gimster

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Is it wrong to punish prisoners?
Collected in General Paper Nov 24, 2009 from generalpaper.wordpress.com via blog import
tagged crime and punishment, politics, psychology, science
Did You Know 4.0 – Shift Happens
Collected in General Paper Sep 25, 2009 from generalpaper.wordpress.com via blog import
tagged information technology, technology, the media
YouTube - Gold for Bread in Zimbabwe
Collected in General Paper Mar 16, 2009 from generalpaper.wordpress.com via blog import
tagged economics, human development, politics
The Prado Museum’s Masterpieces in ultra high resolution
Experience some of the most important Masterpieces from the Prado Museum. In the next two weeks, you will be able to access a new painting every day on Google Maps.
To see them all together in full screen, use Google Earth.
Collected in General Paper Jan 14, 2009 from generalpaper.wordpress.com
Building Lasting Youth Brands
Collected in General Paper Aug 10, 2008 from generalpaper.wordpress.com
tagged culture, society, the media, youth
English varieties and accents
A friend shared this YouTube clip:
Collected in General Paper Feb 11, 2008
CNN Future Summit - Virtual Worlds
Broadcast on CNN International in June 2007. Posted on YouTube by Nick Yee (see this page).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbY_zAOt-Ug
Collected in SL@VJC Jan 25, 2008 from secondlifevjc.wordpress.com
Croquet?
No, not the ball game… It’s yet another alternative to Second Life I mentioned in a previous post.
This post dated July 2007 pits Croquet against Second Life, but back then Croquet did not have a distributable application.
Demo video from the Croquet Consortion website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKi-fkyAtg8

The Croquet 1.0 Release SDK can now be downloaded.
Elsewhere, it’s been said that Second Life will transform Internet, browser tech By 2017.
Collected in SL@VJC Jan 25, 2008 from secondlifevjc.wordpress.com
TED | Talks | Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce (video)
The second of two videos on the link between choice and happiness. The idea came about after a brief discussion with Mr James Ho. Choice is on our minds as JC1 students have to grapple with their choice of the post-secondary institution after getting their results yesterday
from www.ted.com posted with vodpod
Collected in General Paper Jan 24, 2008
TED | Talks | Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice (video)
The first of two videos I’m posting here on the link between choice and happiness.
from www.ted.com posted with vodpod
Collected in General Paper Jan 24, 2008
The Davos Question 08
‘What one thing do you think countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better placed in 2008?’ - on YouTube
Paulo Coelho’s Video Appeal for the Davos Question:

A response from ned.com

Find out more and check out the other responses on YouTube. ‘The highest-rated videos will be screened in Davos (January 23-27), where world leaders will watch your videos and make responses of their own.’
Collected in General Paper Jan 24, 2008
The Miniature Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvDnuO7mtkc

Alternative versions available on YouTube available - without audio, or with Imagine by John Lennon.
For the video in full resolution, with yet another different soundtrack, go to this page.
The text for the video is adapted from this report.
Video mentioned in this webquest, found via this other webquest.
Collected in General Paper Jan 24, 2008