USC Trojan Family Magazine - Autumn 2001: Mailbag I bring my college classes (that I teach at Los Angeles Trade TechnicalCollege) to USC. She asked her husband to come and teach us. http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/autumn01/mailbag/mailbag.html
Extractions: In the 1940s I used to walk the campus of USC. I lived about a mile away, near Exposition and Western. I went to Foshay Jr. High School and then to Manual Arts (late 1940s and early 1950s). My mother went to USC, and a family friend went to USC in the early 1950s. I made a promise to myself that I would also go to USC. My first two years at college were at Los Angeles Community College. Afterward, I got a scholarship to USC. It was 1956 and I was able to save the cost of $19 per unit. I got my B.S., M.B.A. and a teaching credential from and through USC. It was a dream come true. My mother started her education in the 1920s. She finished her USC degree in 1957. My sister got her USC degree in 1963. I have been a member of the Alumni Association in the schools of Education and Business.
Autumn 2002 - Trojan Family Magazine Issue autumn 2002. bot shorthand for robot programs that can respond,react, plan and even (as animated figures on a screen) teach human students. http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/autumn02/info_rev.html
Extractions: Other laboratories are designing mini-robots that can knit themselves together to form larger robots, or communicate with each other over distances, reporting on what they see, hear or even sniff. Another floor holds the headquarters of a new digital government project funded by the National Science Foundation, an effort to use technology to help government become more responsive and helpful to citizens. ISI has even cloned itself to another tower campus, this one in Arlington, Virginia. These ISI researchers also played significant roles in the development of the Transmission Control and Internet protocols, or TCP/IP, that defined the electronic structure of signals linking networked Defense Department computers. The protocols were widely and then universally adopted because they satisfied a few basic, necessary services (file transfer, electronic mail and remote log on) across a very large number of linked computer systems, and because they were refined by a feedback system of highly finicky users who scrutinized, analyzed, criticized and use-tested all functions before they became standard.
MAPPA Newsletter Autumn 1999, Page 6 autumn 1999. This progressive program is designed to teach the skills required toeffectively lead at the departmental, institutional, and professional levels. http://www.m-appa.org/newsletr/99aut-6.htm
FGConnections, Autumn 2000 The children I teach don't worry about whether their art is deep enough and neitherdo I. I make art because I enjoy it, and FGConnections autumn 2000 Home. http://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/autumn00/1.html
Extractions: I teach middle school art. Working with children ensures that I dabble in many media, because I always do every project I assign to my students. However, I keep coming back to printmaking. Opposed to the simplicity of the images themselves, I enjoy the surprise inherent in printmaking. Even though I plan the design, I never know what it will look like after carving and inking. Accidents of carving are often frustrating, but sometimes give the print that mark of the hand which makes it more interesting. It is a reminder, again, that I'm not doing this by myself. I am not the Creator doing whatever I please, because I haven't got that level of skill. Instead, I am just reflecting on creation, out of gratitude for the real thing. Sometimes I am frustrated and disappointed by my inability to capture the beauty I see, while other times I am excited to see how far a piece goes beyond what I planned. I'm grateful also for the material blessings that allow me the physical space, the leisure time, and the financial security to work on something beyond the needs of survival. I am constantly aware that making art is a luxury. It seems right, therefore, that it should be a joyful activity, concentrating on the wonderful things I've been given, and never ever feeling self-pity. (Yes, of course, I can't deny that I feel grumpy and sorry for myself sometimes, but my art itself is never unhappy, or never expresses unhappiness.)
Prospectives : Autumn Winter 2000 : Changing Channels With dramatic plots and colorful characters, many Aesop fables, Gospel lessons,and even nursery rhymes simultaneously entertain and teach life lessons that http://www.ohiou.edu/perspectives/0002/profile_channel.htm
Extractions: illustration by Christina Ullman S heila was a 20-year-old garment factory worker when her parents arranged her marriage to Rajanna, an autorickshaw driver. They gave him a gold chain, a ring, and $250, along with jewelry and clothing for Sheila as a dowry. But after the marriage, Rajannas parents demanded more: Sheilas monthly earnings and a color TV. When Sheila refused, she was doused with kerosene and set on fire. With burns covering 90 percent of her body, she died before neighbors could take her to the hospital. Such kitchen accidents, as they are called, and other dowry-related violence are not uncommon in India. An estimated 15,000 Indian women are killed or kill themselves each year over dowry disputes. Explanations for the assaults are varied and complex, ranging from increasing consumerism and greed to resistance to womens independence. The 1961 Dowry Prohibition Act has done little to help, as many victims and families are afraid to prosecute. And in the few cases that are brought to light, convictions remain below 5 percent. But where the law has failed to redress dowry abuse, an unlikely initiative has succeeded. In the mid-1990s, All India Radio a New York-based nongovernmental organization Population Communication International conceived
Experiences In Using MOE In Academics - JCCG Autumn 1999 autumn 1999 Edition the capability to look at an algorithm, change it and test thechanges makes MOE an excellent platform from which to teach and a great tool http://www.chemcomp.com/feature/jeffm.htm
Extractions: phone: (412) 396-4129 MOE (Molecular Operating Environment) by Chemical Computing Group is the next generation in chemical computing software. The program, MOE, is flexible and robust. The flexibility comes from its open architecture, which means that source code is provided, as well as the ability to modify the source code and incorporate modifications into the executable. MOE is also robust in that a number of different application modules included with the program cover a wide range of computational chemistry fields. Additionally, the capability to look at an algorithm, change it and test the changes makes MOE an excellent platform from which to teach and a great tool with which to do research. It is these features, as well as others, that make MOE easily fit into a research program in which highly specialized and compute intensive codes are written. This article briefly touches upon five different areas in which we are currently using MOE in our research and in the classroom: Docking takes a look at the docking of substrates to a metalloenzyme.
Extractions: Taught to Lead by Marlene Orton The essence of Canadas statehood is mirrored in the bilingual and bicultural soul of the University of Ottawa. Situated close to Parliament Hill, the Supreme Court of Canada and other national and international organizations whose decisions and influence affect all Canadians, the University is heralded and recognized as a place where leaders are shaped. From left: Martin Cauchon, Dalton McGuinty, Howard Hampton, John Manley, and Allan Rock. Photo of Manley and Rock: Couvrette/Ottawa Like diamonds in the rough, todays leaders, like Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, LLB 76, Industry Minister Allan Rock, BA 68, LLB 71, and Howard Hampton, LLB 83, Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, were once examples of leaders-in-the-making who, as students at the University, were chiseled and polished in preparation for leadership. In exclusive interviews with Tabaret , these men, as well as Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, LLL 84, and Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty, LLB 81, explain the allure of the University through their experiences and how their years spent on campus helped to pave their paths to leadership.
Extractions: Magazine Tabaret Automne / Autumn 2002 www.tabaret.ca by Marlene Orton The essence of Canadas statehood is mirrored in the bilingual and bicultural soul of the University of Ottawa. Situated close to Parliament Hill, the Supreme Court of Canada and other national and international organizations whose decisions and influence affect all Canadians, the University is heralded and recognized as a place where leaders are shaped. Like diamonds in the rough, todays leaders, like Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, LLB 76, Industry Minister Allan Rock, BA 68, LLB 71, and Howard Hampton, LLB 83, Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, were once examples of leaders-in-the-making who, as students at the University, were chiseled and polished in preparation for leadership. In exclusive interviews with Tabaret , these men, as well as Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, LLL 84, and Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty, LLB 81, explain the allure of the University through their experiences and how their years spent on campus helped to pave their paths to leadership.
Autumn People And Dauntain This autumn Person stifles their charge, keeping them safe, but also keeping themfrom the beauty and wonder in the world. OverProtective Mothers teach their http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Portal/8632/dauntain.html
Extractions: Autumn People are mortals who unknowingly devote themselves to the cause of Banality. Ironically, though the Autumn People don't know about and don't believe in changelings, they are some of the most dangerous and persistent of the enemies of the Dreaming. Another sort of mortal that is especially dangerous to mortals, aren't really Autumn People. Cognoscenti are mortals that know of the existence of changelings and actively hunt them. They are usually well versed in faerie lore, and can spot all of the signs that their prey is near. Any successful Cognoscenti knows what they're up against, and prepares for it. They always kill with cold iron. Some stereotypes of Autumn People are found below, but Banality comes in many guises and Autumn People are hardly limited to the types listed. Autumn People are detailed in The Autumn People The Over-Protective Mother: The Over-Protective Mother usually protects a specific charge or group of charges, but may extend her influence to other children as well, if they appear to be having too much fun. This Autumn Person stifles their charge, keeping them safe, but also keeping them from the beauty and wonder in the world. Over-Protective Mothers teach their prejudice against anything mythical and magical to their children. The Restrictive Librarian: The Restrictive Librarian keeps their libararies neat, orderly, and deathly quiet. Their libraries become morose and slightly hostile environments, where anybody seeking any imaginative books will be driven away. Those who seek books with material that the Restrictive Librarian finds questionable are likely to be disappointed, as they have carefully hidden such books and replaced them with books of minimal interest, and such material tame enough to fall within the decidedly narrow limits of what the Restrictive Librarian considers "proper values".
Autumn 2000 Letters autumn 2000 Vol The innercity high school where I teach doesn't blight young mindsto the extent described in Theodore Dalrymple's Lost in the Ghetto Summer http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_4_letters.html
Extractions: I quite take William J. Stern's point about the "New York state of mind," as Billy Joel put it. [See " Why New York Democrats Love Hillary ," Soundings, Summer 2000.] And you are quite right about the energy-producing states and the Clinton proposal for a BTU tax as part of the 1993 tax package. As your analysis would indicate, it passed the population-based House, but got nowhere in the state-apportioned Senate. On the other hand, we did get a 4.3-cent gasoline-tax increase. The secret there is that New York gets back $1.18 for every $1 it contributes to the Highway Trust Fund. This is the result of a complicated formula that we were able to change in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. As chairman of finance I thought that was some compensation for the income-tax hike. (We had to deal with that deficit, and have done so. Don't you think?) I would point to another problem. In those southern and western capitals they seem to know what goes on in Washington. Not with us. That ISTEA legislation was the result of a rare conjunction. The House chairman of the conference committee was Bob Roe of New Jersey. I was Senate chair. We knew exactly what we were doing. I even got us $5 billion as repayment for the Thruway. Never had a postcard from Albany. Nor anything I can point to as a result. Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Autumn 2000 Soundings autumn 2000 Vol. such as New Jersey and Massachusetts have recognized that thereare a lot of smart, talented people out there who'd love to teach but don't http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_4_soundings.html
Extractions: Kay S. Hymowitz Child advocates predicted reforming welfare would harm kids. They had it exactly wrong. D uring the emotional national debate over welfare reform, the child advocates and politicians who opposed reform warned that forcing welfare mothers to work would place their kids at much greater risk of neglect and abuse. Remember New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihans apocalyptic prophecy that millions of children would be put to the sword if welfare reform became law? Well, guess what? This summer, the Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that substantiated cases of child neglect and maltreatment actually fell each of the two years after welfare reform passedfrom 14.7 per 1,000 kids in 1996 to 12.9 in 1998, a 12.2 percent drop. Both anecdotal evidence and state figures suggest that next years HHS data will show the trend continuing. Last year in New York City, there were 23 child fatalities in households with a history of abuse and neglect, down from 36 in 1998 and the fewest since 1983. How did those who predicted catastrophe get it so wrong? They relied on two flawed assumptions. The first was that uneducated and unskilled welfare mothers would never find jobs and so would no longer be able to provide basic food and shelter for their kids. As a result, the children would be neglected and wind up in foster care. This proved false almost immediately, as former welfare recipients flooded into the workforce, cutting welfare rolls 50 percent in three years.
Extractions: A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n America Goes Back to School - August 1995 Areas of Progress. Many schools across the country have devised innovative, firm, and fair ways to confront safety and drug problems. As a result, we see examples of schools that have turned themselves around. The Savannah School in Rosemead, Cal., changed elementary students' attitudes toward violence by including student council and class representatives in the planning, development, and implementation of school programs. The school was deeply at risk, bordered on either side by two warring gangs. Rules were restructured so that they were clear to students, staff, and parents. The parents at John G. Riley Elementary School in Tallahassee, Fla., took back their neighborhood from crime. The community that surrounds the school has the highest crime rate in the city. Yet parents formed a neighborhood association with the help and support of the U.S. Attorney's Weed and Seed program. The results have been dramatic. At least 20 drug-related arrests have been made and some drug dealers have been jailed. There are now fewer drug-related suspensions of students, the school is a safe haven before and after school, and the number of community groups using Riley's facilities has grown by 300 percent. Hooper Alexander Elementary School in Atlanta, Ga.
LLUAHSC SCOPE Autumn 2001 - A Great Love For Learning SCOPE, autumn 2001 Johnny and Clara Ramirez promoted the rich culture of Peruand encouraged educators to teach students to take pride in their heritage. http://www.llu.edu/news/scope/aut01/peru.html
Extractions: In addition to their teaching duties at LLU, professors Johnny and Clara Ramirez share a love for promoting diversity and education internationally. Thanks to the work of early 20th-century missionaries Fernando and Ana Stahl, Seventh-day Adventism has become synonymous with education in the Peruvian Andes. Of the native non-European Peruvians raised in the mid-20th century, the majority were taught in Adventist schools. Due to governmental constraints, these were the only schools available to native Peruvians at that time. The system has since changed. Over the past decade, the government called for an education reform, reinventing itself and searching for new ways of educating its citizens. At the conclusion of this 10-year period of reform, Peru's Ministry of Education called on Loma Linda's Johnny and Clara Ramirez to serve as consultants. They were met with enthusiasm. "There were so many people waiting for us that they had to escort us like celebritieseveryone wanted to say ‘hi,'" says Clara Ramirez, PhD, MEd, assistant professor of general studies, Graduate School. "It was a very interesting feeling."
Autumn Leaves Coloring Pages, DLTK teach, Greeting Cards, Sites for teachers. ActivityOnLine Maple Leaf Jigsaw Puzzle. Activity Start an autumn Leaf Collection Book http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/
Extractions: Crafts for Kids Coloring Pages DLTK Teach Greeting Cards ... Sites for Teachers Note: Photos on the site are a combination of drawings, photos and scans I've made myself, images sent in by viewers and images from clipart CD's that allow for educational use. Feel free to use any and all of the images on this site for school reports or projects. HOME ABOUT US SEARCH Geography ... Turkeys Fun Stuff: Magic Tricks Featured Stuff: Penguins!
OLD BRACKLEIANS NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 1999 From The President OLD BRACKLEIANS NEWSLETTER autumn 1999 From the President Charles Teague On 10thJuly I He was supposed to teach us English but did little more than make us http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/mcsbrak/oldboys/autumn 1999.htm
Extractions: On 10th July I attended MCS Oxford Old Boys (Waynfletes) commemoration festivities in Oxford and in the evening, accompanied by the Master, attended the Old Waynfletes' Dinner. Thus two precedents were set as I don't think the President of the Old Brackleians has ever attended and certainly no lady has ever attended the dinner as MCS Oxford is, and intends to remain, an all male establishment. It was a most pleasant experience particularly when several Old Waynfletes remembered playing rugby and cricket against us when they were at school and seemed keen to carry on the traditions. I know Elaine took note of this and I'm sure the sports master will be getting a memo soon! The Head Boy and Head Girl (Lindsey Sinclair) have been co-opted onto the Committee and we have a vacancy which we hope will be filled by one of the recent 6th form leavers. All of the existing committee are of the pre-comprehensive era (and some of us are pretty aged!) and we desperately need new blood to keep the Society vibrant and meeting the needs of the younger generations.
Altruists International : Newsletter Altruists International autumn 2002 Newsletter In our first year, the websites hadabout 10,000 3* Produce the software to teach the finger spelling system. http://www.altruists.org/info/news/AI-news1.htm
Extractions: In our first year, the websites had about 10,000 visitors, while the number of visitors is growing by about 20% every month. I hope you find this as encouraging as I do. Actually, looking at the website, it is not clear just what a range of projects we are working on, since only Ekushey Macros is currently ready for public use. The currently active projects are: I am working hard to complete this, as it could be the first website of its kind, and demonstrate the power of altruism to the Bangla community and beyond. I have a draft website on my computer's hard drive (coded in ASP) which is currently being worked on while I look for some suitable web-hosting for it. Volunteers are needed to:
Extractions: What if I have other questions? There is a lot of confusion over the "alphabet soup" of terms in the field of teaching English! Basically, however, they all mean the same. TEFL means the "Teaching of English as a Foreign Language"; TESL is the "Teaching of English as a Second Language"; TESOL is used to refer to the "Teaching of English to Students of Other Languages"; and TEAL stands for "Teaching English as an Additional Language". Although there has long been disagreement over the names, all of these terms are used to describe the teaching of the English language to students who are not native speakers of English. TEAL is the least frequently used an acronym. TESOL is more common in America and with large state sector colleges in Britain. TEFL is more common in European language Schools and in UK employment ads. TEFL is the term used in international TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate courses such as ITC and is recognized worldwide. What is the ITC International TEFL Certificate?
Www.asle.umn.edu/conf/cfp/montana.txt The position requires a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, Political Science or relatedfield completed by autumn, 2003; demonstrated ability to teach at the http://www.asle.umn.edu/conf/cfp/montana.txt
Extractions: From: Neva Hassanein [mailto:neva@selway.umt.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: Positions at EVST Friends, EVST is seeking applications for two tenure-track positions, one in Environmental Politics and one in Environmental Writing, pasted below and attached as a word file. Perhaps you or someone you know might be interested... Neva Environmental Studies Program Position Announcement Environmental Politics The University of Montana The University of Montana, Environmental Studies Program (EVST), invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence autumn, 2003. EVST is interdisciplinary and known nationally for its activist focused, Master of Science (MS) graduate program now in its thirty third year. EVST initiated an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1999. This position would be teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. The position requires a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, Political Science or related field completed by autumn, 2003; demonstrated ability to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels; demonstrated record of research; demonstrated record of environmental activism; the ability to teach courses in environmental politics and policy; and a demonstrated interest and ability to develop courses or seminars in at least one of the following areas: energy policy, land conservation, land use planning and growth management, or transboundary issues (U.S. and Canada or Mexico). Desired qualifications include ability to involve undergraduate and graduate students in research, community service and policy making. The University of Montana is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from qualified women, minorities, Vietnam era veterans, and persons with disabilities. Position eligible for veteran's preference in accordance with State Law. Applications must include a letter addressing the criteria, a complete vita and three letters of reference. Referees should assess the applicant's abilities to teach, conduct research and mentor student activism and participation in community service, and applicant's interpersonal, communication and activist skills. Consideration of applications begins November 15, 2002 and will continue until the position is filled. All materials should be sent to Tom Roy, Director, Environmental Studies, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812. (e-mail: tomroy@selway.umt.edu). This position announcement can be made available in alternative formats upon request. Environmental Studies Program Position Announcement Environmental Writing The University of Montana The University of Montana, Environmental Studies Program (EVST), invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to commence autumn, 2003. EVST is interdisciplinary and known nationally for its activist focused, Master of Science (MS) graduate program now in its thirty-third year. EVST initiated an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1999. This position would be teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. The position requires a terminal degree; demonstrated ability to mentor students with an interest in writing; publications in the environmental field written for a general audience; demonstrated knowledge of environmental issues and the environmental movement; ability to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars in environmental writing and in conservation and environmental literature and to organize environmental writing workshops and readings. Desired qualifications include history of environmental activism and editorial experience. The University of Montana is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from qualified women, minorities, Vietnam era veterans and persons with disabilities. Position eligible for veterans' preference in accordance with State law. Applications must include a letter addressing the criteria, a complete vita, two published writing samples and three letters of reference. Referees should assess the applicant's abilities to teach, edit student writing, mentor student writers, and organize writing workshops and readings. Additionally, referees should offer perspective on the applicant's own publications-writings, environmental involvements and interpersonal and communication skills. Consideration of applications will begin November 15, 2002 and continue until the position is filled. All materials should be sent to Tom Roy, Director, Environmental Studies Program, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812 (e-mail: tomroy@selway.umt.edu). This position announcement can be made available in alternative formats upon request.
Graduate Software Lab., Autumn 1999 Graduate Software Lab autumn 1999. Instructors. Apart from lectures andteachyourself sessions, there will be assignments and a project. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~soumen/teach/cs699a1999/
Extractions: Autumn 1999 Soumen Chakrabarti (In cooperation with Sridhar Iyer, SIT) Total marks and grades have been posted. Details will be available later. Currently jump to this link This course is designed to be a foundation that will bring all students in the entering batch to a common standard of familiarity and expertise in the tools they will commonly use during their Masters program. This is a 4-credit lab course. Preliminary course redesign notes are available. Your comments are welcome. We started the class with a survey of students' skills to fine-tune the course. The standard contact hour is 2-5pm Friday . However, we won't meet every Friday. There will be a notice here if we hold a lecture. Otherwise, assignments will be handed out online (from here). Apart from lectures and teach-yourself sessions, there will be assignments and a project . Each assignment will have ten points; there will be
