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in title, tags, annotations or urlLooking in the Wrong Places | Edge.org - 5 views
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We should be very careful in thinking about whether we’re working on the right problems. If we don’t, that ties into the problem that we don’t have experimental evidence that could move us forward. We're trying to develop theories that we use to find out which are good experiments to make, and these are the experiments that we build. We build particle detectors and try to find dark matter; we build larger colliders in the hope of producing new particles; we shoot satellites into orbit and try to look back into the early universe, and we do that because we hope there’s something new to find there. We think there is because we have some idea from the theories that we’ve been working on that this would be something good to probe. If we are working with the wrong theories, we are making the wrong extrapolations, we have the wrong expectations, we make the wrong experiments, and then we don’t get any new data. We have no guidance to develop these theories. So, it’s a chicken and egg problem. We have to break the cycle. I don’t have a miracle cure to these problems. These are hard problems. It’s not clear what a good theory is to develop. I’m not any wiser than all the other 20,000 people in the field.
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I’m still asking myself the same question that I asked myself ten years ago: "What is going on in my community?" I work in the foundations of physics, and I see a lot of strange things happening there. When I look at the papers that are being published, many of them seem to be produced simply because papers have to be produced. They don’t move us forward in any significant way. I get the impression that people are working on them not so much because it’s what they’re interested in but because they have to produce outcomes in a short amount of time. They sit on short-term positions and have short-term contracts, and papers must be produced.
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The field that I mostly work in is the foundations of physics, which is, roughly speaking, composed of cosmology, the foundations of quantum mechanics, high-energy particle physics, and quantum gravity. It’s a peculiar field because there hasn’t been new data for almost four decades, since we established the Standard Model of particle physics. There has been, of course, the Higgs particle that was discovered at the LHC in 2012, and there have been some additions to the Standard Model, but there has not been a great new paradigm change, as Kuhn would have put it. We’re still using the same techniques, and we’re still working with the same theories as we did in the 1970s.
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Gun Culture Is My Culture. And I Fear for What It Has Become. - The New York Times - 15 views
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What I was doing was perfectly legal. In North Carolina, long-gun transfers by private sellers require no background checks.
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A new literacy for understanding and communicating knowledge in the post-truth era. - The Learner's Way - 7 views
60 Minutes Cut Women Leaders Out Of A Story On Getting Girls Into Tech, And It Broke The Internet - 7 views
8x8 Education Video Lesson - 19 views
Languages Online - 43 views
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This site is designed for English as an additional language, native English speakers and MFL learners with some great ready-made resources, including videos. There is also a collection of downloadable resources for making customised games and activities which can be used in a wide range of subjects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular
Pixton | World's Best Way to Make & Share Comics - 70 views
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Unleash your creativity! Fun, quick and easy to use
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Create real comic layouts. Edit the shape and position of each comic panel. Express yourself. Unlimited range of expression. Move your characters into any pose. Style your words. Give text and speech bubbles personality in any language. Add your own images. Upload photos and personalize with your own art. Make your own art. Group objects to create original characters, props and backgrounds. Show your personality. Design characters of any age — people and other animals. Fast and easy. Kickstart your creativity with presets, shortcuts and templates. Make 'em laugh! Share instantly with friends, family, classmates and colleagues.
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Comic strip generator. Requires login
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Pixton is a widely used comic strip maker. The personal account is free. So many options and the click and drag editing is really easy to use. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
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Fake News: A Library Resource Round-Up - 70 views
Distracted Minds: 3 Ways to Get Their Attention in Class - 11 views
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Attention is reciprocal.
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The more distracted I am in my interactions with you, the less likely you are to give me your full attention.
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importance of having students share their strengths and values with you at the beginning of a semester
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Leaders Don't Hide Behind Data - 6 views
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A/B testing is a trap because it insulates us from A/J testing. A/B testing is an asymptotic stroll toward a local maximum.
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And busyness is a trap because it allows us to believe that we’ve actually created value.
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Scratch in Pre-algebra Class | ScratchEd - 8 views
"Can't We Just Change the Words?": EBSCOhost - 1 views
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The idea of wanting to be true to the music of a culture, to the people of that culture, and to one's students in teaching is at the heart of the discussion of authenticity.
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However, teaching music without attention to its cultural context is a problem in several respects: it risks misrepresenting the musical practice being studied, it fails to take advantage of the potential benefits of culturally infused music teaching, and it promotes a conception of music as isolated sonic events rather than meaningful human practices.2 Discussion about this struggle to balance accurate performance practice with accessibility has focused on the concept of authenticity
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The definitions of authenticity represented in the music education literature fall into four models: the continuum model; the twofold historical/personal model; the threefold reproduction, reality, and relevance model; and the moving-beyond-authenticity model.
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The Macroeconomics of Trade War - 4 views
A Brief Guide to Learning Faster (and Better) « Scott H Young - 82 views
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Anything that can be learned falls broadly into two categories: things you need to understand intellectually, and skills you need to be able to perform. Most things you want to learn involve a mix of the two.
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ee the distinction between skills and concepts, you can devise two separate learning strategies for each.
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Rule #1: Practice for Skills, Connections for Concepts
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