Actor, director & artist Dennis Hopper dies

CinemA-RT

Par M. Mirza

Born in Kansas (1935), Dennis Hopper started acting in the 50's. He did admire James Dean and adopted the Actor's Studion methods, which made him considered a rebel to Hollywood's system (Henry Hathaway fired him off, and he got blacklisted for almost...

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A fishwasher... that cooks :-}

English is FUN :o)

Par M. Mirza

Tom Scott just tests what other chefs have already achieved : using a dishwasher... to cook ! Silly ? Amazing ? Definitely unusual. It might well prove to be another way of going green ;o) ___________________________ Tom Scott creates videos & web projects,...

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Measuring the oil spill -VIDEO comprehension

CLIMATE - the ENVIRONMENT

Par M. Mirza

Experts & environmentalists on the oil spill caused by BP Below, you'll find a video comprehension sheet I've just prepared for you : just click ^^^ on the green folder to get the mediafire link and start downloading it !

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Social media networks -evaluating grid

The INTERNET - Social MEDIA

Par M. Mirza

The Social Media Cheatsheet (Infographic) This picture (or "pic' ", as "they" say) caught my eye... then I actually read what it is about ! This chart categorizes 10 current 'social media' features : Twitter, Facebook, flickr, Linked in, YouTube, digg,...

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Becta : canceled ! -ICT news

TEACHERS' Lounge

Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE The education ICT agency Becta is to close by November... a 240 staff and £80m from 2010 financial government budget should be cut off as well ! "Government to close Becta" : Click to get the Guardian article Read also : "Becta : does...

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Of laptops & teachers... -a US cartoon

TEACHERS' Lounge

Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE Black comedy... as for teachers Click ^^^ and watch the cartoon

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A 13-year old American on Mount Everest !

A little bit of EVERYTHING

Par M. Mirza

Yesterday, Jordan Romero, a 13-year old Californian from Big Bear became the youngest climber to scale Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain. " Jordan Romero, 13, 'becomes youngest to scale Everest'" read the article ^^^ on BBC news

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Blogs image -youths and educators

TEACHERS' Lounge

Par M. Mirza

TEACHERS' LOUNGE -French Here's an article studying the image young users and education professionals match with blogs... The article was written (in French) by Emilie Bouvrand and issued at pedagopsy.eu. You'll find it here : Original title : "Les représentations...

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How to... get INFORMATION

METHODS : "How to..."

Par M. Mirza

Schoolwork... personal interest... mere curiosity ? Not only can you use search engines like Altavista, Yahoo, Google and many others... but you can also use online encyclopedia. Here are a few sites I've chosen for you -all you need is click on their...

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Women's metamorphosis -art VIDEOS

CinemA-RT

Par M. Mirza

Can you identify these women ? Well... I'm sure you know at least one or two of them ;-) To start with, since the Cannes festival is on at the moment... watch the woman on the first video. She used to go to Cannes and is a worldwide known French actress...

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