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John Pearce

The Rise of Generation C: Implications for the World of 2020 - 0 views

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    "In the course of the next 10 years, a new generation-Generation C-will emerge. Born after 1990, these "digital natives," just now beginning to attend university and enter the work- force, will transform the world as we know it. Their interests will help drive massive change in how people around the world socialize, work, and live their passions-and in the information and communication technologies they use to do so."
Roland Gesthuizen

What A DDoS Attack Looks Like | Gizmodo Australia - 0 views

  • the DDoS attack force completely bombards the site with traffic at one specific chokepoint, leaving other legitimate requests to bounce away unfulfilled as the server struggles to keep its head above water. For some context
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    "When hackers do cyber-battle, there isn't much to see. Maybe you'll wind up on a crashed website, but the real carnage is happening behind the scenes, perpetrated by a diffuse army of computers a world away. This is what it looks like."
Roland Gesthuizen

BBC News - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme - 1 views

  • "Instead of children bored out of their minds being taught how to use Word or Excel by bored teachers, we could have 11-year-olds able to write simple 2D computer animations," he said.
  • "Children are being forced to learn how to use applications, rather than to make them. They are becoming slaves to the user interface and are totally bored by it,"
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    The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England's schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary has announced. It will be replaced by an "open source" curriculum in computer science and programming designed with the help of universities and industry.
Roland Gesthuizen

SDSC Education - Bridge Building - 1 views

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    "For hundreds of years, people have been obsessed with taking the shortcut over valleys and rivers instead of going around them. To do that, we use bridges. In this module, you will have the chance to become a bridge engineer and design and build your own. You will also learn about some of the different types of bridges and how to decide which one to use in different situations."
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    I have been working on a bridge building technology unit and this pysical science unit looks interesting if you are a science or physics teacher.
Roland Gesthuizen

Hayastan Shakarian Cuts Internet Cable In Georgia - 0 views

  • Hayastan Shakarian, 75, severed a fibre-optic cable on March 28, shutting off the information highway in much of Georgia and all of Armenia for several hours. The cable ran parallel to a railroad track in eastern Georgia where she was allegedly scavenging.
  • "The incident forces our company to think about diversifying our channels."
  • Tbilisi, said that she had only been collecting firewood. "I have no idea what the internet is,"
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    "An elderly Georgian woman who allegedly shut off internet services in her country and neighbouring Armenia while scavenging for copper cable is facing charges that could lead to three years in prison. In an interview the woman tearfully insisted she was innocent and said she had never heard of the web."
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    Interesting disaster recover planning case study.
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