Facebook as a Learning Management Tool

Technology is changing education. William Drummond explores using Facebook as a learning management tool and a panel explores the 21st century student. [12/2008]

Prayer for Friends

May you be blessed with good friends.
May you learn how to be a good friend yourself.
May you be able to journey to that place in your soul
where there is great love, warmth, feeling,
and forgiveness.
May this change you.
May it transfigure that which is negative, distant,
or cold in you.
May you be brought in to the real passion, kinship,
and affinity of belonging.
May you treasure your friends.
May you be good to them and may you be there for them;
may they bring you all the blessings, challenges, truth,
and light that you need for your journey.
May you never be isolated.
May you always be in the gentle nest of belonging
with your anam cara.

— John O'Donohue in Anam Cara

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Presidential Commission on Synthetic Biology

There have been an significant two days meeting on synthetic biology in Washington D.C. that seem to have been missed by many. Summers Johnson of blog.bioethics.net blogs about it here and here. She notes

Perhaps the only real substantive ethics discussion came from AJOB Neuroscience's own Paul Wolpe who provided an overview on religious perspectives related to synthetic biology as well as four examples of synthetic biology.

Some of his statements were somewhat surprising. Wolpe stated that religious communities are relatively unconcerned about synthetic biology. I have no reason to doubt this claim, but it is certainly surprising.

I wonder why this curious silence from the religious communities.

Christmas Candles Coloring Pages

Light a candle in front of Jesus to express your love and respect for him on his birthday. People light candles in Church as well as outside their homes and offices to create spirit and theme of decoration. The lighting through candles add beauty to the celebration. View these Christmas Candles Coloring Pages to bring brighten side of Christmas.

Christmas Ornaments Coloring Pages, Christmas Ornament Coloring Sheets

Find these Christmas Ornaments Coloring Pages to use them as decorative for your scrap books, craft notes and other accessories. The ornamental balls, bells, candies and other stuff are perfect to give your activity file, real scene and spirit of Christmas to set everything in scenic view of Xmas.

Christmas Gifts Coloring Pages, Xmas Printable Gifts

Gifts are the attraction of Christmas season because everyone shares Merry Christmas wishes through gifts as a token of their love, affection and attraction for the holidays. Download these printables of Christmas Gifts Coloring Pages to have Jingle all the way. Gift them to kids so that they can enjoy spending their holidays in coloring these.

Sleigh Coloring Pages, Santa Sleigh Printables

Color these Santa Sleigh coloring pages with your colors to make this blank cart look glittering and colorful to carry Santa and gifts during Christmas season. Hold your crayons to color the Santa Claus cart driven by reindeer to reach various houses by traveling in sky as well as snow.