TakingITGlobal Feed : Latest Content from Philadelphia2009-11-23T01:11:45ZTakingITGlobalhttp://www.tigweb.org/favicon.icoBlog : 2nd "International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies for Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS)” conferencehttp://jaybhatt.tigblog.org/post/13921312009-11-21T16:11:56Z2009-11-21T16:11:56ZJay Bhatthttp://profiles.tigweb.org/jaybhatt2nd "International Symposium on Emerging Trends and Technologies for Libraries and Information Services (ETTLIS)” conference.
The Learning Resource Centre’s, Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat (HP) India and Jaypee Institute...Blog : Individual Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureMEhttp://EasyToInsureME.tigblog.org/post/13873232009-11-19T12:11:00Z2009-11-19T12:11:00ZEasyToInsureMEhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/EasyToInsureMEWeek of November 16, 2009<br /><br />The Business Roundtable released a report late last week that found key components of existing health care reform legislation could slow the growth of health care costs and offer real savings for companies and the...Blog : Innovation in accessibilityhttp://SureFootedBliss.tigblog.org/post/13881712009-11-19T06:11:00Z2009-11-19T06:11:00ZJessica Laurenhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/SureFootedBlissCreating captions for your videos on YouTube becomes much <span>easier</span> today, thanks to automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology.<b><br /><br />Auto-Timing: </b>Upload a transcript (a simple file with the text of what's said in the video)...Gallery : Good and Evilhttp://gallery.tigweb.org/Sofmahcaiyahwg/348412009-06-01T00:00:00Z2009-06-01T00:00:00ZSofmahcaiyahwghttp://profiles.tigweb.org/Sofmahcaiyahwg<a href='http://gallery.tigweb.org/Sofmahcaiyahwg/34841'><img src='http://gallery.tigweb.org/images/express/gallery/thumbs/34841.jpg' border='0' alt='Good and Evil'></a>Event : 2009 Design Science Labhttp://events.tigweb.org/241392009-05-10T15:23:27Z2009-05-10T15:23:27Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/The fifth annual Design Science Lab is being held this summer, June 22-29, 2009 at the UN in New York and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. Also— an additional 2009 Lab is being held July 6-11 in New York at the UN and the UN Internationa...Event : Let's Get Fit Field Dayhttp://events.tigweb.org/234552009-04-07T14:01:04Z2009-04-07T14:01:04Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/Youth Leaders will begin the Let's Get Fit kick-off on April 24th 2009 to plan a field day to raise awareness about health in their community. The last field day will take place on June 6th 2009 during the Community Health Fair.Event : Design Science Labhttp://events.tigweb.org/233992009-04-03T16:40:04Z2009-04-03T16:40:04Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/The fifth annual Design Science Lab is being held this summer, June 22-29, 2009 at the UN in New York and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. An additional 2009 Lab is being held July 5-11 in New York at the UN and the UN International School...Event : Julian Krinsky Model UN @ UPennhttp://events.tigweb.org/179252008-03-20T15:48:05Z2008-03-20T15:48:05Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/Explore International relations if you're just getting interested in world politics or are already a serious student on international relations, our Model United Nations Summer Program at the University of Pennsylvania will increase your experience,...Organization : Concerned Youth of Americahttp://orgs.tigweb.org/288352007-12-02T18:32:12Z2007-12-02T18:32:12ZJonathan Ari Gruskinhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/jgruskinLooking into the future, our organization will be pursuing the following educational activities:
•Campus Events
be pursuing the following educational activities;
•An All-School Meeting speaker at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA
be pursuing ...Event : Idealist.org Graduate Degree Fair for the Public Goodhttp://events.tigweb.org/156572007-09-05T13:38:50Z2007-09-05T13:38:50Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/Thinking about grad school to further your career in nonprofit and public service?
Want to make a difference with a graduate degree?
Idealist.org Graduate Degree Fairs for the Public Good in Philadelphia!
...where mid-career, new and aspiring n...Event : Preparing Families, Schools, And Communities Through Service Learninghttp://events.tigweb.org/143152007-04-30T14:52:43Z2007-04-30T14:52:43Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/Institute Overview
Young people across the country have been learning academic skills, meeting standards, and finding meaningful opportunities to participate in projects designed to help their families and communities prepare for and respond to d...Gallery : Sky Being Itselfhttp://gallery.tigweb.org/SOF-AshleyC/198392007-02-16T00:00:00Z2007-02-16T00:00:00ZSOF-AshleyChttp://profiles.tigweb.org/SOF-AshleyC<a href='http://gallery.tigweb.org/SOF-AshleyC/19839'><img src='http://gallery.tigweb.org/images/express/gallery/thumbs/19839.jpg' border='0' alt='Sky Being Itself'></a>Article : Vision of Lovehttp://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=90812006-11-25T11:54:42Z2006-11-25T11:54:42ZSOF-NataniaHhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/SOF-NataniaHLove is defined as having strong feelings for someone, but it's more than that.
Yes, love is a feeling, but it's an emotion, an action, and experience, a gift, an overall wonderful thing.
It's when you know you have to do something, but just do...Event : 2006 United Nations Conference on Human Rights Migration and Developmenthttp://events.tigweb.org/115412006-11-22T10:42:18Z2006-11-22T10:42:18Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/The 9th Annual UN Student Human Rights Conference will take place on November 30 - December 1, 2006. The theme for this year is “Migrant Rights". The theme for the 2006 conference relates closely to several of the the UN’s Millennium Development ...Event : United Nations Day 2006http://events.tigweb.org/112292006-10-23T14:19:33Z2006-10-23T14:19:33Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/Join us as students work on migrant issues locally from a global perspective and develop their own Human Rights Declaration on Migration and Development. Work with them from extensive background materials on selected sub themes such as Legal and Irr...Article : A romeo and Juliet Story(Poem)http://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=82632006-10-11T15:47:17Z2006-10-11T15:47:17ZSOF-KrystynaHhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/SOF-KrystynaHA Romeo and Juliet Story(Poem)
A boy and a girl,
the best of friends.
From elementary to high school
from beginning to end.
Through all those years
their friendship grew.
They both felt the same,
but neither knew.
Each waking moment
...Event : I Can, I Will...Step Up, Stop the Violence Marchhttp://events.tigweb.org/108972006-09-28T18:04:51Z2006-09-28T18:04:51Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/ The purpose of the I Can, I Will…Step Up, Stop the Violence March is to engage the community in the School District of Philadelphia's efforts to address violence and raise money for the Crisis Fund.
The School District of Philadelphia’s Crisi...Event : School of the Future Opening & First Day of Schoolhttp://events.tigweb.org/107302006-09-07T00:00:46Z2006-09-07T00:00:46Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/The School of the Future, the first school to implement TIGed school-wide, celebrates its opening and first day of school!
<i>About the School:</i>
Microsoft and the School District of Philadelphia have joined forces to create a 750-student high ...Event : Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conferencehttp://events.tigweb.org/104252006-07-08T11:41:52Z2006-07-08T11:41:52Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/The 2006 ATE Summer Conference is designed to provide opportunities for participants to address the conference theme, "Reinventing the Educational Landscape: Renewing Hope, Heart, and Vision for Teachers, Learners and Communities" by sharing papers a...Organization : Global Education Motivatorshttp://orgs.tigweb.org/134852006-03-27T17:30:45Z2006-03-27T17:30:45ZSabrina J Cusimanohttp://profiles.tigweb.org/scusimanoGEM develops online, videoconference, and on site programs for students of all ages. GEM programs focus on global issues, especially those that impact Human Rights.
GEM is a co-sponsor of the United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights, a c...Event : National Education and Computing Conferencehttp://events.tigweb.org/78362005-08-30T00:06:23Z2005-08-30T00:06:23Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/The National Education and Computing Conference has over 30,000 attendees, most of whom are teachers or personnel to do with Education and the promise of technology in education.
The purpose of attending this conference was the present at the tick...Article : Global Unityhttp://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=880000-00-00T00:00:00Z0000-00-00T00:00:00ZTammyhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/tamsterSeptember 11, 2001 – the day America lost its sense of invulnerability. Flashbacks of planes crashing into buildings, ordinary people jumping out windows, sky scrapers collapsing, and smoke and debris rising into the blue sky will haunt people aro...Article : By the Libraryhttp://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=15030000-00-00T00:00:00Z0000-00-00T00:00:00ZMatthttp://profiles.tigweb.org/PiBoyIn the heart of Philadelphia stands a majestic building whose stone cloak is thoroughly classical and whose interior is a modernized portal to, and guardian of, a large and representative portion of human knowledge. It is the Central Library, and its...Article : WISDOM IS SWEET TO THE SOULhttp://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=6520000-00-00T00:00:00Z0000-00-00T00:00:00ZChrisbel Dafeamekporhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/Prudent*For you to do what you need to do, you must first come to terms with the fact that you need to do what you need to do.
*It is not enough to wish but what is most important is to act; it is not enough to have a dream but what is necessary is to pu...Organization : Ringing Rocks Foundationhttp://orgs.tigweb.org/930000-00-00T00:00:00Z0000-00-00T00:00:00Z(no name)http://profiles.tigweb.org/Publish and help preserve the information it has gathered from its global explorations into healing in non-Western settings. The Foundation hopes that sharing this information will help to raise your consciousness about how you see and interact with ...Organization : Student Environmental Action Coalitionhttp://orgs.tigweb.org/3360000-00-00T00:00:00Z0000-00-00T00:00:00ZThe Stormhttp://profiles.tigweb.org/nordineNationally, SEAC runs an office in Philadelphia (formerly in North Carolina) which provides a number of resources for young environmental and social justice activists including, ranging from publications to skills trainings, to one on one consulting,...