers were Joseph McMaster, Gary Johnstone, and Vanessa Tovell. The senior producer was Susanne Simpson. Johnstone and McMaster served as directors, and McMaster was the writer. In April 2008 the documentary won a Peabody Award. It won the 2008 Science Journalism Award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to honor excellence in science reporting. The documentary was praised by Nature, and described as accurate by the National Center for Science Education. Variety ...
The President takes questions from Republican members of the House of Representatives at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, MD. January 29, 2010.
President Obama calls on Congress to continue to support education reform, including inspiring students to excel in math and science, revitalizing the community college system and making college more affordable. January 27, 2010. (Public Domain)
Lecture 5: Course design See the complete course at: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
Educomps smartclass™ is a technology oriented initiative for schools. It provides tools and content for interactive self-paced learning by students, as well as rich-media presentations for teacher-led classroom learning. Smartclass is available for teachers and students over the web, and can also be installed on the schools local server for faster and more reliable access to the content. The content available consists of pedagogically sound and visually rich curriculum resources mapped and customized as per the school's Scheme of Work. This content can be streamed into the classroom and shown by teachers in the classroom to make abstract concepts real. Teachers may also include their own learning materials for use by their students. The optional SAS engine available with smartclass supports creation and management of question bank and eTests. With this tool, teachers will be able to create multiple choice questions and deliver them to students.
Want to know more about just how to use clickers to best help your students learn? This video shares the best practices in clicker use, including tips on writing questions and getting students to talk about them, the finer points of running a class discussion about a question, and how long to allow for this process. VIEW THE FULL LENGTH VIDEO (12 minutes) at STEMclickers.colorado.edu. This video was produced by the Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado, at http
esotericteaching.org This is the first video series we ever made back in 2005. Enjoy! Is there an ultimate truth? A final answer to all questions? A magic formula to end all our suffering in life? A simple equation like E = mc2 that can actually solve our problems permanently and make us happy? What if all knowledge—everything that is knowable—could be boiled down to a single, powerful formula? Anyone who knew this formula, and understood how to use it, could then access the knowledge required to solve any problem, no matter how difficult. There would be no need to learn anything else, because the formula would supply whatever knowledge one might need. The great engine of human thought, now turbocharged by computers, is churning out information at an ever-increasing rate. But do we ever get to the end of this information? Is there any final answer? Or does our knowledge just keep on increasing without limit? Does all this so- called knowledge really do us any good? Are we really any closer to understanding life, or the soul? Do we understand why we are born, or why we have to die? Is there any hope of science finding a solution for the ultimate problem of death? Science has made great strides in theory and technology, but has it produced anything resembling a unified field theory of life? We may have more tools and gadgets than people centuries ago, but are we any happier? Even if we know how the universe came into being, are we any closer to understanding why? Could it ...
General update on school, study advice in answer to questions, joke of the day and random medical fact of the day. Ok here is (as promised) a list of the courses I took in college that I would recommend to other people pursuing a medical degree. First semester: -BIC classes (not relevant) -calculus -Gen Chem I--- important for the MCAT 2nd Semester -BIC classes (again not relevant) -Biology I--- important for mcat -Bio I lab " " -Forensic survey (for forensic science major, not relevant) Third semester -BIC classes still not relevant -Bio II and lab important for mcat -anthropology, not really important for anything fourth semester -BIC classes -Gen Chem II important for MCAT -Genetics and lab... important for MCAT and very useful in medical school -French I -firearms evidence for forensic science major summer after sophomore year -Physics I and II and labs---- important for mcat, absolutely useless in medical school so far -EMT-Basic Training--- looks good on resume, gets medical experience, very fun, can get a job -health and performance x 2 Fifth Semester -Bic Classes -Organic Chemistry I-- good for MCAT -French II -Osteology (for forensic science classes but very useful in medical school anatomy) -medical terminology Sixth semester -Bic Classes (finally these were over!!!) -Honors Organic chem II--good for MCAT -Chemistry Lab (very useful for MCAT and I met my beautiful girlfriend/future wife) -Biochemistry (very good for medical school, would say it is a must have ...
The old sawying has it the two things you can't avoid are death and taxes. There's a third - exams! As we come to the end of the Fall Semester, this Forum is devoted to the art and science of exam-taking. A panel of students discuss their tips on outlining and studying, followed by questions from the floor. Then, Professor Friedman gives his well-honed talk, The Pinball Theory of Exam-Taking, a comprehensive primer on how to succeed in writing law-school exams. And more questions from the floor. Barry Friedman, Vice Dean, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law Ben Stoll, Class of 2010 Carmen Iguina, Class of 2010 Allison Westfahl-Kong, Class of 2010
Just what is a clicker? This video will give you a brief snapshot of what a clicker question look like in the classroom, from start to finish. Produced by the Science Education Initiative at STEMclickers.colorado.edu.
After assigning one of my articles, a college teacher invites me to answer questions on philosophy from his class. Article: fdrurl.com
The UC Berkeley Computer Science Self-Paced Center (SPC) offers 12 programming courses in a self-paced format. The student reads the book, completes programming assignments, then visits the SPC to work one-on-one with a student tutor to get them checked off, and to take closed-book quizzes and have them graded. Each class ends with a final exam.
Lecture 1: Goals of the course; what is computation; introduction to data types, operators, and variables Instructors: Prof. Eric Grimson, Prof. John Guttag View the complete course at: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
xoax.net For this lesson, we explain and demonstrate graphically how to perform the merge sort algorithm with a pseudocode implementation. For C++ merge sort code, go to our lesson page at xoax.net. Please submit all questions to our forum: xoax.net
Lecture 5: Hydrogen atom energy levels License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
In "Street Corner Science," a ScienCentral original Web Show, pedestrians are given the chance to sit down with a world-class scientist and him or her any question they like about science, or anything else on their minds. In this episode, renowned chemist: Dr. Stephen Benkovik answers a varied and astute array of questions from some lucky passersby. www.sciencentral.com
This video illustrates how several simple sorting algorithms operate, using people as the objects to be sorted. Produced by the Algorithmic Thinking class as part of Knight School 2009 at Menlo School. For people who know nothing about computer science but want to know what the heck is going on, here are brief descriptions of each sorting algorithm. Insertion Sort: Select each element in the list, and move it left until you hit somebody less than it. For example, when the element '2' is selected in the video, it moves left (shifting everybody right out of the way) until it encounters '1', when it is inserted back into the list. Selection Sort: Pass through the entire list, keeping track of the minimum element so far seen. When the pass is finished, select the global minimum and (in this simplified version of the algorithm) add it to a list of sorted elements. Repeat this, selecting the minimum element each time. Mergesort: Sorting a big list is too hard, so instead sort the first and last halves of the list, and then merge the sorted sublists. Of course, to sort each half-list we sort each quarter-list, and so forth. Eventually we get down to sorting a list with only two elements, which is easy! The merge can also be done very easily, by simply taking the smaller of the top elements of each sublist and repeating until the sublists are empty. In the video, the splitting of the original list into halves, quarters, etc. is not shown - for simplicity we start by immediately ...
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More at xoax.net This C++ tutorial explains built-in bahavior of classes in C++. Please submit all questions to our forum xoax.net
Lecture 05: Eigenvalues (part 1) License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios discusses how he was tapped to add a physics perspective to the upcoming Warner Brothers movie, Watchmen. Kakalios discusses how quantum mechanics can explain Dr. Manhattan's super human powers in the film, and how he came to become an expert on the topic of the physics of superheroes. Check out Kakalios book at www.physicsofsuperheroes.com Vote for Jim! He's up for a Webby Award, which you can vote for here: www.youtube.com
Willim Cooper RIP A real hero, Listen to his story he died to bring it to you... There are other parts but this is the begining the other video I am putting up is a later part of it with some very Important Info William Cooper was reared in an Air Force family. As a child he lived in many different countries, graduating from Yamato High School in Japan. Since he has traveled through or lived in many different foreign countries Mr. Cooper has a world view much different than most Americans. William served with the Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force. He held a secret clearance working on B-52 bombers, KC-135 refueling aircraft, and Minuteman missiles. William received his Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force in 1965. William joined the United States Navy fulfilling a dream previously frustrated by chronic motion sickness. He served aboard the submarine USS Tiru (SS-416), USS Tombigbee (AOG-11), Naval Support Activity Danang RVN, Naval Security and Intelligence Camp Carter RVN, Danang Harbor Patrol RVN, Dong Ha River Security Group RVN, USS Charles Berry (DE-1035), Headquarters Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet, USS Oriskany (CVA-34). Cooper was a member of the Office of Naval Security and Intelligence serving as a Harbor and River Patrol Boat Captain at Danang and the Dong Ha River Security Group, Cua Viet, Republic of Vietnam. William Cooper was awarded several medals for his leadership and heroism during combat including two with "V" for Valor ...
Barack Obama Defines Middle Class As 50-70K From 2003
Science Friday: October 6, 2006 (part 1 of 3) In his book "The God Delusion," evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins says fundamentalist religion "subverts science and saps the intellect." Join guest host Joe Palca in this hour of Science Friday for a chat with Dawkins on religion, the teaching of evolution and creationism in science class, and his call for atheists to "out" themselves. Visit the Site: www.sciencefriday.com
sciencecastle.com - Watch the summary of our science class on plants. It is using the Little Labs science kit on Plants from Thames and Kosmos. What do seeds need in order to sprout? Can you control where plants grow? Besides water and light do plants need anything else to grow? Why do plants sweat? Can a plant find its way through a maze? Find answers to these and many more questions about plants.
ScienCentral takes science to the people... literally, with its first installment of "Street Corner Science": a radical yet simple concept in which a film crew and a renowned scientist are plunked down on a busy city street corner, and an impromptu question/answer session with the public ensues. www.sciencentral.com Pedestrians are given the chance to sit down with a world-class scientist and ask him/her any question they like about science, life, the universe, or anything else on their minds. In this episode, Nobel-Prize-winning Physicist Dr. Leon Lederman graciously answers a varied and surprisingly astute array of questions from some lucky passersby. This video is part 1 of 2 "Street corner Science with Dr. Lederman", so be sure to check back with ScienCentral for more.
CS 61A - Spring 08 - TheStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Instructor Brian Harvey Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. It also relates these techniques to the practical problems of implementation of languages and algorithms on a von Neumann machine. There are several significant programming projects, programmed in a dialect of the LISP language. www.cs.berkeley.edu
This is a film I made for science class to get my fifth graders interested in owls. It worked! They love this film (even though a cute little bunny does get eaten).
Complete video at: fora.tv Sociology professor William Doherty examines differences in US family structure across economic classes. ----- The Changing American Family The writings of social scientists and their popularizers reflect the dramatic changes that have taken place in marriage, child rearing, and family life in the United States. Where such writers once spoke simply of "the family," they now speak of "the diversity of family forms" and the rapidity with which those forms can change. This panel offers objective and unsentimental views of the family and addresses basic questions about family life in the United States today. How do popular myths about family life compare with verifiable realities? What constitutes a marriage or a divorce? How do contemporary adult work patterns affect family life? Featuring Doyle McCarthy, professor of sociology at Fordham University and author of Knowledge as Culture; William Doherty, professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota; Arlene Skolnick, visiting scholar, Sociology Department, NYU and author of Embattled Paradise; and Andrew J. Cherlin, John Hopkins University professor and author of Public and Private Families: An Introduction - The New School William Doherty is professor and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. He is involved in community based projects on ...
Recursion can be a useful tool, if you understand how it works. Expect recursive techniques to use more memory and execution time than comparable sequential/iterative techniques. Watch your depth! 1. Review "parameter passing" in whatever textbook you're using. (in particular make sure you understand the difference between passing by value and passing by reference) 2. Review the pages in your book that discuss "storage class" (static vs dynamic memory) 3. Solve your problem on paper first just using symbols and lines. 4. Check your TERMINATION and RECURSIVE CONDITIONS. Recursion requires 2 things: a recursive rule(s) and a termination condition! 5. Solve the simplest version of the program that you can think of first, ie factorial(0) or generate a fractal one level deep.
Come enroll in Ms. Miranda's 2008-2009 AP Computer Science Class! Video Credits: John Domingo Monica de Mesa Charlene Obana Soundtrack: "Having Trouble Sneezing" - Mark Mothersbaugh "LDN" - Lily Allen "Clumsy" - Fergie - cover by: www.youtube.com "Little of Your Time" - Maroon 5 "Buy UA Drank" - T-Pain - cover by: www.youtube.com
How can you engage your students and be sure they are learning the conceptual foundations of a lecture course? In From Questions to Concepts, Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur introduces Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time teaching -- two innovative techniques for lectures that use in-class discussion and immediate feedback to improve student learning. Using these techniques in his innovative undergraduate physics course, Mazur demonstrates how lectures and active learning can be successfully combined. This video is also available as part of another DVD, Interactive Teaching, which contains advice on using peer instruction and just-in-time teaching to promote better learning. For more videos on teaching, visit bokcenter.harvard.edu
Review (Prof. Catherine Drennan) View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
Acid Base Titrations and Oxidation/Reduction (Prof. Catherine Drennan) View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
Kinetics (cont.) (Prof. Catherine Drennan) View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at ocw.mit.edu More courses at ocw.mit.edu
Havocs I have coined as "elevator" helicopters. The most asked question to Mr. Herbert's Science Class is this. "What is the best helicopter (in between) the Havoc type elevator helicopters and the Honeybee type CP helicopters to learn on. A good choice is the Blade CX2 by E-Flight. This is a very stable machine that uses the same control functions as a larger RC helicopter, yet gives you the time to figure out the controls during the learning process. You won't be sorry if you get one of these, and the newer versions are now available too. Call Donovan's 800-279-6945. (And no, I am not being compensated by them) They are just good guys.
Click this to go to Xheli.com for latest prices. If you sign up for their xhelicopter newsletter, you will get discount coupons. www.anrdoezrs.net Mr. Herbert's Science class revisits and clarifies questions from viewers. First covered is the re-wiring of the Havoc Transmitter. The second part is the Factory default settings of the Honeybee's gain and tail rotor proportion potentiometers, plus a couple of tips to keep your machines running smoothly. Thanks for watching and hope this helps .
Integrative Biology 131: General Human Anatomy. Fall 2005. Professor Marian Diamond. The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination. The Department of Integrative Biology offers a program of instruction that focuses on the integration of structure and function in the evolution of diverse biological systems. It investigates integration at all levels of organization from molecules to the biosphere, and in all taxa of organisms from viruses to higher plants and animals. The department uses many traditional fields and levels of complexity in forging new research directions, asking new questions, and answering traditional questions in new ways. The various...
This episode of Can Fish Make my Child Smart, investigates this theory using experiments. A class of children have been tested to see if Omega 3 oil makes any difference to their scholastic ability. Free video clip from the BBC.
FOR PRABHUPADA BOOKS AND DVDS: www.prabhupada.org.uk MY WEBSITE: www.prabhupada.org.uk MYSPACE: www.myspace.com Sandy Nixon: Can the Vedas be taken symbolically as well as literally? Prabhupada: As it is. We are presenting Bhagavad-gita As It Is, not symbolically. Sandy Nixon: Are you attempting to revive... I feel like asking this question two different ways. First I'll ask it one way which is, in a sense, incorrect. Maybe I'll just ask it this way and just get your answer. Are you attempting to revive in the West the awareness... Are you attempting to revive the ancient Indian caste system in the West? Prabhupada: Where do you find we are reviving caste system? Where do you find? First of all let me know. Why you are asking this question? If you have seen that we are trying to introduce the Indian caste system, then you say. But if there is no such attempt, why you are asking this question? Sandy Nixon: Well, because a lot of people are interested, and... Prabhupada: No, no, lot of people, you are also one of them. So where do you find that we are trying to introduce caste system? First of all find out where is the attempt. Then you ask question. Otherwise it is irrelevant question. Sandy Nixon: The Gita mentions the caste system. Prabhupada: Gita, what mentions, do you know? Sandy Nixon: The four castes and an untouchable caste. Prabhupada: What is that? On the basis of what? Sandy Nixon: I can't locate it directly. But the Brahma... Prabhupada: Brahmananda. Who has ...
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