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Why Do We Have to Write Today? | Edutopia

rainbowhill — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:15:27 +1000

Why Do We Have to Write Today? | Edutopia:

Because its easier than faking it, and better for you too.

craig: Nossidge’s computer-generated snowball poems. [via waxy]

rainbowhill — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:02:19 +1000

craig:

Nossidge’s computer-generated snowball poems. [via waxy]

Talented Monash academic was plucked from the school system

rainbowhill — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:45:13 +1000

Talented Monash academic was plucked from the school system

Getting the workflow right is child’s play : tools in learning

rainbowhill — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:21:35 +1000

Getting the workflow right is child’s play : tools in learning

Louder Than Words

rainbowhill — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:46:00 +1000

Louder Than Words:

plsj:

“In the tenth century BC, the priests of India devised the Brahmodya competition, which would become a model of authentic theological discourse. The object was to find a verbal formula to define the Brahman, the ultimate and inexpressible reality beyond human understanding. The idea was to push language as far as it would go, until participants became aware of the ineffable. The challenger, drawing on his immense erudition, began the process by asking an enigmatic question and his opponents had to reply in a way that was apt but equally inscrutable. The winner was the contestant who reduced the others to silence. In that moment of silence, the Brahman was present - not in the ingenious verbal declarations but in the stunning realisation of the impotence of speech. Nearly all religious traditions have devised their own versions of this exercise. It was not a frustrating experience; the finale can, perhaps, be compared to the moment at the end of the symphony, when there is a full and pregnant beat of silence in the concert hall before the applause begins. The aim of good theology is to help the audience to live for a while in that silence.”

screenshotsofdespair: Marker at Perth Railway Station, Western...

rainbowhill — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:30:22 +1000

screenshotsofdespair:

Marker at Perth Railway Station, Western Australia

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating...

rainbowhill — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:07:53 +1000

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.

- Albert Einstein

"Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules,..."

rainbowhill — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:07:55 +1000

“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules, are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass stars that exploded their chemically rich guts into the galaxy, enriching pristine gas clouds with the chemistry of life. So that we are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. That’s kinda cool! That makes me smile and I actually feel quite large at the end of that. It’s not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe. We are in the universe and the universe is in us.””

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (via zen-pisces)

damzlfly: So I won’t forget. (via Yoga Inspiration) I can...

rainbowhill — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:36:37 +1000

damzlfly:

So I won’t forget. (via Yoga Inspiration)

I can hear guruji’s voice when I read this.

pedagogue (n.) late 14c., “schoolmaster, teacher,” from Old French pedagoge...

rainbowhill — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:22:55 +1000

pedagogue (n.)

late 14c., “schoolmaster, teacher,” from Old French pedagoge “teacher of children” (14c.), from Latin paedagogus, from Greek paidagogos “slave who escorts boys to school and generally supervises them,” later “a teacher,” from pais (genitive paidos) “child” (see pedo-) agogos “leader,” from agein “to lead” (see act (n.)). Hostile implications in the word are at least from the time of Pepys (1650s). Related: Pedagogal.

" We’re drowning in information and starving for knowledge. "

rainbowhill — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:07:56 +1000

“” We’re drowning in information and starving for knowledge. “”

- Rutherford D. Rogers (via quotedojo)

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."

rainbowhill — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:58:17 +1000

“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”

- - B. F. Skinner (via quotedojo)

If he means educational institutions then it all sounds so post-apocalyptic. Are we learning to forget as technology comes closer to us? Skinner was a behaviourist.

From a constructivist perspective our assumptions about...

rainbowhill — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:15:25 +1000

From a constructivist perspective our assumptions about learners, learning and the environment in which learning occurs shape our concepts of what it means to learn, to instruct and to understand. As educators our assumptions are always being challenged, and we are always being asked to see if new ways of looking at things might result in better outcomes for learners.

A process orientation takes precedence over a focus on knowledge for its own sake from this perspective. (Duffy and Jonassen 1992).

Duffy, T. M., & Jonassen, D. H. (1992). Constructivism: New implications for instructional technology. In T. M. Duffy & D. H. Jonassen (Eds.), Constructivism and the technology of instruction (pp. 1-16). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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rainbowhill — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:52:53 +1000

prostheticknowledge: In-Store Facial Recognition Market...

rainbowhill — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:00:28 +1000

prostheticknowledge:

In-Store Facial Recognition Market Research

New technology from Japan can monitor all shop visitors, discerning age, gender, and visiting frequency, and measures the data with a system called ‘NeoFace’, all with a normal PC and webcam - via DigInfo (video embedded below):

NEC has developed a marketing service that utilizes facial recognition technology to estimates the age and gender of customers, and accumulates the data, along with the dates and times that customers visit stores. This data is then used to analyze trends in customer behavior and visit frequency.

This service is provided in Japan via NEC’s cloud computing technology, only requires a regular PC and video camera, and is available for approximately $880 (70,000 yen) per month per store.

“This service is mainly intended for retailers that have several stores. It provides retailers with customer attributes based on facial images. That information is helpful for sales strategies.”

This service can also detect repeat customers across multiple stores. It uses a face detection and comparison engine developed by NEC, called NeoFace.

More Here

springwise: Serialized iPad novel unlocks extra content only at...

rainbowhill — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:15:31 +1000

springwise:

Serialized iPad novel unlocks extra content only at real-world locations

Often the enjoyment of a creative work can be enhanced by location, and we’ve seen this demonstrated before with the Bluebrain app, which reveals audio content specific to the area the listener is walking through. Now a similar innovation, this time in the publishing world, comes in the form of a new iPad novel titled The Silent History, which presents readers with short excerpts each day and offers additional content when they travel to specific real-world locations. READ MORE…

Fill Your New Kindle, iPad, iPhone with Free eBooks, Movies, Audio Books, Online Courses & More | Open Culture

rainbowhill — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:45:24 +1000

Fill Your New Kindle, iPad, iPhone with Free eBooks, Movies, Audio Books, Online Courses & More | Open Culture

"You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll..."

rainbowhill — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:23:01 +1000

“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing—that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”

- Richard Feynman

The difference between “learning” and “learning” is important to understand.

(via sciencesoup)

I think he said ‘knowing’, there is a difference.

skillshare: Lifelong learning.

rainbowhill — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:07:58 +1000

skillshare:

Lifelong learning.

adventuresinlearning: Via (Imagining Learning)

rainbowhill — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:28:00 +1000

adventuresinlearning:

Via (Imagining Learning)