The Eleventh Plague- Jeff Hirsch LoudLit.org Hackers (1995 Everlost - Neal Shusterman Everfound Review From Kirkus Reviews Shusterman ends his provocative trilogy with a rock-solid adventure that manages to examine deep questions of faith and morality. At the end of Everwild (2009), Nick the Chocolate Ogre had dissolved into a mass of chocolate pudding, Mary Hightower was asleep in a glass coffin waiting to be reborn, Allie the Outcast was strapped to the front of a runaway train and Mikey McGill (formerly the monstrous McGill) was searching for a way to rescue her. The adventures continue, with Mexican Afterlight Jix joining the cast of characters as a furjacker, slipping into the bodies of giant cats as he spies on Mary’s army for the Mayan King. Rich in detail, with exceptional characterization and shot through with unexpected (and very necessary) humor, this is an engrossing and thoroughly satisfying ending to a unique saga of life after death. The Bookbag Everfound Review Everlost Video Gallery Everlost Discussion Guide Everwild Description Everwild Review
EFLshorts | Short stories for EFL learners by Scott Lauder and Walter McGregor Hacktivism Overview[edit] Hacktivist activities span many political ideals and issues. Freenet is a prime example of translating political thought (anyone should be able to speak) into code. Hacktivism is a controversial term with several meanings. Controversy[edit] While some self-described hacktivists have engaged in DoS attacks, critics suggest that DoS attacks are an attack on free speech that they have unintended consequences. Forms of hacktivism[edit] In order to carry out their operations, hacktivists might create new tools; or integrate or use a variety of software tools readily available on the Internet. Notable hacktivist events[edit] The earliest known instance of hacktivism as documented by Julian Assange is as follows:[15]Hacktivism is at least as old as October 1989 when DOE, HEPNET and SPAN (NASA) connected VMS machines world wide were penetrated by the anti-nuclear WANK worm. [...] Related notions[edit] Civic hacking Media hacking[edit] Reality hacking[edit] In fiction[edit] See also[edit]
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INTRODUCTION - Themework ”The Hotel Mystery” I årskurs 5 läser vi just nu ”The Hotel Mystery”, eller ”Hotellmysteriet” av Martin Widmark. Vi analyserar innehåll, berättarteknik och upplägg. Och skriver sedan egna hotellmysterier i åtta kapitel. Så fokus ligger på att kunna skriva egna texter på engelska. Jag har läst ”The Hotel Mystery” flera gånger och kan berättelsen. LEKTION 1 Jag visar boken för eleverna och frågar o någon känner till Lasse Majas Detektivbyrå. LEKTION 2 Nu berättar jag att jag har ”snott” Widmarks upplägg och skrivit ett eget hotellmysterium som heter ”The Ellington Hotel Mystery” (klicka på länken för att läsa kapitel 1-3). LEKTION 3 Med hjälp av Widmarks och min egen storyboard gör eleverna nu egna storyboards. LEKTION 4 Nu är det dags att skriva första kapitlet. LEKTION 5 Vi jobbar vidare med Chapter 1 så att alla har kommit igång och förstått vad som ska finnas med i första kapitlet och hur det ska skrivas. FORTSÄTTNING FÖLJER… Vi kommer att skriva klart alla åtta kapitel innan jul.
L.A. school iPad program: Students should hack their tablets. Photo by Thinkstock This article originally appeared in Zócalo Public Square and the New America Foundation’s Weekly Wonk. Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State University; Zócalo Public Square is a partnership of NAF and Arizona State. Last year, 40 tablet computers were delivered to the children of two remote Ethiopian villages. The villagers were 100 percent illiterate—the kids had never seen road signs, product labels, or printed material of any kind. Technicians from the One Laptop Per Child program dropped off a stack of boxes, showed a couple of adults how to use the solar chargers, and then walked away. So, frankly, it shouldn’t have come as much of a shock when a few hundred of the tech-drenched children of Los Angeles figured out how to “hack” the $678 iPads they were given by their school district, just one month into the new school year. L.A. One Laptop Per Child considered the Ethiopian kids’ hack a success.
Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan Cover image not final Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen - all of them, and they're stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood - the blood of Olympus - in order to wake. The demigods are having more frequent visions of a terrible battle at Camp Half-Blood. Though it is tempting to take the Athena Parthenos to Athens to use as a secret weapon, the friends know that the huge statue belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to stop a war between the two camps. The fifth book in the Heroes of Olympus series will be published on 7th October 2014. The stakes are higher than ever in this adventure that dives into the depths of Tartarus. They have no choice. But they’re the least of his problems.
Läsning på djupet - läsning tillsammans - Mia Smith Många rapporter kommer om att elever går ut grundskolan utan att ha läst en hel bok. Jag har bestämt mig för att göra det jag kan för att motverka detta, så nu läser mina elever böcker i engelska. Mycket av detta har jag läslyftet att tacka, både gällande metoder och mod att våga. Just nu kör jag ett projekt där två klasser samarbetar. Eleverna har fått välja mellan två böcker och jag har skapat läsgrupper där eleverna från de två klasserna blandats. För att få ihop samarbetet har jag byggt läsprocessen på digitalt samarbete. Steg 1 Val av bok, uppstart och ett första gruppsamtal. Steg 2 Eleverna fick sedan fortsätta läsa enskilt. Steg 3 Som avslutning samlas vi till ett ytterligare samtal. “Genom undervisningen i ämnet religionskunskap ska eleverna sammanfattningsvis ges förutsättningar att utveckla sin förmåga att […] resonera och argumentera kring moraliska frågeställningar och värderingar utifrån etiska begrepp och modeller.” Steg 4
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