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Hopenhagen
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Aerin at Edvantage Jan 4.
Secondary STAO Sessions
Started Nov. 18, 2009
Graham Whisen: Wiki's in the Science Classroom
Started Nov. 18, 2009
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- Which school board do you belong to?
- Toronto
- How did you hear about the Environmental Science Interactions Community?
- from aerin
- I've been teaching since
- I'm not a teacher!
- Which science subjects do you teach? Do you teach SVN3E or 3M?
- None
- What social networks do you belong to?
- Facebook, Ning, LinkedIn
- What is your favourite thing about teaching science?
- ...
- The best advice I'd give a new science teacher would be
- be nice to kids
- I'd like to connect with other members of the community about...
- the planet
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Jimmy at Edvantage's Blog
IMBY: An SVN3E Energy Activity, Part One.
IMBY is an acronym for ‘In My Back Yard’, and in case you were unaware, that’s a pun on NIMBY or ‘Not In My Back Yard’,… Continue
Posted on December 20, 2009 at 12:30am —
Real VS Fake: which are you?
We always buy a real Christmas tree. Why? It smells better, it looks better, it feels better. We love everything about it, from the Clark Griswald moment (see video) to the cleaning up of the pine needles into the following September. But until now, we hadn't given much thought to the environmental side of the ritual. Are real trees bad for the environment? It does involve cutting down trees, after all. Isn’t that deforestation? No! I refuse to give up my sacred Balsa… Continue
Posted on December 4, 2009 at 12:33pm — 3 Comments
The World Without Us
You may already be familiar with the Alan Weisman book 'The World Without Us'. I tweeted a link on the subject a few weeks back.
There are quite a few interesting resources out there, so I thought I'd collect some of them together here.
In case you're unfamiliar, Weisman's book asks the question '… Continue
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 2:30pm —
What's your Ecological Footprint?
There's a child and an adult, a detailed and a basic version, with explanations along the way. You even get to choose a character to walk you through, down to clothes and hair colour!
If you could rig it up in the… Continue
Posted on September 18, 2009 at 9:00pm —
Webinar Highlights!
Thanks to everyone who took part in June 15th’s much-anticipated webinar.
Here is a brief play-by-play.
After a couple of early fumbles, the webinar kicked off, under the guidance of Edvantage Interactive co-hosts Lionel… Continue
Posted on June 16, 2009 at 11:44pm —
Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 1:03pm on November 2, 2009,
Annette Byrne-Fratoni said… - Thanks Jimmy!
Much appreciated!
ABF
- At 10:28am on October 16, 2009,
Paul Weight said… - It's the brain of a sheep. It was the neatest photo I had saved on my school's hard drive.
- At 12:57pm on September 18, 2009,
Dave Erb said… - Thanks for the response.
Have you thought about providing this type of social networking in other subject areas (Chemistry, Physics etc)?
Also I noted when I signed up that your site somehow obtained information from a different networking group a friend of mine setup. He asked me to jion so I entered flippant information. Your site entered it in my profile (eg. * Lac Rouge & * Uzbekistan) Comments?
- At 8:41am on September 17, 2009,
Dave Erb said…
- Where does the funding come for this site? I'm thinking about adding the sign up link to STAO's Virtual Library but need an accurate descriptor
- At 8:42pm on September 11, 2009,
Frank DeLeo said… - Thanks for having me. Not sure how helpful I'm going to be for others, but I'll do my best. Looking forward to an exciting year!
- At 2:01pm on September 11, 2009,
Errol Taggart said… - Thanks...It's nice that I discovered this site. I'm the only one teaching 3E right now at my school and I'm finding it hard to make everything from scratch. There's no sense in re-creating the wheel every day for class if you don't have to. I found this picture of the frog on a search one day. Someone edited it to have the poison skull on its skin...a neat pic for toxicity...
Errol
- At 4:23pm on July 2, 2009,
Don Fay said… - Hi Jimmy,
looking forward to the interaction. Thank you for inviting me.
Don
- At 9:22am on June 25, 2009,
Leesa Blake said… - Actually my daughter - my pictures tend to be a little fuzzy - I led a school trip to Ecuador over the March break - breathtaking.
- At 8:49am on June 25, 2009,
Leesa Blake said…
- A Marine Iguana from the Galapagos swimming along the clear water on a sandy beach.
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Searching the Site
In case you are unaware, it is possible to search both Environmental Science Interactions, and the Environmental Science Interactions wiki, by typing key words related to your search into the search boxes provided.
For searching the entire Environmental Science Interactions site: go to the very top right of the page, where it says 'search social network'
For searching the Environmental Science Interactions wiki: the search box is in the sidebar top left of the page.
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View vids in class without Youtube!
If your schoolboard restricts access to certain websites, like Youtube, you can download Youtube and other videos to your computer @ http://keepvid.com/, and then play them in class on your lap top or school computer.
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Created by Jimmy at Edvantage Sep 11, 2009 at 12:23am. Last updated by Jimmy at Edvantage Sep. 11, 2009.
Embed Video
In case you are having trouble posting videos, here are a few tips.
To post a video in the Video library...
Simply click the 'video' tab at the top of the page. Click 'add a video'.
a) If you'd like to upload a video from your computer, just click on the blue box, select the right file from your computer, and upload.
b) If you'd like to post a video that is posted online (eg Youtube), you should scroll to down below the blue box.
Click on 'e
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