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    • Bird Flu Researchers Balance Science With Bioterrorism Risks

      February 20, 2012 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and others are debating what to do about recent research on bird flu in which mutated viruses were exchanged between ferrets. The research could help the search for a vaccine, but could also be used by terrorists to trigger a human flu pandemic.

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    • Remembering Journalist Anthony Shadid

      February 20, 2012 - Journalist Anthony Shadid has covered conflicts and uprisings across the Middle East, from the invasion of Iraq to the turmoil in Libya. Fluent in Arabic, he was able to tell stories of the ordinary people caught up in war, and he won two Pulitzer prizes doing it. He recently died of an asthma attack while covering the conflict in Syria.

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    • Why I Go to School: A Student Multimedia Project

      February 17, 2012 - This lesson plan will address extemism throughout history and compare the roots of hate.

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    • Digital Media Webinar Series: Integrating Youth Media Making into Public Media

      September 6, 2011

      Beginning on Thursday Sept 15 (12-1 ET), the VoiceScape project will host a series of 5 webinars. The title of the series, “A Match Made in Heaven: Youth Media Making and Public Media,” introduces stations, educators, and community partners (it is open to all) to the how and why of integrating youth media making into public media. Hear from Project VoiceScape station grantees about their experience, explore hardware and software options, discover great resources (including Adobe curriculum,...
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    • Portfolios the Digital Way

      July 27, 2011

        I recently attended an e-portfolio workshop with a group of Boston Public School teachers at the Adobe office in Waltham, Ma. E-portfolios weren’t new to me, but I had never spent a great deal of time or energy exploring their potential. But I should have. An e-portfolio can be many things to many people, but at its most basic it is an assemblage of digital pieces chosen by the author to tell a particular story. Wikipedia notes 3 main types of e-portfolios: developmental (e.g.,...
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