The Illuminati Are Obsessed With Sex
"The word "obelisk" literally means ‘Baal’s Shaft’ or Baal’s organ of reproduction. This should be especially shocking when we realize that we have a gigantic obelisk in our nation’s capital known as the Wash ington Monument." Aleister Crowley - Sex Magick [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 02:10:00
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Killed by Kindess
I took an oral exam during my second year of graduate study. It was my first of such experiences, but I decided I knew the material reasonably well. I’d be fine. The class had been team taught – and not all that impressively – and four members of the team sat in the sunny classroom atop the hospital. I stood before them, shifting awkwardly [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 03:10:00
35 Tips Toward An e-Learning Plan For Your Organization
I saw this, of all places, on the San Diego City College site under their military education department ... their metrics, and retool their staff. From “We deliver classroom training that we think someone might need” ... -up trainers” to “a team of learning specialists: analysts, assessors, designers, builders, and deliverers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 02:37:47
Back in the saddle
By Nick BryantBBC News, Adelaide, AustraliaAdelaide has been invaded by a lycra-clad army of cycling enthusiasts, with the capital of South Australia feeling more like ‘Planet Lance’.More than three years after retiring from professional cycling, Lance Armstrong is taking part in the Tour Down Under, his much-anticipated comeback race [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 18:32:54
Choosing CompTIA A Plus Training 2009
Computer training for CompTIA A+ covers four specialised areas - the requirement is exam passes in just two sectors to reach the level of A+ ... fault-finding and diagnostics - both through hands-on and remote access, in addition to building ... that you could be a part of. Being a member of a team working on breakthroughs in technology means you’re [more...]
Date: 2009-02-21 16:42:28
Friday in the Schoolteacher Archives
I’m snarled up in the middle of a book project this week, but in the course of going through some old papers I stumbled across this piece. It occurred to me that you might enjoy this story of the cartooning class, from my early days of teaching. It originally appeared in a ‘zine called Caravan I worked on with our own Brandon Hanvey and some [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 14:30:45
Performance management helped in checking the flaws that cause disunity in the group
Introduction Managers should realize that employees choose to perform the way they do because of some internal or external motivation ... when they are given opportunities to participate in problem solving and decision-making activities that directly ... to compete in a team building exercise in class. Each group was given a pile of A4 photocopy [more...]
Date: 2009-02-18 03:12:09
Good Doggie, or The Most Interesting Things Happen When You Have a Student Teacher
Mrs. Jayhawker is flying solo this week (and doing a pretty good job of it, I might add), so I'm trying to make myself useful outside of my classroom. I've been getting a lot of team paperwork done, wrote a new benchmark quiz, and have done ... with some visiting consultants, and I knew they were coming back some time so I thought that might [more...]
Date: 2009-02-07 22:15:00
Book Review: Punished by Rewards
While browsing in a bookstore back in the US last November, I came upon the book Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, ... rewards have become commonplace in the business world, the classroom, and in parenting. A couple ... of fostering team work and collaboration. On this subject, he writes: Everyone else is a potential [more...]
Date: 2009-02-04 21:58:10
Koosh Balls and Team Building
Whew.After yesterday's post, I got a little nervous about my plans. It's not like me to be so far behind when planning something like this. Today, I'm feeling better, but I will have a bit of preparation to do before the workshop tomorrow. I'll need to make up some handouts for the attendees with my email address, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 14:00:00
Urban Oyster Thursdays
If an oyster is your world, and it is mine, you will also be very excited about these upcoming lectures hosted by the New York Oyster Garden ... to participate in skill building and idea sharing.Thursday May 14th, 6:00pmGlobal Shellfish Reefs at Risk Dr. Mike Beck, The Nature Conservancy's Global Marine Team Senior Scientist, will discuss [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:03:00
BUILDING A TEAM-
This was part of my February newsletter (Feb 14). If you don't receive them and wish to, email me at nickjimenez8@gmail ... the team. After sitting down on two separate occasions with all department heads (a once in a blue moon occurrence), we finally managed to draw a roster of 12 names that would form my team. After writing [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 22:46:00
this is why I’m a failure
The following is a picture I took in the hallway of our seminary building. Every day, someone gets paid to change these signs. It’s a part of their job responsibility to make sure that the classroom assignments are posted ... : It’s Wednesday. We started classes a week ago. We’ve been in this same classroom since Monday [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 17:44:48
Successful language learning
OK. This is my third attempt at writing this post! I have deleted the previous two drafts - really, I don’t want to bore you ... and outside the classroom. ( I see such similarity with the Reggio Emilia project for early learning ... - building on school practices to create centres for community activity. Something we could definitely [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 07:20:11
Smaller classes, bigger science, and the increasing need to engage
In the middle of checking with colleagues at a variety of peer institutions about the evolving nature of teaching loads, ... . Circulating with a team of teaching assistants, the professor makes brief presentations of general ... reminded me of a day I spent in the Wharton School ’s lavish building at the University of Pennsylvania [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:28:06
Multimedia in the Classroom at USC: A Ten Year Perspective
In 1998, Elizabeth Daley, Executive Director of the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg Center for Communication and Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts, created the New Literacy Project. Its goal was to explore how professors across the disciplines could encourage their students to use multimedia technology as means to engage in [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 12:42:43
Stand!
I prefer this poem to Geithner's puerile effort. It's far from perfect, but has its moments, such as this immortal couplet: ... on the radio and suddenly we’re getting the student station, broadcasting live from the Music Building ... . The Music Building. Where I’ve been spending most if not just about all my time for the last three years [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 22:06:00
Stamkos hot on Vinny's trail
Time for a little perspective on Steven Stamkos, the player so many, including former Lightning coach Barry Melrose said was not ready for the NHL ... him on a weight program, put him in a classroom video situation with assistant Wes Walz. It has helped big ... : Karri Ramo gets the start in net in hopes of building on his 40-save effort against the Bruins [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 21:38:28
Spring break anything but for NC State group
Posted by ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Day Two, March 2 After playing a couple of games with the other group we head off to the air mattress feeling exhausted and satisfied. Only one day down and we already have made an impact on Pass Christian. To talk and meet with these people you could definitely feel their complete gratitude for the work [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:22:07
Philadelphia Freedom Schools Servant Leader Intern Application
Servant Leader Intern Job Description Philadelphia Freedom Schools™ summer programs are staffed by young-adults who serve as positive role ... Servant Leadership Training ™ in areas of child development, academic lesson planning, team teaching and facilitation, team building strategies, and positive conflict resolution. This inspirational [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 16:16:58
One Planet Olympics
This article was written by Alex Steffen in December 2006. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. The Olympic Games have had from the start a worldchanging mission. They spring from the desire of many in the late 1800s to see young men devote their energy to the pursuit of excellence rather than war [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 19:20:17
The Virgin Read: Thankfully, Smart People Are Handling Her 2008 Round-Up Questions
Nina Stone started off this year with a different last name, a cursory understanding of comics and a non-existent history with blogs, and now that the year is days from ending, The Factual Opinion is proud to present her thoughts on a year in trying to get a better sense of a hobby only slightly less popular than model train sets [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 22:11:54
Finding Peace At Work And In Life: 8 Simple Strategies
by Lydia Hurlbut and Christiane Holbrook Imagine how great life would be if you could gain more support for you business building efforts ... on your team would be pitching in to help! Life would flow in balance. Implementing a few changes ... such as a virtual assistant or web designer are invaluable team members that allow you to get more done [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 20:36:35
The Importance of a Clear Vision. . .
By now, you've probably figured out that I do a ton of reading and writing about professional learning communities ... the impact that my own learning team has had on my personal development as an educator. And recently, I've ... about as effective as the crank pencil sharpener hanging off the wall in the back of your classroom, aren't [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 05:00:40
Team Work Skills.
Whether you are a teacher or a learner there is little doubt in my mind that in order to be successful in either field a certain degree of team ... learning would take place. Equally many other so called team skills have in my opinion an important place in the classroom. Before I retired I had the pleasure of developing team working skills [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 10:06:00
Austin Event: Hot Science Cool Talks
Interesting topic and free pizza: Indoor air can be much more toxic than the air we experience outdoors, but isn't regulated by any agency ... the event, tailored to provide background useful for the classroom. CD-ROMs with lecture materials ... building disinfection chemistry in the wake of anthrax attacks in the Fall of 2001 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 15:33:32
Austin Event: Hot Science Cool Talks
Interesting topic and free pizza: Indoor air can be much more toxic than the air we experience outdoors, but isn't regulated by any agency ... the event, tailored to provide background useful for the classroom. CD-ROMs with lecture materials ... building disinfection chemistry in the wake of anthrax attacks in the Fall of 2001 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 04:04:57
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009
Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, the Italian government — all are pressuring Israel for a ceasefire. The surprise is Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who states that it would be pointless to condemn Israel without addressing what Hamas is doing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00
An Optimistic View of Blogging Evangelicalism: Community, Confessional Conversations and Adventures In Self-Criticism
September 16th, 2005 by iMonk On September 17th, I was privileged to present the following paper at the Civitas Conference: “After Evangelicalism,” at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thanks to Joel Hunter for inviting me to be part of a panel entitled: “Blogging Evangelicalism: Benign Influence or Ecclesiastical Menace? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 05:00:00
What a slap in the face.
Today started out pretty exciting. When I walked into the main office to see who I was subbing for today, ... my own classroom, as I explained not too long ago in this post. I was so excited to finally ... a part of something. During 8th period, I went to meet with the team of teachers that I’d be working [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 20:26:11
Engineers are Fun
Heineken Grill As I think I’ve mentioned before, this semester I’m teaching good old fashioned physics ... components. This meant they could do anything from build a simple motor or generator to building ... team for a local restaurant. At the end of the class there were three projects that stood [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 03:04:17
Q & A: How Much Does Intelligence Matter at College?
Contest Update: You have until midnight tonight (EST) to send in your entry for the HP Magic Giveaway ... to play golf. In the classroom, however, this causes problems. When we see a student breeze ... to answer a simple question: how do extremely talented people become good? His team identified 120 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 17:18:33
Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
March 3, 2009By DUFF WILSON BOSTON — In a first-year pharmacology class at Harvard Medical School, Matt Zerden grew wary as the professor promoted the benefits of cholesterol drugs and seemed to belittle a student who asked about side effects.Mr. Zerden later discovered something by searching online that he began sharing with his classmates [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 18:59:08
An Owner’s Manual for Character
The Idea As schools have come to realize the connection between students’ ownership of learning and character, a team of local educators set out to develop a student self-assessment based on six universal ... !): Respect, Responsibility, Trustworthiness, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. The team has worked within [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 21:12:59
Lake Bogoria and Conservation Challenges
Sarah Chamblis of Princeton university spent ten days with me on an ecology and conservation field course through The Great Rift Valley ... office itself is a round, two-story cement building, and the site also includes a classroom and an outdoor platform with a 10-foot statue of a globe ringed prominently by the equator. It is all appealing [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 07:44:53
This Week In Stupid
Time flies when you're swimming on an endless, bottomless sea of ridiculousness, doesn't it? Let's start with everyone's favorite subject, what's left of our ravaged imaginary economy. Good thing our Harvard MBA preznit has been all up in this like John Holmes on a crank bender. There's your legacy, bub [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 22:36:00
Bug's Bleat - - GCF: Proper Behavior
Volume 11, Issue 07 Friday, February 13, 2009 Hello All, Folks ask me how I’m feeling about being “retired.” We’ll, to tell the truth I was pretty MAD at first. Then, after about a week, I realized how GLAD I was to be out of the stress of my old job. I’m working temporary jobs now and that fits my “only child” background [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 03:24:00
knitting at the ranch
it really is all that. you can set up your skein winder on the arm of the bench and crank away while soaking up the vista. then leave it there for several days cuz someone else might enjoy it too. now that’s living. i hadn’t been to new mexico for a very long time and when lauren baldwin contacted me about the possibility of teaching at a [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 02:52:47
Training Pays! 5 things to tell your CFO about the value of off-the-shelf training
How can your organization – and you as a trainer – benefit from the use of off-the-shelf, video-based training materials? It’s an important question ... environment. You’ll reduce your “time-to-classroom” development cycle while providing effective ... . And, they allow you to bring in a team of content experts at a fraction of the cost of hiring them [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 23:16:41
teaching like I give a damn - II
or how I got asked to teach.... Of the choices I've made along the way, the most significant was pursuing a thesis in grad school ... . The other major opportunity to building my cv was taking a seminar with Kazys Varnelis. From getting ... for practitioners to team up with a capstone student (capstone is their mandatory landscape 'thesis' studio [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 18:19:38
Building your experience portfolio
It’s the start of term, the party life beckons and the prospect of having to get a proper job seems a very long way off ... who has been head boy/girl, captained the sports team, spent three afternoons a week helping disadvantaged ... of us? It’s never too soon to start building up an experience portfolio, and who knows – you might [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 12:49:19
An Educator Hears A Dog Whistle in the Obamamercial
Senator Obama didn't spend a whole to of time during last night's infomercial on education policy, but in the few seconds he did talk about it, he managed to send a chill down the spine of at least one Denver-area teacher when he held up as an example of positive change the Mapleton School District in Thornton, Colorado [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 00:00:00
It’s in the eyes
I’m a big fan of FIRST Robotics . From the programs like FIRST Lego League for middle school students to the FIRST Tech Challenge and up to the ... their involvement with “ my team .” I haven’t been involved in the day to day of a team in a number of years. My current job takes me away form the area a lot during the prime building season. But I still [more...]
Date: 2009-03-01 18:10:00
I must be IPDreaming....
#fullpost{display:inline;}I must admit that after almost 4 years of selling Revit, I'm bored. It just hasn't been as challenging as it used to be ... further. Designing a building to help construct it, is not something an architect willingly does ... SF per day and asked him if he would ever design a building around that criteria. I also asked [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 01:57:00
Plantations, poverty and power: Section 3
By Chris Lang. Published by World Rainforest Movement, December 2008Back to contentsPulp Inc. Profiles of seven pulp industry proponentsThere is a range of actors who actively promote the expansion of industrial tree plantations in the global South. These include consulting firms, UN organisations, “aid” agencies, research institutions, [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 10:33:10
Discovery De-Mystified
In " The Myth of Discovery " Ted Neward complains that the software industry is unwilling to look beyond its bounds for new ideas and innovation ... like a mis-understanding of Lean/Agile principals which focus on building the quality ... : Prejudices Can Alter Team Work and Agile Bonobos ; and the article: " Who Do You Trust ?" Alistair [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 02:11:14
Jokaydia Unconference Notes: Ramapo Islands
What follows are my raw notes from this morning’s presentation in Jokaydia. I’ll return to this later to clean up the mess, including typos and formatting - but it gives at least an overview of what was discussed. If I’ve missed anything or included it in error please post additions, corrections or comments. Go to the Flickr Set [ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 01:34:02
Eric Schmidt Tells Charlie Rose Google Is “Unlikely” To Buy Twitter And Wants To Turn Phones Into TVs
It must be Google Week on Charlie Rose. Thursday, Rose interviewed product chief Marissa Mayer , and last night he had an hour-long conversation with CEO Eric Schmidt (embedded here, with a full transcript below). The wide-ranging interview touches upon everything from Google’s origins and how it fell upon its advertising business model by [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 01:01:47
FRITZWIRE: What's Going On In DC This Week
You can get the FritzWire weekly here, or sign up and get it every day from Fritz directly. It's free, it's chock full of all sorts of education stuff -- legislation, events, jobs. Today's edition includes new stim guidance. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see there are even restaurant recommendations and online [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 14:23:27
Magic to do at Clarkstown North
In Stephen Schwartz’s musical “Pippin,” a prince travels far and wide, searching for his place in the world, his “corner of the sky ... and his team of Cue & Curtain actors, designers and theater students have added theatrical layers they’ve talked about in the classroom. “The students and I wanted to put our own [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 13:27:13
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