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Science and Perspective

We all need a little more Science and a lot more Perspective

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Citizen science power and challenges

Today (January 8 2018), a powerful image was shared with me via Facebook. Ken Kaufman posted screenshots of the distribution of Killdeer records on the island of Bermuda for January 2017 and January 2018, highlighting the huge difference in maximum... Continue Reading →

Quick and easy heat map

Bird Species Heat Maps Here is a heat map of Common Ground Dove Observations exported from a Google Fusion Table. Keep in mind, this shows where they were seen before May 2016, not necessarily where it can be seen. You... Continue Reading →

My digital house

How do you describe social media to your students? I use the house analogy. My digital world is a house I build with social media. Each platform is a room within that house. Though they each have doors and windows... Continue Reading →

Sustainability and perspective

my friend Quentin asks in response to "Sustainability and Perspective" How do you balance "trying to make a difference" with awareness of others and sensitivity to the full impact of one's actions? Quentin,There are a few ways I seek this... Continue Reading →

Sustainability and perspective

Today I saw a really interesting video. You should watch it before you continue. https://www.facebook.com/CNBCMakeIt/videos/1906014706126685/ From the perspective of the person in the video and CNBC, Lionfish are bad for the environment, because they negatively impact native fish populations. This... Continue Reading →

Connections: Re: Actual Weekly Riff

​So a friend has a weekly email I subscribe to and he quote another of his friends as saying "Learning is all about connections". Did you say "duh."? It seems to make sense to me. this is the only way... Continue Reading →

(Clean) Air supposed to be free

During our geography class recently we got to web chat live with @amrit_sharma, the guy behind #AskSmokey on twitter. You can tweet "#AskSmokey what's it like in #Delhi" or hundreds of other cities around the world. And you will get... Continue Reading →

Hero and heroin

On responding to a heroin overdose.

Grapes

What does a grape say when it gets stepped on? Nothing. It just lets out a little wine.

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