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• 21st Century Scholar

  http://21stcenturyscholar.org/ DECLINE OF THE  CULTURE OF TEACHING PART 1 + 2 “I think a lot about the culture of organizations and what I experience today is a de-valuing of teaching – that we are all replaceable parts.  If we standardize the curriculum and all teach to the same syllabus then we will have greater efficiencies.  […]

• Learning/Info Exchange: Progressive Reforms and Schooling Options

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• Application: NanoBiomimetics

  NanoBiomimetics looks to nature for inspiration for nanomaterial structures that have many beneficial qualities. – Self-cleaning materials: The study of the nano surface structure of lotus leafs and water-striders (insects) has generated interest in materials that reduce contaminant build-up just in the way they are structured. – Stickiness: gecko and spider feet are structured for […]

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  a) contemporary case-studies: universities in New York, new online universities b) historico-cultural precedent and evolution: context, main paradigm shifts in 21st century

• Pre-Midterm Bratone+Plume

  PreMidterm_Presentation Spreads : download the presentation slides here. We first examined existing material paradigms of the fields most closely associated with material studies. Material scientists have a bottom up approach to materials; they examine material composition and allow that to determine material properties. Engineers approach materials from the top down; they determine performative requirements and […]

• Nanofactories Explained

  K. Eric Drexler is considered a founding figure for modern ideas about manufacturing nanomaterials. Though the idea of a nanofactory has been a subject of his writing since the 1980’s, his book “Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation” sets forth some good basic definitions of what molecular manufacturing is. As published: Molecular manufacturing: the construction […]

• Running from the internet/government/worldwide countries

  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/24assange.html?_r=1&hp This article is about the man behind the Iraqi war wikileaks, and how the internet and globalization as an operational platform has made disappearing and hiding a difficult task.

• Collecting Data in Schools

  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/education/16clickers.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

• Application: Nanomedicine

  Highlights: nanobiotechnology- science and technology of the modulation of cell function on the engulfment of a nano-sized entity by the cell. nanomedicine- field of science based on cellular uptake of targetable nano-sized materials that can be used in drug delivery, imaging and diagnostic purposes, biomarkers, and ex-vivo and in-vivo sensors. Nanomedicine deals with nanomaterials between […]