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Fresco Painting School Offers Free Video How-To's Online

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Posted by geri   
Monday, 03 November 2008
fresco-dionisius-stnicholas.jpgLos Angeles based Fresco Painting School is proud to announce it's new Video Channel on YouTube featuring video clips and tutorials on fresco painting techniques. The Fresco Video Channel debuts with the release of the detailed video tutorial on plastering tools.
(Right: fresco by Dionisius of St Nicholas)
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Giant Lego Man Appears on Beach

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Posted by bivvy   
Friday, 31 October 2008
Mystery surrounds the appearance of a giant Lego man which was found on a beach in Brighton and Hove, England. Officials said a mysterious 6-foot-tall statue made from Lego blocks and covered in Dutch writing washed up on a beach. (Full story at BBC w/ photos)
 

Palestinians to Play First Match in Home Stadium

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Posted by geri   
Friday, 24 October 2008
lusakasoccer.jpgAfter 10 years of playing home games across the border in Jordan, Palestinians will be gathering on Sunday to watch their national football team play their first game ever in Palestinian territory. The world governing body of the sport, FIFA, paid to have it upgraded to international standards.
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Blind Marching Band to Be in 2010 Rose Parade

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Posted by geri   
Friday, 24 October 2008
blind-marching-band.jpgStudents at the Ohio State School for the Blind screamed with joy when they learned their marching band will make history at the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade. (Associated Press via MSNBC.com)
 

Video Games Support School Lessons and Learning

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Posted by geri   
Monday, 20 October 2008
video-gamers.jpgOnce shunned as a brain-rotting activity, video games are now winning over many teachers of teenage students as a way to inspire kids to learn: Games are a way to develop 21st century skills, such as collaborative problem solving, multitasking, and networking. Some educators compare game play to the scientific method: Players enter a phenomenon that doesn’t make sense, observe problems, form hypotheses, and test them while being mindful of cause and effect. (Christian Science Monitor)

 And, from LiveScience comes a report about an educational researcher who organized an afterschool group for boys to play, for educational purposes, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

It turned out that some of the eighth graders and high school freshmen who signed up for the group and couldn't have cared less about writing or reading in school, have gone from barely stringing together two sentences to writing lengthy posts in their group's Web site forum, where they discuss detailed strategies for gearing up their virtual characters and figuring out tough quests.

Bottom line, the conversations showed that players had decent levels of scientific literacy. Players used reasoned arguments, backed up hypotheses and even brought statistics to bear on issues that they faced near the higher levels of the game. Read more in the article called, World of Warcraft Video Game Succeeds in School.

 

 
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