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Calculating and graphing within-subject confidence intervals for ANOVA
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Psychologists are gradually coming round to the view that it is a good idea to present interval estimates alongside point estimates of statistics. The most common statistic reported in psychology research is almost certainly the mean (strictly the arithmetic mean). Presenting an interval estimate for the mean of a single sample is usually quite simple. This is usually done as 95% confidence interval about the mean – and most researchers in psychology are able to calculate this by hand or get their statistical software to calculate and graph it for them.
Extending this to more than one mean introduces an additional layer of complexity. This is because the difference between two means is a different quantity, and its CI (although related to those of the individual means) is different in width from the CIs of the individual means. This creates a problem when plotting the CI because a researcher might be interested in the CI for an individual mean, the CI for their difference (or both).
The complexity increases further if the aim is to plot a set of means (e.g., from an ANOVA design). In this case, plotting all the possible differences (as is commonly done) obscures patterns in the individual means (e.g., linear or quadratic trends). Last, but not least, if the means are not from independent samples, there are further difficulties. This happens in within-subjects or repeated measures designs.
In these designs the variation around each mean is correlated with the variation around the other means. This correlation arises from individual differences. Statistical procedures such as ANOVA can capitalize on these individual differences to produce more sensitive statistical inferences (i.e., to increase statistical power or obtain narrower CIs). This is done by estimating the variation due to individual differences, and removing it from the error variance (the estimate of statistical noise in the data set).
This is a problem for graphical presentation of means because the precision of individual means is influenced by individual differences, whereas the precision of differences between means is not (because the estimate of individual differences is common to repeated samples from the same people and thus can be removed). Further complications arise when the sphericity assumption of repeated measures ANOVA is violated.
Several solutions to these problems have been proposed in the literature. The best known of these in psychology is that of Loftus and Masson (1994). Another well-known solution is that of Goldstein and Healy (1995), extended to correlated samples by Afshartous and Preston (2010).
Despite a large literature on the problems of graphing a set of correlated means, many people avoid the problems altogether by not reporting (or graphing) CIs or report CIs that are misleading in some way. Researchers are often unaware of the problems or find the solutions hard to understand and implement.
I recently reviewed the main approaches in the literature, describe how to obtain suitable intervals for individual means and differences between means and provide R code to calculate and plot the intervals.
The main highlights are that:
i) for inferences about individual means the standard approach works fairly well for between-subject (independent measures) designs, but there is a case to use CIs from a multilevel model for within-subject (repeated measures) designs
ii) an approach proposed by Cousineau (2005) with a correction by Morey (2008) offers advantages over the Loftus and Masson (1994) approach for within-subject ANOVA designs. It simplifies the calculations and does not assume sphericity. The Loftus-Masson approach will however usually be superior when n is small.
iii) if you are interested in differences between means then you should probably plot a version of the Cousineau-Morey (or Loftus-Masson) interval that is adjusted so that overlap of the CIs around two individual means corresponds to overlap of the CI for their difference. This can be done by incorporating a multiplier to the width of the individual CIs. This multiplier is equal to (2^0.5)/2.
iv) if you are interested in both precision of individual means and their differences you can use a two-tiered error bar to display both quantities (Cleveland, 1985).
v) the intervals (and graphical presentation of means) are useful for informal inference about a set of means. For formal inference it is better to set up precise hypotheses and test these via an a priori of contrast. This could be a traditional null hypothesis significance test, but other approaches are available. These include confidence intervals, Bayes factors, likelihood ratios and so forth (Baguley, in press; Dienes, 2008).
The paper is available here, the R code here and the data sets here.
Update: R functions now available for the simpler between-subjects (independent measures) ANOVA
case (at the Serious stats blog).
Update: R functions now available for the simpler between-subjects (independent measures) ANOVA
case (at the Serious stats blog).
Afshartous D., & Preston R. A. (2010). Confidence intervals for dependent data: equating nonoverlap with statistical significance. Computational Statistics and Data
Analysis. 54, 2296-2305.
Baguley, T. (2011, in press). Calculating and graphing within-subject confidence intervals for ANOVA. Behavior Research Methods. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0123-7
Baguley, T. (2012, in press). Serious Stats: A guide to advanced statistics for the behavioral sciences. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Cleveland. W. S. (1985). Elements Of Graphing Data. New York, NY: Chapman & Hall.
Cousineau, D. (2005). Confidence intervals in within-subject designs: A simpler solution to Loftus and Masson's method. Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 1, 42-45.
Dienes, Z. (2008). Understanding Psychology as a Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Statistical Inference. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Goldstein, H., & Healy, M. J. R. (1995). The graphical presentation of a collection of means. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 158, 175-177.
Loftus, G. R., & Masson, M. E. J. (1994). Using confidence intervals in within-subject designs. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 1, 476-490.
Morey, R. D. (2008). Confidence intervals from normalized data: A correction to Cousineau (2005). Tutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 4, 61-64.
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Tips for Choosing Makerspace Tools + 10 Favorites
Searching for and finding the right makerspace tools for your space can cause some anxiety. There are so many options out there, and so many different brands within those options, that knowing where to start isn't easy. Budgets are limited and the idea that you might be purchasing supplies or tools that could go unused can be discouraging. But there are some guidelines you can follow to help you make decisions. Based on my experience creating multiple school makerspaces, I've compiled five tips to help ensure you have the right tools for your space.
Talk to Students
The worst approach to building a makerspace is buying a bunch of things and sticking them in a your space without ever talking to anyone. Start by having conversations with students so you get an idea of how the space is going to be utilized long-term. This will also help you figure out what size space you will need and what your storage needs will be, as both those details will depend on what types of projects will happen in the space.
Your conversations with your students will help you gain an understanding about what they are interested in making in a makerspace. It's okay to suggest different tools that could be available to students, but it's also important to get a feel for what students want to make in their new space. You might be surprised to find that you have a group of students who love to knit and another group that spends lots of time using Minecraft. There may be other students who love to build and have always wanted to use littleBits™ to explore circuits and gadget building. Other students might just need a space to sit and sketch things from their imagination. Whatever their interests might be, it's important to take note and try to fill the space with items that meet students' needs and interests. If you don't, you could have a very dusty and underutilized makerspace on your hands.
Talk to Staff
The other group of stakeholders you will want to talk to are the teachers. This will help you figure out if your space should be in a public area for them to use with their students or if you will want to make your makerspace mobile — or possibly both. You may find that some maker activities will start (or continue) in the classroom with the help of a well-stocked mobile cart.
Start by discussing the types of projects that teachers would be interested in exploring with their students and gain an understanding of how invested in project-based learning they are. This will help you understand how teachers will want their students to interact with the makerspace.
Sometimes teachers (like all of us) might be hesitant to try new things, so it's helpful to give guidance on the different tools that could be available to them in a makerspace. Showing teachers how access to these tools could positively impact their lessons is a great way to get feedback from them, as the discussion can generate even more ideas.
If possible, try to visit an already established school or public makerspace as a group to allow some hands-on exploration of some of the tools and technology you are considering for your space. Youth Services Librarian Holly Storck-Post talks about the value of this type of professional development in her post 4 Benefits of Holding a Maker Program for Library Staff. Providing staff with this information is key to helping build a space that teachers and students will want to interact with. The more students and teachers you have using your makerspace, the more feedback you'll get on what tools they wish they had for projects.
By talking to the stakeholders and implementing their ideas, students and staff will have a sense of ownership over the space that will lead to increased usage once the space is up and running. A makerspace should be a hub of learning and creativity, and it is crucial that all students and staff feel like they have a part in its creation. Just talking and listening can go a long way in creating the best possible makerspace for your learning environment.
Prioritize Purchases
After talking with the stakeholders for your space, it is important to prioritize your purchases based on the feedback you received and the budget you have available. This is where different learning communities start to diverge, and that is a good thing. You can personalize your makerspace based on the feedback you heard and get the most out of your budget.
For example, many people will tell you that a 3-D printer is a must for your space. I have a couple of Dremel 3D Printers and I love them. I have them because I have many students from grades 6 through 12 that want to design and print. I also have teachers that are using project-based learning, which encourages students to explore different ways to demonstrate understanding. One of those ways has been 3-D printing. However, if you talk to your students and teachers and nobody expresses an interest in 3-D design, why spend money on a tool that does not seem to interest them? If your students and teachers are obsessed with stop-motion animation instead, invest in modeling clay and LEGOs. Prioritizing the interests of students and staff will allow you to get the most out of your budget.
By starting with tools students and staff are excited about and that you feel you can easily implement, you'll set yourself up for success. Once your space is established, you can revisit additional tools and brainstorm with teachers on how these tools can help support their lessons.
Do Research
Your research skills will serve you well as you gather the information you need about different tools to make informed decisions. Luckily, many educators have recorded their journeys and compiled great resources that will provide insight on making and makerspaces. Here are just a few:
- I'm a huge fan of Colleen Graves. I'm often inspired by her work and try to incorporate her ideas into our space whenever possible. Her website is filled with amazing examples of making in her library makerspace, and her Big Book of Makerspace Projects is a must for any makerspace, new or old. It is filled with wonderful resources sure to spark student creativity.
- Invent to Learn is a remarkable book on the maker movement that was written by Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager. Even if you are not interested in makerspaces, but you want to explore teaching and learning in a different fashion, this is an excellent book to read. It contains wonderful ideas and tremendous research.
- My book, Your Starter Guide to Makerspaces, is a more laid back, pop-culture filled, nerdy book on how to get started with your makerspace. My mother thinks it's a great book.
- Besides the books above, there are tons of great resources available on the Demco book page that are worth exploring if you want to read up on makerspaces.
- There are also many educators and librarians sharing their experiences right here on Demco's Ideas and Inspiration site. You can read about why they started their makerspaces, how they started them and what tools they love, as well as find some great projects to replicate in your own space.
Ask Questions
Once you've talked to stakeholders and prioritized your list, you need to consider exactly which tools to purchase. For example, are there reasons you should purchase a Dremel 3D Printer over another brand? Which coding tool can be used across multiple grade levels? Will you get more professional support from one company over another? Is there a place where you can buy different maker supplies in bulk?
These questions and many more can really sap your energy if you don't know where to turn or are afraid to ask. Asking questions is one of the most fundamental aspects of a makerspace. If you are not willing to ask questions to help create the best space possible for your school, how can you expect your students and staff to do the same thing?
As educators, we are very lucky to have access to resources all around us to help answer our questions. Educational Twitter chats and educators on Twitter are a great resource for those looking for answers. You can search the #DemcoMakerChat tag on Twitter and you'll find tons of great educators from all over the country sharing their thoughts on various maker topics once a month. You can then reach out to those educators, based on what they tweeted, and see if they can help you with your question. Another great tag to check out is #MakerEd. This tag is used by educators for a variety of reasons and you'll find lots of great information.
Getting started in putting together a makerspace can be a daunting task if you treat it like a sprint instead of a marathon. Slow and steady will win this race if you take the time to discuss what your stakeholders want in a makerspace, you prioritize your purchases based on their feedback, you do some research by reading some great books or blog posts and you make sure to ask people who are experienced in the field for advice and help answering your questions. By doing all of those things, you will be able to create a personalized makerspace experience for your students and staff.
To get you started, here are 10 of my favorite tools for any makerspace:
1. Dremel 3D Printer: 3-D printing is a great way to bring another aspect of design to your classroom. Students can design and print projects to show to the class. Or they could design items for a school auction to help raise funds for your makerspace. Design software, like Tinkercad, is perfect for all ages looking to explore 3-D design. I have never had a problem with the Dremel 3D Printer in over a year and love everything about it. It's easy to use and perfect for a classroom and makerspace from elementary on up.
2. Cardboard: Save your boxes and get ready to replenish them because kids love to make with cardboard. And you'll find lots of great uses for it, such as creating projects that tie into reading or research projects. You can also use it to develop design-thinking skills, as it's an economical way to build iterative prototypes. You can amplify cardboard projects with Makedo™ Toolkits, which are a simple but brilliant tool that allows kids to make really detailed creations with cardboard.
You can get some more great ideas for cardboard projects from Diana Rendina's guest posts on Demco's Ideas and Inspiration blog:
3. littleBits™ Code Kit: littleBits are magnetic pieces that you can connect to form circuits that do different things. Different Bits have sensors, lights, motors, buzzers and more. By assembling the Bits in fun and creative ways, students can invent amazing things. These are perfect for K–8 students, who love to build with the Bits and then code them to do whatever they want.
Along with all the resources littleBits provides on their own site, you can also learn from other educators and librarians about how they are using them in their spaces:
4. Building Bricks: Like cardboard, building bricks are always in high demand in a makerspace. Kids will sit and create with them all the time. Because most kids are already familiar with them, they are an easy tool to combine with others to elevate learning. For example, you can combine them with meeperBOTs to teach coding skills. meeperBOTS consist of a building block chassis that can be controlled by using block coding in the meeperBot app.
5. Green Screen Kit: Green screens allow you to take photographs or video of people or objects and use editing software to superimpose the person or object on a background image. For instance, you can make someone look like they're standing in New York City when you actually just filmed them standing in front of a green screen. Having a green screen kit in your makerspace opens students and teachers to so many projects. Green screens are easy to set up, and there are many free apps that make this a must-have for any makerspace.
6. String/Yarn: You would be surprised at how many students love to use yarn and string for projects. I have a hard time keeping enough of it in stock. This is the perfect type of supply for which to ask your school community for donations. Many people have knitting or crocheting projects they started and never finished and would be happy to donate the excess yarn to your makerspace. You can also tap into some of those community experts to hold knitting or crocheting workshops for your students.
You can get creative with how you use yarn as well. Check out this post from Gina Seymour to see how her students create "plarn" by upcycling plastic bags to use for their compassionate making projects: How to Inspire Students to Become Compassionate Makers.
7. Dash and Dot: These robots are a huge hit in elementary school, especially during Hour of Code. Students learn to code and program these robots to accomplish various tasks, and the free coding apps they work with come with built-in challenge tutorials. Their "older brother," Cue, teaches both Block and JavaScript coding through educational challenges.
8. Duct Tape: Get lots of it in many different colors. Students will use duct tape to make anything and everything. They might make a wallet, use it for a cardboard fort, or possibly make a dress out of it — anything is possible! As Heather Lister says, "Duct tape is to makerspace as water is to life." You can find more ideas for these types of supplies in her post that covers low-tech ideas for your makerspace.
9. Cubelets: Kids as young as four can learn how to build robots with these little guys, as they snap together using magnets and there's no wrong way to put them together. Every new combination is a new robot with different behaviors. Add a Bluetooth® Cubelet to enable students to use Blockly to learn to code and reprogram their robots. Cubelets are perfect for K–6 students, and possibly even older students looking to get started with coding for the first time, as they offer hours of play-and-learn time.
10. Scrap Paper: Collect all of the scrap paper you can for your space because students will need paper to jot ideas on or map out their designs. Collect scrap paper from the library or the piles of leftover copies from the copy room. Local businesses are also great sources of scrap paper — just reach out and ask!
If you have any questions or would like to share more tips on starting a makerspace, do not hesitate to reach out on Twitter at @TheNerdyTeacher and @demco. And make sure to join us for the #DemcoMakerChat on Twitter on Thursday, May 17, at 8 CT/9 ET to discuss how to engage students and staff and get them excited about using your space.


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He's got 99 problems but the chips ain't one…
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Not many people have Nightowls host and an award winning BBC sitcom on their CV. Throw in ex-wrestler and swing band crooner and you can see that Peddie is a bit of a character even when he's away from the comedy stage. He brings his show, 99 Problems And The Chips Aren't One, to North East stages twice in October (Monday 5th at Newcastle's Stand and Friday 23rd at ARC in Stockton) and don't worry, the show is better than the title.
Entirely created from the audience's suggestions and improvised on the night, the show ranges from one liner gags and hilarious narratives to some serious relationship advice, if previous gigs are anything to go by. I caught him at Jesterval earlier in the year and he gave some excellent advice on how to deal with charvas on the Metro. He brings a very friendly stage presence to his shows, which relaxes the crowd and helps the lovely atmosphere that Peddie is proud of. You don't get zany props but you do get funny answers to all types of questions and scenarios that the audience write out for him. Go see him, you'll leave with a smile on your face.
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"Stigma, the endemic devaluation many blacks face in our society and schools,'' is at the heart of their school failure, a social psychologist writes in the April issue of The Atlantic.
Brushing aside familiar explanations for underachievement, such as poverty, broken families, and poor schools, Stanford University's Claude Steele cites studies and programs to illustrate his contention that alienation is the main obstacle to black educational success.
He describes the "double devaluation'' black students face in the classroom: "Like anyone, blacks risk devaluation for a particular incompetence ... [b]ut they further risk that such performance will confirm the broader, racial inferiority they are suspected of.''
In reaction to this pressure, many black students "disidentify'' with achievement, he claims, altering their value systems to make academic success less important to their self-esteem. Unfortunately, he says, the trend can quickly become the group norm, thwarting those who want to achieve. "One's identity as an authentic black is held hostage, made incompatible with school identification,'' Mr. Steele writes.
As routes to a solution, he urges greater emphasis on the academic potential of black students, coupled with more challenging classwork. Racial integration, and the inclusion of black cultural contributions to the mainstream curriculum will also help, he adds.
"[A]chievement should improve significantly if schooling is made 'wise'--that is, made to see value and promise in black students and to act accordingly,'' he concludes.
"The Private Hell of Public Education,'' is how one mother describes, in the April issue of Lear's, the choice-laden search for the perfect school for her daughter.
Bonnie Blodgett, a Minnesota author, relays the anxiety of browsing through St. Paul's "magnet mart,'' a potpourri ranging from Spanish-immersion to Montessori to environment-awareness schools.
The "brain-based learning'' program she eventually chooses turns out to be chaotic and ineffective in her estimation, confirming her sense of a lack of standards and vision within some alternative programs. "They have run a dozen flags up the educational flagpole to see who rallies around,'' she writes.
"With nothing assumed or taken for granted about what is good in education,'' she writes, "it may seem to make sense to pretend that the world is really a great big shopping mall, with all the people in it more or less free to buy what they can afford.'' But the resulting fracturing of purpose within the public schools, she warns, leaves parents with far greater responsibility.
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| 8°C Belfast
Global outrage as stone hurled by schoolgirl disguised as a schoolgirl almost hits Israeli tank protecting innocent civilians from hate-crazed killers arrogantly residing for literally generations in a Biblically-designated Arab-Free Zone.
"Sling-Shot Samira" among dozens to perish in ensuing air-strikes. "The United States stands for peace," says Hillary Clinton in Belfast. "We condemn terrorists deliberately living in their homes using families as human shields. We urge Palestinians to commit to non-violent methods and servitude, otherwise they'll have to be exterminated for the sake of democracy they can't say they weren't warned."
"What a wonderful woman," comments a spokesperson for constitutional nationalism, responsible trade unionism and official feminism, "to have brought peace to Our Troubled Land.
"Wouldn't it only be brilliant if she becomes the next president?"
G8 summit results in the death through toxic pollution of all fish, tadpoles and frail tourists in the Lakes of Fermanagh.
Wild lamentation at news that the Duchess of Cambridge has stubbed her toe. Taoiseach Enda Kenny orders three days national snivelling: "The time is long gone when we couldn't bate the Brits at kow-towing to Royals."
Scottish Football Association lauds fans of runaway Third Division leaders making Ibrox ring with song of praise for cross-community kindness: "Oh, the Pope he had a pimple on his bum/And it nipped, nipped, nipped so sore/Along came King Billy/And rubbed it with a lily/And it nipped, nipped, nipped no more." Derry votes by bigger majority than the unionist minority ever amassed to change town's name from Stroke City to Soak City.
At rally in Ballygombeen, a Quinn weeps in long-suffering, photogenic sort of way after conviction for ripping off the revenue for a couple of billion, thus deepening the Republic's debt leading to sharper pain for the old, the sick and the destitute.
"Let us ask ourselves." suggests GAA celebrity Paidin Mac Giolla Slaibheen, "what have the old, the sick and the destitute ever done for the lovely Quinn girls, eh?"
"There is absolutely no doubt dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time as humans," declares Nelson McCausland. "In fact, our party was sired by a dinosaur."
As Benedict XVI arrives for pastoral visit, concern ripples through ranks of religious that Bruce Springsteen jammed the RDS for three nights last summer, while the Eucharistic Congress only half-filled the arena on a Sunday afternoon.
Disparity widely ascribed to nobody these days being willing to trust a word said by the Catholic Church. Pope prays to St Jude, patron saint of hopeless cases, for return to piety. "Look," says Jude, "There's hopeless cases and hopeless cases, but I'm not a bloody miracle-worker."
Amnesty International protests as Rebecca Brooks sent to a jail where they shave women's hair off.
After Budget cuts announced in Assembly, Sinn Fein explains: "It would be irresponsible to bring down the coalition.
"If we didn't take the hard decisions, money would be withheld by people outside who control the purse-strings. That would mean deeper cuts. There is no alternative."
Public inquiry ordered after allegations that a community job in east Belfast was advertised before being allocated. After Budget cuts announced in Dail, Labour explains: "It would be irresponsible to bring down the coalition. If we didn't take the hard decisions, money would be withheld by people outside who control the purse-strings. That would mean deeper cuts. There is no alternative."
Irish News publishes pictures of everybody in Northern Ireland, asking anybody who knows anything about any of them to tell the PSNI everything. "We must defend due process and independent journalism," says editorial. Gerry Adams, who was never in the IRA, announces Sinn Fein cross-border march under slogan: "We say cut back! We say fight back!"
All-party unity as MLAs crush proposal to make Eamon Friel's Here Is The River new northern anthem. "Up the street a ragged flag still pinned/On a lamp post flounders in the wind/No salutes are given or returned/Burn them all when all the flags are burned/All the emblems and the anthems too/Then I'll salute the flag of me and you."
"A profound insult to the two traditions which the Agreement requires us to uphold," declares Hamilton O Muircheartaigh. As tension rises over Dail vote on threat to right of old men to tell young women what to do with their bodies, Cardinal Sean O Bradaigh spells out official Catholic position: "The Church has consistently argued and Pope Benedict has confirmed that it is a mortal sin to abuse a child before it is born."


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2. Creating Personalized Learning for Everyone
Katherine Prince @katprince from @KnowledgeWorks believes that every child deserves high-quality personalized learning that adapts to his or her needs and interests. But there's a significant risk that the expanding learning ecosystem could fracture, leaving even more children behind than the education system does today. "Innovating toward Vibrant Learning Ecosystems: Ten Pathways for Transforming Learning" highlights education stakeholders' tremendous opportunity to reinvent learning for a new era and to create new systemic structures that can help all learners succeed.
3. Focus on the Learner Not Technology
Technology in the form of adaptive learning systems and most test prep programs put the focus on performance. In a personalized learning environment, learners actively participate in their learning. They have a voice in what they are learning based on how they learn best. Learners have a choice in how they demonstrate what they know, what paths they take to learn, and provide evidence of their learning.
4. Discover EPiC - Re-Imagine Education
5. Why is Change and Transforming Education So Complex?
6. Personalize Learning in a High School Math Class
Rik Rowe @RoweRikW shares how learners start building a strong culture of learning (#COLchat) in the #1st5Days that enables them to respect each other, depend on each other, challenge each other and value each other's contributions. "We also aim to develop skills like prioritizing, scheduling, public speaking, coping, exhibiting confidence and working through vulnerabilities. ."
7. The Story Behind My Passion to Personalize Learning
Kathleen McClaskey, @khmmc, writes about her passion to discover the learner in every child. "I look back now on this experience with my son and know that he is one of virtually millions of children who stop seeing themselves as learners and who often feel stupid in school. So how do we begin to discover the learner in every child? Most importantly, how do we have every learner understand how they learn best? You decide. With labels or through UDL lens of Access, Engage and Express?"
8. Learning Can and Should be Natural and Engaging
Jackie Gerstein, @jackiegerstein, shares that the more you can apply what you're learning to your every day, the more it'll stick in your head. The reason is simple. When you're learning by doing, you're implementing everything that makes our memory work. When you're able to connect what you're learning with a real world task, that forms the bonds in your brain, and subsequently the skills you're learning will stick around. We learn best when we have context, and that applies to new skills as much as it does random facts in school.
9. Put the "Person" in "Personalization
It's not about technology. It's not about the tests or improving test scores. It's really not about school. It's all about the learner, how they learn best and that what they learn is meaningful and for a purpose. It is all about the relationships that learners make and need to support their learning. It is also about the teacher - a valuable person in the relationship. Barbara Bray, @bbray27, first wrote this post on Rethinking Learning and cross-posted it on our site. We also decided we needed to bring back the phrase that Elliot Washor, @Elliot_Washor, coined in April 2014 and use it as the title of this post.
10. Learner Agency: The Missing Link
Even though our post 10 Trends to Personalized Learning in 2016 was just released, it already has had enough hits to be one of the top posts of 2015. So keep checking in with us. 2016 will be The Year of Learner Agency so look for posts around each of the trends, guest posts from awesome educators, and #plearnchat around the trends.
Happy New Year!
Barbara @bbray27 • Kathleen @khmmc • Pam @prlowe91 • Linda @Linda_Ullah


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Greenwich Village Historic District 50th Anniversary Celebration & Open House Weekend (Through Sunday, April 14)
Free 2019 WBAR-B-Q Music Festival with Shilpa Ray
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Hester Street Fair's Season 2019 Opening Day with Stretch Armstrong
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Pine Box Rock Shop, Brooklyn
60th Anniversary of 'Jamaica' Musical
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Free Wonder Wheel & Cyclone Rides + Free Egg Creams at 2019 Blessing of the Rides
First Ever NYC Maple Festival
Grand Bazaar NYC, Manhattan
2019 Veggie Pride Parade & Festival
Fashion Week Brooklyn 2019 Closing Soiree
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Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective (Through Sunday, January 5)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan
The Most Extensive J.R.R. Tolkien Retrospective In Generations (Through Sunday, May 5)
The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan
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Hilarious Brunch Musical + 3 Free Drinks (Through Sunday, April 21)
Eastern Perspectives on Political Power, Religion & Art (Through Monday, July 15)
Rubin Museum of Art, Manhattan
Jackie Robinson Centennial Exhibition (Through Sunday, September 15)
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
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For Aldi Netherlands, Stepfive created SRP (shelf ready packaging) for several product lines, one of which is the chocolate line. Due to the coherent use of one base colour and a different colour signing per class, this SRP ensures that customers find their way more easily to the products they're searching for.
Earlier this year Aldi Netherlands asked Stepfive Communicatie & Design BNO to restyle their famous Prestige product line. This rebranding included a new logo, positioning and a complete new look for all the existing Prestige packaging design such as foils, carton boxes, tins, sleeves, pet bottles, labels etcetera. Next to it Stepfive also created a fitting shelf ready packaging (SRP) for all these Prestige products.
The result of (a very small part of) all this work is visable right here above, but within the next few weeks we'll take a closer look at the new Prestige packaging design. So stay tuned!
Ready-to-eat meals with a new branding and new packaging design, all created by Stepfive for Aldi Netherlands. The carton sleeves have a recognizable image of traditional Dutch plates served with the food that's inside on it. The brand 'Smakelijk Gemak' (tasty convenience in English) will be used for a very extensive range of products of which the first series meanwhile are finished.
These ready-to-eat meals are packed in matching shelf ready packaging (SRP) boxes.
Following to the design of the frankfurters (see below), Stepfive also created the packaging design and the shelf ready packaging for Aldi's free range smoked sausages. Packaging and carton tray of these sausages have the same ecological look & feel as the frankfurters to make it into a coherent range of products.
Stepfive created a new packaging design for the free range frankfurters (scharrel knakworst in Dutch) for Aldi. The new labels for these frankfurter cans and the carton tray are made with an identical and ecological look & feel to create a uniform and striking image for this shelf ready packaging (SRP) a.k.a. retail ready packaging (RRP).


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The Kitchener Rangers claimed the
OHL championship title on Saturday night, by beating the Ottawa 67s in five
games. The Rangers march to the cup
began by winning the regular season crown.
In the first round they dispatched the Sault Greyhounds in 4 straight
games. They met their bitter rival
the Guelph Storm in the second round and avenged their defeat from last year by
taking the Storm in 5. In the Western Conference Final, the Rangers faced their
hardest task, beating the Plymouth Whalers, which they did in 7 games, despite
being down 3 games to 2 heading back to Plymouth.
In the finals, Ottawa won the first game in overtime despite being badly
out shot and outplayed. The Rangers
won the next 4, two in overtime and two by 4-1 margins.
The recipe for Kitchener's success
started in the summer of 2001 when Peter Deboer and Steve Spott were lured
away from Plymouth to become the coach and manager of the Rangers.
The Rangers organization was in disarray and in bad need of leadership,
but it did have a couple of aces for the new coaches to work with, Derek Roy and
Steve Eminger. The Rangers went out
and drafted another star player that year, selecting center Mike Richards in the
first round of the OHL draft. They
picked up a sniper in the European draft, Czech winger Petr Kanko.
The OHL was the host league for the Memorial Cup in 2002 and the Rangers
at one point were looking like strong contenders to bid on it.
A horrible losing streak in December knocked them out of contention of
the bidding process, as you have to be in the top 4 teams in your conference to
make a bid on hosting the cup and because of the losing streak the Rangers had
slid out of the top 4. The leaders of the team went through some adversity too.
Derek Roy had a tough autumn as he
was handed a severe suspension by the league and then wasn't invited to try
out for the Canadian Junior team because of a glut of offensive centers.
Eminger was invited but was the last cut on defence.
At the same time, Kanko was dealing with the language barrier and the
cultural differences. The Rangers went on to have a decent regular season but
were crushed in the first round by Guelph in four straight games.
Over the summer of 2002, the
Rangers plugged a few holes. They
acquired Greg Campbell, a Florida Panther pick, from the Whalers. Campbell
played on a line with Roy all season and brought a good set of hands to the
front of the net, and he wasn't afraid to get his nose dirty in the corners. His strong two way game with a bit of physical presence was
what the small Rangers were looking for. The OHL draft brought them another
talented forward in Evan McGrath. They
also brought in some grit and size by trading for defenceman George Halkidis and
winger David Clarkson. With a good
nucleus back, the team was poised to have a good year, but NHL training camps
threw them a curve. Derek
Roy stuck around at the Buffalo Sabres camp a long time before being sent
back. Eminger had a strong showing
at the Washington Capitals camp and made the team, leaving a big void on the
blue line for the Rangers. They
used their three over age cards to shore up their back end, newly acquired
Halkidis joined with returning veteran TJ Eason on defence, and Scott Dickie
returned in net for one last season. The
Rangers played all of December without Roy and Campbell who made the Canadian
junior team and played a key role in winning the silver medal at the World
Junior Tournament. They were
reunited with Eminger who was assigned to the team by the Capitals.
The Rangers were then thrilled to have Eminger returned to them after the
The Rangers advanced through the
2003 playoffs because their best players were their best players.
Captain Derek Roy was named the Most Valuable Player of the Playoffs, a
real no brainer. He played well
over 20 minutes a game and averaged a point and a half in the playoffs,
registering a point in all but one of the 21 games he played.
He was a force on the penalty kill, and usually was pitted head to head
against the other team's top line. That
meant seeing lots of highly touted Dustin Brown and fellow Sabre draft pick Dan
Paille in the Guelph series. Against
Plymouth, it meant lining up across from another Sabre pick, Chris Thorburn, or
maybe against the OHL Over age Player of the Year, Chad Larose.
His next challenge was the OHL Player of the year and top scorer, Corey
Locke of Ottawa, who Roy outplayed by a large margin in every game except game 4
where Locke had 3 goals (2 on the power play).
When Kitchener went with four lines, Roy would usually play on the first
line, take a breather and be put right back out with the third line wingers.
His most memorable shift was when Kitchener was down two men in game 3
and Ottawa had a chance to crawl back into the game.
Roy killed nearly 30 seconds by ragging the puck and then forced the 67s
to take a penalty when a frustrated Matt Foy finally dragged him down.
Roy is one of the most dynamic puck handlers in the OHL and uses his
speed and puck handling to attack the net.
His only weakness is a tendency to cut to the middle on his backhand
where he often fails to get a strong shot away.
He will be a very strong candidate to make the Sabres next season.
Another reason Roy is so effective
is the play of a very strong second line which is centered by Mike Richards with
Petr Kanko and Nathan O'Nabigon on the wings. O'Nabigon was acquired from Mississauga to provide some
grit. He goes to the slot to look
for rebounds or to get open when his highly skilled line mates shake their
checks. Richards is a lot like Roy, a smallish highly skilled center who should
go in the first three rounds this June at the NHL draft. Kanko, a L.A. King third rounder, zooms around the ice like a
buzz saw, and is very dangerous with the puck and he loves to throw big body
checks. If he had been born in
Kingston instead of the Czech Republic, he would be a Don Cherry favourite.
This line absolutely destroyed Ottawa's second line.
Richards feasted on former Edmonton Oilers pick, Lou Dickenson.
The over age center had the speed to match up with Richards, but as he
showed throughout his five year OHL career, he lacks the effort, positioning,
desire, and hockey sense to go with his abundant talent.
Kanko on the other hand, loves to compete and was a constant thorn in the
side of the opposition all year long. Think
Esa Tikkanen or Darcy Tucker, and you will have a good idea what his NHL career
may shape up to be. Kanko,
O'Nabigion and Richards had a strong final series, picking up a number of key
goals to lead their team to the title.
On defence the Rangers went mostly
with their top 2 pairs once Coyote pick Marcus Smith returned from injuries to
pair up with Eminger. Overager
Halkidis and Andre Benoit were a very effective duo and contributed a lot on the
scoreboard; none bigger than the double overtime game winner by Halkidis in game
4. Both pairs move the puck well,
take care of business in their own end, and can log a lot of minutes.
The third pair of Eason and Thomas Harrison are no slouches either and give the
Rangers a very strong defensive corps. Eminger
is the kingpin on defence, usually playing 25 to 30 minutes a game.
He is always matched up against the other team's top line, and he plays
in all special teams situations. He
is an effortless skater and loves to change speeds and directions.
He could stand to work on his first two steps and go straight up the ice
more. He is a strong passer and
always has his head up. He does not
possess a very strong shot and will have to work on this as his career
progresses. But he is a guy who
should play for a long time in the NHL. He may never be a big scorer, but
he will log a lot of minutes and get his share of assists.
The lone rookie to play for the
Rangers in the playoffs was their first round pick of 2002, forward Evan
McGrath. He scored the first and
the last goals of the final series and both were beauties.
One was a one-timer with a lightning quick release; the last one was a
gorgeous deke on a breakaway. He
saw action on left wing with the third line when Roy was double shifting, but
when the Rangers went to three line hockey his ice time diminished.
He saw some time on the power play and did well in his first post season.
Like 95% of the sixteen years old players in the OHL, he has to get
stronger physically, but he has good size, skating and puck handling abilities.
He will move to the second line center role next season and should be a
decent prospect for the 2004 NHL draft.
Goaltender Scott Dickie played
every minute in goal for the Rangers this postseason and his played ranged from
spectacular to scary. He played
well in all the over times against Ottawa, but sometimes was known to let a weak
one in during regulation. He
appeared vulnerable when Ottawa had the puck behind the goal line as he had
trouble getting square when the puck would go back out front.
All in all he played strong steady hockey, and as an overager, he is
looking for a contract in the professional ranks next season. Look for him to stick with an ECHL team and time will tell if
he can move up from there.
Next week the Rangers will compete
for the Memorial Cup. They will
likely use three lines for a good chunk of the game, and the top 2 lines play
the transition game as good as any. They
are not an overly physical team, but it's the old adage, you can't hit what
you can't catch. When you do
catch them, they have a number of skaters who are very strong on their skates
and hard to knock off the puck. They play a very aggressive penalty kill, using
their speed to take away space and time. Their
power play is more freelance than structured, when the puck goes to the point
they like to go from partner to partner, or they set a pick to allow the defence
to move to the middle where they like shooting low wrist shots hoping for a tip.
Down low the forwards will try to beat you with their speed on the cycle
or just plain beat you one on one. Expect
to see a lot of Eminger and Roy, and get ready for the manic play of one Petr
Kanko, he of the blonde Mohawk. This
is a team that has at least six guys (Roy, Campbell, Kanko, Richards, Eminger
and Smith) who will play at the AHL level or above once they are done their
junior careers and if Dickie can give them steady goaltending, expect them to
make a lot of noise in Quebec City.
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The Super League Triathlon Championship series feature the world's best male and female triathletes racing under contract on a "closed league" competing for USD $1.5M in prize money and athlete incentives across Season 1. Championship athletes will race across five unique super-sprint race formats – 'Eliminator', 'Enduro', 'Equalizer', 'Sprint Pursuit' and 'Triple Mix' – that provide plenty of action, drama, and entertainment for spectators and viewers alike.
The next generation of superstar athletes will have a chance at scoring a Super League Triathlon contract through Super League Triathlon qualifying races from 2018. As much as each Championship athlete is racing for the event and season prize money, they are also racing for next year's contract!
Super League Triathlon Age Group
Triathlon's unique mass participation base has driven much of its growth across the globe, and Super League Triathlon Age Group stays true to the sport's roots while giving it a shot in the arm. With age groups for men and women from 18 years of age to 70+, triathletes of any age can race the 626 format — a 600m swim, 20km bike and 6km run — at Super League Triathlon events across Asia-Pacific and the Gulf. Super League Triathlon events also feature participation opportunities for all with junior events, fun runs and health and lifestyle events as part of the event weekend, inspiring new generations to take up the sport.
Full details of the Super League Triathon can be found on the offical website: https://superleaguetriathlon.com


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In my review "Burning Bright", I bemoaned the lack of quality in contemporary Christian-themed horror films. And though "Burning Bright" did a lot of things well, it still embodied a great many of the complaints that I have about fright films for the faithful. In general these films are too clean, from the lack of swearing in tension-filled circumstances undermining believability, to the strange plague of flat shooting and lighting that seems to infect most of them. But above all the other reasons the chief offense of the Christian horror film is the high-horse approach taken to the scripting. The writers of these pictures often seem only too comfortable with providing one-dimensional characters as pawns for the message rather than exploring spiritual ideas in real world terms or even just letting the horror take the lead in the film. Gregg Holtgrewe's micro-budget 2009 thriller "Dawning" may be a good study for Christian horror filmmakers who want avoid the sanctimoniousness of films like "House", "Medium Raw", and to a lesser degree "Burning Bright".
"Dawning" starts with an unremarkable set-up. Chris and Aurora are a brother and sister in their early twenties who are tripping into the Minnesota backwoods to spend time with their father Richard and his new wife. From the jump it is evident that this is an attempt by all to reconcile the disappointments and bind the wounds caused by Chris and Aurora's estrangement from their dad following his divorce from their mother.
After a few uncomfortable hours at the cabin Aurora leaves an awkward family campfire to walk the dog. She returns in a panic when the pooch goes missing and things start to unravel rapidly when the dog is found mortally wounded a short time later. Richard puts the dog down and almost immediately a bloodied and disoriented stranger shows up at the cabin and holds the family at gunpoint. Eventually the stranger is subdued and tied up, but not before he alerts the foursome to an evil presence in the woods that took the life of his girlfriend. As the night wears on and their attempts to summon help to the cabin prove fruitless the family, aided by strange voices from the beyond, starts to turn on each other.
I don't know for certain that there is a Christian voice behind "Dawning", I do know that there are enough of the identifiable tropes of recent religious horror films to make me believe it could be faith-based film. Of course divorce, substance abuse, and a lack of familial compassion are not the exclusive property of this sub-genre of horror but their presence in certain concentrations gives rise to suspicion. What I do know is that this is a pretty appealing way to frame these themes. Holtgrewe pushes the horror out in front and refuses to give answers to the origin of the evil in the woods. He also attempts to craft characters for which the solutions to existential suffering are not a simplistic matter of making a single choice.
Unfortunately, there is a lot working against "Dawning" as well. Much of it has to do with Holtgrewe wearing the unwieldy, four-billed hat of writer, editor, director, and producer. https://dota2betting-live.com/prognozy/ It's a role that a lot of zero budget filmmakers are pressed into but it also ensures a dearth of quality in at least one those areas. Here the editing suffers with shots that are not well gauged for appropriate length and the writing, particularly the dialog, doesn't give the actors much to chew on. Alas, "Dawning" is also dragged down by the same flat shooting and lighting choices that doom so many Christian horror films. Granted there is an attempt to go from light into darkness and employ greater style as that journey unfolds but the initial torrent of blandly composed medium shots under hot lights siphons off emotional weight faster than the actors can provide it.
The two leads Najarra Townsend and Jonas Goslow handle their limited material admirably. The evolving tension works well enough to divert the viewer's attention from the story's unabashedly derivative playing field and the score and sound design are reasonably effective. Holtgrewe also smartly saves the bigger set pieces for the climax of the film. "Dawning" is an admirable attempt and as I said before I appreciate the ambiguity of it all. It is a damn site better than many films with budgets 10 times the size and at around 80 minutes it sits at just the right length. That said the often shoddy visual execution and stilted dialog just doesn't allow for a full recommendation.


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Cubs "Going-Up" to Scouts
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- The Cub Leaders Handbook - Chapter 5 Ceremonies Pages 5-10 through 5-11 describe the Going Up To Scouts ceremony.
- The Kim Book - Going-Up Ceremony - A diagram of how to arrange Cubs and Scouts at a Going-Up ceremony.
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"I am not a robot."
I heard parts of a long story on NPR's "Mental Floss" a day ago. Here's a brief summary. Its about the genius service that allowed every New York Times newspaper for a hundred year be digitized by the hundreds of millions of people who took words that computers couldn't read and using human skills identify their letters. This was done in order to order stuff online. It turns out that this fantastic service has been used by nefarious hackers to break into the Internet. An arms race developed which pitted the CAPTCHA folks against the hacker's robots. Will the robot handlers win the arms race?


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Hundreds make cries for help
DOMESTIC violence rates in Ipswich have skyrocketed with the support services recording a staggering 346% increase in new cases in the last three months.
The Ipswich Women's Centre Against Domestic Violence (IWCADV) confirm the service actively helped 611 new women between July and September this year compared with 137 in the same period last year.
As men around the country pledge to stand against domestic violence as part of White Ribbon Day, the new figures paint a bleak picture of the scope of the problem in Ipswich.
IWCADV community development worker Phillipa Johnson said the explosion in numbers meant the support service was at now breaking point.
"Domestic and family violence is definitely a growing problem in Ipswich," Ms Johnson said.
"In addition to the new cases we had to turn away 42 women and 19 children in the last quarter because we are at capacity.
"Often it takes so much courage for a woman to come forward and say 'this is what I'm experiencing'.
"It's really heartbreaking for us to not be able to support them."
The IWCADV service receives referrals from the Queensland Court system and other support services, such as Lifeline, as well as their own crisis line.
In the three months leading up to last years White Ribbon Day 1000 people were provided with personal support by the service with the number growing to 1846 this year.
Ms Johnson couldn't pinpoint why the numbers have grown so quickly but said help was needed now to stop women and children falling through the cracks.
"I think it has been a hidden problem for a long time and we're beginning to see more and more people recognise what domestic and family violence is," she said.
"There are a lot of women who still suffer in silence though.
"There are a lot of women who wouldn't consider coming forward even if they are victims of extreme violence."
State Member for Bundamba Jo-Ann Miller said the rise in numbers was a concern but could point towards an increased awareness of the problem.
"I think there should be an analysis of why those numbers have increased, particularly so starkly in the last 12 months." Mrs Miller said.
Ms Johnson said she hoped the numbers would support a case for increased funding from the Department of Communities to meet the growing need.
Women requiring support should contact the Domestic Violence Connect Women's Line on 1800 811 811
- White Ribbon Day is a time to celebrate the men who lead the challenge to never commit, excuse, or remain silent about violence against women.
- Swear an oath against domestic violence at White Ribbon.


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Google adds Docker image support to App Engine, releases open source container manager and resource usage tools
At DockerCon 2014 today, Eric Brewer, Google's VP of Infrastructure, announced the company is adding support for Docker images in Google App Engine. He also unveiled two new open source projects: Kubernetes, a container manager, and cAdvisor, a resource usage tool.
When Google Compute Engine hit general availability late last year, the company announced support for Docker, which lets developers build and test an application locally and package everything into a large executable that can then be run anywhere. The company is now taking that one step further by offering a set of extensions that allow App Engine developers to build and deploy Docker images in Managed VMs.
Developers can use the extensions to access the library of Docker images while the Docker community can deploy containers into a completely managed environment. If this sounds like it's up your alley, you can sign up to give it a shot via this Google Docs form.
Kubernetes is being pitched as "a lean yet powerful" extensible tool for deploying containers into a fleet of machines. It provides health management and replication capabilities, as well as allows containers to connect to one another and the outside world. The source and documentation are available on GitHub, plus a mailing list has been setup to gather feedback for new features and incorporate ideas into Docker.
cAdvisor is supposed to enable "fine-grain" statistics, both instantaneous and historical, regarding resource usage for containers. It can handle nested containers and supports both LMCTFY and Docker's libcontainer. In fact, because it is written in Go, Google says it hopes it can move some of the tools into libcontainer directly.
Last but not least, Google is making a commitment to open container standards. Brewer has been nominated to Docker's Governance Committee and says he can work with the community to make containers "the key building block for 'cloud native' applications."
Given that everything at Google is packaged and run in a Linux container, with the company launching more than 2 billion container instances across its data centers every week, we'd say Brewer has plenty of motivation to deliver.
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