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Kylie Warner commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"i don't think that what I have to day is going to be very original because the video is like everyone else said not very believable. I would def give it a lighter shade. I like how shelby said it was set up because thats what i was thinking…"
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Benton Library Media Center commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"Kerstyn, you've really hit on something I didn't mention the other day in regards to CONTENT and that's AUDIENCE. This is really one of the big misgivings about using peer-reviewed publications . . . sometimes you have no clue what…"
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Kerstyn Bolton commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"I have never heard anything about this issue before now and I must say that it's quite strange. I think birds are fairly smart animals, but this is a bit to the extreme. The article, "researchers at UC-Davis" would be the darkest…"
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"Wow, I'm having trouble seeing why this is such a big debate. I'm still on the fence, I definitely think crows are smart enough to do it. The video was probably set up just to illustrate the pro-smart crow side, and not represent any…"
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Blayr Bolton commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"Oh my. I'm going to definitely say I don't believe that video for a moment. It looks very staged to me. Especially because nothing that happened was filmed altogether. It was the crow dropping the nut. The nut being cracked. And the crow…"
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Blayr Bolton commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Databases + Wikipedia
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Taylor Woodruff commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Databases + Wikipedia
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Taylor Woodruff commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
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Taylor Woodruff commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"Well... I'm going to have to say that I really don't know what to think about the crows using automobiles as nutcrackers. A lot of the sites that we were linked to gave me some pretty good evidence that the crows are smart enough to use…"
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Sean Nash commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
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Benton Library Media Center commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"Not coming to a conclusion is perfectly fine . . . even the authors of all of these peer-reviewed articles haven't come to a conclusion on the issue. Really, that's one of the whole points of the peer review system . . . to look at the…"
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Shandis Cruz commented on Benton Library Media Center's blog post Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence
"I'm going to have to agree with Marcy on this one. I too believe that the darkest information is not at all the youtube video. Although, it did take me a little while to determine that. After watching the video I visited the home page of the…"
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Benton Library Media Center replied to Sean Nash's discussion Shark Cartilage: What's the Deal?
"I figured out the issue and made a screencast for you all . . . check it out here: How to Link to Articles in Online Databases. Enjoy! :)"
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How to Link to Articles in Online Databases

Attention Principles of Biology peeps!



I've figured out the problem with persistently linking (i.e. creating a hyperlink you can revisit) to articles in our databases and made a screencast of the process required to acquire these links:





One note . . . the extra step I did in Firefox by going to Tools --> Clear Private Data isn't a necessary step to use the link. I just simply had to do that to clear my cookies/session variables so that you could… Continue

Posted on September 3, 2009 at 8:10am

Crows Using Automobiles as Nutcrackers: The Evidence



This is Mrs. Corey posting as Benton Library again. :)



There's a great amount of evidence, both within peer-reviewed academic journals and in other sources, surrounding crows and their use of tools. One of the great examples is the… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:19am — 17 Comments

Databases + Wikipedia



Hello, Principles of Biology!



This is Mrs. Corey posting as Benton Library. I really enjoyed speaking with you yesterday and I definitely hope you'll visit the library anytime you need research help. :)



Here's the presentation from yesterday . . .…



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Posted on September 1, 2009 at 8:43am — 8 Comments

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At 6:20pm on August 17, 2009, Sean Nash said…
As in Marine Bio... very excited to collaborate with you this year on the research process. We have really smart students who want to learn. You will love it!

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Our work has certainly come a long way this year. In our short time working in this space (since only September 2009) we have attracted quite a bit of attention for our open approach to learning.  Your sharing, reflection and synthesis have earned two nominations for Edublogs awards in as many years.  Impressive is a good word.In the thread below, please reflect upon our use of free, open online tools to enhance our classroom this year. I'm always proud of how your work ends up being all about…See More
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Our work has certainly come a long way this year. In our short time working in this space (since only September 2009) we have attracted quite a bit of attention for our open approach to learning.  Your sharing, reflection and synthesis have earned two nominations for Edublogs awards in as many years.  Impressive is a good word.In the thread below, please reflect upon our use of free, open online tools to enhance our classroom this year. I'm always proud of how your work ends up being all about…See More
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