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Janet Fields
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Subject: MBL International Community
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:07:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Matthew Person <mperson at mbl.edu>
To: Matthew Person <mperson at mbl.edu>
*To the MBL International Community
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*Don't have time to go to a museum ? *
*Explore these 441,000 digital images from the *
*Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City*
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search
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*Below are a series of varied and interesting websites from the
University of Wisconsin's Scout Report,
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*a weekly educational website digest which can be seen here:
https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2017
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*The Chicago Design Archive*
www.chicagodesignarchive.org <http://www.chicagodesignarchive.org%20>
The Chicago Design Archive (CDA) offers an extensive digitized archive
of design excellence created in Chicago between 1927 and 2002. Chicago
has a long history of graphic design; throughout the first half of the
twentieth century, the city was home to the Society of Typographic Arts
(founded in 1927), the 27 Chicago Designers (founded in 1936), and the
New Bauhaus (founded in 1937). Design researchers, students, and
enthusiasts are encouraged to browse the CDA in a number of ways. Design
experts may want to explore the collection by Designer or Firm, while
those interested in exploring the evolution of design over the twentieth
century may prefer to browse the collection by Date. This section may
especially appeal to art history or social studies instructors, as it
provides a simple and engaging way to learn about the prominence and
relative influence of a variety of design movements and styles. Visitors
may also choose to explore the CDA's rich collection by project type,
including Identity (brand logos), Environment (outdoor signs and urban
architecture), and Print. [MMB]
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*LearnChemE*
www.learncheme.com <http://www.learncheme.com>
The University of Colorado Boulder, with support from the National
Science Foundation, has compiled this helpful collection of resources
for teaching and learning chemical engineering. Created by CU faculty,
these resources are organized into four categories: Screencasts,
Interactive Simulations, Student Resources, and Instructor Resources. In
Screencasts, visitors will find a series of short YouTube videos
addressing topics that range from Fluid Mechanics to Process Control to
Thermodynamics. These short videos could be used to enhance classroom
instruction, or to provide a helpful study tool for students to use
outside of the classroom. Meanwhile, the Interactive Simulations section
features a variety of tools and demonstrations that aim to help students
better understand concepts such as heat transfer and the impact of
windchill on skin temperatures. (Note: these interactives require users
to use Wolfram Demonstrations based browser plug-ins or to download the
Wolfram CDF player). Instructors will find assessments and a course
packet for teaching Thermodynamics in the Instructor Resources section,
while students can access a number of study aides, along with general
advice about studying, in Student Resources. [MMB]
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*YouTube: Math Mornings at Yale*
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqHnHG5X2PXBVZsf_rvAwGnUgZ-mGdqCy
<http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqHnHG5X2PXBVZsf_rvAwGnUgZ-mGdqCy>
Math Mornings is a Yale University lecture series "aimed at bringing the
joy and variety of mathematics to students and their families."
Fortunately for those of us who can't travel to New Haven to attend
these stimulating lectures, they are also available on YouTube.
Featuring Yale faculty and visiting scholars alike, these hour-long
lectures are designed to share mathematics concepts and projects in a
way that is accessible to the general public (most lectures are designed
with the assumption that the audience has a seventh grade understanding
of mathematics). For example, in one recent lecture, Assistant Professor
Jessi Cisewski discusses astro statistics, a subfield of statistics that
uses mathematical methods to better understand the cosmos. In another
recent lecture, What's the Biggest Number You Can Think Of?, Tarik
Aougab of Brown University discusses how mathematicians talk about and
use large numbers. While these lectures are enjoyable to listen to on
their own, they would also make an excellent addition to any mathematics
classroom. [MMB]
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*Immigration Syllabus*
editions.lib.umn.edu/immigrationsyllabu
Nearly two dozen prominent history scholars have collaborated to create
the Immigration Syllabus, a rich collection of resources for teaching
America's immigration history. Published by the University of Minnesota
(home of the Immigration History Research Center) and co-sponsored by
the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, the Immigration Syllabus is
a carefully curated collection of primary and secondary sources.
Collectively, these resources illuminate the voluntary and forced
migrations of people to the United States from the colonial era through
the present day. This online syllabus is chronologically arranged into
fifteen weeks, each centering on a key theme or question. Weekly themes
include Why Study Immigration?; Mass Migration and the Rise of Federal
Immigration Law; and Family, Gender, and Sexuality. Within each weekly
section visitors will find hyperlinks to suggested readings and
resources, many of which are digitized and freely available online. This
collaborative project may be of special interest to history researchers
and instructors working in higher education or advanced high school
settings. [MMB]
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*Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster
Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska*
gildedage.unl.edu <gildedage.unl.edu%20%20>
On January 11, 1891 in Lincoln, Nebraska, John Sheedy, a real estate
developer - and owner of an illegal casino - was struck in the head by
an unknown man wielding a steal cane. Sheedy initially survived the
attack but died later that night after his wife, Mary, gave him a cup of
coffee that some came to believe she had poisoned. What followed was a
highly contentious court case that divided the growing city of Lincoln.
In 2001, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) history professor Timothy
Mahoney penned an article about this fascinating case and what it
reveals about the history of Lincoln. As Mahoney's article highlights,
the Sheedy murder centered on issues of race, gender, class,
urbanization, and "city boosterism." More recently, Mahoney, the UNL
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, and a team of library
specialists and student assistants created this fascinating website
dedicated to the case and its historical significance. Visitors new to
the site may want to start with the Timeline of Events. Visitors may
also explore a number of spatial narratives, or key components of the
case organized geographically. Through newspaper clippings, legal
documents, and other artifacts related to the case, this website
provides an excellent exhibition of the craft and significance of
historical research. [MMB]
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*Melville Society*
melvillesociety.org
For over seventy years, the Melville Society has been cultivating
scholarship and discussion about Herman Melville, the author of Moby
Dick and other famous works of literature. On its website, American
literature instructors and enthusiasts will find a number of resources
of interest. One key contribution to literary scholarship is Leviathan:
A Journal of Melville Studies, which the society publishes three times a
year. In the Publications section of this website, visitors can explore
select current and past issues of Leviathan available via Project Muse.
In addition, visitors will also find the complete, digitized archives of
the Melville Society Extracts, a precursor to Leviathan published
between 1969 and 2005. In addition to the Society's various
publications, readers should be sure to check out the Research section,
which contains links to a handful of helpful online resources for
teaching and learning about Melville's work. [MMB]
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*America's Public Bible*
americaspublicbible.org
In the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, it was not unusual for newspapers to publish Bible verses.
Nor was it uncommon for journalists to cite the Bible in their
editorials or make biblical references in their articles. Lincoln
Mullen, a historian of religion at George Mason University, created this
website to illuminate the role of the Bible in the American press and
popular culture. First, Mullen analyzed the newspapers available in the
Library of Congress's extensive Chronicling America collection. Then, he
used machine learning to identify biblical quotations in these
newspapers. (Those interested in learning more about Mullen's process
can do so via the Sources & Methods Section). With this information,
Mullen identified the 1,700 most commonly quoted verses and created a
number of engaging visualizations with this information. Visitors to
this website can explore Mullen's research in a variety of ways. In
Explore the Quotations, visitors can manipulate an interactive graph to
see the prominence of biblical quotations across a number of themes. In
Topics & Verses, visitors can explore charts of the most common
quotations by decade along with a visualization of biblical passages
frequently quoted together. As Mullen explains: "By looking at uses of
the Bible in newspapers, we can see which parts of the Bible were in
common currency among Americans, as well as the range of interpretations
that were given to those verses." [MMB]
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*DPLA: Valentine's Day Cards*
dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&page_size=100&q=valentine*%20card%20OR%20%22valentine%27s%20day%22
How have the designs of Valentine's Day greeting cards changed? Do these
cards represent social and cultural changes throughout American history?
In honor of Valentine's Day, the Digital Public LIbrary offers this
collection to help shine light on these questions and more. Here readers
will find over 7,000 digitized images of Valentine's Day cards along
with photographs, art, and a number of other items related to
Valentine's Day. This collection includes items from a number of
universities, libraries, and other institutions around the United
States. Included in this collection are a number of Valentine's Day
postcards from the early twentieth century; an intriguing photograph,
courtesy of the Boston Public Library, of automobiles engulfed in snow
after the 1940 Valentine's Day Blizzard; and an 1884 invitation to the
"Grand Reception and Valentine's Day Party" in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Visitors may also enjoy a number of photographs of school children
celebrating Valentine's Day throughout history [MMB]
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*Babel's Dawn: A Blog about the Origins of Speech*
ebbolles.typepad.com/babels_dawn
Edmund Blair Bolles (author of books including So Much to Say and
Einstein Defiant: Genius versus Genius in the Quantum Revolution is the
author of Babel's Dawn, a blog dedicated to the origins of speech. On
this blog, Bolles, who authored a book with the same title, regularly
posts about new research on the origins of language, alongside his own
personal musings. For example, in one post Bolles reports on a study,
recently published in Science, about the vocal cords of monkeys and
about what this study can tell us about how humans developed language.
In another recent entry, Bolles reflects on the fact that all major
languages include a transitive clause. And in Bolles's most recent entry
(as of this write-up), Bolles discusses the publication of Embodiment in
Evolution and Culture, a new book that explores the role of the body and
the senses in culture. Babel's Dawn provides readers with a great way to
stay up-to-date on research and developments related to linguistics and
related fields. [MMB]
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*Larry Ferlazzo's Website of the Day: the Best Hans Rosling Videos*
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/11/04/the-best-hans-rosling-videos
On February 7, 2017, physician and statistician Hans Rosling passed away
at the age of 68. Rosling was renowned for not only his expertise in
public health and statistics, but also for his ability to engage
audiences with a variety of scientific topics via colorful
presentations. (In addition to his scientific and mathematical
expertise, Rosling also happened to be a sword-swallower). In 2013,
education blogger Larry Ferlazzo compiled this list of The Best Hans
Rosling Videos, which include TED Talks and short videos produced for
The Guardian and BBC News. Rosling's talks often deal with the
intersections of science and social science, addressing topics such as
population growth, climate change, and the importance of electricity to
public health. Readers may particularly enjoy Rosling's frequent use of
props (including butternut squash and snowballs) and humor to make his
lectures more engaging and accessible. [MMB]
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*The Super-Enlightenment*
collections.stanford.edu/supere
During the Enlightenment, John Locke, Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, and
numerous others wrote some of the most influential philosophical texts.
This same time period, according to the authors of this digital
collection from the Stanford University Libraries, "also witnessed a
surprising fascination with ancient mythologies, alchemy, divine arcana,
and secret societies." Created by Dan Edelstein and Sarah Sussman, this
website is dedicated to this oft-overlooked aspect of the eighteenth
century, which they term the Super- Enlightenment. Visitors with reading
knowledge of French can read 36 texts authored between the years 1716
and 1835 that illustrate characteristics of the Super-Enlightenment. For
those not fluent in French, there are other ways to learn more about
this fascinating time period; in the Bio-bibliographical essays section
of the Authors tab, visitors will find nine scholar-authored essays
about Super-Enlightenment thinkers and their ideas. [MMB]
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*Pew Research Center: Americans and Cybersecurity*
**www.pewinternet.org/2017/01/26/americans-and-cybersecurity
<http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/01/26/americans-and-cybersecurity>
How concerned is the average American about a cyberattack? How many
Americans have personally experienced breaches of cybersecurity? Do
Americans trust the federal government to protect them from
cyberattacks? Do they trust social network sites, such as Facebook and
Twitter, to protect their cybersecurity? In January 2017, the Pew
Research Center released a 43-page report investigating American
perspectives on issues of cybersecurity. This particular study is part
of a multi-part series by Pew examining American attitudes towards
online privacy and safety. Based on a survey of 1,040 adults in the
United States, this report reveals that almost half of all Americans
(49%) "feel that their personal information is less secure that it was
five years ago." The survey also investigated the steps that Americans
take to protect their personal data from cyberattacks. Interested
readers may download the complete report (available in PDF format) from
this website. [MMB]
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*American Birding Association Bird of the Year*
aba.org/boy
Each year, the American Birding Association (ABA) names a Bird of the
Year in order to help birding enthusiasts become more familiar with the
various birds they may encounter in North America. This year, the ABA
has selected the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), a shorebird that
can be found along the coasts of northern Canada and Alaska in the
summer, and along the shores of California, Central America, the
Caribbean, and South America in the winter. The ABA notes that during
the springtime, the Ruddy Turnstone can also be found in the state of
Delaware, the current home of the ABA. In fact, the Ruddy Turnstone is
one of few birds that live in all continents excepting Antarctica. Want
to find out more about this Bird of the Year? The ABA has compiled this
helpful collection of facts and links to outside resources dedicated to
this bird, recognizable by its "striking black and white pattern on head
and neck, rusty back and wings, white underparts, and bright orange legs
and feet" along with its "bubbly chatter." These outside resources
include audio and video recordings of the Ruddy Turnstone and maps of
their migration patterns. [MMB]
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*Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection*
www.loc.gov/collections/feinberg-whitman/about-this-collection
<http://www.loc.gov/collections/feinberg-whitman/about-this-collection>
The Library of Congress's Charles E. Feinberg Collection is home to an
impressive 28,000 items related to poet Walt Whitman. These items
include personal correspondence, drafts of poetry and essays, and a
fascinating collection of Memorabilia, including the poet's spectacles
and. Fortunately, many of the the items in this collection, which was
acquired by the Library of Congress between 1952 and 2011, are now
digitized. The Charles E. Feinberg Collection has been arranged into ten
different series, which visitors may browse on this site. These series
include Family Papers, 1852-1892; Notes and Notebooks, 1847-1891; and
Diaries, Diary Notes, and Address Books, 1863-1891. Within each
expansive category, Whitman fans can further filter results by date or,
at times, by more precise subject tags. A few of the many highlights in
this collection include Whitman's diary from the Civil War years; a
collection of letters exchanged between Whitman and his niece, Jessie
Louisa; and a page from Whitman's 1871 manuscript draft of Democratic
Vistas. [MMB]
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*The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Connections*
www.metmuseum.org/connections
<http://www.metmuseum.org/connections%20%20%20>
<http://www.metmuseum.org/connections%20%20%20>
In 2011, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Connections project invited
museum staff and volunteers to offer their personal opinions on select
works of art in the collection. The result? One hundred episodes that
feature individual narrative accompanied by about two dozen images to
illustrate their topic. For example, Education Chair Peggy Fogelman's
four-minute entry is called Bad Hair and discusses the impact of hair
styles. Bad Hair objects range from Francois Boucher's 1751 The Toilet
of Venus to Roy Lichtenstein's Stepping Out, 1978, with detours to the
nineteenth century for Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti's
depiction of Lady Lilith's flowing locks and Degas' intimate view of
Woman Combing Her Hair. While listening to the narration, readers may
view the art on a timeline (In Time), on a map (In the World), and In
the Museum, in the order they appear in the feature. An especially fun
entry, Date Night by Editorial assistant Nadja Hansen, explains why the
Met is a great place for a date. [DS]
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Haiku Learning
www.haikulearning.com <http://www.haikulearning.com>
Created by the educational software company PowerSchool, Haiku Learning
is a tool that enables educators to build customized webpages for their
classrooms. With Haiku Learning, teachers can create assignments,
student calendars, and grade books. In addition, teachers may embed
content from around the internet (such as YouTube videos, news articles,
Google Maps, or podcast) into their classroom website, enabling them to
share educational resources with ease. Haiku Learning can also be used
to facilitate collaborative learning, as the WikiProjects feature allows
group members to easily communicate with one another and share
materials. Teachers can download Haiku Learning for five classrooms for
free; schools and districts can also purchase unlimited access for an
annual cost. [MMB]
All above websites are from the University Wisconsin digest, The Scout
Report
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