Duplicating the effort of apple in providing the quartz pipeline that provides resolution independent for 2d graphics in java won't get you java 6 any sooner.
Listening, processing, and taking notes are three different things. Note taking requires you to think but also distracts you during the class.
When whole generations of normal people have trouble with a system, the system should at least be modified (improved) to acknowledge that. That includes not finishing the curriculum on time, or failing 70% of your students. Too many prima donas out there requiring exaggerate attention on a given subject, failing 70% of the class, etc.
Quite often there is a disconnection between theory and practice. It requires some discipline to study for years in the hope that some day all this may be useful. If active involvement is the key, maybe some practice is lacking. From my experience at least, I say an hour studying the right material produces better results than an hour listening, that is, it is faster. Maybe this could provide the much needed time to put our knowledge to work. It ain't easy to organize a curriculum, a collaborative effort would surely help here.
Students should have the leading role on their own learning process. Instead people still spend most of their university time taking notes as there were no computers, no photocopiers.
Put all the information online, let students make questions, update and repeat until any normal student can understand everything on their own. Let students learn at their own pace, dont drag them to class as listeners. Teachers should be just helpers, an accessory on our education.
Education is going online. MIT is pioneering this trend with OpenCourseWare, which aims to make all course materials available on the Web, free of charge.
Why is it important? Because it will turn the joke "Try finding some porn on the net (if you fail kill yourself inmediately)" into "Try finding some info about -your asignature here- (if you fail..)". And this is not just about "free information", it's a better way of learning.
Example: Have you ever been in class with 50 students writing down nearly identical notes? how often did you find enlightment there? I believe everyone should be able to learn at his own pace. That means grabbing the info, studying it, and then spending class time in a more valuable way. Plus it's more rewarding when you are in control of your own learning process.
Anyway, the opportunity is writing software to manage and play with that information. I'll give you an example..
Right now Im having fun feeding a chatterbot with my papers (just a matter of xml+xsl=aiml) so any student can go to my page and just say:
guest> okay. So, tell me again about the C# pointers
bot> ok, what you wanna know?
guest> Well, pointers are legal there, right?
bot> Yeah, it's legal, but is ain't a hundred percent legal. I mean you just can't..
More valuable examples are left as an exercise for the reader.
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Duplicating the effort of apple in providing the quartz pipeline that provides resolution independent for 2d graphics in java won't get you java 6 any sooner.
Listening, processing, and taking notes are three different things. Note taking requires you to think but also distracts you during the class.
When whole generations of normal people have trouble with a system, the system should at least be modified (improved) to acknowledge that. That includes not finishing the curriculum on time, or failing 70% of your students. Too many prima donas out there requiring exaggerate attention on a given subject, failing 70% of the class, etc.
Quite often there is a disconnection between theory and practice. It requires some discipline to study for years in the hope that some day all this may be useful. If active involvement is the key, maybe some practice is lacking. From my experience at least, I say an hour studying the right material produces better results than an hour listening, that is, it is faster. Maybe this could provide the much needed time to put our knowledge to work. It ain't easy to organize a curriculum, a collaborative effort would surely help here.
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Students should have the leading role on their own learning process. Instead people still spend most of their university time taking notes as there were no computers, no photocopiers.
Put all the information online, let students make questions, update and repeat until any normal student can understand everything on their own. Let students learn at their own pace, dont drag them to class as listeners. Teachers should be just helpers, an accessory on our education.
check http://javaalmanac.com/egs/?
best web site for code snippets in java, and it is useful.
Is there a windoze util that will allow someone to d/l these damn asf mss streams and the annoying quicktime ones also?
yes, StreamBox VCR
Education is going online. MIT is pioneering this trend with OpenCourseWare, which aims to make all course materials available on the Web, free of charge.
Why is it important? Because it will turn the joke "Try finding some porn on the net (if you fail kill yourself inmediately)" into "Try finding some info about -your asignature here- (if you fail..)". And this is not just about "free information", it's a better way of learning.
Example: Have you ever been in class with 50 students writing down nearly identical notes? how often did you find enlightment there? I believe everyone should be able to learn at his own pace. That means grabbing the info, studying it, and then spending class time in a more valuable way. Plus it's more rewarding when you are in control of your own learning process.
Anyway, the opportunity is writing software to manage and play with that information. I'll give you an example..
Right now Im having fun feeding a chatterbot with my papers (just a matter of xml+xsl=aiml) so any student can go to my page and just say:
guest> okay. So, tell me again about the C# pointersbot> ok, what you wanna know?
guest> Well, pointers are legal there, right?
bot> Yeah, it's legal, but is ain't a hundred percent legal. I mean you just can't..
More valuable examples are left as an exercise for the reader.