No kidding? Most of the activex functions are inoperable; formatting (besides straight HTML) in web parts, file upload features, versioning, etc... does that all work for you in FFox? If so, is there a MOSS extension necessary to make that happen?
What really peeves me is that our staff, part of a medium-size nonprofit, continually switch browsers to support our IE-only "Intranet" (thanks, MOSS!) and their favored method of browsing, through Firefox.
The time we lose in training on this transition - and troubleshooting this transition - is unreasonable.
It surprises me further that corporations would continue to push non-compliant products despite recent pushes for increasing computing efficiency in the workplace...
Of course, MS is a business - but wouldn't their money be BETTER earned increasing my efficiency (making me more likely to purchase their products) than requiring me to take more time to accomplish everything?
--Dave
Let's refine this a bit. *Perhaps* there is a use for boolg'ling web search content toward consumer taste. But it's likely that not many of my friends are researching topics similar to my own.
So, social tags would be relevant only for - let's pretend, here, c'mon - consumer taste. Everything else - like scholarly research, etc - I'm afraid has to be done the hard, old way - by knowing how and where to search.
p.s. By 2011? Imagine the kind of technologies that will be out in the marketplace in 3-4 years, and this device seems even less relevant. However, at least our educational system won't have changed much... (sigh)
--Dave
... of making inexpensive, simple and rugged laptops for world education? I do believe it's been co-opted by the idea of "small", but not necessarily "inexpensive", "rugged" or "adaptable" to hard environments.
For instance, $500 is way above the original marks set by OLPC, I believe, and even the marks above the other OLPC clone manufacturers. Can anyone weigh in on this?
$500+ is bizarre, given how inexpensive fully-featured laptops are these days...
--Dave
In reading this story, I wonder about how individuals raised in cultures different than my own (read: USA) view issues of personal privacy vs. common good. Broadly speaking, we in the states tend to defend a "rights" theory; that our personal rights can, in some cases, trump the good of society. However, the idea of a populace giving in some personal rights for those of the supposed good lies on the spectrum of utilitarianism; that by putting in place a universal ID, it's necessary to give up some personal rights, in order to protect the largest number of people.
But, I'd be interested to know about how others compare this issue to the various historical theories of ethics...
Caffeine isn't just *possibly* good against skin cancer. There are definitely other things it's OK for, such as learning and memory, or at least, that thing we all do: work! See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Effects_on_memory_and_learning for all its complexities. Its really pretty interesting...
It's quite neat that this guy has taken the time to build something to help keep the neighborhood "safer". But what's most interesting is that the "drug dealers" (etc) respond so strongly to the little, harmless robot; and that their response would probably be much more hostile toward police. In addition to a neat experiment in... safety... it's also a neat psychological study.
--Dave
Ditto that! My 12'' G4 has been *all over* the place, is fast, lasts a long, long time, picks up wireless, and takes one heck of a beating. A truly strong, light and tremendous travel machine.
Hey there,
I don't question that games are compelling and can impel motivation. However, I do suggest that their instructional value is questionable.
To address directly your question; you are correct, the transfer from screen to real life matters most. I suggested that tests are salient simply because that's the current context - and will be the context in the foreseeable future - within which academic work will be ultimately assessed. I in no way suggest it's the best way to test. It's downright disappointing, truth be told.
In addition, I do strongly believe that the qualities of computer-based gaming - that is, exercises mediated through a computer interface (not handhelds, or in-person role playing simulation) - will not sufficiently teach skills that require the integration of multiple representational means (for instance, knowledge gleaned through interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, a library, the internet, and perhaps tangible construction). At question is the type of flexibility that students need to adapt to the many means and methods for adapting, and manipulating, their environment.
Like you, I develop - and envision the development - of "stuff" that requires a far different educational context than is available in most places. Without such visions, innovation simply perpetuates the system we have in place, and I think you'd agree that's not wholly helpful.
I do wonder what you consider the biggest challenge for a computer-based "game" to be in its application to education, and which contexts it might fit best. (For the sake of argument, I consider computer-based to be relevant to the current computer; other technologies make a lot more possible, but aren't yet widespread).
I agree with, and welcome, your forceful comments in regard to my dismissal of games. While I don't have decades in the development of games-for-learning, I've got more experience than what you find online might suggest. That said, I'm not an "expert", for as I'm sure you'd agree, there are truly few.
Finally, that I'm not left in a quandary is due to your reply; that is, without serious debate, a good middle-ground won't develop. And yet, the only thing that HGSE taught me is that I know exceedingly little of all there is to know.
--Dave
Ok, so a caveat: I was a researcher of educational gaming... but I quit the field when I realized how poorly gaming could translate into the kind of learning that kids need to succeed in the world. Some questions to consider:
How do you transfer game learning to test contexts? After all, standardized tests matter to governments. If you teach in one context, it is very hard to utilize the skills in a different context. Moving from screen to paper is, for instance, tough.
A game requires simplification. What happens to history when it's all burnt into a 15 minute game? While simulations can be helpful for testing dangerous or invisible things (such as genetic combinations, hazmat training or airplane simulation), they're generally poor at proving background.
Some educational games are built on a research base. For instance, there is a math game that will build upon a learner's growing base of rote-memorized solutions (automaticity; measured in Sec. to answer) by scaffoling new and old together. These games are few and far between. MOST games are simply multiple choice, or weird adaptations of Doom-for-math-learning.
End point:
Does what we can teach through gaming actually matter in real life? What does, and what doesn't? Therefore: what should we continue to teach with books and discussion, and where can gaming be used positively?
Anyhow, that's some general food for thought... without raising issues of gender bias, stereotype threat, etc etc.
Check out the original/. community prediction for the first iPOD - Same comment -- that it's too expensive! If history, and NOT slashdoters, is proof or prediction, this little gadget'll do right as rain in the market, it will...
Well, it seems the Open University is an actual entity in the UK, and get this, it's not even free! Anyhow, there's got to be another good name for the OCW-based collaborative, non-profit, collective course system.
Ok, so the content is (and has been) open... mostly (if you can get access to the journal articles and books). Now what some feisty OCW-fanatics should do is to start an OCW-compliant online course discussion / collaboration site, so that people who are interested in working through specific course material can all work together, and discuss, rather than operate, read, etc -- in isolation. After all, learning is a social enterprise... call it an open university...
Our friendly Webster dictionary says: (and I quote)
"Etymology: Middle English halowen, from Old English hAlgian, from hAlig holy -- more at HOLY
1 : to make holy or set apart for holy use
2 : to respect greatly : VENERATE
synonym see DEVOTE"
Interesting -- unless there's something that I'm missing, from earlier books in the series? Thoughts?
Yes and no. Theoretically, the perfect program - a set of logic - would be able to decipler the most likely scenario for a set of data. So literally, no. However, since humans aren't perfect programmers, then the logic is likely to be an approximation - perhaps close, perhaps far - of the perfect code expression in a particular machine langauge. So, yes.
It's also about the software exploring similar data across different regions of the web to extrapolate veracity or falsehood. Think of it as programming software to recognize how to write new Wikipedia pages (correctly). Human contributions will ALWAYS have a margin of error; the question is, can we program software to do the same job we do, but much more efficiently AND correctly?
but... how could a 300 pound machine completely destroy stairs... because of its weight?
For what it's worth, I imagine that many of us weigh > 300 lbs when carrying our MASSIVE computers upstairs from the car... or 130 pounds of Ramen noodles... or about 60 of the lastest video games... or... well, you get the point.
"You're connected to your best friend and send the new song your band recorded in the garage last weekend. Another friend gets the hilarious podcast your kid brother made at school, plus that song you just downloaded from the Zune Marketplace and can't get out of your head. And hey, lookee here, your friend wants to send you something that you might like and buy, too.
Best of all, the song you sent isn't just a 30-second preview --it's the whole song! Your friend can sample the song up to three times in three days, flag it on their device and then, if they like it, they can buy it later from Zune Marketplace. It's all connected."
Wow. Disclaimer on my old BBS: If you point out any illegal files on this BBS, please point them out and we'll take them down. Feds didn't like that too much, on the other boards that got nailed... sigh...
Absolutely, and for the nutrition-conscious, they also contain 25% fewer calories and no poly-saturated fats. Best of all, they come in packs of 50, 200, and 10,000 ( at a deep discount!)
Actually, I had the same challenge with mine. However, I took the crude approach: bang it down very hard on the dashboard, as per instructions I found in the Apple iPod discussion forums (!). It worked, and the poor 'pod has done lots of playing since! Call it the poor man's fix to the clicking of the iPod.
Slashdot Mirror
No kidding? Most of the activex functions are inoperable; formatting (besides straight HTML) in web parts, file upload features, versioning, etc... does that all work for you in FFox? If so, is there a MOSS extension necessary to make that happen?
What really peeves me is that our staff, part of a medium-size nonprofit, continually switch browsers to support our IE-only "Intranet" (thanks, MOSS!) and their favored method of browsing, through Firefox. The time we lose in training on this transition - and troubleshooting this transition - is unreasonable. It surprises me further that corporations would continue to push non-compliant products despite recent pushes for increasing computing efficiency in the workplace... Of course, MS is a business - but wouldn't their money be BETTER earned increasing my efficiency (making me more likely to purchase their products) than requiring me to take more time to accomplish everything? --Dave
Let's refine this a bit. *Perhaps* there is a use for boolg'ling web search content toward consumer taste. But it's likely that not many of my friends are researching topics similar to my own.
So, social tags would be relevant only for - let's pretend, here, c'mon - consumer taste. Everything else - like scholarly research, etc - I'm afraid has to be done the hard, old way - by knowing how and where to search.
--Dave
p.s. By 2011? Imagine the kind of technologies that will be out in the marketplace in 3-4 years, and this device seems even less relevant. However, at least our educational system won't have changed much... (sigh)
--Dave
... of making inexpensive, simple and rugged laptops for world education? I do believe it's been co-opted by the idea of "small", but not necessarily "inexpensive", "rugged" or "adaptable" to hard environments. For instance, $500 is way above the original marks set by OLPC, I believe, and even the marks above the other OLPC clone manufacturers. Can anyone weigh in on this? $500+ is bizarre, given how inexpensive fully-featured laptops are these days... --Dave
In reading this story, I wonder about how individuals raised in cultures different than my own (read: USA) view issues of personal privacy vs. common good. Broadly speaking, we in the states tend to defend a "rights" theory; that our personal rights can, in some cases, trump the good of society. However, the idea of a populace giving in some personal rights for those of the supposed good lies on the spectrum of utilitarianism; that by putting in place a universal ID, it's necessary to give up some personal rights, in order to protect the largest number of people.
But, I'd be interested to know about how others compare this issue to the various historical theories of ethics...
Caffeine isn't just *possibly* good against skin cancer. There are definitely other things it's OK for, such as learning and memory, or at least, that thing we all do: work! See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine#Effects_on_memory_and_learning for all its complexities. Its really pretty interesting...
It's quite neat that this guy has taken the time to build something to help keep the neighborhood "safer". But what's most interesting is that the "drug dealers" (etc) respond so strongly to the little, harmless robot; and that their response would probably be much more hostile toward police. In addition to a neat experiment in... safety... it's also a neat psychological study. --Dave
Ditto that! My 12'' G4 has been *all over* the place, is fast, lasts a long, long time, picks up wireless, and takes one heck of a beating. A truly strong, light and tremendous travel machine.
Evil does no Google! But this is the US, and Google does no evil. Er... right?
Hey there, I don't question that games are compelling and can impel motivation. However, I do suggest that their instructional value is questionable. To address directly your question; you are correct, the transfer from screen to real life matters most. I suggested that tests are salient simply because that's the current context - and will be the context in the foreseeable future - within which academic work will be ultimately assessed. I in no way suggest it's the best way to test. It's downright disappointing, truth be told. In addition, I do strongly believe that the qualities of computer-based gaming - that is, exercises mediated through a computer interface (not handhelds, or in-person role playing simulation) - will not sufficiently teach skills that require the integration of multiple representational means (for instance, knowledge gleaned through interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, a library, the internet, and perhaps tangible construction). At question is the type of flexibility that students need to adapt to the many means and methods for adapting, and manipulating, their environment. Like you, I develop - and envision the development - of "stuff" that requires a far different educational context than is available in most places. Without such visions, innovation simply perpetuates the system we have in place, and I think you'd agree that's not wholly helpful. I do wonder what you consider the biggest challenge for a computer-based "game" to be in its application to education, and which contexts it might fit best. (For the sake of argument, I consider computer-based to be relevant to the current computer; other technologies make a lot more possible, but aren't yet widespread). I agree with, and welcome, your forceful comments in regard to my dismissal of games. While I don't have decades in the development of games-for-learning, I've got more experience than what you find online might suggest. That said, I'm not an "expert", for as I'm sure you'd agree, there are truly few. Finally, that I'm not left in a quandary is due to your reply; that is, without serious debate, a good middle-ground won't develop. And yet, the only thing that HGSE taught me is that I know exceedingly little of all there is to know. --Dave
Ok, so a caveat: I was a researcher of educational gaming... but I quit the field when I realized how poorly gaming could translate into the kind of learning that kids need to succeed in the world. Some questions to consider:
How do you transfer game learning to test contexts? After all, standardized tests matter to governments. If you teach in one context, it is very hard to utilize the skills in a different context. Moving from screen to paper is, for instance, tough.
A game requires simplification. What happens to history when it's all burnt into a 15 minute game? While simulations can be helpful for testing dangerous or invisible things (such as genetic combinations, hazmat training or airplane simulation), they're generally poor at proving background.
Some educational games are built on a research base. For instance, there is a math game that will build upon a learner's growing base of rote-memorized solutions (automaticity; measured in Sec. to answer) by scaffoling new and old together. These games are few and far between. MOST games are simply multiple choice, or weird adaptations of Doom-for-math-learning.
End point:
Does what we can teach through gaming actually matter in real life? What does, and what doesn't? Therefore: what should we continue to teach with books and discussion, and where can gaming be used positively?
Anyhow, that's some general food for thought... without raising issues of gender bias, stereotype threat, etc etc.
First article appearing on /, about the iPod: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257
Check out the original /. community prediction for the first iPOD - Same comment -- that it's too expensive! If history, and NOT slashdoters, is proof or prediction, this little gadget'll do right as rain in the market, it will...
Well, it seems the Open University is an actual entity in the UK, and get this, it's not even free! Anyhow, there's got to be another good name for the OCW-based collaborative, non-profit, collective course system.
Ok, so the content is (and has been) open... mostly (if you can get access to the journal articles and books). Now what some feisty OCW-fanatics should do is to start an OCW-compliant online course discussion / collaboration site, so that people who are interested in working through specific course material can all work together, and discuss, rather than operate, read, etc -- in isolation. After all, learning is a social enterprise... call it an open university...
Our friendly Webster dictionary says: (and I quote) "Etymology: Middle English halowen, from Old English hAlgian, from hAlig holy -- more at HOLY 1 : to make holy or set apart for holy use 2 : to respect greatly : VENERATE synonym see DEVOTE" Interesting -- unless there's something that I'm missing, from earlier books in the series? Thoughts?
Yes and no. Theoretically, the perfect program - a set of logic - would be able to decipler the most likely scenario for a set of data. So literally, no. However, since humans aren't perfect programmers, then the logic is likely to be an approximation - perhaps close, perhaps far - of the perfect code expression in a particular machine langauge. So, yes.
It's also about the software exploring similar data across different regions of the web to extrapolate veracity or falsehood. Think of it as programming software to recognize how to write new Wikipedia pages (correctly). Human contributions will ALWAYS have a margin of error; the question is, can we program software to do the same job we do, but much more efficiently AND correctly?
but... how could a 300 pound machine completely destroy stairs... because of its weight? For what it's worth, I imagine that many of us weigh > 300 lbs when carrying our MASSIVE computers upstairs from the car... or 130 pounds of Ramen noodles... or about 60 of the lastest video games... or... well, you get the point.
From the ZUNE Site:
i ng.htm
"You're connected to your best friend and send the new song your band recorded in the garage last weekend. Another friend gets the hilarious podcast your kid brother made at school, plus that song you just downloaded from the Zune Marketplace and can't get out of your head. And hey, lookee here, your friend wants to send you something that you might like and buy, too.
Best of all, the song you sent isn't just a 30-second preview --it's the whole song! Your friend can sample the song up to three times in three days, flag it on their device and then, if they like it, they can buy it later from Zune Marketplace. It's all connected."
http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/zunetozuneshar
So: if I want to listen to the "hillarious podcast that my KID BROTHER made at SCHOOL" a couple times, I have to "BUY" it from MICROSOFT??
Enough said.
Wow. Disclaimer on my old BBS: If you point out any illegal files on this BBS, please point them out and we'll take them down. Feds didn't like that too much, on the other boards that got nailed... sigh...
Absolutely, and for the nutrition-conscious, they also contain 25% fewer calories and no poly-saturated fats. Best of all, they come in packs of 50, 200, and 10,000 ( at a deep discount!)
Easy: they'll do the same thing they've done with the x-box (subsidize the music at their cost, to win market share)....
Actually, I had the same challenge with mine. However, I took the crude approach: bang it down very hard on the dashboard, as per instructions I found in the Apple iPod discussion forums (!). It worked, and the poor 'pod has done lots of playing since! Call it the poor man's fix to the clicking of the iPod.