The document discusses the importance of teaching "core knowledge" in geography education. It defines core knowledge as meaningful geographical information and facts that provide a foundation for developing understanding. The document explains that core knowledge is most effective when taught within meaningful learning contexts and used to build understanding, and that both core knowledge and understanding are needed for a complete geography education. It provides examples from schools of how core knowledge is taught and evidenced in students' work.
Words written by Professor Simon Catlin in the introduction to `Understanding and Developing Primary Geography', in the Primary Geography Handbook, 2004, The GA, Ed. Stephen Scoffham. They are exemplified here with photographs and examples of work that have , in the main, been submitted by schools that have achieved the Primary Geography Quality Mark.
Words written by Professor Simon Catlin in the introduction to `Understanding and Developing Primary Geography', in the Primary Geography Handbook, 2004, The GA, Ed. Stephen Scoffham. They are exemplified here with photographs and examples of work that have , in the main, been submitted by schools that have achieved the Primary Geography Quality Mark.
Guidance for Geography inb the Eartly Years put together for the GA's Curriculum Steering Group and uploaded here to ease embedding and sharing. Subscribe to the GA and Primary Geography to get a physical copy in the next issue.
R.I.C. Publications is Australian-owned and operated. It was established by teachers to provide a wide range of quality educational resources and classroom teaching aids for use in primary and secondary schools.
An introduction to the Geographical Association's Secondary Geography Quality Mark (SGQM), an award which recognises excellence in secondary geography.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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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/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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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.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
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The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. Whatās 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.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overviewā
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
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I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
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The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties ā USA
Expansion of bot farms ā how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks ā Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
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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 āpredictable inferenceā.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Designing Great Products: The Power of Design and Leadership by Chief Designe...
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PGQM Example PP 1e
1. Primary Geography and ā Core Knowledgeā Part of the PGQM examples series 1.e. The teaching of core geographical knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world Image from South Farnham Primary Gold 2011
2. What do we mean by 'core knowledgeā? Geographical information is a vast well of facts and figures, as well as place names and the earth's features. In itself, this information may not be thought of as knowledge ā even if it is 'learned' by rote ā but selections of these facts may become enabling knowledge when they become meaningful or relevant. To be fluent with selections of meaningful geographical information is to have geographical 'core knowledge'. http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_GIGCCCoreKnowledgeGuidance.pdf
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5. Is geography more than 'core knowledgeā? Yes it is! Much more! But geography without 'core knowledge' is missing something crucial. http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_GIGCCCoreKnowledgeGuidance.pdf Image from South Farnham Primary Gold 2011 Year: 5 Unit of Work: Rivers and Coasts Context: Pupils explore the formation of different physical features. Why was it chosen? This piece demonstrates the childās clear understanding of the topic covered and the enthusiasm they have for the subject. What does it show children know understand and can do? This pupil has an excellent understanding of the formation of the waterfall and can explain the geographical processes that occur.
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7. Nursery Context Work as part of the āOur Neighbourhoodā topic. Children sent themselves a letter and had to learn the number of their house. KUW2: Identifies simple features Core knowledge: understanding that specific vocabulary can be used to locate places e.g. knowing own address The teaching of core knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world PGQM 1e Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School GOLD 2011
8. Year One Context Work as part of the āAround Our Schoolā topic. Pupils show their knowledge, skills and understanding in studies at a local scaleā¦Ā Core knowledge: knowing some appropriate geographical vocabulary to recognise and name locality features. The teaching of core knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world PGQM 1e Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School GOLD 2011
9. Context Work as part of the āIndiaā theme week. Pupils show an awareness of places beyond their own locality ā¦ AT2 Core knowledge: knowing where Shompaās place is in India and being able to find it using maps or globes. The teaching of core knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world PGQM 1e
10. Year Two Context Work as part of the mapping skills improvement plan. They describe physical and human features of places, and recognise and make observations about those features that give places their character.Ā AT2 Core knowledge: knowing specific vocabulary as evidenced in the key. The teaching of core knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world PGQM 1e
11. Context Work as part of āAn Island Homeā Topic They describe physical and human features of places. AT2 Core knowledge: knowing names of different types of geographical features and how to categorise them. Pupils are taught appropriate geographical vocabulary and knowledge about geographical features PGQM 1e Silver criteria In effective learning contexts PGQM 1e Gold criteria Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School GOLD 2011
12. Context Work as part of the āAn Island Homeā Topic They are aware that different places may have both similar and different characteristics.Ā AT3 Core knowledge: Knowing where these places are and using appropriate vocabulary to compare characteristics. The teaching of core knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world PGQM 1e Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School GOLD 2011
13. Year two visited Morrisons to look at the produce section and where the food had travelled from. Locational, (local ā global) world knowledge and geographical vocabulary is taught in effective learning contexts . (1e Gold criteria) Locational and vocabulary knowledge is part of the repertoire of careful teaching (1e Gold criteria) Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School GOLD 2011 They had to find out which they thought had travelled the furthest and show where it was on a map.
14. Pupils play games using outline shapes of the continents on the playground to support their knowledge of the continent names, location and relative size. Elmwood Primary Silver 2011 (from video evidence) The teaching of core knowledge underpins childrenās learning about the world PGQM 1e Locational, (local ā global) world knowledge and geographical vocabulary is taught in effective learning contexts . (1e Gold criteria) How will you evidence effective learning contexts?
15. Exploring the geology of the site and putting the classroom knowledge into practice. Year 5 pupils putting their knowledge into place by researching the way a river changes at various point along its course. Effective Learning Contexts Evidence from South Farnham Primary GOLD 2011
16. Remember to think about impact on pupils ā achievement when writing your application and choosing evidence e.g. We taught this (aspects of core knowledge) and here is an example of what pupils did (evidence of work and annotation) and it helped pupils to .... Or pupilsā understanding improved because ...