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March 4, 2007 Today is an important date in history in that the world's first parliamentary election involving internet voting is being held in Estonia, and is the first implementation of what is surely the future of eGovernment. The electronic voting took place earlier this week on Monday through Wednesday and more than 30,000 of Estonia's one million eligible voters cast their vote via the internet, though those same voters can still vote today and their second vote only will be counted. To vote via the internet, voter needed an Estonian ID card with valid certificates and PIN-codes (bottom left) and access to a computer with a smart card reader (bottom right), a driver for the ID card (download here) and a Windows or Linux operating system. Via Physorg, Slashdot, The Christian Science Monitor, the Estonian Government, and the Estonian National Electoral Commission (good powerpoints here that explain the process) Read More
March 2, 2007 To say that the Digital Pocket Memo 9600 is an important new tool for business professionals is an understatement. Even to state that the new 9600 represents the next generation of digital dictation technology is underplaying its importance way too much. Until now, dictation has been a largely under-utilised tool because for it to be used in an office environment, a dictation system and a secretary are required, and only the legal system has ever been organised enough to effectively employ dictation as an industry-wide productivity tool. With the new functionality of the Philips Digital Pocket Memo 9600, the device provides a ready-made system which can easily incorporate a dictation system into any office. Couple the 9600 with one of the new LAN Docking Station and it will transfer dictations through your LAN (local area network) to a transcriptionist or a speech recognition system without connecting to a PC. Encryption ensures that dictations are sent securely through the company network or the Internet, regardless of whether the destination is next door or on the other side of the world. There's also a Barcode Module which snaps onto the 9600 - a highly compact laser scanner that retrieves important patient or client information by scanning the barcode. The scanned information is securely attached to the dictation, saving time and minimizing the risk of errors. The Barcode Module can also be used as a USB scanner device, directly transferring the barcode information to a PC. That's the system – as far as the 9600 itself, well that is just a straightforward better mousetrap than has previously existed. Read More
New Soil Moisture Smart Sensors
February 25, 2007 Sensors might never cost-efficiently replace the keen eye of a farmer for spotting fungus, signs of vermin or bird attack, growth rate, weed levels and a host of other almost intuitive inspections, but they are already offering a viable method of ensuring that precious crops are perfectly watered. Data Logging specialist Onset has just added two new plug-and-play Soil Moisture Smart Sensors to its wares, with the new sensors promising precise, long-term soil moisture monitoring. The Decagon ECH2O dielectric probes offer highly accurate measurements of volumetric water content in soil, and have low sensitivity to temperature and saline effects, broadening the range of soil types in which they can be used to include sandy and high-salinity soils and their compact form factor means they can be used in pots and greenhouses. The US$139-a-pop smart sensor design enables the sensors to be plugged into Onset's 15-channel HOBO Weather Station and 4-channel HOBO Micro Station and automatically recognized without complicated wiring, programming or calibration. Read More
First a nanobattery, now an ultra-sensitive Magnetometer
February 25, 2007 mPhase Technologies has been very successful in taking its message direct to the people in recent weeks with a video demonstration of its Smart Nanobattery on YouTube. The nanotech-based smart batteries (pictured bottom) can store reserve power for decades and generate electric current virtually on demand. Now mPhase has released another video, this time demonstrating its ultra-sensitive sensor magnetometer. "The extreme advantage of size, sensitivity and low cost allows us to develop the next generation of military and homeland security sensor applications while also addressing a number of commercial markets as well," said mPhase Technologies', Ron Durando. That's the magnetometer on the coin. Read More
The Privacy-enhanced SmartCheck System
February 25, 2007 Ever since Al Queda ever so kindly pointed out the vulnerability of domestic airliners, the world has been paying a hefty bill in the form of added security. At first it was very costly, because much of it was labour-intensive, but then industry responded with ever-more-clever devices to screen humans and ensure they were weapon free. So good have the machines become at peering through clothing that many scanning techniques have become very invasive. It will hence be of some comfort to know that the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing the privacy enhanced SmartCheck personnel screening system today at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. SmartCheck provides optimum security by safely screening for a wide variety of threats concealed on a passenger, while ensuring their privacy. The SmartCheck system creates an image that looks like a chalk outline of the passenger with threats and contraband outlined, but does not reveal facial features. A product of X-ray detection technology specialist American Science and Engineering, the SmartCheck system installed in Phoenix cannot store, export, print, or transmit images. The machine produces images such as this privacy-enhanced SmartCheck scan of a female (front and back) which presents only an outline of the scanned individual and an outline of any threats on the person. Read More
The Little White Purse by Saab
February 20, 2007 Targeted promotional opportunities for premium brands often makes for some strange bedfellows, and resulted this week in premium aerospace and automotive brand Saab releasing 'The Little White Purse.' Created by Fashion designer Osman Yousefzada, the purse was designed as an innovative way to keep a woman's keys stylishly at hand. It banishes those clumsy key-fumbling moments so you look fashionably efficient while stepping into your car, home or workplace. According to Saab, on average a woman wastes one day each year fumbling around for keys in the bottom of her handbag, which does seem a lamentable waste of time. The clever design means the purse can be worn as a necklace, attached inside a handbag, or around a wrist where it could no doubt double as a weapon should the need arise. Read More
Macrovision responds to Steve Jobs' Open Letter on DRM
February 19, 2007 A fortnight ago we wrote about Steve Jobs' provocative open letter on Digital Rights Management and the extraordinary reaction to the letter. In the interests of fairness, there is another viewpoint and in our humble opinion, the best presented counter to Jobs' position is presented by DRM specialist Macrovision. Macrovision has been in the content protection industry for more than 20 years, working closely with content owners of many types, including the major Hollywood studios, to help navigate the transition from physical to digital distribution. The company has been involved with and has supported both prevention technologies and DRM that are on literally billions of copies of music, movies, games, software and other content forms, as well as hundreds of millions of devices across the world. Macrovision CEO & President Fred Amoroso penned the response. Wikipedia offers perspective on the issue with links to all the stakeholder groups, and the illustration comes from here. Via Slashdot Read More
Handheld T-ray Device promises new capabilities
February 19, 2007 "T-rays" have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to reaching the field's potential. Enter Brian Schulkin, winner of the first-ever $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize. Schulkin has invented an ultralight, handheld terahertz spectrometer — an advance that could help catapult T-ray technology from the lab bench to the marketplace. Schulkin's "Mini-Z" is dramatically smaller and lighter than any previous terahertz device, and it already has proven its ability to detect cracks in space shuttle foam, image tumors in breast tissue, and spot counterfeit watermarks on paper currency. The system, which weighs less than five pounds and fits snugly in a briefcase, could open the door to a wide range of applications in homeland security, biomedical imaging, and nondestructive testing of industrial components. Read More
Vale Robert Adler, 1913-2007 - TV Remote Control Co-Inventor
February 17, 2007 The man who invented the remote control for the television, Dr. Robert Adler, died this week, giving us a timely reminder of just how fast technology is progressing. Dr. Adler's "Space Command" ultrasonic remote control for TV sets was introduced by Zenith in 1956 and two years later saw him win the 1958 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award of the Institute of Radio Engineers (now the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE) for his "original work on ultrasonic remote controls" for television. Though he was best known as co-inventor of the wireless remote control for television , along with fellow Zenith engineer Eugene Polley), Adler was responsible for a large number of significant scientific contributions to the electronics industry, including landmark inventions in sophisticated specialized communications equipment. Read More
Easy Sankey Diagram creation tool helps visualize complex issues
February 16, 2007 e!Sankey is a new, US$100 windows-based software for engineers, environmental consultants and scientists that creates good-looking, pain-free process diagrams and flow charts for presentations, scientific papers and internal communications. Sankey diagrams are graphic representations of technical or economical interrelationships. They help viewers visualize and understand the connections between individual processes, for example, material, cost or energy flows. The relative value of each material flow is represented by the width of the connecting arrows within the Sankey diagram. Putting the tools into the hands of the people who have the knowledge rather than having a graphic artist in the process allows users the opportunity to visualize a wide range of processes, such as production costs, energy losses of a particular machine or material flows within specific economic sectors. Read More
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Welcome to the world of fishery management, Aquabounty!
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You want to make a change in your business, but it has to go through the long process of government approval. In the meantime, you may have to shut down completely.
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Apple winks at parents: C'mon, get your kid a tweaked Macbook Pro
Apple has updated its MacBook Pro notebook line, adding a slightly faster processor and more memory for the cheapest models. The company said the update will double the memory for models Apple describes as "entry-level" MacBook Pro Retina screen notebooks. The systems will retain their starting price of $1,299 and will now sport …
Still too expensive
50% off would have been nearer the mark. The fact they are now throwaway units and the fact they are all glued together does nothing for me.
I could get a similarly specced Win machine far cheaper that is both repairable and to a point upgradeable.
Nice try Apple but no cigar, maybe no coincidence but the Apple store in Aberdeen seems to have about 6 punters in it at any point (and they are just teenagers using the free internet .....)
Re: Still too expensive
I don't know.
Lightweight, fast Windows notebooks aren't cheap either. Apple has gone further in losing weight by using glue, but the other reason seems to be to do with recycling - heat the thing and it falls apart, no screws needed.
The question is, how important is weight and screen resolution in a notebook computer? For people who are very mobile, it could be very important indeed. But they are probably quite a small minority. If I was part of that minority, I would probably live with the downsides. As I'm not, I have a bit fat Windows machine that does everything except go all day on a battery.
Re: Still too expensive
Where can we find these similarly spec'd Windows machines? You can find machines for half the price with lower specs, but when they are comparable the price difference isn't much.
Re: Still too expensive
@djstardust: How will you run OS X on that cheaper Windows laptop?
How will you run OS X on that cheaper Windows laptop?
By installing Linux and a faux fruity desktop.
Re: Still too expensive
users don't use operating systems, they use applications.
when you are using photoshop, facebook, etc it doesn't matter a fuck to most users what the OS is.
most have only the absolute minimum knowledge of a file system, etc - all they need to do is click on an app to start it.
The reason osx sells is because of the 'ilife' (as was) suite - that's what users USE.
microshaft, still don't get that. I couldn't believe when I got a windows 8 laptop last year*, that it still couldn't open a .mov file from my camera with mediaplayer.
out the box users get all the basic apps they need - email, browsing, video editing, photo editing, messaging and can even get into music editing.
out the box windows users 9x out of 10 get a piece of shit laptop which has been loaded with crapware, none of which is actually useful and slows the thing to a crawl - leaving the user having to work out how to get rid of the shite, or end up paying for norton AV and god knows all what... and still leaving them trying to edit their videos with the world's shittest video editor.
None of this was anything to do with what OS is on the machine, and everything to do with the diametric apposite approach each company takes to packaging and marketing there product.
stu (100% osx since 2007)
*it now runs osx.
Re: Still too expensive
I remember the good old days of Mac vs PC trolling. No matter what Apple produced, you would always find it was far too expensive for what it was, and somebody invariably had an equivalent no-brand Windows PC which was 17x more powerful and cost but thruppence.
Re: Still too expensive
Where can we find these similarly spec'd Windows machines? You can find machines for half the price with lower specs, but when they are comparable the price difference isn't much.
People that are interested in Windows laptops are less willing to pay a premium, hence the high-end Windows laptop market doesn't have the same economies of scale that Apple products do. This means that often times the direct Windows equivalent (if such a thing even exists), in terms of build quality (tried and tested alloy frame), aesthetics AND performance (IPS Retina resolution level screen etc.) actually costs more than the MacBook.
Re: Still too expensive
"microshaft, still don't get that. I couldn't believe when I got a windows 8 laptop last year*, that it still couldn't open a .mov file from my camera with mediaplayer."
Oh dear, oh dear.
You know that a .Mov is an Apple format?
Try opening a wmv file with a Apples default player....same result.
You need to add a codec or alternative media player to get either to work.
Re: Still too expensive
just use vmware and a mavericks image, which can be found next to a ship,, aahh har me harties. takes about 5 minutes after you download the image
Re: Still too expensive
"microshaft, still don't get that. I couldn't believe when I got a windows 8 laptop last year*, that it still couldn't open a .mov file from my camera with mediaplayer."
...maybe because .mov is Apple Quicktime format. Worst trolling ever. Back you go...
Re: Still too expensive
> aesthetics AND performance
PC users simply have different values. They aren't interested in an overpriced overpowered fashion statement. They buy stuff for what it does for them, not how it makes the next guy jealous.
So the Apple-centric sensibilities are much less likely to come into play.
A PC user is much more likely to find that the pretty little thing under performs. They're more likely to do "real work" either either because they are power users (Linux) or have access to more interesting an potentially rather obscure (Windows) apps.
Then there's games. At which point the Intel GPU is just sad.
Re: Still too expensive
...and you know what the kicker is?
It will be much easier for the Windows user to augment his system video player with plugins then attempting to do the same thing on a Mac.
You can run VLC on both platforms but that's kind of a cheat.
Re: Still too expensive
We'll done. You managed to trot out the big clichés in a Mac vs PC argument.
Different values? CHECK.
Fashion? CHECK.
Real work(tm)? CHECK. (No, the quotes don't make it less inane)
Power Users? CHECK. (Linux? Free yards and hobbyists only, surely)
Obscure, Windows only apps? CHECK.
Games? (Check)
I've accused you many, many times of be boring, obviously on different threads and with different user names. Now you are just sad.
Re: Still too expensive
Microsoft have a 'not invented here' approach to media: They will only support their own codecs plus (Somewhat reluctantly) mp3, and that only because they can't really ignore it. .mov is an apple format.
It's really a big problem with HTML5 video. Firefox and other open source browsers cannot support h264, or the mp3 or aac audio codecs, because they are patent encumbered. They do support some open standards, VP8 (Which probably has lurking patents, but it'll have to do) and Vorbis audio. At the other side, Microsoft and Apple will happily include support for h264 (they own the patents), mp3 and aac - but they won't support VP8 or Vorbis. Not because they can't, but because it would make no business sense: They make a lot of money from h264, and see no reason to support a free competitor that cuts into that revenue. As a result, anyone who makes a website with html5 video needs to include at least two video files: One for Firefox, and one for IE/Safari.
Re: Still too expensive
"Oh dear, oh dear.
You know that a .Mov is an Apple format?
Try opening a wmv file with a Apples default player....same result."
funny enough, 15 years in the video industry means, yes I do know that.
Show me a camera that saves to wmv format numpty ?
Re: Still too expensive
Both Microsoft and Apple try to shove their own suite of programs down the throat of their users but somehow the Apple experience is rated higher and people are prepared to justify a little price premium for it. Apple has the advantage of supporting a more limited range of hardware which affords it better control and integration with its software. Still how can someone deal with using iTunes on a daily basis is beyond me: here's one piece of bloatware that I cannot stand and yet appears to be the gateway to all things Apple...
The truth is that the low end Apple packages have become more attractive and affordable lately compared with what PC OEM can offer at nearly the same price: battery life, screen quality, weight and integration with other pieces of branded hardware definitely show Apple as leader.
Users may not be concerned with what OS their machine runs but when the OS becomes an hindrance to doing basic stuff then suddenly a 100 quid more for a little piece of mind or ease of use seems like a trivial expense, especially for parents. Microsoft truly killed a whole upgrade cycle when introducing Windows "hate" and I can see Apple earning some market shares as a result of that.
Still I'm unlikely to switch as long as a decent video game rig from Apple costs an extra 1,000 quid more than a Windows PC.
Depends on what it is for...
We bought a Macbook 13.3 inch for 999.99 CDN and they threw in a $50 gift card -- Net $949.99CDN == 874.84 USD == 516.60 GBP.
I am a PC bigot, but it is what my daughter wanted, so I gave it a chance. After taking a long look, it compared pretty well to PC counterparts -- a bit pricey, but it is a premium item. Check the resale on Apple stuff and it is pretty much a wash for value. You can actually sell used iPhones and Macbook Air computers. On balance, I would have chosen this myself. It is very light, easy to carry around, the battery lasts literally for days and like it or not, it is nice-looking.
There is, in this case, no contest at all. My daughter *really* loves this notebook. She *hated* her PC notebook even though it was about as powerful. In a pinch, she can actually just RDP into our server and use Windows if she needs to. She gets the best of all worlds.
I am a PC bigot from way back, but the Apple value proposition is surprisingly better than it might seem.
Re: Depends on what it is for...
Have to agree, resale and the fact that it is at the spec of a similar windows machine, does level the playing field.
Mine is no my desk under a pile of paper, haven't used it this month, really must give it more attention, but I like my old Linux desktop(it's like slippers :-) and the last time I was going away I knew I had to get a ropey local fishing boat to my destination, took the chromebook, I get drenched but the chromebook was ok and if it wasn't well, $199 against $2,300 mac book, yep, no contest :-)
I like the mac book, it is a great bit of kit light weight, looks good, good battery, no upgrade path, don't care, can sell it for a good price and upgrade and not loose much and get CPU, Memory, Battery & disk upgrade all at the same time.
My Windows laptop, HP Elitebook cost a lot of money in its day, not worth jack shit now, mac book of that vintage still has value.
Re: Depends on what it is for...
Even after the 4-5 years or so that Apple no longer supports it and you cant update it? And the compatible software gets smaller and smaller...
Re: Depends on what it is for...
"Even after the 4-5 years or so that Apple no longer supports it and you cant update it? "
Well, it's EFI and Intel... Run Linux on it. At least with Apple's desktop offerings, you can run alternative OSes on it.
Re: Depends on what it is for...
My 2007/8 17in MBP runs Mavericks + Photoshop CS so what are you complaining about?
AFAIK, Only the very first Intel models can't run the latest OSX simply because they have 32bit CPU's.
Re: Depends on what it is for...
My iMac has a 64-bit processor, but Apple only installed a 32-bit EFI, so Lion is as far as it goes. It also only support 3GB of RAM... It now takes around 3 minutes to boot OS X (around 45 seconds to boot Vista on BootCamp)...
Re: Depends on what it is for...
Well, it's EFI and Intel... Run Linux on it. At least with Apple's desktop offerings, you can run alternative OSes on it
....as opposed to not being able to on Windows pc's?
Re: Depends on what it is for...
just wait till she smashes the screen on it.....resale value will be about zero, new screen will be approaching the cost of the unit if not more....youll understand then
Re: Depends on what it is for... @psychonaut
just wait till she smashes the screen on it.....resale value will be about zero, new screen will be approaching the cost of the unit if not more....youll understand then
Here's an analogous comment that's equally as ridiculous.
"Think you're flash with that Ferrari do you? Just you wait till you smash it into a brick wall at 100 mph! Resale value will be zero and the repair bill will be equal to the cost of the car, if not more!"
Sounds like a case of sour grapes, I'm afraid...
PS Smashed laptop screens are a very rare occurrence, especially so for ones ensconced in bullet-proof alloy casings.
Re: Depends on what it is for...
My early 2008, white macbook is at Lion, the highest it can go. But it runs excellently and, with an SSD instead of the trad. disc, so fast that I am delying replacing it for another year. Other than >Lion I have yet to find any software (compiled for OSX) that will not run on it (all right, Rosetta stone, but not needed that since I finally upgraded from the free, student editon of MS Office I acquired for a prevous power book). Mac Ports and various sites are full of the usual free software that all seems to work and Apple are still delivering updates for security issues.
My ancient TP21, on the other hand, is struggled under the sheer weight of a fully patched XP and refused to boot after a UBUNTU update improved it.
So, for those very rare occasions when Windows would be useful, I run VMbox or whatever the free stuff from Oracle is called, in which I have got both Windows and Linux VMs (actually, deleting the Linux, prefer BSD).
So, what am I saying? With the big exception of upgrading beyond Lion, tell me what software does not run. My usage does include compilers, Python, Perl etc.. Done some Java through Eclipse.
I have played with W8 and, despite the nay-sayers, it seemed a vast improvement on the vagaries of XP. I work with W7 all day. Well, it is Windows.
What child needs a macbook pro?
Is school too hard for an MBA?
Hold on a minute... isn't school designed for training people? What's the point of setting up an educational system... and then getting a machine to solve the problems?
Re: What child needs a macbook pro?
You see for a few thousand years the dominant species on this planet has been devising tools to make its life easier and maybe even solve some problems.
If that doesn't work for you may I suggest you take this rock and try to open a can of beans with it?
More seriously kids should be taught how to reframe problems to work best with the tools they have to hand via logic and deductive reasoning and methods to check the tools output for accuracy. The actual solving of the problem can be left to the tool as long as the kids know the basic approach to solving the problem they don't have to solve it themselves.
Or perhaps you would prefer if we brought back slide rules and log tables?
Re: What child needs a macbook pro?
A slide rule and log rule is a tool. So only working out in the head is allowed.
Re: What child needs a macbook pro?
Square root of 254715884574445885.57415854 * 156941 / 3.2554455
No machines allowed., after all, your schooling taught you to do this didn't it?
Re: What child needs a macbook pro?
Square root of 254715884574445885.57415854 * 156941 / 3.2554455
No machines allowed., after all, your schooling taught you to do this didn't it?
Actually, yes, unless "machine" is all encompassing enough to include a pencil or even a stick writing in the ground. It isn't even difficult - long multiplication, long division, a simple decimal search for the root - none of that is difficult. It might take a little time but it's an unrealistic problem - how many real world problems run to 26 significant digits? Working to five figures would be less than 10 minutes work for 99.999% accuracy.
Re: What child needs a macbook pro?
Go on then. Proof need though...
Re: What child needs a macbook pro?
The answer depends on how many DP or SF you want to calculate to.
Can confim that this took under 12 minutes, by hand. No tools other than some pen and paper.
As long as you've been taught how to calculate square roots (and where you bother stopping with the decimal places already...) and how good/fast you are with multiplication and division you can solve the equation.
Allowing for the fact that I only went to a few DP for the square root, 24330666226083.784 3DP
Note: Cube root would have been harder but not significantly so.
giving kids crapple products is child abuse
Computers in Schools?
IMO there is no place for laptops / PCs / computers in schools - especially in primary education. This is the time for core-skills learning, and learning *how* to learn - the brain is a muscle and it needs exercise to develop it, using a computer to *research* your homework on google doesn't do that.
Making computers available to school kids has all the advantages of giving them Mobility Scooters to help with sports, MP3 players to learn music, watch an action movie to learn about chemistry and physics (explosions, car smashes). Most schools use computers as a *learning-aid* to keep kids with difficult behaviour *entertained* to enable those kids who want to learn a chance of doing so.
Similarly, most kids with portable computers (laptop/tablet/smartphone) will take every opportunity to view stuff you'd rather they didn't or abuse their *friends*/be abused on bacefook.
Nothing of value is taught by schools on computers, since few if any teachers have any actual IT skills beyond Powerpoint, so again kids have no real understanding of how computers work, how to code programs, how to analyse data, how to write intelligibly. Hours of class time is eaten up by trying to get laptops working after being messed up by the previous class and the current teacher lacking the IT skills to quickly resolve problems.
Computers do not belong in the school room since the 1980's where their primitiveness forced their users to develop a keen understanding of *how they worked*. Computer SW is so well developed now that it prevents any form of constructive / analytical / creative thinking and is therefore a barrier to learning. In any case, we all know that whatever computer or apps a 5/6/7 year old is using today will no longer be available in any recognisable form in 10-15 years time, so why waste time learning stuff that will be long gone by the time they actually need to use them in their adult lives.
In further education as a tool to accelerate learning and develop content for people who have already developed the skills to exploit PCs, then absolutely there is a place for IT.
Re: Computers in Schools?
Let me guess, power looms and spinning frames should also be removed from the work place as they are de-skilling the workforce?
Re: Computers in Schools?
He kind of has a point, though hasn't made it very well. This obsession with putting laptops in front of every primary school kid can detract from actually getting on and learning.
That said, being given one of the coveted slots to play The Crystal Rain Forest with a partner on a Friday afternoon was a serious sweetener for the Primary school version of me to work hard. There was a Wizard of Oz text adventure as I recall. Those early RM games were great puzzle solving activities. Yes, there were non-computer based ones that we could do as a group - and we did - but variety is the spice of life and an hour on a computer each fortnight was no great detriment to our education, quite the opposite. Of course, those were the pre-95 days when the school had precisely two RMs (the Normal and the "CD-ROM") and few had a computer at home, so getting a go was a big deal to an 8 year old.
However, fast forward a few years and when I was using Autograph for my GCSE Maths coursework it didn't detract because I already knew how to graph a function on paper. I'd been doing it since we started separate science classes in Year 5. There was no gain to be had by me spending an hour doing that when I can rapidly plot multiple functions in autograph. But I understood what the software was doing on my behalf.
Likewise, submitting essays digitally allows much easier/quicker editing and writing for a student. It's also a lot easier for a teacher to copy-paste into a plagiarism-checker. Just because something is handwritten doesn't mean it wasn't plagiarised from somewhere.
It's wrong to say computers have no place in schools, but equally I think they've become overly pervasive. I did GCSEs just when a few kids started to have laptops, and by the end of A-Levels a lot had something they could bring in for writing up coursework. The school didn't have wifi by then though so the computer labs were the only source of internet access.
Even then though, I know one guy who spent all his A-Level Physics classes playing Half-Life, and someone I met at uni a couple of years younger than me reckoned a friend had become a reasonably senior Wikipedia Editor off the back of the stuff they'd done during lesson time when the teacher was at the board and had no idea if you were actually working or doing something else behind the screen.
There's a balance, and computers are best suited as a tool to speed something up and make the most of lesson time once they've learnt how to do it by hand.
I recall seeing a program lamenting the death of traditional skills and they visited a stone masons where everyone was workign with power tools - rotary sanders, etc. Looked very modern and industrial, but every apprentice had spent their first 12-18 months with a hammer, chisel and glass paper learning how to work stone properly before they were allowed the power tools as labour saving devices to apply their skills more rapidly and efficiently.
Re: Computers in Schools?
I work in IT at a school, and there have been issues in the past with our aggressive measures to block games. It upset a lot of teachers, because they were using those games to keep the troublemakers quietly amusing themselves. If the class clown is happily playing Flappy Bird clone flash games and then suddenly finds the window closed, they'll start kicking up a fuss, dragging their friends over and generally being disruptive. This results in the teachers then coming to complain to the IT staff about 'interfering in lessons.'
Your kids no longer get an 'education' at school.
They purely learn how to memorise what's on the exam.
It's not about educating and producing socially aware human beings. It's all about getting the school's stats higher.
Re: Your kids no longer get an 'education' at school.
Down vote, because you are right and it is sad :(
Re: Your kids no longer get an 'education' at school.
And how has that changed in the last 30 years? I crammed for all my exams, a lot of stuff needed to be learnt by rote so whats changed?
Re: Your kids no longer get an 'education' at school.
Ask a teacher, they'll tell you. They don't enjoy their jobs.
Teacher - "Oh that's an interesting result..shall we take a moment to discuss how this might have happened?
Kids - "Will it be in the exam?"
Teacher - "Well no but I thought it might be fun to investigate..."
Kids - "Nah...move on!"
Since the introduction of GCSE it's all gone downhill from there.
Re: Your kids no longer get an 'education' at school.
Cramming is a learning process, you disseminate, analyse, organise and relay information back in an intelligible and ordered form - not the best, admittedly, but better than nothing. At the very worst, cramming forces the learner to excercise their brain-muscles if only for short-term benefit.
Copy'n'Paste from other peoples work found on google demonstrates no learning or understanding - only the ability to replicate - you might as well be a robot, you understood nothing, you contribute nothing, you gain nothing. Complete waste of everyone's time and energy, but you will get your *tick-in-the-box* that todays *learning-culture* expects.
There's an awful lot of dogmatism in teaching and very little questioning of 'perceived wisdom' - ie like: 'Computers are a valuable teaching aid' (they're not), like: Students are visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learners (there's no such thing), like: Learning by rote is bad.
Re: Your kids no longer get an 'education' at school.
Take a look at James Paul Gee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Paul_Gee,
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|This month included a weeklong visit from Edify's CEO, Chris Crane. While he was in country, we were able to visit several of our partner schools and share some of the progress being made. Being able to engage with local proprietors, teachers and students on their own turf is one of my favorite parts of working with Edify. It's almost always inspiring, challenging and provides great insight into why and how I can do my job better. I'd like to share a little bit about one of the schools that we visited with Chris. Rise to Shine is owned by Beatrice Bamurange. Beatrice is a woman that exudes confidence and radiates faith. After becoming a Christian, she felt God's calling for her life was to serve others, to "bring hope to the hopeless". As she showed us around her 3-room schoolhouse she told us of when she first visited this remote space in search of the location for her school. There… Read more »
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Fear and Self-esteem
|I think fear might be the source of true "self-esteem" for children. It's a counter-intuitive idea, for sure and maybe a little counter-cultural as well. Schools in the developing world, as well as the ones in my neighborhood, have adopted in various ways notions of child development that find their basis in psychology. Many of these concepts are helpful as we consider ways to address children's needs in a developmentally appropriate way. I've seen inspirational phrases painted on the walls of classrooms and schools that promote a positive self-image. As seen in the pictures here, these phrases are often right along-side a painting of Winney the Pooh or Fred Flintstone or a Bible verse. It's an amusing mixture! Solomon was the wisest man to ever live and he had a lot to say about fear in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Proverbs 9:10 says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning… Read more »
Education, A National Context
|It is difficult to walk into a Dominican public or private school without seeing Juan Pablo Duarte's* portrait prominently displayed. Many schools begin their day with a morning ceremony where students lead in raising the flag, singing the national anthem and praying for the day of classes. I have witnessed school directors take the opportunity to give their children context, saying things like, "This year is the Bicentennial of Juan Pablo Duarte, what does this mean for us and how we should live?" Students generally understand that Duarte is to be a model of bravery, compassion and love of country. After all, every morning they sing a song directed to the flag: "as long as there exists a school to sing of your greatness, you will wave with the soul of Duarte, you will live on with the soul of God". On the… Read more »
First Aid Lessons
|We held our first pre-school training here in Rwanda, and it was such a blessing to be a part of. Pre-schools in Rwanda are almost all private schools. The government, being focused on ramping up Education for All initiatives, has mainly left the pre-school sector to the private market. We started to realize what potential there is in these Early Childhood educators, and wanted to plan something to support them. Two nurses volunteered their time to conduct training on basic First Aid. The nurses were very professional, and we were able to offer the training to over 30 nursery schools in two days. The topics included basic wound care, choking, nosebleeds, burns, cold and flu prevention, and basic CPR. The best part was watching the participants "in action" as they practiced the concepts. One session included skits, where participants worked in groups to develop skits of the correct way to respond to a given situation and an incorrect way. For example, one… Read more »
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|Students at recess eating their snack at Colegio Evangélico Efraín (Ephraim Christian School) in Santiago, a school dedicated to nourishing both body and soul. Edify has been working with Efraín since July 2012 when the director, Josefina, and 5 teachers attended the AMO training hosted by Esperanza. We have been providing follow-up visits to Efraín in an effort to support the implementation of AMO in their classrooms, which they have done with excellence. Through AMO they have greatly improved the Christ-centered education they offer, now with a firm commitment to nurturing the heart of each student. Efraín is now also walking alongside us as we plan the next training in Santiago. The director has offered her school for us to use to host upwards of 30 other Christian schools in the area for a breakfast later this month. There we will present the AMO program and extend… Read more »
Measuring Matters
|Matters of measurement within the development field and more specifically within Christian ministry have often been the focus of many unsolved arguments. Opinions vary greatly as to whether or not we should try to measure the impact or outcomes of our well intentioned efforts to serve the orphan, the widow, the hungry, the oppressed or the "other". Two excellent arguments against measuring the true outcomes of ministry efforts; 1) This is simply the work of the Lord that is creating internal change within an individual. You cannot measure the way God changes someone's heart. 2) By taking measurements of our desired outcomes, we are asserting our own agendas and attempts to control rather than allowing God to guide the process and the outcomes. While the arguments above certainly have some merit, the good that comes with impact measurement far outweighs the bad. Jonathan Mitchel works with Concentric Development and offers, "We cannot measure… Read more »
Education in the Neighborhood
|While I knew a few of my neighbors well growing up, I never had the neighborhood experience of club houses, multiple mother figures or pick-up soccer games. In many parts of the Dominican Republic, in contrast, the neighborhood is often still as or more important to a child's formation as his or her immediate family. Neighbors are not like family, they are family; they share food; they watch each others' kids; they keep an eye out. When I think about the education of children in the Dominican context, I think of how important it is to have a challenging school, involved parents who reinforce behavior and skills at home and finally, a community of people who want the best for the children's future. For me, the ideal neighborhood is one where there is space for good conversations, accountability, resource sharing and belonging. That's what I love about schools that Edify works with; they often have this same vision for their neighborhood. They… Read more »
|One of Edify's core values is to "Be joyful, be thankful and have fun!" Dietrich Bonhoeffer says it well when he speaks of the richness we experience when we give thanks, "In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others." (Letters and Papers from Prison) The most amazing thing of all is that our God has stepped down from his heavenly throne to offer himself as a sacrifice once and for all in order that we may experience right standing with him. For this we can truly rejoice! Another thing we are grateful for is that in the Dominican Republic Edify has been blessed with excellent implementing partners. Not only do we get to work alongside them in our efforts to improve education, but also worship alongside them, as… Read more »
Teachermate 2.0
|We have started a new school year in Rwanda, the students at our partner school for Teachermate were ready for a challenge! The students in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade started last June on the iPod devices, loaded with Teachermate software. Its aim is to work on primary reading skills including phonics, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. The students have now moved up to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade, and are ready to read texts with fluency and understanding. Because of this, we decided to add a new center into their rotation, to be paired with direct instruction from their teacher and Teachermate - a listening center. A set of stories have been loaded onto the iPods, and the students can follow along in the books. We are now getting more use out of the iPods devices than before, and the students no longer struggle with how to login or what to do while on… Read more »
Avoiding The Dualistic Mindset
|Most Americans are familiar with the term "separation of church and state". This term was used by Thomas Jefferson and others in the First Amendment of the Constitution to protect religious institutions from government imposition on their practices as well as preventing certain faith requirements in order to be a part of government. Unfortunately, that phrase has also contributed to the dualistic mindset that many Christians have today. "Let's separate church and state and let's separate our personal faith from our daily lives." One's faith or religious life is something that is merely personal between them and God, it usually happens on Sundays or during their morning devotional or Bible study. Work or one's job on the other hand is what is done to make a living, earn increased social status, secure a financial future and is typically not thought of in conjunction with one's spiritual life. Such a separation of the material and the physical is a dangerous trap… Read more »