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Video: “NOVA: Secrets of the Parthenon”
Video: “NOVA: Secrets of the Parthenon“
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Posted in Arts
Tagged Ancient Greece, architecture, Athens, humanities, Parthenon, PBS, video
The Virgin Queen by Christopher Hibbert
Since I’ve agreed to play Elizabeth I on Renaissance Island in Second Life as needed, I decided I should read a biography about her. I selected The Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I, Genius of the Golden Age (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1991) by Christopher Hibbert.
From reading Hibbert’s book, I reached the conclusion that Elizabeth I was self-centered, emotional unstable, and indecisive–not a genius. It’s amazing that England survived her reign as well as it did.
Blog Posts, Articles, and Reports To Read: October 8, 2010
During the last week, I ran across these:
Blog Posts, Articles, and Reports To Read: August 13, 2010
Since last week, I’ve run across these items that appear to be worth reading:
- 2010 Horizon Report
- “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in Second Life“
- “Top 70 eLearning Articles – Hot Topics: iPad Adobe Captivate – July 2010“
- “Interface: Where We’re Headed with Web 3.0“
- “Designing Effective Online Assignments“
- “Online Discussions: Tips for Instructors“
- “Predictors of Success for Adult Online Learners: A Review of the Literature“
- “10 Things I’ve Learned About Teaching Online“
- “Successful Techniques and Proven Strategies for Finding Online Teaching Work“
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Posted in Education, Instructional Technology, Reading
Tagged elearning, humanities, online education, philosophy, Plato, second life, teaching, virtual worlds, web 3.0
My Students’ Online Extra Credit Projects
I gave students in some of my classes the option of earning extra credit by creating a Squidoo lens, a knol, or a hub on Hubpages. Here are the webpages they created:
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Posted in Instructional Technology, Web 2.0
Tagged ENG 1020 SP 10, Hubpages, HUM 121 SP 10, HUM 122 SP 10, humanities, knol, Squidoo
HUM 121 Students’ Zakta Guides
This semester I had my HUM 121 students at Red Rocks create Zakta guides for the research part of their individual projects about heroes from different cultures. Here are links to their guides:
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Tagged HUM 121 SP 10, humanities, literature, mythology, Zakta
HUM 122 Students’ Zakta Guides
This semester I had my HUM 122 students at Red Rocks create Zakta guides for the research part of their individual projects about important figures from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Here are links to their guides:
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Posted in Instructional Technology, Web 2.0
Tagged architecture, art, HUM 122 SP 10, humanities, literature, music, science, Zakta