32. How CyberPatriot works
• Multi-round competition
– Qualifying rounds are virtual and teams
compete simultaneously
– Teams download VMware images and attempt
to secure them over a given period of time
– Teams connected to centralized scoring
platform
– Teams graded against known solution sets
• Finals held in Orlando and
Washington DC
Cyber Patriot
highschoolcdc.com
35. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Education/KTurtle-2303.shtml
KTurtle is a Logo
programming language
interpreter. The Logo
programming language is
very easy and thus it can
be used by young children.
Logo is ideal for teaching
kids the basics of
programming, mathematics
and geometry. One of the
reasons many children like
Logo is because of the
turtle, a programmable icon
which can be moved
around the screen
with simple commands and
can be programmed to
draw objects.
36. Little Wizard (Windows,
Linux)
Little Wizards is a program
that was specifically
created with primary
school children in mind. It
focuses on teaching kids
the basic elements of all
programming languages,
including: variables,
expressions, conditions,
logical blocks and loops.
All of these elements is
represented by an icon
which allows the building
of a program to be done
using only a mouse
http://littlewizard.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
42. Haiku is a Japanese poem
composed of three
unrhymed lines of five,
seven, and five syllables.
(5) The moment two are
(7) united they both
vanish
(5) A lotus blooms here.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), Adapted by Brazell
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
Bob Allen
ideas
43. Haiku – SLC
(5) Keystrokes on canvas
(7) Mixed paints in a petri dish
(5) And murals of math
44. Haiku – Abilene, TX
(5) Technology’s nice,
(7) Enhances teaching, learning too, but
(5) Human hands must type
45. Or, if you twitter
#radicalplatypus
@radicalplatypus
50. Vocation - from the Latin verb
vocare, “to call.” In the modern
context it means a passion or an
inclination for a type of work for
which one is especially suited.
Meaning-Purpose-Calling-Passion
71. iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project
designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active
participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra
Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the
information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics
teachers need better materials and support. http://www.icivics.org/
78. What do you want to be
when you grow up?
HAIKU 5, 7, 5 or 2, 4 , 6, 8, 2
If you are working with a student – define
passion in relation to a career pursuit…
79. Haiku – Abilene, TX
(5) All the venues merge
(7) CTE – arts – science
(5) Our future opens
81. Haiku – SLC
(5) Arts, humanities
(7) Math, science, technology
(5) Working Together
82. If you draw, sing or have
some other talent—use
it!
Compose a song, draw a
school design…
83. What do you want to be
when you grow up?
HAIKU 5, 7, 5 or 2, 4 , 6, 8, 2
If you are working with a student – define
passion in relation to a career pursuit…
92. In 1958, engineer
Earl Bakken of
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
produced the first
wearable external
pacemaker
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/10/29/batterypacemaker/
93. A Pacemaker the
Size of a Tic Tac -
Medtronic is using
microelectronics to
make a pacemaker so
small it can be
injected. Technology
Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/32436/?
nlid=4177
97. http://www.squeakland.org/
http://www.squeak.org/
With Etoys,
children can draw
their own
sketches then
bring them to life
by writing "scripts"
that tell the
sketches what to
do.
Children can then
put sketches and
text in digital
books with
multiple pages,
allowing them to
create interactive
stories to share
with the world.
105. Haiku - SLC
(5) A techno elder
(7) Opens new connections up
(5) Becomes a newborn
106. If you draw, sing or have
some other talent—use
it!
Compose a song, draw a
school design…
107. What do I want to learn
about in school?
HAIKU 5, 7, 5 or 2, 4, 6, 8,
2
108. Cinquain - SDPS, World
(2) Love is
(4) Commitment to
(6) each other. Beauty is
(8) adaptation to the world now
(2) --forever.
Bob Allen
ideas
109. Cinquain
(2) The first
(4) person to walk
(6) on the Martian surface
(8) will be from Evergreen district
(2) for sure.
Bob Allen
ideas
110. Student Futures: A Story
about Emerging
Technology, Jobs and
Students
How The Future Works
Jim.brazell@radicalplatypus.com
Editor's Notes
Mutton Busting
In ancient Japan the haiku poets used phonemes--rather than symbols--therefore the counts may be off a bit when you are reading these haiku as a reference.
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
(5) The moment two are
(7) united they both vanish, A
(5) lotus blooms here.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), Adapted by Brazell
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
“IDC said worldwide shipments this year of app-enabled devices, which include smartphones and media tablets such as the iPad, will reach 284 million. In 2011, makers will ship 377 million of these devices, and in 2012, the number will reach 462 million shipments, exceeding PC shipments..”
Vitruvian Man
Whyville has its own system of self governance
Need source
Within a year of their introduction to the market, researchers in Sweden developed the first implantable pacemaker. Medtronic licensed the first implantable pacemaker in the U.S. a few years later.
A Pacemaker the Size of a Tic Tac
Medtronic is using microelectronics to make a pacemaker so small it can be injected.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
BY EMILY SINGER
E-mail|Audio »|Print
Medtronic, the world's largest medical-device maker, is using microelectronics and chip manufacturing to shrink pacemakers—implanted devices that regulate the heart's rhythm. Whereas current pacemakers are about as big as a silver dollar, Medtronic's device would be smaller than a tic tac. At that size, the device would be small enough to be inserted via catheter, rather than invasive surgery.
The device is still a research instrument, says Stephen Oesterle, Medtronic's senior vice president for medicine and technology, but it could be on the market in five years.
So far, Medtronic has developed most of the components—a circuit board, an oscillator to generate current, a capacitor to store and rapidly dispense charge, memory to store data, and a telemetry system to wirelessly transfer that data. The company has used chip manufacturing technology to assemble these components onto a wafer. Oesterle estimates that 60 to 70 pacemakers can be made from a single six-inch wafer, which the company creates at its own wafer fabrication plant in Arizona.
"What we don't have that is fundamental to a pacemaker is a way to power the chip," says Oesterle. The company is working with startups that make thin-film batteries and other innovative power sources, though Oesterle declined to give further details.
Medtronic's current-generation device houses all of the components in a small case implanted under the clavicle. Jolts of electricity are delivered to the heart via intercardiac leads. Eliminating the need for leads, which Oesterle calls "invasive and inefficient," is one of the major motivators in shrinking the device. Impedance between the wires and biological tissue ups the power requirement for the device. And the leads can cause complications if they fail. "You are stuck with either putting in new leads, which takes up space in the vein, or you can pull the leads out, which can risk tearing the heart or blood vessels," says Emile Georges Daoud, a physician and professor of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University.
A system small enough to be placed exactly where the electricity is needed would eliminate these issues. "If you have the pacing element at the area you want to pace, it doesn't take much power," says Oesterle. "All you need to do is stimulate one cell in the heart and create a wave of depolarization."
A smaller device would also be much easier to implant than existing versions. Scientists envision delivering it via the same procedure used in cardiac catheterization, in which a doctor inserts a thin plastic tube into an artery or vein, threading the tube all the way to the heart. The procedure is less invasive than surgical implantation, and more physicians are capable of doing it. "You can almost shoot these things in like bullets," says Oesterle.
Within a year of their introduction to the market, researchers in Sweden developed the first implantable pacemaker. Medtronic licensed the first implantable pacemaker in the U.S. a few years later.
A Pacemaker the Size of a Tic Tac
Medtronic is using microelectronics to make a pacemaker so small it can be injected.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
BY EMILY SINGER
E-mail|Audio »|Print
Medtronic, the world's largest medical-device maker, is using microelectronics and chip manufacturing to shrink pacemakers—implanted devices that regulate the heart's rhythm. Whereas current pacemakers are about as big as a silver dollar, Medtronic's device would be smaller than a tic tac. At that size, the device would be small enough to be inserted via catheter, rather than invasive surgery.
The device is still a research instrument, says Stephen Oesterle, Medtronic's senior vice president for medicine and technology, but it could be on the market in five years.
So far, Medtronic has developed most of the components—a circuit board, an oscillator to generate current, a capacitor to store and rapidly dispense charge, memory to store data, and a telemetry system to wirelessly transfer that data. The company has used chip manufacturing technology to assemble these components onto a wafer. Oesterle estimates that 60 to 70 pacemakers can be made from a single six-inch wafer, which the company creates at its own wafer fabrication plant in Arizona.
"What we don't have that is fundamental to a pacemaker is a way to power the chip," says Oesterle. The company is working with startups that make thin-film batteries and other innovative power sources, though Oesterle declined to give further details.
Medtronic's current-generation device houses all of the components in a small case implanted under the clavicle. Jolts of electricity are delivered to the heart via intercardiac leads. Eliminating the need for leads, which Oesterle calls "invasive and inefficient," is one of the major motivators in shrinking the device. Impedance between the wires and biological tissue ups the power requirement for the device. And the leads can cause complications if they fail. "You are stuck with either putting in new leads, which takes up space in the vein, or you can pull the leads out, which can risk tearing the heart or blood vessels," says Emile Georges Daoud, a physician and professor of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University.
A system small enough to be placed exactly where the electricity is needed would eliminate these issues. "If you have the pacing element at the area you want to pace, it doesn't take much power," says Oesterle. "All you need to do is stimulate one cell in the heart and create a wave of depolarization."
A smaller device would also be much easier to implant than existing versions. Scientists envision delivering it via the same procedure used in cardiac catheterization, in which a doctor inserts a thin plastic tube into an artery or vein, threading the tube all the way to the heart. The procedure is less invasive than surgical implantation, and more physicians are capable of doing it. "You can almost shoot these things in like bullets," says Oesterle.
The first portable pacemakers were about the size of a small paperback book. Within a year of their introduction to the market, researchers in Sweden developed the first implantable pacemaker. Medtronic licensed the first implantable pacemaker in the U.S. a few years later. (Photo Courtesy of Medtronic)
In ancient Japan the haiku poets used phonemes--rather than symbols--therefore the counts may be off a bit when you are reading these haiku as a reference.
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
(5) The moment two are
(7) united they both vanish, A
(5) lotus blooms here.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), Adapted by Brazell
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
In ancient Japan the haiku poets used phonemes--rather than symbols--therefore the counts may be off a bit when you are reading these haiku as a reference.
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
(5) The moment two are
(7) united they both vanish, A
(5) lotus blooms here.
Murakami, Kijo. (1865-1938), Adapted by Brazell
http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#time
