I.O.U.S.A
By now, you may have heard about our acclaimed documentary I.O.U.S.A., a film that boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
Simulations
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php
Simulations
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Creating Charts and Graphics---Tracking Media Use with Excel
be creative, innovate, take risks, unlearn to learn
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Teenage Survey Results
Teenage Survey
Summary
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Do you expect to get a job right after high school? | |||||||||
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Do you expect to get married? | |||||||||
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Do you plan to combine work or career and marriage? | |||||||||
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Do you plan to take time off work when your children are young? | |||||||||
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Do you plan to have children at all? | |||||||||
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Do you think we're doing enough to integrate schools and neighborhoods? | |||||||||
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Do you think that politicians are dishonest | |||||||||
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Do you feel that you personally might, through politics or otherwise, try to improve conditions in this country? | |||||||||
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On average, how many hours a week do you spend watching TV? | |||||||||||||
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Do you feel that violence on television influences you adversely? | |||||||||
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Any conflict between you and your parents about the amount or kind of programs you watch | |||||||||
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Do you feel that televison---- | |||||||||
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Do any of the females or males you know drink? Smoke? | |||||||||
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Do any of the females or males you know use drugs? | |||||||||
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Have any of the students in your school or neighborhood gotten into serious trouble with either drugs or drinks? | |||||||||
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Do you do much dating? | |||||||||
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Do you believe in going steady? | |||||||||
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Do you go steady or have you gone steady? | |||||||||
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Have you ever had a friend who sometines or often makes out? | |||||||||
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Have you ever had a friend who goes "all the way"? | |||||||||
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Read more!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tips for developing an effective survey questionnaire
Tips for developing an effective survey questionnaire
You can immediately start creating your questions, but it’s a good idea to give this some thought. There is a science to doing proper surveys. For tips on how to create simple, effective surveys, just google thetopic and you’llbe presented with a number of options. Here is one, for example: http://tools.devshed.com/c/a/How-To/Tips-for-developing-an-effective-survey-questionnaire/. The best advice is to keep it simple and short. If it’s too long or filled with complicated questions, your parents will simply ignore it.Once you have your questions in mind, start entering them into the form!
Once you’ve created all your questions, remember to edit your confirmation page. This is where you can thank parents for taking the time to fill out the survey. Go to the More Actions tab to edit the confirmation page.
It’s a good idea to send out the survey to test a group first to get some feedback.Sending out the survey is very easy. Click on the Email this form button and a window pops up with a field to paste in your recipients and a field for the subject. There is also an option to include the form in the email itself so your classmates don’t have to click on anything as the form will be right there embedded in the email!
Now here’s where it gets really cool! After sending out my survey, I immediately started getting responses. To check responses, click on See responses. You are presented with two options: Summary and Spreadsheet. The Summary page has some neat pie charts, graphs, and the total number of responses in big numbers:
The Spreadsheet option pulls up a Google spreadsheet with all the responses listed, complete with column headers. Another great feature about Google Docs is that you can share the results page with anyone, simply by click on the Share tab. Type or paste in the emails of those you want to view/edit the document and send it off. It really is that easy!Here is an example of a summary survey: (NO Child Left Behind)
A Survey Summary on NCLB
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Antennas and Digital Television
Broadcast TV stations in the U.S. are currently switching from analog to digital transmissions. This Fact Sheet provides information on TV antennas and tips for obtaining good quality reception of digital broadcasts.,
Federal Communications Commission
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