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Debate: Should students rely on technology for their homework?
Today, students use ipods, ipads, phones, laptops, and different tablets to use the internet to help them with their homework. Don't know a word? Google it. Don't know the answer to this math problem? Use a calculator. And so on. Does this make sense?
Oct 19 2012: it is one thing to use technology to blindly answer a question when you don't even understand what you're answering. it's another thing to use it as a tool when you fully understand what you are doing.
it's the difference between relying on something and utilizing something. relying is not so good.Oct 22 2012: As anything in the world, technology has its up sides and down falls when incorporated to the education system. There is no question that using technology is very convenient for taking and preserving class notes, organizing assignments and planning ahead of time, however, the problem with this is that it creates a 'tech dependency' that is difficult to escape from.
Students in the past had to hand write everything, and the only source that could be used when they did not understand something, apart from asking the teacher, was books such as the dictionary and the encyclopedia. They had to learn to manage time independently, and they had to learn to keep notes organized so that they could be used when necessary. As a result, students in the past were very independent and down to earth.
Compared to this, the students today have all commodities that could make education simpler; internet and compact technology. Students go on the internet for all kind of help, including websites, translation kits and Q and A sites. This may seem like a positive change, however, in the long run it creates tech-dependent adults, because they need this convenience for anything that they are responsible to do. Life does not work that way: sometimes we are demanded more than what technology can offer us in a golden plate. We have to study from analog sources, and interact with other people face to face.
Technology may help students reach for a variety of information the fastest and easiest way possible, but at the same time make them inefficient without its help.Nov 18 2012: technology is just a medium, what counts is that you use your own brain in what you are learning and contributing on the subject. for example, if you find the meaning of a word or concept through an internet search once and then you intentionally use it and apply it beyond that homework, you are learning. but if you have to keep searching for the same thing, you are not engaging with the concept.Nov 17 2012: I'm joining this conversation late, so I apologize if I'm repeating other's ideas. My understanding of teaching and learning took a quantum leap when I stumbled upon Bloom's Taxonomy (with Anderson's update) of cognitive activities:
knowledge, (remembering)
comprehension, (understanding)
application, (applying)
analysis, (analyzing)
synthesis, (creating the highest level in Anderson's update)
evaluation, (evaluating)
Yes, I found this on the web.
Most of the comments I've read only address the lowest level of cognitive activity - knowledge. Learning, to be of any use to the learner, at a minimum must get to the third level - understanding. To learn in a meaningful way - to develop the ability to use your own mind to manage your life and contribute to society requires the learner to actually exercise their own mind and develop not just knowledge, but understanding and the abilities to integrate new knowledge with what is already known and apply it to multiple different situations.
Or simply put, using technology as a learning aid can be helpful *if* students are required to do more than just collect information or harvest the results of others' efforts. Teachers have to demand that their students get beyond collecting information by giving assignments and guiding classroom exercises that require students to demonstrate understanding and synthesis of new information.
For example, a test question like "What's the state capitol of Maine?" signals students that all they need to do to pass tests is memorize facts. Questions like "Why does the US federal government have 2 houses of Congress?" or "What are some advantages and some disadvantages of having only 2 major political parties in the US?" signals students that they need to use facts that they've learned for purposes above and beyond just knowing something.
Nov 17 2012: Hey Louise,
I really liked your final point about students using higher cognitive abilities than basic memorization (ie looking up on wikipedia). I agree that if the teachers learn to adapt to the technology appropriately we will get students who are better able to use creative thinking and problem solving to answer questions instead of just basic fact digging. I mean I think this could be easily compared to when calculators came out and people were worried about the fact that students wouldn't be able to do basic mathematics in their head, however that technology has allowed us to move past the basic drudge work and spend more time on the process of mathematical reasoning. Although I do sometimes feel helpless without a calculator, I won't lie... need to practice my times tables I guess.
Tiis Bishop
Oct 26 2012: I think students should be able to use all tools at their disposal, they'll need to know how to use them to get ahead in the work force. Knowledge of all aspects of the web and it's capabilities in necessary to thrive in this day and age.
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Student User
Oct 21 2012: As a student, I believe that technology helps with assignments and studying, but we should not rely on it. Not all the information you find online is accurate.Oct 20 2012: Yes, students should rely on technology for their homework.
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That said, the main danger is that you will come to rely on technology as a substitute for direct experience and experimentation, moving you away from other solutions that allow for other kinds of knowledge.
I will give you some specific examples where relying on technology too much will cause our society significant problems. I believe we may have developed neural structures over the eons that allow us to whisper information up and down through time and the generations, and across space. We see evidence of this in indigenous cultures, with people regularly "talking" with their ancestors, receiving wisdom. I also see evidence when our own CIA had a fairly well funded program which is now commonly referred to as "remote viewing", for the purpose of using "extra sensory perception" on military targets.
Perhaps the biggest example I could give though, is the case of indigenous peoples who implicitly know how to make medicine out of plants (or animals even) in the wild - they know how to do this, despite that fact that we Westerners, with all our great technology, can't find crap in the rain forests without the help of people that figured this out, without "technology".
Let me repeat that - these so called primitive people figured out critically important medicines that we rely on today, that we could not have figured out with technology. When you ask them how, they answer something like, "the plants spoke to me."Oct 19 2012: Ultimately, students are best to rely on themselves, using technology as learning tools, not relying on them. Less we pitfall languorously while masquerading as time efficient. Perhaps this creates dependency, contributing to illiteracy. Or, not
James Zhang
Oct 18 2012: Yes.
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In real-world practice and applications, I would say that being able to navigate the web to search for your answer is more valuable of a skill than trying to solve the problem yourself. From my experience, you find the answer you need like 99% of the time on the web. If the technology is there, why not use it? A lot of times, you're required to understand the answer yourself anyways. Granted, using external resources can depend on the context of the task at hand.
If the questions to the student are google-able, even though the purpose of the questions are for the students to solve on their own, then that's imo bad design. If the teacher wants students to figure things out on their own without external help, then the questions should be designed accordingly.
Oct 19 2012: An excellent question may be google-able. For example, what do you think of students posting a question here asking what the three main ideas are in a talk? Or for people's perspectives on some aspect of a classic book the student is assigned to reflect about?
The same can happen with problems in mathematics.
Posing "figure out" homework questions to others on the internet and transcribing the result is typically possible but creates dependence on others rather than developing an ability to think or consider. It is not unlike copying a classmate or having your dad do your homework.
Oct 19 2012: Well, I wouldn't consider those "google-able" since you require other people to answer those questions, whereas finding answers via Google is just searching if there's an answer out there without the need for anyone to reply to your query.
Fritzie -
Oct 18 2012: The internet is a valuable and efficient source of information, provided the student has learned to distinguish credible sources from those that are not credible.
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But students should not be looking online for the answers to questions they are supposed to "figure out" rather than "find out."
Marie Binney
Nov 12 2012: This question encompasses far more than homework; it considers the fundamental roots of our education system today and how it has rapidly changed as technology has advanced. The proliferation of the mobile device, specifically among the younger population, has created an increasingly short attention span. Rather than demand our students learn to read, write and do math in the standard fashion, educators have adapted to this shorter, "sound bite", attention of the new generation. Further, educators feed the need of these children to be entertained and have created a form of "edutainment" using technology, media, info-graphics and quick lessons.
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Why do children need an iPad or a computer to learn to multiply? Or to learn a simple history lesson? Or biology? Take the homework question out of the equation. Did many of us not learn these lessons from textbooks and highly qualified teachers? Computer skills are separate from these lessons; I don't deny their importance, but they are not fundamental to teaching the core of the English language, mathematics or science. In fact, computers are often an impediment to teaching children how to spell and write. The cost of education is skyrocketing while the quality is plummeting. Ask yourself why.Nov 7 2012: I find it funny that people ask about technology while meaning computers when even a pen or pencil was a technological innovation at the time. Speech, the written word, the dictionary, the thesaurus, and mathematics are all also forms of technology as well regardless of whether we're talking electronic, written or spoken. The technology just gives people more ways of figuring things out and making sense of the world in multiple respects. Should students rely on the technologies you're citing? Yes. Should they rely SOLELY on the technologies you're citing? No.Nov 2 2012: It really doesn't work that way. The written word is still powerful in the ranks of the educated and engineering. It will never go away. But, the fact that illiteracy can expand as children are given more powerful tools to educate themselves says much about how a lazy lifestyle can lead to undereducated.
As technology increasingly takes over jobs and provides commodities that are superior in quality the hand made products, we would expect to see a decrease in the need for educated people. This is what we are seeing today. If I want a product, depending on how complex that product is, I can probably have it manufacture without human hands ever touching it.
So, if we can use technology to solve all our problems, whey do we need educated people in the first place? Even most General practice doctors can't produce a diagnosis as well as computer software and a few technicians supervised by a nurse. Already the computer has replaced the great majority of workers in the office environment. CNC machines and automated assembly lines have already replaced a host of workers and craftsmen.
I'm afraid the trend is for smarter machines and not so smart people. The big question is how do we get rid of the unneeded people? How do we prevent them from reproducing? Bill Gates and his people have an answer for that questions. Viruses. Has anyone noticed how those simple colds we used to fight off and have increased in number each year and appear to last longer and longer?Nov 1 2012: I'm a current student in Australia and I must disagree with the belief that technology is ruining the schooling systems. Assignments cannot be copied from the internet as any assignment nowadays must be handed into a school run website that insures there are no sections of plagiarized material. Working on technology also decreased the need for paper in the classroom which has environmental benefits, and technology also allows students to be connected to teachers whenever a problem arises. Therefore I see technology more as a blessing than the curse that so many perceive it.
Nov 1 2012: My daughters had to do this also when they were in high school in the United States. It is not universal, though.Oct 31 2012: I think assignments should be different from what they've been in the past, even though I'm not sure of the new form they should take; but I think one may not have learned anything if almost all the assignments can be copied from some online page and then pasted and submitted. Some schools are able to notice and penalize plaigarism.
So much has been change about the need to change the education system; but I think the mode of assessment should also be considered for change.
Nov 2 2012: I'm taking online college courses and they talk openly about the test questions, even before taking the test. It's as if testing mean nothing anymore or is second place to understanding the material. I don't know what methods we will use to qualify people for their careers in the near future.
Learning such things as Genetics is a simple task these days for those who really want to learn. For the others, It is an insurmountable task and always was for them during school. Some want to know while others simply want to exist. Engineering is still math intensive and there is no way around it.
I've tested the young people around me and they all know many facts but if you pose them with a question that demands logic and math, they fall on their face. What they don't know they can find out real fast these days but if you ask them to solve a problem they can't do it in a reasonable amount of time. The harder the problem, the more time it takes, the more frustrated they become. The amazing thing is how short a time it takes to get to the point of frustration than it used to take with more primitive educational tools.
I believe in the dummy down process as knowledge become even more available. You can pretty well judge how a child will end up in life from the video games they play and how they use their cell phones.
We are approaching a time when we will have to decide how we are going to decrease the population of this planet. Population culling is the only path to a Class I Civilization.Oct 31 2012: I spare a thought just for a moment what would happen if we don't have a technological revolution ?
There is no doubt that technology has made a drastic change in our life , nobody could deny that . Students now could tackle with plethora of obstacles which face them everyday , and that doesn't mean they will depend entirely on it and neglect their mind , they have to balance . in addition , it is lovely to take into our account the advantages from getting a lot of information easily and faster .Oct 31 2012: As an American teacher of science, I find that the challenge is students don't engage in schoolwork the same way they engage in everyday life. I really want them to marry the idea that what I am teaching them is not information to be stored in a box, but to integrate into their lives AT THAT MOMENT. So I go about finding ways (technology included) to get them to do that. So I agree with Yuddandi that students shouldn't have too much technology that could water down the learning process (by finding instant answers), AND I also agree with others that say we should teach them to use technology to solve a vast array of problems. The MOST important factor, comes from within the student: intrinsic motivation. In 4 years of teaching and 23 years of parenting, I find kids learn best when their misconceptions are interrupted and teachers create disequilibrium.Oct 31 2012: Manipulating technology to solve problems should be a central part of their education. As for the usual complaint raised at this point, my opinion is that there is no better way to learn a system than to try to cheat it. We teach our kids what to think and not how to think. I firmly believe that each human being harbors something singular. Something that will draw him in and become a permanent and satisfying part of his life. Teach children to use the machines that will open the vast array of knowledge we have accumulated in five thousand years. In simpler terms teach them the basics and then get out of their way.
Nov 10 2012: I'm a student and we use technology integrated in our school and education system – which I believe gives me a credible insight to the issue.
Yes, I think your idea of trying to use "reverse psychology" to make students smarter by 'tricking' them into thinking they're cheating is a good idea, and perhaps also a healthy challenge to creativity. The problem is that it cannot be an official announcement, because cheating is illegal.
Secondly, and most importantly, what I've experienced so far is that we have a new subject in maths, for instance, and learn a lot of new methods and techniques as to how to solve the problems. When we've learned that, we learn which commands to use in our calculation programs, and how to solve such problems, then we write those down – and every time we get a home assignment, we simply use those commands and let the calculator-program do all the work. By the time we get to the final exam, and we can no longer use the computers, far the most people have forgotten how to solve the issues by hand method
We become too dependent on the computers, because we are taught how to solve the issues by commands, and not by how to think of the answer by ourselves. That is an issue, and creativity dies out that way. Something needs to be done about it, and I think "encouraging" students into cheating by being smart might be a healthy solution to that issue.
Ishaan Jalan
Oct 31 2012: As a student myself, I think technology when used with moderation (within the guidelines set forth by a competent teacher) can be tremendously useful in helping students understand their work better. This is certainly the case where professors assign homework that is specific to them i.e. they have created the problems themselves and are confident that answers cannot be simply copied from the internet. Before the advent of technology, the ability for students to collude and complete homework always existed. Technology simply makes it easier. With respect to the part of the question that asks whether such behavior makes sense - of course it does. Modern advancements have increased greatly the comfort and ease with which humans can interact, work, etc. It should come as no surprise that the internet has led to students being able to find information faster and with greater ease. In many cases, students learn better from online resources (i.e. Khan Academy) than from their teachers at school - the case for homework is no different. The internet has simply made it harder for professors to assign homework that they know students can find the answer to online and they need to be more creative with the problems they assign.Oct 31 2012: I think the question should not be centered on if the students should rely on technology or not, but instead on which level of technology is appropriated for each grade, elementary scholars should not use a calculator for their homework however high school students not only should but must. What level of technology should be allowed on each grade must be based on the maturity of the average student of that grade.
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John Yang
Oct 28 2012: No, students should never rely on technology for homework. By relying on technology, students create the harmful dependence relationship that flunks boatloads of students on tests simply because they cannot work independently on problems aimed to test the understanding of mathematical knowledge and the development of mathematical thinking. Students should rely on innate abilities to do homework, only using technology on occasion as tools to further expand on mathematical self-discoveries or ideas.
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Take the analogy of a mechanic. In his toolbox is a variety of tools that he uses to do useful work. Yet he doesn't carry a wrench in his hand 24/7 nor does he tighten every bolt he sees with that wrench. Similarly, students should not be armed with a calculator and Yahoo! Answers to finish math homework by plugging in numbers and equations into calculators or cut&paste answers online into their homework. In the short-term, they do work, but in the long-term, they aren't doing useful work.
Oct 31 2012: Try not to be so negative. The kids in those classrooms are learning something far more important than history, biology and physics, they're learning how to interact with and use an electronic network in all its assciated forms, which for the first time in human history makes instantaneous communication and knowledge retrieval possible.
In order to accomplish this it is first necessary to learn how to handle the hardware. No better way to learn the system than by trying to cheat with it. You let a one year old baby fall enough and he will soon learn to walk. And when these kids today get to their feet and start running you better hold on 'cause it't going to be a wild ride.
Oct 31 2012: Yes, using technology may give rise to understanding concepts, hence teachers teach students about using calculators, online graphing tech or SAGEMATH (which I suggest everyone use).
But the question is not the general understanding of math. It's the usage of tech when doing homework. At this stage, homework is used to reinforce concepts and make students apply their new-found knowledge. In this sense, tech plays a smaller role because it can only verify answers.Oct 26 2012: I think in today's day and age, technology in schools and universities are absolutely necessary. It makes the course material more accessible to everybody and makes assignments much easier to submit. Although it makes student life a lot easier it can also be stressful if there are issues with the technology. For example if you have a assignment due at 11:59pm and the server crashes at 11:50, you are pretty much hooped for that assignment.
August Peng
Oct 26 2012: Whether students should rely on technology for their homework largely depends upon their attitude towards the information that they can acess through these advanced learning devices. If students believe that all information related to their homework on the internet is absolutely correct without a doubt leading them to naturally seek answers of their homework without any cogitaion when doing homework, then relying on technology has baneful effect on students. Otherwise these products of technology will be beneficial auxiliary learning tools and bring nothing but benefits to students study.
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PS. I am a university student in China who is still learning English now so that if I make some grammatical mistakes or some sentences that are grammatical right but think in Chinese way hindering you to understand, then just feel free to point them out.Oct 26 2012: Technology is a very useful tool for us students, if it is used properly (i.e. for doing homework, researches, ...) and not for too hours and end. I think it is up to parents to monitor how their children use technological devices.Oct 26 2012: Why not? While anyone can take the advantage of technology, why not the students ?
That being said , understand from where you are coming from. My feeling is , the format of homework need to be changed in a way so that despite using technology , students are encouraged to use their creativity.
Our so called education system hasn't evolved as fast as technology evolved that's the challenge.Oct 26 2012: What does it mean "rely on technology for homework"? If it means "should technology be required to complete homework?", my answer is "no". Human brains work differently. For some people, technology is counterproductive. I know people who had straight "A" in high school and who cannot use any software, except the browser. Students should not be forced into one learning style.
What students are studying is also critical for the answer. I believe, computers are not necessary to learn most of the school math. It's difficult to type formulas on a computer or sketch geometrical shapes. I think, learning math is just fine on paper. Ability to calculate numbers is not as important as the ability to learn concepts. Most school math problems use simple integers that do not even require a calculator. And there is no harm in learning to do approximate calculations without a calculator.
Reading a book from start to end on an e-reader is fine, but when it is necessary to switch from chapter to chapter, a paper book is, sometimes, more convenient. For me, it's easier to navigate a paper book. E-books do not provide the same physical sense of where I am in the book.
For literature research, computers are indispensable. Having dictionaries and translators from all languages at fingertips is a huge advantage over paper dictionaries and encyclopedia.
So, there is no unequivocal question to this question (and I googled the definition of "unequivocal" to make sure I'm not misusing the word). It's like asking "should we rely on cars for transportation"?Oct 26 2012: I have a son in high school. On many subjects, he cannot do his homework without a computer - the assignments are online, the text books are online, etc. So, he spends hours "doing homework"... and then has a bunch of "incompletes". Why? Because all his friends are also online, email pops up every minute, links to news and RSS feeds pop up every minute, he can download music, movies, games, etc. Sometimes he spends more time setting up some application or trying to print something than doing actual homework.
High schools require graphing TI calculators these days. My son says, he "needs" it for homework. Yeah, right. After a few days of using it, he figured out how to play "Doom" on that TI calculator (I'm not kidding - the DOS shooter game from 1980s).
My son's high school, in fact, has a policy to have all electronic devices off in class. I think, this is a right policy. At his age, the neural connections in his brain are exploding. Teenagers have hard time navigating their world anyway - tracking assignments, activities, events, commitments, etc. I'm not sure that having all information in the world at their fingertips makes them more productive as students. Sometimes I think that a textbook and a notebook with a pencil might be more effective for homework.
On the other side, these days, it is possible to take an on-line class from Stanford for free. Using technology is a skill.
It seems to me that technology these days develops faster than our ability to use it. Someone has noted that these days an average cell phone has more computing power than NASA mainframe in 1969. NASA used this power to launch a man to the moon, and we use it to launch birds into pigs. It does not seem that technology necessarily makes us smarter or more educated. For sure, it makes us busier. And, perhaps, it's more difficult to brainwash people these days.Oct 25 2012: I don't understand the word "student" here. Since if it's college students then it's not even a debate. Of courseeeeeee. They can use Google to find meaning of a word, they can use calculator. There will be problem when they try to find solution book and then just copy it.
For the case a child learns how to add two numbers; then allow using a calculator will defeat the purpose.Oct 24 2012: Personally, I think knowing how to use technology as a resource to aid learning is almost as important as learning the concept itself. I can cite a few reasons for this:
-Technology saves time: If you life your life as though you were going to die any minute, you become acute aware of just how important time management is. Sure, there is a joy to looking up a word in a dictionary or computing arithmetic manually, and these are exercises that kids can be taught at a young age - however, as they grow older and have 'mastered' basic concepts like these, I don't see why they should be precluded from using the internet or calculators. This is particularly holds true in exams, where time is of the essence. An exam should measure a person's ability to solve problems and think, not their ability to compute complex logarithms or perform arithmetic.
-Technology boosts learning: Technology helps make learning so much more dynamic than a standard teacher-textbook approach. Technology provides us with visualizations, useful resources, and models to help imbibe a concept. Someone who studies anatomy using a an online 3-D model in conjunction with their class is probably going to be able to visualize the human body much better than someone who has only benefited from a textbook perspective.
-Technology is progressive: As a global society, we are constantly pushing boundaries and innovating. Technology is a reflection of this reality. The earlier students are taught to embrace and adopt technology, the more capable they will be to hack, deconstruct, and build new and better technology themselves. This is not to say traditional learning styles should be abandoned all together - there is a great strength in knowing how to use book references/catalogs/arithmetic, especially should technology fail (eg a power outage) - however, not knowing how to use technology is equally crippling, especially in today's age of constant research and innovation.
Technology aids and informs learning.
Reese Kolar
Oct 24 2012: I think the problem, as in any generation with advancing technology, is not whether or not we should be using the technology but whether we understand the technology and are using it with care. In one sense technology can lead us to simplify and organize the base level trudge through simple arithmetic and computation and research to achieve more complex solutions to problems, however without being careful technology can also lead us to dependence on quick answers and instant gratification which, in a situation where technology is not readily accessible, may lead one to feel lost or anxious (or lead one to assume disorders like ADD). I think we can not depend on technology solely as a means to make all decisions nor should we completely reject technology and view it as some evil. We must learn to look critically at our use of technology while also appreciating a beauty and possibilities which it provides.
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Can Ulusoy
Oct 20 2012: actually this problem totally depends on development of technology . students who have ipod, ipad or notebooks feel comfortable because they know reaching information bery easy through these things and they don't need traditional methodsOct 19 2012: I like the using and relying argument. I will use math as an example. My kids school said it was ok to use a calculator in class. I said no and my kids were alone in not using it. My plan was that if they made an error I could not see where they went wrong. I required them to work problems out long hand until such time I knew they understood the proper methods to achieve the correct answer and could apply the method to a real life situation.
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The top achievers will always be capable in education. When the tests that count come along and no calculators are allowed and you must understand the question and the method to derive the correct answer the hard work pays off.
I was a member of the slide rule club (young people may have to look this up). It was a very effective tool. I was laughed at many times but the handy ole slip stick came through often faster than calculators in later years. We all use computers. I cut and paste some of the hard facts into some answers here on TED. I could never have discussed QE3 without research. The Lincoln conversation was all new to me. Some I had heard but the facts were eye opening.
I spent years in the library and in dictionaries doing research and now I use a computer. Today I read Obamas investment portfolio. If your for him it is not good news. Years ago that info would never have come to light. So the computer can make things transparant that others lied about and want to hide.
Teachers know what your capable of and if the report is to good to be true .... it probally ain't true. Your burnt.
Love it or hate it ... it is a fact of life and here to stay.
All the best. Bob.Oct 19 2012: Yes, yes they should. And they better be very effective about it.Oct 19 2012: Not necessarily "rely", i'd say technology assists doing homework. However, in the near future, technology is only going to become more integrated with our society and life in general. Then, we'll probably rely on technology for things such as homework.
gale kooser
Oct 19 2012: Doing field work & getting your hands dirty might never be replaced by the tools & toys that technology provides.
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Developing new items dictates that.
Not everything is on the net either.
Students should be taught the skills without the use of the tools & or toys first.Oct 19 2012: I would say no, because a lot of college/university level information isn't posted online that is readily available. Plus I think it is important to teach them to use multiple different sources (ie internet, books, magazines, audio, video)Nov 18 2012: I feel that the answer to this question rely's more heavily on the students age and grade than a simple yes or no. I have two younger brothers, both of with are constantly required to use technology, not just out of want for ease of access but because it is literally part of an assignment. My youngest brother is 11 and in 5th grade. I personally feel that technology can be a good thing, but to have his homework so dependent upon the technology. I also see your point in a calculator. Recently my husband had his calculator stolen in a class and was at a loss because he needed it in order to do is various math homework. He borrowed one from a friend, but still had an issue because the calculator did not have the same functions as the one that was stolen, because it was an older model.Nov 18 2012: I too have joined this conversation late so again sorry if i repeat any ideas. I am a student in senior school in Australia and my school and government has provided all students with laptops.
As a student with access to technology, i feel that the only necessary times to use internet and other technological contraptions is when i haven't been taught the material I need to know. In Science i'll have to do homework and find out an equation for chemistry and I won't have the knowledge. I can easily access the computer and find my answer.
However i have many friends who use the internet to their advantage for example assignments. They just copy and past slabs of info from the net and hand in an assignment without so much as a nights work. Although the internet is one of the greatest things invented recently, it can still be an unreliable resource where some things are just plain wrong.
I do believe that the internet is terrific however can be used for the wrong reasons and not particularly correct sometimes.Nov 17 2012: YesNov 15 2012: So, how many of you "GoogleIt".......and you find the topic or word you seek.......then something else catches your attention and you GoogleIt....and your off......now, instead of simply finding the definition to one word or info on a single topic you've gone on an educational journey......isn't technology wonderful, specially for we the ADD culture.......However when it comes to Math, there is a saying as much cliche', "It's not the destination but the journey that's important", considerably more important to Math because the journey literally defines the destination.
Our technologies are in their infancy and our educational systems ( and social systems ) are struggling to catchup and keep up. Technology does not teach critical thinking but can support it.
Education will be a moral, ethical, economic, and social imperative over the next 2 decades and technological innovation will not slow, turn, and look back to see what's keeping up, or not.Nov 15 2012: Should students rely on technology for their homework?
As a student myself, it makes sense that you can rely on technology for your homework, provided that you have an accurate source. But, I believe this question touches a far greater subject. That of creativity.
Creative processes and innovations occur when someone knows alot about different subjects and makes new connections between them. This often requires intrinsic knowledge about these subjects.
The availible information technology offers is great, but so much information will not lead to experts on specific subject, but rather to generalists with superficial knowledge about alot of subjects. Technology also withholds people from truely participating with the material, also reducing true understanding of the subject. This, and all the distraction an Ipod, phone, laptop or tablet offers, will reduce creativity and innovation.
So noone should rely on technology, but use technology to assist them.Nov 14 2012: On one hand, it would be somewhat foolish not to use all the resources available at hand. However, I would still say no to the original proposal.Nov 14 2012: As an educator, it is important that students learn how to use technology as a resource. Using a calculator to do mental math is not the quickest way, but the mentality of some elementary educators is "there is a calculator so no need to teach multiplication, addition, etc" then when these students come to high school they don't have number sense. Using technology to further thinking is imperative. If it's faster and learning isn't being taken away, then why not. For example, looking up a word on Google. Students still get the definition, even better they see synonyms and antonyms. Much faster than a dictionary.
Students should start learning, at a very young age the proper uses of technology and how to use it as a resource. Trying to teach students these skills in high school is tough because they often see technology as a toy.Nov 13 2012: Ponder this When you are not in school a kid or working you use any and all technology to do any and all tasks. wE ARE NOT TEACHING CURRENT LEVEL REAL WORLD HOW TO OUR KIDS! So lets allow any and all tech to be used in all forms at all levels in education even in when taking a test! Do this in the USA and YOU TELL ME WHAT THIS GENERATION WILL ACHIEVE!
BTW I am Dyslexic as is my oldest son we were destroyed by the current system!
Nov 14 2012: Fred,
I agree with you that in the workforce we have many resources available to use that we might not have had while in the classroom. The fact of the matter is that the classroom is a learning environment and not a real-world environment. Think about your classroom experiences for a moment, and compare them to your work environment. Do you currently have the opportunity to guess, contemplate or question your answers. I doubt you do because you are expected to have learned a certain set of skills by the time you are employed. The classroom is, or should, be a place of exploration and questioning.
When we deploy every piece of available technology we begin to diminish basic problem solving abilities in our children. Why think about it when I can just looking it up on Google or IM my buddy? Why actually learn math skills when I plug the numbers into my machine and watch the graphs appear? There is no need to learn to plot these graphs myself. I know many people see this as a waste of time, but these core skills are what teach our students how to solve problems, and letting technology do it for them is making them dumber.
As it relates to your specific issue, Fred, the system failed you. Your special learning needs should have been addressed by your individual educators. There is simply nothing else to be said about it. It has nothing to do with the use of technology, but rather the failure of your educators to notice an issue and manage it.
Nov 14 2012: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Charles Frederick wrote:
When a student is asked to solve a problem or writing essay or read a book
if they used all available technology they still do come up with the answer
they still have to read the question-and-answer and with the technology the
questions and the problems could get much more difficult therefore the basic
elements and fundamentals will be learned in a format but much faster and their
ability to solve much more complicated problems a much earlier age will be
obviously enhance
It still amazes me that in this day and age the resistance of society to
utilize the next level of our evolution is so so resisted and entrenched in people like yourselfNov 14 2012: Also the kids are board to death in the current ed system because they use these devices at home and at school the are forced to use a hammer and chisel to write with.Nov 12 2012: I think maybe its a good idea to accept the living situation of our era to let the technology carry the weight of all these information.
What students need to have is wisdom. But it's a good idea to know the references and reliability of the source.
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Nov 10 2012: I think it is sad that a child will no longer know how to go t a library and look up information in books.
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Encyclopedia Britannica has ceased to publish its encyclopedias. This is sad. They go to Wikipedia instead. The only problem with Wikipedia is anyone can contribute to it so it's often inaccurate.
Google tells us everything so easily. We don't have to research any more. We just type a couple of words and we get million of hits of information.
Some say handwriting will cease to exist within 10-15 years. http://hotword.dictionary.com/handwriting/
So much will be lost
Nov 14 2012: Although it's sad that students won't know how to look up books in a library, they will have an infinite number of resources at their hands to do research. The skills we'll have to teach now is how to properly research and how to check for reliability. Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean its true.Nov 14 2012: It will be sad but why not move with times and advance with the technology. So much will be lost, but so much will be gained.Nov 9 2012: students should be given enough time to cultivate their original ideas and use their own brain........the thing is not every student is same......he/she needs to clear his/her basics to put their mind and soul into the task given.......and for that student will always opt for shortcuts....like ipads, phones, tablets, internet,calculators......i dont think student require the hi tech options as solution but yes these surely will develop awareness knowledge and information about specific task........
calculators must not b the solution for calculations as one should develop skills to calculate fast and accurate......even if there are decimals in the calculation or if its metric calculations too.......Nov 9 2012: I don't think students should have to RELY on technology for homework because they should learn how to use other resources to get the information they need for homework.Nov 8 2012: I think that we are changing our relationship with information and knowledge. We are moving from a focus on knowledge acquisition to knowledge access. Partly this is because knowledge is so accessible that we have less need for memorization. Partly it is because the knowledge based economy is so vast and changing so quickly that it is impossible to know everything about a field, and it is our ability to find the knowledge we need that allows us to function.
It is a good thing to teach students how to access information on their own and become self learners. However, there is a certain foundation of education that is often required. If you are pursuing a career in engineering it is important to know how to access the relevant building codes you may need for a project. However, you should be comfortable with the physics behind it (You don't want to be teaching yourself Newtonian mechanics on the job).
The question to me is at what age should technology based homework begin? Will technology become an economic barrier to the public education of kids? Do kids learn better with computers of are they just too full of distractions?Nov 6 2012: They should because that way they can learn the useful skill of looking for information. No one can aspire to know it all, so we should all know where and how to look for the information we require. We could apply here the old saying "what matters is not how good you are, but who you know". In this case, we could substitute "what resources you have" for "who you know". I'm not saying students shouldn't learn new things by heart, but I'm sure that in the future, at least in some fields, it will be more important to know how to find some particular information on the Internet than to know 99% of the facts by heart.
But as I said, they should also learn to be as independent as possible, but if they don't learn to use technology to their advantage they will inevitably stay in an inferior position compared to others. I guess technology is like a smart big brother, can either spoil you or teach you properly, it's up to us to find the right balance.Nov 6 2012: A lot of students are on-line but off-track, if you have to write something and don't have the spell check with you, you are in trouble, so my recommendation for students are 2: first read all you can, the only way to learn how to spell is to read with a dictionary in the hand. Second you have to be hi tech and hi touch, learn all you can about technology so that you can go out there and live, human interaction is better for living a good life. technology should be used to provide extra time. the problem is not doing the homework with hi tech, is that hi tech absorve your attention for hours after you finished.... shut down facebook for a couple of hours see what you can do in your neighbourhood for real . :)Nov 4 2012: My answer to this is sort of in the middle of both sides.
My first take on this is that a lot of college courses now are online so students have to rely on technology in order to take the class. This has been very helpful for me and I love online courses.
My second take on this is that I believe students should crack open the textbook for papers and assignments from time to time instead of turning on the computer and typing in their question for google to figure it out for themNov 2 2012: The only way we will prepare the kids for the future is to get them using technology early and often. They need to know that it is constantly changing and that they need to be comfortable with the idea of new tech devices and appsNov 2 2012: I do make use of technology to understand the concepts better. Some sites like Khan- Academy,Udacity, Coursera, Ted-ed etc are. really very engaging and help understand the fundamentals better. Once I have understood the concept, I like to approach the homework problems on my own. Of-course I am aware that over-dependence on these resources can kill my ability to think on my own so I make cautious use of these resources and advise other students here to do the same. I do use the net to research the topics to be covered in my assignments but I also make it a point to cite the resources and put in my own ideas and perspectives as well.
Most students, including myself, are visual learners. I don't get the concepts until I am shown a few graphs, animations etc. At school, there is limited time and a lot to cover. So most teachers skip these parts thinking that they are not important from the examination point of view.So i turn to the net to understand the concept.Nov 1 2012: I think technology is to make the things easy & fast. I see technology with the education system as a facilitator to ease the learning experience, bring more things to end user, make things more interactive, make communication faster etc.
I differ with this idea of students rely on technology for home work. Home work is intended to make the kid work hard, which in turn, not only sharpen their skill set such as, analytical, reasoning or, verbal but also, help develop the overall personality. A help in completion of assignments won't make the kid give his best to the problem. It's like snatching the opportunity to explore himself/herself. One should face the problem head on, use his own caliber to come out of it – and homework gives that opportunity to become such a man in future. Remember, a hardship makes people stronger.
In summary, we need to build our kids stronger to face the varied challenges where technology should help in becoming a stronger person.Oct 31 2012: Technology is a way to do things faster and why not, better but it isn't a goal in itself.
We shouldn't mix our goals with the ways we use to achieve them. Technology can help to be more productive but it's our willings and actions that define who we are and what we want to do in our life.
As a summary, the most important is that our kids / students want to learn how things work and how to improve them. If technology helps to achieve that goal, perfect!!Oct 31 2012: As a student I believe that students can use technology to an extent. But I barely know my simple times tables and I'm a freshman in high school. So I use a calculator, but I have a few learning disabilities so I look at it as okay.Oct 31 2012: student must not be allowed to use modern technology to do home work. he must use creative skills, common sense, and learn challenging aptitude. how ever he must be conversant with modern technology. technology is not eternal. we should able to face any unforeseen eventuality with our tactical brain. dependability will ruin the progress.Oct 31 2012: Teaching how to use technology to solve problems should be one of the central goals of any educational system.
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Oct 30 2012: Sometimes, technology is necessary for students. It helps them do their home works more easily. But be dependent on technology too much you are likely to lose your creative and some crucial skills that you can obtain when you do your home works yourself. Therefore, there must be a balance on time studying with technology equipments and time studying with traditional styles.Oct 30 2012: I believe it all depends on the level of education and the goals of the individual student.
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Until a student needs to choose his career the only function of technology should be to stimulate learning and not to make it easier. So no calculators or looking things up on the internet, besides this shouldn't be necessary at this level.
Teachers and parents should regularly have discussed the goals, wishes and dreams of each student giving them the best tools to pick a school that fits them. At this point the young student should already be aware of what classes are core to his goals and which are secondary .
Once the student starts at his new school the teacher there should also sit down with him and his parents and go over his goals, wishes and dreams again after this it's up to the teacher/school to allow the student to focus on his core subjects where there should be no limit to what level the student can follow (unless it goes over the capability of the school at this point private tutoring for this subject is a good option). The level of secondary subjects should be adapted to the students ability but are expected to generally lower level and should be there to give the student a good all-round education.
Now to get to the point.
Students should not be allowed to use any technology to make it easier to pass his core skills. So if one of the core skills is math it means no calculator. But if English is not a core but secondary subject the student should be allowed to look words up.Oct 30 2012: From my experience as a math teacher I think technology now is not an option it is a must.
My idea about this issue, that teachers should design new challenge tasks that encourage students to practice hands on activities.
My work with dynamic software as Geogebra allow me to invent a new theory derived from Pythagoras theory. also it enables me to go beyond the traditional teachingOct 28 2012: Hi everybody, I'm an italian student, about this topic I think that technology is going every day more important to us. But we must teach the use of technology, because like every powerful instrument it can be used well or not. So a student can become lazy or can improve his own capabilities. It all depends on which use we make of it.Oct 28 2012: Students first learn to solve simple questions and then graduately more complex and difficult questions. If a students does not try to cogitate simple questions at first before searching the answers via the Internet, how could he or she will be coerced to think independently when confronting challenging questions later.
To labour the point-I do not say what you said is wrong but I do believe that students can benefit from advanced technology with a precondition,that is, students themselves already know how to think independently,how to distinguish what information is good,and how to read good information in the correct ways.


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Odin Scout
An amazing build with a unique method of changing direction. The action begins 90 seconds into the video.
Posted by: Rick Rhodes at 12:00 PM
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- megamindstorm101 said...
The unique turn in direction isnt that just Philos? Philo made the odin and its on his website with building instructions. The camera add on is interesting though.
- Mar 11, 2009, 11:19:00 PM
- Matthias Paul Scholz said...
Yes, seems to be the original Odin by Philo, with a camera attached.
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Yes, you're right. I read the description about the robot on YouTube, but not carefully enough, obviously.
Great job, Philo.
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If FLL would allow 4 motors instead of 3, I could see how this pivot design would eliminate the turning problem due to friction variation on the mats. Most FLL robot designs would need 1 motor for forward/back, 1 motor for platform up/down, 1 motor for pivot left/right, and 1 motor for an arm attachment.
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It is possible to make this same robot with only two motors
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Follow all the action as East Fife travel away to Cowdenbeath at Central Park in the Scottish Challenge Cup on 14-Aug-2012. The match kicks off at 19:45
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Jeff Van Buren had bad hots for Mark Stielow's Red Witch. Stielow, you might remember, was arguably the first proponent of the so-called g-machine, an offshoot of the then-fledgling Pro Touring scene. His first two cars, the Mule and the Thrasher, were the setup; the Red Witch laid it all out and got people thinking about new ways to show off, and have big fun with cars that could master all the driving disciplines in one package. Outstanding braking, acceleration, chassis response, and creature comforts (especially air conditioning) made a powerful statement to a community that was heretofore bent on straight-line annihilation. Add an ex-Detroit engineer or three to the proposition and the thing took off like a bottle rocket.
Meanwhile, the Red Witch came up for sale. Jeff didn't have the funds to capture it, but well-heeled California car collector Charley Lillard did. Jeff kept a lid on and bided his time. He found his 1967 Chevy Camaro on eBay and gave $18,500 for it. "Originally, it was a six-cylinder 'Glide car, so no desirable muscle cars were harmed or killed in the process, but when I bought it, it had a vintage LS7 big-block, a Super T-10 four-speed, and a 12-bolt turning 3.90 gears. The brakes were stock, 11-inch discs and rear drums. The 15-inch Torq-Thrust Americans had dark gray spokes that finished off the '60s-era Trans Am look."
So Jeff had himself a player that was the exact opposite of what he sought and what he saw in his mind's eye. "It didn't take long to get sick of feeding race fuel to the 12.5:1 compression ratio. By that fall [four years ago], the transformation had begun. I'd decided to completely rebuild the car with the existing, aging paintjob. It got the full Detroit Speed treatment along with a carbureted LS2 from Wegner Motorsports. The car was back on the road by fall of 2006 and was mainly like it is today."
Two years later, in the winter of 2008, Jeff decided to blow the car apart and have it media-blasted in preparation for paint. While the car was down, he came across a shrieking deal on a new 6.2L L92. He sold the LS2 and began collecting parts to upgrade to a special EFI system on the new engine. After Wegner had finished toiling, Jeff slid the new motor in place and the car was painted in the spring of 2009. Though Jeff built most of the car in his home garage, a lot of other souls put their all in this project, too.
Telly Violetto at Violetto Auto Works in Montello, Wisconsin, did the body modifications, welded-up the trim and antenna holes, did the front bumper bracket gaps, smoothed the firewall, and shot the paint. Next up was Schwartz Performance in Crystal Lake, Illinois, where the DSE mini-tubs, the rollcage modifications (originally set up by Pro Start Race Cars in Asbury Park, New Jersey), seat mounting, and the modified trunk floor (to fit a '69 fuel tank) came about. Dennis Equitz of Blitzkrieg Motorsports in Caledonia, Wisconsin, worked the DSE coilover conversion, bent the custom brake lines, and fabricated the air intake tube. The requisite 3-inch mandrel-bent stainless steel exhaust is the produce of Dave Neu at Neutek Autowerks.
Readying the chassis for the mayhem that would certainly befall it, Jeff kept the stock spindles and made the following modifications: the DSE front clip carries rack steering, tubular control arms and antisway bar, and AFCO springs sheath Koni adjustable shock absorbers. Last but not least are the Baer 6S six-piston calipers on 14-inch rotors. Though he's now having second thoughts about the DSE 3-inch drop leaf springs and offset hangers, he paired them with Koni shocks. Baer 13-inch plates ride the rear with PBR four-piston calipers. Big brakes require big wheels, but Jeff wisely held down unsprung weight by refusing to go any larger than 18 inches, hence forged Kinesis K18R hoops and sticky Toyo RA1 rubber (18x8 with 245/40ZR and 18x11 with 305/35ZR).


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Billabong Pro Tahiti: Day 3
Drama And Upsets Abound At Eight Foot Teahupo'o
After yesterday's epic tow-in session, today's eight-foot and glassy conditions were tame in comparison…until dudes started trying to paddle into 'em. The morning got off to a quick start as Matt Wilkinson grabbed his balls and threw himself over the ledge on an early morning bomb. He got spat out into the channel and was awarded a perfect ten, setting the tone and pace for the day.
I paddled my trusty blue kayak (there may have been a few Hinano's on board) out to watch the action for a few hours, here are a few observations…
Jordy vs Travis
The battle of the Saffas. Jordy kicked it off by pulling into a solid one but was too deep and had to abandon ship. Somewhere in the washing machine he injured his ribs, and had to be picked up by the Water Patrol. Once he made it back to the channel he was writhing in pain and contest officials put the heat on hold. But wait, nobody put the contest on hold when Damien Hobgood dislocated his shoulder here a few years ago. It was a pretty heavy moment; Martin Potter (Quiksilver team guy and former World Champ) was blowing up and yelling at the judges in the channel, as was Damien Hobgood. In the end, the ASP did the right thing and re-ran the heat. Travis Logie won and for at least a day, was the best South African on tour. Jordy's gonna be sore for a while and told me before the second heat, "I'm so fuckin sore, bru."
Kelly vs Rodrigo
Brazilian trials winner and my housemate, Ricardo Dos Santos started the round three clash against the 10-Time World Champion by taking off on a couple bad waves but collected himself toward the end of the heat and had a chance to beat Kelly but was thwarted by a controversial non-call on what some would say was a paddle for a wave, which would have given the Brazilian a chance at a wave. It sure looked to me like Kelly paddled for the wave in question but the judges saw it differently, giving the Champ a free pass to what could vault him toward another World Title as the other top guys have already been eliminated.
Simpo Goes Brucey
Either that's really Bruce Irons wearing a jersey out here at Chopes or Huntington Beach's Brett Simpson has all of the sudden become a hard-charging backside barrel master. HB's finest is simply on fire and dispatching guys left and right as he fights to retain his spot on the World Tour.
Fred vs Fanning
"I feel like such a dick," said Fred Pattachia as he paddled up to the media boat after giving Mick Fanning an interference to knock the two-time world champ out of the event. He may feel like a dick but this is the big leagues and you gotta do what you gotta do, especially when fighting for a spot on the World Tour.
Sunday In Paradise Channel Vibe
It's so fun to drink beer and yell for guys on the World Tour to takeoff on unmakeable waves…especially with the Monster Energy girls serving as eye candy in between sets.
Jeremy Is Perfect…I Am Not
In one of those moments where you want to kick yourself in the face, I paddled the yakker in just before Jeremy Flores erupted for a perfect heat total of 20-points. I talked to Jeremy yesterday as he was debating towing in, "Raimana said I shouldn't surf. He told me it was that dangerous. He knows what's up so I guess I'm gonna listen to him." Flores obviously made the right choice and rode into the history books today…and I didn't see a lick of it. On another note, how do you think Michel Bourez feels after losing with a heat total of 18.13? As they say in these parts: C'est la vie.
TAGS: Adam D'Esposito, ASP World Tour, Billabong, Billabong Pro Tahiti, Bruce Irons, Cory Lopez, dusty payne, Josh Kerr, Kamalei Alexander, shark attack, Tahiti, teahupoo


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Diversity is the natural state of the world (Harmon 2001). It is the quintessence of the evolutionary process as found in the natural world in its multiplicity of flora and fauna called biological diversity and in the constructed world in its multiplicity of cultures called cultural diversity. Language diversity is part of the co-evolution of humans with ecological diversity and it is comparable with the evolution of diversification of species. Languages are the core component of the ecologically evolved cultural diversity, which enable representation and transmission of the core aspects of cultures for acquisition by succeeding generations of the community and for interaction with other contemporary communities. It is natural for cultural diversity to emerge and sustain itself through language diversity. It is established empirically (Harmon 2002) that the diversity in nature and culture are integrally related and they are connected with the development of ecosystems and with their sustainability. This has given rise to the concept of biocultural diversity as a unified phenomenon. Most of the specialists in the respective fields of study of nature and of culture and the common people seem not to be aware of the connection between diversity in nature and culture. The awareness of the common people about the connection between culture and language is more socio-political and psychological and less philosophical in nature. One piece of evidence is that an increasing number of minority linguistic communities transplanted in the midst of a dominant linguistic community ask seriously the question whether they can maintain their culture without their language.
The awareness of, and scientific enquiry into, biological diversity transformed into concern and activism for the preservation of that diversity, renamed in the 1980s as biodiversity (Wilson1988), when the people saw the loss of diversity to be coupled with environmental degradation instigated by human behavior. It is not that extinction of biological species did not occur before in paleo-historical times. It has occurred five times in a massive scale, each separated by millions of years, extinguishing together more than ninety per cent of species that ever lived (Heywood 1995). But the earth regenerates itself every time with new species. The impending sixth extinction feared by specialists will be the first one after modern humans (Homo sapiens) came into existence 250-200 thousand years ago and the human language emerged sometime after this evolutionary happening and before the modern humans migrated out of Africa 100-70 thousand years ago. The sixth extinction, if it happens, will be the one caused by humans and it may include the human species (Pimm and Brooks 2000). It will then be the one that includes extinction of languages. Even if there is no total extinction as feared, there is increasing loss of language diversity now directly attributable to human action.


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A three-day country music festival is in the works for the last weekend in September, and organizers moved one step closer to making it a reality Tuesday by securing $350,000 in funding from the
The event, dubbed "Gulf Coast Jam," is being organized by PCB Entertainment, headed by Dave Trepanier, the owner of Firefly Restaurant in
Trepanier pitched the festival plan to the TDC along with hired producer Rendy Lovelady, who is also the executive producer of the country music festival BamaJam, held every June in
"We think it's a no-brainer for the beach," Trepanier said. "If (BamaJam) can put 25,000 people up in a peanut field — we have these beautiful beaches — why don't we do something down here?"
Trepanier said organizers hope to secure $1.8 million in talent to play on smaller stages set up directly on the beach during the day and headline stages at
The $350,000 in TDC funds will act as seed money to supplement the festival's estimated $4.3 million budget and will be used for deposits to secure artists and other equipment.
Lovelady said although the festival attendance will be smaller than BamaJam due to venue constraints, the acts will be just as big, if not bigger.
Headliners for BamaJam 2012 included Tim McGraw, Zac Brown Band and Kid Rock, and the lineup also featured
Acts for the festival are currently on hold but will not go public until deposits are secured, said Lovelady, who noted
"This isn't about a festival; this is a long-term venture," Lovelady said. "It's the way to take
With a $1 million advertising budget, Lovelady said event producers will actively go after tourism and work toward building a brand behind the event and its destination.
"It's all about the destination," Lovelady said. "To me, it becomes everywhere we go we're talking about
Although the TDC has a special events policy in place that requires 75 percent of non-ticket revenue to be raised before a check is written to the organizer, Trepanier said the requirement would be impossible to carry out for an event of this size.
The council discussed concerns with organizers' intent to partner with three specific properties on the beach to host the daytime beach concerts, as well as also concerns about the environmental permitting for setting up stages on the beach during sea turtle nesting season.
TDC Director Dan Rowe said the next step would be to contact the
Ultimately, funding was granted with a provision that would require a sealed bid process for properties interested in partnering with PCB Entertainment to provide a beach stage venue. The approval also gives TDC Chairman Gary Walsingham the right to approve all aspects of the negotiation.
Rowe said the addition of the
With the festival scheduled for the last week in September,
Rowe said locking in plans for the
"This can potentially set us up for one after another, after another," Rowe said. "That will truly set us apart as far as our ability to create a very strong event-driven fall season."


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Jourdan Low Bookcase
Inspired by an antique Directoire-style daybed, this collection was created using all the design details of the original. Jourdan's stylized ornamentation and geometric motifs are hallmarks of French Directoire style – a return to classical forms of order and symmetry that lend a feeling of simplicity and strength.
- Handcrafted of hardwood with fine veneers using mortise-and-tenon joinery
- Corners of the base are adorned with concentric oval carvings
- Vintage buttercream finish is achieved with a 12-step process, has hints of blue-grey accents and is heavily distressed with worn paint and rubbed edges that evoke the look of age
- Features 1 adjustable shelf that accommodates our storage baskets and bins
- 2 English-dovetailed drawers with wood-on-wood glides
- Nylon glides on feet
- This item is handcrafted with meticulous care. Given its hand-finished nature and natural variations in the wood grain, each item is unique and no two will be exactly alike.
- Furniture Tip Restraint included
- Wipe with a soft, dry cloth. Avoid direct sunlight and heat to protect the finish.
- Wood swatch is 6" square; free shipping
- GREENGUARD Gold Certified. Meets or exceeds stringent chemical emissions standards. Learn more.
Shown in vintage buttercream.
Jourdan Low Bookcase
- Overall: 48"W x 15"D x 44"H
- Shelf: 40"W x 11"D x 1"H
- Weight: 116 lbs.
Jourdan Low Bookcase