Explosion book I first came upon an explosion book last year when my daughter and I were at a local craft fair! These mini scrapbooks really took us by surprise when we opened them as we didn't quite expect them to expand the way they did. These are also known as Squash Books and Amazing Folding Albums. Whatever you call them, they make great mini scrapbook gifts, as they can easily be customized to fit any occasion or season. You can make these explosion books in various sizes. I am giving you directions here for two sizes. Materials: 3 sheets solid cardstock 8-1/2" square2 pieces patterned paper 5-1/2" square 2 pieces chipboard or cardboard 4-1/2" square Four different coordinating papers cut to a little less than 4-1/4" square. Or: 3 sheets solid cardstock 12" square2 pieces patterned paper 8-1/2" square2 pieces chipboard or cardboard 6-1/2" squareFour different coordinating papers cut to a little less than 6-1/2" square. Instructions for Making the Explosion Book: Fold book up and tie with ribbon.
Seven Tools for Creating Data Visualizations This morning I received an email asking me for some tools for creating data visualizations. Here are seven tools that students can use to build data visualizations. Better World Flux is a free data visualization development tool that was created for the World Bank's Apps for Development Challenge. The purpose of the challenge was to encourage app developers to create products that could be used to highlight the development data hosted by the World Bank. Better World Flux allows users to create animated visualizations of development data. Target Map is a service that allows anyone to create mapped displays of data sets. Many Eyes is an online data visualization tool developed by IBM. Gapminder is a great tool for creating data visualizations. Google's Public Data Explorer draws on data sets from the World Bank, the US CDC, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other sources of public data.
Breaking Down Beauty: The Aspirin Mask « Painted Ladies By Sheila Arkee There are so many affordable at-home tricks to acheiving beautiful skin. One of my all-time favorite is what’s commonly referred to as the “Aspirin Mask”. The ingredient that makes the magic happen is salicylic acid, a beta hydroxy acid (BHA) that helps clean out pores and battle acne-causing bacteria. Step One: There are two main ingredients in the aspirin mask: water, and uncoated or lightly-coated aspirin. Step Two: The aspirin tablets will dissolve in water, so you don’t really to put a lot of work into preparation. Step Three: Massage the tablets in your hand until they’re dissolved and form a mushy paste. Step Four: Apply! As you’re rinsing, use the mask as a scrub. Step Five: Moisturize and you’re set! The Aspirin Mask is quick and works – I’ll do the mask a night or two before an big event- its like an at-home mini-peel that makes your skin so smooth and let your foundation glide on.
Love, Mouserella by David Ezra Stein LOVE, MOUSERELLA is a fun picture book of a letter from a little mouse to her grandmother. Mouserella's grandmother came to visit but left a few days ago. And Mouserella misses her so she decides to write her a letter. The book opens vertically rather than horizontally which makes for some fun. I think kids will love this book and will relate to all that Mouserella shares. Scrible 網路研究員專用的網頁註解、筆記剪貼雲端個人資料庫 網頁註解？筆記？剪貼？這些功能看起來都似曾相似，例如我之前介紹過兩款很不錯的網頁註解分享服務：「MarkUp.io」和「Awesome Highlighter」，讓我們隨意在網站裡畫重點並分享給朋友看；又或者說到網頁筆記與剪貼，大家應該也會立刻聯想到「Evernote」這類的服務。但是今天要介紹的「Scrible」雖然主要功能就是網頁註解、筆記剪貼，但是它的訴求有一點不同，而更趨向雲端版「ScrapBook（知名firefox剪貼資料庫）」。 不像MarkUp.io強調簡單社群分享，也不像Evernote強調隨手剪貼；Scrible更適合認真的進行網路資料蒐集、研究之用。 經由Scrible註記過的網頁都可以儲存到個人雲端資料庫中，隨時隨地連上網就能查詢檢索，並進一步組織整理研究資料，或是反覆進行更多的紀錄思索。 Scrible主要的訴求在於認真嚴肅的網路資料研究，它希望能夠提供簡單但專業的註解工具，以及方便的雲端服務，來改變網路深入閱讀研究的用戶體驗。 儲存（剪貼）網頁，以後可以隨時查詢閱讀，不怕網頁失效。 下面我就簡單介紹一下Scrible的功能特色。 首先使用Scrible需要先註冊帳號，目前免費帳戶擁有125MB使用空間，在功能上則沒有特別限制（對於儲存網頁文章內容來說，應該可以儲存幾十到上百篇文章）。 而且Scrible承諾以後會像Dropbox一樣，提供用戶一些免費加大空間的方案；未來也會發佈付費版的帳戶。 Scrible提供的網頁註解、剪貼工具是Bookmarklet形式，任何瀏覽器都可以使用。 註冊帳號後，請到「Bookmarklet」頁面，將網頁中的「Scrible Toolbar」按鈕拖放到你的瀏覽器書籤工具列，以後點擊這個「Scrible Toolbat」連結就可以啟動註解剪貼功能。 在任何網頁上啟動Scrible的註解工具列，=這條Scrible Toolbat包含了螢光筆、字體顏色、字體粗細、下底線、刪節線，以及黏貼便條等功能，基本上應該足以應付各種註解筆記需求了。 而在編輯過程中也能隨時還原前面一個動作，或是隨時隱藏所有的註解，好好瀏覽網頁原文內容。 這邊要額外提一個Scrible貼心實用的專業功能，在工具列上有一個「Annotation Legend」按鈕，點擊後會出現一個佈告版，上面會列出你目前在這個網頁上所有使用到的註解功能。 這是什麼意思呢？ 小結：
The Digi Nails – A Hybrid Manicure I’ve been seeing lots of outrageous nail art lately on pinterest. One hot new product that’s really caught my eye is adhesive nail polish strips. I love the funky designs and bold colors with these products, but they’re usually a little spendy for me. I have a great alternative and I’m super-excited to share with you a really fun, new way to use digital scrapbooking supplies! To begin with, you will need the following: light color nail polish (white, light pink, cream, pale green, light turquoise, you get the idea….)rubbing alcoholsmall cup (I used a medicine cup.)digital supplies (laser print or copy)nail polish topcoat 1) Before getting started, quickly measure your fingernails. 2) Open a new Photoshop document and create for yourself 10-15 boxes that are a little larger than your nails. 3) Find some great papers that you’d like to have on your nails. You will likely want to reduce the scale of your paper so that the design will better fit your nails. 4) Print your page. A few thoughts:
obSEUSSed Nancy Duarte TED 演講：視覺溝通的九大法則 Nancy Duarte 近日接受《今周刊》邀請來台灣演講，順便為她的兩本中文新書在台灣出版宣傳 slide:ology 中文版 ─ 視覺溝通：讓簡報與聽眾形成一種對話 歐萊禮 2011年10月26日 出版 這本可說是"簡報學"的教科書，內容著重在簡報投影片的「設計層面」，教你如何讓簡報看起來既專業又有美感 RESONTATE：Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences 視覺溝通的法則：科技CEO與知識大師如何用簡報故事改變世界？ 大寫出版 2011年10月13日 本書主要著重在「演講技巧及架構」，並挑選幾個經典演說，如 King Jr. 《 I have a dream》, Steven Jobs 《2007 MacWorld iPhone Launch》 進行深入的個案研究，並根據她獨創的 Sparkline 波形圖，試圖破解這些大師的演說秘訣 【視覺溝通的九大法則】 第一章 共鳴：簡報革命的前奏 Rule #1: Resonance causes change 共鳴，會帶來改變 第二章 靈感課：向神祕故事和電影借鏡 Rule #2: Incorporating story into presentations has an exponential effect on outcomes 將故事整合在簡報中，會讓結果大為改變 第三章 設定簡報裡的英雄 Rule #3: If a presenter knows the audience's resonant frequency and tunes to that, the audience will move 如果簡報者知道觀眾的共鳴頻率，觀眾將會受到感動 第四章 設定旅程 Rule #4: Every audience will persist in a state of rest unless compelled to change 除非被迫改變，否則觀眾都會停在原處 第五章 創造有意義的內容 Rule #5: Use the big idea to filter out all frequencies other than the resonant frequency 利用大觀念來過濾掉共鳴頻率以外的雜訊 第六章 結構會透露出見解 結構大於部分的總和 第七章 發表人們會永遠記得的事 創造 S.T.A.R.時刻！
Grade 2 Happenings 一萬個小時的創意練習 最近看到一個理論(但其實他在09年就提出了)，是【異數】的作者：葛拉威爾（Malcolm Gladwell）所提出，她認為，成就一種專業，需要一萬個小時的練習，以每天練習3小時的來算，一共需要十年才會成功！ 十年磨一劍 葛拉威爾（Malcolm Gladwell）在書中舉了莫札特的例子，據說莫札特在6歲的時候就會作曲，是典型的天才兒童，但有研究指出，莫札特早期的作品可能是父親幫忙修改，或是改編他人的作品而來，其實沒有特別厲害。 而最具原創的作品－第九號鋼琴協奏曲，則是莫札特在21歲時寫出來的，以6歲就開始創作來算，莫札特持續創作了超過10年才寫出代表性的作品。 舉個現代一點的例子，創立Angry Bird的Rovio公司現在被視為取代nokia的另一個芬蘭奇蹟。 Rovio一邊幫其他廠商製作遊戲，一邊開發自己的遊戲，也是花了近十年的時間，才開發出Angry Bird。 一萬個小時聽起來很久，但其實一年就有8765小時，扣掉吃飯睡覺等等有的沒的時間，要是每天就跟工作一樣，對你想成就的專業，ex.唱歌、彈琴、跳舞、寫作、畫畫，練習八小時，5年內就能達成這個數字。 你認為八小時很誇張？ 創意的十年練習 我相信要成為一個創意能量充沛的創意工作人，也是需要同樣份量的練習，以及時間去醞釀。 關於創意該怎麼生成，因為我也還在建立自己的脈絡，有心得再好好跟大家聊聊，坊間有各式各樣針對此議題的書籍，可以去看看，找尋適合自己的方法，並且持續練習，內化成為自己的創意心法。 (You won’t get anywhere by copying someone else’s opinion. 還是學生時，可以將從書上學到的方法運用在生活中，或是作業上，別小看每次的作業，都是累積創意能量很好的練習。 進入社會後，我認為工作就是最好的練習。 (You won’t get anywhere by reproducing what has already been said. 即使這些創意可能在內部就被否決(因為客戶根本不需要?) 其實我很喜歡聽演講，尤其是TED要推薦一下，演講者把研究的心血濃縮成一場10~20分鐘的演講，一次把精華直接吸收，快速累積經驗值。 (Many try, a few get it.) 隨時可做的腦力激盪 我想，你一定會覺得，這樣生活也太累了吧！ 影 片 在 此 ↓↓↓ 文章出處：鮪魚星球人
Writer’s Workshop Anchor Charts I’ve always been a big fan of writing. I love to see the progress my kids make throughout the year…it’s always so remarkable!! No matter what stage they’re at when I get them, they always grow. My littles were excited to get their draft books on Monday. Then we read Click, Clack, Moo and talked about why the animals & farmer in the story wanted to write. We revisited our anchor chart today and made another. After I showed them examples of all of my writing, we made another little anchor chart all about WHAT writers write… I’m hanging all of these up in our little “Do you have a writer’s eye?” LOVING our Writers Workshop time so far!!! Tomorrow we’ll be creating a “What Can Writer’s Write About?” On Friday, I’ll be passing out their mini offices and we’ll be decorating our draft books and celebrating our first full week of writing!!! I’d love to hear about any fun activities you do to kick off writing in your classroom!! Happy Wednesday!!
Report: More kids 'cyberbaiting' teachers cyberbaiting Athima Chansanchai msnbc.com Nov. 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM ET Symantec / Findings from the Norton Online Family Report A new report on kids' online habits reveals a "growing phenomenon" of "cyberbaiting," in which kids taunt teachers to yelling or breakdowns and then record their reactions using cellphone camcorders. Interviews with 2,379 teachers of students aged 8-17 for the Norton Online Family Report showed that one in five of them (21 percent) surveyed had experienced "cyberbaiting," and dealt with the fallout of "further shame or trouble" afterward. Perhaps some of this interaction comes from 34 percent of teachers who are "friends" with their students on social networks. Norton Online Family Report / "Social Networking Shortcomings" But the teachers aren't the only ones who are experiencing repercussions of online activity. Under the section, "Parental Blindspots" Over one in 10 kids admitted to visiting porn and other "adult content" sites out of their parents' sight.