Archive for November, 2008
The tagline quoted above refers to the international project “Science Across the World” (SATW), which caught my attention when searching for a project that combines both of my subjects – English and Biology – and of course – new media.
What?
Science across the World is an internet platform that enables stundents from all over the world [...]
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Tags: Biology, school, students, tasks, teachers, teaching
Way to go or What the f***?
Communitication via the internet has become more and more important during the last couple of years – especially for the “younger” generation. While writing letters and talking hours on the phone was quite common during my teenage years (meaning: not long ago!), chatrooms, messengers, forums, and cell phones have [...]
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Disenchanted.
I’ve just learned that Maja the Bee is not a bee! She’s supposed to be more of a hoverfly instead!
What will they try to convince me of next?
That there’s no happy place called Who-Ville?
That there are no Dumbledores and Weasleys, who protect muggles from You-know-whos?
Pur-lease!
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Tags: Biology, Fun Stuff, University's Believe It or Not
Good Morning…
…to my “commentator”!
Since it’s getting cold and unpleasant outside, I got some high spirits for you:
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When I typed my headline for this week’s topic, I was honestly quite tempted to say that I’ll just go with the first option, not only because it fits so nicely to my last name.
‘Cause isn’t it a real blessing
that we can do research while sitting at home, eating lunch, or lying in bed?
that all [...]
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Tags: Internet, students, tasks, teaching
In this week’s class we worked through the online-session’s practical by developing different posters in groups. Our blogging task was then to create an entry about one of these posters.
I chose the second task since it seemed necessary to me to somehow support the old fashioned way of teaching through “Drill and Practice” a little [...]
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In Remembrance of George W.
If you like him or not, you have to admit that even though US president George W. Bush might not be the smartest person on this planet (and to be honest – who is? or who said that whoever-it-is needs to be the president of the US?)
But still (or because of this?) he IS kind [...]
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Tags: Fun Stuff, politics
