Speed learning The general approach is to use procedures or a sequence of techniques that have been shown to provide a more efficient path to attaining the same goal. Some of the techniques have existed since ancient times (e.g. Mnemonics) whilst others are a result of more recent scientific research (e.g. History[edit] Psychologists and educational specialists have long sought methods for improving not just the quality of learning, the comprehension and retention of knowledge, but the rate at which knowledge can be acquired, especially in an age in which the amount of information people need to deal with is growing rapidly and threatening to overwhelm them. The limited "channel capacity" of human individuals has also led to investigation of rapid knowledge acquisition and appropriate dissemination of it by organizations. See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Bremer, Rod. External links[edit]
Editing Checklist for Self- and Peer Editing To view our printable materials, you must download the latest version of the free Adobe Acrobat software. Download now Our lesson plans are written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices and are aligned to state and national standards. Choose from hundreds of topics and strategies. More ReadWriteThink has a variety of resources for out-of-school use. More Home › Classroom Resources › Printouts Printout Before you begin, be sure to model and discuss each step of the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing), preferably using a whole-class story or class newsletter article. When they are ready for the editing stage of the writing process, students should edit their writing and then meet with a partner to engage in peer editing. This tool serves multiple purposes, including: The self-edit step The peer-edit step
LEVAN: Learning Everything about Anything Abstract Recognition is graduating from labs to real-world applications. While it is encouraging to see its potential being tapped, it brings forth a fundamental challenge to the vision researcher: scalability. How can we learn a model for any concept that exhaustively covers all its appearance variations, while requiring minimal or no human supervision for compiling the vocabulary of visual variance, gathering the training images and annotations, and learning the models? In this work, we introduce a fully-automated approach for learning extensive models for a wide range of variations (e.g. actions, interactions, attributes and beyond) within any concept.
Avatar -embodied 3D persona with speech skills. Ready to create your own Avatar? Avatars are commonly known as computer (animated) characters representing a real life person, concept or artificial entity. Quite often this term is used to address human-like online assistants representing organizations, commercial firms and brands. These virtual assistants are able to answer questions and perform tasks through conversational dialogs with humans. Typical usage Avatars are the visual representations of real or artificial intelligence in the virtual world. It is hard to draw a line between intelligent avatars which have conversational AI skills and act dynamically, and on the other hand static unintelligent avatars which are just a snapshot taken at a certain point in time. The technology for creating avatars is evolving at a high rate, especially our ability to reproduce human beings. One of the events demonstrating innovations in speech technology is SpeechTEK Europe, which focuses on speech technologies, speech biometrics and voice user interaction design. Background .
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Learn It In 5 - Home Liquid Metal Printer Lays Electronic Circuits on Paper, Plastic, and Even Cotton One of the dreams of makers the world over is to be able to print electronic circuits on more or less any surface using a desktop printer. The great promise is the possibility of having RFID circuits printed on plastic or paper packaging, LED arrays on wallpaper and even transparent circuits on glass. Or simply to rapidly prototype circuits when designing new products. There are no shortage of conducting inks that aim to do this but they all have drawbacks of various kinds. Until now. The new technique is straightforward. The droplets rapidly oxidise as the travel through the air and this oxide forms a surface layer on each drop that prevents further oxidisation. They also say it’s relatively easy to create almost any circuit pattern, either by moving the printer head over the substrate or by using a mask. That looks to be a useful development. Answers please in the comments section.
43 Apps, Games, and Websites Transforming This Year's Classrooms In the middle of October, we invited educators to tell us about the "apps, games, and websites that are helping to tranform their classrooms this year." We asked that you submit your responses in the form of Field Notes and we received more than 700 submissions! 43 products emerged with several votes and strong, detailed Field Notes to explain just how they are being used effectively at school. So here is our (albeit unscientific) list of apps, games, and websites transforming classrooms this Fall. We are also pleased to announce the winner of the $250 Amazon gift card. What apps, games, and websites are transforming your classroom? Related Posts: 5 Easy Steps to Writing a Great Field Note
How to retain 90% of everything you learn Imagine if you had a bucket of water. And every time you attempted to fill the bucket, 90% of the water would leak out instantly. Every time, all you’d retain was a measly 10%. The answer is simple: just once. The first time you noticed the leak, you’d take action You’d either fix the bucket or you’d get another bucket, wouldn’t you? Yet that’s not at all the way we learn. That weird thing is that you’re wasting time. To summarize the numbers (which sometimes get cited differently) learners retain approximately: 90% of what they learn when they teach someone else/use immediately. 75% of what they learn when they practice what they learned. 50% of what they learn when engaged in a group discussion. 30% of what they learn when they see a demonstration. 20% of what they learn from audio-visual. 10% of what they learn when they’ve learned from reading. 5% of what they learn when they’ve learned from lecture. Reason 1: Your brain gets stuck at the first obstacle. 1) NEW!
Mind Mapping Software - Create Mind Maps online The Online Dating Engine that Assesses Your Taste In the Opposite Sex (And Whether They Find You Attractive) Online dating sites have transformed the way that people make friends and find partners. Many dating websites have recommendation algorithms that match people with potential partners based on their mutual likes and dislikes, interests, hobbies and so on. That certainly helps to prune the field but the inescapable truth of the online dating game for most people is that you have to kiss a lot of frogs before finding your prince or princess. So finding a better way of matching potential partners is a much needed goal, not to mention a valuable one given that the online dating business is worth some $3 billion a year. That’s why the work of Kang Zhao at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and a few pals might attract some interest. Most web users will be familiar with the recommendation engines on Amazon, Netflix and so on. The problem with this approach is that it takes no account of your attractiveness. So Zhao and co add another dimension to their recommendation engine.