Since I so much lately love putting together graphs, I took a minute to put this one together. I never really thought Senator Debbie Stabenow (Democrat, Michigan) was that important, but it is pretty clear from the graph that her election to the US Senate in 2001 is what ruined our nation. I can draw no other conclusions from the data.
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More here"The difference between a robot and a human being are feelings," he observes. "I have grown numb to almost everything that goes on around me. Very few things move me," he told me as he did his early morning rounds."If I was normal and had my feelings intact, I would have fled like the thousands fleeing my country every month," he says. The only thing that keeps him going, he says, is the knowledge that he is saving lives.
Image Dr Mohammed Yusuf Photo: Abdi Hassan/IRIN
The Washington Post's 'DC Schools Insider' reports the following:
The District fired 206 teachers for poor performance Friday, the second year in a row it has dismissed significant numbers of educators for sub-par work in the classroom. Those fired amount to 5 percent of the 4,100 teachers in the city school system.A couple things to point out. First, the highly effective teachers got bonuses. Second, Michelle Rhee implemented this system and it is moving forward as a success, even though she was run out of town by the union. Third, firing 5% is merely a good start- based on my own observations, I think 20% of teachers deserve to be fired and another 20% put on probation. Lastly, the majority of teachers fired were all given a second chance and still could not improve their performance even knowing that it would lead to their dismissal, indicating that these teachers would likely never get it even if they taught for many years.
They were dismissed for poor scores on the evaluation system known as IMPACT, which grades teachers on five 30-minute classroom observations and their compliance with nine broad standards. These include ability to express course content clearly, teach students with differing skill levels and manage time effectively. For some teachers, half of their appraisal is contingent on whether students meet predicted growth targets on standardized tests.
The evaluation system, one of the nation’s most rigorous and closely watched, is a legacy of Michelle A. Rhee’s tenure as city schools chancellor. Rhee, who resigned in October, was succeeded by her deputy, Kaya Henderson.
Of the 206 fired, officials said 65 were rated ineffective this year and 141 were judged minimally effective for the second consecutive year. Others were let go for licensure problems or other issues.
Four teachers who were rated minimally effective two years in a row received waivers from Henderson, enabling them to continue to teach in the city, based on the recommendation of principals who said they still had potential for improvement.
Another 663 teachers (16 percent) were rated highly effective, making them eligible for performance bonuses of up to $25,000. The vast majority were rated effective.
Last year, IMPACT’s first in operation, 75 teachers were let go for poor scores.
These are my rough notes on the Microsoft one note session today.
One note is usable on any Platform. iPhone app here, higher Rez ipad app coming. Android
One note Mac is only available from skydive.
Top tips on one note.
In 2010 One Note became part of the office suite.
FYI. Office 2007 one note won't sync to Skydrive
Robyn Hrivnatz and Sarah ? the facilitators
Pages on the right. Subpages, subsections.
Any file from anywhere can be inserted.
Can type anywhere you want, margins don't exist on the page. Click and type.
There is a math add in for one note just like for word. When you install the one for Word it installs for office and is used in One Note also.
On the fly tables. Just type and press tab! (This is cool!)
Screen clipping is under insert but teachers should really use the snippet feature.
Use Windows button + S it asks you where to put the notes. In 2007 it goes to unfiled notes. (windows + S is a cool feature.)
Snippet reference is pasted automatically. This cites sources very well as an active hotlink. One note documents where info came from. The difference between snippet and clipping.
You can tag things as important, to dos questions. Tags are searchable and reviewable.
You can show authors and see who put what in a document so you can work collaboratively.
Every student needs to have a windows live id.
Can access previous versions of the notebook and restore things that are deleted.
Some educators pushing back about sharing notebooks because "kids will copy." ( you can tell if they are but they are already, give authentic projects requiring learning.)
Search feature on right is powerful.
To some extent it searches text inside images.
Community clips is a free download from Office Labs which let's you create screen captures into your one note notebook.
You can password protect pages.
The ability to store files in one note is the differentiating factor. Grab file drag and pull in. It asks if you want a link to a file, no, you copy the file and it puts it in the notebook.A copy of that file is in notebook. Sync and carry. Put files on the page where assignment given so you have it.
20 MIE programs in 2010
Www.Microsoft.com/innovativeeducator
Free 2 day training.
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Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
It is kind of like the time my husband and I drove up on a horrible motor cycle accident that must have happened milliseconds before. The man had flipped over his bike and slid several feet on his face. I didn't want to look but I did and will never forget it. That is how I feel about the book Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker, legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick's personal memoir.
As a huge fan of Leo LaPorte's old show the Screensavers, I knew who Kevin Mitnick was but really had no idea how much effect he had on my own life or what he had really done.
[Video. Kevin Mitnick uses a computer for the first time after his sentence of being unable to use a computer expires on the Screensavers with Steve Wozniak and Leo Laporte]
Cyber-enemy #1: Arrested February 1995
I missed his arrest in 1995 because I had just had my first child and was on maternity leave but I had been working for telephone companies since 1991 for one of Kevin's targets: GTE, then, the nations second largest phone company. But now, I understand a lot.
Mysteries Explained
Kevin Mitnick's book explained so many of the things that the "engineers wouldn't tell us" that I am glad I read it. I am only beginning to put things together of what must have been shaking the telecommunications business to the core and still does, but I wasn't at a high enough level to really know about in detail.
Questions like:
"Read the book, but don't make Mitnick out to be a hero. I owned a computer hacked by him in the 80's."
"Just because a hacker says he just copied the code because he could, doesn't mean we could afford to believe him. We had to audit every line of code because as a company we had to make sure that our product was safe."As a person hired to find and help fix security breaches, Mitnick should know that breaches, even if a person doesn't do something, cost money. Hacking cost companies money. I feel like he marginalizes the harm he caused.
CS Monitor reports on the work of physician Denis Mukwege:
“Everyday I operate on 10 women,” says Mukwege. “And there are hundreds more who are waiting.”Mukwege and his staff at Panzi have treated more than 30,000 women, most of them survivors of sexual assault, since he opened the hospital in 1999. Since then, a vicious war that has displaced and killed millions of Congolese has officially ended – yet, every day, Mukwege meets more women with lives and bodies ravaged by violence...[continue reading]
Image of Denis Mukwege courtesy of King Baudouin Foundation
‘A clever reworking of a classic story. The little old lady’s fearless attitude and her clever solution as to what to do with the lively shoes, pants, shirt and pumpkin head that are chasing her will enchant young audiences. With brilliantly colored, detailed folk art illustrations. A great purchase.’ —SLJ. About the AuthorLinda Williams is the director of a child development center. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything is her first book for children.
Notable 1986 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
Children's Books of 1986 (Library of Congress)
1988 Keystone to Reading Book Award (Pennsylvania Reading Association)
This week I am at the Microsoft Partners in Learning serving as a US judge for the International Competition and am blown away from the amazing innovations.
What is most impressive is that although many incredible uses of Microsoft products are included that anything and everything is here. Oddly enough, I have seen Google, Apple, and just about anything as part of a classroom with many learning experiences.
The purpose as judges is to recognize the best 21st century learning in the classroom based upon the current research. I can personally attest that the rubrics have no product bias, although every teacher here uses Microsoft in some way. (but honestly, who doesn't use Microsoft something in their classroom)
I am finding that there are tons of one note uses and the new office 360 has some pretty amazing things built in! Ok, more from me later.
I asked Microsoft Teach Tec Blogger, Rob Bayuk to write a guest post about what is happening here. Here goes.
"Today 100 educators from 25 states arrived in Seattle for the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2011 U.S. Innovative Education Forum (IEF). The IEF is part of a worldwide program designed to shine a spotlight on some of the world's top educators and provide them the opportunity to collaborate, exhibit and share innovative tech-infused projects they've done with students. Over the past year educators applied and these 100 educators were chosen representing all K-12 subjects and grade levels. While attending the event educators will also participate in a number of unique professional learning activities.
Ten finalists from this U.S. event will be chosen to represent the United States at the Partners in Learning Global Forum in Washington, DC in November. The global event is expected to attract more than 700 teachers, school leaders, press and education thought leaders from more than 75 countries.
On the agenda for these teachers over the two day forum hosted on Microsoft's main campus in Redmond, WA will be project exhibitions evaluated by a panel of judges from education and education-related fields, learning excursions to some of Seattle’s best known historical and cultural landmarks such as the Space Needle and Pike Place Market where collaborative teams of educators will create project-based activities based on their experiences, and hands-on technology workshops using Microsoft’s latest programs for education.
The group will also hear two inspiring keynote speeches on Thursday and Friday by Dr. John Medina, author of the New York Times bestseller "Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School and Dr. Jane McGonigal, world-renowned game designer and author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World will deliver the closing keynote.
Both of these keynote presentations will be streamed live through the Partners in Learning Facebook page. "Like" the page to watch the streaming and get the details on when these will be streamed live as they will not be recorded. We will also stream them through our IEF web site and if you'd like to follow along on Twitter follow me @TeachTec and watch for #msftpil.
For a summary of the projects that will be exhibited this week checkout this post.
Thanks,
Rob Bayuk
Microsoft U.S. Partners in Learning Team
(aka @TeachTec)"
Cool program. I hope all you innovative teachers out there will consider applying next year!
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Tina Korbe at HotAir explains the picture perfectly:
A new report out yesterday from The Heritage Foundation shows private sector job creation dropped dramatically almost immediately after President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) into law.From the recession’s low point in January 2009 until April 2010, when Obamacare went into effect, the private sector created about 67,600 jobs a month. After the president signed PPACA into law, that number slowed to a meager 6,400 jobs a month — a more than 90 percent decrease or less than one-tenth the previous rate.
As the report states, correlation cannot prove causation — but the change in course is statistically measurable and testing reveals a structural break between April and May of 2010. Moreover, small-business owners have said Obamacare is a deterrent to hiring. Take Scott Womack, the owner of 12 IHOP restaurants in Indiana and Ohio, as just one example. Before Obamacare became law, he had development plans in Ohio. Now, he’s worried he won’t be able to carry out his original plans unless Obamacare is repealed. Those restaurants he planned to open would provide jobs not only for his future employees, but also for everyone involved in the construction of the restaurant buildings themselves.
As the Heritage report explains, Obamacare discourages hiring in three important ways:
Businesses with fewer than 50 workers have a strong incentive to maintain this size, which allows them to avoid the mandate to provide government-approved health coverage or face a penalty; Businesses with more than 50 workers will see their costs for health coverage rise—they must purchase more expensive government-approved insurance or pay a penalty; and Employers face considerable uncertainty about what constitutes qualifying health coverage and what it will cost. They also do not know what the health care market or their health care costs will look like in four years. This makes planning for the future difficult.
Democrats once touted that Obamacare would create jobs, but the data underscore the reality that that’s not true for the private sector. The only jobs Obamacare created were within the new agencies and layers of bureaucracy the law added to the federal government.
The Heritage report recommends repeal — and comes as a welcome reminder that the health care law can’t be ignored as the president and Congress attempt to address the debt and deficit or as the nation attempts to right the still-struggling economy. Nor can it be ignored in the upcoming presidential election. Likely U.S. voters have said jobs and the economy are their No. 1 issue. That means the repeal of Obamacare should be a top priority, too.
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