Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

I will see you all in January. Here are some great facts about your Christmas tree!

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Extra-Credit submission by Dimitri

A bit of inspiration for the New Year

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

This is an extra-credit video submitted by Nisha. A decent dubstep track with that too (note: the video was created by the band, probably a promotional coup for the album on iTunes…). The video is entitled People are awesome. My personal favorite bit is of course when the man jumps out of the Eiffel Tower on his roller-blades. A must see.

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your teachers think they are so cool

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

great extra-credit submission by robin.

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think of the scenario, acting, movie editing and music skills involved in making this. this is a great one-man show.

Example of a Rube Goldberg Machine

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

This video was submitted for extra credit by Chaendo, it is an example of a rube goldberg machine, a machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction.

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Other examples can be found here:

- Honda commercial “The Cog” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo

- OK Go music video for “This Too Shall Pass” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

Water resources and usage from around the world

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

A great video created by the website http://good.is and submitted by Malishka for extra-credit. It will explain to you how much potable water is available in the world (a teaspoon full) and demonstrate how much water is used in the western countries compared to the rest of the world. Don’t get fooled by the old style, this was made for world water day in 2008 so all the numbers are recent and accurate. Great find!

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Happy New Year!

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

If you were wondering where your Christmas decorations went, see them running away with the sheep:

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This was submitted for extra-credit. Great find!

Computer facts

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

Did you know that:

  • Domain names are being registered at a rate of more than one million names every month.
  • One of every 8 married couples in the US last year met online.
  • The first computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in around 1964 and was made of wood.

These fun facts about computers were discovered by Robbert. There are many more where it comes from at FunFactz.com.


Social Media in the year 2009

Category : Extra Credit, Life Explorers

This 4th installment of the video “Did you know” was sent to me by Dimitri. A great way to visualize how interconnectivity between human beings has progressed throughout civilization and had been accelerating in the past few years.

You are this generation.

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Watch until the end to see how small the future computers are expected to be!

Working outside of class: the extra-credit section

Category : Extra Credit

Many of you spend time outside of class “working” with their computers. Don’t forget that if the work is worth displaying, I will be giving away exatr-credit for these.

Here is an exhibit of the most recent extra-curricular works from my students:

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3 images from Pauline with the online photo-editing tool lunapic

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From Paola, Megan and Ankhit with Photoshop

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iPods by Robbert with Google SketchUp 7

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Dimitri pursues his talent with Photoshop