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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Students Using Wikipedia for Research

 from Edutopia:

Teaching Students How to Use Wikipedia as a Tool for Research

Wikipedia has moved far beyond its initial limitations, and is a helpful—and reputable—source for conducting research.

By Mike Caulfield, Sam Wineburg
January 24, 2024

Your middle school teacher threatened to give you an F if you cited it. A reminder hung menacingly in the computer lab: a thick black line slashing the word in two. Even now, you can find blanket dismissals bellowing from college websites: Wikipedia “isn’t a credible resource because anyone is allowed to be a contributor.”

In its early days, Wikipedia had no shortage of problems. Errors propagated like fruit flies. People used the site to spoof their friends and exact revenge on their enemies. The site’s flaws were legendary, sometimes scandalous. A 2006 article accused John Seigenthaler, an assistant to Robert Kennedy in the 1960s, of having a hand in Kennedy’s assassination. The false charge stayed on the site for 132 days before it was finally removed. But not before

Friday, December 29, 2023

Literature review as a research methodology

Our educator friends at Charles H. Flowers High School used literature reviews instead of science fair projects during Covid, and we realized this may be more valuable than the science fair.

 Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines:

from ELSEVIER (2019)
Free Download Full-Text here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S0148296319304564



Saturday, December 16, 2023

free Harvard courses

Harvard University Free Online Courses 2023-24 for all students

Applications are open for Harvard University Free Online Courses 2023-24. This is one of the best opportunity to avail for learning Online. Harvard University is registering around 100+ Free Online Courses in collaboration with   EdX. The Harvard University online courses are open to all students with any nationality from all over the world. Harvard University offers different open learning options in form of online courses.

Harvard University Free Online Courses 2023-24 Details:

  • Harvard University free online courses are offered by platform EdX and Access Mode is online.

Benefits of Harvard Free Online Courses with Certificate:

  • No admission Fee
  • Course mode is online
  • course can be availed from any part of the world

List of Harvard University Free Online Courses:

Harvard University is offering following Free Online Courses:

  • Data science and modeling
  • Statistics and R
  • Human Anatomy
  • Principles of biochemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • Art of Persuasive writing and public speaking
  • Computational tools for reproducible data
  • Understanding customer needs
  • Food Fermentation
  • Bioethics
  • Mathematics
  • Data science productivity tools

Harvard University free courses Eligibility Criteria:

  • Anyone can apply irrespective of Nationality Restrictions, Age Restrictions and Academic Restrictions.

How to Enroll for Harvard University Free Online Courses?

The enrollment process for Harvard Free Online Courses is simple.  official web link is given below

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  • Register at edX  by entering your email address and detail and enroll course

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

How to report Watershed and other Environmental Violations

Click here: https://echo.epa.gov/report-environmental-violations

  • What to report.
  • What not to report
  • Whistleblower protection

Use the EPA page to report what appears to you as a possible violation of environmental laws and regulations. Information you submit will be forwarded to EPA environmental enforcement personnel or to the appropriate regulatory authority. More Information. Please provide as much information as you can in the form below. Asterisks (*) indicate required fields.

If you are seeing an environmental event that may lead to an immediate threat to human health or the environment, call 911, then report it to the National Response Center  at: 1-800-424-8802. Learn the difference between a possible violation and an emergency.


 https://echo.epa.gov/report-environmental-violations

Friday, December 1, 2023

Do you live in the flood plain?



 Click on the link below to check any address:

https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search

Whether you are in a high risk zone or not, you may need flood insurance because most homeowners insurance doesn't cover flood damage. If you live in an area with low or moderate flood risk, you are 5 times more likely to experience flood than a fire in your home over the next 30 years. For many, a National Flood Insurance Program's flood insurance policy could cost less than $400 per year. Call your insurance agent today and protect what you've built.

Learn more about steps you can take to reduce flood risk damage.


Saturday, November 18, 2023

Job Opportunities from VWMC (Jane Walker)- November 18

Job Opportunities with Closing Dates 

  • Natural Resources Biologist III, Maryland Department of Natural Resources – Closing Date: November 21, 2022 – Annapolis, MD – https://www.jobapscloud.com/MD/ (search: “Biologist”, Job Number: 22-001000-0008)

  • Natural Resources Planner IV, Maryland Department of Natural Resources – Closing Date: November 25, 2022 – Annapolis, MD – https://www.jobapscloud.com/MD/ (search: “Natural Resources”, Job Number: 22-002502-0002)

  • Geologist III, Maryland Geological Survey – Closing Date: November 28, 2022 – Baltimore City, MD – https://jobapscloud.com/MD/ (search: “Geologist”, Job Number: 22-001052-003)

  • Assistant Professor – Irrigation Engineer, Oklahoma State UniversityScreening Begins: December 1, 2022 – Stillwater, OK --  https://okstate.csod.com/ats/careersite/search.aspx (search: “req12670”)

  • Assistant Professor – Water Management, Oklahoma State UniversityScreening Begins: December 1, 2022 – Stillwater, OK -- https://okstate.csod.com/ats/careersite/search.aspx (search: “req12671”)

  • Program Manager I – Stream Inspections, Montgomery County Government Department of Environmental Protection -- Closing Date: December 5, 2022 -- Wheaton, MD -- https://ex12.montgomerycountymd.gov/irec_home/irec_home.htm (search “stream”)

  • Public Interest Environmental Law Fellowships, Environmental Law InstituteClosing Date: December 12, 2022 – Washington D.C. -- https://www.eli.org/employment


Many, many more!