This and the previous article, highlight the folly of pushing technology without support. There is absolutely no point in giving someone - in this case the teachers - a new gadget to use if you dont tell them how best to use it. I have seen this time and time again in my 30+ years as an educator - the kids will latch on quickly, the teachers not so. Not because the can't, but because the life of a teacher is busy and complex and the last thing they want to do is learn something that will likely end up as the latest expensive fad, and sit in a cupboard until someone takes them to the tip. Geeze, you can see this in your own house I'll bet. Your kids learn much faster than you, and your wife or SO - assuming you have one, just wants it to work without stuffing around. Not that this is a rant about OLPC by the way - I think the heart is there but the implementation sometimes leaves a lot to be desired.
having swipe cards to mark the roll lesson by lesson, and keeping track of when a kid goes out of class for any reason.
Yes, this system IS in place in some schools and I applaud it.
And, it depends on the type of person you respond to. Personally I prefer to be told that I've done the wrong thing than be complained about behind my back. In the last 31 years, most of my bosses who did the former have been men and most of the latter have been women.
All of Western Australia is below the equator and a good chunk of it is below the Tropic of Capricorn (roughly 23 degrees south). The SKA is proposed for near Geraldton which is about 28 degrees south. Last time I looked the equator ran through Kenya (Nanyuki for example) and South Africa was actually to the south. The best view of our galaxy is from the Southern Hemisphere - the so called Milky way. Additionally if you want a radio-quiet place, the Southern Hemisphere is a no-brainer - Australia, South America or South Africa. A SKA in the Northern Hemisphere would be an effing disaster radio-wise. Hence the decision to place the SKA south of the equator has been thought through carefully by minds much cleverer than mine - and yours.
Anyone who changes their passwords regularly - as we all do... well should... well forget to, will tell you that keeping track of them is difficult, and that under duress eg drunk, stoned, in court that they are well nigh impossible to remember.
Now it is an intensely irritating site with all the crap that is posted and re-posted at the start of every comment page on every story. For fuck sake grow up or fuck off and let some intelligent - and sometimes funny - comment return to what once was a great site.
Thank God for Ham Radio - all volunteers, most likely all patriots in time of great need, all providing gear of various levels of sophistication at no cost to the public.
It only takes a small percentage of resistant organisms out of a population of potentially tens of millions( or should that be hundreds of millions in this case ) to pass on their resistant genes to the next generation and the "killer" gene in the plants is overcome. The only surprise here is that it hasn't happened sonner.
As a teacher I cannot agree with you more. Simply dumping technology into the classroom is worse than useless. Who tries to pick up the pieces and then gives up? The teacher! Who gets blamed for the "project" not working? The teacher! Who is given no training? The teacher! This is typical of most of the educational "innovations" that I have seen in 31 years. Show me a computer program that can teach Calculus/Trigonometry/Matrices better than I can and I'll resign tomorrow. Having said that I recommend Khan to my students because they can get another look and rewind as many times as they need to AT HOME with the support of their parents.
Well, there's a thought! You mean it has the same neutrality as a car, a knife, a gun? Sorry, where have I been all this time - I've been lead to believe that technology is somehow evil because it "may" be used for illegal activities.
I have the greatest respect for the IT department where I work. They are forced to "make do" with understaffing and a management team that just doesn't get it wrt to the wireless network needs of a 100+ strong staff and 1600+ students.
They are in Brisbane cabs as well. As a consumer rather than a driver, I am much happier that the cctv's are in the cabs - perhaps that's because I'm basically a law abiding citizen rather than a mindless drunken fuckwit.
I refer my students to KA - not as a teaching tool but as a review tool. The advantage of their delivery method is that a student can rewind and have another look, something that is often not possible in the classroom. The advantage that my students have in my class is that I can see what they are doing, pinpoint where they are struggling and try to find another way of explaining it. So, I believe that KA and conventional teaching can complement each other.
There was a young lady named bright : who could travel much faster than light : She went out one day : in a relative way: and came back the previous night.
Weather is notoriously difficult to predict more than a day or so in advance. The predicted paths of hurricanes (Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere) are based on models that are updated continuously, but are only accurate to a few hours. So, anyone who thinks that the weather service made poor judgements and predictions is either a complete fuckwit or doesn't understand how difficult the job is, or both.
is amongst the most accessible (easiest to understand) general coverage science magazines. Scientific American is amongst the least accessible of this type imo. The zinio http://zinio.com/ subscription to New Scientist is less than half the shelf price, and can be read on your computer or an ipad (don't know about other e-readers)
You must be new to Slashdot! Here we have experts, would be experts and think they're experts all in the one forum, and none of us need to read any authoritative articles or documents because we know it all! Get with the program buddy!
As a non-US resident it seems from reports here on slashdot and other places, that anyone can be sued for anything in the US, regardless of merit, so I would not be at all surprised to see it happen.
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This and the previous article, highlight the folly of pushing technology without support. There is absolutely no point in giving someone - in this case the teachers - a new gadget to use if you dont tell them how best to use it. I have seen this time and time again in my 30+ years as an educator - the kids will latch on quickly, the teachers not so. Not because the can't, but because the life of a teacher is busy and complex and the last thing they want to do is learn something that will likely end up as the latest expensive fad, and sit in a cupboard until someone takes them to the tip. Geeze, you can see this in your own house I'll bet. Your kids learn much faster than you, and your wife or SO - assuming you have one, just wants it to work without stuffing around. Not that this is a rant about OLPC by the way - I think the heart is there but the implementation sometimes leaves a lot to be desired.
probability theory did not fail us - our use of it failed us.
having swipe cards to mark the roll lesson by lesson, and keeping track of when a kid goes out of class for any reason. Yes, this system IS in place in some schools and I applaud it.
And, it depends on the type of person you respond to. Personally I prefer to be told that I've done the wrong thing than be complained about behind my back. In the last 31 years, most of my bosses who did the former have been men and most of the latter have been women.
All of Western Australia is below the equator and a good chunk of it is below the Tropic of Capricorn (roughly 23 degrees south). The SKA is proposed for near Geraldton which is about 28 degrees south. Last time I looked the equator ran through Kenya (Nanyuki for example) and South Africa was actually to the south. The best view of our galaxy is from the Southern Hemisphere - the so called Milky way. Additionally if you want a radio-quiet place, the Southern Hemisphere is a no-brainer - Australia, South America or South Africa. A SKA in the Northern Hemisphere would be an effing disaster radio-wise. Hence the decision to place the SKA south of the equator has been thought through carefully by minds much cleverer than mine - and yours.
Anyone who changes their passwords regularly - as we all do ... well should ... well forget to, will tell you that keeping track of them is difficult, and that under duress eg drunk, stoned, in court that they are well nigh impossible to remember.
Now it is an intensely irritating site with all the crap that is posted and re-posted at the start of every comment page on every story. For fuck sake grow up or fuck off and let some intelligent - and sometimes funny - comment return to what once was a great site.
Thank God for Ham Radio - all volunteers, most likely all patriots in time of great need, all providing gear of various levels of sophistication at no cost to the public.
And you sir ar a complete fuckwit, with your brain in the toilet and no fucking idea what you are talking about.
if the internet providers are aiding and abetting terrorism, or the phone system operators, or encrypted radio manufacturers, or SMS users etc etc
It only takes a small percentage of resistant organisms out of a population of potentially tens of millions( or should that be hundreds of millions in this case ) to pass on their resistant genes to the next generation and the "killer" gene in the plants is overcome. The only surprise here is that it hasn't happened sonner.
As a teacher I cannot agree with you more. Simply dumping technology into the classroom is worse than useless. Who tries to pick up the pieces and then gives up? The teacher! Who gets blamed for the "project" not working? The teacher! Who is given no training? The teacher! This is typical of most of the educational "innovations" that I have seen in 31 years. Show me a computer program that can teach Calculus/Trigonometry/Matrices better than I can and I'll resign tomorrow. Having said that I recommend Khan to my students because they can get another look and rewind as many times as they need to AT HOME with the support of their parents.
Well, there's a thought! You mean it has the same neutrality as a car, a knife, a gun? Sorry, where have I been all this time - I've been lead to believe that technology is somehow evil because it "may" be used for illegal activities.
I have the greatest respect for the IT department where I work. They are forced to "make do" with understaffing and a management team that just doesn't get it wrt to the wireless network needs of a 100+ strong staff and 1600+ students.
I admit to being an ignoramus about exactly what (who) EFF is (are), but my respect for it (them) grows daily.
They are in Brisbane cabs as well. As a consumer rather than a driver, I am much happier that the cctv's are in the cabs - perhaps that's because I'm basically a law abiding citizen rather than a mindless drunken fuckwit.
OK Cobber
my car tyres aren't 25 inches thick - or 25 inches wide for that matter. How about across/diameter - then we might be getting somewhere.
I refer my students to KA - not as a teaching tool but as a review tool. The advantage of their delivery method is that a student can rewind and have another look, something that is often not possible in the classroom. The advantage that my students have in my class is that I can see what they are doing, pinpoint where they are struggling and try to find another way of explaining it. So, I believe that KA and conventional teaching can complement each other.
Damm, you beat me to it. Yes Shigeru, as a fellow ham operator I salute you and your work. Tim VK4YEH
There was a young lady named bright : who could travel much faster than light : She went out one day : in a relative way: and came back the previous night.
Weather is notoriously difficult to predict more than a day or so in advance. The predicted paths of hurricanes (Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere) are based on models that are updated continuously, but are only accurate to a few hours. So, anyone who thinks that the weather service made poor judgements and predictions is either a complete fuckwit or doesn't understand how difficult the job is, or both.
is amongst the most accessible (easiest to understand) general coverage science magazines. Scientific American is amongst the least accessible of this type imo. The zinio http://zinio.com/ subscription to New Scientist is less than half the shelf price, and can be read on your computer or an ipad (don't know about other e-readers)
You must be new to Slashdot! Here we have experts, would be experts and think they're experts all in the one forum, and none of us need to read any authoritative articles or documents because we know it all! Get with the program buddy!
As a non-US resident it seems from reports here on slashdot and other places, that anyone can be sued for anything in the US, regardless of merit, so I would not be at all surprised to see it happen.