http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:44 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:44 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=257535 "The Art of Crime Detection" is an interactive Web activity consisting of an introductory animation, two crime-solving scenarios, and an open-ended drawing tool. The two scenarios, the Toilet Paper Caper and Pushing Other People's Buttons, provides the student with an understanding of the differences between right brain and left brain processes, an understanding of visual images and vocabulary and their impact in providing descriptions, and understand how people look at the same situation as others but from a different perspective. The student uses the PDArtist, a PDA-type device that guides them through the process of using either side of the brain, or both sides simultaneously. Students can also use the PDArtist alone, as a creative tool for their own scenarios. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=532981 Gapminder is the creation of Swedish academic Hans Rosling. The site contains a growing collection of resources useful to teachers interested in demographic data and vital statistics for the countries of the world.One of the most remarkable features on the site is Gapminder World, a very powerful, web-based data visualization tool that allows instructors and students to quickly visualize and further investigate vital statistics for the world's nations and the development of those statistics over time. The Wealth and Health of Nations tracks the development of life expectancy versus wealth for the countries of the world from 1800 in an engagingly visualized animation. There are numerous of the data sets that can be used in place of the default life expectancy versus GDP/capita.In addition to this remarkable resource, there are videos and specific resources for teachers on the site. Gapminder is a site is not easily summarized. But one that may be of interest to instructors interested in global issues from disciplines as diverse as statistics to history. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77016 How do you assign different roles for students to play in an online discussion? http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=402889 Ayudantía de estrategias de aprendizaje: ESTUDIAPRENDER, con las siguientes unidades:1. Resolviendo problemas2. Pensamiento crítico y uso de la información3. Estrategias de aprendizaje http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=322710 BCN.2105 is an interactive game in which players can design the future shape of Barcelona (Spain) according to a limited set of options. The player will discover the consequences of certain choices and learn that certain combinations are not possible. At the end, the player will have a description of the city he has designed and its viability in terms of ecological and economic sustainability.The game is in Spanish. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=402876 Ayudantía de simulación de comunicación oral y escrita: claves formales del código lingüístico, con los siguientes temas:1. Acentuación2. Uso de letras3. Puntuación4. Autoevaluación http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=402880 Ayudantía de comunicación oral y escrita: El reporte oral: exposición y disertación, con los siguientes temas:1. Comprensión de lectura2. Aprender a hablar en público http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=402898 Ayudantía ESTUDIAPRENDER: estrategias de aprendizaje. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=402884 Ayudantía de comunicación oral y escrita. La comunicación escrita el interior de la empresa. Con los siguientes temas:1. Comunicación escrita en términos de redacción, estilo y estructura2. La comunicación escrita a través de un modelo de redacción3. Curriculum Vitae4. Los documentos que se escriben en la empresa5. Decálogo para redactar http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=402874 Ayudantía de comunicación oral y escrita, con los siguientes temas:1. Definiendo comunicación2. Factores de la comunicación3. Normas, niveles y registros del hablar4. Relaciones de simetría y asimetría en la comunicación5. Funciones del lenguaje6. Comunicaciones en la empresa