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Well, I'm writing this on the 1st January; have purposely left this article for today though I had doubts that I'd be able to write it depending on how hungover I woke up.
2013 is today, and we enter a new year. Now, I'm not one who likes to make resolutions as the year comes to an end, and I am not one who makes promises he will not deliver, so I personally see today as yet another day. However, since I follow the same calendar as the rest of Western mortals, I might as well make a summary of how 2012 has treated me and how it has been for Manly Curls.
With regards to my personal life, I have been on the go a lot, traveling up and down between 3 countries throughout the year and having a lot of fun while doing it. I've been to the Olympics in London and I power cleaned 300lbs at a bodyweight of 180lbs (which is a new personal best for me) while still keeping my six pack. I've had other interesting tidbits occurring personally and many positive things have occurred, so I'm very happy with how my life is going and the life path I set and am heading to.
With regards to Manly Curls, the year 2012 has been the culmination of this site. We are now reaching thousands on a daily basis, having hit some tremendous traffic peaks throughout the year. It goes without saying that, to a blogger, an increasing audience is highly satisfying and shows that you're doing things good, so I'm very happy with having more and more of you reading my words day in and day out.
June 1st marked the 1-year anniversary of Manly Curls. I started my site as a way to spread the word (the one I talk about in my book) and also as an outlet for my thoughts and passion for writing. Since then, Manly Curls has grown and grown, and I have headed it down the path I've wanted. Just like with physical businesses, the vast majority of blogs don't make it over a year, so the fact that more and more people read my site after 1 year gives me the assurance that, so far, I'm doing it right.
With a bigger audience comes more questions. 2012 has been a year of answering emails on a daily basis, and I could make a second book with all the answers I've written to specific questions from y'all. Interaction is the blood of life, and you're always welcome to interact with me and the rest of readers because, after all, our hair revolution ain't going to move on its own.
That's right, 2012 has also been the year in which we have just started a hair revolution. This revolution calls for embracing your waves, coils or kinks and it calls for optimising your curly hair so as to customise it to your life as a male. You've seen my long curly hair, and you've see the curly manes of several of our featured readers; the idea is to change the negative view that curly men have about their hair and turn this self-embracing into a positive movement that sees one's hair as part of enhancing one's core. I am so serious about this pioneering revolution that 2012 was also the year of another website of mine, Men's Hair Blog, which concentrates more on hair care for men; likewise, 2012 was also the year of my much-anticipated book.
I wrote my book The Curly Hair Book: Or How Men Can Now Rock Their Waves, Coils And Kinks throughout 2012, and I approached my book from the concept of delivering results with convenience. Curly (and straight haired) men can also have great-looking hair, not just women, and you as a male can have such optimised hair with convenience and without sacrificing your testosterone levels; this being what I call the Awesome Mane concept. Manly Curls and The Curly Hair Book sinergise each other, and my book has been my next step in spreading the awesome mane word. What's more is that my book has soon become a bestseller and the feedback so far from readers is fantastic (you can check out The Curly Hair Book at Amazon in this link).
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Have a great 2013, and I'll see you here.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republican National Committee (RNC) is not taking Tim Kaine's Ku Klux Klan comments lying down.
"Tim Kaine sunk to new lows with dirty and deplorable attacks which have no place in this campaign. No matter how desperate he is to distract from his running mate Hillary Clinton's litany of corruption scandals, there is no excuse for these vile and baseless smears," Reince Priebus said in a statement.
Kaine in Florida Friday said the following about Donald Trump:
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I got my Wreck Journal two Christmases ago and was super excited to start it! The first few weeks I had it I was really into it - finding ideas and inspiration, sketching things out, being all artsy and the like. Then the novelty wore off. Just like that. Here is a post I did a while back on the few pages I had completed before I lost interest.
I was really happy with the pages I had finished, I am a perfectionist after all. And the idea of "wrecking" the journal still bothers me. These past Christmas holidays I pulled it out again and have been having a ball with it! My creative spark has returned and it feels great. Most nights I just get the urge to splatter some paint or draw random things and this journal has broadened my artistic side, and somewhat opened my eyes to the way I see things (corny, I know!)
Anyway, I'd love to share more pages with you - Here is a page that was pretty simple, not so much wrecking involved, and it left me feeling pretty happy. The prompt simply states:
(throw it out)
OK, I didn't feel like throwing it out, so here is what I did....
I wrote a little note on the back -
I hope you are enjoying this book & I hope this note makes you smile xx
and then I shoved it into a random page of the last library book I read.
I really hope that the Librarian doesn't find it, I just want it to be passed onto a random stranger!
I feel like I can accept the loss like this, in my mind I'm picturing some fabulous teenage girl finally getting to page 166 of Where'd You Go Bernadette? and seeing my note and getting all happy and excited because of course she knows what a Wreck This Journal is, hell, she's already destroyed her own and wishes she had done something this corny and cute to her own 'Lose This Page (throw it out) Accept The Loss' page.
With my luck it'll be a forty year old beefy biker dude with tattoos on his neck. I hope he enjoys the book (and my note) all the same!
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Founders restructure Google to chase after passion
Google is reorganising its corporate structure to allow founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to focus on business interests beyond the company's core operations. On Monday, Page announced that they have established a new holding company known as Alphabet Inc, which will serve as the parent of Google and other businesses that have been created
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In front of the villa and behind it, there is a marvellous fenced garden: approx. 1300 m2 with flowers and hedges and a covered area near the entrance, which serves as a car park for two cars. Between the entrance to the garden and the villa there is a utility room with laundry facilities.
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Golf lovers can frequent the famous Pevero Golf Club, which is just 500mts away. Marvellous sandy beaches, that are free and have designated swimming areas, are at a distance of only 1km from the villa. Equally easy to reach is the shopping centre with a supermarket, a bakery, a newsagent and various types of shops, just 1km away.
The villa extends over one floor, except the guesthouse with a twin bedroom, which is made up of two singles and a small bathroom with shower. This room is below the pool level and has independent access. The standard it offers, is different from the others because it is small. For this reason, it would be more suitable to children.
In the evening, the lights of the yachts moored in the bay offer a beautiful scene.
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small entrance hall, large living room with big French doors and direct access towards lounge area outside, dining area, kitchen with direct access towards small outdoor area equipped with grill. From the front door it is also possible to access directly to the kitchen. 1 twin bedroom with small private bathroom with shower but on the other side of the hallway, 1 double (not convertible into a twin bedroom) with en suite bathroom with shower and extra hand held shower. Both bedrooms have an extra space with desk and direct exit towards the outside terrace with lounge area and swimming pool. 1 double bedroom with TV (convertible into a twin bedroom) with en suite bathroom with shower and extra hand held shower, and direct access towards outside lounge area with swimming pool.
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steps down in the garden. 1 twin bedroom with TV and en suite small bathroom with shower. The guest house also has an direct entrance from outside the estate on the other side.
big well maintained garden in front of the house, covered terrace with a lounge area with comfortable couches and sofas for about 12/14 people, covered dining area with table for 8/10, swimming pool. Close to the kitchen small area with table for 2 and stone built BBQ.
supermarkets, shops, restaurants, trattories and internet point all at less then 1km distance, golf course at 500 metres distance, nearest beach on 1km distance. All kinds of water sport activities available at the beach of Costa Smeralda, such as sailing trips, windsurfing, snorkelling, scuba diving, all upon request.
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According to our racetrack odds, Best Actor at the Daytime Emmys is a close race between Jason Thompson ("General Hospital") and Doug Davidson ("The Young and the Restless"), with Davidson's "Y&R" co-stars Peter Bergman and Michael Muhney unlikely to threaten.
Thompson is a relative newcomer, having debuted on "GH" as Dr. Patrick Drake in 2005, but he's the slight frontrunner to win, with 5/6 odds. This is his third Daytime Emmy nomination and his first in the leading category.
But Davidson is close behind with even odds. The veteran actor has played Paul Williams on "Y&R" for 35 years, but this is only his fourth nomination and he has yet to win. Though our experts are evenly split and users favor Thompson, our editors give Davidson the strong edge in this race.
Our forum posters have watched the episodes submitted to Emmy judges for consideration, which were made publicly available for the first time in the awards' history, and they agree that based on those episodes this is likely a two-way race. Read some of their comments below and make or update your predictions in our predictions center.
FishBiscuit: Thompson went subtle and quiet and his reel does have some impact but not enough boom to outshine Davidson's reel that builds to an emotional end. Davisdon's reel is not a slam dunk but is the best of this Ok/good bunch.
KevinDillon: This is honestly a tough call because both Thompson and Davidson are great, but I am going to give the edge to Davidson. Again I do think length matters, and Davidson's longer reel will out shine the beauty within Thompson.
Boidiva02: Both tapes dealt with loss, but in vastly differnet styles. [Thompson's] tape was subtle, powerful and tugged at the heart. [Davidson's] tape was more bold, screamy, in your face. It also took a lot to build up to the one moving scene in the reel, where Paul finally screams "I killed my son" … Truthfully, it is so close between Thompson and Davidson, it really could go either way.
gdfl: Also factoring in here is that the three "Y&R" men could split the vote making Thompson the winner. I wouldn't mind that since IMO he is the most deserving based on reel, and he has been one of my favourites pretty much since he debuted.


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Documenting and Reflecting on Learning
I am a strong proponent of encouraging learners of all ages to engage in reflective practice.
Learners do not just receive information only at the time it is given; they absorb information in many different ways, often after the fact, through reflection. The most powerful learning often happens when students self-monitor, or reflect. Students may not always be aware of what they are learning and experiencing. Teachers must raise students' consciousness about underlying concepts and about their own reactions to these concepts. ETE Team
Documenting Learning
Silvia Tolisano sees documenting learning as:
a process of intentional documenting serves a metacognitive purpose
- a creative multimedia expression (oral, visual, textual)
- a component of reflective practice
- taking ownership of one's learning
- a memory aid
- curation
- being open for feedback (Documenting FOR Learning)
Blogging as a Form of Documenting Learning and Reflection
I find blogging to be a one of the most powerful ways to documenting learning and engage in reflective practice.
Blogging has its own unique benefits as Sylvia Duckworth's Sketchnote summarizes:
Experiential, STEM, STEAM, and maker education are the focus of my gifted education classes. The learners in my gifted education classes have access to Chromebooks. Having learners take pictures of their artifacts and describing what they did is a standard practice in my classes.
Sometimes I list vocabulary words I ask learners to include in their blogs. For example, for a design challenge, I asked learners to include the following vocabulary:
- design thinking
- communicate
- empathy
- tolerance
Here are some example blog posts from 6th grade students:
Blogging, as opposed to keeping a hand-written journal of classroom experiences, has unique advantages in my classroom:
- Learners can easily include photos of their work.
- Work is easily reviewed and edited for errors.
- Learners' classmates can easily view and comment on one another's work.
- Blogging acts as a formative assessment whereby I, as the educator, get an opportunity to learn what elements of the projects were significant for my learners.
A Picture Tells So Many Stories
Because my classroom activities are high engagement, learners become totally immersed in the activities. They aren't interested in taking photos during the activities. Also due to the student-centric nature of the learning activities, my role becomes that of facilitator walking through the classroom and visiting with individual groups of students to find out what they are doing, answer questions, give feedback. This guide-on-the-side role allows me to take lots of photos of the students. In essence, then, I become the official photography documenting student learner so they and their parents have an archive of the school year's activity. We review these photos throughout the school year as a form of reflection. It's fun to hear the learner comments exclaiming joy and amazement in what they learned earlier in the school year.
Here are links to photos I took for my two gifted classes and posted to a shared folder on Google Photos during the 2016-17 school year:
A Final Reflection
As a way to wrap-up the school year, learners should be given the opportunity to review their work from the past school year. For my learners, I asked them to look through all of the photos I took and the blog posts they wrote and choose between 5 and 10 of their most favorite and best projects. (It was great listening them express their delight in reviewing all of the projects they completed during the school year.) After selecting these, learners were asked to create a presentation of their chosen works using one of the following options:
They then presented their work to their peers and a group of adults: parents, school officials, visitors to the school.
A few afterthoughts about this final activity:
- Throughout the school year, learners were asked to present their learning in front audiences. One of the students has a dual diagnosis – gifted and Asperger's. This student wouldn't even talk to the group at the beginning of the year. Loved the confidence shown during the final presentation.
- The final presentations gave me, as the educator, a type of program evaluation where I got the opportunity to learn the most significant classroom projects from my learners' perspectives.
Natural Differentiation and Personalization Through Open Ended Learning Activities
This past summer I facilitated maker education classes for 5 to 10 year old kids. This school year I am a gifted teacher meeting with 2nd through 6 grades one day per week per group. I like mixed age groups and have no problem designing learning activities for them. I realized that the reason for this is that these activities are open ended permitting each student to naturally and instinctively to work at or slightly above his or her ability level. This actually is a definition of differentiation.
Many classrooms consist of students from different knowledge backgrounds, multiple cultures, both genders, and students with a range of disabilities or exceptionalities (Alavinia & Fardy, 2012). Differentiated instruction is defined as "a philosophy of teaching that is based on the premise that students learn best when their teachers accommodate the differences in their readiness levels, interest, and learning profiles" (Konstantinou-Katzi et al., 2012, p. 333). (in http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Differentiated_learning)
One of results or consequences of providing such activities is an increase in learner engagement, excitement, and motivation. Open ended learning activities permit and encourage learners to bring their "selves" into the work. They become agents of their own learning.
Because of this freedom, they often shine as true selves come through. Learners often surprise both the educator and themselves with what they produce and create. It becomes passion-based learning. Not only do the activities become self-differentiated, they become personalized:
Personalization only comes when students have authentic choice over how to tackle a problem. A personalized environment gives students the freedom to follow a meaningful line of inquiry, while building the skills to connect, synthesize and analyze information into original productions. Diane Laufenberg in What Do We Really Mean When We Say 'Personalized Learning'?
Personalized learning means that learning starts with the learner. Learning is tailored to the individual needs of each learner instead of by age or grade level. It is more than teaching to "one size fits all" or just moving to learner-centered learning and changing instruction. Personalized Learning takes a holistic view of the individual, skill levels, interests, strengths and challenges, and prior knowledge. The learner owns their learning. Barbara Bray in What is Personalized Learning?
The educator, in this environment, introduces the activities and then steps back to let the learners take over their own personal learning. The educator lets go of expectations what the final produce should be; should look like; should do. The educator becomes a provider of resources, feedback giver, and communications facilitator. S/he becomes a tour guide of learning possibilities. S/he shows learners the possibilities and then gets out of the way.
Creating the conditions for self-differentiation and personalization can occur with learning objectives that start with action verbs such: create, write, explore, invent, make, imagine, prepare, build, compose, construct, design, develop, formulate, originate.
Parting Shot: The following is an Animoto I created to show how many forms of making there are, but it also demonstrates what can happen when open ended projects are introduced into the learning environment.
A Perfect Storm for Maker Education
Originally published at http://blog.iat.com/2015/09/30/a-perfect-storm-for-maker-education/.
Perfect Storm: an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. The term is also used to describe an actual phenomenon that happens to occur in such a confluence, resulting in an event of unusual magnitude.
Maker Movement:
The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Makers tap into an American admiration for self-reliance and combine that with open-source learning, contemporary design and powerful personal technology like 3-D printers. The creations, born in cluttered local workshops and bedroom offices, stir the imaginations of consumers numbed by generic, mass-produced, made-in–China merchandise. (Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America's Future)
A movement made up of hobbyists, tinkerers, crafters and innovators is getting ready to change what you thought you knew about the American economy. They're teaching a new generation how to repair rather than replace, and if what they're looking for is not available, to invent it. They call themselves "makers," and they will figure out how to build whatever you can imagine. (The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid)
There currently exists the conditions for a perfect storm for maker education due to:
- The Do It Yourself (DIY) Movement
- Focus on STEM and STEAM Education
- Information Access and Information Abundance
- Affordable Maker Technologies
- Crowdsourcing and Participatory Culture
- Open Source Resources
The Do It Yourself (DIY) Movement
Do It Yourself, or DIY, is a term that is used by various communities of practice that focus on people creating things for themselves without the aid of a paid professional. embers of these subcultures strive to blur the lines between creator and consumer by constructing a social network that ties users and makers close together. The phrase Do It Yourself along with its acronym is also commonly used where a layman endeavors to complete a project without the physical aid of a paid professional. http://184.108.40.206/library/D.I.Y.
What this means for young people is that they are growing up in DIY cultures, where they have role models who engage in DIY and where they have 24-7 access to information and technological resources. For example, younger makers can turn to DIY, a safe online community for kids to discover and learn new skills. Older makers can use Make: DIY Projects for inspiration, ideas, and how-tos.
Focus on STEM and STEAM Education
One of President Obama's initiatives has been a call to action for making STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education a priority in the United States. He emphasized the need to broaden participation to those groups who typically do not engage in STEM initiatives:
President Obama knows that we simply cannot, as a Nation, expect to maintain our run of ingenuity and innovation—we cannot maintain that stream of new and different ideas—if we do not broaden participation in STEM to all Americans, including women and girls and minorities. (Educate to Innovate)
Some professionals and practitioners are expanding STEM education to include the arts which translates in STEAM education.
In this climate of economic uncertainty, America is once again turning to innovation as the way to ensure a prosperous future. Yet innovation remains tightly coupled with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – the STEM subjects. Art + Design are poised to transform our economy in the 21st century just as science and technology did in the last century. (STEM to STEAM)
Maker education can be a gateway to STEM involvement by students who may not have had interest in the science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines in the past.
At a time when many people are asking how we can get more students interested in STEM fields, we are hearing from teachers who have found making to be a great way to get students excited and engaged in their classrooms. We are seeing making occurring in subject classes such as math or science — in classes specifically listed as maker classes — and in a variety of less formal settings such as clubs and study halls. Many of these projects incorporate a variety of STEM topics. Students working on designing and building furniture for their classroom use algebra and geometry to figure out the dimensions. E-textiles and soft circuitry, in which circuits are sewn using conductive thread or fabric, have shown to be an engaging way to teach electronics and programming, especially for young women. The possibilities for ways to incorporate making into the school day are endless, and it is exciting to see what teachers have been developing and sharing. (Engaging Students in the STEM Classroom Through "Making")
Information Access and Abundance
We are living in one of the most exciting times in the history of humankind. Our world in now filled with information abundance, surplus, and access. The result is synergy whereby the human mind plus our current technologies far exceed the sum of these individual parts. We have technologies to access any type of information and to create products that match the pictures and voices in our minds; and we can use technology to get the assistance and feedback from folks around the globe. (Information Abundance and Its Implications for Education)
Anyone with access to the Internet has access to all kinds of information, resources, and tutorials. Young people are used to going online to find information and how-to tutorials via YouTube, Wikipedia, and their social networks. Young makers have taken advantage of this easy and free access information to make valuable contributions to our world. For example, Jack Andraka, who as a High School sophomore, discovered a test for pancreatic cancer through reading science research he found online. Katherine Wu, a ninth-grader, invented "the driver's companion," a device that could monitor drivers' blinks and brain waves to see if they were in danger of falling asleep at the wheel. She studied neuroscience to find out how to identify signs of sleepiness, took an online course to learn how to create the computer code that would recognize those signs. (Local teens' inventions impress scientists)
Affordable Maker Technologies
Accessibility of affordable maker technologies (e.g., 3D Printers, DIY computer devices) is due, in part to the democratization of these technologies.
When something is democratized it means that it is accessible to everyone. When used in the context of the maker movement, 'democratization' refers to the decreasing cost of the tools and technologies credited with spurring the movement. The cost of 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and 3D scanners has dramatically decreased over the past five years. (Democratized tools of production: New technologies spurring the maker movement)
Today, the availability of affordable constructive technology and the ability to share online has fueled the latest evolutionary spurt in this facet of human development. New tools that enable hands-on learning — 3D printers, robotics, microprocessors, wearable computers, e-textiles, "smart" materials and new programming languages — are giving individuals the power to invent. (The maker movement: A learning revolution)
Maker technologies such as Makey-Makey, littleBits, Arduinos, 3D Printers, and robotics kits provide opportunities for learners to experiment and invent for themselves. They are accessible and usable by a wide range of skill and age levels; and even though there is a cost attached to them, they are more accessible to those with less financial means than similar technologies had been in the past. There does, though, need to be a continued dialogue and proactive efforts to create a maker culture of accessibility.
If the rise of the maker movement and these new tools for democratized production are going to create opportunity, how do we ensure that all people truly have access and training? It is essential to understand and address the social structures and identity categories that are inherent in the maker movement before the tools of production that play such a prominent role are truly democratized. (Democratized tools of production: New technologies spurring the maker movement)
If one of the characteristics of the maker movement is democratization of related tools, software, and techniques, then efforts need to focus on the education institutions that serve children (school, libraries, museums, after-school programs) especially underrepresented and underserved children. We need to insure that there is little or no gap between those of means and those with little means when it comes to maker education. Dr. David A. Williams (SVP of Program, Training & Youth Development at Boys and Girls Club of America) has tackled this head-on at BGCA (Tackling the Digital Divide & Closing the Opportunity Gap in STEM Education) and so has Congressman Joe Kennedy in Boston (Do Politicians Really Care About STEM Education?).
Crowdsourcing and Participatory Culture
The maker movement and makerspaces are that they are driven by principles of crowdsourcing and participatory cultures. Makers, as a group, freely share their makes so others can replicate and/or improve upon them.
Many maker movement initiatives are rooted in the idea of a "Participatory Culture," a term coined by American media scholar Henry Jenkins. Henry Jenkins recognizes the key elements of a participatory culture to include low barriers to expression and engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one's creations with others, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices. (Worlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School By Laura Fleming)
And as Dale Dougherty (@dalepd), considered by many as the father of the maker movement, stated in the Maker Mindset:
The Maker Movement is spurred by [….] the increasing participation of all kinds of people in interconnected communities, defined by interests and skills online as well as hyper-local efforts to convene those who share common goals. (Dougherty, The Maker Mindset, 2013)
Massimo Banzi (@mbanzi), the inventor of the highly popular maker technology Arduino, noted how a participatory maker culture spurs creativity.
Whenever you design a tool that allows people to be creative, there are people who will start to be creative with the tool. Once we made that available, people are now responding and creating. So it's not so much that we've become a world of people who do hardware hacking, but, I guess, a world where people are becoming more involved in the creation of products. (Arduino's Massimo Banzi: How We Helped Make The Maker Movement)
Related to crowdsourcing is crowdfunding which, as it implies, is asking the public to fund some worthwhile causes. Crowdfunding sites like Donors Choose can help educators get maker materials for their classrooms, increasing the chances that underfunded classrooms can get the tools and materials related to the maker movement.
Open Source Resources
Open source software is software that can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. Open source software is made by many people, and distributed under licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition.
Makers often share their "makes" so other can reproduce them and/or improve upon them. For example, Markerbot's Thingiverse is probably one of the biggest online repositories of open source 3D designs. A quick perusal of the website shows designs everything from prosthetic devices to footwear to toys.
The sharing culture that marks the maker movement carries over into maker technology companies in that they often make their software and hardware open source. Popular educational maker hardware such as Arduinos and lillteBits are open source:
Open-source hardware shares much of the principles and approach of free and open-source software. In particular, we believe that people should be able to study our hardware to understand how it works, make changes to it, and share those changes. To facilitate this, we release all of the original design files (Eagle CAD) for the Arduino hardware. These files are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license, which allows for both personal and commercial derivative works, as long as they credit Arduino and release their designs under the same license. (Arduinos FAQ)
littleBits has the following to say about developing open source hardware:
Open Source Hardware means that we make the design files available for the circuit designs in our modules pursuant to the CERN Open Hardware License Version 1.2. It makes sense for us because littleBits products are a teaching tool: sharing our designs allows for the possibility of teaching how these circuit designs work down to a circuit level. (What does Open Source mean?)
The bottom line is that educators both in formal and informal settings would be foolish not to take advantage of this perfect storm of maker education resources, tools, and strategies that currently exist.
Breaking Things as a Form of Education
One of my learners' favorite things to do at my maker education summer camps is taking toys apart – breaking them and then putting back together in another form. This got me thinking that breaking things should be part of every teacher's and learner's education. These include:
- Breaking physical objects apart to see their components and how they work.
- Breaking apart how the physical classroom is set up and letting learners help create the setting where they will learn.
- Breaking down barriers of communication . . between educators and learners; between learners and other learners; between the school and parents; between school and the community; between the community of learners and the rest of the world.
- Breaking apart and crushing stereotypes about different genders, ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientation when age appropriate.
- Breaking down walls that keep schools isolated from the world outside of those walls.
- Breaking attitudes that "we've always done it that way."
- Breaking a system that believes children should be grouped by age and grade.
- Breaking (and throwing away forever) the current assessment systems and the related belief that standardized tests actually measure student performance and achievement.
- Breaking apart the idea and practice that children and youth cannot nor should not be teachers.
- And one big NOT . . . NOT breaking the natural passion and excitement that humans have to learn.
These are just my initial thoughts. What would you add to this list of breaking things as a form of education? I want to create an infographic on this list so please add to it!
Maker Camp: Toy Making and Hacking
For the past two summers, I have gotten the marvelous opportunity to teach maker education camps to elementary level students, ages 5 to 12. Each week has a different theme and each theme meets for the five weekdays from 9:00 to 12:00 with a half hour break. Our first week's theme was on Toy Making and Hacking. Here are the webpages of resources I aggregated on these maker activities:
- DIY Science Toys – http://www.makereducation.com/diy-science-toys.html
- Toy Take Apart – http://www.makereducation.com/toy-take-apart.html
Below is a list of activities completed with the students along with descriptions and my reflections on the degree of success with these activities.
- Stomp Rockets
- Gami-Bots
- Colorful Gears
- Candy Gobbler
- Small Toy Take Apart
- Portable Gaming Devices Take Apart – Invent a New Game
Stomp Rockets
- 1/2″ PVC Pipe (cut into 36″, 3 x 12″; 6″ segments – one set per participant.
- 1/2″ right angle joints – 3 per participant
- 1/2″ cross joints – 1 per participant
- magazines
- cotton balls
- pennies
- transparent tape
I made some minor modifications of plans presented at http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper-Stomp-Rockets-Easy-and-Fun/. For the camp, I had each camper make his or her own launcher. One or two launchers, though, would have been fine for this activity.
I was excited to begin our week together with this activity as it is high impact. I did stomp rockets before with this age group a few years back. What I didn't anticipate was the difficulty the campers would have making their rockets. They had trouble rolling the magazine pages around the PVC pipe and taping everything together. I was actually a little baffled that they couldn't do these not too difficult hands-on tasks. As such, their rockets didn't perform as they should off and several campers were very disappointed.
I would like to do this activity again in the future. If so, I would (1) do it later in the camp week, and (2) concentrate more on making the rockets insuring that the kids build fairly functional rockets.
- business cards
- scissors
- cell phone motors
- double stick tape
- transparent tape
The following plans were developed by Howtoons and can be found at http://www.howtoons.com/?page_id=3475
The maker campers really loved this activity. They all were successful is getting their Gami-bots to move. They even invented a game using the floor tiles whereby they placed all of their Gami-bots inside the tile and the last Gami-bot left inside the boundaries of that tile won. I had one of the campers' mother ask if I could do maker activities for her son's birthday. This was one of the projects she requested.
Colorful Gears
- laser cut gears of assorted sizes
- magnets (6x6mm 1/4″X1/4″)
- magnetic boards
- permanent markers
I had seen something similar at an EdTech conference but out of wood. Instead of wood, I laser cut the gears out of acrylic. I used http://geargenerator.com/ to get the size of interlocking gears I desired and sized the middle holes to be a little bigger than 1/4″ to fit the magnets. This site produced files I used with the laser cutter at a local makerspace. I had the campers color their gears with permanent markers and then attach them to magnetic boards using the magnets as pivot points.
I was really excited about this activity. I think gears are lots of fun. I also thought that by having the campers color and create their own patterns would increase interest. I was wrong. They did the activity, seemed to like it okay, but were ready to move on once they did a single gear connection. I attempted introducing group collaborative creations as can be seen in the right photo above. A few were interested but not with overwhelming enthusiasm. I probably won't be doing this activity again.
Mad Monster Candy Snatch Game
- 2 liter bottle
- Tweezers
- Doorstop spring
- Aluminum foil
- copper tape
- 5 MM LED lights
- Batteries and terminal connections
- Double sided alligator cables
- Candy or prizes for the gradding
I modified the plans presented at http://makezine.com/projects/make-41-tinkering-toys/monster-candy-game/.
I simplified this design by creating parallel circuits to have the LED eyes light up if the Tweezers touch the wired mouth (similar to a DIY operation game – see http://www.makereducation.com/operation-game.html).
I knew this would be a difficult one and warned the campers of the high difficulty level. Most kids had some problems getting their gobble monster to work so I asked them to reflect on their learning experiences:
Last summer I asked the campers to make Operation Games. All were successful so for future camps, I'll stick with the Operation Game.
Toy Take Apart and Create Something New
- Small Toys-Electronics (bought from the Dollar Store)
- Handheld Games (bought a box from ebay and from local thrift store)
- Screwdrivers-hammers to take the toys apart
- Hot Glue and/or Solder to create new toys
See http://www.makereducation.com/toy-take-apart.html for information and resources about doing toy take aparts and hacking. My biggest rule for doing toy take aparts is that the kids need to create something new – a new invention, a new toy, something to make the world better. It isn't just about taking things apart, it is about using those parts to make something different . . . new . . . better. Below are a few of the maker education campers explaining their hacks:
Toy Take Aparts are always successful. The kids sometimes get frustrated trying to take the toys apart but with a hammer (used by me), we can break apart the most stubborn of toys. I love seeing the kids reactions as they find out what's inside of an electronic toy and seeing them use their creativity to make something new out of the parts. This is a keeper!
Maker Education: Pedagogy, Andragogy, Heutagogy
Maker education is currently a major trend in education. But just saying that one is doing Maker Education really doesn't define the teaching practices that an educator is using to facilitate it. Maker education takes on many forms. This post provides an overview of how maker education is being implemented based on the teaching practices as defined by the Pedagogy, Andragogy, Heutagogy (PAH) continuum.
created by Jon Andrews
Traditionally, Pedagogy was defined as the art of teaching children and Andragogy as teaching adults. These definitions have evolved to reflect teacher practices. As such, andragogical and heutagogical practices can be used with children and youth.
PAH within a Maker Education Framework
The following chart distinguishes and describes maker education within the PAH framework. All teaching styles have a place in Maker Education. For example, pedagogical practices may be needed to teach learners some basic making skills. It helps to scaffold learning, so learners have a foundation for making more complex projects. I do, though, believe that maker education projects and programs should go beyond pedagogical oriented teaching as the overriding goal of maker education is for learners to create something, anything that they haven't before.
Driving Questions
- Pedagogy – How well can you create this particular maker education project?
- Andragogy – How can this prescribed maker project by adapted and modified?
- Heutagogy – What do you want to make?
Overall Purpose or Goal
- Pedagogy – To teach basic skills as a foundation for future projects – scaffolding.
- Andragogy – To provide some structure so learners can be self-directed.
- Heutogogy – To establish an environment where learners can determine their own goals, learning paths, processes, and products for making.
Role of the Educator
- Pedagogy – To teach, demonstrate, help learners do the maker education project correctly.
- Andragogy – To facilitate, assist learners, mentor
- Heutagogy – To coach, mentor, be a sounding board, be a guide very much on the side.
Making Process
- Pedagogy – Use of prescribed kits, templates; step-by-step directions and tutorials.
- Andragogy – Use of some templates; learners add their own designs and embellishments.
- Heutagogy -Open ended; determined by the learner.
Finish Products
- Pedagogy – A maker project that looks and acts like the original model.
- Andragogy – A maker project that has some attributes of the original model but that includes the learner's original ideas.
- Heutagogy – A maker project that is unique to the learner (& to the learning community).


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Justin Bieber: Is Upcoming Roast His Way Of Apologizing For Antics?
It's no secret that Justin Bieber has found himself in hot water on more than one occasion, but on Jan. 20, it was announced that the Biebs would be roasted by Comedy Central — per his request — is this Justin's way of turning over a new leaf?!
Justin Bieber, 20, is ready to leave his past where it belongs — in the past! The "Baby" singer will celebrate turning 21 by being roasted by Comedy Central, which is his way of owning up to the mistakes that he has made and moving on from them, according to a new report — very mature!
Justin Bieber — Apologizing During Comedy Central Roast?
Justin is definitely maturing! The iconic singer will be roasted by Comedy Central for his 21st birthday, but shockingly, at his own request, according to TMZ.
While Justin is planning on using this roast as a way to apologize and move past his wrongdoings, he has reportedly already changed and is more like his old self again.
"People around L.A. tell us he's polite again, respectful and extremely generous. He went to Mozza in L.A. Sunday night but the restaurant was full," TMZ reports. "Two guys saw him and gladly moved to the bar so he could have a table. We're told Justin walked up to thank them and then bought their dinner."
That's not all! The site reports that this will be the end of Justin's bad boy behavior, "Justin thinks the evening will end the chapter of his life where he messed up. He'll take his lumps, and then move on as a real adult."
Will Selena Gomez Roast Justin Bieber?
We are sure that countless stars would like to poke fun at the Biebs, but how great would it be if his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Selena Gomez got in on the action! As HollywoodLife.com previously reported, an insider exclusively revealed that Comedy Central will do their best to get her for the March show.
"Comedy Central is doing everything in their power to get Selena Gomez to be a special guest roaster," our insider dished. "They are very confident that if they could get Tom Arnold for Roseanne's, then anything can happen. But getting Selena is the Holy Grail of the show."
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Are you excited for Justin to be roasted? Do you think he has turned over a new leaf? Let us know your thoughts below!
–Caitlin BeckFollow @Beck_Caitlin


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Connecting Science To The Soul
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Dr. Lombard has been published extensively in medical textbooks, peer-reviewed papers, and medical journals. He has authored several popular nonfiction works related to the effects of nutrition on the brain including The Brain Wellness Plan.
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Had a couple of notes from the recently completely Arizona Fall League that I meant to post in a blog a week or two ago, but trades and things happen when you cover the Braves. Stuff can fall through the cracks, man.
Anyway, here's some of that material that's relevant going forward, from up-and-coming starting pittcher Lucas Sims and reliever Daniel Winkler.
First up, Sims.
Sims, a 21-year-old right-hander from Brookwood High in Atlanta's northern 'burbs, ended the 2014 season as Baseball America's top-rated prospect, but saw that status slip after the team acquired multiple pitching prospects in a rash of trades and draft picks and after Sims struggled early in the 2015 season.
But the Braves' former first-round draft pick (2012) came back strong after a DL stint for a hip injury sustained in the Class-A Carolina Mudcats' bus crash in May. Sims built on his second-half success at Double-A Mississippi (3.21 ERA in nine starts, 56 strikeouts and one homer allowed in 47 2/3 innings) by taking his performance up another notch in the prospect-laden Arizona Fall League.
Pitching for the Peoria Javelinas, Sims posted a 2.12 ERA in six games (five starts), fifth-lowest in the AFL among pitchers who made at least four starts. He had 17 strikeouts in 17 innings and issued only three walks, the latter stat particularly encouraging after he walked 54 in 92 2/3 innings during the minor league season.
Sims was selected to start the AFL all-star game, and in his last four games for Peoria he allowed six hits, one run and one walk with 13 strikeouts in 12 innings. I was out there to see his best outing of the fall on Nov. 2, when Sims created a bit of a buzz among many radar-gun-wielding scouts in the stands during a three-inning stint in which he struck out four, allowed no walks or hits, and threw 26 strikes in 36 pitches while sitting at 94-96 mph with his fastball and topping out at 97-98 (at least one scout said he clocked a 98).
That fastball velo was a couple of ticks above Sims' velocity in the past, and it came in a game in which he he had pinpoint control and also displayed a curveball that's all but unhittable when he's throwing it as well as he did that day.
Two days before that outing, I talked to Sims about his season and fall-league experience to that point. I used a lot of that in this story about Sims that I wrote after returning, and some more of it in this story about the harrowing bus crash and how it affected him and others from the Carolina team who also played for Peoria in the AFL.
But there were a few other quotes from Sims that I thought most of you would appreciate, since there's a good chance we'll be writing about Sims again during spring training and a reasonable expectation that he could make his major league debut during the 2016 season.
Me: How's your velocity now compared to when you were drafted, and what have you learned about the relative importance of pitch velocity?
Sims "It's about right where I want it, anywhere low- to mid-90s. But the biggest thing is executing certain counts. The further you go up, you start seeing that the more white of the plate you hit, the harder it's probably going to get hit. So the biggest thing really is locating quality pitches, changing speeds and changing eye levels. That's been the biggest part, trying to learn how to fine-tune that."
Your performance in the second half, do you think that made a statement, reminded people that you're still a top prospect even if the Braves added a bunch of others in the past year and you were kind of overshadowed?
"It was a lot of guys, yeah." (He smiled, left it at that.)
Who've you met among the prospects the Braves added?
"I got to know (Max) Fried; I knew him in high school a little bit, we went to some events. He's pretty good. He's coming back from his surgery, seems like he's doing well. I got to meet (Tyrell) Jenkins. He's a funny guy, great character, great ballplayer, too. And some of the younger guys that I got to see in instructs (instructional league)."
With all the young pitching they've added, is it exciting to think you could be part of a deep and strong rotation in the future?
"It's something that, growing up in Atlanta, you've always seen. That's what Atlanta does; we bring up pitchers. I'm just trying to do my part, learn what I can, put my work in, and try to carry on the long stream of quality pitching that Atlanta's had."
What are some of your memories of watching the Braves as a kid from Atlanta?
"Oh, man, I remember a lot of them. I got to really remember it towards the end of Smoltz's career, middle to end. Watching him, Glavine, Maddux, just watching how they went about their business and just take command of the entire ballgame. It's fun to watch them. I'll still pull up YouTube videos, or whatever I can find, to just watch what it was like. You kind of put yourself in that perspective – I can be that guy one day. That's the dream you have."
Have the Braves made it clear as an organization that that's the plan they're getting back to, pitching as the foundation, and the "Braves Way," all that?
"Yeah, that's been a big part of what they've been telling us, the Braves Way. There's a specific way things are done, and it's something they take a lot of pride in. It's just something that's great to be a part of."
So there is something tangible to the Braves Way?
"Yeah, it's clear, they really instill it early -- Rookie ball, low-A. And then by the point of where you start getting up a littler higher – Double-A, Triple-A, majors – it's expected of you to basically just be a professional. That sums it up – be a professional."
Are you excited about the changes they're making, going forward with the new ballpark, where the franchise is right now, all that?
"I really am. I think we've got a great front office. I think we've got unbelievable player development. I wouldn't be who I am today without a lot of those guys, not just as a baseball player but teaching us what it really is like to be a professional."
• And here's some stuff from a conversation I had in Arizona with Winkler, the 25-year-old righty who was a Rule 5 Draft pick by the Braves from the Rockies a year ago. He made his major league debut in September after recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery, and Winkler was sent to Arizona to get some innings. He'll need to spend the first couple of months of the 2015 season on the major league roster or be offered back to the Rockies.
Me: After pitching in the big leagues, are you getting anything out of this experience in AFL?
Winkler: "Yeah, absolutely. I'm kind of starting to find myself a little bit more. I was talking to my wife the other day about how I just want to get back to the mindset that I had before I got hurt. (Winkler had a 1.41 ERA and 71 strikeouts in 70 innings for the Rockies' Double-A affiliate in 2014 before he blew out his elbow). Just the confidence, the mindset. It's just been different."
Strange year for you, since you debuted directly in majors after Tommy John surgery as a Rule 5 guy, after the minor league season was completed?
"Absolutely (strange). It's just getting back to that mindset and knowing that I can compete, do it here and up there in the big leagues."
This is kind of the step you would have taken first, if not a Rule 5 guy that returned straight to big leagues?
"Yeah. Most of these guys are probably going to be big leaguers. Facing great competition who -- they might be Mike Trouts or Kris Bryants (someday). So it's great competition. Great thing just to get my feet wet and go into the offseason ready to make the team next year."
You did it in reverse after your return from rehab, pitching first in the majors and then at this (AFL) level against minor leaguers.
"Yeah. And I'd rather have it no other way."
What you did in majors, you think you'll benefit, from knowing what to expect now as you go forward?
"Yeah, absolutely. I kind of feel like I got my feet wet. I feel like I can pitch there. And just the lifestyle – the clubhouse, the coaches, what to expect. The bright lights aren't as bright if you've done it a couple of times."
You have a house you're renting in Arizona with (pitchers Lucas) Sims and (Andrew) Thurman and (catcher Joseph) Odom, who were all teammates last year in the minors at Carolina.
"We've got a nice little house. North Scottsdale. It's cool. I'm probably the oldest guy here, but it's cool, the clubhouse feel, just getting back into baseball."
So your wife is here with you during the fall league. I guess you've at least got the master bedroom at the house?
"Yeah, we're paying for the majority of (the rent)." (Laughs.)
But you don't have to buy the minor leaguers dinner every night, I hope?
"No, don't have to do that. Lucas has got more money than all of us. So does Thurman, so…."
Good point. Lucas was a bonus baby. First-round pick. Speaking of Sims, what do you think after seeing him out here in the AFL?
"I had never really saw him throw before. But he's a big kid, he's very mature for his age. I've noticed that he learns fast, too. I think he's going to be the real deal. Comes out throwing 96 (miles per hour), good breaking ball. He's got a strong lower half. So I think he's going to be solid."
• OK, I'll close with this great tune from Otis Gibbs. "If we meet inside a box car may you never see the darker side of me...."
"THE DARKER SIDE OF ME" by Otis Gibbs
As we pulled into Milwaukee
I could feel my head and back begin to sway.
After ridin' 13 hours I was ready
To get my feet off of the train.
Reminded of what happened in Wichita, St. Paul and Abeline,
Somewhere in the distance I was followed by the darker side of me.
I stumbled through the city, looking for a place that I could lay my head
But first I needed work because it'd been a couple days since I'd been fed.
On the shores of lake Michigan,
I found a spot where I could finally breathe,
I slept next to the water and I dreamt about the darker side of me.
When I woke I found a fishing boat loading up its nets to meet the day,
The captain walked up to me and offered me a job and a place to stay,
He promised he'd feed me and I could sleep inside the boat when the day was done,
I could feel the darkness fading as we sailed off in the early morning sun,
The next two months were filled with the longest days that I had ever seen,
The work was never ending and I barely had the time to eat or sleep.
We all hauled 400 pounds of salmon from the cold and frigid water every day,
After all my days of toiling I forgot about the darker side of me.
When the season finally ended I went and asked the captain for my pay,
When I walked into his office he claimed he didn't have a dime for me,
He said I owed him money for sleeping inside his boat every night,
When I heard the bogus charges I could feel the darkness churning deep inside,
I closed the door behind me and I offered him a chance to come clean,
I'm here for all my money and I'm not the type of man that walks away.
He laughed and spit at me said ain't no way in hell I'm getting paid,
But his laughter fell to silence as I introduced him to the darker side of me.
As I pulled out of Milwaukee
I could feel my head and back begin to sway.
I'll be ridin' 13 hours and I'm ready
To get my feet off of the train.
Reminded of what happened in Galesburg, Flagstaff and Milwaukee
Somewhere in the distance I keep running from the darker side of me.
If we meet inside a boxcar may you never see the darker side of me.


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WASPI Takes Protest to the
Heart of Government
Mass Women's Demonstration on 8th March 2017 – Houses of Parliament LONDON
The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) Campaign is organising a protest demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in London, on the 8th March 2017.
The event aims to highlight to the wider public the hardship and unfairness suffered by women born in the 1950s, on or after the 6th April 1951, as a result of the Government's alterations to the State Pension Age (SPA) and, in particular, the lack of notice given to the changes, by the Department for Work and Pensions.
WASPI does not object to the increase in the women's SPA, but represents a cohort of women who have been unfairly disadvantaged by the speed of the increase, compounded by the absence of notice provided by successive Governments. In many cases, this has resulted in enormous hardship, with devastating consequences to them and their families.
A Coach is running from Plymouth, picking up at Newton Abbot/Trago Mills, Exeter, Tiverton / Honiton
For more information about joining the demonstration
or how you join the WASPI campaign in Devon
email: email@example.com
"I would also want to deal with the issue of the women who have been short-changed by the increase in retirement age [and] ensure that they are given proper transitional payments, otherwise known as the WASPI women."
Jeremy Corbyn, August 2016


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no ones put a 2wd tranny in a 4wd on here or v8s10:confused:
no ones put a 2wd tranny in a 4wd on here or v8s10:confused:
89' S10 blazer 4wd: 355, 650 dp, rpm intake, comp 282 roller cam, modified vortecs, T56 Six speed, 8.8 ls rear, headers, x-pipe, spintech pro street mufflers, and......AC
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But I do hate you.
Thread Closed.
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In 1095, Pope Urban II commanded the beginning of the most heinous period ever documented: The Crusades. While killing over 100,000 Turks in 1098, the Christians "did no other harm to the women found in [the enemy's] tents - save that they ran their lances through their bellies," according to Christian chronicler Fulcher of Chartres.