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Supporting teachers when diagnosing their students in algebra
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Classroom Manager App for iOS
'Don't just collect data! Understand it! Classroom manager helps you aggregate and interpret your data!Application Description:Elegant in its simplicity, Classroom Manager allows the user to monitor student behavior, classroom interactions, and teacher interventions in real-time with the touch of a few buttons. Classroom Manager is ideal for teachers who need to maintain accurate records for parent-teacher conferences, monitor behaviors for intervention meetings, and track the progress of studen
Red Rover Robotics
This lesson begins with a brief history of robotics, describing how robots are beneficial to engineering and society and then explores how robots have been used in recent space exploration efforts. The engineering design of the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are examples of advanced engineering design for space research. The maneuverability of these two spacecraft's robotic arms and the functionality of their tools is discussed.
Computer skills development by children using
'hole in the wall' facilities in rural India
Earlier work often referred to as the "hole in the wall" experiments has shown that groups of children can learn to use public computers on their own. This paper presents the method and results of an experiment conducted to investigate whether such unsupervised group learning in shared public spaces can improve children's performance in school examinations. The experiment was conducted with "hole in the wall" (minimally invasive education, or MIE) kiosks in the rural Sindhudurg District of Mahar
WebLabs: Virtual collaborative learning experience for researchers, teachers and students
The paper presents experiences from a 3 year international project, WebLabs: New representational infrastructure for e-learning, in which researchers, teachers and young students from UK, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Sweden, Portugal and Italy participated. The project explored innovative pedagogy based on the integration of constructionist learning approach and virtual co-learning. For the purposes of the project a visual programming environment, Toon Talk, and a virtual collaborative system, Wplone, were
Computing Ontology Creation
In this paper an approach for the development of an Ontology for the domain of Computing Education is presented. This approach was applied in the FP5 IST Project DIOGENE - A Training Web Broker for ICT Professionals. I am outlining our work on the Computing Ontology creation, and am giving some guidelines and hints for further usage of the Ontology.
Data Driven User Requirements Specification in the UNITE Project
This paper describes the process of user requirements specification in UNITE project. The main goal of the project is to develop an integrated system for authoring and delivery of high quality eLearning activities for the secondary school students. The UNITE system consists of three main components: 1) Software Platform – integrating state of the art learning management systems (LMS), content management systems (CMS), and mobile learning (mLearning) capabilities; 2) Pedagogical Framework – s
Developing nursing expertise in simulation-based learning environments
The work of nurse anaesthetists is carried out in a highly technological environment, where patient care is provided in close collaboration with other members of hospital staff. The expertise of these nurses and how this is developed is of vital importance. Furthermore, the use of computerised pedagogical tools to support learning within an educational setting is of special interest. The main aim of this paper is to investigate how the use of one of these tools, a simulation based learning envir
Distance Education Standards and Legal Issues - Computing Education Perspective
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Question and test interoperability - organization, reuse and management of assessments' contents
One of the modern trends in nowadays e-learning technologies and system development is toward creation of standards-based distributed computing applications. The presented paper examines ways of creation, organization, packaging, storage management and usage of e-learning courseware, regarding these modern elearning standards and technologies. It puts a special accent towards development and management of assessment contents. After a short overview and comparison of the standards and ways of the
Development of Adaptive e-Learning System Based on Learning Objects
This paper discusses Adaptive Educational Hypermedia (AEH), which is at present a hot topic of research and an important aim for e-Learning systems. The presented approach is knowledgebased. The domain ontology and the learning objects play a central role as resources structuring the learning content and supporting flexible adaptive strategies for navigation through this content.
ARCADE Assessment Framework
The boom in development of learning management tools in recent years stimulates creation of relevant standards, while acceptance of such standards helps system interoperability worldwide. The paper aims in presenting an assessment framework based on the recent IMS standards and built into ARCADE - Architecture for Reusable Courseware Authoring and DElivery. The information model of the assessment tool has been designed with a view to efficient test authoring, management and evaluation of student
Insight into Practical Utilization of Knowledge Management Technologies
The focus of knowledge management (KM) has shifted in the last few years towards the ways in which knowledge is created and shared. Nevertheless, KM technologies continue to be an important issue in KM practices. The present paper focuses on the technological solutions applied in the organizations at different stages of the knowledge management life cycle. On the bases of an overview of the knowledge management tools and technologies, the paper emphasizes on the most popular KM applications foun
Futurelab: What if...? Re-imagining learning spaces
We are currently witnessing a massive investment in the design and build of new schools to equip the UK education system for the 21st century. The economically and architecturally ambitious Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is setting out to rebuild or renew every secondary school in England over the next 10 to 15 years. But how much of this effort has been inspired by an equally wide-reaching educational vision?,Research report
Literature Review in Learning with Tangible Technologies
When we think of digital technologies in schools, we tend to think of computers, keyboards, sometimes laptops, and more recently whiteboards and data projectors. These tools are becoming part of the familiar educational landscape. Outside the walls of the classroom, however, there are significant changes in how we think about digital technologies - or, to be more precise, how we don't think about them, as they disappear into our clothes, our fridges, our cars and our city streets. This disappe
Mathematics and E-Learning: A conceptual framework
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Choosing for learning objects: The possible deployment of learning objects with eight educational am
The Dutch six-part series Leerobjecten in de praktijk (Learning objects in practice) is about six divergent and difficult problems that occur frequently in working with learning objects. Based on research into existing practice, guidelines are offered to policy makers, educational technology consultants, teachers, educational designers and developers of digital learning materials who are struggling with these problems in higher education. Choosing for learning objects discusses eight education
Advanced Solid State Physics
This course is about the electronic properties of materials and contains lectures about scattering, transport in metals, phonons and superconductivity. Study Goals: The goal of the course is twofold: to present modern concepts of the electronic properties of the materials, and to develop he ability to read (and understand) scientific papers. The first goal will be achieved through a series of lectures and sets of exercises. A considerable attention is devoted to superconductivity, not only becau
The Missing Teacher: Contradictions and Conflicts in the Experience of Online Learners
A nationwide Swedish distance education programme, SÄL, was offered to adults with previous higher education studies working as teachers in K-12. A smaller study conducted among this group of students at Göteborg University, Göteborg, revealed concerns regarding teacher performance online. A follow-up and larger study using a questionnaire survey was used to reveal possible conflicts and contradictions in the programme. An analysis suggests that there is a contradiction between how the progra


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SP/Silicon Power launches Touch T01 super mini USB flash drive
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Taipei, Taiwan, November 1, 2011 - Leading memory storage brand, SP/Silicon Power announces super mini-size Touch T01 flash drive today in response to the market trend of mobile devices. The overall dimension is minimized by 30% and there is only 10 mm of length is in sight when it connects to the USB port. Therefore you are able put your laptop or tablet personal computer into the handbag without having to retract the USB flash drive which upgrades your storage data mobility!
In addition to portable device, Touch T01 is even suitable for the consumers using flash drives daily. Those include usages of connecting to car stereos, mp3 players or digital photo frames. It is not only more convenient but also expands the storage space for music, photos and other multimedia files. Touch T01 provides an array of choices in capacities from 4 GB to 16 GB to satisfy customer's various requirements.
Touch T01 is designed with a compact shape that shows its stylish sense. The brushed metal material prevents the surface from fingerprints. The lidless design is also very user-friendly. Utilizing state of art COB (Chip On Board) packaging technology, it acquires dust-proof, vibration-proof and waterproof functions and reduces risks of data loss.
Touch T01 comes with SP Widget free download software, providing 7 major back up and security tools as well as a 60 day free trial of Norton AntiVirus 2011. All SP USB flash drives are made to meet with the stringent EU RoHS standards, and offer a lifetime warranty.
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EPA Expands E15 Decree
This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the use of 15% ethanol fuel blends (E15) for 2011-2006 model year cars:
EPA Grants E15 Fuel Waiver for Model Years 2001 – 2006 Cars and Light Trucks
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today waived a limitation on selling gasoline that contains more than 10 percent ethanol for model year (MY) 2001 through 2006 passenger vehicles, including cars, SUVs, and light pickup trucks. The waiver applies to fuel that contains up to 15 percent ethanol – known as E15. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson made the decision after a review of the Department of Energy's thorough testing and other available data on E15's effect on emissions from MY 2001 through 2006 cars and light trucks.
"Recently completed testing and data analysis show that E15 does not harm emissions control equipment in newer cars and light trucks," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "Wherever sound science and the law support steps to allow more home-grown fuels in America's vehicles, this administration takes those steps."
So what does this mean? I think the same thing I thought when the EPA granted the first partial waiver. It will be a logistical nightmare to only allow E15 in certain vehicles, and retailers are not going to take the liability risk of someone putting E15 in the wrong vehicle. Because the press release also stated:
The Agency also announced that no waiver is being granted this year for E15 use in any motorcycles, heavy-duty vehicles, or non-road engines because current testing data does not support such a waiver.
So now imagine that someone in a non-approved vehicle puts E15 in their vehicle and later has a problem. Do you think they will sue? In a land where a woman sues because she carelessly walked into a fountain while texting, of course people will sue. So I don't expect any significant growth in E15 sales as a result of the EPA decision.
However, this does move the ethanol industry one step closer to what they really want, and that is an E15 mandate. The ethanol industry has been falsely claiming for quite some time that without increasing the standard fuel blend beyond 10% ethanol "the U.S. won't be able to meet a congressional mandate requiring some 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into the domestic fuel supply by 2022." The reason this is false was explained in Thoughts on an Ethanol Pipeline, where I calculated that there is a potential 37 billion gallon ethanol market in the Midwest alone if the industry can develop the E85 market.
But one thing I have concluded is that the ethanol industry isn't really about choice. They talk a lot about consumer choice, but at the end of the day they pursue mandates and legal decisions over aggressively developing an E85 market. So what happens if E15 sales don't increase as a result of this ruling? I think the ethanol lobby will come back and say "the U.S. won't be able to meet a congressional mandate requiring some 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into the domestic fuel supply by 2022 — unless an E15 mandate is implemented." They will pursue the strategy that forces everyone to use a blend of E15, just as we are currently forced to use E10.
The other development that I think will begin to play out is that cellulosic ethanol will continue the trend of failing to deliver commercial quantities of fuel. As it becomes more obvious that cellulosic ethanol won't make a meaningful contribution to the 36 billion gallon ethanol mandate for 2022, there are two courses of action we can take. The first is simply to abolish that mandate. But the one that will be pursued by the ethanol lobby is to say "We can produce a lot more corn ethanol than we produce now, so don't change the mandate. Just allow corn ethanol to contribute to the total."
This is how I expect the VEETC debate to play out this year. The ethanol industry may offer to give it up in exchange for an E15 mandate and an expansion of the corn ethanol contribution to the 36 billion gallon mandate. I guess if I am realistic, based on last year's debate what they will probably say is they want to keep the VEETC, keep the tariff in place, AND get an E15 mandate — otherwise hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk and economic calamity awaits. And as we have seen, the ethanol industry generally gets what they want.
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Clap for the Wolfman: Finally seeing Cummings live a mixed bag
Get your laughs out of the way now: I've waited a very long time to see Burton Cummings live.
The Guess Who is one of my top 10 favorite bands, and while I reviewed them in Waukesha in 2007 the only original member then was bassist Jim Kale. The most dynamic part of the Guess Who, lead singer Burton Cummings, wasn't with this veritable tribute band, replaced with a sound-alike stand-in. And let's just say, that band isn't talking to Cummings.
So when I saw that 64-year-old Cummings was playing Summerfest this year, I put it in my calendar early. I watched YouTube videos of his performances; I followed him on Twitter. I knew what to expect.
This was a case of "I'd better see him play, in case I never get the chance again."
I think it was worth it ... but I'm not sure.
In the '70s, Cummings had that wide mustache, framing a grinning mouth that showed amazing range. His unruly, curly hair evoked Canadian classic rock, the originator of amazing music like "No Sugar Tonight, "These Eyes" and "American Woman."
Tonight, Cummings still has the jet black hair, his too-small mustache completely unironic. He looks and sounds like the lead singer of a Guess Who tribute band, his sweet, sweet voice somehow turned lounge singer as he makes beautiful music on his piano.
It was pretty weird, actually. When Cummings hit the high notes (which he seldom attempted and weren't that high ), he sounded so nasally and unlike the voice I've known and loved. He sounded good in the lower registers, but his vocal skills have deteriorated in a way I've never experienced.
Again unironically, clad in a black cat T-shirt, black jeans and black button-down shirt, Cummings sweated his way through a long hot set at the Potawatomi Stage. He brought with him a top-flight backing band, and bantered a lot with the crowd.
Unfortunately, he took repeated digs at the band touring as the Guess Who (which, technically speaking, sounded much better than Cummings tonight). I can see how angry he was, and I don't blame him, but the ever-present griping got old. Cummings also told a nice story about hearing how he found out "American Woman" went #1 when he was playing in Milwaukee in 1970.
But the show just didn't have much luster. Some songs, like "Undone," "Clap For The Wolfman," "No Time" and "Share The Land" sounded great. But others, like "American Woman," started with a long and hokey, Doors-eque intro. All in all, it felt a little sad.
But you know what, Cummings had fun out there, and so did the older, sweaty crowd. We get it: these are his songs, and I just came to watch and to enjoy.
Mostly, I did. But I can't help but be a little disappointed. Cummings once had a voice as good as Freddie Mercury, but that's long gone now.
You can't go back, but hey, you can try. Who can fault him for that?
Set list:
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Albert Flasher
Clap for the Wolfman
Guns, Guns, Guns
Bus Rider
Hand Me Down World
Stand Tall
We Just Came From The USA
These Eyes
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American Woman
Star Baby
No Time
Share The Land
RichAtomic | July 12, 2012 at 2:49 p.m. (report)
The arrangement of "American Woman" with the extended blues intro dates back a good 40 years; listen to The Guess Who's 'Live At The Paramount 1972' album and you'll get a 16+ minute version. I thought Burton throwing in a little nod to one of his greatest inspirations (Jim Morrison) was pretty cool.
The diatribes against the karaoke version of The Guess Who were kind of a buzzkill. But I understand how they are taking bread off his table as well as tricking casual fans, such as Andy, into seeing a fake version of the band. It must be infuriating.
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Jack | July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. (report)
Pretty sure the album version doesn't start with a 10 minute long instrumental where Cummings channeled the voice of Jim Morrison in Roadhouse Blues. This is pretty much what he did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRjcd_-5f_Y
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"Summertime" is a great song - so great that it's been covered 25,000 times since George Gershwin wrote it in 1934. One of the more enchanting - and special - versions of the jazz standard has just dropped from Nineteen Thirteen, an enigma of a Milwaukee band. Featuring Victor DeLorenzo on percussion and Janet Schiff on cello as its two permanent members, you almost have to see this group to believe it.
Summerfest picks: Andy Tarnoff
Published June 18, 2015
Even though Summerfest gets passed over by lots of national media - at some point, let's put the onus on getting the word out better, OK? - there's no doubt that this gigantic musical festival is Milwaukee's crowning annual achievement. Here are the annual picks from OnMilwaukee.com Publisher Andy Tarnoff.
Have you ever caught a foul ball?
Published June 11, 2015
Have you ever caught a Major League foul ball? Or more than one? And do you still have them? It's a pretty special moment, I must say. I'm not sure I'll ever do it again.


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Silicone radiator hoses from eBay China.
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Silicone radiator hoses from eBay China.
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Here is a list of parts that have been acquired for the big turbo swap/rebuild.
Motor rebuild parts
CP pistons tool steel pins - done
Connecting rods - done
ARP head studs - done
Yes you will have to modify one of the wires I can't remember which one though
I dropped the short block off at the machine shop on Monday to be bored and honed to fit the 83mm CP Pistons. More updates to follow :thumbup:
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While looking for some replacement thrust washers for my 06A block I have come across different sets of thrust washers for this motor.
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I had the same problem and swapped FCM with no change in symptoms.
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Toyota Supra PCV valve
I am definitely mistaking that valve for the little plastic check valve that comes off of the brake booster lines.
What is the OD on that valve?
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I have the dual surge tank so I doubt it will fit there. In addition I have an aftermarket power steering reservoir that is occupying that position right now.
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A4U Expo interview series: Marcus Tandler
Going up to A4U Expo London, which starts next week, Bas van den Beld and Jon Myers are interviewing several speakers from the searchpanels. You will be presented with these interviews going up to the conference. This morning we introduce Marcus Tandler 'aka Mediadonis'.
Marcus is one of the most famous SEO's around the world, and probably the most famous one in Germany. He is mostlt famous by the name "Mediadonis" which he uses at many different areas like his Twitter account. Marcus is also the host of the Webmasterradio.fm show 'Webmasters on the roof'.
We unfortunately couldn't do the podcast interview with Marcus, but we did get the chance to ask him questions via e-mail. Find below his answers.
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House passes DOD IT cuts
The House last week passed a bill that would cut the Defense Department's
information technology budget by $320 million. The Senate Appropriations Committee, meanwhile, has passed a spending bill that largely mirrors the Bush administration's request.
Security forms go online
The Office of Personnel Management last week announced the launch of a new online procedure designed to bring a welcome change to the process of completing security clearance forms. Standard Forms 86 (SF-86) and 86C (SF-86C) are available online for the first time.
Senate delays CAPPS funding
Senate appropriators unanimously approved a $29.3 billion spending bill July 10 for the Homeland Security Department, but delayed funding for a controversial airline passenger-profiling system until it is studied.
Rule limits anti-terror liability
DHS issued a proposed rule last week that would limit the liability for
companies providing anti-terrorism technologies to the federal
GSA to lower industry fee
Vendors will pay less to sell products and services through the General Services Administration schedule contracts system.
Feds lack bioterror training
The government is unable to deal with a bioterrorism attack because workers have not been adequately trained, a new report says.
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Leidos, Accenture and Cerner pull off an unexpected win of the multi-billion-dollar Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract, beating out the presumptive health-records leader.
Millions of background-check records were compromised, OPM now says. Here's the jaw-dropping range of personal data that was exposed.
The General Services Administration is going to great lengths to gather feedback on its IT services GWAC. Will it make for a better acquisition vehicle?
Agency details results of an "interagency forensic investigation," plans for assisting affected individuals.
Merit Systems Protection Board data from as far back as November 2014 could be missing.
Three-time Federal 100 winner is leaving government in July.
Members of Congress heaped hard questions on federal IT leaders at a June 16 hearing and suggested strongly that somebody needs to be fired.
Senate bill carves out exemption for supercomputing and other lab IT; an earlier version of the measure would have exempted the entire Department of Energy.
OPM is partnering with CSID to try to manage the fallout from a massive breach of some 4 million federal personnel records.
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Rules: Even if President Obama and John Boehner work out a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," the U.S. is still careening toward a another cliff, thanks to Obama's massively expensive, if little noticed, regulatory agenda.
As IBD reported before the election, Obama's regulatory minions had temporarily put several costly new rules on ice to protect the president from charges that he was anti-business and to shield the economy from the effects of all these huge new regulatory burdens.
But almost as soon as voters decided to give Obama four more years, his regulators once again sprang into action.
Or as the AP put it, "Since the election, the Obama administration has quietly reopened the regulations pipeline."
The latest is a costly new rule that tightens allowable levels of so-called fine particulate matter. That will make it far harder for local governments to issue new manufacturing permits if they are to stay in compliance with the new standard.
Worse, the new rule isn't even needed, since the EPA's own data show levels of this pollutant — called PM 2.5 — steadily declining under the existing standard.
The National Association of Manufacturers called the EPA's decision a "staggering level of shortsightedness." That's putting it mildly.
The public also didn't learn until after the election that they will each have to pay a $63 fee, thanks to new ObamaCare regulations.
In essence, this is a surprise $25 billion tax hike — imposed on everyone, middle-class families included — to offset what the administration admits will be a massive disruption in the insurance market once ObamaCare's rules kick in.
In addition, the EPA has proposed water quality rules for beaches. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to require automakers to include "black box" data recorders in every car starting in 2014.
And these are just a taste of the regulatory calamities that lie ahead now that Obama has four more years to "remake" the American economy. Sen. James Inhofe has a 14-page report outlining just the expected EPA regulations for 2013.
Among the others waiting in the wings: New greenhouse gas rules, new rules for "clean" gasoline, new smog rules, new clean water rules, new food safety rules, and still more auto mandates.
There are also rules in the works covering coal ash, toxic pollutants, cooling water intakes at power plants, sunscreens, new efficiency standards, and various workplace rules.
Plus there's a mountain of ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank rules still to be written.
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Novak Djokovic returns to tennis for the first time since Wimbledon as the Serb begins his bid for a third straight title when the Montreal Masters begins on Monday.
Djokovic has not played since losing the Wimbledon final to Andy Murray, the second seed who will also be testing himself for the first time in a month since making history with his title at the All England Club.
Missing from the field will be two-time champion Roger Federer, the world number five, with the Swiss apparently unable to overcome the back spasms which bothered him in recent weeks as he played for the first time in years at clay events in Hamburg and Gstaad.
ATP number five Federer gave no precise indication of why he will not make the trip to start his pre-US Open campaign, saying only: "I am disappointed not to be playing in Montreal next week. It is a great tournament with amazing fans. I look forward to competing there in the future."
Also pulling out was wild card Gael Monfils, who had the misfortune to injure his ankle while training at the tournament site in Canada.
American Mardy Fish, never the same since his heart-scare incident nearly 18 months ago, withdrew for "personal reasons".
Serb Viktor Troicki and Croatian Marin Cilic, both under clouds for alleged violations of the tennis anti-doping policy, are not included in the field for the first major tune-up prior to the US Open which begins August 26.
Troicki has been banned for 18 months for failing to provide a blood sample to drug testers, but he says the testing personnel told him he didn't have to and he plans to appeal.
Murray and fourth seed Rafael Nadal both got in hits in Montreal with Frenchman Richard Gasquet, with Murray building for the first grand slam title defence of his career in New York where he finally made his breakthrough at a major at the US Open 11 months ago.
"I think I persevered, that's really been it, the story of my career. I've had lots of tough losses, but the one thing I would say is I think every year I always improved a little bit," the Scot said of his ever more impressive resume.
Murray lifted the Montreal honours in 2009 and 2010 but lost in the third round a year ago to Canadian Milos Raonic.
The top eight seeds receive byes into the second round, with Djokovic playing the winner of the first-round match between Australian Bernard Tomic and Germany's Florian Mayer.
Murray will line up against either Grigor Dimitrov or Marcel Granollers, who reached won the claycourt title in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Saturday.
Spain's David Ferrer is seeded third, with Czech Tomas Berdych fifth behind Nadal. Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro is sixth, with Gasquet seventh and Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka eighth.
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