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June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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Nature's Educators brought various raptors to teach about wildlife. The crowd favorite? Eastern Screech Owl.
Photo: Cindy Souders / USFWS
June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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3-7-19 Students from the state participate in Arkansas Music in Our Schools Month Annual Celebration Concert at the state capitol. The event is sponsored by the Arkansas Music Educators Association.
Marine Educators Colin Young and Marty Momsen enjoy the deck of the R/V Thomas G. Thompson, as we set sail, 11 June 2013.
Credit: Ocean Networks Canada
June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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Woodcut from The Popular Educator 1868.
A complete illustrated Encyclopaedia for Elementary, Advanced and Technical Education.
Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London. Six volumes in three books, half leather and gilt binding with marbled covers and marbled endplates. Total 2500 pages 26cm x 19.5cm .
A steady stream of more than 500 applicants flowed through the Community Choice Convention Center, from 8 to noon Saturday morning for the the annual Educator Career Fair. Interviews for high demand positions took place throughout the event, and more than 100 educators will be hired for the 2017-18 school year.
A steady stream of more than 500 applicants flowed through the Community Choice Convention Center, from 8 to noon Saturday morning for the the annual Educator Career Fair. Interviews for high demand positions took place throughout the event, and more than 100 educators will be hired for the 2017-18 school year.
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The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
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For any questions, please email contact Takeshi Yamada, Art & Rogue Taxidermy, Museum of World Wonders, official website. www.takeshiyamada.weebly.com/
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For any questions, please contact Dr. Takeshi Yamada. His email address is posted in the chapter page (the last page or the first page).
(Updated April 7B, 2015)
June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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Early childhood educators (ECEs) who provide vital services to BC children will be better supported by a new recruitment and retention strategy as part of the Province’s ChildCare BC plan.
Read more: news.gov.bc.ca/17948
Educator Lawrence Jones, as photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1955.
Image courtesy of Marquette University Archives. Image No.: MUA_KJP_000607front
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A steady stream of more than 500 applicants flowed through the Community Choice Convention Center, from 8 to noon Saturday morning for the the annual Educator Career Fair. Interviews for high demand positions took place throughout the event, and more than 100 educators will be hired for the 2017-18 school year.
Mutabaruka aka Allan Hope Jamaican Rastafari dub poet musician actor educator and talk-show host Live Cultural Performance in Walthamstow London
May 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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Created by 8th grade students at Central Middle School in Hartford, Wisconsin
Title: Respect
Homeroom: Elliott
Number of students: 20
Grade: 8th
Teacher and organizer: Pamela Brandt
Dream Theme: Respect and Responsibility / Community
Materials & techniques used: Most groups used marker or paints but some added other objects including fabric. Markers
Did your group enjoy working on this project? This was a very nice way to combine art projects with the themes for our school this year.
Participants: There are 28 different works of art. Each one was created by a homeroom of 16 - 24 students. I have taken photos of the work as well as each homeroom with their work. I also had them answer the questions explaining their piece and will be sending that along with each piece.
What is your art about? Respect. Everyone should have and show respect. It was given to us.
Our school's theme this year is respect and responsibility. Each trimester we focus on how students can show this through self, others and the environment. Each grade was given a different component of this - 6th grade - environment, 7th grade - self, and 8th grade - others. I will be sending along a handout that was given to each homeroom to use in completing this project.
Learn more about how this school participated at docs.google.com/file/d/0B3VmmD_bi9xPZzB6bkZwLUZkYzg/edit?...
How can I make a difference?
In 2008, a group of educators and artists formed the International Fiber Collaborative (IFC) a non-profit organization with a mission to create deeper learning experiences through art, collaboration, and cross-curricular programming for individuals and their communities.
IFC’s current initiative, The Dream Rocket Project, started in 2009 has exhibited submissions in over 105 venues; in 2014 submissions will be connected side by side to wrap a 363’ Saturn V Moon Rocket replica at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL (48’ taller than the Statue of Liberty).
With every artwork received a student has had to ask; what is my dream for my future, and the future of my community and our world? How can students across our nation with many skills collaborate to make a difference? How can creativity and other subjects such as space, technology, science, and leadership inspire innovation? How can I make a difference?
Support our project by making a donation at www.thedreamrocket.com/support-the-dream-rocket
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Print a Dream Rocket Flyer: docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=tr...
Learn how to participate at: www.thedreamrocket.com
Lt. Governor Rutherford Attends the Presentation of the Milken Award for Teacher Excellence by Joe Andrucyk at Oxon Hill Middle School, 9570 Foote Rd. Fort Washington Maryland 20744
May 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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I spent Monday at DreamWorks' Glendale campus as a part of their Educators' Symposium. It was fun to be back on campus - this time as an invited teacher, which made it rather unique. Alex McDowell gave an in depth talk about design for live action and animated features in the digital age, including examples from his work on Minority Report, The Terminal, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Bee Movie. He also gave us a sneak peak at the special trailer of Watchmen that was only screened at Comic-Con. Though I'm very familiar with all the ways that digital design is being used in production, Alex has a unique and informative view on how it fits into the big picture, including an interesting workflow chart (that makes more sense when he walks you through it).
They also screened a sequence from Madagascar II and a 3D sequence from Monsters Vs. Aliens. Since these aren't due out for a bit, I won't say anything other than they look fantastic and we laughed out loud all the way through both of them. I can't wait for the final films!
We were also treated to a composite reel of student work from 24 schools that submitted pieces. It's exciting to see the level of talent that is just coming of age now, and the breadth and variety of work that they're doing.
Thanks DWA for a great day!
Educators are invited to the Legoengineering Educators Conference on The 4th Floor of the Downtown Chattanooga Public Library on Saturday, June 7 2014 from 8:30am until 4:00pm.
42 educators attended from throughout the Hamilton County Education system.
LEGOengineering is developed by the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), with the support of LEGO Education and innovative teachers from around the globe, including the Engineering Design Group Educators (EDGE).
The mission of LEGOengineering is to inspire and support teachers in bringing LEGO-based engineering to all students.
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Wikipedia for Educators at Fordham supports and promotes the use of Wikipedia in the classroom, organizes edit-a-thons on campus and promotes Wikipedia events in the community. This is an open group made of faculty, staff, and students of Fordham University.
Find out more about our group by visiting our website at fordham.edu/wikipedia
Teachers and Counselors from around the state witness aerial refueling aboard a KC-135R from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee WI
(Left-right) Peer educator Anthony Macabitas, 22, discusses how to prevent HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases with Jeremy, 16, and Alan, 21, in Barangay Don Carlos, a poor neighbourhood of Pasay City, near Manila, the capital. Anthony, who works as a butcher during the day, volunteers with the local NGO PRRM (Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement), a UNICEF-assisted organization that counsels young people on health-related issues and supports at-risk and exploited children. Jeremy is returning to school after several years of drinking and hanging out with gangs in the street. He would like to become a sailor one day to help his mother and assist his nephew in his studies. "It's important to be part of a gang for better protection," he said. Alan looks younger than his years, which makes him more vulnerable to exploitation on the streets. He also wants to become a peer educator, because he recognizes the dangers of HIV/AIDS and violence to young people in the community. "The police cannot do much," he said. "They always come too late.".
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In 2006 in the Philippines, HIV transmission is hidden and growing. While official statistics cite fewer than 10,000 HIV cases nationwide, high-risk behaviours, especially among adolescents, are on the rise. Those at highest risk are children in depressed, urban areas, those who live or work in the streets and those involved in the sex industry. Many have limited access to basic services like education, community support and health care. And a strong culture of stigma, denial and silence has prevented an open discussion of HIV/AIDS, sexuality and adolescent reproductive health. Other factors impeding prevention and care services include limited knowledge and skills among health-care workers; rapid turnover and migration of staff; and disruption of health systems due to emergencies and conflict. On Mindanao Island, a decades-long conflict between Christians and Muslims has killed, injured or displaced thousands of children, and left others vulnerable to abduction, trafficking and abuse. Working with government, NGO and other partners, UNICEF supports peer counselling and prevention awareness training for adolescents; expanded voluntary counselling and testing services; and treatment, care and support services for children infected with HIV/AIDS. UNICEF also supports child protection, peace building and the delivery of social services in conflict areas.
June 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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May 2014 Scratch Educator Meetup
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