This is incredible. The season finale to the popular show "House" on Fox was filmed entirely on an SLR camera - this camera was designed mainly to be a professional still camera, but the addition of HD video has clearly allowed much else to happen. For a broadcast quality television show to use it just blows my mind. I can't wait to see if I notice the different look and feel.
Really incredible developments in camera technology...
via @arjungrover
I am not a fan of microfinance; let me be clear about that. Kiva and organizations like that are what I'm talking about. This NY Times article talking about how banks and organizations like Kiva are charging huge interest rates to lendees in the developing word. I have much to say on this topic will let the article do the talking for now.
My thinking was first greatly influenced by Alexander Cockburn who wrote The Myth of Microloans. It's a short read and worth it if you're considering send your or your school's money towards a microfinance organization in helps of aiding third world workers.
Agenda
K-12 Computing Teachers Workshop
“Overcoming Barriers, Boundaries and Bad News”
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
October 1-2, 2010
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Atlanta, GADay 1: Friday, October 1, 2010
All Day GHC Conference Registration All Day Attend GHC Sessions & Attend Lunches 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Ignite Talks – Ignite Talks are short presentations given by various presenters working on outreach to various communities interested in collaboration. 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Town Hall Meeting: Bridging Boundaries and Creating Capacity: Engaging Stakeholders to Address Equity in K12 Computing 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Sponsor Night – This is a networking event to celebrate the conclusion of the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration. The event features dinner, music and entertainment. Day 2: Saturday, October 2, 2010
8:00 am – 9:00 am Workshop Registration & Networking Breakfast 9:00 am – 10:00 am Welcome & Keynote (TBA) 10:00 am – 10:15 am Break 10:15 am – 11:00 am Breakout Sessions I
Social Networking (TBA)Dot Diva: Changing the Image of Computing: Julie Benyo
An Update on the New AP CS Course: Chris Stephenson and Jan Cuny
An interdisciplinary Approach to Introducing Computing in Grades K-5: Kathleen Larson, Sarah Pennachio, Donna Russo
11:00 am – 11:15 am Break 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions II (TBA)
Open Source: It’s All Out in the Open…But Where Do We Start: Anita Verno, Bill Madden, Leslie HawthornTeaching Programming is Easy with Alice: Steve Cooper
Teaching Computer Science with Toys: Robb Cutler
Modeling & Simulations: Betsy Frederick, Irene Lee
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Panel: Teacher Leadership & Advocacy as a Tool for Broadening Participation: Stephanie Hoeppner, Eugene Lemon, Daniel Moix 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Wrap-up 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Networking & Sponsor Activities
This looks like a great program hosted by the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Get involved, people!
We're planning for a staged release so that discussions can go on around the videos. That and so 1 gb video uploads can complete ;)
just uploaded a fresh batch of Brooklyn Museum shots. I captured some of the same pieces of last time (this time with my SLR camera) and explored some new exhibitions including Ancient Egypt, which was amazing.
Many beautiful cherry and magnolia trees were in full bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I'm going to try and go every Saturday (free from 10am-noon) to see how things change this spring. It was a great Saturday, as you can see!
A wonderful video from Big Think, especially the parts where she talks about two normalized curves. The reality is there are a lot of "boys" who like the "girl" games and a lot of "girls" who like the "boy" games. Everything is in quotes because I find the whole dichotomy insane and problematic, but that's not for this discussion.
The girls at my school love games, and I need to think more about how this could intersect the educational environment.
Not sure what I could use this for, but am pretty sure I want to play with one. Amazing technology. I'll have to show it to my robotics students.
