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Sunny Jackson

NCCU Library Catalog: A balanced introduction to computer science - 0 views

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  • JavaScript and dynamic web pages
  • Algorithms and programming languages
  • JavaScript and user interaction
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  • Functions and randomness
  • Abstraction and libraries
  • Conditional execution
  • enabling students to learn programming fundamentals by developing their own interactive Web pages with HTML and JavaScript
  • Conditional repetition
  • Data representation
  • JavaScript strings
  • von Neumann architecture
  • JavaScript arrays
  • transistors and integrated circuits
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  • Progressive Language Skills
  • practice
  • build on
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  • find out what has worked and do more of that
  • foundational language skills and content
  • new skills are best acquired when students notice and understand
  • language acquisition
  • Students must have a strong command of the grammar and usage of spoken and written standard English to succeed academically and professionally.
  • grammar
  • usage
  • devise instructional approaches to replicate this success for other un-mastered language content and skills
  • explicit instruction
  • scaffold instruction
  • build upon prior knowledge
  • this comma and period inside the quotation marks business is strictly American usage.  The British don't do it that way.  They are inclined to place commas and periods logically rather than conventionally, depending on whether the punctuation belongs to the quotation or to the sentence that contains the quotation
  • that this comma and period inside the quotation marks business is strictly American usage.  The British don't do it that way. 
  • differentiate
  • comprehensible
  • oral language
  • input
  • pay attention to how you’re using the active and passive voices
  • even more important is the matter of consistency
  • usage issues
  • skill and content areas
  • we want to make sure our best feet are forward. That means making sure errors like typos or poor grammar don’t detract from what we have to say
  • make a conscious effort to use them in a way that produces clear, direct, and compelling posts
  • help the student practice skills and content already learned
  • Teach language form and meaning concurrently.
  • active listening
  • inside the U.S., periods and commas go inside quotation marks
  • Think about each sentence
  • what do you want to emphasize?
  • How can you construct a sentence that gets your point across and is engaging to read?
  • The rules in American English are different from the rules in British English
  • meaning influences form
  • Form influences meaning
  • In America, we use a hard-and-fast rule that was supposedly designed by compositors to protect the tiny commas and periods (1, 2). We always put periods and commas inside quotation marks.
  • interactive discussion
  • inform the student as to “what is correct and what is not” via immediate feedback
  • provide a meaningful rationale
  • analyze how writers and speakers use the language skill and content
  • Some emphasize the verb as the key part of speech, showing students how the sentence is built around it and how vivid verbs create vivid sentences.
  • It’s one thing to read about the rules, but another to put them into practice.
  • When combining exclamation points and question marks with quotation marks, however, Americans follow the same logical system as the British. Where you place the other marks relative to the quotation mark depends on the context of the quotation.
  • If the whole sentence, including the quotation, is a question or an exclamation, then the question mark or exclamation point goes outside the closing quotation mark; but if only the part inside the quotation marks is a question or exclamation, then the question mark or exclamation point goes inside the closing quotation mark.
  • In Britain, they use rules that require the writer to determine whether the period or comma belong with the quotation or are part of the larger sentence.
  • think about the function of voice when evaluating your writing
  • In American English, periods and commas always go inside the closing quotation mark
  • semicolons, colons, asterisks, and dashes always go outside the closing quotation mark
  • question marks and exclamation points require that you analyze the sentence and make a decision based on context
  • if you are an American, you need to keep your commas and periods inside your closing quotation marks, where they belong
  • why, you may ask, do they belong there?
  • Writing
  • Spelling/Vocabulary
  • only American printers were more attached to convenience than logic
  • Grammar/Mechanics
Sunny Jackson

Spanish/Verbs List - Wikibooks, open books for an open world - 0 views

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  • Abrir (to open)
  • Acordar (to agree upon)
  • Alquilar (to rent)
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  • Amar (to love)
  • Aprender (to learn)
  • Ayudar (to help)
  • Bailar (to dance)
  • Beber (to drink)
  • Besar (to kiss)
  • Buscar (to look for)
  • Caminar (to walk)
  • Cantar (to sing)
  • Casarse (to marry)
  • Celebrar (to celebrate)
  • Cerrar (to close)
  • Comer (to eat
  • Comprar (to purchase, to buy)
  • Comprender (to comprehend, to understand)
  • Conducir (to drive)
  • Contestar (to answer, to reply)
  • Correr (to run)
  • Cortar (to cut)
  • Costar (to cost)
  • Crear (to create)
  • Creer (to believe)
  • Cubrir (to cover)
  • Deber (to owe, should)
  • Decidir (to decide)
  • Desear (to desire, to wish)
  • Detener (to stop)
  • Discutir (to argue)
  • Distinguir (to distinguish)
  • Divertirse (to have fun)
  • Doler (to hurt)
  • Dormir (to sleep, go to sleep)
  • Enamorarse (to fall in love)
  • Encantar (to be delighted about) - gustar-type verb
  • Entender (to understand)
  • Entrar (to enter)
  • Escuchar (to listen)
  • Escribir (to write)
  • Esperar (to wait, to hope)
  • Esquiar (to ski)
  • Estar (to be)
  • Estudiar (to study)
  • Felicitar (to congratulate)
  • Ganar (to win, to earn)
  • Gustar (to like)
  • Hablar (to talk)
  • Hacer (to make, to do)
  • Hallar (to find)
  • Ir (to go)
  • Invitar (to invite)
  • Jugar (to play)
  • Lavar (to wash)
  • Leer (to read)
  • Llegar a ser (to become)
  • Levantar (to raise)
  • Llegar (to arrive)
  • Llevar (to bring, to carry)
  • Lograr (to accomplish)
  • Mirar (to look)
  • Morir (to die)
  • Nacer (to be born)
  • Nadar (to swim)
  • Necesitar (to need)
  • Obtener (to get, to obtain)
  • Recibir (to receive)
  • Saber (to know)
  • Sacar (to take out)
  • Salir (to leave, to go out)
  • Saludar (to greet)
  • Seguir (to follow)
  • Sentir (to feel)
  • Ser (to be)
  • Significar (to mean, to signify)
  • Soñar (to dream)
  • Tener (to have, to own)
  • Terminar (to finish, to end)
  • Tocar (to touch, to play an instrument)
  • Tomar (to take, to drink)
  • Trabajar (to work)
  • Traducir (to translate)
  • Traer (to bring)
  • Usar (to use)
  • Vender (to sell)
  • Venir (to come)
  • Ver (to see)
  • Viajar (to travel)
  • Visitar (to visit)
  • Vivir (to live)
Sunny Jackson

Hugo Award for Best Novel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Double Star
  • Robert A. Heinlein Have Space Suit — Will Travel
  • Starship Troopers
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  • Kurt Vonnegut Sirens of Titan !The Sirens of Titan
  • Stranger in a Strange Land
  • Children of Dune
  • A Fall of Moondust
  • Little Fuzzy
  • Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station)
  • Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
  • Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon
  • The Left Hand of Darkness
  • Slaughterhouse-Five
  • Ringworld
  • To Your Scattered Bodies Go
  • The Lathe of Heaven
  • The Gods Themselves
  • Rendezvous with Rama
  • Time Enough for Love
  • The Dispossessed
  • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
  • The Mote in God's Eye
  • The Forever War
  • Mindbridge
  • The Man in the High Castle
  • Man Plus
  • Gateway
  • The Fountains of Paradise
  • Frederik Pohl Jem
  • Frederik Pohl Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
  • Downbelow Station
  • Foundation's Edge
  • 2010: Odyssey Two
  • Startide Rising
  • Isaac Asimov Robots of Dawn !The Robots of Dawn
  • Job: A Comedy of Justice
  • Ender's Game
  • Speaker for the Dead
  • Cyteen
  • Hyperion
  • Robert J. Sawyer Terminal Experiment !The Terminal Experiment (also known as Hobson's Choice)
  • Forever Peace
  • The Rise of Endymion
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog
  • J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Dan Simmons Ilium
  • American Gods
  • China MiĂ©ville Perdido Street Station
  • Paladin of Souls
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
  • Old Man's War
  • Accelerando
  • Rainbows End
  • The Graveyard Book
  • Cory Doctorow Little Brother
  • Neal Stephenson Anathem
  • The Windup Girl
  • Blackout/All Clear
  • The Mule
  • C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength (also known as The Tortured Planet)
  • Farmer in the Sky
  • Isaac Asimov Pebble in the Sky
  • C. S. Lewis Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe !The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • Arthur C. Clarke Childhood's End
  • Isaac Asimov Caves of Steel !The Caves of Steel
Sunny Jackson

Nebula Award for Best Novel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Philip K. Dick Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb
  • G. C. Edmondson Ship That Sailed the Time Stream !The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream
  • Philip K. Dick Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch !The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
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  • Flowers for Algernon
  • Daniel Keyes
  • Robert A. Heinlein Moon Is a Harsh Mistress !The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
  • Robert Silverberg Tower of Glass
  • Robert Silverberg Masks of Time !The Masks of Time
  • Ursula K. Le Guin* Left Hand of Darkness !The Left Hand of Darkness
  • Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five
  • Larry Niven* Ringworld
  • Philip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
  • Robert Silverberg* Time of Changes !A Time of Changes
  • Ursula K. Le Guin Lathe of Heaven !The Lathe of Heaven
  • Isaac Asimov* Gods Themselves !The Gods Themselves
  • Arthur C. Clarke* Rendezvous with Rama
  • Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love
  • Ursula K. Le Guin* Dispossessed !The Dispossessed
  • Philip K. Dick Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
  • Joe Haldeman* Forever War !The Forever War
  • The Mote in God's Eye
  • Frederik Pohl* Man Plus
  • Frederik Pohl* Gateway
  • Arthur C. Clarke* Fountains of Paradise !The Fountains of Paradise
  • Frederik Pohl Jem
  • Gregory Benford* Timescape
  • Frederik Pohl Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
  • Isaac Asimov Foundation's Edge
  • Robert A. Heinlein Friday
  • David Brin* Startide Rising
  • Robert A. Heinlein Job: A Comedy of Justice
  • Orson Scott Card* Ender's Game
  • Orson Scott Card* Speaker for the Dead
  • Margaret Atwood Handmaid's Tale !The Handmaid's Tale
  • Ursula K. Le Guin* Last Book of Earthsea !Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
  • George R. R. Martin Game of Thrones !A Game of Thrones
  • Jack McDevitt Ancient Shores
  • Joe Haldeman* Forever Peace
  • Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog
  • Neil Gaiman* American Gods
  • Ursula K. Le Guin Other Wind !The Other Wind
  • China MiĂ©ville Perdido Street Station
  • Elizabeth Moon* Speed of Dark !The Speed of Dark
  • Cory Doctorow Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
  • Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
  • Jack McDevitt Polaris
  • Terry Pratchett Going Postal
  • Jack McDevitt* Seeker
  • Joe Haldeman Accidental Time Machine !The Accidental Time Machine
  • Cory Doctorow Little Brother
  • Jack McDevitt Cauldron
  • Paolo Bacigalupi* Windup Girl !The Windup Girl
  • Connie Willis* Blackout/All Clear
Sunny Jackson

Young Reader's Choice Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  • The Indian in the Cupboard
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  • The Giver
  • Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy
  • Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl
  • Cornelia Funke The Thief Lord
  • Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux
  • Cornelia Funke Dragon Rider
  • Terry Pratchett A Hat Full of Sky
  • Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief
  • Kate DiCamillo The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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Kurt Vonnegut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • 20th century American writer
  • blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction
  • critical liberal intellectual
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  • lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union
  • known for his humanist beliefs
  • honorary president of the American Humanist Association
  • eight rules for writing a short story:
  • Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
  • Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
  • Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
  • Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
  • Start as close to the end as possible.
  • No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
  • Write to please just one person.
  • Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense.
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  • "It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."
  • "Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace."
  • work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated
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List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • laws, adages, and other succinct observations or predictions named after a person
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Open knowledge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • one is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it without legal, social or technological restriction
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  • Share Alike (SA), allowing derivative works under the same or a similar license
  • Attribution (BY), requiring attribution to the original author
  • No Derivative Works (ND), allowing only the original work, without derivatives
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  • Non-Commercial (NC), requiring the work is not used for commercial purposes
  • Attribution No Derivatives (CC BY-ND)
  • Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC)
  • Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • all Creative Commons licenses allow the "core right" to redistribute a work for non-commercial purposes without modification
  • CC0 option, or "No Rights Reserved."
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C++ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • regarded as a "middle-level" language
  • developed by Bjarne Stroustrup
  • began as enhancements to C, first adding classes, then virtual functions, operator overloading, multiple inheritance, templates, and exception handling among other features.
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  • high-level programming language
  • Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
  • designed in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz
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  • to provide computer access to non-science students. At the time, nearly all use of computers required writing custom software, which was something only scientists and mathematicians tended to do.
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  • uses the structural conventions of a programming language, but is intended for human reading rather than machine reading.
  • augmented with natural language descriptions of the details, where convenient, or with compact mathematical notation.
  • The purpose of using pseudocode is that it is easier for humans to understand than conventional programming language code, and that it is a compact and environment-independent description of the key principles of an algorithm
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  • commonly used in textbooks and scientific publications that are documenting various algorithms, and also in planning of computer program development, for sketching out the structure of the program before the actual coding takes place.
  • No standard for pseudocode syntax exists, as a program in pseudocode is not an executable program. Pseudocode resembles, but should not be confused with, skeleton programs including dummy code, which can be compiled without errors.
  • Flowcharts can be thought of as a graphical alternative to pseudocode.
  • <variable> = <expression>
  • IF <condition> DO stuff; ELSE DO other stuff;
  • WHILE <condition> DO stuff;
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  • Clarke's Three Laws are three "laws" of prediction formulated by the British writer and scientist Arthur C. Clarke. They are: When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; when he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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    Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more highly imaginative fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history
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  • International Journal of Library Science
  • Humanism and Libraries: An Essay on the Philosophy of Librarianship
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