Big Picture. Wilderness Survival School | Wilderness Awareness School - Nature and Outdoor Survival School. UNESCO ASPNet. The UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network, or ASPNet for short, is a program established in 1953 to encourage schools worldwide to educate students on issues related to UNESCO's "overarching goal of promoting peace and international understanding". As of 2008[update], it includes nearly eight thousand educational institutions in over 170 countries. ASPnet schools conduct their own projects, often linking with schools from other countries, or may become involved in a UNESCO-coordinated activity, such as the "World Heritage in Young Hands" project.
A national coordinator, typically housed at the National Commission, serves as the liaison between the schools and UNESCO.[1] References[edit] External links[edit] Official website. Kamana Student Services. EarthrootsFieldSchool.org | Cultivating a sense of care & connection with the natural world. Three language lessons you can learn from the word “schlemiel” In honor of National Poetry Month, let’s tackle some of the trickiest aspects of meaning — after all, poetry is one of the great ways to express subtle and slippery thoughts. Our focus today is translation. How can someone convey the meaning of a word that has no equivalent in another language? Among the toughest words to translate, and there are some doozies, schlemiel is a top contender.
It is a Yiddish word for a chronically unlucky person. The trouble behind “schlemiel” presents us with a common translation problem – the translator will inherently run into words in one language that may not have an equivalent word in the other language. (Curious to learn some of the toughest words to convey in English, like prozvonit and hyggelig? Here are three tools that the skilled translator keeps at hand when faced with an untranslatable word. When confronted with a lacuna (a gap in a piece of writing), a translator may resort to free translation or adaptation.
Dr. Mrs. Anonymous. Home Page - OpenCourseWare Consortium. Web 2.0 in the classroom by Ryan McCallum on Prezi. Fibonacci number. A tiling with squares whose side lengths are successive Fibonacci numbers In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers or Fibonacci sequence are the numbers in the following integer sequence: or (often, in modern usage): (sequence A000045 in OEIS).
The Fibonacci spiral: an approximation of the golden spiral created by drawing circular arcs connecting the opposite corners of squares in the Fibonacci tiling;[3] this one uses squares of sizes 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and 34. By definition, the first two numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are either 1 and 1, or 0 and 1, depending on the chosen starting point of the sequence, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two. In mathematical terms, the sequence Fn of Fibonacci numbers is defined by the recurrence relation with seed values or The Fibonacci sequence is named after Fibonacci. Fibonacci numbers are closely related to Lucas numbers in that they are a complementary pair of Lucas sequences.
Origins[edit] List of Fibonacci numbers[edit] and. Wp03221.pdf (application/pdf Object) Lakeside School. Its most famous alumni are Bill Gates and Paul Allen, founders of Microsoft, who got their start programming tic-tac-toe on a time-shared computer provided by the Lakeside Mothers' Association and the Lakeside Mathematics Department. Other famous alumni include the McCaw brothers, who built a family business into the McCaw Cellular telephone empire which they eventually sold to AT&T Wireless; actor Adam West; bestselling author Po Bronson; and former Washington State Governor Booth Gardner. History[edit] Lakeside sends 100% of its graduating class to four-year colleges.[3] Global Service Learning[edit] Established in the summer of 2005, the school's Global Service Learning Program aims at helping students gain a broader view of the world while helping the underprivileged around the world.
The Global Service Learning Program is one piece of a broad change in curriculum and administrative policies aimed at increasing diversity. Notable alumni[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] A Model Of Excellence For Kids And Teens | Everything Counts! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.
Thanks for visiting! Bobbi Deporter Imagine a camp where kids and teens learn to become exceptional human beings. Imagine this camp as a place where kids and teens are taught quantum learning skills allowing them to significantly accelerate their mastery of math, reading, writing and memory. And imagine this camp that focuses your child’s efforts on adopting excellence as a core value and invaluable life skill. This sound likes a really super camp doesn’t it? In 1982, Bobbi broke the mold by creating a learning and life skills academic summer program for youth. Just as Southwest Airlines changed our perceptions of flying and Starbucks changed our perceptions of coffee shops — SuperCamp has throw away the rule book and created an innovative category in engaged, joyful, successful learning.
Here’s a note from a SuperCamp Graduate: “I have been a SuperCamper for two years. You Are -- A to E. Microsoft MCITP Enterprise Administrator Boot Camp, MCITP Certification, Course and Exam, 6 day Official MCITP Training - Unitek Education. It is highly recommended that students complete the four prerequisite Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications before attending this PRO level event: Either the 10-day official MCTS Triple Combo Boot Camp or the 5-day official MCTS: Upgrading Your MCSE/MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 will satisfy the 3 MCTS requirements on Windows Server 2008: 70-640 MCTS: Windows Server 2008 - Active Directory Configuration 70-642 MCTS: Windows Server 2008 - Network Infrastructure Configuration 70-643 MCTS: Windows Server 2008 - Application Infrastructure Configuration You also need to pass the Vista exam.
We'd recommend our 3-day Official MCTS: Configuring Windows Vista Boot Camp If you're NOT seeking the certification, but you want to learn this high level material, then the prerequisites are a bit easier: At minimum, you should have one or more of the following: Intermediate understanding of networking. Intermediate understanding of security best practices. Hyper-V. Boot Camp Course Prices. Leonardo da Vinci: the Codex Leicester - notebook of a genius : Essays by Michael Desmond and Carlo Pedretti - Powerhouse Publishing. Out of Stock Leonardo da Vinci: the Codex Leicester - notebook of a genius Essays by Michael Desmond and Carlo Pedretti $32.95 ($29.65 member price) [prices shown are in Australian dollars and include GST] ISBN 978 186317 081 9 (186317 081 2) paperback, 144 pages, 280 x 220 mm Over 80 colour illustrations Publisher: Powerhouse Publishing Distributor: New South Books Published: 2000 This remarkable manuscript is almost 500 years old and was handwritten in Italian by da Vinci in his characteristic ?
Mirror writing? And supported by copious sketches. The Codex Leicester is owned by Bill and Melinda Gates who lent it to the Powerhouse Museum for the exhibition which was part of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Arts Festival. Garrison. "Arrival of the dean fleet", showing the garrison of Malta in 1565 and the Ottoman invasion force. Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle or similar. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby. Arab garrison "Garrison towns" (Arabic: حصون ) were used during the Arab Islamic conquests of Middle Eastern lands by Arab-Muslim armies to increase their dominance over indigenous populations.[1] In order to occupy non-Arab, non-Islamic areas, nomadic Arab tribesmen were taken from the desert by the ruling Arab elite, conscripted into Islamic armies, and settled into garrison towns as well as given a share in the spoils of war.
British and Irish garrison Israeli garrison Ancient Rome garrison. Academic skepticism. Academic skepticism refers to the skeptical period of ancient Platonism dating from around 266 BC, when Arcesilaus became head of the Platonic Academy, until around 90 BC, when Antiochus of Ascalon rejected skepticism. Like their fellow Pyrrhonists, they maintained that knowledge of things is impossible.
Ideas or notions are never true; nevertheless, there are degrees of probability, and hence degrees of belief, which allow one to act. The school was characterized by its attacks on the Stoics and on their belief in convincing impressions which lead to true knowledge. The most important Academic skeptics were Arcesilaus, Carneades, and Philo of Larissa. Overview[edit] Greek skepticism, as a distinct school, began with Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360 BC-c. 270 BC), about whom very little is known.
Around 266 BC, Arcesilaus became head of the Platonic Academy, and adopted skepticism as a central tenet of Platonism. Arcesilaus[edit] Carneades[edit] Philo of Larissa[edit] References[edit] School. School building and recreation area in England. Students at school in an Indian village. A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers.
Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. [citation needed] In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught, is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary and secondary education.
There are also non-government schools, called private schools. In homeschooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a traditional school building. Etymology. Culture and Recreation - When Were The First Schools Established?: History Fact Finder. The first formal education systems developed when writing became an important means of communication. Around 300 B.C. the Sumerians and the Egyptians (who invented cuneiform and hieroglyphic writing) started creating centers where reading and writing could be taught to larger segments of the population. After the development of the first alphabet by Semitic (Hebrew) people in Syria between 1800 and 1000 B.C., schooling became associated with religious education.
Priests in this region set up schools in which they could teach the sacred Hebrew writings of the Torah (the entire body of Jewish law and learning) to privileged boys. It is believed that the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–479 B.C.) opened the first truly public schools that were accessible, in theory, to anyone who wanted to learn. He taught literature, music, conduct, and ethics (a system of moral values).
Further Information: Guteck, G. L. Human Capital - Books. Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators. Www.oecd.org/edu/eag2010 New material | Data | How to obtain this publication Additional material | News releases Multilingual summaries | Previous editions | Websites EAG2010 Navigator Publication: 7/9/2010 Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education.
The 2010 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance. The indicators show who participates in education, how much is spent on it and how education systems operate. The Excel™ spreadsheets used to create the tables and charts in this book are available via the StatLinks printed in this book. New material New material in this edition includes: indicators on school choice and the parent voice in education; an indicator on the long-term economic impact of improved learning outcomes; Data ..... Czech. World Statistics, Country Comparisons. Interactive Infographic of the World's Best Countries.