Colin Munroe - Piano Lessons feat. Joell Ortiz

September 132009

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Music video for Colin Munroe’s “Piano Lessons feat. Joell Ortiz”, produced by Black Milk, directed by Philip Sportel.

From the mixtape “Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero” available for download today at:

www.onsmash.com/unsunghero

For more information on Colin Munroe, visit www.unsunghero.tv or www.myspace.com/colinmunroe

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城大專上學院電腦學部學生活動回顧 - A review of DCO students’ activities - Part 1

September 42009

This video shows activities of students in the course of their studies for ociate degree qualifications in the Division of Computer Studies, Community College of City University (CCCU) in the 2008-09 academic year. The activities centered on themes of personal development, education for social competence and skills for continuous learning. CCCU continues the long tradition of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in the provision of sub-degree education since 1984. Established in 2004 with a recently realigned focus, CCCU offers a wide range of ociate Degree programmes, a Pre-Associate Degree programme and other educational programmes. All ociate Degree programmes incorporate general education and discipline specific components essential for further studies, employment and personal development.

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城大專上學院電腦學部學生活動回顧 - A review of DCO students’ activities - Part 2

August 292009

This video shows activities of students in the course of their studies for ociate degree qualifications in the Division of Computer Studies, Community College of City University (CCCU) in the 2008-09 academic year. The activities centered on themes of personal development, education for social competence and skills for continuous learning. CCCU continues the long tradition of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in the provision of sub-degree education since 1984. Established in 2004 with a recently realigned focus, CCCU offers a wide range of ociate Degree programmes, a Pre-Associate Degree programme and other educational programmes. All ociate Degree programmes incorporate general education and discipline specific components essential for further studies, employment and personal development.

Duration : 0:8:19

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Space Science Fiction Writing Training Video

August 142009

This video teaches Mission Team Leaders how to teach the Space Science Fiction Writing lesson plan

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Space Art Training Video

August 82009

This video teaches Mission Team Leaders how to teach the Space Art lesson plan

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THE FOG OF WAR — ReThink Review

August 52009

Errol Morris’ Oscar-winning documentary, THE FOG OF WAR, is about Robert McNamara — a statistician so smart that he was asked by two presidents to use his smarts at the very highest levels in matters of life and death. Another way of looking at it is that McNamara, who was the secretary of defense under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, is the Donald Rumsfeld of his time, widely considered to be the architect of the Vietnam war. Using over 20 hours of interviews, Morris uses McNamara to give an insider’s view of recent history, as well as a portrait of a man grappling with his responsibility for the millions of deaths that occurred as a result of his counsel.

To download a lesson plan based on THE FOG OF WAR to be used in classes, visit http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/ and click on “lesson plan” in the lower left corner. You can also visit http://www.brown.edu/Research/Choices/resources/detail.php?id=55

For more ReThink Reviews, go to http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B5DFC2A5707C5EBB

Duration : 0:3:37

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TuxMath Tutorial - Free Math Games For Children

August 22009

TuxMath is also know as Tux of Math Command. It is a free program and can be downloaded at:
http://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group_id=31080
Or
http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org

TuxMath runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Unix and Linux. There are updates that come regularly, so check back with the site often for the new program. Also, the program is open source with the code available for free download. So, all of the game programmers can take a look at the code and see how the game is programmed.

There are two games in TuxMath the first is comet zap (missile command) and the other is Factoroids (Asteroids). The game play on comet zap is well done with good graphics, sound effects and music. Factoroids can be a bit frustrating at times because it can be hard to dodge the asteroids, type the answers and fire the laser without being destroyed.

The Math Command Training Academy has levels broken down in a way that teachers can find a level that closely matches their existing math lesson plans.

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Dan’s bovine geography lesson

July 272009

Daniel teaches a bull all about the Isle of Man on a recent visit to Heeley City Farm

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Want Test Scores To Go Up? Mr. Duey Raps

July 242009

Do You Want Test Scores To Go Up? Want to Make AYP? MR. Duey release his first single off the very anticipated album titled “Class Dis-Missed” Album includes 17 songs from the most difficult subjects to teach. WWW.MrDuey.COM to preview more songs. 1. “Thanks to Mr. Duey’s lyrics [my students'] scores improved by 15 points over the same test a year ago.”- Ms. Deborah Pappas, Math Chair, Southgate Gerisch Middle School, MI 2. Mr. Duey is an elementary and middle school teacher and rap artist. 3. “Rap ‘Mr. Duey’ style meets both the emotional and academic needs and teaches to the hearts and minds of our youth.” -Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, “Teacher of the Year.” Professor of Teacher Education at Eastern Michigan University 4. Songs about English, Math, Social Studies, and Science at www.mrduey.com 5. Mr. Duey approaches learning in a way that today’s students can connect with by infusing rap and hip-hop into traditional subjects. 6. “Mr. Duey gets students so excited about the method that they forget they are doing work!” - Mr. Sam Childs, English Teacher, Southgate Gerisch Middle School, MI 7. Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama’s interview with Jeff Johnson on BET’s “What’s In It For Us?” “Jeff Johnson: The reality is that hip-hop can engage the very young people that you have to deal with about education and incarceration. Would there be a place [in your White House] to explore how hip-hop can be effectively used? Barack Obama: Absolutely, I don’t think there is any doubt that it can be. I’ve talked to artists about how, potentially, to bridge that gap. I think the potential for them to deliver a message of extraordinary power that gets people thinking and the thing about hip-hop today is its smart, its insightful and the way that they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable. Hip-hop is not just a mirror of what is. It’s a reflection of what can be.” 8. “Mr. Duey + Teacher Willingness = Student Success” -Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, “Teacher of the Year.” Professor of Teacher Education at Eastern Michigan University 9. Order the album! www.mrduey.com 10. Lesson plans available soon! www.mrduey.com

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Ska Reggae guitar lesson in style of Sublime

July 202009

In this lesson we examine and teach some ska/reggae guitar techniques in the style of Sublime. Check out our 2 hour Sublime DVD here:
http://www.nextlevelguitar.com/offers/dvd_4/index.html

Duration : 0:10:53

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