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Silvia Tolisano
K12 Online Conference 2009 | Around the World with Skype
20 min video by Silvia Tolisano on using skype in the classroom. Very through with many resources for finding other groups or specialists to connect with. Includes a discussion of challenges using skype in a classroom.
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Tools for Educators by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano in Education & Language
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Wolf In Dog’s Clothing? Black Wolves May Be First ‘Genetically Modified’ Predators
ScienceDaily (Feb. 6, 2009) — Slipping through trees or across snow, the wolf has glided into legend on paws of white, gray or — in North America — even black. This last group owes an unexpected debt to the cousins of the domestic dog, say Stanford researchers. In an unconventional evolutionary twist, dogs that bred with wolves thousands of years ago ceded a genetic mutation encoding dark coat color to their former ancestors. As a result, the Gray Wolf, or Canis lupus, is no longer just gray.
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