Weekly Web Round-Up (to July 19, 2014)

Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesWe have a lot this week: Gee on Games in School: Don’t Make Prison Better, Use Them to Free Students and Teachers | Games and Learning “Most people involved with games and learning are familiar with the work of James … Continue reading

coldantlerfarm: An Open Letter To Angry Vegetarians

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesYour lifestyle contributes to the destruction of natural habitats, and that includes the deaths of many animals. Eat in whatever way invokes respect and gratitude in your soul. Be grateful we live in this time of contrived and soon-to-be over … Continue reading

Tovar Cerulli – The hidden costs of vegetarianism

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTovar Cerulli – The hidden costs of vegetarianism. An excellent essay. Though crops can be grown without manure, such approaches typically require more acreage than do integrated plant-animal systems. Why till more land, and perhaps displace more wildlife habitat, for … Continue reading

CMEC > Press Releases > Press Releases Detail > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCMEC > Press Releases > Press Releases Detail > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada > Ministers and Key Partners Chart Path Forward for Education and Skills in Canada. Inspired by what they … Continue reading

A 1.8 million year old skull indicates there may have been just one human species on Earth at that time | IFLScience

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 1.8 million year old skull indicates there may have been just one human species on Earth at that time | IFLScience. For some time now, I’ve been wondering if it isn’t time to re-examine how we decide something is … Continue reading

REALLY getting tired of : What Happened Next Was Incredible / Amazing / Will Shock You / …

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesA Young Stray Dawdled Into Our House. What Happened Next Was Incredible. | SF Globe. Yes. OF COURSE baby ducks are adorable. I hatched ducklings for 22 years and never got over how wonderful they are. But I’m really starting … Continue reading

Canine hip dysplasia genes identified

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanine hip dysplasia genes identified “Canine hip dysplasia (CHD) plays a central role in the selection of breeding animals ever since modern dog breeding began. This inherited condition is common in all dog breeds as well as in mongrels. Researchers … Continue reading

Where I’ve Been Online (Apr. 26, 2014)

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesEducation Through Play: How Games Can Help Children Learn ” inShare14 Can games serve as a vehicle for education? What can, for example, the anti-pig fury of Angry Birds’avian avengers teach players about the laws of physics? What we know … Continue reading