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.
50 Of The Best Podcasts For High School Students - 50 Of The Best Podcasts For High School Students by Dennis Lee, StudyPug.com This post is the first part to a 3-part series entitled “250 things any high school student must learn”. High school is perhaps one of the biggest turning points of a person’s life. So while you’re all in the stage where you go wonder what you really want to be like in the years to come, why not try listening to Podcasts to give yourself some insights about life. So here’s a collection of 50 Podcasts that any high school student should listen to, categorized into the four general topics would help you focus on what you might choose to become in the years to come. Academic Related Podcasts Not everyone can be a History Buff, a Grammar Nazi, a Science Geek, or a Poetry enthusiast, but a person could try listening to one of these podcasts to have a bit more of new things learned from among every classes like Science, Math, English, History and Literature. General and Special Interest Podcasts Entrepreneurship
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 British Burn Washington, 1814 The British Burn Washington, DC, 1814 August of 1814 was one of the hottest in the memory of the approximately 8,000 residents of America's new capital. The sweltering, humid heat turned the stagnate marshes surrounding the city into thriving hatcheries for disease-carrying mosquitoes. To make matters worse, the city found itself the target of an invading British army slowly making its way from the Chesapeake Bay. America had been at war with the British Empire since 1812, but the action so far had consisted of a series of indeterminate skirmishes along the Great Lakes region. As the British army of approximately 4,000 approached, the majority of Washington residents fled the city. That evening, the vanguard of the British army reached Capitol Hill and began its systematic destruction of all public buildings in the city. George Gleig was part of the British force that attacked and burned Washington. ...When the detachment sent out to destroy Mr.
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！
Why people fall for dumb Internet hoaxes (Facebook) Last month brought a great deal of fanfare, and accompanying snarky outrage, about a new “Satire” tag on Facebook for content sources like The Onion. Yet fake “news” items — which run deeper than satire — continue to propagate rapidly across the site, as well as on other social media platforms, such as Twitter. In the past few days, huge numbers of Facebook users saw — and shared — a hoax about severe winter weather from Empire News, predicting “record-shattering snowfall coming soon.” Meanwhile, retweets of a “limited edition” Pumpkin Spice-flavored Durex condom image flooded Twitter timelines. Most media coverage has approached this kind of rapid viral proliferation of fake content as a problem of consumer intelligence, an account both inflammatory and ableist. 1. Both the Empire News winter forecast and the Durex Pumpkin Spice condom were easily falsifiable, but they benefited from a general tendency among social media users to share without reading, let alone verifying.
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