Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Paolo
At 7: 48 she uses -she- as an impersonal pronoun. Ever since the English language evolved the impersonal pronoun has been -he-. As far as I am aware, this is also the case in all other languages. With feminism in the latter half of the last century, the unspontaneous sounding -she- was adopted in academic circles, especially in the humanities. Thus, into a very simple, tiny word that is normally not even a stressed part of the sentence was insinuated an agenda. Whatever the topic, one-s mind had to be drawn to a gender issue. However, language was being made to reflect a welcome change in society, one where men and women should have equal rights and responsibilities. This necessarily involves shedding such former values governing inter-gender relations as -sail before steam- (ladies first, and women taking care of the family, as no longer applicable. It involves sharing 50/50 the cooking and cleaning, the restaurant bills, women inviting out men as well as the reverse, providing equally the necessary finances for supporting the family and having 50/50 custody over children in the case of divorce. With this change, it has been common among male academics to use -she- as an impersonal pronoun. This really does sound contrived, but might be acceptable if women used -he-: after all, the best relationships are based on putting one-s partner before oneself. However, women, in the legitimate pursuit of such change as allows them to assume an equally active role in society use -she-. So perhaps it-s best to regard a word that is less than a four letter word as being as inoffensive as it is short, and those silly male academics who emasculate themselves by remaining stuck to such old world values as -ladies first in an age when women want to steam forwards should realise that it is at least as appropriate for men to use -he- as it is for women to use -she-.
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At 7: 48 she uses -she- as an impersonal pronoun. Ever since the English language evolved the impersonal pronoun has been -he-. As far as I am aware, this is also the case in all other languages. With feminism in the latter half of the last century, the unspontaneous sounding -she- was adopted in academic circles, especially in the humanities. Thus, into a very simple, tiny word that is normally not even a stressed part of the sentence was insinuated an agenda. Whatever the topic, one-s mind had to be drawn to a gender issue. However, language was being made to reflect a welcome change in society, one where men and women should have equal rights and responsibilities. This necessarily involves shedding such former values governing inter-gender relations as -sail before steam- (ladies first, and women taking care of the family, as no longer applicable. It involves sharing 50/50 the cooking and cleaning, the restaurant bills, women inviting out men as well as the reverse, providing equally the necessary finances for supporting the family and having 50/50 custody over children in the case of divorce. With this change, it has been common among male academics to use -she- as an impersonal pronoun. This really does sound contrived, but might be acceptable if women used -he-: after all, the best relationships are based on putting one-s partner before oneself. However, women, in the legitimate pursuit of such change as allows them to assume an equally active role in society use -she-. So perhaps it-s best to regard a word that is less than a four letter word as being as inoffensive as it is short, and those silly male academics who emasculate themselves by remaining stuck to such old world values as -ladies first in an age when women want to steam forwards should realise that it is at least as appropriate for men to use -he- as it is for women to use -she-.
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education
-So imagine our student is working on this algebra problem: 3x + 7 = 4. The correct next step to solve it is to subtract both sides by 7. -
This brings up a problem of educational software: subtracting by 7 is -not- the only next step. If a student approaches the problem differently, they could divide by 3, and that would be -just as valid- (not as efficient, but this is just a simple example. If educational software is -too- pushy in its methods and doesn't allow enough freedom on the user's part, then it can actually be more of a hindrance to learning than a boon. My younger siblings have struggled with annoyingly specific and unclear software, so this issue goes hand-in-hand with the psychology of computing, and the considerations of usability.
(Comment 129: breaking the computational symmetry of 2-7)
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-So imagine our student is working on this algebra problem: 3x + 7 = 4. The correct next step to solve it is to subtract both sides by 7. -
This brings up a problem of educational software: subtracting by 7 is -not- the only next step. If a student approaches the problem differently, they could divide by 3, and that would be -just as valid- (not as efficient, but this is just a simple example. If educational software is -too- pushy in its methods and doesn't allow enough freedom on the user's part, then it can actually be more of a hindrance to learning than a boon. My younger siblings have struggled with annoyingly specific and unclear software, so this issue goes hand-in-hand with the psychology of computing, and the considerations of usability.
(Comment 129: breaking the computational symmetry of 2-7)
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Brian
If anybody is interested in a network-based (as opposed to broadcast) variant of the mooc they should check out the history of cMOOCs. cMOOCs or connectivist MOOC were actually the original model formulated by canadian educators and technologists like stephan downes and george siemens. It's based on quite a radical and emancipatory pedagogy and, for me, much more interesting than the later, broadcast model formulated by the ivy league/venture capital crowd
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If anybody is interested in a network-based (as opposed to broadcast) variant of the mooc they should check out the history of cMOOCs. cMOOCs or connectivist MOOC were actually the original model formulated by canadian educators and technologists like stephan downes and george siemens. It's based on quite a radical and emancipatory pedagogy and, for me, much more interesting than the later, broadcast model formulated by the ivy league/venture capital crowd
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David
I dealt with this type of tech in an accounting class. Wasn't very well developed. You had to put exact answers even if there was more than one way of entering your answer. These methods work well with scientific studies like algebra, but are total trash with fill in the blank type questions or essay answers.
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I dealt with this type of tech in an accounting class. Wasn't very well developed. You had to put exact answers even if there was more than one way of entering your answer. These methods work well with scientific studies like algebra, but are total trash with fill in the blank type questions or essay answers.
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Marked
And with that I have to say Mastering (pick one) Engineering/Chemestry/Mathamatics from Pearsons is an example of how to NOT set up your education technology.
One might even suggest it is designed more to sabotage Ed Tech in order to keep textbooks in demand.
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And with that I have to say Mastering (pick one) Engineering/Chemestry/Mathamatics from Pearsons is an example of how to NOT set up your education technology.
One might even suggest it is designed more to sabotage Ed Tech in order to keep textbooks in demand.
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Sophia
How can we use technology to learn if most schools, including mine, don't even allow the use of Kindles. Seriously, I'm pretty sure they're gonna ban even smart watches next! I literally can't use Khan Academy.
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How can we use technology to learn if most schools, including mine, don't even allow the use of Kindles. Seriously, I'm pretty sure they're gonna ban even smart watches next! I literally can't use Khan Academy.
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Thom
The only complaint I have with this entire series is that the tips in this EdTech episode for writing notes and following examples yourself would have been really useful earlier on!
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The only complaint I have with this entire series is that the tips in this EdTech episode for writing notes and following examples yourself would have been really useful earlier on!
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Paul
_The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer_ by Neal Stephenson is an excellent book. If you've watched all parts of this series, you should definitely read it!
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_The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer_ by Neal Stephenson is an excellent book. If you've watched all parts of this series, you should definitely read it!
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education
I just found this course and caught up only for it to end in a few days. Thanks for the information though, it has been fun learning it all.
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I just found this course and caught up only for it to end in a few days. Thanks for the information though, it has been fun learning it all.
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Schnitzel_Stephan
I love how I'm learning about taking your time to study subjects while I'm playing these video's at twice the normal speed XD
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I love how I'm learning about taking your time to study subjects while I'm playing these video's at twice the normal speed XD
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