15411. What We Say (15:12)

Date:
1959
Summary:
There are many familiar expressions which we use. Bash traces the story behind some of these back to pioneer life. After showing how the phrases developed, Bash sings “Goin Down the Road,” “Lo Backed Car,” “Old MacDonald,” “How Old Are You?” “One Morning in May,” and “Caribou Headstone.”

15412. What Would Our Interactions Look Like If We Were Really Serious About Ending Racism? (51:22)

Date:
2023-01-27
Main contributors:
Thompson, Chalmer
Summary:
Racism is a devastation that exists in communities throughout the world. It thwarts societies from evolving into their potential as socially, economically and politically viable settings in which to live and thrive. Drawing from her work on racialized violence, Dr. Chalmer Thompson addresses how some scholars and practitioners perpetuate forms of systemic violence and she demonstrates how liberation-based psychology can help end oppression.

15413. What You See Isn't always What everYone Gets: Web Accessibility at IU (54:06)

Date:
2009-03-11
Main contributors:
Hardesty, Julie, Londergan, Margaret
Summary:
The IU Web Accessibility Committee, a sub-committee of the IU Web Standards Committee, has been working towards a web accessibility policy at IU as well as a set of guidelines and resources for web developers at IU to support the creation of a fully accessible web presence at Indiana University. Come join us for an update on the committee's work.

15415. What's Enough? (Judging Information) (15:41)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 46 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

15416. What's happened to sugar? (11:35)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Robert Flaherty, David Flaherty, Ken Cofod, Clyde Kittell
Summary:
Gives the reasons for the scarcity of sugar and makes a plea for continued sugar rationing.

15417. What's Important? (Judging Information) (15:56)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
National Instructional Television
Summary:
Episode 45 of Thinkabout, a series of sixty programs to help students in 5th and 6th grade become independent learners and problem solvers by strengthening their reasoning skills and reviewing and reinforcing their language arts, mathematics and study skills. The series is broken up into thirteen themes: Finding Alternative, Estimating & Approximating, Giving & Getting Meaning, Collecting Information, Finding Patterns, Generalizing, Sequence and Scheduling, Using Criteria, Reshaping Information, Judging Information, Communicating Effectively and Solving Problems.

15418. What's in the Build Back Better Bill for Ag? (24:49)

Date:
2021-12-22
Main contributors:
Clayton, Chris, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
A discussion with Chris Clayton of Progressive Farmer/DTN about ag and climate provisions in the Build Back Better bill. What is the future for those provisions?

15419. What's Next: Advancing the Vietnam War/American War Oral History Project (54:48)

Date:
2019-01-23
Main contributors:
Osgood, Ron, Shih, Patrick
Summary:
The Vietnam War/American War Oral History project aims to identify engaging ways to bring scholars and the general public in direct contact with the lived experiences of both American and Vietnamese combatants or civilians who participated in the Vietnam War/American War. The projects goal is record, preserve/archive, and make accessible to the public oral history interviews with those who fought and others who were impacted (including unheard voices) on all sides of the Vietnam War/American War in Vietnam and to emphasize listening across difference. The project has evolved from initial concept through several prototype versions of the interface and advanced capabilities. In summer 2018, a funded symposium brought scholars and technology experts to campus to consult with the project team as we prepare for national funding opportunities. https://idahweb.webtest.iu.edu/news-events/_events/2017-18/symposium/conflict-civic-engagement.html A demonstration of the website capabilities and a discussion on future enhancements, including crowdsourcing, community engagement and user contribution will be covered during the brown bag.

15420. What's Next: Bob Perciasepe on public-private cooperation (39:06)

Date:
2020-11-20
Main contributors:
Perciasepe, Bob, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
In the third episode of our post-election series, Bob Perciasepe explains how the Biden administration and the private sector could work together to decarbonize and build resilience. Bob is president of the nonprofit Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and former Deputy Administrator of the EPA.