Global Warming

We are used to hearing how global warming endangers animals in northern regions. But do you know it is already affecting people there as well? On an Island in Alaska, villages are falling into the ocean as the permafrost melts and the intensity of the storms increases. Listen to an Innuit housewife talk about her hopes and fears.

Anne

Do and make stories

Early in the morning at 5 o'clock I got up and first I made some coffee. My neighbour was making a lot of noise, because he was making a call - he was calling his uncle in America.

Afterwards I called him to make an appointment to speak about his early morning calls. He made a suggestion that we should meet in two months, because he was going on holiday. Therefore I got angry and made a fuss, spoke louder and louder - but it made no difference to him.

Anita, Gabi & Petra

Those who weren't there, try this quiz!

Anne

ClimateDesign needs teaching vocabulary

Here are some links for didactics at the college level: Learning theory; Project-based instruction; Teaching tips

Here are nice links I found for teaching architecture to school children. You might find inspiration for your postgrad students.

1. This website features “a weekly dose” (eine wöchentliche Dosis) of architecture http://www.archidose.org/past.html.

2. Didactics at school – The George Lucas Educational Foundation.
http://www.edutopia.org/index.php

3. There was a series on skyscrapers on PBS (public TV) that includes some great materials (including a glossary): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/sitemap.html

Anne

Picture Quiz 4

This one is really hard - who can guess what it is?
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Here comes the solution - can you find the thing we are looking for on this tractor ;-) ?

The wind and the sun

The wind says to the sun: “I am stronger than you!” “No,” says the sun to the wind. “I am stronger than you!” The wind says: “Look at that man with his coat. If I can make him take off his coat, I am the strongest.” “OK,” says the sun. “And if I can make the man take off his coat, I am the strongest.” And so the wind blows and blows. But the wind makes the man feel cold. He pulls his coat around him. And then the sun shines on the man. It makes him feel hot. He takes off his coat. “See!” says the sun to the wind, “I am the strongest.”

Quiz 3

Now: Who can guess what this is? :-) Anne

One Laptop per Child

Last lesson we had a discussion about Negroponte's project to make a laptop for children in developing countries - laptops that cost only $100. Some of you thought it was a very good idea, but others thought it was not such a great project. You can listen to the text we read here.
If you want to find out more about the project, you can watch Negroponte describe it in a talk he gave in 2006.

Anne