I've had the same issues with the Cisco VPN client. Apparently they have 64-bit support in their newest Beta, but without access to that I've been using the Shrewsoft client.
I'm disappointed to see an institution with as good a reputation as GMU creating what is ostensibly a vocational training program. Programs such as this prepare students for one and only one role in a specialized industry, instead of preparing them with a more well rounded education. Mores the pity too. I guess GMU wants to compete head to head with schools that advertise on G4.
You live in New York. That, along with LA and maybe San Francisco are among the most liberal, educated places in the nation. Try meeting some people in Alabama, or Iowa. See what they think about "intellectual" subjects.
You mean toothless hillbillies like : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Mad props to the Anonys in colder climes. Toronto, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee all had subzero weather to content with and had amazing turnouts respectively.
Studies have shown that even monkeys of either gender show a pronounced and measurable preference for what we generally consider 'boys' and 'girls' toys.
As a former computer studies teacher at a secondary school in the developing world, I applaud Negroponte's efforts to get cheap computer hardware into the hands of those who need it. After two years of wrestling with broken, "donated" crap machines from the Western world, I think this is a serious step in the right direction.
At a school like mine, a computer lab could conceivably provide access to Wikipedia, and any other number of educational games. My students were fascinated with education games, spent hours looking at entries in Encarta, and made some pretty incredible art with MS Paint. But of course, more needs to be done.
I think in addition to hardware, we also need to create materials to education children on "how" to use the computer. After scouring the net looking for a primer, my colleagues and I decide to write our own. We should not be reinventing the wheel on this problem.
Cheap hardware coupled with the proper teaching materials could do a world of good for developing countries. I just hope it happens sooner rather than later.
Myself and my fellow volunteers have written some of this stuff already, simply out of necessity.I just want to make it thorough as possible (i.e good pictures, diagrams, etc.),= and I'm guessing that there are others out there with the same problem that I have.
Trying to teach computer literacy to high school students is tricky...on ancient computers in a place where both internet access and electricity are ridiculously expensive... Many of my students had never touched a computer before my class.
Many of the websites mentioned have good resources, but nothing compiled and ready for download...at least that I could find given my slow, expensive internet connection.
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And your post is the text book definition of an ad hominem attack. Peddle your logical fallacies elsewhere.
Reality begs to differ.
http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2013/majors-that-pay-you-back
As a holder of a BS in computer science, if I need someone to move columns in Excel, I will do it myself.
I've had the same issues with the Cisco VPN client. Apparently they have 64-bit support in their newest Beta, but without access to that I've been using the Shrewsoft client.
I'm disappointed to see an institution with as good a reputation as GMU creating what is ostensibly a vocational training program. Programs such as this prepare students for one and only one role in a specialized industry, instead of preparing them with a more well rounded education. Mores the pity too. I guess GMU wants to compete head to head with schools that advertise on G4.
There is definitely one. Free public bathrooms.
You live in New York. That, along with LA and maybe San Francisco are among the most liberal, educated places in the nation. Try meeting some people in Alabama, or Iowa. See what they think about "intellectual" subjects.
You mean toothless hillbillies like : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Mad props to the Anonys in colder climes. Toronto, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee all had subzero weather to content with and had amazing turnouts respectively.
Rabbits, viruses. Somebody talk to me!
And not just human that show this preference for toys.
http://www.physorg.com/news8902.html
Studies have shown that even monkeys of either gender show a pronounced and measurable preference for what we generally consider 'boys' and 'girls' toys.
As a former computer studies teacher at a secondary school in the developing world, I applaud Negroponte's efforts to get cheap computer hardware into the hands of those who need it. After two years of wrestling with broken, "donated" crap machines from the Western world, I think this is a serious step in the right direction.
At a school like mine, a computer lab could conceivably provide access to Wikipedia, and any other number of educational games. My students were fascinated with education games, spent hours looking at entries in Encarta, and made some pretty incredible art with MS Paint. But of course, more needs to be done.
I think in addition to hardware, we also need to create materials to education children on "how" to use the computer. After scouring the net looking for a primer, my colleagues and I decide to write our own. We should not be reinventing the wheel on this problem.
Cheap hardware coupled with the proper teaching materials could do a world of good for developing countries. I just hope it happens sooner rather than later.
Myself and my fellow volunteers have written some of this stuff already, simply out of necessity.I just want to make it thorough as possible (i.e good pictures, diagrams, etc.),= and I'm guessing that there are others out there with the same problem that I have.
Trying to teach computer literacy to high school students is tricky...on ancient computers in a place where both internet access and electricity are ridiculously expensive... Many of my students had never touched a computer before my class.
Many of the websites mentioned have good resources, but nothing compiled and ready for download...at least that I could find given my slow, expensive internet connection.