here's some loon calls I found on you tube. Check them out.
martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010
miércoles, 3 de noviembre de 2010
Duluth, Mn. A city founded in the 17th century...
Here's a quick video I made from some slides and web pages about my city. Hope you enjoy it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota
miércoles, 27 de octubre de 2010
This is MY city
Hi Everyone, I thought after seeing your projects, I'd show you a few pictures of where I'm from. As you know, I'm from Minnesota, and actually a part which is known for snow and cold. It seems between yesterday and today they had their first winter storm.
I'm from Duluth, which is a port on Lake Superior, which if I remember correctly is the largest of the Great Lakes and definitely the deepest, where many shipwrecks have occurred. In the summertime, people go fishing, go walking and have picnics by the shore or further north on the Lake. It is a place known for it's natural beauty and is commonly referred to as "God's country." There are many forests and further north, there is a National Park called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, where you can camp and canoe from camp to camp, and portage (carry the canoe) to the next camping site. Northern Minnesota is close to Canada, and has a lot of conifers (Pine trees and trees with needles) in the forests and also lots of rock outcroppings, basaltic type since millions of years ago it was a volcanic area, and then later on it was covered by glaciers. You can tell I'm just a little bit proud! I miss it although I don't miss the cold too much.
lunes, 11 de octubre de 2010
Poetry...
Check out these poetry sites...
One is for children and it's absolutely charming! The author is Shel Silverstein, an author from Chicago.
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/play.asp
The other is to write your own poetry with some tips and formats:
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Here's one I did some time ago:
Happiness is a sleeking cat
running up or away, pouncing on its prey, greeting or retreating
a tree for a bed, the sky as its limit
bursts of soft purring trusting its friend, or kept abay by the drawing of her claws.
and for a good way to start out the week: Things to be happy about!
http://www.thingstobehappyabout.com/
lunes, 4 de octubre de 2010
Untitled
This is one of the things I most miss about my home. Changing colors. These past few days have been a reminder for me of the cool crisp fall air which accompanies fall colors, leaves and wind. It lasts only a few weeks, about three from beginning to end. and then, the real cold comes...
What's your favorite season and why?
miércoles, 29 de septiembre de 2010
jueves, 23 de septiembre de 2010
Pictures to inspire
Pick a picture which you really like. Maybe it's YOUR picture, maybe it's of your family, of some unique moment...something that moves you! Describe it on your posterous.
Do a written description of at least 10 LINES. Here's mine...and then an audio I made to go with it!
This is a picture of me and my fellow chefs-in-training at a local school known as the ESDAI. It was a wonderful experience and challenge for me since I really like cooking, especially desserts, breads and sweets. I just finished in July and I miss it already. Most people don't know how difficult a career being a chef is. Chefs are very perfectionnist and are very critical of the smallest detail that is out of place. But I like challenges! I remember that they always pressured us to finish elaborate dishes in usually no more than 1 and a half to two hours. Moreover, it had to taste good and LOOK good, which is a bit of a challenge to say the least.
MUSIC!
Please comment on your classmates' work!
make a comment on their "posterous" about their work.
- What new thing did you learn?
- What was interesting about their group?
- What questions can you ask them?
Then...
let's see which groups were the:
- Most creative
- Strangest
- Most Illustrative
- Funniest
- Most interesting
here a great music video I love! with a great story!
miércoles, 8 de septiembre de 2010
The web and social networks for children
Like most parents, I try my best to protect my children from what I
deem is not good for them. I'm having trouble recently because my
daughter insists upon opening an account in Facebook. What I have
found out, is that all of these types of networks manage a similar
minimum age to open an account, and that is: 13 years old.
"well, you have facebook, why can't I?" My daughter is 11. Perhaps I
am over protective and nostalgic, but I think and have experienced
that one can waste a lot of time on the computer doing quite simply
nothing. I would prefer seeing her reading a book, playing outside or
playing with her friends rather than sitting in front of a computer
for less than clear reasons. What can you comment on this? Why do you think kids now want to be
part of social networks? Is it a good idea, or does it cause more
harm than good? http://techcrunch.com/2009/02/24/why-social-networks-are-good-for-the-kids/ http://www.safetyweb.com/social-networking-safety
viernes, 4 de junio de 2010
el aburrimiento
JORDI SOLER
El aburrimiento
JORDI SOLER 29/05/2010
Con la cantidad de instrumental electrónico que hay en las casas, aburrirse hoy no solo es difícil, también está mal visto. Quien se aburre es porque no tiene tele, ni ordenador, ni máquina de DVD, ni PSP o Wii. De los libros, mejor ni hablar; no se enchufan y esto les resta popularidad. Los padres viven buscando actividades para sus hijos, una clase de algo, ir a casa de alguien, vale casi cualquier cosa que los tenga entretenidos y que los aleje de ese estar sin hacer nada que hoy está tan mal visto. Pero estar sin hacer nada es, con frecuencia, la condición para inventarse algo, una conversación, el bosquejo de un edificio o el borrador de un libro. No sé qué habría sido de Mark Twain o de Graham Green si hubieran tenido a la mano una PSP o una Wii; probablemente no hubiera pasado nada, no nos hubiéramos quedado sin ese capítulo que, quizá, nos robó el whisky, o el póquer, o una amante, o cualquiera de esas actividades sin enchufe que se hacían antaño para no aburrirse. Yo cuando era niño me aburría como una ostra, ¿y quién puede asegurarnos que las ostras no tienen una excitante vida interior? El asunto está justamente ahí, en la vida interior que difícilmente puede manifestarse entre tanto aparato de vida exterior que hay que enchufar. Cuando uno de mis hijos me dice que está aburrido, me dan ganas de felicitarle, porque estar aburrido es también estar a las puertas de algo; la inmovilidad permite al aburrido sacar conclusiones a las que el divertido, por estar tan ocupado divirtiéndose, no llegaría nunca. "Vamos a aburrirnos", digo a mis hijos, y eso basta para que estemos 45 minutos aburriéndonos de una manera divertidísima, hablando de lo aburridos que estamos. Pero más allá de los aparatos que se enchufan y que nos privan de algún Tom Sawyer, está la voluntad de los padres de buscarles actividades a sus hijos, cosas que hacer para combatir el aburrimiento, clases de inglés, de piscina, de karate o de música. Para inventar hace falta estar aburrido y al paso que vamos, educando a los niños para que crezcan como personas divertidas, terminaremos viviendo en un mundo sin películas, sin libros ni artistas.
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lunes, 18 de enero de 2010
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