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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Breakfast in America by singer-songwriter Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)




 
 

 
 

Dr. Cheryl Lentz Sizzles as a Motivational Speaker




My Dear Friend Cheryl gave a powerful presentation in my Wroclaw University of Technology.
This is what Dr. Cheryl says:


August 2014, Dr Cheryl Lentz You Tube Channel has

100 videos with 42,000+ downloads (and counting!).







My blog offered the ability to clone myself---as often as a student might need, at their convenience, and in their time zone, as often as they like, when they need information.


 




Sunday, October 19, 2014

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the...

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the...: While walking down the street in Santa Monica, CA, the Playing For Change crew heard Roger Ridley singing “Stand By Me” from a block ...

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World




While walking down the street in Santa Monica, CA, the Playing For Change crew heard Roger Ridley singing “Stand By Me” from a block away.  His voice, soul and passion set us on a journey around the world to add other musicians to his performance.

This song transformed Playing For Change from a small group of individuals into a global movement for peace and understanding.

This track features over 35 musicians collaborating from all over the world; they may have never met in person, but in this case, the music does the talking.
I love this music....

A Better Place | Playing For Change




Playing for Change is a multimedia music project, created by the American producer and sound engineer Mark Johnson with his Timeless Media Group, that seeks to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. Playing For Change also created a separate non-profit organization called the Playing For Change Foundation, which builds music schools for children around the world.

In 2005, Mark Johnson was walking in Santa Monica, California, when he heard the voice of Roger Ridley (now deceased) singing “Stand By Me.”  Roger had so much soul and conviction in his voice, and Mark approached him about performing “Stand By Me” as a Song Around The World. Roger agreed, and when Mark returned with recording equipment and cameras he asked Roger, “With a voice like yours, why are you singing on the streets?” Roger replied, “Man I’m in the Joy business, I come out to be with the people.” Ever since that day, the Playing For Change crew has traveled the world recording and filming musicians, creating Songs Around The World, and building a global family.

 

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Connected Educators 2014

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 Connected Educator Month: Those who do, teach. Own it, worldwide. October 2014.
A celebration of community, with educators at all levels, from all disciplines, moving towards a fully connected and collaborative profession. Convened by the connected education community, with the full support of the U.S. Department of Education, building on the success of previous years with hundreds of new events and activities from dozens of organizations and communities. We’ll be working together, in October and beyond, with all stakeholders, leaving no device unturned, no country or learning environment unexplored. Get involved at connectededucators.org.

About Connected Educator Month

Millions of educators and others around the world have participated in hundreds of professional development opportunities as part of Connected Educator Month (CEM) the past two years. Originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education and its partners as part of the Connected Educators initiative, CEM offers highly distributed, diverse, and engaging activities to educators at all levels. Based on its success in 2012 and 2013, the initiative is poised to reach even more educators in 2014, through expanded partnerships and enhanced programming.
Highlights of CEM 2013 included:
  • More than 300 major education organizations, companies, or communities officially participating, including, for the first time, entire states and districts
  • More than 600 national events and activities conducted officially (on the CEM calendar), many more conducted independently
  • More than 1 million web pages and other online locations referencing, promoting, or discussing the event (a 300% increase over CEM 2012)
  • More than 14 million educators and others reached around the world via Twitter alone (more than triple the reach of 2012)
  • Recognition as one of the top educational technology news stories of both 2012 and 2013 
For more information about the first two years of CEM, see our reports on the 2012 and 2013 events, and/or this post and video by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (who hosted his first Twitter chat as part of the 2013 celebration). Connected Educator Month in 2012 and 2013 was convened by the American Institutes for Research and its partners in the Connected Educators project (2010-2014), on behalf of the Office of Educational Technology of the United States Department of Education.

CEM 2014

As successful as CEM 2013 was, there are still educators who are not connected, and many more who are not yet taking full advantage of the opportunities connected education affords. More broadly, the field of connected education itself is still in need of further stimulation and development. Based on participant feedback, we hope to:
  • Make the event more fully global, to better incorporate learnings from around the world, supporting multiple countries in the development of full event slates as part of the celebration
  • Make the celebration more fully mobile and blended, in reflection of trends in educational practice and educator use
  • Provide a greater emphasis on collaboration in our planning, tools, and activities, as the logical next step beyond connection, and address participants’ desire for a more action-oriented approach (2x+ as many events were collaborative in 2013)
  • Launch a series of ongoing connected education initiatives during the month (our own and others) to keep momentum building throughout the year, as well as develop more year-round resources (like 2013’s district toolkit)
  • Include more events/activities that pull in other education stakeholders—parents, students, whole school communities, policymakers—to magnify the event’s creative impact We also expect to enhance CEM’s editorial programming and infrastructure to keep the event fully accessible as it continues to grow, as well as engage in more extensive capacity-building to empower the broader community to take more ownership of the celebration.

Monday, October 6, 2014

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: The Learning Revolution

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: The Learning Revolution: October 5 is the day we commemorate World Teachers’ Day. On this day, we celebrate awareness and appreciation of teachers’ contribution...

The Learning Revolution

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EnglishCentral: Watch | Learn | SpeakOctober 5 is the day we commemorate World Teachers’ Day. On this day, we celebrate awareness and appreciation of teachers’ contributions to education and society. Inspire and be inspired by their lifelong passion to educate the world. Thank a teacher today.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Martina McBride - I can't stop loving you

I love this song, lots of memories. Martina Mcbride, and those kids really did a good job.The performance is wonderful.
I can't stop listening to the song....

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Bruce Springsteen-O Mary don't You Weep With subtitles




O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP

Album version

Well if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

Well Mary wore three links and chains
On every link was Jesus' name
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't weep
Go!

Go!

Well one of these nights bout 12 o'clock
This old world is gonna rock
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

Well Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Smote' the water with a two by four
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

Alright!

(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(Pharaoh's army got drownded)
(O Mary don't you weep)

Well old Mr. Satan he got mad
Missed that soul that he thought he had
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

Brothers and sisters don't you cry
There'll be good times by and by
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't weep

Well oh Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

Solo, try it out!
(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(Pharaoh's army got drownded)
(O Mary don't weep)
Hey!

Drums!

God gave Noah the rainbow sign
"No more water but fire next time"
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't (you) mourn
O Mary don't you weep, don't (you) mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't weep

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't weep

Everybody!
(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(Pharaoh's army got drownded)
(O Mary don't weep)

O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
Oooooooh, Mary don't yoooooou

(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(O Mary don't you weep, don't mourn)
(Pharaoh's army got drownded)
(O Mary don't weep)

Bruce Springsteen recorded this traditional song with The Seeger Sessions Band during the "Seeger Sessions". The song is included on his 2006 cover album, We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions.
The Seeger Sessions consist of three recording sessions (a 2-days session on 01 and 02 Nov 1997, a 1-day session in Dec 2005, and a 1-day session in Jan 2006), during which all the album's songs were cut live in the living room of Bruce's New Jersey farmhouse. The songs were not rehearsed and all arrangements were conducted as Bruce and the band played. It is not clear during which one of the three sessions O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP was recorded.

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Network Online Practice

HALINA'S LEARNING, TEACHING AND MUCH MORE....: Network Online Practice: Network Online Practice offers additional language practice for students, including video activities, a comprehensive testing program,...

Network Online Practice





Network Online Practice offers additional language practice for students, including video activities, a comprehensive testing program, and conversation activities with audio playback that allow students to record themselves as one of the Network characters. The powerful Learning Management System allows you to assign work and track students' progress.
Network uses social networking to link learners for common goals – shared language success and professional growth.

Social networking themes are incorporated through a variety of classroom-based and online tasks. These provide an authentic and meaningful context for language learning.

Network is easy to teach and easy to learn from – the one-page, one-lesson, one-learning outcome approach requires minimum preparation and helps you to track your students' progress.

Additional resources include authentic video from the BBC Motion Gallery, iTools digital resources for interactive whiteboards, and Online Practice that you can assign as homework and track.

Monday, September 29, 2014

U2 - One/Unchained Melody (Sydney 1993) - with lyric subtitles




Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you
Now you got someone to blame

You say
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
It's one love
We get to share it
It leaves you baby
If you don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without

Well it's too late
Tonight
To drag the past out
Into the light
We're one
But we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should

One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers

One life
But we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other

One

One

Sunday, September 28, 2014

B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Live From Crossroads Festival 2010

http://youtu.be/dfqHLX3hdcs
The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong, baby
And you'll be sorry, some day

The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me
The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me
Although I'll still live on, but so lonely I'll be

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone for good
The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone for good
Someday I'll be open armed
Just like a man should

I'm free free now, I'm free from your spell
I'm free free now, I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over, baby
All I can do is wish you well


I was there.

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Education vs. Experience: What is the most effective learning?

Education vs. Experience: What is the most effective learning?
This is my Dear Friend Cheryl Lentz writing.
We met online and after some time Cheryl came to Poland. It was an awesome meeting in person at the Wroclaw Airport.


 This is how I invited my Colleagues to her presentation




 

Friday, September 26, 2014

Queen - 'The Show Must Go On' (Music Video)





Empty spaces - what are we living for?
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score?
On and on...
Does anybody know what we are looking for ?

Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain in the pantomime
Hold the line!
Does anybody want to take it anymore

Show must go on!
Show must go on! Yeah!
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance.
Another heartache, another failed romance.
On and on
Does anybody know what we are living for?

I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now.
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now.
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

Show must go on!
Show must go on! Yeah!
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies.
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die.
I can fly my friends!

Show must go on!
Show must go on!

I'll face it with a grin.
I'm never giving in
On with the show!

I'll top the bill.
I'll overkill .
I have to find the will to carry on [On with the show]
[With the - ] Show!
Show must go on!

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Part I:Presentation by Dr. Cheryl Lentz


Part I:Presentation by Dr. Cheryl Lentz





You are invited to meet American Dr. Cheryl Lentz, from Albuquerque NM.  She is the International Best Selling Author, Professor, & Speaker, known as The Academic Entrepreneur™. The world is in desperate need of leaders willing to take risks, blaze new trails, and question boundaries to take our society into the future. Sometimes this leadership is with a grand gesture; sometimes leadership simply comes softly. Dr. Cheryl is one of these innovators, critical and refractive thinkers, and leaders who is audacious and bold.  She is willing to  question what we are doing and why, often asking why not, willing to search for answers to questions not yet even asked. Join her as she comes to speak at Foreign Language Center of WRUT to share effective new teaching strategies using emerging technologies in the classroom to enhance student engagement and retention.