Lightning Video links

Tom Davis is lecturing about lightning in class on Monday. Get ready for the lecture (and the quiz on Wednesday) by looking at these videos.

1. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science-channel/7389-lightning-video.htm
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Awp-3CxSU
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8h60S1GsM&feature=related
4. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery-channel/406-discovery-wonders-of-weather-lightning-phenomena-video.htm

Lab Activities, January 26

How Brands Effect Our Social Status

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaMhIZyL9NE
This video has interviews with young South Africans, living in a township (part of a city). They discuss what influences status among their friends.

Marriage as a Status Symbol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aSj5tO-qHU

One Man’s Trash

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/player.html?channel=1805
Go to Cultures and Customs. Go to page 6 (of 12) and watch "One Man’s Trash"
This video is about a group of people in Sydney, Australia who call themselves Freegans.

Homework for Friday, January 29

Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ for the next assignment. You must choose a subject that is at least 45 minutes long. We will have the same assignment next week so if you choose a longer topic, you can watch some of it this week and some of it next week.

LAB ACTIVITIES January 19

12 Things I Wish My Students Knew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNfVs1pPQc&feature=related
(There aren’t 12 in this video!)

Note-Taking Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-jvsCkR1U&feature=related

YAHOO News Videos

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000054

Notetaking Video

Watch this video on the Cornell Notetaking method.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.htmlmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.html

Homework for Thursday, January 21

Monday, January 18th is a holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For your first homework assignment, you will choose from the 14 videos on this biography site. The length of all the videos combined should be about 45 minutes. Take notes and bring them to class on Thursday, January 21st.

http://www.biography.com/video.do?name=blackhistory

Lab Work, January 12

Part 1 - Go to http://video.on.nytimes.com/
Go to SEARCH and search for The Education of Harunar Rashid and watch and take notes.

Part 2 - Choose other videos from scrolling down the list on the right side of the page. The
videos are listed in chronological order, with the most recent at the top.

Welcome to Lecture Comprehension!

I look forward to winter quarter and hope you do too! This is a really useful class and I hope you'll enjoy it and learn A LOT! Bookmark this blog and check it regularly for your weekly assignments, lab work and other links. Nice to meet you all!