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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Kids with ADHD need to Fidget
Study results show that Fidgeting helps kids with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder focus. Some grown-ups need a cup of coffee before tackling a problem. Kids with ADHD may tap their feet, swivel in their chairs or bounce in their seats while … Continue reading
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Will IBM’s Watson Win Jeopardy!?
Watson, a computer system will play Jeopardy!, the popular TV trivia game show, against human contestants. It extracts meaning from natural spoken (English) language. The system breaks a question into natural-language pieces, searches its own databases (not the Internet) for … Continue reading
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New Era School Initiative (NESI) Conversation 7: Tablet PC Learning Research
This seventh conversation with Dr. W.E. Doynit extends a series of descriptions of how to accelerate learning dramatically by increasing learning efficiency rates with and without Tablet and other mobile PCs. Dr. Doynit, Superintendent of Normsville Unified School District, Normsville, … Continue reading
Youth with Disabilities Prep for Careers in Science, Math, Engineering
High School/High Tech (HS/HT) is recognized as one of the most successful strategies for assisting youth with disabilities as they transition from high school to post-school activities, including postsecondary education and employment. HS/HT has evolved from a small program in … Continue reading
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Original High Tech High School
The Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High is the original High Tech High (HTH)school. Founded in the fall of 2000, the school is located at HTH Village in San Diego and serves approximately 490 students in grades 9-12. The … Continue reading
Increased MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT continues to expand its OpenCourseWare (OCW) offerings, now to 1,900. MIT OCW is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. OpenCourseWare is a … Continue reading
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Quantum computers require complex software
Quantum computers will require complex software to manage errors. A conventional computer uses binary on-off switches. Not so for quantum computers. The building blocks of quantum computers, known as quantum bits, or “qubits,” have the capacity to exist in both … Continue reading
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Quantum Computer Development Progresses
Scientists at the universities of Manchester and Edinburgh combined tiny magnets with molecular machines that can shuttle between two locations without the use of external force. These manoeuvrable magnets could one day be used as the basic component in quantum … Continue reading
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Decisive Teachers’ 2010-2011 AY Prep Checklist
Donna Pahl (Wilkinson)* reviews the checklist she uses as a classroom teacher at a Normsville, Illinois public school. Her classroom activities inspired the term Decisive Teacher. She uses what she calls “The Pass It Forward” strategy. “I keep and review … Continue reading
Changing the Way Students Learn and Teachers Teach
Stephanie Moore and Claudia Dicken, Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School, describe how students and teachers changed behavior in order to use Tablet PCs. In turn, students learned more through 1:1 computing. I heard students from the school present at the 2009 … Continue reading