Important Dates:
- J.K. Rowling’s new book: September 23, 2012
- The Hobbit: December 14, 2012
- Iron Man 3: May 3, 2013.
- Wolverine 2: July 26, 2013.
- Thor 2: November 15, 2013.
- Catching Fire: November 22, 2013.
- The Hobbit 2: December 13, 2013.
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2: May 2, 2014
- Captain America 2: April 4, 2014
- Doctor Who Series 7: August 25, 2012? (possibly)
- Supernatural Season 8: October 3, 2012
- Glee Season 4: September 13, 2012
- Merlin Series 5: September 29, 2012
- NCIS Season 10: September 25, 2012
- Game of Thrones Season 3: March 31, 2013
- American Horror Story Season 2: October, 2012
- Sherlock Series 3: 2013??
- Once Upon a Time Season 2 : September 30, 2012
- Grey's Anatomy Season 9 : September 27, 2012
Need to Know
This thesis project will be presented as a dynamic, interactive web site. My plan is to use MySQL/PHP on the backend (familiarity) and JavaScript/HTML5/CSS3 on the front end. Since I am only vaguely familiar with HTML5 and modern web technologies, learning these is a must.
- Learn HTML5
- Learn CSS3
- Learn JQuery
I am hoping to get into a class where I can learn those things, but if not, I will learn it on my own (through tons of online resources, books and experimentation).
As far as the content goes, I am going to try and focus on creating completely two project-based curriculums. I intend to have some of the basics overlap, so I can work on developing the core curriculum and demonstrating how one basic tutorial can be expanded upon in multiple ways.
- Develop core curriculum
- Define and develop project based curriculum based on core curriculum
As of right now, I am thinking those subjects will be music and art. I will need to contact people in those fields for their regular input and assessment of concepts and ease of understanding. I also would love to be in touch with the Math department because programming uses a lot of math and I would love to know more about the math curriculum and how concepts are taught.
- Contact art, music and math departments at Saint Ann’s - ask for participation
- Speak to colleagues in computer department about tutorials and challenges along the way
Additional people that I would like to be in touch with about this project:
- Dr. Carol Fischer, creator of online math projects and incredibly inspiring professor from my high school who would undoubtedly provde great insights
- Frank Migliorelli (ties to ITP and NYU, background in education technologies)
Books to read:
- The Children’s Machine and Mindstorms by Seymour Papert
- Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology by Todd Oppenheimer (also perhaps Distracted by Maggie Jackson and/or The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein)
Open rp cause boredom
“You’re reading a book?” Casey asks Swarm. He was pacing about book in hand and a really bloodily stained duffel bag at the side
“Go away Casey…” he shoos her away
“Go bother someone else…”
“Alright… see ya, gonna go hug random people…” she hums a merry tune before disappearing
Swarm scowls at her for a moment before returning to the book
Need To Know : Afternoon Edition
World
Afghanistan : Nine dead in Taliban assault on British Council in Kabul
Syria : Syrian forces kill six despite Assad pledge
Somalia : Turkey to set up embassy in Somalia
Pakistan : Suspected suicide attack kills at least 34 in Pakistan
Money and Markets
Insight: The madness of Wall Street
How do you predict the movement of the Dow with 87.6% accuracy? Apparently, you use Twitter. (via @rossneumann)
Super rich still making money in crisis, thanks to good advice, access to sophisticated investments (via @bernadettebaum)
Why the SEC shouldn’t push index funds by @FelixSalmon
Reason to be chipper according to Lex: double dip seems inevitable, but great depression unlikely (via @jimpoco)
Entertainment
Greg @Clayman of The Daily (via Reddit) : In 4 years, the Back to the Future movie will be as old to us as 1955 was to us when Back to the Future came out.
Tech
Ashton Kutcher could face questions from SEC about disclosure
AT&T charges you 10,000,000% more for sending data when it’s in a text message (via @Counterparties)
