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Exploring inverted pendulum control
In December, I wrote about finding a Mathemetica notebook that helped me start to understand the classic Inverted Pendulum problem as it relates to the Woodside-One-Wheelers learning to turn themselves...
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ARIS and Local History
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, MaineBy Hugh C. Leighton Company (en wiki) [Public domain],via Wikimedia CommonsARIS is promoting a Global Jam on April 18-20th to create 50 'games' in 50...
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Stowe House, Brunswick in ARIS
As I spoke with ITeam members yesterday and with Dennis Edmonson this morning, I wanted to have examples to share rather than just speak about them. So, I took the historic image (from the post-card of...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Title page)
This reproduction of the title page for an early edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin is in the public domain and could be used as a resource for ARIS activities. Note, that Wikimedia Commons assigns credit in...
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Child slavery, too?
By Bain News Service photograph, c. 1909 [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe banners these New York City children wore read, "Abolish Child Slavery."Were children in Maine also an important part...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin at ARIS
From Drop BoxIllustration by Hammatt Billings [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThe original image is in the public domain and shared at Wikimedia Commons. I added a medium resolution (500px jpeg)...
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CellBots Remix
In anticipation of the upcoming US Open Robotic Soccer Tournament to be held at Bowdoin College, I shared the work with members of the MAMS ITeam. Tim H. helped to explore this set of tools. Here, I...
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Fifth-grade student at WES creates a featured game in Gamestar Mechanic
A fifth-grader at Woodside Elementary School created a game that Gamestar Mechanic has featured on its Game Alley:Use this link to Josh's Dark Realm to see the full-size version.Gamestar Mechanic...
View ArticleTransferring communication from channels to platforms
When services provide web-based support forms, I often wish I had a copy of what I wrote to them because it has value to me and perhaps beyond. So, I copy it here to preserve the text and share in the...
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MinecraftTeachr talks about elementary learners
Minecraft FM interviews Joel Levin, Mindcraft Teachr, about his use of Minecraft with elementary school students. Points to Minecraft In School, a PBWorks wiki, as another resource. Using multi-player...
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Members of the MAMS ITeam shared their interest, engagement and creativity using Minecraft. But when I ask them to connect their work in Minecraft, with learning in school, they don't provide...
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Learning Analogies
SAT Question of the Day:Redstone Circuits : Minecraft :: ________ : Arduino RoboticsLEDsAppInventorModk.it EditorCellbots and ServersAll of the above and more!We use a project-based learning approach...
View ArticleInevitable. But how to get there from here?
Maine ASCD invited Bea McGarvey back for their Spring 2011 conference. She will promote the Mass Customization of Learning. MAMS ITeam and Capstone participants explore this frontier. I try to identify...
View ArticleHighlighting and Annotating Collaborative Work
Theron bookmarked (Diigo/Theron_d) a page from Crocodoc, a html5 based document rendering engine, that supports high-lighting and annotation of pdf and other challenging document types. While Google is...
View ArticleModk.it testing via Crocodoc
I have been testing the Modk.it editor for Arduino. It works reasonably well in its current form but I need access to some features before I invest a lot more time into it. I have documented some of my...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe on Child Labor
Harriet Beecher Stowe is most famous for her writing of Uncle Tom's Cabin. But her indignation against slavery seems to be matched by a similar feeling about child labor. A correspondent from England...
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hReview of MAMS ITeam site
Mentor led documentationApr 30, 2004 by SC SpaethwebsiteMt. Ararat MS ITeam SiteProvides a useful overview and activities of the MAMS ITeam. Shows some student work on projects. Needs to provide more...
View ArticleTracing Lasting, Local Footprints of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Tracing Lasting, Local Footprints of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', Academic Spotlight (Bowdoin)Bowdoin's Academic Spotlight on Tess Chakkalakal's course on using place-based resources to connect with 21st...
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Stowe's Brunswick and Bowdoin
The Stowe Society's "Stowe at 200" Conference included a walking tour of sites in Brunswick associated with Stowe. Polly Kaufman lead the tour starting at the Pjepscot Historical Society building....
View ArticleCharter Schools in Maine
After many years resisting the development of charter schools, the Maine Legislature has passed Charter School Legislation and Governor LePage has signed LD 1553 into law. Two features of the...
View ArticleMTA Capstone Video: 11 Pilot Project Abstracts
I finished editing and adding the jazz audio track to the eleven students' presentations for the Capstone Assembly in May. These brief presentations were intended to help students understand the scope...
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Posting from the Sugar Browser
TurtleArt Flower: nested repeats of a square.Tony Forster regularly blogs about work he has done using Sugar. He shares that work at http://tonyforster.blogspot.com. His work includes screen shots from...
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Posting via Trisquel4.5 Sugar
I tried to take a photo and post it here. Captured the photo but lost it in the process of adding it here. Now, I'll try an intermediate save to see whether that helps.Yes, that worked but getting text...
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Sugar on an iBook
Xubuntu on an ancient iBook supports a vnc remote client that allows me to run Sugar, capture an image, & share to Seamless Services blog. If here, where else, & for whom?
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Precursors of the Open Hardware movement
The Open Hardware Movement has precedents that might help us to understand how to make the best use of Knowledge Commons:Note the motivation for improvement and the public sharing of a well defined...
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