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- Juliette LaMontagne
- New York, NY
- United States
Founder & Managing Director, Breaker
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What are the advantages/disadvantages of learning models that exist outside of traditional educational institutions?
With the growing number of alternative learning pathways and opportunities to better serve the needs of individual students, what's working best? And what can we learn from the failures and tensions? Where and how have the models in the margins effectively disrupted the status quo?
I'll add to the conversation my current initiative, Breaker - driving alternative learning and social innovation by mobilizing interdisciplinary teams of young creative collaborators to design product solutions to global challenges.
This Live Conversation will start on Feb. 15, 2012, 1:00pm EST/ 10:00am PST
Feb 15 2012: I think just like different teachers teach different ways, so goes the system of education. We all learn things different ways. Some can grasp concepts by reading then doing, others by doing making a mistake and then understanding why that mistake occurred thus learning that way. I think classroom teaching is good for general overall topic discussions and presentations. However, I feel with so many flavors of learning, how can we judge a child by not grasping onto a concept or lesson taught in a way that's not suited to their comprehension style? I have a 7 year old, and I find that children love the concept of learning on computers, but most of their state and district comprehension tests occur with paper and pencil. We've found that the concepts are learned, but presenting what they have learned in a different format affects their outcome. (Translation: Kids are learning by computer, but testing is done with pencil and paper over the same thing but they are failing because the question and testing is presented differently.) Same thing occured when kids had to count using money. On paper, they could do math with drawn images of money and make change. But if you gave them real money and asked them do the same thing, they freak out because the presentation is different. I'd like to hear other people's thoughts. Hopefully, I'm not off topic here.
Ravi Balgi
Feb 15 2012: there are wonderful learning pedagogies practised in India, here we should see how Vigyan Ashram is working towards learning by doing and thus encouraging enterprise driven learning.
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This i believe will help in building more resourceful, entrepreneurial, responsible individuals
here is the link: http://www.vigyanashram.com/
Feb 15 2012: By doing what? Are you trying to attempt this sort of pedagogy?:
"Students should be made to grapple with the material and receive authentic and explicit practice in thinking like an expert. Faculty would need to provide timely and specific feedback, and move beyond lectures in which students can sit passively receiving information... We assume that telling people things without asking them to actively process them results in learning."
- Carl Wieman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
If so, how?Feb 15 2012: I agree. We try to recruit people with a basic level of competency but who learn quickly and pay them a basic salary, in trade they get hands on learning doing research contracts. This provides an alternative to student debt and gives the student a better starting point for future opportunities.Feb 15 2012: Thanks for the link Ravi. I'm learning more about it now. I feel we have some similar thinkings. Check out www.theremixproject.ca when you get a chance.
Feb 15 2012: wow... thanks for this link... what a wonderful empowering project...
Feb 15 2012: My pleasure. It's a lot of fun too!Feb 15 2012: TED talks educate me, im dylexic 17, and learn more from an 18 minuite talk than i can all day at college taking notes.
Feb 15 2012: Completely agree with this!
Would you agree that we learn a lot more from respectable people than those who teach us how to get degrees so we can teach?
nice one sophie.Feb 15 2012: Hi Sophie:
My son is dyslexic, dysgraphic, and other dys's. We just moved to Vancouver BC to attend the Eaton Arrowsmith school which uses cognitive exercises to create processing capabilities. Check out their web site. The program goes through high school, and there is an adult program, too.
And to your point about the extraordinary educational value of TED, absolutely! It sounds like you are a strong auditory and narrative learner, which are great assets. Best of luck to you.Feb 15 2012: The very format of TED nearly demands this to be true.
The presenters are experts in their field and they have a very limited time to project their idea's on to their audience.
I think the TED format could structure a school all on it's own
(similar and complementary to something like the khan academy)
Ed Gregor
Feb 15 2012: What are your thoughts on Montessori Education? My kids go to a Montessori School and the education tools and philosophy seem to me to be far superior to ANYTHING I've looked at. These kids learn to LOVE education, learn self-discipline and are self discovering. My kids love school and Montessori allows kids to fully explore subjects with teaching methods that use all the senses. It is experiential learning, not teaching to a test or memorization. Kids can go way ahead of their class level if they desire and at a young age are responsible for planning their work day and sticking to their own schedules. I've seen nothing else out there that prepares kids for the creative and social problem solving this world demands. I hear educators on radio, etc. struggling to come up with curriculum and new teaching methods to address problems in education. Montessori has been around for years and I never hear them speak of it.Feb 15 2012: Schools cannot function without parents participating in the education process at home. I don't think parents can rely on a system or teacher to educate their child. It is "in addition to". The general expecation seems to be that you send your child to be educated and yourparticipation is limited. On theother hand, there is so much money wrapped up in education, I don't think participation outside of the normisterribly encouraged.
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Helen Lee
Feb 15 2012: I see, it's an online chat! I am a homeschooling mom with a 4th grader and a 1st grader. Definitely what I have learned is that I can tailor what we are learning to my kids' strengths and weaknesses. I was appalled at the (limited) amount of math my son was doing when he was in 1st grade in the public schools--it helped me see why the U.S. lags behind other nations in this area (and this was in a very strong public school district!)
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Feb 15 2012: How will you attempt to teach your son those things that you're not an expert on? (i.e. Chemistry, Physics, Biology... maybe you are an expert in all of these subjects though!)
Feb 15 2012: I've found that encouraging the child to read anything and everything can be one approach, and finding friends with expertise in other fields is another method. I'd also like to say, though, that not every subject has to be "taught" or has to be taught at an early age. Many of these subjects can be picked up during the high school age, or in college, with no detriment to the student.Feb 15 2012: I dont think one needs lot of knowledge to teach a 1st grader through 5-6 grade...
Feb 15 2012: What a great opportunity to learn with them!Feb 15 2012: If you have a public library nearby, you certainly have access to more than enough information. Plus, if the child learns how to find information themselves, the parent not only does not need to know every fact themselves, but can actually learn from the child and learn with the child! For instance, librarians, encyclopediae and dictionaries, reference books, the children's non-fiction section, etc.Feb 15 2012: The Basics of chemistry (for example) can be taught through cooking, Physics by dropping a ball, etc. To live a healthy life you wouldn't need to know more then that unless it's relevant to you're interests/work.
As it stands now, most school systems burden the students to learn skills that
a) they have no interest in
b) will never use
while many specialized subjects will b required over time, finding the experts to teach them will be more effective because at that point the student will desire to learn more, rather then having something irrelevant (to their life and planned projection) shoved down their throat.
maybe someone knows the real number, but I understand somewhere >50% of graduates work in a field completely unrelated to their field of study. this is a waste to time and resources, no to mention the mockery of the system it suggests.Feb 15 2012: You can listen to an interview with Barb Lundgren (bottom right), who speaks on homeschooling/unschooling her three children. Might answer your questions a bit: http://www.rethinkingeverything.net/#!__about-barbFeb 15 2012: I'm just taking it a year at a time, and I'm not assuming that homeschooling is the best solution for all my kids--we'll just see how it goes! But my friends who do homeschool through high school have found effective alternatives in subject matters such as the sciences--community or local colleges that welcome homeschoolers, etc. There are definitely ways to do it if you are committed for the long haul. I also love that we can spend time focusing on areas of special interest, such as my fiction-writing son who churns out thousands of words every day. I don't think he would have the freedom or time to dabble in these interests as a public school student. There are inherent strengths and weaknesses of all these educational models and every child is different; I think the key is not to just assume that public school is the best for everyone, all the time.Feb 15 2012: There are experts that can be called upon to help a parent educate their own child. There are also charter schools that provide such expert help. While the parent is responsible for the core education of the child, the school is there as a back-up resource. A parent can teach their child if they are committed enough.Feb 15 2012: We have been home schooling for a few years as well. We also love being able to tailor our children's education to focus on their strengths and passions, while recognizing weakness in certain areas and individual learning preferences. Instead of wasting hours on busy work, we are able to maximize the use of our time the children spend. We can keep them engaged and challenged and push them in areas we feel they need it. We can control the pace - accelerating or pausing as needed.
As far as teaching them advanced subjects, there are many options out there available to the home school community. Private tutors or home school hybrid programs are just two options. The latter becoming more and more popular every year. Also, some private schools allow home school students to attend classes in the higher grades.
All that said, home school isn't the right solution for everyone. However, it has been most advantageous for our family. We take it very seriously. We aren't a family that sets school on cruise control and call running errands a "class".
Sally K.
Feb 15 2012: Post-secondary education (aka taking college classes while still a highschooler) is a great option for some - and the classes count toward college later, too.Feb 15 2012: What I find works best (I teach junior college Sociology/Psychology) is challenging the students to rethink common assumptions, and then discussions which integrate course themes and real world events. It seems clear that students learn what they need to learn and what they want to learn...
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... what they need is to pass the class.
... what they want is what feeds their innate curiosity about themselves and the world.
So I make what they need to pass the class a development and expression of curiosity about the way they think and the way they view the world.
Feb 15 2012: Right, challenge the assumptions. If you ask them what they can do with a paper clip, they should be asking you how big is the paper clip and what is it made out of vs. defining 5 or 10 things that can be done based on learned constraints.
Feb 15 2012: As a teacher who is just starting off her career with younger children, at what age can we start nurturing this concept of exploration and curiosity in a classroom without misleading or misguiding them?
Feb 15 2012: I don't think there is an age that you have to wait for. Explanation and curiosity is what will lead them to be passionate about learning. I would imagine that you personally would need to find the right balance for your situation, but why not nurture as much as you can as often as you can?Feb 15 2012: David - good point - this is divergent thinking isn't it - the chance to explore and create rather than jump through hoops and climb ladders....Feb 15 2012: Very well said. I definitely dig your perspective and methodology.Feb 15 2012: I apologize for coming into the conversation late, however, I believe I can direct many of you toward a valuable resource. Tufts Unversity Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development have been studying these issues for some time now. Most recently they have released results of a study funded by the National 4-H Council which are highly informative and provide traditional education and other youth development efforts plenty to learn. http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchPositive4H.htm
The "Big Three" features of effective youth-serving programs are:
■ Positive and sustained relationships between youth and adults.
■ Activities that build important life skills( and lead to mastery in some areas)
■ Opportunities for youth to use these life skills as both participants and as leaders in valued community activities.
Few educational opportunities provide even these three features. The sooner they do, the better off we'll be.Feb 15 2012: If we treat our children's education as life education, our focus changes from teaching them the information to simply pass tests to teaching them how to excel in life. A 14-year old who is studying animal husbandry to become a vet, a 12-year old who is studying building and carpentry to become a general contractor, or a 15-year old who studies avionics in order to fly for a missionary organization, or a 16-year old who is graduating from college with his Associates so that he can go to a university for pre-med en route to becoming a sports chiropractor... These are the results, not barely-literate children who are more interested in partying and getting drunk than getting ahead in life.Feb 15 2012: Slightly off topic but I think there are two things we need before we can achieve what I believe to be the purpose of this question: to develop a better, new, educational system.
Firstly, we need to know what is the aim of an education. Knowledge? Human-qualities? Experience? Intelligence? and what balance of these skills?
Secondly, we need a place to amalgamate all these innovative educational models and test them against that basic metric of skills.
When we have those two we can look at what aspects of which models deliver what results and by taking the best of all models we can deliver a new, evolved educational system.
Just an idea worth spreading.
p.s. Thanks for the brilliant conversation idea.
Feb 15 2012: can education make someone more intelligent?
That may be true at early developmental ages, but I seriously doubt it's true at higher ed.
I see many companies that require higher ed degrees in fields and jobs that don't need or benefit from more knowledge. Add to that the fact that higher ed is going to be teaching stale information, and it becomes even less valuable.
I think there's a lot of percepetion out there that college makes people smarter, and forcing employees to go to college will improve the workforce. But if you're getting the same employees, 4 years later than you would've, is it work the huge price tag?
A lot of higher ed is not directly relevant to basic job skills that one learns on the job. Of course that's not true for fields that require lots of CONTENT knowledge, but is probably true for many jobs that require intellegence and creative thinking.
I think some people (and our economy) would be better served to start work earlier, and then with context and real tangible problems (and potential solutions) in mind, take some higher education in a directed way.
Eric Conner
Feb 15 2012: I am a computer science student at Stanford where recently there has been a lot of excitement about automated, online education in the style of Khan Academy with the formation of Udacity and Coursera. Many of the professors teaching this style of class now make the online video segments the primary source of material for the course and try to instead have a few interactive sessions throughout the quarter. I've had two classes in this format so far and, while I found the videos very well done (i.e. they cover the material incredibly efficiently), I think it would have been difficult to keep up with the material if I didn't also have a real community of students that I was participating in the class with.
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Do you think these online classes can address the individual needs of large groups of students? Do you think students will feel invested in classes they take in this format? To what extent do you think these models will replace traditional models of education?
Feb 15 2012: dont you think that education is more than just knowledge? from my point of view this models cant replace traditional models because the human relationship, the mentoring and human contact are main variables when you are trying to teach a student
Feb 15 2012: Yea, I suppose I was driving more at: do you think this kind of mentoring and contact can be effectively achieved using these new models? For example, if students have a mentor, but only can communicate with that mentor through an online interface will they be missing out on a lot of what traditional education offers?
Trevor King
Feb 15 2012: I think part of the problem with traditional models is the barriers to building a mentoring/teaching relationship with one's teachers because the trad'l model is a one-size-fits-all let's force feed these kids knowledge all day and see which one's retain it.
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It produces average students. But the system is built on averages. And bell curves. Creating bell curves. That's all IQ tests and any standardized tests are! I say let's break the bell curve!
Feb 15 2012: I mostly agree, but it raises a new question, what happens with local development plans? and regional strategies and national policies? they all need at least some basic standard knowledgesFeb 15 2012: I am a student on Human Computer interaction and are currently working on a project that deals with collaboration and the game-ification of education. I would love to get your perspective on how education. Specifically:
Can game technology be used to make the system of education more fun, engaging, and valuable?
How would such a "gameful" classroom be structured?
If you want to participate in our discussion, here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/rit-edu
How do we begin to implement this new system? What would the 1, 5, and 10 year plans be for creating a new, more engaging system of education?
Thank you,
Feb 15 2012: game-based learning is a rapidly expanding market in the UK - take a look at I am Learning www.iamlearning.com - real potential with handheld devices too and development of screen technologies.....
Feb 15 2012: Franco, that is a great lecture on gamification of education.. I will definitely use this in our research.Feb 15 2012: Gaming is a great example of learning that has disrupted the mainstream. There are dangers here, for sure. But if we're going to create indiv learning environments online, they should use the principles of game design.
Feb 15 2012: yes, lots of focus on immersive game play.Feb 15 2012: Everyone says gaming is great for education, but WHY!? I have my own theories, largely informed by psychology and a recent New Media Workshop I attended on "Gaming and Theories of Play."Feb 15 2012: Here is one online educational website that I at Borderless Educations, built for a company. We can deliver thousands of those and tailor them with your own brand or content. www.berewarding.com
This platform is what we offer, where you learn in a fun way, share what you know so others can teach, and we pay you each time you learn.
Right now we are scaling up to have thousands of classrooms, which will all share a database so you can "tap into" current knowledge. Be sure to contact me if you'd like an online classroom for your students, kids, or programs.Feb 15 2012: I think that the link provided by Franco Phang provides some great examples on how gaming can be used to increase engagement by students. Engagement, or lack thereof, being the greatest cause of student school failure in the current educational paradigm, in my opinionFeb 15 2012: I agree. Our biggest challenge is driving acceptance and adoption, and a 'target achievement' and 'level' based design, using some aspects of game design theory would be fantastic. We've been working on developing some models here at University18 (an indian online university initiative that works with about 6000 student worldwide), and have realized that driving self study using this approach works!
So when you say 'individual learning environment' Juliette, I get THAT!
Personally i'd like to build in interactivity into the system, rather than depend upon the 'crowd' to provide it.Feb 15 2012: I think gaming is just one aspect of education - like anything else we offer as educators - it is just one of the tools we can employ. If the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer then every problem is going to look like a nail. Teachers should be given the freedom to use their expertise and professional judgement to draw the best out of students and lead them towards a lifelong passion for learning. Having a variety of tools available to achieve this is heading towards nirvana......Feb 15 2012: There is something to be said for focusing on how they want to learn vs how we decide they should be learning. How do we capitalize on nature and not subsume it?Feb 15 2012: If anyone wants to participate in our discussion, here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/rit-edu. Your perspectives would be greatly appreaciated. :)Feb 15 2012: Hi, currently Borderless Educations operates a "game" like learning platform which is free and open for others to use to teach and or learn. Is this something you're interested in? We also reward education gamers with points which are converted to $ for scholarships, books, fundraisers.Feb 15 2012: I think this concept was solidified when the first "Little Professor" Texas Instrument calculator came out.
What the "gaming" concept provides is the a sense of (level) accomplishment instead of just a letter grade. I think the Leap Pad and other electronics companies have seen vast improvement when learning is turned into a video game. I'm concerned about the bastardization of it when it's tied into corporate characters (such as Disney and Pokemon, etc..). However, it's a catch-22, it's those character that allow the child to be open to learning and using that particular video game because of the cartoon character affiliation. That is what worries me a bit. But if it's Micky, Piccachu, Batman, or any character, if it does a better job teach my kids math, science, literature, or english, then i could care less about the presentation as long as the goal of learning is achieved.
Sally K.
Feb 15 2012: I'm honestly not sold on the idea of learning via computer. I think some children - and adults - do better with real interaction, demonstrations, and hands-on learning. That said, making it less dry is certainly the way to go.
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Feb 15 2012: The fact that almost every job today involves using a computer, it has become a necessity for students to learn how to use them, to learn how to learn using them....don't you think so too?Feb 15 2012: Would point out that gaming doesn't need to be a digital experience to be effective.
http://thegameofvillage.org/ shows the utility applying math and social studies in a real-time/non-virtual game environment.Feb 15 2012: Gaming can definitely make learning more fun. Without a doubt.
The real question however should be whether gaming can be used to teach long-term qualities such as being able to make yourself learn at a job when it would be no longer "fun".
One must remember games are extrinsic motivators and they may or may not teach students qualities such as grit and perseverance.
André Stern
Feb 15 2012: If you are interessted in the testimonial of an grownup Unschooler, that is my story and my job to tell about it.
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André Stern
www.andrestern.comFeb 15 2012: i am more and more interested in exploring ways in which to bring learning closer to the life of the individual participant in a community of other learners. There are ways using web 2.0, u-learning and MOOCs etc that could tap more into the life of the learner. For example, being at home and discovering mould on a wall I could, (if I wanted to!) ask this to be a "project" within a MOOC and I research about mould and know more about science etc. This "project" ould be shared and contributed to and I would ultimately draw some conclusions (more questions!) about this and would have learned to learn in something that is part of my own everyday life experience - and possibly all done on a mobile phone!
it would cover any assessment criteria and contribute to others learning too...
apologise for the mould on the wall idea, maybe its a poor metaphor for condensation and education....Feb 15 2012: I would love to see self directed learning centers pop up all over the place.
the students can learn from online teachers (solo or in class setting) from a variety of different places, participate in both 'real live' and streaming debates, and collaborate with other self directed students to allow both the simple and require socialization, while still being exposed to unconsidered ideas.
Boxing yourself into a certain way of seeing things I feel is a real issue with home based education, but public self directed learning centers would allow both the self direction and un-thought-of injections of talent.Feb 15 2012: At Eaton Arrowsmith School in Vancouver BC children not served by traditional educational environments (those labeled as gifted, dyslexic, dyscalculiac, etc) use cognitive exercises to build new neurological capacity. Norman Doidge, in his book, The Brain That Changes Itself, devoted a chapter to Barbara Arrowsmith and her methods.
Neuroscience, particularly with the advent of the FMRI, is providing unassailable evidence of how the brain learns and how the brain can change. Would that current educational models were as plastic as our brains.
Trevor King
Feb 15 2012: Yes, but I think there's a real danger to always looking through this lens... You lose sight of the student, the person in front of you, when you're always talking about their brain.
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That said, the brain has so much plasticity and flexibility, and that's exactly what education needs too!
Lauren Dawes
Feb 15 2012: Newer and more prevalent technologies such as mobile phones are providing an interesting source of educational tools outside of classrooms making learning more inclusive, especially in emerging markets where often traditional learning is not as accessible. Projects such as the BBC WST Janala in Bangladesh have reached millions of people helping them to learn English.Feb 15 2012: Hi Everyone! I work at university in Guatemala and we have a lot of challenges . One of them is about the alternative models and methodologies to improve learning and I very excitingo to know what are the lessons learned related to this topicFeb 15 2012: I'm pretty sure we are supposed to be having the conversation amongst ourselves. The topic is just presented and hosted by Juliette. So let's talk! Already so many brilliant minds in here.Feb 15 2012: A story: a young woman recently contacted me. She'd taken a year off from college to create her own self-directed year of learning and asked if I would serve as her advisor. Her "syllabus" was filled with travel, books, and on-line engagements. My first bit of advice to her was to use the International Studies Schools Network's Global Leadership Performance Outcomes as a guiding document. Framing her experiences as a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates her mastery of these global leadership characteristics gives potential employers an accessible means of interpreting a wide range of inputs and their value.
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Feb 15 2012: Eventually she could go here: http://www.saylor.org/ And later here: http://mitx.mit.edu/
These initiatives are bringing curators from higher education to the massive open learning repositories now available.
This structure will allow for credibility through certification. Eventually I will be able to collect certificates in the same way I take courses at a traditional institution.
Advantages: cost, more freedom of choice in what to learn and when
Disadvantages: less credibility, lack of social learning and group learning- critical to any education
RJ Sakai
Feb 15 2012: I have a comment related to creating "portfolios" as a means of documenting work.
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I'm in my fourth year at Hampshire College in Massachusetts (www.hampshire.edu). Among the many non-traditional elements of Hampshire's educational structure (eg, written evaluations instead of grades, individualized concentrations instead of majors), the one that stands out strongest to me is our unique "credit" system. After each year, students meet with their academic advisors (who are professors in the student's field of interest) and go through the portfolio of work the student compiled. This portfolio can include anything. For me, my portfolios have included essays I had written with professors' comments, professors' written evaluations from each class I had taken, a personal retrospective, posters I had designed for offices and student groups, documentation of internships held over the summer, work I completed as a leader of student groups, and independent projects I carried out while abroad. Instead of passing students because they've taken classes that earn them a certain number of credits, professors deem students eligible to continue based on a wide variety of work that the student has done both inside and outside the classroom. This encourages students to pursue and devote time to whatever they are interested in learning. Hampshire believes that students learn best when they're learning about things they're passionate about.
I devoted so much time and energy to helping to organze TEDxHampshireCollege last fall because (1) I was passionate about it and (2) because I knew it would be recognized by my advisors as a relevant and important element of my education.
There's lots about Hampshire that I think make it a unique and special place. This is just an example.Feb 15 2012: It OK to discuss which models etc. but what is more important is the space given to formative assessment in any one of these models. For example, in a MOOC, Blended or traditional classroom setting formative assessment (assessment for learning) is still the most valuable space for (life-long) learning to happen.
Formative assessment holds within all aspects of motivation, pace, peer group work etc - the very essence of developing the love of and how to learn.
Whatever model is designed at any stage or context, formative assessment is the key, as the very use of it helps us know how to develop new models of learning, or new communities of pedagogy.
Feb 15 2012: are these based on assessment tasks? What does it look like? portfolio work?
Feb 15 2012: summative assessment criteria does cast its dark shadow over the process yes, and this is the framework in which a group of educators would be as pedagogically creative as possible to reach these goals. However, summative assessment happens every week, two weeks or 6 months for example., whereas formative assessment is the in-the-moment assessment by a teacher so that the learning taking place can be properly paced, thrown-out(!) re-grouped, etc. Dylan Wiliam (and Black) has done much work in the past 10 years on this. Its very inspiring to know ore about (assessment FOR learning than assessment OF learning) however, to do probably brings into question how creative or resourceful an individual teacher/learner/community can be.
A portfolio of work is awesome where the learner has gained a good push into doing/solving a problem. but ultimately this portfolio succumbs to an assessment OF learning. All of the above is based on what I see as a traditional setting for learning.
With new spaces online, or blended, seem not to consider such change of learning pace, motivation ALL OF LEARNING (where formative assessment is the catalyst) in their models. Its a if no-one has stopped to ask where learning happens in the Y-generation (or Alpha!) and where learning actually is - its in the very moment of discovery, as an immersed experience, closed to the life value of that individual facilitated by an educator or a team of educators who share the learning experience. Who do not know the "answers" and change the framework of learning based on the learning taking place at that moment.
It should happen faster than any app can do it :)Feb 15 2012: I was homeschooled all my life, using a semi-structured, semi-unschooled method. I am currently a successful graduate student, so I'd like to say that alternate methods can certainly work for some people.


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Nuvolari's old Alfa 8C sells for £5.9m
In the week we drive the 4C, 1935 GP car becomes most expensive Alfa ever sold at auction
Posted: 18 Sep 2013
This is a 1935 Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35 '50013', but literally three people in the world call it that, so we shall simply call it the 8C-35. It was once raced by the legendary Italian GP racer Tazio Nuvolari. And as of last weekend, it has become the most expensive Alfa Romeo... in the world.
Well, the most expensive Alfa ever sold at auction, anyhow. At last weekend's Goodwood Revival, this racing Alfa changed hands for a record sum of £5,937,500, eclipsing the Alfa Romeo auction record; that was £4.2m a couple of years back for a 1935 Monza 2300.
Seems Bonhams have a knack for finding these rare, old school racing gems, because lest you forget, it was only a couple of months back they managed to sell Fangio's old Mercedes Formula One racer for a world record breaking £19.6m.
Why the near-£6m price for something old and Italian? Nuvolari was a legendary GP racer, and one of the stars of Alfa Romeo's racing team, Scuderia Ferrari (they were all one team back in those days before Enzo began making his own racing cars). Apparently, Ferdinand Porsche reckoned him to be a superstar driver, and upon his death, his coffin was reportedly placed on a car chassis and pushed along by none other than Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi.
The car itself is a 3.8-litre monoposto - or single seater - pushing out 330bhp from its supercharged straight-eight engine. It remains the only one of its kind in existence, and was campaigned against the giants of its era, fielded by Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union.
James Knight, Bonhams MD, said: "It is more than a car for all of us who are passionate about cars." It certainly is. Have a click through the pictures and then ask yourself: those thin tyres, the sparse cockpit and the notorious fatalities of the era - could you have raced one of these?
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Kalua Pig is popular at Hawaiian luaus where a whole pig is smoked in a sand pit with sea salt, banana leaves and koa wood. This simple crock pot method mimics the smoked flavor of using natural liquid smoke and the results are an easy, mouth-watering, juicy pork recipe anyone can make at home. Perfect for your next Luau!
Dad's love pork so even if you're not having a Hawaiian themed party anytime soon, you could make this for Father's day with very little effort, and Dad will think you went all out! You can serve this over rice but I thought it would be fun to make lettuce wraps with a little white rice and hoisin sauce. My husband opted for just the rice so it's really up to you. Next time I'm thinking pineapple brown fried rice would be great with this!
I got this recipe from Rachel of La Fuji Mama who I met last year at Pom Harvest Fest. A self-proclaimed Japanese cuisine advocate and an absolute sweetheart. She tweeted about this recipe a few days ago and I was fixed on making it. I used a lean boneless shoulder blade roast, trimmed of all fat and regular sea salt as I couldn't find Hawaiian sea salt.
Be sure to buy the boneless pork shoulder blade roast, as it is leaner than the pork shoulder picnic. A pork loin roast would also work, although it's a bit leaner and therefor drier. This slow cooks in your crock pot for about 16 hours so I started mine at night and let it cook overnight for 8 hours on low, then when I got up I reset it for another 8. Depending on your crock pot this may take less time, use your judgment.
Crock Pot Kalua Pig
Adapted from La Fuji Mama
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: about 8 • Serving Size: 4 oz • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 160 • Fat: 7 g • Protein: 24 g • Carb: 0 g • Fiber: 0 g • Sugar: 0 g
- 3 lb pork shoulder blade roast, lean, all fat removed
- 1 tbsp liquid mesquite smoke
- coarse sea salt
Remove from crock pot and place on a large platter. Remove any fat you may have missed and shred pork with two forks. Discard liquid reserving a little as needed to keep pork moist.


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The Little Book of Vegan Poems, aimed at both children and adults, begins with a compilation of definitions from various dictionaries and encyclopedias before moving into the poetry. This little book has it all: veganism, animal rights, nature, limericks, hell, even vegan erotic poetry – some cute, some vaguely disturbing, many nonsensical, all eco-friendly, makes me wonder if this book was printed on recycled paper.
There's a warning to meat eaters on the back and inside that the poetry might offend them, but the poem "Eat Your Words" ((p. 30)) pretty much sums it up with "And vegetarian poets / Make me nervous quite a lot." Continue reading


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Different coefficients of thermal expansion can be defined for a substance depending on whether the expansion is measured by:
These characteristics are closely related. The volumetric thermal expansion coefficient can be defined for both liquids and solids. The linear thermal expansion can only be defined for solids, and is common in engineering applications.
Some substances expand when cooled, such as freezing water, so they have negative thermal expansion coefficients.
The thermal expansion coefficient is a thermodynamic property of a substance.
It relates the change in temperature to the change in a material's linear dimensions. It is the fractional change in length per degree of temperature change.
dL = L0 x (alpha x dT )
where is the original length, the new length, and the temperature.
The linear thermal expansion is the one-dimensional length change with temperature.
The change in area with temperature can be written:
For exactly isotropic materials, the area thermal expansion coefficient is very closely approximated as twice the linear coefficient.
The change in volume with temperature can be written:
The volumetric thermal expansion coefficient can be written
where is the temperature, is the volume, is the density, derivatives are taken at constant pressure ; measures the fractional change in density as temperature increases at constant pressure.
where is the mass.
For exactly isotropic materials, the volumetric thermal expansion coefficient is very closely approximated as three times the linear coefficient.
This ratio arises because volume is composed of three mutually orthogonal directions. Thus, in an isotropic material, one-third of the volumetric expansion is in a single axis (a very close approximation for small differential changes). Note that the partial derivative of volume with respect to length as shown in the above equation is exact, however, in practice it is important to note that the differential change in volume is only valid for small changes in volume (i.e., the expression is not linear). As the change in temperature increases, and as the value for the linear coefficient of thermal expansion increases, the error in this formula also increases. For non-negligible changes in volume:
Note that this equation contains the main term, , but also shows a secondary term that scales as , which shows that a large change in temperature can overshadow a small value for the linear coefficient of thermal expansion. Although the coefficient of linear thermal expansion can be quite small, when combined with a large change in temperature the differential change in length can become large enough that this factor needs to be considered. The last term, is vanishingly small, and is almost universally ignored.
In anisotropic materials the total volumetric expansion is distributed unequally among the three axes and if the symmetry is monoclinic or triclinic even the angles between these axes are subject to thermal changes. In such cases it is necessary to treat thermal expansion as a tensor that has up to six independent elements. A good way to determine the elements of the tensor is to study the expansion by powder diffraction.
The expansion and contraction of material must be considered when designing large structures, when using tape or chain to measure distances for land surveys, when designing molds for casting hot material, and in other engineering applications when large changes in dimension due to temperature are expected. The range for α is from 10-7 for hard solids to 10-3 for organic liquids. α varies with the temperature and some materials have a very high variation. Some values for common materials, given in parts per million per Celsius degree: (NOTE: This can also be in kelvins as the changes in temperature are a 1:1 ratio)
NOTE: Theoretically, the coefficient of linear expansion can be found from the coefficient of volumetric expansion (β=3α). However, for liquids, α is calculated through the experimental determination of β, hence it is more accurate to state β here than α. (The formula β=3α is usually used for solids)
ApplicationsFor applications using the thermal expansion property, see bi-metal and mercury thermometer
Thermal expansion is also used in mechanical applications to fit parts over one another, e.g. a bushing can be fitted over a shaft by making its inner diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the shaft, then heating it until it fits over the shaft, and allowing it to cool after it has been pushed over the shaft, thus achieving a 'shrink fit'
There exist some alloys with a very small CTE, used in applications that demand very small changes in physical dimension over a range of temperatures. One of these is Invar 36, with a coefficient in the 0.6x10-6 range. These alloys are useful in aerospace applications where wide temperature swings may occur.
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Is the Obama administration seeking to trigger a war pretext incident, a justification to wage an all out war on Iran?
Provoking a war and then blaming the enemy for carrying out an act of aggression is no longer part of a hidden agenda, a safely guarded secret as in the case of Pearl Harbor (1941) which was used by the FDR administration as a justification for America's entry into the Second World War.
Similarly, the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964) was part of a covert operation which served to trigger the adoption by the US Congress of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The latter granted President Lyndon B. Johnson with the "legal justification" for deploying U.S. troops against North Vietnam.
"If the Iranians aren't going to compromise, it would be best if somebody else started the war."
Recent developments, including US-NATO war games and the deployment of a powerful naval armada in the Persian Gulf, `"create conditions" which favor a Gulf of Tonkin type incident.
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DATE & TIME: Saturday, Nov. 10, 3:30 p.m. (et).
FACTS & STATS: Site: Qualcomm Stadium (54.000) -- San Diego, California. Television: NBCSN. Home Record: Air Force 4-1, SDSU 5-1. Away Record: Air Force 1-3, SDSU 2-2. Neutral Record: Air Force 0-0, SDSU 0-0. Conference Record: Air Force 4-1, SDSU 5-1. Series Record: Air Force leads, 19-11.
GAME NOTES: Following their huge upset of the Boise State Broncos, the San Diego State Aztecs try to extend their win streak to six in a row this weekend as they host the Air Force Falcons in Mountain West Conference action at Qualcomm Stadium.
Considered more than a two-touchdown underdog in Idaho, the Aztecs opened the meeting against nationally-ranked BSU with a kickoff return for a touchdown and eventually held on for a 21-19 victory. Now 5-1 in conference play as a result, the Aztecs are currently tied with Fresno State for the top spot in the standings and are already bowl eligible.
Prior to the victory versus the Broncos, San Diego State had dropped all 21 of their previous meetings with nationally-ranked programs on the road. The triumph also served to secure a third straight winning season for the Aztecs, who have waited more than two decades to put such a successful run together.
As for the Falcons, they went into last week's meeting with Army riding a three-game win streak since bowing to Navy in overtime (28-21) back on Oct. 6 as part of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy series for this season. Unfortunately for Air Force, the team didn't play nearly as well in the second part of the series as they stumbled to a 41-21 setback against the Black Knights.
Tied with Boise State for third in the MWC standings at 4-1, Air Force is 5-4 overall with three games remaining as it too hopes to appear in the postseason.
SDSU posted a 41-27 win in the most recent meeting last season on the road, but overall the team still trails in the series with Air Force, 19-11.
Ranked second in the nation in rushing heading into last week with 366.3 ypg, trailing only Army (383.1 ypg) in that category, the Falcons looked completely lost as they gained a total of just 103 yards and scored three times on 43 attempts. Even more surprisingly, the passing attack, while throwing three interceptions, actually completed 17-of-29 for 235 yards in the setback.
The Air Force defense held the Knights under their season average on the ground but still permitted 314 yards and four TDs.
Stopping the run has been a big problem for the Falcons all season long as they give up 226.3 ypg which ranks them last in the conference and 114th in the nation. The Academy hasn't had much luck separating the opposition from the ball either through nine games, gaining possession of only two fumbles. Because of that, the squad is tied for 105th in the country in turnover margin with minus-0.89 per game.
Cody Getz, ranked third in the conference and 11th in the nation in rushing with 118.9 ypg, delivered a trio of 200-yard games through the first five outings of the season, but in the last three games in which he has played he has just a combined 64 yards on the ground. Nevertheless, the Falcons have plenty of other options to turn to as five different players have gained at least 350 yards on the ground.
Colin Lockett was responsible for one of the biggest plays of the week in the league as he returned the opening kick by Boise State 100 yards for a touchdown, marking the first kick return for 100 yards for the Aztecs since 1979. Lockett finished with 148 all-purpose yards as he was named the MWC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Still learning the ropes at quarterback, Adam Dingwell converted 12-of-18 passes for 105 yards, was sacked twice and intercepted once, but overall managed the game just well enough to earn SDSU the upset victory. Running back Adam Muema accounted for a team-best 127 yards and a score on 25 rushing attempts.
Dingwell has stepped in for an injured Adam Katz and thrown for five touchdowns and just two INTs on 73 attempts, but really the offense now revolves around Muema and Walter Kazee who have combined to gain 1,700 yards and reach the end zone 18 times on 300 rushing attempts. The production by the duo is somewhat surprising given how weak the offensive line has been for much of the season.
Through 10 games last season the Aztecs permitted just 0.78 sacks per game (ninth nationally) as they guarded Ryan Lindley, but this year the numbers show SDSU giving up three sacks per game which is ninth in the conference and 107th in the country so there is certainly some work to be done there for sure.
As is always the case, the Falcons will try to monopolize the ball by running it time and again, but that will also be the objective of San Diego State as well so expect the edge to be given to the hosts if Dingwell has even a decent outing.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: San Diego State 31, Air Force 20


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-T^-^POI^^ •a_r,j.. {\ji.« j \ •« • OlliOil Nmtptpet Village o( Freeport Freeport School Oulrict • Baldain Sct«ol Outiict FHEEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST 25.19S3 4SlhyEAB, N0.IB FHSEFORT KEEOSIAL LIBHARt f HEKRICK RP . r a w ux 11520 • PRICE 2 5 * PER COPY Freeport Police Boat Back On Water Gym Roof Will Not Halt Programs ^Freeport Vamps Baldwin Disfricf Declares m State Title Storm Repairs Emergency Will Consider New Boat For Next Year's Budget FREEFOST - Caict KUiikaitia said she tan oat of her waietftont boose and waved exdtedlj at the pas^ng boat beaiing the Freeport ftiGce letteting. Other teddents ot the area, said the Gtiy tombardo Atesne lesident, who led the fight to teinstitate Fieepoct's police boat. ^ abotooktotheirbailyatdstowareawekome to tbeboat andtothe two Freeport poBce officers on it. FSEEPOKT - Fnit pJace la the 198) New Yoric State Fixe-man's Assbct»H<a'"Patade has bees csptBxed bj u)e Freeport FireDepertiBest. — Ud by Clnef Steve Week, the Freeport Vamps woo the award lor "Best Appeating Depatt-oest" in the pande hdd Smtday, Asgast 21, in apstate Watertown. A total of S2 men were in Eae lor Freeport, the U^iest total to masdi fix tnj of tlie 150 fire depaitmcBts in the estite state parade. I^mort {seed t o a ^ competi-tioa bom tame of the finest TtJoBteer matdbing nmts bom all areas ol the state, iodnffing sadi ptesder Long Island depatttients as Ooeaaside. However, when the final deddoD came down ftom the jodges. Freeport had taken the topslot. brJotaOalMOfr- BAIOWIN • Edscatiooal, pcac&al and ptocedntal deciskios and ad-jnstsaeats by Baldwin Schod Kstxkt Bond members, adn^idstrsliirs and staff cbntiaaeddaritigffis past w e ^ in an eSort to remedy the -Ammfg^ and. iaooovenieace ^ri'f*^ ''y'a *'taistex*^ stcrm which sheared cB the leekic h i |^ school's g<rm roof ooTfaanday, Aagost 11. The damage to the toot, ceik iojt ^*f*f flo*^ of tbc iQiTiPf "ii*** is estimated at np to S7SO,000. with "90% ^ns" covered by Insnr-anoe, actuding. to Assistant Soperistendent of Sdwob Bidotd Dopsovic On Monday, Angsst 15, te Board of Edaca- 600 met in an emergency sesaon to olfidiany dedate the gym dam-age an emergency sitaitinn, They voted to waive General Moidcipfe law 103 leganSag certain emergency bid&ig procedores and agreed to retain tlae services of both a pobSe adjoster, FrstUn-' Uvinsoa Associates, snd Mig- " , ^ V ^ - J . oone Associates. architectJ, to Winning the state parade IS a de^jop plans, and spedficatians tremendoos accom^shment. bat^ f ^ ^ repairs. Fiemooaiy the not a tudqoe one 6 r Uie d«>art- Mi«nooe ardiitects were coo-ment. State parades have been ^^z^ woo by Ftequn at least' twice befote in the past decade. The parade capped off a week of varioas fitematic meefings and activities as rhnotsiidt a lire-fighters fccm an over the State umvetged oa Watertown for the ammal State coBvendoo. The ooa-ventioa i* heU in different areas of NY State ammaOy, in Aogust. and win be held in Nassau Ctenty inAiigast.l96S. Oounty Police Recruiting In Fieeport Villase FSEETOBT- Marked Nassau Coonty poBce velddes and nniionned County poBce personnel may be bi the Village between now and October 31, lecruiting women and minorities as can^dates tot the department. Tlie Coonty's tecmitment pro- ' gram iodndes the five borooghs of New York Cby, as well as Nassao, Saffotk aiid Westchester, • Counties* • • • . • • tracted only for bond repair services. Board members also toured the senior Idgh school bam roof to Boor iaspec&tg the' damage. Do^ovic said that flic main coocem is to "get school opened." To addeve tUs, some emergency woi^ hts already been done and utbccixed by tiie insurance company, sodi as the boanfing up of tlie roof and window areas. Despite that, however, tlie rain storm on Thursday evening, August 18, caused artditiwiil water damage and flooding. The IMrttictls now in tlie process of negotiaticBs with the vsrioos insurance a^usters. Dopsovic'estiinated "anotlKT w e^ unto we have spwifications." There would flien be a process of "emergency bid£ng" for toof, flooring and ceSng work and' matetiah. Dopiavie added that they have been in toodi with vatioos awpanies for the Zoning of amlbrms damaged in tlie gym storage area, the recoo-fitkxnsg of a osiversal gym and the r e p ^ of lockers wliich most be saaJed, primed and repainted since they ire already b^^nnisg to tust. Blrariim vriD also be checked. Dopsovic s ^ tliat in ad£licii to the t e p ^ c( kaown damage,. the* District ia~ taking care to ^protect ttsen OD cooccajed oaju— age." He said that tiiey are •looting at every angle." . Dedsooa at the semor Ugh sdiod were being made by scbcal Macipa] Peter Lyndi aViag with Director of Physical Education Dee Alan Tyscn, Assistant Director, Aiiene Asd and Asns-tant Principal Sh^a MidiaeL lyadisaid that "the goal is to iwri.iiiiir^ the t'^*^ of instenctioiial variety and quaEty." To do that, thtte win be an extended outdoor pliydcal edocition program and a rotating cootinxency tn'^h^TV - program for incifmrnt weatiter. This win indnde four rotating bases (tloee win be activity ceateicd — two in the bick gym and one in tiie Commons) andopevrinbe insiructicoal and win infionr such cnmcninm as Cnt aid. Sports orientation. plmv_ snd textbook instmctiaii. Lynch said diat they diose not to ii"|***^ on other aryas such as die stndy balls, widch tave been wiaUng weD tUs past year in tefms of afiTsintabHlty of stn- - dentsaaduieofstadent&ae. The OonaaOBs win be set up with 10 ping pcng tables, b adfitioa. the District wil be lock-tng into irniliig one or two trailen for tlie intetsdaolastic ptofram. particnlnly todiban, ' toruseasaiockerEKiEty. Lynch said that these ccotin-genc7 plans wiB cany them tlmngh Fchraary 1. to November, based 00 the repair work. accompGshed, he win then kok at oilier plans if needed. Tyson and Dr. Lynch also stated flial an . inteisciiobstic andintranoaa] ptogiansvriUget .naderwar as sdtedoled. AS ftS (Cont. 0.1 Paga 8) ViSage Mayor Wmiam H. White described tlie "return" of the boat 4S "tliat's responsible government." White said he had called Freeport lioat dealer A] Grover fallowing last week's Village Board meeting, to End out if the village'teold lease or'rent a boat for the remainder of this > *^pf^i'' Grover,' in response, ' "loaned" the yiUage a boat. The v31age*s-poBce boat^bas. been ih.dtydock this season because no finds weie apyiupiiated in the 19e}-84 budget for its repair— said to be too costly to be practical ^ or for the purchase of Uts. Warikaitis and Ed Achner, along with other residents of sooth Fteepoit,. had presented a peti&m to the Village Boaid aboota month ago askmg for lesuuiption of village police-boat on Fite {Hill's waterways. LastMcodayniglii, August IS, White had piumised that a dis-cnsdoa of the boat would be takes im during the 1984-^ viDage bodget sessions. Red-dents had coioidained that speeding boats created dangers on the waterways, as wen as damaged to ther bnWiearting and ioAs; and tliat fittering and poIlQting' by patty fishing boats and/or commercial enteiprises needed to be oStet by police sorvrillasce. Both Deputy Mayor Dorothy Stofm and Trustee C. James - Claik vowed to weak for the re-institntioo of a Village police boat. The 17-foot Mako, loaned by Grover. has black - temporary lettering, titover loaned the village a boat, also a Mako, back in 1969 to DSC as its first poBce boat, but the following year, wboi the village parcfaased a boat, it did so ton an anotlier dealer. - Winte said the vSlage would use tlie teifiporary boat,'on loan faom Grover, this year. "H we damage it," Wlute said be told the Wooddeft Avenue boat dealer and Frttport native, "we win repair it." The boat has been out oo the water, patrdSi^, since tliis past weekend. Several village police officers have experience in handling sman Ixats: some have licenses. On the patrol boat at this time have been two-man "crews" of Officers Michael Woodward and Howard Hattman and Wood^ ward and John Lundergan. Mrs. Klarikaitis acknowledged Graver's loan to tlie village with a special tribute. She remariced that Al Crover has always been generous and dvic-m&ided. She - said the residetits were very appreciative and were thiiUed to see the visage's police boat on thewaters. QETTINa READY FOR A"SAIL" Fraaport FMc« Officars Michael Woodward <r.) and JohA Lundersan (I.) graat Fraaport boat manu-lacturar/ daalar Al Grovar (c) with a handshaka on board dta 17' Mako Grcvar has loaned tha viHaga lor tha rest of this aaaaon. The boai, manned t/y Freeport pdka olflcan, will patrol tha vfflaga'a waterways pravantlng unlawful speeding, polluting and Btterlng, and theftt-.the vftlaga'a poOca boat was drydockcd at tha and o( last season because of lu naad for expanshra repair work and naHhar ttie repairs nor a ner hoat prefa Jndvdad In the 1963-84 viBaga budget. (See story, this page.) •,.,->,.,-.•
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Your particular interests may direct you to one of the College's 19 academic departments and 13 interdisciplinary study programs that, more broadly, may be grouped into the categories of fine and performing arts, humanities, sciences or social sciences. Common to these programs is the Jesuit tradition of critical thinking, a sense of community, and service to others.
I invite you to find out more by browsing both the Arts & Sciences and University web links. You'll find out how the Arts & Sciences contribute to every aspect of your experience at Saint Louis University. You can get a quick snap shot through news postings (here and in SLU's daily Newslink) that report awards and recognitions for our top-notch faculty, activities of our students in national competitions, campus programs, co-curricular clubs, living-learning communities, and stories about our distinguished alumni.
As you focus your attention to resources available in the College, you'll discover here a process of living/learning that puts together character, value reflection, scholarship, and career preparation. Arts & Sciences at SLU are central to the University's mission to educate the whole person.
We in the College of Arts & Sciences are pleased to be part of a vital University, located in one of America's great cities, where high-tech meets human diversity, with close linkage to the world-wide system of Jesuit education. Both the College and the University are large enough to provide great resources but small enough to retain the true spirit of community.


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Also, the Lumia 920 is the most popular Windows Phone device (source). And it's a high-end device. That shows how well they're doing on the hardware side. And speaking of the hardware side, WP allows them to be unique and not just with the OS. The Lumia range of phones are offered in a variety of colours that go well with the colours of WP. If they went with Android, they'd have the same issues as any company that isn't Samsung (but to a lesser degree because it's Nokia and their hardware is awesome).
Unique? hah, what a joke. It's basically the same end experience with slight variations to the CPU, RAM, Camera, and case. Not to mention the fact that Microsoft limits what they can and cannot design into their handsets. You get none of that limitation with Android, hell pretty much any part of it apart from the Google Experience applications can be customised.


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Mar 27, 2007
New Video - RC control using the Acceleration Sensor
I've built the robot shown and it does work. It takes some practice to get used to keeping the RC level in your hand. Very slight movements left, right, forward, or backwards are sent to the robot, so don't sit it on a tabletop or other area where it could fall off.
4 comments:
- Eric D. Burdo said...
I don't have the acceleration sensor, or a second NXT, so I can't test this.
But, is it possible to code for variance in the motion? So if the motion is under a certain amount, it is ignored? That would make it easier to keep the controller "level".
- Mar 27, 2007, 3:17:00 AM
- Christopher R. Smith (Littlehorn) said...
Nice! Very Wii and PS3 controller like. It seems to have pretty fast response rate.
Additionally...does the Acceleration sensor have a mercury switch in it?...or what is in it?
- Mar 27, 2007, 4:50:00 AM
- Philo said...
Jim, you published faster than me ;o) I have a "NXTiiMote" that uses a Mindsensors acceleration sensor:http://philohome.com/misc/nxtiimote2.jpg
These remotes are very convenient to use!
- Mar 27, 2007, 5:51:00 PM
- Brian Davis said...
Steve Hassenplug also has a wonderful "joystick" like this, using (I think) an acceleration sensor and a compass sensor, to control his robot "Omni" (he developed it a while back, but since at the time the sensors were not commercially availible it got little exposure). Really a wonderful application.
As to how the acceleration sensors work, they don't use mercury switch, but "micro mechanical devices" - specificly, a cantilevered lever etched directly into the chip substrate. As the acceleration changed the deflection of this unsupported arm, it changes the capacitance of a circuit, which can be converted to a measurement. Very slick, very robust.
Brian Davis
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A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning
By the 1840s, when he painted this view, Thomas Cole was at the fore of a new movement in American landscape painting that would later be known as the "Hudson River School." Cole and his circle produced expansive and relatively detailed views of the American Northeast, focusing on sights like this one, which were increasingly popular among the country's first tourists. The Mountain House was an early resort hotel set on a high Catskill Mountain plateau, from which visitors could look out for miles over the Hudson River Valley. Cole painted himself into the wild setting of the foreground, establishing the vantage point from which the viewer is offered a panoramic vista of the area's best-known features, including the distinctive mountains, High Peak and Round Top, and North and South Lakes—still favorite destinations of tourists and hikers.
- Artist: Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dates: 1844
- Dimensions: 35 13/16 x 53 7/8 in. (91 x 136.9 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed lower right: "T Cole / 1844"
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- Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape/Colony to Nation, 5th Floor
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- Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
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- Caption: Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848). A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning, 1844. Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 53 7/8 in. (91 x 136.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 52.16
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Colourdar Rio de Janeiro - 2002-2011 Mean temperature ºC
A common calendar, on average 12 months of 30 days, 52 weeks or 365 days ( 365 days and 6 hours to be exact) , does not change your information as time passes, only sometimes political / social as holidays.
When faced with a calendar's information, is repeated year after year and only varies as to the phases of the moon relative to the days of the month and the name day moves one step forward. At this repetition adds one more day every four years, February 29 , the rest of the time, nothing changes.
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The Environmental Educators of North Carolina (EENC) have named Liz Baird Environmental Educator of the Year. EENC's mission is to promote excellence in professional development and facilitate networking opportunities, inspiring educators to create an environmentally literate citizenry.
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A Museum and North Carolina State University researcher is part of a team that has discovered fossilized feathers from a giant penguin that lived near the Equator more than 36 million years ago. These feathery fossils reveal color patterns in an ancient extinct penguin species, and offer clues to how modern penguin feathers evolved.
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Local chefs square off in "Iron Chef" style cook-off to create dishes with a "mystery" aquatic bug, worms, and crickets
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For ages, the Yasukuni shrine of Tokyo, Japan has courted a tremendous amount of controversy for a ceremonial sword that it holds. Shinto Buddhists believe that the said weapon harbors some 2.4 million souls; as a result, the Japanese ascribe tremendous power to the blade and Japanese officers used it to lay waste to untold numbers of victims in 1930s Asia. The building and the weapon harbor tremendous personal significance for Chinese director Li Ying, given the torture inflicted by the Japanese soldiers on Chinese communists including his own father. With Ying's documentary Yasukuni, he visits the shrine and explores the violent history that belies the existence of the building and the sword, as Japanese Buddhists continue to gather at the site and honor their dead.~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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adjective queen·ly \ˈkwēn-lē\
: resembling a queen or suitable for a queen
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Michael Pollan's "In Defence of Food" outlines a very simple strategy for eating - "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants".
Whilst there are many excellent books on approaches to diet and the dangers of "nutritionism" (such as Gary Taubes' "Good Calories, Bad Calories"), this is perhaps the clearest, easiest to follow and most balanced – as well as the shortest.
It argues that the nutritional research trend of reducing food to its components (fat, protein, carbohydrate, phytochemicals, vitamins, etc.) is largely unhelpful, citing the case of whole grains as an excellent example. Scientists still do not know what it is about whole grains that makes the people who eat them healthier. It is not due, as initially thought, to fibre, phytic acid or any specific vitamin. However, the general public is now extremely nutrient-conscious, and attentive to fat content, carbohydrate content and vitamin enrichment – the ideal market for the nutrient-adjusted "food-like" substances produced and marketed by food companies.The fact that manufacturers of crisps and desserts can receive a "heart healthy" approval (for a fee) because of their engineered fat content is sickening.
The Western diet, based on refined flour and sugar, is presented as the main cause of the "Western" diseases – obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer. Pollan explains how humans can thrive on a variety of diets – vegetarian, high protein, low fat, high fat – but not the Western diet.
The last section of the book gives suggestions for escaping the Western diet.
It is difficult to find real fault with this book. The suggestions for escaping the Western diet will be largely unhelpful for people with limited resources in terms of money and potentially time, though (organic delivery services will help with the time aspect). I wholeheartedly agree with the notion of spending a little more to get good quality meat and vegetables, but this is not an option for everyone.
Also, the focus on eating "mostly plants" is at odds with the fact that there are a number of very healthy human populations who eat little or no plant material, as reported in the book. Pollan does not promote vegetarianism as the only way forward, though, stating that since humans have been going to so much trouble for so long to obtain meat, it probably has a place in the diet. It is also fair to say that eating more plant food would not be a bad idea for most people.
Finally, Pollan dismisses supplements as useless, except perhaps multivitamins for the over-50s and in some cases a fish oil. Fish oil is well researched, with benefits for insulin metabolism, inflammation and cardiovascular health and I would put it ahead of multivitamins in terms of importance – even for people who eat well. I would also advise supplementation with vitamin D3 for most people living in the UK. As for other vitamins, supplementing with B complex may be helpful for improving energy levels and mood, and I suggest a good quality multivitamin as an optional extra for those who place excessive demands on their bodies – such as frequent, heavy exercise, an extremely busy work and travel schedule or an ambitious fat loss plan. It is not yet clear whether multivitamins have significant health benefits, although studies do not generally discriminate between types of multivitamins (and there is likely to be a huge difference in biological activity).
Everyone should read this book! Real food should be easily available and affordable, not an effort to obtain, or a luxury – and perhaps the most likely way to achieve this is through consumer power. If Farmers' Markets and organic delivery services blossom, and the non-food taking up most of the space in our supermarkets is shunned, producers will have to change their practices.


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