Lego. 11 Totally Redundant Place Names. East of Lancashire, England lies Pendle Hill, known for its historical association with witch trials, scientific discoveries about air pressure, and religious visions that led to the founding of the Quaker movement.
It is also known for having a tautological name. A tautological name has two parts that are redundant, or synonymous. Tautological place names usually come about when more than one language goes into the name. Some California examples that mix Spanish and English are Laguna Lake (Lake Lake) and Lake Lagunita (Lake Little Lake). The Pendle in Pendle Hill is derived from Pen-hyll, a combination of the Cumbric word for hill and the Old English word for hill. 1. This scenic body of water on the Nevada/California border gets its name from a loose pronunciation of dá’aw, a word from the Native American language Washo that means lake.
Artistic Takes on 9 Classic Fairy Tales. We’re all familiar with the classic Disney and Brothers Grimm versions of fairy tales, but with a little artistic skill and imagination, it’s amazing how drastically these tales can change—at least visually. Need proof? Look no further than this collection of fantastic artistic versions of some of the most common fairy tales. Special thanks to the WWA Gallery in Los Angeles for putting together their Fractured Fairy Tales art show , which is where many of these creations were sourced. 1. Cinderella We’re all so familiar with classic fairy tales that we often forget how silly they can be, but when Yudi Chen switches the genders of the main characters, it shows just how preposterous they are—like the idea of a handsome young man running away from the princess and leaving his shoe behind as the clock strikes midnight. Brain Candy Toys ran a brilliant ad campaign last year that turned classic fairy tales into math equations.
Why I Gave Up Flipped Instruction. 2¢ Worth. Listen A few weeks ago I worked and attended North Carolina's ISTE affiliate conference. I opened the NCTIES conference with a breakfast keynote address and Marc Prensky closed it with a luncheon keynote the next day. Sadly, I missed the second day of the conference. I would first offer some constructive criticism to NCTIES , and to all such ed-tech conferences across the nation and around the world. You do a fabulous job of offering dynamic learning experiences for teachers who are new to teaching or new to utilizing contemporary information and communication technologies in their classrooms. Which students don't get to use technology, then? A school board member recently echoed on her Facebook page a community member’s desire to stop funding the district’s 1:1 initiative.
Here are the community member’s comments that were shared by the board member: Technology is a wonderful thing and is much needed BUT these kids needs to know how to take a pencil and paper, spell worlds with out spell check, make a sentence with out using grammar check an do math with a calculator. Seems all the school board can see is the good sides of everything before buying it. They don’t seem to be able to think of what bad can come from things or if what they are purchasing with other money is redundant. I’d like to see results of an old fashioned math, and spelling test and even writing. Below is my contribution to the discussion on the school board member’s Facebook page… Some quick thoughts: Our information landscape is no longer ink on paper.
Lucy Gray Consulting. Learn to code (with Scratch and JavaScript) Blank Template of Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 default html page contains: references to the WinJS components: a core stylesheet (ui-dark.css or ui-light.css), base.js, and ui.js: The //’s in the WinJS paths refer to shared libraries rather than files in your app 56 package, whereas a single / refers to the root of your package.
Default js file contains :basic WinJS activation code centered on the WinJS.Application.onactivated event along with a stub for an event called WinJS.Application.oncheckpoint: I’m using following resources: What I liked/need to read for this: codefoster blog Selecting Elements in Windows 8 APP. Ms. Laidler: Science in the City. Pure and Simple. David Jakes always makes me think when it comes to redesigning schools (both the physical and the cultural).
His latest post has me thinking again: If you were asked to identify the most important elements of your school’s culture, what would they be? I’m talking about the things that make your school your school, the things you are most proud of. Take a minute and write down your top three.. . . I’m wondering how you would describe the culture of the learning experiences that your students engage in? Here's my school's mission statement: Our mission is to create an engaging teaching-learning environment that values student individuality and encourages students to:recognize and achieve their full potential,collaborate in the learning process,become lifelong learners, andparticipate actively in their local and global societies.
Here's David's suggested mission statement: