links for 2008-04-25

Facinating article detailing claims that the Ark of the Covenant remains in Ethiopia, where it has been for 3000 years

Interesting interview about a reporter living off “the grid” in SE New Mexico, USA

Adventure journalist, NPR contributor and Cosmos-nudger Doug Fine speaks several languages, including suburban American, rural American and Alaskan American. He has reported and sent panicky emails from Rwanda to the Arctic Ocean. At last sighting he was

Good video about following a What, Why and How process to integrate higher order thinking from Bloom’s taxonomy in student writing. (Don’t be put off by the guitar intro, this really is a good video)

A publication about distance learning from USLDA

Pretty amazing technology. Reminds me of the Jedi Council.