Global Citizenship: A One-World Curriculum for Intercultural Competence (L. F...Linda Fajardo
An Intercultural Competencies Course Curriculum for Nurturing Global Citizenship in K-12. A look at the needs for movement from tolerance of social diversity to acceptance through ethnorelativism. For more information please write to iConnectCommunity@gmail.com.
Global Citizenship: A One-World Curriculum for Intercultural Competence (L. F...Linda Fajardo
An Intercultural Competencies Course Curriculum for Nurturing Global Citizenship in K-12. A look at the needs for movement from tolerance of social diversity to acceptance through ethnorelativism. For more information please write to iConnectCommunity@gmail.com.
Boarding Schools and Diversity Fostering Inclusivity and Global Awarenessengagegsfc
Discover how boarding schools prioritize diversity, fostering inclusivity and global awareness among students. This blog post explores the impact of diverse student bodies and the educational benefits they bring to these institutions.
Greenfield Community School - Guiding Principlesfarrahesham
Greenfield Community School provides a high quality, creative and challenging international education, based on the International Baccalaureate Philosophy. We foster within each student, staff member and community member an enduring passion for learning and empowering each individual to become a caring global citizen.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Empowering NextGen Mobility via Large Action Model Infrastructure (LAMI): pav...
Actfl World Languages 21st century skills map
1. ACTFL World Languages 21st Century Skills Map
1. Communication 7. Technology Literacy
Students as effective communicators use Students as productive global citizens use
languages to engage in meaningful appropriate technologies when interpreting
conversation, to understand and interpret messages, interacting with others, and
spoken language and written text, and to producing written, oral, and visual
present information, concepts, and ideas. messages.
2. Collaboration 8. Flexibility and Adaptability
Students as collaborators use their native Students as flexible and adaptable
and acquired languages to learn from and language learners are open-minded, willing
work cooperatively across cultures with to take risks, and accept the ambiguity of
global team members, sharing language while balancing diverse global
responsibility and making necessary perspectives.
compromises while working toward a
common goal.
3. Critical Thinking and Problem 9. Initiative and Self-Direction
Solving Students as life-long learners are motivated
Students as inquirers frame, analyze, and to set their own goals and reflect on their
synthesize information as well as negotiate progress as they grow and improve their
meaning across language and culture in linguistic and cultural competence.
order to explore problems and issues from
their own and different perspectives.
10. Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
4. Creativity and Innovation Students as adept language learners
Students as creators and innovators understand diverse cultural perspectives
respond to new and diverse perspectives as and use appropriate socio-linguistic skills
they use language in imaginative and in order to function in diverse cultural and
original ways to make useful contributions. linguistic contexts.
5. Information Literacy 11. Productivity and Accountability
Students as informed global citizens Students as productive and accountable
access, manage, and effectively use learners take responsibility for their own
culturally authentic sources in ethical and learning by actively working to increase
legal ways. their language proficiency and cultural
knowledge.
6. Media Literacy
Students as active global citizens evaluate 12. Leadership and Responsibility
authentic sources to understand how media Students as responsible leaders leverage
reflect and influence language and culture. their linguistic and cross-cultural skills to
inspire others to be fair, accepting, open,
and understanding within and beyond the
local community.
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Interdisciplinary Themes
1. Global Awareness
Language education and cultural understanding are at the heart of developing global awareness
for students. In order to understand and address global issues, it is important to understand the
perspectives on the world that speakers of other languages bring to the table. By learning other
languages, students develop respect and openness to those whose culture, religion, and views on
the world may be different. Language students are able to interact with students from the target
language in order to discuss issues and reach solutions.
2. Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy: Students in language
classes learn about financial and economic issues in the target language culture(s) and are able
to compare and contrast with those of the United States. According to the Committee for
Economic Development (CED), “…cultural competence and foreign language skills can prove
invaluable when working on global business teams or negotiating with overseas clients.” In
addition, the changing demographics in the U.S. make language capability a requisite for
interacting with non-English speaking communities domestically as well as internationally. Those
who are able to communicate with others in their native language will naturally feel more
empowered to negotiate with those around the world as they engage in entrepreneurial activities.
3. Civic Literacy: Language learners become aware of the judicial, legislative and government
functions of the target language country (ies) and are able to compare and contrast those with the
civil liberties and responsibilities in the U.S. Because they can communicate in the target
language, they are able to engage in discussions with other students and participate in activities in
which they discuss civic life in their respective countries.
4. Health Literacy: Language learners are engaged in a value-added activity as they can
address global health and environmental issues in the target language and understand materials
that were written for native speakers of that language. They have access to information because
they can understand the language and can thus engage in global discussions on health,
environmental, and public safety issues, and can prepare for careers in these fields.
http://actfl21stcenturyskillsmap.wikispaces.com/ http://nysafltsummer2011.wikispaces.com/
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Nine Tenets of Passion-Based Learning:
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/07/nine-tenets-of-passion-based-learning/
1. Reach out to the disenfranchised.
2. Show relevance to life outside school.
3. Indoctrinate passion into the system.
4. Try using the schoolwide enrichment model.
5. Digital media is key.
6. Tap into the wisdom of your trusted peers. (PLN)
7. Become a digital citizen.
8. Passion is infectious.
9. Connect with parents.
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What are you reactions/ideas/thoughts for these ideas?
How can we use these skills, themes and concepts to jumpstart the new year?
What is it that you want to do? What are your goals, questions, and thoughts?
1. REACH OUT TO THE DISENFRANCHISED. We say that we want creative, passion-driven students, yet we
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reward the opposite. Standards-based education stifles engagement and passion in students. While drop-outs are
considered to be lazy and unmotivated, many are simply not interested because they don’t understand the
relevance of what they’re being taught. We’re rewarding students who are best at obedience, memorization,
regurgitation, and compliance. And those who do succeed in school often don’t know what to do when they get
out. We need to prepare kids to be successful in the real world, not just while in school.
2. SHOW RELEVANCE TO LIFE OUTSIDE SCHOOL. Passion is the narrative of mattering. It’s that simple and that
difficult. Everyone has a deep rooted drive to know that they matter to others and that what they’re doing matters.
When you’re doing work that matters, with people who matter, you’re willing to suffer and study more. Passion-
based learning is not about matching students with topics that interest them, it’s about presenting subjects to
students in a way that’s relevant. People gain empowerment when they’re doing work that matters and is
respected. Angela Maiers suggests that a class essay rubric may seem irrelevant for some, and that having
students surf the web to identify writing standards that are “worthy of the world” may engage them to take
ownership of their writing.
3. INDOCTRINATE PASSION INTO THE SYSTEM. We must switch from a control narrative in the classroom to a
passion narrative. While our education system allows continuity between grade levels, provides a streamlined
performance metric, and “teacher-proofs” schools, assessment-based education can quell the creative process in
teachers. Lisa Nielsen writes in her Innovative Educator blog: “Are we going to lose another excellent, passion-
driven teacher to a compulsory system of education that as Seth Godin so aptly expresses, ‘only values
compliance not initiative, because, of course, that’s what’s easiest to measure.’” School mandates paralyze
educators from taking a close look at their passion for learning. School administrators should support teachers
and empower them to be creative. Teachers and leadership, as exemplified by those from Aurora High School in
Ohio, can read books like Passion-Driven Classrooms (written by panelists Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold) to
discover ways to use more passion in their classrooms.The Island School is an example of a public-financed
school in New York City that’s implemented a schoolwide enrichment model focusing on talent development and
nurturing multiple intelligences.
4. TRY USING THE SCHOOLWIDE ENRICHMENT MODEL. Passion-based learning is about finding a “hero,”
learning what makes him/her successful, and acquiring the practices and the norms of established practitioners in
that field. The Schoolwide Enrichment Model identifies student strengths, nurtures skills, and creates authentic
opportunities for students to utilize these skills not just as students, but as practicing professionals providing
experiences and opportunities to work and learn with others in the fields in which they are interested. If a student
takes interest in the culinary arts, watching the 60 Minutes interview of Jose Andres, following up on studies of
molecular gastronomy, volunteering at a local soup kitchen and exchanging recipes with a network of cooks is far
more enriching than simply taking a cooking class. Jackie Gerstein said: “I realized that it becomes much more
than learning about the culinary arts. It becomes a way of being in the world, the dispositions that contributes to
success as a culinary artist.”
5. DIGITAL MEDIA IS KEY. Students can read and view media about their heroes and possibly even connect
directly with them. John Seely Brown, a notable passion-based proponent and keynote at the New Media
Consortium this past summer, says that passion involves an extreme performance with a deep questioning
disposition. Without digital media, this quest is not possible in formal education.
6. TAP INTO THE WISDOM OF YOUR TRUSTED PEERS. Social media and Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)
are necessary. Teachers need to publish their innovative work and share it with their personal learning networks.
It’s also important for teachers to help students get connected to PLNs via social media.
7. BECOME A DIGITAL CITIZENS. If for no other reason, then to be able to guide students. Students need to be
shown what’s appropriate and instructive with social media in and out of the classroom. Schools’ banning of social
media sites impedes this process. Having teachers and students learn side-by-side can provide great
opportunities for building respect and openness.
8. PASSION IS INFECTIOUS. Being around passionate people is the best way to become passionate. A passion-
driven teacher is a model for her students. Teachers must be able to lead in the areas that they’re passionate
about (whether this be in the classroom or after school). They must demonstrate that they have lives outside of
school and that they are well-balanced people. Being transparent with students and building relationships with
them beyond the classroom can help drive learning – students work harder with people who matter to them. The
Science Leadership Academy, for example, uses Facebook as a means of connecting students and teachers to
each others’ interests. Students and teachers even do things together outside of the classroom.
9. CONNECT WITH PARENTS. Building relationships between parents and schools is crucial. George Couros says
that having a pre-conference at the beginning of the school year with parents allows teachers and administrators
to listen to parents talk about their kids and gives parents a chance to tell the school what their competencies are
and where their expertise lies. Teachers can then create “resident expert” walls. By identifying strengths and
talents of parents, parents gain a sense of recognition and human value – they feel engaged. This leads to
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opportunities for parents to teach topics that they love within the school.