woot! but will this really squash the debate for good?
cwnl:
One of life’s greatest questions finally answered: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
“It had long been suspected that the egg came first but now we have the scientific proof that shows that in fact the chicken came first.”
It turns out there’s a protein, ovocledidin-17 (OC-17), that’s only found in the ovaries of chickens that is crucial to the formation of an egg’s shell.
OC-17 coverts calcium carbonate into calcite crystals, which in turn form the shell. No OC-17, no shell, and since OC-17 is only found in chicken ovaries, the chicken had to have come first.
Linda raises a lot of important issues: why are we (often) more concerned material, supplemental things than with the practical, necessary things?
First I want to say that this post has a photo which is the same as on one page in our textbook. This is from an anthropologist focusing on society, media and business that I am following (http://www.stoweboyd.com/).
“yes, nature is beautiful, and so is science.”
Having the technology is actually capture celestial bodies results in both a better understanding of space and, for me at least, a greater sense of awe at the power and beauty of the natural world.
First, here are some pictures from a person I’ve been following. He’s a person who loves cosmos, nature, science and comics. His Tumblr is mostly about new discoveries in the natural science field.
Cosmos, Weed & Life
NGC 6960: The Witch’s Broom Nebula
(Source: ikenbot)
Perry asks some important questions…although social networking can be great for activists (and rioters and looters) it is also an easy and great way for Big Brother to keep tabs.
Social media is like a gateway to all of our lives. It was almost over night that we began to know everything that everyone of our friends, acquaintances, and family are doing and thinking. No longer is our personal information just a phone call away, it’s even closer. In the case of the latest london riots, they were organized by a handful of people, in a very organized fashion. This was done by the use of Facebook, Twitter, and Black Berry Messenger. Because of the well orchestrated manner in which these social networking devices were used to make these riots swell out of proportion has forced the British Prime Minister to consider the ban of social networking tools for the rioters all together.
Social networking is both a blessing and a curse, these riots could not show that more clearly. Where will social networking take us in the future? Only time and government policies can tell.
Great post by edtechsandyk (and reposted by Waldo). It is so important that there is explicit training for technology. Although I am a huge advocate of play as a learning strategy for technology (and many other things), there is still a need for actual instruction, whether from a teacher in the front of the room or from the person sitting at the next computer. The facebook example used in the post illustrates the need for both of these quite well.
Yes, this post is about teacher professional development, but ultimately, it’s about impacting learning. Just as you and I expect our peace officers, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, nurses, and lawyers to be “up to date” on all of the latest techniques and information for performing their duties to the best of their ability, and therefore impacting our lives for the better, we should expect teachers to be well informed on the latest instructional practices so they may provide the best educational experiences possible for the students in their charge. In today’s classroom, being well informed includes being versed in the use and integration of technology.
Love this video, made by Rick Mereki (and linked by Waldo).
I was perusing the internet machine when I stumbled onto this video. This guy spent 44 days in 11 different countries and basically immersed himself in each culture. It reminded me of the concept in 60 videos we all did. I strongly encourage you all to take a look!
There’s a reason why the composition classes and creative writing workshops involve lots of drafts and revisions: the more you write, the more likely your writing will improve.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (via writingadvice)
