Why Storytelling - Part II - English
You may not agree with some specific examples or points. Like words are essential for thinking - Many scholars may argue to the contrary. But the...
You may not agree with some specific examples or points. Like words are essential for thinking - Many scholars may argue to the contrary. But the overall message of these two videos is worth considering and implementing in our class rooms. What I find most attractive in storytelling as a technique of teaching is that more than just learning pre-determined knowledge they allow creative and imaginative construction of knowledge itself in the process. Moreover, compared to the traditional techniques in which the teacher is more or less at the center, in the storytelling technique the child is at the center of learning process. Storytelling fosters reasoning and communication skills. It encourages the development of reading habit, social interaction skills, and even problem solving skills (using both rational and emotional reasoning methods). All these are in addition to moral values and knowledge that can be conveyed in the play-out at a deeper level. See "A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play" by Vivian Gussin Paley.
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برج میلاد Milad Tower in Tehran - English
A short film by PressTv-Borj-e Milad (aka Milad Tower, Persian: برج میلاد ) (Persian: birth) is the tallest tower in Iran....
A short film by PressTv-Borj-e Milad (aka Milad Tower, Persian: برج میلاد ) (Persian: birth) is the tallest tower in Iran. Built in between the Shahrak-e Gharb and Gisha districts of Tehran, it stands 435 m (1,427 ft) high from base to tip of the antenna. The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 m (1,033 ft). Below this is a staircase and elevators to reach the area. Milad tower is the fourth tallest tower in the world after the CN Tower in Toronto, Ostankino Tower in Moscow, and the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai. It is also currently 12th tallest freestanding structure in the world.
Milad tower is part of The Tehran International Trade and Convention Center. The project includes the Milad telecommunication tower offering restaurants at the top with spectacular views of Tehran, a five-star hotel, a convention center, a world trade center, and an IT park (to be completed by March 2007). The complex seeks to respond to the needs of business in the globalized world of the 21st century by offering facilities combining trade, information, communication, convention and accommodation all in one place.
The complex features a parking area of 27,000 square meters, a large computer and telecommunication unit, a cultural and scientific unit, a commercial transaction center, a temporary showroom for exhibiting products, a specialized library, an exhibition hall and an administrative unit. Milad Tower has an octagonal base, symbolizing traditional Persian architecture.
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The Selling of War (Must Watch) Language Dutch and English
In The Selling of a War 5 years later, a deconstruction of the communication strategies of the Americans to convince the international community...
In The Selling of a War 5 years later, a deconstruction of the communication strategies of the Americans to convince the international community to the necessity of the war in Iraq. The military, the international press and even the Coalition of the Willing, they were all part of the image, sometimes in the form of 'wallpaper', or extra advertising slogan
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PressTv-Siniora to ban Hezbollahs communications network - English
Afshin Rattansi in Tehran talks to Mohsen Salleh in Beirut about attempts by the Lebanese government to close down Hezbollahs strategic defences...
Afshin Rattansi in Tehran talks to Mohsen Salleh in Beirut about attempts by the Lebanese government to close down Hezbollahs strategic defences for Lebanon soon after the visit of U.S. Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch
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