Ellen Pham's Blog (14)

My Beautiful Life

I live in a beautiful city. I think of my home town, Portland, Oregon, as the city of rainbows, for many reasons...

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Added by Ellen Pham on November 17, 2009 at 4:11am — 1 Comment

Wow, this is a powerful documentary about coal mining in China. It is presented in a "choose your own adventure" format. You can return to any step on the journey and take a different path by clicking Show Map icon. Click on the image to go to the site.

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Added by Ellen Pham on September 13, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Time for School Series (Wide Angle documentaries)

I just finished watching episode 2 of this series, Back to School, which, along with original 2002 Time for School broadcast, can be watched in their entirety online. Part 3 is coming in September. I'm really glad I watched. Rath… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on August 20, 2009 at 11:36pm — 1 Comment

Contemporary Japanese Art

Gorgeous treat - about 200 contemporary art prints from the College Women's Association of Japan. If you find something you love, I think you can by a print from the Library of Congress... ONLINE EXHIBITION

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Added by Ellen Pham on July 9, 2009 at 6:06am — No Comments

Fun & Learning with flickr

Do you know flickr is a great science resource? Look at this photo of micro organisms (please click on image, then click again on pop-up for full size, it will be worth it!)

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Added by Ellen Pham on May 2, 2009 at 1:26am — No Comments

(Need Feedback!) Keith Haring, American Graffiti & Pop Artist

It began with the baby, crawling innocently across the walls of New York's subway stations. Keith Haring first made a name for himself in the early 1980's filling every blank poster-frame in the city's sprawling subway system with barking dogs, flying saucers, rubbery dancers-and that radiant baby. "The reason that the 'baby' has become my logo or signature is that it is the purest and most positive experience of human existence," wrote Haring in his journal in… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on January 21, 2009 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Palestinian Wall Art along the Israel/ West Bank Security Barrier

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Added by Ellen Pham on January 18, 2009 at 1:30am — 2 Comments

Palestinian Contemporary Artists: Dina Matar & Rana Bishara

The Lover Her eyes and the tattoo on her hands are Palestinian, Her name, Palestinian, Her dreams and sorrow, Palestinian, Her kerchief, her feet and body, Palestinian, Her words and her silence, Palestinian, Her voice, Palestinian, Her birth and her death, Palestinian. -Mahmoud Darwish Born in 1985, Dina Matar is a Gazan artist living in the Bureji refugee camp . She received her degree in Educational Art from Al Aqsa University, Gaza, 2007.

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Added by Ellen Pham on January 14, 2009 at 2:21am — No Comments

Palestinian Contemporary Artists: Hani Zurob

Hani Zurob was born in Rafah, Gaza and now lives in Ramallah, West Bank, where he teaches painting.* In 2002 he was imprisoned and tortured for several months without being charged by the Israeli authorities. He faced a broad, erratic set of accusations, and after a long and painful punishment he was finally released without an apology. *Since 2006, Hani Zurob as lived in France. Standby 60 (2008)

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Added by Ellen Pham on January 13, 2009 at 8:37pm — 2 Comments

Life in Gaza: Report from the Unitied Nations

It is difficult to separate truth from propaganda when learning about the middle east and the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict. People on both "sides" believe the statistics put forth by the "other side" are full of lies. So I decided to go to the United Nations, thinking that this would be some of the most accurate information available. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, the United Nations established the UNRWA, the United Nations Reli… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on January 3, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

A thought

I'm wondering, do you think in order to forgive something, that you have to not be hurt anymore? That the two things are in a reciprocal kind of relationship? Is this a principal of the relationship between forgiveness and healing? I'm talking about a spiritual sense- even when there might be physical damage of some sort, that it doesn't hurt you in a spiritual (emotional, psychological) sense anymore? If this is true, then forgiveness has lots of (good) ramifications. And I think it can be par… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on December 21, 2008 at 2:30pm — 9 Comments

Dissect a Salmon

I really enjoyed these links, so I thought I'd share, just for fun : )

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Added by Ellen Pham on December 15, 2008 at 8:52pm — No Comments

In the Valley of the Wolves

Hi Everyone! I originally made this post on EFL, but the documentary is so good, and I was so pleased to find it in its entirety on Youtube, that I thought I'd post it here, too. Let me know if you have any ideas on how to use it in the classroom, EFL or otherwise : ) In the Valley of the Wolves is an outstanding documentary featuring the wolves of Yellowstone Park. I learned so much from this program! And I think it could be used in the EFL classroom. The cinematography is so rich... an… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on December 3, 2008 at 11:18am — 9 Comments

Traveling at the Speed of Sound

I was looking for bird songs when I came across a site, the Quiet American. Most people make photo logs of their travels, this man makes sound logs. I stumbled into his field recordings of Vietnam. Birds, yes, but also Buddhist temple chants, street sounds of Saigon, and my favorite,

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Added by Ellen Pham on July 31, 2008 at 1:31am — 2 Comments

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