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The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 35!Monday, December 1st, 2014
Four Against the World: A "World of Ice and Fire" Roundtable feat. Steven Attewell and Amin Javadi
Celebrate Cyber Monday the old-fashioned way: in boiled leather! The Boiled Leather Audio Hour is back for our second episode in one week, and once again it's our biggest to date. Since no one episode, and no two hosts, could contain The World of Ice and Fire, Stefan and I have tapped Race for the Iron Throne's Steven Attewell and A Podcast of Ice and Fire's Amin Javadi to join in the discussion of George R.R. Martin, Elio M. García Jr., and Linda Antonsson's seemingly inexhaustible world book. We tackle many of the topics we missed in our first episode on the book, and double back on a few besides.
One more note and then it's on with the show: Thank you so much for your generous donations to BLAH's emergency tech-crisis fund. Your support has done a great deal to help defray the cost of the new computer and software I needed to continue recording the podcast. If you haven't already, and you're still in a spending mood after all those hot online deals, and if you enjoy the show or the blogs enough to warrant it, you can donate via paypal here. Any amount is extraordinarily appreciated.
Alright, that concludes our message from the Iron Bank. Check the links below for a host of posts and podcasts this fearsome foursome has already done on the book, then listen and enjoy!
Sean & Stefan's previous BLAH episode on TWoIaF
Amin interviews Elio & Linda about the making of TWoIaF for A Podcast of Ice and Fire
The whole Podcast of Ice and Fire gang discusses TWoIaF
Steven's chapter-by-chapter analysis of TWoIaF
Sean's Rolling Stone article: The 10 Craziest Things We Learned from The World of Ice and Fire
Stefan's "ruminations" on TWoIaF for Tower of the Hand
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 34!Monday, November 24th, 2014
Around the World: Discussing "The World of Ice and Fire"
We're back, and a world awaits! Released with deserved fanfare a few weeks ago, The World of Ice and Fire, the long-awaited world book by George R.R. Martin and his co-authors Elio M. García Jr. and Linda Antonsson of Westeros.org, has proven to be an extraordinarily fecund source of information, speculation, and general wonderment. That's a pretty fair characterization of this episode of The Boiled Leather Audio Hour, as a matter of fact: No muss, no fuss, just me and Stefan the best and most baffling moments of this extensive fake history in our biggest episode yet.
But before you begin, a quick housekeeping note: Stefan and I haven't been able to record a podcast since July, as a series of professional, personal, and (most insurmountably) technical issues scuttled half a dozen different scheduled recording times. The resolution of these issues necessitated the purchase of a whole new computer and set of software, which I was happy to do, but which obviously took a hefty chunk out of the old Boiled Leather budget.
So if you enjoy The Boiled Leather Audio Hour, boiledleather.com, The Nerdstream Era, or any of our assorted projects, please consider clicking here to donate a few dollars to help offset the cost of the show via PayPal. (There's also a Donate button at the top of boiledleather.com.) You all have been so tremendously complimentary and supportive, and we're extraordinarily grateful that you listen!
Sean's Rolling Stone article: The 10 Craziest Things We Learned from The World of Ice and Fire
Stefan's "ruminations" on TWoIaF for Tower of the Hand
Sean betting sixty bucks that Tyrion is Aerys's son
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 32!Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Going Rogue: Discussing "The Rogue Prince, or, A King's Brother"
Another chapter from the GRRMArillion? You betcha! Rogues, the latest cross-genre anthology edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, is out, and you know what that means: another long short story/novella set in the world of Ice and Fire and written by Martin himself. As was the case with Dangerous Women's "The Princess and the Queen," Martin's contribution this time around is an excerpt from the larger history of the Targaryen dynasty eventually to be published in expanded form as Fire and Blood. And it turns out it's a direct prequel to "The Princess and the Queen"'s tale of internecine Targaryen civil war — like, it ends the moment "TPatQ" begins. As such, it casts many of the events and characters of that story in a whole new light. And like that story, it strrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrretches the boundaries of the rubric for its inclusion in the anthology in which it appears. Is it worth it? Listen and find out! (And try not to be perturbed by the sounds of chaos in revelry in the background, as Stefan's native Germany defeats a rival in the World Cup whilst we record. Just imagine we're discussing this over a bowl o' brown in the stews of Flea Bottom. I know I always do!)
Stefan's review of "The Rogue Prince" for Tower of the Hand
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 31!Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Rhoyne Like Hell: Westeros.org's Rhoynar-centric "The World of Ice and Fire" Excerpt
The bodies haven't even been removed from the battlefield of our last podcast, but Stefan and I are back already with a brand-new BLAH! Today we're talking about the excerpt from George R.R. Martin, Elio García Jr., and Linda Antonsson's The World of Ice and Fire about the Rhoynar, which was posted a few weeks ago on the latter two writer's seminal Westeros.org website. Its title, "The Ten Thousand Ships," is somewhat inapt given that it doesn't in fact cover the naval exodus of the people of the Rhoyne from that Essosi river to the southern lands of Dorne in Westeros. But there's plenty to talk about up until that point, from the sudden revelation that an entire water-based form of magic exists (or existed) to the wartime conduct of Old Valyria and its allies. Saddle up a turtle and enjoy!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 30!Monday, June 23rd, 2014
The Post-"Game" Show: "Game of Thrones" Season Four Reviewed
Our biggest episode! Game of Thrones Season Four is over, and in this mega-sized BLAH, Stefan and I analyze it for damn near 90 minutes. Every major storyline is covered, every big controversy is addressed, every substantial change from the books is explored, and every complaint we have about the fandom is given an obscenity-laden airing. Hey, we told you it was a big episode!
Below, we've included some links to pieces on the show that we mention in the podcast. Read, listen, enjoy!
Sean's reviews of the show for Rolling Stone
Stefan's reviews of the show for Tower of the Hand
Sean's Rolling Stone list of Season Four's Top 10 greatest moments
Stefan's "Outside the Buzz" piece on fandom's bubble mindset
The AV Club's Sonia Saraiya on the role of violence on the show
HuffPo's Maureen Ryan arguing the show is good but not great
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 29!Friday, May 16th, 2014
Conquest!: GeorgeRRMartin.com's Aegon Targaryen-centric "The World of Ice and Fire" Excerpt
Another week, another sample from something Good King George has got cooking — if, of course, by "another week" you mean "last week." Yes, since Stefan and I recorded this episode, yet another excerpt from George R.R. Martin, Elio Garcia Jr., and Linda Antonsson's worldbook The World of Ice and Fire has been released. No matter! Like the modern-day maesters we are, we stay focused on the matters at hand, specifically the sample unveiled on GeorgeRRMartin.com regarding House Targaryen's flight from Valyria and Aegon's Conquest of Westeros. The sample raises many intriguing questions — indeed, more than it answers — on everything from the bloody century the Targaryens spent on Dragonstone between the Doom and the Conquest to Aegon and his sisters' adoption of the Faith of the Seven. After Stefan and I discuss these matters, we follow up on a related Tower of the Hand roundtable and ask what place supplementary materials like this should even have in a work of narrative fiction. Saddle up, dragonlords!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 28!Monday, March 31st, 2014
The Quality of Mercy: GeorgeRRMartin.com's new "The Winds of Winter" Sample Chapter
It is a weeping, and a moaning, and a gnashing of teeth: Hot on the heels of our last installment comes yet another BLAH about yet another Winds of Winter sample chapter! For all kinds of reasons, not the least of which is that it's about Arya Stark, this one's pretty clearly the most talked-about yet. Should we believe the hype, or is this often disturbing chapter chronicling Arya's further Faceless adventures in Braavos edgy for edginess' sake? And if we see it as the latter, who's to blame — an author pushing the envelope, or an audience out for blood? It's our most conflicted sample-chapter discussion yet. Bone up on some recommended reading referenced in the ep first, if you're up for it, then tune in and see where you come down.
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 27!Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Wild Is the Wind: The New "The Winds of Winter" Sample Chapter in the World of Ice and Fire App
Once more unto the breach, dear friends: George R.R. Martin has unveiled a new sample chapter from The Winds of Winter, this time ensconced in the World of Ice and Fire app on your friendly neighborhood smartphone, and Stefan and I are back to pick that sucker apart! The POV character is Tyrion Lannister, the place is Meereen, and the scene is a slaughter — the Battle of Fire is now fully underway, so via the Imp we get a picture of how the fight is going, who's involved on what side (the Windblown! the Ironborn! the Second Sons!), and how Tyrion feels about it all. From the strategic situation to Tyrion's own psychological battles, there's a lot to talk about. And with GRRM promising much more ASoIaF material on the way at a pretty rapid clip this year, we'd better get cracking!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 26!Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Last week I posted the latest installment of my A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones podcast. This time out my cohost Stefan Sasse and I talk turkey with Adam Feldman of The Meereenese Blot, one of the best thinkers about this stuff around.
Boiling that leatherThursday, December 19th, 2013
Go ye and listen to the landmark 25th episode of The Boiled Leather Audio Hour, in which Stefan Sasse and I discuss the recently released preview chapter for The Winds of Winter. War, huh, good R'hllor y'all, what is it good for?
I'm livin' on the air in King's LandingWednesday, December 11th, 2013
I think I've neglected to mention it for a while now, but my comrade Stefan Sasse and I have resumed episodes of our podcast on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, the Boiled Leather Audio Hour. You can find the new episodes here — the one that went up today discusses Martin's new novella set 200 years before A Game of Thrones, "The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens." Enjoy!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 22!Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
DOWNLOAD IT HERE – Vendettas and Hypotheticals: The Consequences of Vengeance, plus a few "What If?"s (feat. Amin Javadi)
Don't call it a comeback! Stefan Sasse & Sean T. Collins return with our first BLAH since June, and we're bringing our chum Amin Javadi of the mighty A Podcast of Ice and Fire along for the ride. It's basically two episodes in one: For the first half hour or so, we discuss Stefan's essay "Savoring the Taste?: On the Role of Revenge in A Song of Ice and Fire" from the expanded Collector's Edition of Tower of the Hand: A Flight of Sorrows — TotH's excellent collection of essays by various luminaries in the ASoIaF community. Stefan argues that quests for revenge, no matter how horrendous the crime being avenged, are self-perpetuating engines of violence that have had awful consequences for these characters and their culture. Please note that the Collector's Edition — a print book, no less — is only on sale through the end of this Friday, November 1st, after which it will disappear forever. Buy it now and let's talk!
In the back half of the ep, we get exquisitely nerdy and discuss various what-if scenarios, predicated on major events and decisions going a different way than they had before. I had an absolute blast teasing out the consequences of each of these divergences and hope you'll enjoy it too. It's good to be back!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour presents FEASTDANCETuesday, May 14th, 2013
Episode 20 of my A Song of Ice and Fire podcast the Boiled Leather Audio hour is up! This week, my co-host Stefan Sasse and I are discussing the combined reading order for A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons that I came up with in order to reunite what is effectively one giant book split by character rather than chronology. It's worth doing!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 19!Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
The latest episode of my Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire podcast is up. This week my co-host Stefan Sasse and I talk about three powerful women of Westeros: Margaery Tyrell, Melisandre of Asshai, and Lysa Arryn. Enjoy!
Mother of dragons vs. mother of direwolvesTuesday, February 19th, 2013
The new episode of the Boiled Leather Audio Hour, my A Song of Ice and Fire podcast, is up! This time out, my co-host Stefan Sasse and I continue our series on the books' female characters, focusing on Catelyn Stark and Daenerys Targaryen.
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour vs. A Podcast of Ice and FireTuesday, February 5th, 2013
The Great Council has convened! This week, my Boiled Leather Audio Hour cohost Stefan Sasse and I are the special guests on the mother of all ASoIaF podcasts, A Podcast of Ice and Fire. The explicit goal was for me and Stefan and APoIaF cohosts Amin, Ashley, and Kyle to let our collective hair down; mission accomplished. We get into some high-grade nerdery: a bunch of "who'd win in a fight"s, picking our ideal Small Council and Kingsguard (well, someone's ideal, anyway), the pros and cons of Tumblr as a platform and a fandom, our biggest controversies…and, naturally, a spirited co-ed game of "how much sex would you have with this character," guest starring Elio & Linda from Westeros. We all had a great time and I think it shows.
I've been listening to A Podcast of Ice and Fire since the earliest days of my fandom. I've hoped to be invited on with a fervency you'd find unbecoming, and not just because they're all, like, really hot. (I'm not the only person who sits and reloads podcastoficeandfire.com for the rotating "Current Hosts" photo eye-candy buffet, am I? Amin, put some more pictures in there, you handsome devil.) Thank you to Amin, Ashley, and Kyle for having us; hopefully we'll get to "meet" Mimi on a future episode.
It's an ill wind that blows no winterMonday, January 28th, 2013
My comrade Stefan Sasse and I have posted a new episode of our A Song of Ice and Fire podcast the Boiled Leather Audio Hour, focused on the latest preview chapter George R.R. Martin has released from The Winds of Winter. Get your Dorne on!
What do you get the A Song of Ice and Fire fan who has everything?Monday, December 17th, 2012
The latest episode of The Boiled Leather Audio Hour, the podcast about Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire that I do with Stefan Sasse, is up. In this one we review a pair of recent books about the series, The Lands of Ice and Fire (a collection of maps) and A Flight of Sorrows (a collection of essays), just in time to buy them, or not, for the fantasy fan on your list. Servicey!
Ladies' Night in WesterosMonday, December 10th, 2012
My pal Stefan Sasse and I are back in the podcasting saddle with The Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 15. In this installment of our A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones podcast we take a look at two prominent anomalies among that world's women, Brienne of Tarth and Asha Greyjoy.
These are pure joy to record. I hope you like listening to them!
The Boiled Leather Audio Hour fulfills the ancient prophecyTuesday, October 9th, 2012
Episode 14 of my A Song of Ice and Fire podcast, The Boiled Leather Audio Hour, is now up. This one is about the impact of prophecy within the world of the story itself, as per some really insightful writing by my co-host Stefan Sasse. Give it a listen!


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I don't have an actual 'about me' page here but you can take a peek at the one I created today for Crafty Synergy which is celebrating it's first year of existence today. Yeah!
This is a little something I started yesterday. I went to a local art store and bought this balsa wood just because it looked really nice. I didn't know what I was going to do with it. But now I do. I'll keep you posted.
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I am both intrigued and amazed by all the tiny cutting you do. I wish I had the hand-eye coordination ... or didn't have the fear of sharp things taking my fingers off!ReplyDelete
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I don't think I've commented here before, but I wanted to delurk and say hello. :) I just started reading A Little Hut, and love it! Can't wait to see what the balsa becomes... its looking very intriguing! :)ReplyDelete
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I haven't done lino cuts since I was in sixth grade... I think... I've carried all my tools with me through numerous moves because I've always wanted to crack it open again! Your inspiring posts have me thinking alot more often about it... ;)
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Amish guilty of hate crimes in hair attacks
|An Amish man leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Cleveland on Wednesday. The jury finished their fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in the trial of 16 people accused of hate crimes in hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin)
CLEVELAND — Sixteen Amish men and women were convicted Thursday of hate crimes for a series of hair- and beard- cutting attacks on fellow sect members in a religious dispute that offered a rare and sometimes lurid glimpse into the closed and usually self-regulating community of believers.
A federal jury found 66-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr., the leader of the breakaway group, guilty of orchestrating the cuttings last fall in an attempt to shame mainstream members who he believed were straying from their beliefs.
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- Agree: "You're right. Math is stupid." Result: Devaluing an essential life skill and fundamental academic discipline.
- Disagree: "Math doesn't suck. It's elegant and important." Result: Devaluing the child's feelings and increasing frustration.
- Punish: "I don't ever want to hear you say that word again!" Result: Anger and loss of credibility (for you as an effective teacher).
- Problem-Solve: "I'll show you how to do that." Result: Math problem is completed, but attitude about math remains unchanged.
- Empathy: "Math can be difficult" or "Numbers can be really confusing" or "You're struggling to find a solution to that problem" or "It can take a while to derive an answer" or even "I can see you're frustrated right now." Result: Connection, leading to physiological calm, clearer cognition and enhanced ability (at this later point) to problem-solve. Attitude and approach to math may even become more positive.
Nobody thinks clearly—about math or anything else—when they're angry and frustrated. Leading with empathy and kindness paves the way for change. Seeing the problem, whether it's algebra or an armed gunman, is easy. Solving the problem is harder. And force isn't always the answer.
In her 911 call, Ms. Tuff is overheard talking to the gunman: "It's going to be all right, sweetie. I just want you to know I love you, though, OK? And I'm proud of you. That's a good thing that you're just giving up and don't worry about it. We all go through something in life. No, you don't want that. You're going to be OK."
As police surrounded the school, the gunman surrendered, without harming anyone. How differently things might have ended if Tuff had rushed into her desk drawer and pulled out a gun.
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Senate committee passes in-state tuition for immigrants
Democrat senators and one Republican approve plan
DENVER - All five Democratic senators on the Senate Education Committee, along with one Republican, Sen. John Owens of Colorado Springs, passed legislation Thursday to give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants who graduate from Colorado high schools.
The bill has some specific requirements: Students must graduate from a Colorado high school, they must have resided in Colorado for at least three consecutive years and they must sign an affidavit stating they are seeking citizenship.
A Democratic Senate committee voted 6-3 Thursday to approve the bill allowing Colorado residents who are illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition.
One state senator urged his colleagues to vote for the bill, asking them not to put up road blocks to some of "our best and brightest."
The tuition bill is likely to become law because Democrats took control of both chambers of the legislature.
Latinos, last year, made up an estimated 14 percent of Colorado's voters -- the highest-ever turnout for the group.
One Republican on the Education Committee voted for the tuition proposal. Freshman Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs said it is a "moral duty" to change tuition policies.
Legislative analysts say the measure could affect some 500 students next school year.
Currently, illegal immigrants pay an out-of-state rate that's more than three times higher than the resident rate.
Many Republicans say the legislation raises an issue of fairness because illegal immigrants would be receiving a benefit that other students don't receive. But Democrats say the state has invested in the immigrants' education in state public schools and they should have the chance to attend college at an affordable rate.
It is estimated to cost the state up to $18,000 for the average student to receive a K-12 education in Colorado.
"They know no other country," said bill sponsor, Sen. Angela Giron, (D) Pueblo. "Most of these students have applied for, and received deferred action which will make them eligible to work in this country. It's not very smart on any investors part to say, 'Oh, we're not going to get our investment back.'"
Republicans also argued Thursday this was a federal immigration reform issue, not a state issue.
Similar legislation has passed in some of Colorado's neighboring states including Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Utah.


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Chris Brown is in rehab
The rapper has to manage his anger somehow.
Just a few days ago, on October 27, Chris Brown was arrested for felony assault. The rapper, who is known for having had violent mishaps in his past, allegedly got into an argument with a man in front of the W Hotel in Washington, and things took a turn for the worse when he got physical with the other person. The 24 year old hadn't consumed drugs or alcohol, which led the specialists to believe that it was an anger issue.
Subsequently, Brown voluntarily checked himself in to a rehab facility in LA, where he could do all the anger management sessions he needs. "Chris Brown has elected to enter a rehab facility. His goal is to gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point," the rapper's rep told the press. Over the weekend, his felony charge was reduced to misdemeanor, but authorities still have an eye on him since the 2009 incident with ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown is still on felony probation and he may be facing jail time for violating the probation by being arrested.
Brown's attorney, Mark Geragos, said that "He just decided he wanted to take some time off and do some introspection." Despite all the media attention, Brown appears casual on his Twitter, talking about a Halloween party he's hosting and not stating anything about the arrest or rehab. Riri doesn't appear interested in the whole thing, either: she's more focused on wishing BFF Katy Perry "happy birthday" through heartfelt collages.
Celebrity Sunglasses Watcher Interviews Michelle Krusiec
Michelle Krusiec is a multi-talented actor and writer known for her roles on both the small and big screens as well
as her critically lauded one-woman show 'Made in Taiwan.' Her roles include Oliver Stone's Nixon, Saving Face, and
as a popular host on the Discovery Channel's Travellers series. She received a scholarship from Oxford University.
Kruisec has noted in her IMDB.com profile: "Girl Power! to me is about making the most of your potential in life. It
is important to have fun and work hard, but I believe everyone has gifts and talents. It's up to each of us to turn
our talents into something truly special." CelebritySunglassesWatcher recently had an interview with Krusiec and had a chance to ask her questions about acting, her inspirations, and what she's up to these days.
CSW: When did you get interested in acting?
Michelle: I started working professionally when I was twelve but started training in theatre at a Performing Arts Program when I was in high school. I fell in love with Acting and decided to study Theatre and English in college. I kept waffling between doing Theatre and English, but on the side, I was performing in commercials, small TV jobs and then landed my first Hollywood feature (Nixon). In my senior year of college, I auditioned to be a new travel host for the Discovery Channel on the show Travelers and two weeks later, I was able to graduate early and found myself in New Zealand.
CSW: Who are your favorite actors and how have they inspired you?
Michelle: Currently, I'm enamored with Gillian Anderson on her BBC series The Fall. Her work is subtle, nuanced and powerful. She's playing an enigmatic female character but manages to convey vulnerability at the same time, I'm -oddly-at her disposal in this character. If you've seen the show, you'll know it's a dark and intense show but her portrayal is so mesmerizing. On stage, I always love seeing Bobby Cannavale. There's something about his essence where I feel like he brings his grit with him. It could be called stage presence, but I feel like it's a little more specific than that. Then of course, there's always Mark Rylance whose just so gifted, he's a master class in acting and integrity as an actor.
CSW: You have a great one-woman show called Made In Taiwan. Can you tell us a bit about that and how you came up with the idea?
Michelle: In college, I began writing a show about my relationship with my Mother. It's a crazy, fun and I believe poignant coming of story about growing up in the suburbs, being lost as a young Asian American teenager, but mostly focuses on trying to find your way when your parents have a volatile marriage and your Mom does things to you like cut off your hair when she's pissed or tries to bite you to keep you from leaving. The show is an honest look at parent child relationships and while I grew up loving John Hughes' films, I never thought they depicted my young adult years at all. So I wanted to provide the same emotional truth but with a different perspective. I think the show has been successful because it's very raw, cross generational and cross cultural.
"I feel like I'm the Kevin Bacon of actresses. Is that a bad thing to say? Seeing as he's worked
so hard to land where he is now, I'd like to think it's a good thing."
CSW: What are some other projects you are currently working on?
Michelle: I'm adapting Made in Taiwan into a half hour pilot and a full length feature. Writing is a lonely process and is a little harder than acting (I find) but is similar enough to it that I enjoy it. I've always got some indie project either in pre-production, post or out in a festival. Currently, Four of Hearts is making its festival rounds. I completed a short film co-starring Sandra Oh that is in post. And then there's a film like Relative Insanity with an amazing cast that is being set up. You just never know where each day brings in this industry. It can range from the most unexpected to the most grueling. You can always catch me on some TV recurring or guest spot on any number of shows, I feel like I'm the Kevin Bacon of actresses. Is that a bad thing to say? Seeing as he's worked so hard to land where he is now, I'd like to think it's a good thing.
CSW: How would you define your fashion style?
Michelle: So hard to describe! I'm eclectic. I sometimes love minimalist deconstructed, ultra modern looks, like if I'm in NYC and I'm gonna be around a lot of high cheek boned people. When I'm on the carpet, I like sexy, strong but feminine with a little bedazzle. In my hipster neighborhood of Echo Park, I try and blend a little, you know wear a vintage skirt, some housewifey outfit, make my hair tattered. In my house, I wear these crazy MC hammer pants that I bought at a Tibetan store that are definitely a man repellant. I like to think I dress like my roles, I can be whoever I want, whenever I want and if I can keep people guessing, it's more fun!
CSW: Being a fashion/sunglasses/celebrity site you know this question was coming! What are your favorite pair of
sunglasses and why?
Michelle: Ooh, I have a pair of purplish Persols that I've been rocking for a long time. They might even be a little crooked and scratched up by now. But I love them because they look good on me and they can be paired with a lot of outfits. If I find something I love, I covet them for a long time.
CSW: Quick! What actor wears sunglasses the best in Hollywood? Why?
Michelle: Two people just popped up in my mind. I love Helena Bonham Carter when she rocks sunglasses on the red carpet and Johnny Depp, but now that I think of the two of them. Do they seem like they wear the same sunglasses? They both wear like funky character-ish sunglasses that allows them to be who they are on the carpet while giving them some privacy. Red carpets can be assaulting with all the photographers on you so I imagine it gives them style and a little bit of personal space. Creates an air of both confidence and mystery.
CSW: Thanks for chatting with us Michelle!
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Fancy Alexander Skarsgård? You could date him!
The actor told Metro that he's currently single.
Of course you fancy Alexander Skarsgard, who doesn't? The True Blood star has been interviewed by Metro magazine, and the most popular fan question was, by far, "will you marry me?" It doesn't even matter which fans are female and which are male. The 36 actor has been voted Sweden't sexiest man alive five times in a row – and he's just 36! It's no wonder his scene from the series finale – which implied full frontal nudity – was all the talk for the past week… "When you read a script, you imagine the character, and if your vision of him is not handsome, you can't not do it because you are worried you are not going to be considered sexy if you play it that way. That is just very important to me," he says, about the possibility of being so handsome affecting his work.
Unfortunately for True Blood fans, Skarsgard may not be returning for the new season. His six years contract expired, so he tells the mag he's not sure what will happen next. Famous in his home country from the age of 13, the actor says he's not very comfortable with fame, and that's the reason he doesn't keep a Twitter account. His privacy is important, and being linked to every woman he talks to doesn't really help. "If you have lunch with any girl friend – and I mean just a platonic friend – there'll be a story like you're in a serious relationship or whatever. There's nothing you can do about that – so I try not to let it affect me," he says. So is he seeing anyone right now? Fortunately for many fans, no.
His fashion sense? Based on basic pieces, colors and combinations. One of his favorite looks seems to be the white tee plus jeans plus Persol sunglasses, one that can be described as classic and cool at the same time.
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Is Chris Brown calling it quits?
The artist's recent tweet got people wondering what his next steps are.
Tweets can be easily interpreted, and when it comes to someone with Chris Brown's following (over 12.5 million), it's improbable that he'll reply to any inquiries. So his mysterious tweet – which has since been deleted – can or cannot mean that he's going to retire from music. "Don't worry mainstream America. After this X album, it'll probably be my last album. Being famous is amazing when it's for ur music and talent. I'm tired of being famous for a mistake I made when I was 18. I'm cool & over it!" The mistake he's talking about is, of course, the assault incident with Rihanna, who has since forgave him and even dated him for a while. Another one of his mistakes happened more recently, in May, as the rapper was involved in a hit-and-run. He's spent less than an hour in jail, after pleading not guilty on Monday. At the time, the rapper said he exchanged information with the other driver, whos he only barely hit to almost no damage. He could spend up to 6 months in jail, if he's found guilty, so we wonder if that has anything to do with his decision to make his next album the last.
In a recent interview with Blank Magazine, Brown doesn't mention anything about these incidents. He talks about his inspiration and music. When it comes to motivations, he names God, his family and his fans responsible for his success, as well as his passion for the field. "The music I make and art are an extension of who I am. It is difficult to separate from what I do. Is the same for any artist. So it's pretty hard for people to stay focused on the end result: the art," he says. All in all, he probably just wants to be able to have a private life that's not compared by the public with his music.
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Celebrities hit the Persol Magnificent opening
See who attended the exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image on July 10th.
Persol joined forces with the film industry in creating a series of events called Persol Magnificent Obsessions. The project started in 2011, curated by Michael Connor, and it compares the 30-step craftsmanship process of Persol glasses with that of producing a great film. The guests of the event had the opportunity to see rare artifacts from iconic films, behind the scenes notes, sketches and other materials used by the best filmmakers of the world. Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 stories of craftsmanship in film shows the stories of obsessive workmanship in film, such as Johnny Depp's extensive research for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Theadora Van Runkle's costume design for Bonnie and Clyde and The Thomas Crown Affair, or Jennifer Connelly making her own clothes to prepare for her role as an aspiring fashion designer in Requiem for a Dream.
Present at the event were some of the younger faces in cinema, such as Emma Roberts. The actress wore a stylish white and gold outfit, with shorts, layered necklaces and a pair of Persol sunglasses (get them here). Dare we say, the best look of the evening. Equally gorgeous, but probably just a bit over the top, was Emmy Rossum, who wore a floral gown in blue, black, white and red, with a precious bracelet.
Also present was Anna Kendrick, in a simple purple knee length dress and a pair of Persol sunglasses; Zosia Mamet, who couldn't find the most flattering dress, but opted for a belted black maxi instead; Hilary Rhoda, who looked gorgeous in a botanic print pencil skirt and a black tank; and Marisa Tomei, who wore a weird printed dress of indefinite shape. Which one did you like best?


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i used to work at a theater in new york as a dresser. i had to be to work between 2 and 3 in the afternoon. it was lovely. we worked getting things ready until the show started, ran the show, did laundry and repairs afterwards and got out around midnight. on some wednesday nights we would go dancing at a bar called Salsa y Salsa. it was fantastic. i didn't know now to salsa or merengue and i still don't but the men would whisk you around the floor and all you had to do was follow. then we would go to the hookah bar and have a breakfast of falafel and hummus. and i would drag home and get to bed as my roommate was getting up for work. 7 hours of sleep and right back at it. so i know… this is mostly about the activities and not the hours, but i never could have done it if i worked 9-5.
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you can ignore this entry. it's only for myself and when i forget that there are other people in the world. i'm hoping that when i see it here i'll be so embarrassed that i'll stop acting like a dumbass and get going.
i have journals going back to when i was in the 6th grade. and they all have the same thing in common the same thing in common—longing for something that i do not have. it makes me kind of sad. all of my entries, going back to when i was 12, are about wishing my life was different than it was. when i was 12, i didn't want to leave public school for catholic school. when i was 16 it was wishing i was smarter and more popular. when i was 22 it was wishing i was a better actress. when i was 26 it was wishing the person i loved loved me. much of the pain was of my own doing, because i am sometimes selfish, and self centered and irrational. but now things are good. at 30 i'm starting to learn things i couldn't or wouldn't before. and for some strange reason, i have not urge to document it. i know it's sill to force myself to do something i have no inclination to do but when i'm 34 (or 64) i would like to remember the good things and not just the bad.


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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.Josh Billings
The essence of one's work is only to come to the sensation of the existence of the Creator, to feel the existence of the Creator, that the whole earth is full of His glory.Yehuda Ashlag
All that has sensation and growth all matter, in short will pass through man. When that has happened, the great Day of Judgment will come, and that is the end point of the mysteries in the philosophy of the prophets.Cyrano Hercule Savinien de Bergerac
Thoughts are strange things. they have 'representational' powers: a thought typically represents the world as being one way or another. A sensation, by contrast, seems to just sit there.Simon Blackburn
With Fischer, one was in more immediate contact with the music: there was no curtain before the soul when he communicated with the audience. One other musician, Furtwangler, conveyed to the same degree this sensation of music not being played, but rather happening by itself.Alfred Brendel
It is a very strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel itself quite alone in the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted.Charlotte Bront


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ARTS FIRST: Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony
Presented by Office for the Arts at Harvard at Sanders Theatre
April 26, 2012
As part of Harvard University's 20th annual ARTS FIRST festival, showcasing student and faculty creativity, the Harvard Arts Medal ceremony honoring Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones '69, featuring a conversation moderated by actor and fellow alumnus John Lithgow '67, will take place on Thursday, April 26 at 3 p.m. in Sanders Theatre.
45 Quincy Street
Memorial Hall, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission Info:
Admission is free but tickets are required (limit 2 per person) available through the Harvard Box Office. Tickets available beginning April 17 for Harvard affiliates, April 19 for the public.
General Day and Time Info:
3 pm
Phone: 617.496.2222
Sanders Theatre/Memorial Hall is located at 45 Quincy Street, between Cambridge and Kirkland Streets in Cambridge, a 5 minute walk from Harvard Square.
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For those traveling to Sanders Theatre by car, check the event listing to see which, if any, parking facility is available for the event you wish to attend.
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21 May 1861: "North Carolina: A Call to Arms!!!"
Item description: This poem, printed as a broadside or handbill, was probably written just after North Carolina's formal secession from the Union on May 20, 1861. Handbills such as this one were used to encourage new recruits to join the … Continue reading
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20 May 1861: "…the union now subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the other States…is hereby dissolved"
Item description: [No. 1] AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BETWEEN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER THE COMPACT OF GOVERNMENT ENTITLED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Item transcription: [No. 1.] AN … Continue reading
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19 May 1861: "The Fight Commenced"
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18 May 1861: "The difficulties of these times…"
Item description: In this letter, UNC President David Swain alerts Graham that the school's University Magazine would suspend its publication, due in large part to the increasingly low numbers of student staffers. Swain also urges Graham to appeal to state law. … Continue reading
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17 May 1861: "Which gives the greatest incentive to action, the hope of reward or the fear of punishment."
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16 May 1861: Meshack F. Hunt of Rowan County, N.C., enlists in Company E, Fifth N.C. Infantry Regiment
Item description: Ambrotype (circa 1860) of Meshack F. Hunt. Meshack F. Hunt was born in Rowan County, N.C. about 1840. He enlisted in Company E, Fifth N.C. Infantry Regiment on May 16, 1861 at Salisbury. He was promoted to first … Continue reading
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15 May 1861: "We are all one for our flag, since seven thousand cowards cannonaded seventy half-starved men for thirty six hours to strike it down."
Item description: George W. Bethune, New York, N.Y., to Mary B. Blackford, Lynchburg, Va., describing the Northern response to Ft. Sumter; why the North must fight to save the Union. Item citation: From folder 79 in the Blackford Family Papers … Continue reading
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14 May 1861: "…all prizes of vessels and property captured by private armed ships…"
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13 May 1861: "…there is little or no hope or reason for hope, that this war cloud can pass away without bursting in storm and bloodshed."
Item description: The editors of the Daily Journal (Wilmington, NC) give their opinions on the evolving conflict and how they see it being resolved. Item citation: "How Long?,"The Daily Journal. 13 May 1861. Wilmington, N.C.: Fulton & Price. C071 W74jd. … Continue reading
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12 May 1861: "I am going with him…I will be as safe as at home and far better satisfied…"
Item description: Letter, 12 May 1861, from Annie Maney of Nashville, Tenn., to her sister Bettie Kimberly in Chapel Hill, N.C., regarding the possible postponement of Maney's wedding to John Schon, due to Schon's impending enlistment in the Confederate Army. … Continue reading
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Change in Directors or Principal Officers
On December 3, 2013, the Board of Directors of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (the "Registrant") increased the size of the Board from eight to nine. Following the increase in the size of the Board, the Board filled the vacancy and appointed Craig B. Thompson, M.D., to the Board, effective immediately.
Dr. Thompson is expected to be appointed to a new Science and Technology Committee, which is in the process of being established. He is also expected to be appointed to the Registrant's existing Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Thompson and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director, and there are no transactions in which either Dr. Thompson has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Dr. Thompson will participate in the non-employee director compensation arrangements generally applicable to all of the Registrant's non-employee directors. Under the terms of those arrangements as currently in effect, new directors will receive, among other things, stock options and restricted stock having a target value of approximately $275,000 on the first day of the month following their initial election or appointment to the Board (in the same proportions as issued to management during that same fiscal year), utilizing Black Scholes pricing models.
Dr. Thompson is President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Prior to joining Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2010, Dr. Thompson held various roles at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; on the Board of Directors of Merck & Co., Inc.; as a member of the Lasker Prize Jury; and as Associate Editor of the journals Cell, Immunity, and Cancer Cell. Dr. Thompson holds a number of patents related to immunotherapy and apoptosis, and is a founder of three biotechnology companies. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the American Association of Physicians.


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She'll look like a lovely Japanese princess with this dainty fan by her side. Includes one Asian-style paper fan that's perfect for completing any kimono or geisha costume. Measures approximately 9.5"L x 13.5"W (when fully open).
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Date: Nov 02, 2011
Got this to go with the Pink Kimono Princess dress. Perfect. Held up well - she is still playing with it.
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Reviewed by: momhalloween
Title: dont buy
Date: Oct 31, 2011
smelled like mold! When we took it out of package and unfolded it- fan came unglued from sides. Seems like it went through a flood and they tried to resell it. I would have sent back, but shipping would cost more than fan.
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Title: Nice Accessory
Date: Sep 22, 2011
The fan makes an excellent accessory for the kimono costume. A little wrinkled, but will serve its purpose.
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Title: Cheap!
Date: Sep 26, 2010
Cheaply made. Not worth the purchase. Really isn't necessary if you're going to buy the parasol and costume. Your child is going to need the other hand to carry her candy!
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Location: Ohio
Title: Completed the look
Date: Nov 27, 2009
This fan was better than I expected. It looked great with the Asian Princess dress!
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Title: Hard to open but girls like it
Date: Nov 26, 2009
Other than being difficult to open and close (doesn't snap open or flip closed) the girls absolutely loved it.
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Date: Oct 04, 2009
It's the quality you'd expect from the price (already showing some wear), but my daughter feels sophisticated and elegant when she uses it. That's what I wanted!
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Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2014 by Ammar Merhbi
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Time-to-Adoption for K-12
New-term Horizon (Time-to-adoption 1 year)
Mobile Learning
Cloud Computing
Mid-term Horizon (Time-to-adoption 2 -3 years)
Learning Analytics
Open Content
rising costs of education, the desire to provide access to learning in areas where such access is difficult, and an expression of student choice about when and how to learn". This is a clear indication that education is moving to the next generation learning era, with the rise of new models of OER publishing of textbooks and educational materials. Open content movement started almost a decade ago with MIT publishing their courses online for free to anyone who wants to view and learn. Since then, many strides towards OER have been done, the last of which was MOOCs, with its pioneers Steven Downs and George Siemens. Still though, the area of open content is still debatable in the k12 arena as many of the schools around the world are built around a business model, a for-profit model, and many huge enterprises like Pearson for Education would be the first to suffer if OER models are adopted on a massive scale.
Far-term Horizon (Time-to-adoption 4 -5 years)
Virtual and Remote Labs
3D Printing
Final Thoughts on Time-to-Adoption
Key Trends in K12
1. Educational paradigms are shifting to include online learning, hybrid learning, and collaborative models.
2. Social Media is changing the way people interact, present ideas and information, and communicate.
3. Openness- concepts like open content, open data, and open resources are gaining more audience in the k12 domain
4. Revisiting our roles as educators
Significant ChallengesWith all the trends and emerging technologies, the challenges of using technology or adopting a trend are numerous.
1. Ongoing professional development needs to be valued and integrated into the culture of schools
2. Too often it is education's own practices that limit broader uptake of new technologies.
3. New models of of education are bringing unprecedented competition to traditional education
4. K-12 must increase the blending of formal and informal learning
5. The demand for personalized learning is not adequately supported by current technology or practices.
6, We are not using digital media for formative assessment the way we could and should.
Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2014 by Ammar Merhbi
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2014 by Ammar Merhbi
Like any parent,I enjoy my kid's engaging with an educational app assuming that it is useful and that it helps my kid comprehend a new concept. Although I see great benefits in the child's engagement with an educational app, I have a conviction that the app alone won't help the child understand concepts or prevent the child from developing "misconceptions". The child needs a more competent person to guide and explain concepts guarding the child from incorporating misconceptions by observing nuances in the child's behavior during his play that the app won't recognize. Of course, if the educational app is well designed based on pedagogical models that work, the app would incorporate a tutor and/or tutee. that would take into account all misconceptions that children might develop. However, if one looks at all the educational apps, only few are designed and developed based on proven pedagogical models.
First, to explain my point, let me tell you about on instance with my child that prompted a parent's attention to rectify a possible misconception. We have proudly downloaded a Math application for kids that we thought it was "WOW" because of the graphic, the human-screen interactivity, and the feedback for the kid's responses. This particular app helps the child in counting to 10 using his fingers. The child would typically press and hold a finger or more and the app will display visually and auditory the number of fingers held on screen.
At first our child scarcely knew how to use the application and what it did. Eventually, after a few tries, he gave up. Later that night however, when he felt he was alone, he picked up his iPad and started playing with the Math app. First, he watched an embedded video demo on how to use the app and after 4 views he started to get the idea behind it. Then, delighted that he figured it out, he started pressing and holding his fingers enjoying the audio and visual display on the number of fingers that are in contact with the screen. I was delighted at first, observing him from behind. I however, observed, as he went along with his play, that he pressed his thumb to get a "1" feedback then he took his thumb off and pressed and held his index finger expecting a no. "2" but got a "1" feedback instead. Then, he pressed his middle finger, expecting a "3" feedback but again got a "1" instead. He was ambivalent on how if he pressed two his thumb he would get a "1" and then, with the thumb pressed on the screen, he would use his index too and would get a "2", but won't get a "2" if the index is pressed alone. He started looking at his index finger as if it were a no. "2" alone and at his middle finger as if it were no. "3" alone.
I had to intervene at this point to explain to him the concept and how to think about numbers and fingers. Only then he understood the relationship between numbers and counting on fingers.
These subtleties can never be detected by apps, at least those that are not designed based on learning theories, and the child needs a more knowledgeable "person" to help the child to reach his "zone of proximal development". Parents should also go beyond the "WOW" factor of the app and explore whether it does help their child understand a concept. Most importantly parents should be present with their child noting observable learning or mislearning and rectify errors in a timely manner.
Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2014 by Ammar Merhbi
Thursday, January 2, 2014
It's been more than 8 years since I started using technology in the classroom. Ever since then technology has drastically and rapidly evolved concurrently with how I used it to support student learning. However, there was a pattern I have noticed in our students which is that they are technology comfy but not technology savvy. Throughout my years as a teacher and then senior teacher, edtech specialist and teacher trainer I have noticed that not only teachers lack the necessary knowledge base into incorporating technology into their content and pedagogy (TPACK deficit), students too are not aware and not well prepared to use technology to support their learning.
Across all student ages, nationalities, and academic abilities there are but a few students who use technology in support for their own learning. This is chiefly due to lack of integration between ICT subject and other subjects, lack of understanding on part of the teacher on the importance of technology to help students solve problems, communicate, and collaborate, and students' lack of motivation to use it in their learning process unless prompted.
I recall once teaching a Grade 12 class a course in conducting research. I was helping them with tutorials on how to use automated referencing system, Zotero or Mendeley, whilst writing their study report. They asked me a lot of questions that I was startled by because I assumed that they should know about, like : How do we insert page numbers into Microsoft Word? or How do we double space lines? , How do we do graphs in Excel?
A Grade 11 class I was teaching in Literature had to produce a poster as part of their assignment. They did not actually know that Microsoft Publisher existed or that it came as part of Microsoft Office package that they have installed on their computers.
The idea is that students are not aware that these tools exist and have never explored nor used them to solve problems. The other issue is that teachers have never asked them to use tools to help them with their assignments. However, once everything is in place, tutorial videos are given and guidelines of accepted practice are set , students rapidly start developing sense of urgency and the need to figure out how to work with the tool. This is a great thing ; however, it has a steep learning curve because instead of focusing on completing the task, students are preoccupied with figuring out how to use the features.
The solution? A system's approach of integrating technology in education. There should be a real plan into adopting particular tools into teaching and learning. Such an integration should happen horizontally and vertically to ensure students of all ages and across all disciplines have equitable access to and opportunity in using technology in their learning process.
Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2014 by Ammar Merhbi
Saturday, November 16, 2013
I've been asked lately by some teachers to share with them a list of platforms that offer MOOCs. It is great to see that teachers are gaining interest and realizing that learning is a lifelong process that, with the help of technology, can happened anytime, anywhere. Some of the MOOCs I list below are offered by outstanding universities around the globe, other ,however, are not well known, but are worth the look.
- Coursera is the top MOOC platform offering hundreds of courses from top universities in the world. Courses encompass everything you can think of. However, teachers and educators might be interested in these courses. A typical course would include : short video lectures, discussion forums, weekly assignments and deadlines, and a final test. The courses vary in duration and requirements depending on the course type and the university offering it. Some courses that I have undertaken were outstanding, others however were a not so worth the effort and time, and I had to drop out because of the boring online lectures.
- Edx is another MOOC platform offered by Harvard, MIT and University of California Berkley, among others. Courses are worth taking as they are offered by Ivy league universities. However, the courses are limited in scope, mainly focusing on computer science, electronics, and sciences.
- Novoed MOOC platform is offered by Stanford university. The courses are great. I have taken two courses myself "Designing a New learning Environment" and " A Crash Course on Creativity". The course on Designing a new Learning Environment was outstanding as it followed a PBL approach and we had to assemble a team for the final project assignment. Novoed however is mainly geared towards Entrepreneurship and technology courses.
- Canvas.net is another MOOC platform with courses offered by great universities. I have taken a course "Learning Analytics" offered by George Siemens, the professor who offered the first MOOC in the world. His approach was a connectivist approach, dispersing knowledge among many social media platforms.
- Udemy is an other interesting MOOC platform ;however, many of its courses have a low fee. The courses are offered by either university professors or professionals.
- Future Learn is UK's earnest endeavor in entering MOOCs domain dominated by US terrain.
- Openlearn is offered by Open University
- Alison Courses is yet another not well known MOOC.Initiated in Ireland, this MOOC platform offers many online courses for free mainly for soft skills. All courses are for free, but if you wish to take out the ads you need to pay a small fee. There is also a group management account if you are intending to give courses to your employees or students so that you are able to manage their accounts and track their progress.
- Openlearning is great MOOC platform that connects teachers with students. Courses can be taught for free or can have a little as 10$ fee for every student. Courses are very varied but still limited in scope. Openlearning has a great potential but still is fledgling.
- DS106 Do you love digital storytelling? Do you want to know how to use it in real life and in the classroom? Then this unconventional MOOC might be worth the look.
Digital Storytelling (also affectionately known as ds106) is an open, online course that happens at various times throughout the year at the University of Mary Washington… but you can join in whenever you like and leave whenever you need. This course is free to anyone who wants to take it, and the only requirements are a real computer, a hardy internet connection, preferably a domain of your own and some commodity web hosting, and all the creativity you can muster.
Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2013 by Ammar Merhbi
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Some three years ago I posted a Bloom's updated digital taxonomy interactive wheel. It gained a lot of traction among the blogosphere back then, but then it was lost in cyberspace due to many glitches on the website. In this post, I am republishing the interactive wheel of Bloom's digital taxonomy with the overarching knowledge domains. I am also adding another interactive Bloom's triangle.
Note that the two interactive instances are in flash, and so will not work on mobile phones. I will do my best to republish them in html5. But until then here they are ! Click on the images below to view them.
Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2013 by Ammar Merhbi
Saturday, November 9, 2013
One of the best features of Google Docs is that teachers can comment on students' essays by highlighting the selected text and giving textual commentary. Students can in turn comment back on their teacher's comment, making it a great formative feedback for essay writing. It does not only kill the red ink annotations, which are a real annoyance to students, but also targets the intended selection to comment on in an organized manner.
However, if teachers want to take formative feedback to new levels of personalized feedback, a voice feedback would be a great solution.
This is what Kaizena actually does, and more. Kaizena is a voice commentary online application that integrates fully with Google Drive to maintain the smooth workflow. You don't even have to go to Kaizena website to install it. It works much like the Google Docs commentary but instead of textual commentary in the highlighted essay section, you include a voice commentary. Kaizena also supports text commentary and highlighting options, but its stellar feature is voice commentary.
To open the students' Google Document using Kaizena for the first time you need to associate your Google Drive documents to open with Kaizena App.
From within the Google Drive, click on Create and then click on "Connect More Apps". You will get a pop up window with many apps to choose from. Search for "Kaizena" and then install.
To open your students' documents via Kaizena, right click on any student's document and then choose " Open with" and then choose "Kaizena". This will open the student's Document in Kaizena. From there it is very easy to insert voice comments.
However, make sure that you ask your students to also connect Kaizena App to their Google Drive and to open their documents similar to the way you did.
What do you think of voice comments? Do you think it adds a personalized dimension of essay feedback? What are the effects on students' noticing using sound instead of text. I haven't found much conclusive studies on this, but they suggest that students tend to notice their errors more and are more inclined to revise their essays. I believe it is perhaps related to the psychological closeness that it creates between the teacher and his students.
Posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 by Ammar Merhbi
Sunday, October 21, 2012
You've seen them everywhere, in malls, supermarket, on Pepsi cans and pizza cartons. QR codes hold double information more than a barcode. Therefore, they can hold a text, web link, contact address etc. In the past two years, educators have been finding interesting ways in integrate QR codes in their teaching practice. For example, have a look at the 50 Interesting ways to use QR codes to Support learning. Using QR codes stimulates students' interests in ways you could never imagine possible. It gets them moving around the classroom and in school premises with exploration and anticipation in their minds.
When used with mobile dictionaries, QR codes can help students effectively learn and recycle vocabulary words . My reflection on one of my lessons using QR codes and mobile dictionaries is that they resulted in more vocabulary retention, motivation, and autonomy.
The Lesson
The lesson was a revision of vocabulary clusters (lexical sets) the students have acquired the previous academic year. One of the aims of the lesson was to recycle the students' vocabulary before the sit for SAT.
You can download the lesson package to help you design your vocabulary lesson using QR codes and mobile dictionaries. (Click "file" then "download" to download the zip file)
Below is a slideshow of my students scanning QR code in the hallway, writing down the vocabulary, using mobile dictionaries to define the words, and then clustering them (dividing them into lexical sets).
What do you think of mobile learning using QR codes and mobile dictionaries so far? Do they hold promising potentials for student learning?
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2012 by Ammar Merhbi
Friday, March 2, 2012
Today I had the privilege to attend a so-called workshop on Teacher Anger Management. The presenter holds a PhD in educational psychology and has been conducting workshops and training sessions for many years. What made the workshop unusually tedious and droning was how the presenter used PowerPoint as a tool to replace him. I mean, here is a PhD holder in educational psychology and an experienced teacher trainer, yet he does not have any clue on effective presentation, regardless of the presence of a visual aid such as the PowerPoint. He clearly didn't have a clue on the basics of multimedia theories and practices. If he had ever read anything in terms of working memory and long term memory and the effect of the verbal and visual channels on the attendees' minds, he would've definitely revamped his presentation and restructured his workshop. At the end of the workshop, teachers said that they learned one important thing from the workshop: Not to use this type of PowerPoint presentation with their students (At least they learned something !!)
There I was with dozens of other teachers reading aloud words packed and squeezed on all slides of the PowerPoint to all participants because the trainer wanted it to be an "interactive lecture" where the participants interacted [with the content, trainer, themselves? Not sure really!]. I lost interest from the first 10 minutes of the four-hour workshop, and continued this way the whole time!!!
So what do we have here? A presenter/trainer uses a PowerPoint to replace him (He could've just emailed us the PowerPoint and saved us a lot of anger). Bad PowerPoint presentations are found everywhere, in the classrooms, lecture rooms, business section, etc., and the audience/participants have to endure "Death by PowerPoint".
In the 21century, literacy and communication are not the ability to read and communicate through words only. The ability to use the combination of verbal and visual modes effectively to engage your listeners is a have-to-have skill in this digital-visual age.
Thankfully, there are many multimedia theories that we can refer to help us on integrating audio and visual components.
Many professional presenters engage their audience by using PowerPoint as a visual aid, not more. This means that PowerPoint should be mainly images and metaphors with only keywords of the presenter's points. In fact, most professional presenters use storyboarding to guide their presentations (But this is another story, for another post perhaps) . Below are two great Slideshows on how to avoid bad PowerPoint presentations. Please note that some of texts on the slides are intentionally added because these are stand-alone slideshows (that is, there is no presenter).
Death by PowerPoint by Alexei Kaptere
This outstanding slideshow depicts bad PowerPoint presentations and how to fight dying by PowerPoint.
Dodging Bullet Points
This slideshow also presents what is meant by a bad PowerPoint presentation and how to avoid using bullets that would shoot and kill your audience due to boredom.
Here Are Some Links to Improve Your PowerPoint Presentation
- Cliff Atkinson's Beyond Bullet Points Blog is a great source of information (see links to books below).
- Nancy Duarte's blog has some great advices and tips on great presentations.
- Garr Reynolds's Blog Presentation Zen on professional presentations has some outstanding content on how to reinvent presentations.
Want to Read Some Great Books on PowerPoint Presentation and Design?
- Cliff Atkinson's book Beyond Bullet Points will
Unlock the amazing story buried in your presentation—and forget boring, bullet-point-riddled slides forever! Guided by communications expert Cliff Atkinson, you'll walk you through an innovative, three-step methodology for increasing the impact of your presentation. Discover how to combine classic storytelling techniques with the power of visual media to create a rich, engaging experience with your audience. Fully updated for PowerPoint 2010, and featuring compelling presentation examples from classroom to boardroom, this book will help transform your presentations—and your business impact!
- Nancy Durate's book Slideology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations is another great book that you should read if you are keen on revamping your presentations.
No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void.
Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today's world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.
Other books:
White Space is Not Your Enemy: A Beginner's Guide to Communicating Visually through Graphic, Web and Multimedia Design
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
All the links and books above use cognitive theory of multimedia learning and findings of cognitive science and neuroscience research in guiding the writings and how-tos. In later posts I will share with you, in details, some multimedia theories and how these can be put into practice to produce stunning presentations that capture the audiences' minds and hearts through the careful design and mix of the verbal and the visual.
Implications for Teacher-led Classroom Presentation
Many ideas can be extrapolated from the above discussion and links. I would like to leave this part for you to comment on. What do you think are the implications for teacher-led classroom presentation would be? How can teachers redesign their PowerPoint presentations to engage their students and gain their interest instead of boring them to death?
Posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 by Ammar Merhbi
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1.DeAnn Lazovich, Rachel Isaksson Vogel, Marianne Berwick, Martin A. Weinstock, Kristin E. Anderson, Erin M. Warshaw. Indoor Tanning and Risk of Melanoma: A Case-Control Study in a Highly Exposed Population. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2010; 1055-9965.EPI-09-1249 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1249
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