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Predicting the impact of climate change on the invasive decapods of the Iberian inland waters: an assessment of reliability
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In an effort to predict the impact of climate change on the distribution of existing invasive species, niche-based models (NBMs) are being increasingly used to make forecasts. Here, we investigate the reliability of these models in predicting future climatic suitability for 4 invasive decapods of the Iberian Peninsula: Cherax destructor, Eriocheir sinensis, Pacifastacus leniusculus and Procambarus clarkii. From an ensemble of forecasts generated by 5 distinct algorithms (generalized linear models, artificial neural networks, support vector machines, random forests and alternating decision trees), we calculated consensus predictions for current conditions and 3 future time periods (2030, 2050 and 2080) under low and high scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions. Three criteria were examined to infer the robustness of the forecasts: ability to predict current distributions, inter-model variability and degree of environmental extrapolation. Our results indicate an overall decline in climatic suitability for the 4 invaders as time progresses. However, we also identified highly distinct levels of predictive uncertainty among species. Good indicators of reliability were found for Procambarus clarkii and Pacifastacus leniusculus, whereas the predictions for C. destructor showed low predictive performance, low inter-model agreement and wide areas of environmental extrapolation. For E. sinensis, the models also showed high variability with respect to areas projected to lose climatic suitability. Overall, our results highlight the need to consider and evaluate multiple sources of uncertainty when using NBM predictions for invaders under current and future conditions.
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- Title
- Predicting the impact of climate change on the invasive decapods of the Iberian inland waters: an assessment of reliability
- Journal
Biological Invasions
Volume 14, Issue 8 , pp 1737-1751
- Cover Date
- 2012-08-01
- 10.1007/s10530-012-0187-z
- Print ISSN
- 1387-3547
- Online ISSN
- 1573-1464
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Climate change
- Decapods
- Ensemble forecasting
- Environmental extrapolation
- Iberian Peninsula
- Uncertainty
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- César Capinha (1)
- Pedro Anastácio (1)
- José António Tenedório (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. IMAR, Centro de Mar e Ambiente, c/o Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, no. 59, 7000-671, Évora, Portugal
- 2. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, e-GEO, Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Planeamento Regional, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal


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Develop Office Client Applications using Visual Studio
During development of the VSTO 2010 Runtime we added a feature, dubbed Install on Demand, to support VSTO customizations that target both .NET Framework 3.5 and .NET Framework 4 without enforcing installation of both frameworks prior to installation of VSTO 2010. To facilitate this we needed to break the runtime into 3 components as shown in this diagram.
VSTO Loader can be viewed as the native component of the VSTO 2010 Runtime that communicates with Office. It has no managed dependency and is the only component of the VSTO 2010 Runtime that is guaranteed to be "turned on" no matter how the runtime is installed (the different installation scenarios are discussed below). The extensions (Office 3.5 Runtime Extensions and Office 4.0 Runtime Extensions), shown above VSTO Loader, are the components necessary to execute customizations that target the corresponding version of the .Net Framework. The red arrows indicate which .Net Framework version the extensions depend on.
To better understand how the new Install on Demand functionality will affect you and your end users I will explain the impact from the 3 distinct scenarios with which the VSTO 2010 Runtime can be installed.
Because of these different scenarios we could not assume (or enforce a prerequisite) that any particular version of the .NET Framework was installed on an end users machine at the time they install the VSTO 2010 Runtime. To make this clear, imagine you are deploying a customization that targets .Net Framework 3.5 to a customer who has not yet moved to .Net Framework 4. If we were to unconditionally install all 3 components in the diagram above we would be forced to prereq the .Net Framework 4 which would mean your customer would have to install .Net Framework 4 even though your customization would not require it. Similarly, if you were deploying a customization that targets .Net Framework 4 to a customer that has .Net Framework 4 and no .Net Framework 3.5 we would have to prereq .Net Framework 3.5. What we did was to allow the extensions to only be "turned on" once the version of the .NET Framework that they depend on was present. As a result of the Install on Demand design we have made it more flexible for developers and end users to install the VSTO 2010 Runtime "once" and forget about it. No manual configuration of VSTO is required after installing a version of the .Net Framework that "lights up" either of the extensions.
VSTO 2010 Runtime, as it has been in past Visual Studio releases, is chained in with the Visual Studio 2010 installation. Developers who install Visual Studio 2010 on a machine without .NET Framework 3.5 will have the Office 4.0 Runtime Extensions "turned on" and the Office 3.5 Runtime Extensions "turned off" (but ready to be "turned on" when applicable) as is shown here.
If the developer decides to start creating .Net Framework 3.5 customizations they are going to need to install the .NET Framework 3.5. After the .Net Framework 3.5 installation when the developer launches Visual Studio 2010 they will be able to target .NET Framework 3.5. However, the VSTO 2010 Runtime still does not have the Office 3.5 Runtime Extensions "turned on". No worries, this will be taken care of for the developer the first time they create a VSTO project that targets .Net Framework 3.5. During this initial project creation you will notice an MSI configuration dialog appear.
When the project is successfully created the VSTO 2010 Runtime will have installed the Office 3.5 Runtime Extensions which will transition the runtime into the following state allowing the project to be F5'd.
If .NET Framework 3.5 was on the box prior to the Visual Studio 2010 installation then the runtime will be installed in its entirety (both Office 3.5 and Office 4.0 Runtime Extensions "turned on") and no Install on Demand will take place from that point on.
If you weren't already aware, VSTO 2010 will be included in the Office 2010 installation. This is great news for end users who will not have to install the VSTO 2010 Runtime redistributable to execute customizations that target .Net Framework 3.5. Note that in the Beta and RTM releases of Office 2010 you will NOT get Office 4.0 Runtime Extensions (or the capability for them to be "turned on"). If you are deploying customizations that target .Net Framework 4 and they will run on Office 2010 you will need your users to install the VSTO 2010 Runtime redistributable (and of course before their customization will run they will have to install .Net Framework 4).
End users who install Office 2010 will receive the VSTO runtime and the Office 3.5 Runtime Extensions "turn on" capability. That is, if .NET Framework 3.5 is on the machine then these extensions will be installed and "turned on" otherwise they will be ready to "turn on".
End users who install the redistributable, either through the bootstrapper (setup.exe) or the download center, will receive both extensions and be able to run customizations that target both .Net Framework 3.5 and 4. No matter how the machine is configured, at the time the redistributable is installed, all deployed solutions will be able to run as long as the appropriate target .Net Framework version is present. Note that this is not limited to ClickOnce deployment, custom MSI deployment will also work this way. For customizations deployed via ClickOnce the "turning on" of extensions will occur during the installation process and for MSI deployment on first load of the customization. In both these cases users will see the MSI configuration dialog (shown in the image above) briefly.
In conclusion, Install on Demand coupled with the VSTO 2010 Runtime shipping with Office 2010 simplifies many deployment scenarios. End users of Office 2010 customizations that target .Net Framework 3.5 will never need to manually install the VSTO 2010 Runtime nor know of its existence. Those still using Office2007 or Office 2010 with .Net Framework 4 will have the flexibility to install the VSTO 2010 Runtime without worrying if they have the correct .Net Framework down before doing so.
What are the term of license for redistributing *Utilities DLL since these have to be embedded into one application if the Add-in is targetting .NET 4.0?
"any assembly that ends with
*.Utilities.dll. The Utilities assembly is only present when your Office solution targets .NET 4 and the
assembly is meant to be deployed along with your application."
Can someone reply to my question about coexistence of VST 2005 and 2010 run-times on the same machine?
Thanks & Regards,
Hi VSTO Team,
>>add-ins for the VSTO 2005 SE runtime use a different format in the registry key. when Office sees the different registry key, it will load the VSTO 2005 SE runtime.
Does it mean I cannot have both run times on the same machine? Can you please elaborate your reply?
My requirement is to deply my new add-ins developed using VST 2010 and old add-ins developed using VSTO 2005 on the same user machines. I do not want to upgrade the old add-ins right now. If I deply both add-ins and run-times on the same machine, will they work without any issues?
maybe a stupid question, but if you deploy Office 2010 with SP1 and after that .Net 4.0, will Office 3.5 runtime extensions be installed and turned on so VSTO 3.5 add-ins will work? Or are in Office 2010 SP1 the Office 4.0 runtime extensions integrated?
Thank you for support, kind regards
Hi again,
sorry, but the sequence is vice versa, so Office 2010 with SP1 will be deployed AFTER .net 4.0
Hi albert89,
Office 2010 SP1 will install both 3.5 and 4.0 extensions, but only if the matching .NET Framework is installed. So for VSTO 3.5 add-ins to work in that case, the .NET Framework 3.5 would need to be installed.
I may of missed this, but when determining what version of VSTOto install (x86 or x64), is that determination based on the Installed version of office, or the installed version of Windows?
For example, if I have a 64-bit version of Windows installed, and a 32-bit version of Office (2007/2010), then would I be installing the 32 or 64 bit version of VSTO? While I am asking, would this scenario determine the version of .NET to install?


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This friendly guide helps you grasp the basics and take charge on the field. You'll get lots of expert advice on teaching essential skills to different age groups, ...
This friendly guide helps you grasp the basics and take charge on the field. You'll get lots of expert advice on teaching essential skills to different age groups, determining positions for each player, promoting teamwork, keeping kids healthy and injury-free, helping struggling players improve their skills and encouraging your best players to make the most of their talents, and leading your team effectively during a game. Discover how to:
It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Make yourself the perfect somebody with a little help from Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies.
Part I: Gearing Up to Coach Lacrosse.
Chapter 1: Teaching Lacrosse to Children.
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Chapter 4: Parental Guidance: Meeting Your Players' Parents.
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Vandals Have Painted A Postbox Gold To Celebrate Lizzy Yarnold's Gold At The Winter Olympics
It isn't the most impressive paint job, to be honest.
1. Lizzie Yarnold won gold in the Women's Skeleton last Sunday. It was the tenth gold Great Britain has ever achieved at the Winter Olympics.
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Her win then prompted a 23,000 strong petition to have her own gold postbox in her hometown of West Kingsdown, in Kent.
2. You know… all gold medallists got one painted by the Royal Mail during London 2012.
Well, some people couldn't wait for Royal Mail to respond to the petition. They decided to do it themselves.
3. It's not the best paint job to the honest.
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4. I mean look, entire PATCHES of it are still red.
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C'mon guys.
5. Unless the vandals followed the "you should do a first coat, let it dry and then come back and do the second coat" thing. Like when you paint your hallway.
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MANGALORE: The Dakshina Kannada District Sahitya Parishat will organise a programme on the works of noted Kannada litterateur Ram. Shree. Mugali here on November 12, according to Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, president of the district unit of the parishat.
Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, Mr. Kalkura said that the late Mugali made a significant contribution to Kannada literature through his works. "Kannada Sahitya Charitre" written by him stands testimony to his talent.
His work bagged the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 and has been recognised and welcomed by all sections of writers.
Till date, it remains an important work in Kannada literature. Mugali also wrote poetry, drama and stories. Some of his prominent works include "The heritage of Karnataka," "Kanasina keladi," "Karana purusha," "Agni varna," "Savithri," "Basiga," "Motu mara mathadithu," and "Shikshanada munnade".
Mugali worked as a teacher for over a decade at Bangalore University and at Willington College, Sangli (Maharasthra) for three decades. He was president of the All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelan held in Tumkur in 1963.
Centenary year
The programme "Ram. Shree. Mugali Nurara Namana" will be held to observe the centenary year of the late writer.
Srinivasa Havanur, senior researcher; Mahalinga Bhat, Reader, Department of Kannada, St. Aloysius College; Gananatha Ekkar, Kannada professor; and B.M. Rohini will speak on the works of Mugali.
Harikrishna Punaroor, former president, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, and Srinivasa Havanoor were present on the occasion.
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On Wednesday, November 5, the American Institute of Architects, Dayton Chapter held its biennial Focus on Design Awards Program in the Gothic Cloister at the Dayton Art Institute.
This salute to design excellence was established to promote and focus attention on Miami Valley architecture firms producing quality and high performance design in adherence to the American Institute of Architect's 10 Principles of Livable Communities.
The 2014 jury was comprised of representatives from the American Institute of Architects Springfield, Missouri. Andrew Wells, FAIA, of Dake Wells Architects served as the jury chair.
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Though I do not fell he is a great pitcher in comparison to Yan and white I do feel he is a huge upgrade. Wayne go get him!
Though I do not fell he is a great pitcher in comparison to Yan and white I do feel he is a huge upgrade. Wayne go get him!
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Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
I know Sauerback would be a decent addition, but he has major issues of his own. After all, the guy was caught hiding from the cops with a woman who was drunk that WASN'T his wife. We don't need that on this team. Sadly enough, maybe Sauerback could be a good influence on Chris Henry?
This is baseball, not Heaven. I'd give him a look and warn the townfolk to lock up their daughters.Originally Posted by redsfanfalcon
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Change the woman in that story to a transvestite hooker and you got Eddie Murphy's story and hey!.....Who don't like The Nutty Dr. Doolitle Professor?
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He's a real loogy. You have to be sure they're not going to try to get away with leaving him out there against RHHs or he'll be more problem than help. And that's assuming he can help at all in his current state.
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Why Didn't Britain Have Televised Debates Before Now?
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Gordon Brown, Britain's embattled prime minister, announced Tuesday that he will hold the country's most hotly contested general election in a generation on May 6, four weeks from now. Before then, the Labour leader will face off in a contest of a very different sort: three televised debates against the heads of the two other major parties, the Liberal Democrats' Nick Clegg and the Tories' David Cameron. The debates — set for April 15, 22, and 29 — are the first such events in British history. Why only now?
Because Brown is desperate. In the British system, voters choose parties rather than vote for their leaders directly. So even though Parliament boasts a rich tradition of political debate dating back centuries, and serving prime ministers must face backbenchers' impudence every week during Prime Minister's Questions, candidates for the premiership have never before faced off on television.
Parliamentarians have actually requested televised debates for nearly two decades, but the parties never seem to be able to make them happen. In 1992, Labour requested a debate, but the Tories refused. In 1997, flailing Tory Prime Minister John Major thought a nationally viewed debate might be just the thing to defeat the charismatic, but young and inexperienced Tony Blair, who was game to do it. But the two camps never came to terms (whether to include the Liberal Democrats was a sticking point), and the event never happened. Four years later, in 2001, Blair was forecast to win the general election in a landslide and therefore declined to debate Tory leader (and noted wit) William Hague. Blair did so again in 2005.
What has changed this time around? Cameron and Clegg — both considerably younger and considered more silver-tongued than the maladroit Brown — publicly agreed to televised debates months ago. Awaiting Labour's response, the country's television networks decided to hold the debates with or without the prime minister. Now fighting a steep uphill battle for victory, Brown had little choice but to agree.
Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the Conservatives worked out terms between themselves and three major television networks. The first debate, which takes place next Thursday, April 15, will focus on domestic affairs; the second on foreign policy and Europe; the third on the economy. The networks and parties have agreed to an exhaustive list of 76 rules — including No. 57 (at the end, everyone shakes hands) and No. 71 (the cameras cannot cut to the audience when the debaters are talking).
The debates will broadly resemble those in the United States. The moderator is there to moderate, but not to comment; each participant has a minute to answer a question and a minute to respond to the others' answers. Half the debate will focus on the given topic, the other half on diverse subjects. The audience — apportioned at a strict 7 Labour to 7 Tory to 5 LibDem ratio — will be a group of locals resembling Britain in terms of age, race, and "social class." The audience cannot clap, but will be able to ask a few pre-approved questions.
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How to Ignite Intellectual Curiosity in Students
I personally have never seen a student that was not curious about something. I have seen many students who have suppressed their curiosity when they enter school to such an extent as to be nearly undetectable, but it is still there. Human beings are hardwired to be curious and being curious is a major activity of childhood and young adulthood (and yet recently more and more students would rather be curious-looking).
Mix It Up a Little
So if we notice students are not curious in our classes, then we should first look at what we are doing, or not doing, that might cause this to happen. Of course I have some suggestions of places to inspect first.
- Is the classroom a bright, cheery, and inviting place?
- In the design of our lessons, do we purposefully try to engage as many senses as possible?
- As we teach, do we go to great lengths to include all students and not just the few who raise their hands?
- Looking at our lessons, in general, is the student doing most of the talking and working?
If the answer to any of the questions is no, then getting students to be curious again is a relatively easy fix: just change what we are doing or not doing. If all of the answers above are yes, then the fix is still possible, but we have to patient. If we are trying to get our students to participate fully in the inquiry process, we have to remember that most likely, they have been conditioned to do the opposite of inquiry -- shut up and listen. Depending on the severity of the case, this may take a while to get them "unconditioned."
Inquire Within
Several years ago, I was involved with the Ford PAS program, which has an awesome business and STEM inquiry-based curriculum. We brought in 30 ninth graders, from three different schools, for a nine weeks summer course. The first week when students were presented the inquiry lessons, they did not know what to do. They just sat there, silent.
The Ford PAS folks had anticipated this and created a course to help student learn how to do inquiry. Since the instructors of the summer program had the students all day long, for the first week, they used this introductory lesson and basically trained them how to ask questions, brainstorm solutions, collaborate with their groups, and investigate possibilities. You would not have recognized the groups after nine weeks.
No one had to tell them to ask clarifying questions, critically analyze or research; it was automatic, and instead of silence, an energetic buzz of conversation abounded when they were given their final assignment.
My point in sharing this is that if you are just starting inquiry, and have all of your other teaching ducks in order, then just be patient and for heaven's sake, don't freak out because of the silence during the first inquiry lesson. You have to be willing to let them fail a few times before they get it. Students are smart and they will remember what it is like to be intellectually curious and they will appreciate the liberty that you are giving them.
The Standards and Testing
You may object by saying, "But I don't have time to play games or do projects (or to allow students to be curious). I have to teach them (drill them) on the content of the state standardized tests!" I say to you, "So...? What is your problem? The students are the ones that have to take the test, let them worry about it."
"Oh, so you get graded on how well your students perform? Then it is in your best interest to help the students reignite their curiosity so learning is easier and more enjoyable for everybody!"
Just so you understand where I come from, I believe that there are many things in the current educational system that need to be changed, however, state standardized testing is not one of them. I firmly believe that NCLB, although not perfect, is a great step in the right direction. I believe this because I have seen administrators and teachers, who, previously concerned only about local grades and behavior for some students, now are concerned with all students actually learning something.
Although we have a long way to go yet, at least the state standardized testing sets minimum standards for teachers to attain (notice I did not say students). The main hurdle now is to get teachers to quit teaching right up to the minimum standards, but instead, to inspire learning beyond the them.
Give Time to Explore, Think, and Discover
I am reading an interesting book by Daniel Willingham called, Why Don't Students Like School? that I think will help you reignite the flames of curiosity. Willingham gets to the crux of the matter right away: It is not the state testing that is doing the damage. It is the teacher's reflexive response to state testing. Too many teachers assume that the best and quickest way to get information into students' brains is to tell them what they should know and then expect them to know it.
Willingham also introduces in his book the concept that, "Memory is the residue of thought." This means that we remember most what we think about most. If the students are interested and inspired to think about things for prolonged periods, then memory is enhanced. This is where inquiry, constructivism, and curiosity come into play -- providing opportunities for students to think about what they are learning. In this way, memory is improved, students do better on standardized tests, and, guess what? Students enjoy learning! Problem solved.
How do you get your students to be curious and want to learn? Please share your thoughts.
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Wonderful Post. For more on learning and living with curiosity check out > Curious? by Todd Kashdan. It is a book that I wish all parents would read.
It seems that teachers are torn between drilling in concepts with limited time available and allowing for the expression of curiousity which has the potential for disruption if not kept on a short leash.
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The time spent igniting students' attention, curiosity, and motivated interest is more than regained in the engaged, focused behavior (and subsequent long-term memory) one sees when children are joyfully, successfully learning. Link to my article: The neuroscience of joyful learning from my website: www.RADTeach.com
As I recall - it was several years ago - the STEM analysis noted specifically that the failure of teachers in US 8th grade science classrooms was the failure to engage in reflection. (As compared to teachers in countries where scores were higher. Though it was probable that the low number of degreed teachers in science was also an important factor.)
NCLB is an externality.
I fight for the ARTS in EDUCATION! Taking children tothe history and appreciation of drawing, painting, theatre, photography, radio, TV, and FILM is just fabulous for stimulating children to see history, social mores, a discovery of inventions/inventors, understanding a history of technology, learning about contributions people who changed the world.
The arts connect to all the subjects which every teacher teaches. It is so important. And teaching the arts is so enjoyable. More important, children love the arts. And the benefits for each child are priceless.
There are siimply no excuses. The arts must be taught. Every child deserves to have their creativity tapped in education, as well as learn to read, write and compute.
Ironically, there is no need for drilling and it is built into the arts to reflect and learn to connect the dots to history and science.
And, the most wonderful aspect of all is how students share their experiences with their peers immediately. That sharing is contagious and builds self-esteem. It is a win-win situation creating curiosity for peers, teachers and parents.
I confess, I have a Cinematography class as well as teaching technology-associated affairs. I argued (above) that art is a good way to maintain an element of creativity in the curriculum. The main article however, argues for integrating creativity into project learning modules and implies this is adequate to instill creativity necessary for the purposes of k-12 education.
If the article espouses eliminating the arts in favor of integrated creative exercise, it makes some dangerous assumptions.
First of all, it assumes adults in general to have the creative capacity to design and foster this activity. Second, it assumes the ability to judge creative effort.
On the capacity issue, I believe education in general to have several pathologies. One of them is misunderstanding creative processes on an institutional level. The article steps dangerously close to this precipice. That plays into the second count because it presumes knowledge of a field to be - and here is my real ontological problem ;-) - complete and easily measured by rubric when it is really a matter of art in the sense of "what is real art." You can give me a rubric that asks me to measure art, and I will measure it.
On the count of institutional pathology; I passionately believe the ability of the general population (administrators are general population) to be critical of art is laughable. I'm not going to support that because it could get offensive.
I'm not saying the main article is wrong about the creative nature of project-based learning. I'm just saying that getting off the ground with it in the US is a huge challenge institutionally. I don't believe the human capital exists if we tell the art teaching staff to get jobs packing tomatoes.
When I introduce sketching panels for storyboarding to my freshman class and ask who in the class has been exposed to drawing in one or two point perspective, the answer is 2 out of 25. When I draw an example on the board, another 1 hand goes up. This means that in 9 years of art, only 10% of them can draw the interior of a room. My students come from all over the district (265,000 students), so I know there are 1 or 2 7th grade art teachers, teaching perspective. This is not just my opinion. I have asked the 2D and 3D teachers who teach the AP courses about their experiences. Their opinion is similar to mine.
One more observation. A couple of weeks ago I heard Ken Robinson speak about how our system crushes creativity out of the student population. It isn't deliberate, but it is true nonetheless. Expecting the people that think they are actually working to create a population of creative, smart kids while simultaneously stamping on their little souls, to implement this change is disingenuous.
Saying all it takes is lesson planning while the structure of the organization is designed to push in the exact opposite direction is self-defeating.
Wow, a lot to think and reflect on/ mostly to assume that adults in general have the creative capacity to design and foster this activity. BINGO!! This is the largest part of the problem. The ones that I see resist are the dear people who did not receive the ARTS in any of their education.
I agree with you full heartedly. I cannot say it better than you. Sir Ken is amazaing. I learn so much from him. And, I see depressed children every day and I know the arts could help them have a reason to come to school and discover at least one thing they love to do. Thank you for your schollarly response.
When we discuss creativity, experiences from the past inevitably bubble up. One is from college, when we used to make fun of the elementary ed majors that had no clue in studio courses. They generally could recognize art but had no idea how to talk about it or conceive it. I think this speaks to the general discussion of attacking the arts. It is a bit like attacking evolution. People that do it are simply ignorant because they lack a mental framework for using it.
This makes me vulnerable to deconstruction of course, but I think the ability to measure the creative utility of a concept is what distinguishes an artist. Persons with no ability can recognize art, but cannot recognize non-art.
That brings up the seond item. I bought a lovely steam punk bracelet for my daughter-in-law, becoming familiar with the website etsy in the process. It is a huge marketplace for small craftspeople. It has spawned an immensely popular site that uses a satiric take on art but is NSFW: regretsy. The author was surprised to be invited to etsy community meetings as she did not think her snide comments could be popular. She was wrong. The artists and craftspeople on etsy see her as the Simon Cowell of etsy.
She is the critical voice of the community. She says: "This is not art!" And that's my point. Recognizing and fostering creativity is not for people who think they can do it because they recognize and appreciate art.
We have recently begun really focusing on developing science labs that will help to teach the standards in our state. In piloting a few of those labs this last year, I can say that the enthusiasm of my students during these class sessions is refreshing and inspiring. Most of us teachers learn best when we get to participate fully in inservice or professional development classes. Why do we think our students should learn any differently? As the encouragement of lessons that foster inquiry in students continues, we can say with confidence that students learning and retention will improve as well.
I really appreciate this post! I whole-heartedly agree that teaching through inquiry is the most effective way to capture and sustain students' attention and help students perform well on state assessments. I am a second grade teacher in Colorado. I strive to teach using inquiry on a daily basis. It is rare to find a student who will not participate and engage in lessons where his or her own curiosity is valued and incorporated into the learning. I am always amazed at the high quality of my second graders' questions and their desire to find the answers for themselves. However, this "magic" did not happen right away. When our school opened two years ago, we had a student body that came from many different schools. Our school decided to work towards becoming an authorized International Baccalaureate School. At the heart of the IB program is inquiry-based learning. This type of learning was new for many teachers and students. As the students and staff get more comfortable with inquiry, we are seeing improved student achievement.
I once saw an excellent example of a way to get students used to asking and refining their questions at a workshop on inquiry teaching. The presenter put an object into a box. Our job as workshop participants was to ask yes or no questions that would help us figure out what was in the box. The first time we tried this exercise, our questions were very basic. Eventually, after a few tries, our questions got more sophisticated and it took fewer and fewer questions to figure out the object. I have tried this with students and have found it to be a great way to introduce asking high-level questions.
Here's another idea I got from my principal-I have a chart in my room with four boxes-What I think I know, What I want to know, Learnings, and Misconceptions. At the beginning of a new unit, I ask students to write on a sticky note what they think they know about our new concept and on another sticky note what they want to learn. They then put the notes in the appropriate boxes on the chart. Throughout the unit, they add sticky notes to the Learnings section. As they learn new things that contradict what they thought they knew, they move those sticky notes into Misconceptions. Students are free to get up and put or move a sticky note on the chart at any time. Previously, I was using a traditional KWL chart (know, want to know, learned). The addition of "misconceptions" prompts students to be more reflective about their knowledge.
I look forward to hearing other ideas about inquiry teaching!
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Watching the Yettinahole snake through the undulating terrain of dense forests and rocky outcrops, it is hard to imagine that the docile stream is at the centre of a heated debate.
The natural course of the Yettinahole sees it eventually make its way to the Kempuhole, near Gundia, and then tumbles down crevices and valleys of the Western Ghats to join the Netravati.
The State government, however, would rather have it dragged up in a pipe, churned in a pump rotor, lifted over one of the hills nearby, and flowing down to the arid plains of Chitradurga, to be let out through the taps of Kolar, Chickballapur, Tumkur and Bangalore Rural districts.
The stream is at the centre of the controversial Yettinahole diversion project, which environmentalists call the "Netravati diversion project" and the government more innocuously "Diversion of floodwaters of Netravati river at Sakleshpur."
Unlike in Dakshina Kannada, where opposition to the project is based on declining flow into the Netravati, in the numerous solitary houses that dot the hills around the Shiradi Ghat — where the Yettinahole is born — the issue is about land and environment.
"If they build dams and lay pipes here, our forests will get destroyed," said Veerabhadraiah, who owns paddy fields at Kadagarahalli. Around 60 houses in the villages of Alvahalli and Kadagarahalli surround the proposed weir at Yettinahole.
As a team of reporters made its way to the sights of three weirs nearby — there are a total eight spread over either sides of national highway 75 at Maranhalli — villagers stressed on the need to stop the project that will irreversibly scar their lush environs and the fragile harmony they have with the wildlife of the forests nearby.
"It is a project only for unemployed engineers," ranted H. Devraj.
Even though the villagers say they have seen officials flit in and out for the past four years, they have yet to receive any concrete information on the project. Devi, a resident, said two acres of her land may be taken for the project — according to survey stones — but has not yet received any official intimation.
Two blue markings — perhaps, charting out a dam site — by the streams, and scattered survey blocks are the only signs of the controversial project.
Eight weirs will be constructed across the four streams in the area — roughly 15 km separate the first stream and the last. As much as 24.01 tmcft of water will be diverted every year from the Yettinahole, Kadumanehole, Hongadahallahole and Kerihole for "drinking water purposes", the State government has informed the Ministry of Environment and Forests in a letter on March 28.
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With the waters, even at their peak, not seemingly enough to supply 24 tmcft, opponents fear that more streams may be tapped. "There may be only 8 or 9 tmcft in the Yettinahole, and the government may extend this project to a lot more streams," said M.C. Dongre, secretary of the CPI's Hassan district committee.
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