Saturday, May 31, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Airline Mysteries -TOK HOMEWORK DUE ON TUESDAY JUNE 3RD
Teams A/B and C
Egypt Air, Silk Air, Malaysia Air - 3 different mysteries.
Student research, reflection and team presentations - written task:
400-600 WORDS - students can email it directly to me with a hardcopy handed in to Room 19.
Write a short reflection on your work on this project and describe what you learned from your own research and from working as part of a team.
Egypt Air, Silk Air, Malaysia Air - 3 different mysteries.
Student research, reflection and team presentations - written task:
400-600 WORDS - students can email it directly to me with a hardcopy handed in to Room 19.
Write a short reflection on your work on this project and describe what you learned from your own research and from working as part of a team.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Saturday, May 17, 2014
How big is space? – interactive version
THERE ARE GALAXIES FAR, FAR AWAY BUT
HOW BIG IS OUR OWN SOLAR SYSTEM?
CLICK BELOW
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc.com/future/bespoke/20140304-how-big-is-space-interactive/index.html
Thursday, May 15, 2014
MH370 missing plane
CLICK BELOW HERE
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/01/mh370-report-real-time-tracking-planes
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/01/mh370-report-real-time-tracking-planes
MH370 report reveals 17-minute delay in querying missing plane
Air traffic controllers took four hours to launch search and rescue operation, according to files released by Malaysian government 
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
'Arrogance' of ignoring need for sleep
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27286872
Prof Russell Foster, at the University of Oxford, said people were getting between one and two hours less sleep a night than 60 years ago.
He said: "We are the supremely arrogant species; we feel we can abandon four billion years of evolution and ignore the fact that we have evolved under a light-dark cycle.
"What we do as a species, perhaps uniquely, is override the clock. And long-term acting against the clock can lead to serious health problems."
He says this is an issue affecting the whole of society, not just shift workers.
Prof Foster said that this was an acute problem in teenagers and he had met children who sleep by popping their parent's sleeping tablets in the evening and then downing three Red Bulls in the morning.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Learning in a Digitalized Age: Plugged In, Turned On, Totally Engaged?
Fascinating new book on the role of technology in education.
All professional learning communities agree that there is added value in utilizing technologies to enhance and facilitate student success. This volume seeks a critical and informed answer to one of the most important educational questions of the day: how successful will learners be in the digital age?
Here, writers with real hands-on experience in the field challenge many of the assumptions about teaching and learning in the digital age. It is relevant and important for all those interested and concerned about the kinds of debates, arguments and ideas which are influencing and changing the nature of teaching and learning in the early decades of the 21st century.
These contributors, from around the world and across all sections and levels of the educational sector, share their experiences of working with educational technologies, mobile and digital learning in their day-to-day lives in schools, colleges and universities.
The main themes, arguments and reflections found highlight the dramatic effects and changes technology is having on the human experience generally and in teaching and learning in particular.
The editor: Lawrence Burke is an experienced international educator of 25 years. In the 2011/12 academic year the Higher Colleges of Technology, Al Ain Men’s College awarded him Teacher of the Year.
This debate is everywhere but it's important to promote the core skills in students for modern education - that is the power to think critically, to use technology as a tool and to value the arts as well as the sciences.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
AIR CRASH - AFRICAN HIJACK PART 1
Students please note that the dramatic footage of this Ethiopian Flight crashing into the sea was taken in 1996! Why oh why are some youtubers posting this video and claiming it's the Malaysia Flight? What about the feelings of the families of the missing passengers in the missing flight and the relatives of those who died on the Ethiopian flight?
We must listen to the 'better angels of our nature' and not use the internet to make fun of the suffering of our fellow human beings.
Video Games - what are the knowledge issues?
Are video games just another form of entertainment? What are the Knowledge Questions surrounding the production and use of games? Can gaming create altruistic actions such as fan-made non-for -profit games? Is it an ethical issue? Is it a question of time management or addiction issues? Is it no different to watching war movies? The point is to look at the issues around gaming and not simply indulge in lecturing teenagers about their use. Clearly this is an important issue which may be affected by confirmation bias.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
What will your verse be?
O Me! O Life!
Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
Verdi's "Nabucco" - Hebrew Slaves Chorus
Italian
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Translation in English
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Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate;
va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli, ove olezzano tepide e molli l'aure dolci del suolo natal! Del Giordano le rive saluta, di Sionne le torri atterrate... O, mia patria, sì bella e perduta! O, membranza, sì cara e fatal! Arpa d'or dei fatidici vati, perché muta dal salice pendi? Le memorie nel petto raccendi, ci favella del tempo che fu! O simile di Sòlima ai fati traggi un suono di crudo lamento, o t'ispiri il Signore un concento che ne infonda al patire virtù. |
Fly, thought, on wings of gold;
go settle upon the slopes and the hills, where, soft and mild, the sweet airs of our native land smell fragrant! Greet the banks of the Jordan and Zion's toppled towers... Oh, my country, so beautiful and lost! Oh, remembrance, so dear and so fatal! Golden harp of the prophetic seers, why dost thou hang mute upon the willow? Rekindle our bosom's memories, and speak to us of times gone by! Mindful of the fate of Jerusalem, give forth a sound of crude lamentation, or may the Lord inspire you a harmony of voices which may instill virtue to suffering. |
International Mindedness : Hooman Majd "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ"
Hooman Majd "The Ayatollah Begs to Differ"
The author was a translator for senior officials in Iran and attempts to build understanding and go beyond the stereotypes.
Anorexia's Living Face (CBS News) - is everyone beautiful in their own special way? who decides?
Does the fashion industry play a role in this terrible disease? What are the ethics of the fashion and cosmetic industries in this regard?Why don't we see more of talented people who are especially attractive in a traditional sense? Who decides what is beautiful? Is beauty 'constructed' by culture and the media? Were overweight people once thought attractive because their size indicated wealth?
What about skin colour and the paradox of tans versus whitening creams? How would these obsessions appear to an intelligent visitor from another planet?
The Art of Francis Bacon
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X is a 1953 painting by the Irish artist Francis Bacon. The work shows a distorted version of the Portrait of Innocent X painted by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in 1650. The work is one of a series of over 45 variants of the Velázquez painting which Bacon executed throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. The picture was described by Gilles Deleuze as an example of creative re-interpretation of the classical.
When asked why he was compelled to revisit the
subject so often, Bacon replied that he had nothing against the Popes, that he
merely sought "an excuse to use these colours, and you can't give ordinary
clothes that purple colour without getting into a sort of false fauve
manner."
Velázquez's 1650 portrait of Pope Innocent X.
Although Bacon avoided seeing the original, it remains the single most
influential painting on him, and its presence can be seen in many of his best
works from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
In Bacon's version of Velázquez's masterpiece, the
Pope is shown screaming yet his voice is "silenced" by the enclosing
drapes and dark rich colors. The dark colors of the background lend a grotesque
and nightmarish tone to the painting.[3] The pleated curtains of the backdrop
are rendered transparent and appear to fall through the representation of the
Pope's face. (WIKIPEDIA)
Paul Auster Lightning bolt death changed my life
We need stories, we need books. Writer Paul Auster explains why he needs to write (above) and why we need to read (below).
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
HISTORY - VIETNAM - Four students in Ohio shot dead by American Soldiers
Martin Luther King calling for an end to the war in Vietnam.
Controversial? You decide! Coca-Cola Commercial 2014 - America Is Beautiful
Why did some Americans criticise Coca Cola for this advert?
Not everyone is comfortable with cultural diversity within countries.
Not everyone is comfortable with a broad vision of our human family as one international community sharing the planet together.
While Coca Cola promotes cultural diversity - is there another public heath issue?
The Money Issue: Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis
Ten thousand dollars an hour worth of lawyers filed into a courtroom in lower Manhattan on the morning of Nov. 8. The legal team represented Steven Cohen’s hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors, which had agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle criminal charges that it had engaged in securities fraud.
The Money Issue: Why Only One Top Banker Went to Jail for the Financial Crisis (2008)
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| Kareem Serageldin: “I’m ready to pay my debt to society.”Painting by Alan Coulson, based on a photograph by Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images |
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Ancient India's Contributions to the World (Full Documentary)
A special welcome to our incoming IB Grade X1 class, who are already working with teachers on our Pre- IB Introductory Course.
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A note of appreciation to those who have already posted.
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