Monday, April 27, 2009

Connections with Women in Developing Countries

Please view the following video to respond to the discussion forum question on the topic: Women Connecting Globally



Working with the support of Microsoft, Trestle Group Foundation's Empowering Women IT Entrepreneurs Partnership Program supports Luna Shamsuddoha of Dohatec New Media -- a woman-led software company.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Teach Topic: How to Post a Video on Blog from YouTube

1. To post a video from YouTube, just visit the YouTube video page

2. Copy the code in the "Embed" box next to the video in the YouTube page



3. You can find the "Embed" box in the "About This Video" box when you're watching the video

4. To embed a YouTube video within a blog post, first click "Edit HTML" from within the post editor

5. Click the Preview link to confirm that you copied the code successfully



Thursday, April 16, 2009

Myths in Gender Gap in Education

Based on this week's topic on Feminist Pedagogy, I would like to share with the class some interesting report about the differences in how girls and boys learn and achieve in education. Experts discuss the findings and how they might help educators better address issues of learning and gender.Click here to view this interesting report:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=21052008&seg=4

Here's another report from Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell who argues that economic differences between working men and women are not generally due to employer discrimination.