Weblogs as Portfolios (Con?t)

(via Jeremy) Is there anyone NOT talking about collaboration these days? This essay about Weblogs as e-portfolios reiterates a lot of the collaborative potential of Weblogs in schools.

Weblogs are a great reflective tool. A student can write something about their course,
perhaps categorise it in terms of subject or the piece of work concerned, and that
reflection can be accessed and searched by both date and context.

However, weblog functionality comes into its own when mixed with social networking,
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Eukaryotic Cell Organelles

I will post further details about them at a later time, but for MCAT, DAT, OAT, and PCAT biology, you should know the structure and function of the following organelles:

nucleuscell membranecytosol (cytoplasm)cytoskeleton (microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments)endoplasmic reticulumGolgi apparatusvesiclesvacuolesribosomeslysosomesmicrobodiesmitochondriachloroplastscell wallcentrioles

You should also know that prokaryotes do NOT have any membrane-bound organelles, such as a nucleus, mitochondria, or Golgi apparatus.

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