Morning Session: In the morning session we were give a run through of Prezi presentation software by the library staff. PREZI is free in its basic format with an EDU email address. Following the PREZI discussion we had a lively discussion of the merits and uses of iPad and similar technology in the classroom.
Afternoon Session: We were allowed time to finish our Border Crossing art projects as well as time to complete the lesson plans and other assigned projects. We were asked to describe our reasoning for decisions we made in our art projects.
The Crab
Crabs have
long been representative of life and have been a part of human history as long
as there have been writings. The crab is one of the oldest species on earth.
The horseshoe crab dates back over 200 million years and is literally a living
fossil. Most people are aware of the zodiac sign of Cancer, named for the
constellation which resembles the outline of a crab.
Both the
constellation Cancer and the astrological sign Cancer are named after the crab,
and depicted as a crab. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse drew the Crab Nebula
in 1848 and noticed its similarity to the animal; the Crab pulsar lies at the
centre of the nebula. The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped nature,
especially the sea, and often depicted crabs in their art. In Greek mythology,
Karkinos was a crab that came to the aid of the Lernaean Hydra as it battled
Heracles. One of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with
the Sea, tells the story of a gigantic crab who made the waters of the sea go
up and down, like the tides.
I chose the
crab because of the longevity of the creature and its ties to most of the
sciences.
Following the Art segment we worked in a group project on News Letter layout and creation.
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