On- Line Project for First Grading

Questions:
1. Give at least two indicators of Global Warming.
2. What is known as the biggest glacier in Europe? Where is it located and what happens to this glacier now?
3. What is the cause of the melting of ice caps and raising of the sea level?
4. What is the effect of the disappearance of a massive ice floe in Iceland?
5. What is known as the Little Ice Age?
How many said YES to the poll/survey on Global Warming?
6. With the discussion and comments as your guide, Give your own understanding about this saying: " Ice melts faster when it is warmer."
7. How can computer technology help scientists in understanding the Earth's climate?
8. How do scientists determine climatic changes/ differences?
9. How do scientists discover information/ data that will determine the history of natural resources that were buried hundreds and thousand years ago?
10. Is Global Warming for Real? Explain and Justify your answer by giving/citing two valid websites(not similar websites you opened here) with legitimate web addresses.
E-mail questions with answers to my yahoo mail add:annex1shama@yahoo.com

Saving The Great Mother

We call her Gaea. The Great Mother, and it's never too late to save her.
From her, all things in the Universe including our beloved planet came into existence.Beauty, Dance, Music, Flowers, Center, Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Heart...

Click the highlighted words found in this post to be guided on our topics for this week's lesson.
Enjoy, Reflect, Learn and Make a Difference!

Travelling In Cyberspace..by Paulo Coelho

I copied this text from the blog of my favorite author.It is my intention to post this here in order for all of us to learn the lessons.Dear readers,please do make copies and send this as a gift or for own personal reflections.

This text, which I found on the Internet, is I think worth reproducing here:

I have learned (author unknown)

I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them;
I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back;
I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts;
I’ve learned that you can get by on charm, for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something;
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.
I’ve learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person that I want to be.
I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may b the last time you see them.
I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.
I’ve learned that we are responsible for all we do, no matter how we feel.
I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I’ve learned that no matter how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take it’s place.
I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I’ve learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I’ve learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re downhill are the ones to help you get back up.
I’ve learned that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.
I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean that they don’t love you with all they have.
I’ve learned that maturity had more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.
I’ve learned that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.
I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to forgive yourself.
I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.
I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I’ve learned that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.
I’ve learned that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I’ve learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will get hurt in the process.
I’ve learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.
I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I’ve learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I’ve learned that the people you care about the most in life are taken from you too soon.
I’ve learned that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings and standing up for what you believe.

ICT Integration Training Insights(Visayas)

Here's my post from my other personal blog on the ICT Training I attended last Summer.I wrote this last May 30,2008;and I am re-posting it here for the benefit of my students who are now experiencing the importance of ICT integration in learning English language.

Around forty eager teachers from the Visayas attended the ICT Integration Training on “Discovering and Creating Digital Learning Communities” held at the University of San Jose-Recoletos ,Basak Campus, Cebu City from May 26-28,2008.
As we disembark the school bus provided by USJ-R, I was excited. My mission just started as I scanned the faces of my co-participants coming from Iloilo, Leyte, Guimaras, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Eastern Samar, Siquijor, and Cebu. We were all there for one purpose…that is to create a different way of forming learning encounters with the use of technology.
Sir Dean Hermano and Sir Manuel Caberte were very supportive and really shared to us their expertise of the topics, challenges/activities were performed and objectives were met. The Net is not that new to us and yet, almost all of us agreed that we still have so many things to learn. I never expected that it would be enjoyable…using search engines effectively, scavenger hunting, and some of my favorites the application of “Gamhanang Tulisok” (MMS Power Point), Photo Story, Web Blogging and Marvin Software…Wow!!! (“maka nose bleed ang sessions,hehehe.”)
I will never forget that encounter with Father Jomar Legaspi when he visited and shared his valuable and inspiring message for us. It made me realized that I have the power and that great Responsibility to be an agent of change in Education. The responsibility to be an effective instrument to create a globally competitive learning encounters with my students, an inspiration to my co- teachers and being one of those Filipino teachers across the country who is pro- innovation, transforming the face of public education despite of the many challenges we have.
In behalf of my friends/classmates/co- participants, we are always be thankful and grateful that we have met and we became a part of these dynamic people: Father Jomar Legaspi, President, learn.ph Foundation Inc., Ms. Mae Monjas of Philippine Business for Social Progress, to our dear trainors Mr. Dean Ernest Paul Hermano and Mr. Manuel Caberte and to the Department of Education, for giving us the opportunity to enhance our teaching skills and harnessing our potentials…igniting that flame of passion in teaching for the welfare of our students.
To my friends/co- participants…thank you so much for being so amiable, sweet, cool under pressure and for being true .You really know how to enjoy your Cebu Summer adventure! Until we meet again.

The Teacher as a Warrior of Light

You might all be surprised why your teacher is into advertising her favorite author and the book that goes with it.I fell in love with what Paulo Coelho is sharing with me and to the rest of the world who read his books.It was way back 2006 that I came to know him through his masterpiece The Alchemist; the author is telling the whole world what each one of us really wants to learn and to live life with meaning and embracing all that affect us to be the best of what we can get out of the Life we borrowed from the One who created us...
Here are some of my web collections of Reflections of the Warrior of Light from the blog of Paulo Coelho:

Through and beyond
A warrior of the light notices that certain moments repeat themselves.
He often finds himself faced with the same problems and situations as before.
He becomes depressed. He begins to think he is incapable of making progress in life, the difficult moments having returned.
“I’ve already been through this”, he complains to his heart.
“It is true, you have been through it”, replies the heart. “But you never went beyond it.”
The warrior then understands that the repetition of experiences have one single purpose: to teach him that he has not yet learned.
He begins to seek out a new solution for each repeated struggle - until he finds a way of conquering.