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21 Nov 09

VisualBlooms - home

Nice chart linking various web tools to the levels in Bloom's Taxonomy

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bloomstaxonomy

BloomPolygon.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Nice chart showing (old) Bloom's scale with verbs and activities

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bloomstaxonomy

Aim High!

A nice chart for seeing Verbs and project ideas

nerds.unl.edu/...blooms.html - Preview

bloomstaxonomy

Welcome to verifiable.com

Another good tool to help create interesting and revealing charts around your data.

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data visualization graphs

Tasty Data Goodies - Swivel

A large number of data sets to download or just explore on the site. Use these to add data to your social studies or Sociology or History classes. Also good for math and Business classes as they study Excel and making charts

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data visualization graphs

12 Nov 09

MEPC - TeachMideast - Educational Resources on the Middle East and Islam - TeachMideast

Interesting site dedicated to helping teachers teach about the Middle East

teachmideast.org - Preview

visualization middleeast

09 Nov 09

The Jobless Rate for People Like You - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Shared today by David Warlick on Twitter. OUTSTANDING visualization about unemployment figures.

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visualization

Google wave Extension List - Google Docs

Got a google wave account? Then you may want to try out some of these extensions. FUN stuff! (Shared on Twitter today)

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wave google

08 Nov 09

25 Places to Watch Free Movies Online | Open Culture

"Where to watch free movies on the web? Here’s a list that will get you started. We’ve listed 25 sites that feature a wide range of films. Classics, international, film noir, documentaries, indies — they’re all here, waiting to be watched"

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video

06 Nov 09

ACLU lawsuit: Palm Beach County's woeful graduation rates show failure of Florida's education policies

This could be a very important case. What are YOUR graduation rates?

www.palmbeachpost.com/...1105gradsuit.html - Preview

aclu lawsuit

  • About a quarter of Palm Beach County seniors do not earn a diploma or GED after four years, according to the school district's own calculations. That number creeps up to 40 percent among black students. And the lawsuit alleges that the district is being generous with its math.
05 Nov 09

thematic mapping blog: Using KML for Thematic Mapping - Research Paper Now Available

"The purpose of this paper is to examine how KML, Keyhole Markup Language, can be used for thematic mapping. A thematic map displays the spatial pattern of a social or physical phenomenon, such as population density, life expectancy or climate change. "

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googleearth mapping

DIALOGUE DRAFT -- "My Brother, My Keeper"

This is the part of the dialog thati's important. Down the, "Then we got a problem."

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  • Dr. Townshend: What the hell's this all about?



    Dr. Kelso: Nothing! I was, uh, just looking over your files and, um...well...your osteoporotic patients aren't on Bisphosphonate; your diabetics aren't on ACE inhibitors. Doug, a lot of your treatments are pretty out of date.



    Dr. Townshend: Come on, Bob, I'm--guys like us, we're set in our ways.



    Dr. Kelso: Well, this is not an age thing, Doug. Hell, these days if you've been out of med school five years, half of what you learned is obsolete. Why do you think I spend every other weekend at a seminar in some two-star hotel ballroom that still stinks of last night's prom vomit? I do it because I have to keep up.



    Dr. Townshend: Also, it gives you two days away from the missus, right? [laughs] Once again, I am sorry I was the one who introduced you in the first place!



    Dr. Kelso's expressions remains serious.



    Dr. Townshend: Look, Bob, I just...I don't have the energy for all that stuff.



    Dr. Kelso: Well...then we got a problem.

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