0309WarmUp

When I was studying Spanish in high school, I was never far from my trusty Spanish dictionary (I still have it!). Well, many of you may think that was very "old school." Today, thanks to the Internet and technology, we have "translators" at our disposal.

Check it out @ http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/09/technology/20100309-translate.html?ref=multimedia

Now try it out yourself.

Translate this poem by Spanish poet Federico Garcia-Lorca:

Voces de muerte sonaroncerca del Guadalquivir.Voces antiguas que cercanvoz de clavel varonil.Les clavó sobre las botasmordiscos de jabalí.En la lucha daba saltosjabonados de delfín.Baño con sangre enemigasu corbata carmesí,pero eran cuatro puñalesy tuvo que sucumbir.Cuando las estrellas clavanrejones al agua gris,cuando los erales sueñanverónicas de alhelí,voces de muerte sonaroncerca del Guadalquivir.
using the following sites:

Google Translate
Yahoo Babel Fish
Bing

Does it translate the same?

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dmac

0308WarmUp

Strapped in the one-man flyer and rocketing around the web, I found these interesting sites about animals:

http://www.saczoo.com/Page.aspx?pid=598

http://zoo.pgh.pa.us/AnimalsandExhibits

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/default.cfm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/Category.aspx?cat_id=4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/roar/

http://www.whopooped.org/

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dmac

0305WarmUp

Every day, we don't even notice some of the most beautiful structures that surround us. Instead, we just drive or walk over them. When was the last time you noticed--a bridge.

Take a look @

http://www.womansday.com/Articles/Family-Lifestyle/Travel/16-Beautiful-Bridges.html

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/07/10-most-beautiful-bridges-in-the-world/

http://frikoo.com/18-stunning-bridges-from-around-the-world

http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-03/12-most-beautiful-bridges-europe.html

http://quazen.com/arts/architecture/spectacular-and-uniquely-designed-bridges-from-around-the-world/

http://listphobia.com/2009/07/14/10-most-beautiful-bridges-in-the-world/

Try to build one yourself:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/challenge/index.html

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dmac

0304WarmUp

Guess what? Another birthday. Yours? No, no, no, Antonio Vivaldi's.

Who is he? Look him up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi

Ten things you should know about him:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-10s/2010/03/04/vivaldi-ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-italian-composer-115875-22085018/

Listen to some of his compositions @

http://www.rhapsody.com/antonio-vivaldi

and

http://www.last.fm/music/Antonio+Vivaldi

Create your own composition @

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm

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dmac

0303WarmUp

Yesterday was Dr. Seuss's birthday.

Who is Dr. Seuss? Look him up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

What did he do?

http://www.seussville.com/

http://papahere.com/dr-seuss-birthday/

http://www.drseussart.com/

http://www.catinthehat.org/

What's your favorite Dr. Seuss story?

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dmac

0302WarmUp

You have heard that an earthquake has hit again--this time in Chile.

Look at some interesting websites:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35652868#35652868

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35652836#35655304

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35652836#35652836

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/01/world/americas/20100301-chile-pano.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703411304575093121785717224.html#articleTabs%3Dinteractive

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703943504575095641499493032.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/02/28/world/20100301_CHILEQUAKE_index.html?ref=multimedia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/feb/28/chile-earthquake-map-interactive

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dmac

0301WarmUp

What's your learning style?

Knowing your learning style will help you develop coping strategies to compensate for your weaknesses and capitalize on your strengths.

Maybe you need to look into multiple intelligences.

What is it? Look it up at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences

http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Multiple_Intelligences_and_Learning_Styles

http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm

How about these interesting sites:

http://bgfl.org/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/choose_lang.cfm

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

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dmac