2011 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com

memorial at Ground Zero honors victimsand offers survivors a place to heal. Fromchoosing a design to planting trees andwatching the water fall into the pools, thepresentation follows the creation andcompleting of the memorial pools andplaza.Item no. : CA07983515Format : DVDDuration : 56 minutesAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2011Price : USD 80.00RISING: REBUILDINGGROUND ZERO -RECLAIMING THE SKYLINEPART 1Goes inside the rebuilding site at GroundZero to find out what it really takes tocomplete this historic effort. The programhighlights the philosophies of World TradeCenter master planner Daniel Liebskindand designer of Tower One David Childsand their desire to create a place thathonors the memory of the old buildingsand the victims while offering astate-of-the-art facility that reclaims theskyline and offers a feeling of hope andpeace moving forward. The presentationintroduces the vertical factory, consistingof ironworkers, concrete teams, and glassinstallers, who are leading the charge intothe sky and details the challenges theyface while keeping to a demandingschedule.Item no. : EH07983516Format : DVDDuration : 56 minutesAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2011Price : USD 80.00RISING: REBUILDINGGROUND ZERO -RECLAIMING THE SKYLINEPART 2Goes inside the rebuilding site at GroundZero to find out what it really takes tocomplete this historic effort. The programpresents the new technology and designsbeing implemented in Tower One toincrease security and develop an efficientbuilding of the future.Item no. : PE07983517Format : DVDDuration : 56 minutesAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2011Price : USD 80.00RISING: REBUILDINGGROUND ZERO - STORIESFROM THE PILEGoes inside the rebuilding site at Groundcomplete this historic effort. The programconsiders the design and building effortswhile creating the National September 11Memorial and Museum and preparingparts to be revealed on the tenthanniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 .Museum curators reveal the heroic storiesof rescuers, survivors, and victims whilecollecting artifacts for the museum.Item no. : PD07983518Format : DVDDuration : 56 minutesAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2011Price : USD 80.00AMERICANSTUDIESAMERICAN TEACHERDirector: Vanessa RothAs the debate over America's schoolsrages on, one thing everyone agrees on isthe need for great teachers. Whileresearch proves that teachers are themost important school factor in a child'ssuccess, American Teacher reveals thefrustrations facing today's educators: thedifficulty of retaining talented new teachersand why many of the best teachers areforced to leave the profession altogether.Can we reform teaching in the U.S. andturn it into a prestigious, financiallyattractive and competitive profession?Reviews "A film about education that gets itexactly right." - The Washington Post"American Teacher raises importantquestions about America's teachers.It should spark a much-neededconversation." -Secretary ofEducation Arne DuncanItem no. : NA10800280Format : DVD-RDuration : 81 minutesCopyright : 2011Price : USD 295.00BARBERSHOP PUNK: NETNEUTRALITY, MEDIACONSOLIDATION AND YOUDirected by Georgia Sugimura ArcherA David & Goliath tale of one man's fightagainst restrictions by Internet serviceproviders and governments on consumers'access to the internet.Robb Topolski is an unlikely crusader forfree speech -- on the surface; he seems tobe a mild-mannered geek with a fondnessfor a capella music. However, whenTopolski tried to upload some rarerecordings of barbershop quartets to apeer-to-peer file sharing website in 2007,he found that his broadband Internetconnection slowed down to a tiny fractionTopolski, who worked as a computernetwork engineer, ran some tests to findout what was happening and made asurprising discovery -- his internet serviceprovider was monitoring the web use of itscustomers and using software to slowconnections for certain activities andcertain websites. Topolski took his ISP tocourt and has become a passionatespokesman for net neutrality, believingthat ISP's have no right to interfere withwhat their customers are doing and shouldnot be watching their activities on line.This case is one of the key inspirationsbehind the documentary BARBERSHOPPUNK, which explores how a smallnumber of powerful corporations have thepower to control the World Wide Web, andwhat ordinary people can do to promotethe free exchange of information incyberspace.Featuring interviews with Ian MacKaye,Janeane Garofalo, Damian Kulash of OKGo, Henry Rollins, Mike McCurry, JohnPerry Barlow, Jonathan Adelstein andmany more.Reviews "A superb and powerful introduction tothe main struggle over the battle forthe control of the Internet--networkneutrality." - Robert W. McChesney,Professor of Communication,University of Illinois atUrbana-ChampaignZero to find out what it really takes to of its usual speed.________________________________________________________________________________________________________Learning Rendezvous LimitedEmail: inquiry@learningemall.com Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk"Barbershop Punk...is as timely as adocumentary gets." - South bySouthwest Film Festival Program"Worth singing about. An importanttopic." - Express from the WashingtonPostAwards Grand Jury Award/Best Picture,Sacramento International FilmFestival Silver Chris Award, ColumbusInternational Film + Video Festival Best Feature Documentary, Big AppleFilm Festival Special Programmers Award,Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival Best Documentary, ION Film FestivalItem no.FormatDurationAudience: TV01110796: DVD: 77 minutes: Grades 10-12, College,AdultCopyright : 2010StdBkNo : 1594588074Price : USD 295.00BETTER THIS WORLDDirected by Katie Galloway and KellyDuane de la VegaThe story of two young Texans accused ofintending to firebomb the 2008 RepublicanNational Convention reveals the workingsof the post 9/11 security state.How did two boyhood friends from Midland,Texas wind up arrested on terrorism10