Experts (or not!) on The Spring!
Topic 16 · 11 responses · archived october 2000
~mikeg
Thu, Nov 27, 1997 (06:57)
seed
This is kind of related to the rather famous "Experts on The Well" topic, hosted
at (surprisingly) The Well.
Basically, post your questions here. The questions you always wanted to ask,
but would have felt stupid because everyone's supposed to know the answer
(like, what does QED actually mean?). The questions you think no-one will have the answer to, but you could really do with it (like, does anyone know how to derive a wave equation for E and B fields from Maxwell in vector form).
Quote:
"Experts on the WELL is about more than simple fact-finding. It is also about the pleasure of making conversation and creating
value in the process." - Howard Rheingold
Go to it - oh, and if anyone can answer the first of the above questions (i.e. QED), then please do.
~terry
Thu, Nov 27, 1997 (07:30)
#1
QED? No clue. But I did a web search and found this:
Quality Education Data
Note: The AskERIC Virtual Library would like to thank QED for donating their presentation overheads
which describe the implementation and utilization of technology in schools.
qedinfo@qeddata.com or phone us at 1-800-525-5811, ext. 100 or fax us at (303) 860-0238.
The QED home page is currently under construction, and will soon be located on its own site. You will
also be able to find it on Education Showcase. Peterson's, publisher of career-based materials for
lifelong learning, is the parent organization of QED.
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Technology Trends in U.S. Public Schools
QED has tracked technology in public schools since 1981. The QED National Education Database is the
source for the graphs contained in this presentation. Represented here are results of annual surveys of
virtually all public schools in the U.S. (more than 80%) for technology usage. Results are expressed as
percentages, So you may translate these percentages into whole numbers, use the following universe
numbers.
U. S. Public Schools: 1994-95 School Year Universe
Public School Districts: 15,924 (including intermediate units, excluding
supervisory unions and Subdistricts))
Public Schools: 84,175
Elementary 51.531
Middle/Jr. High 13,748
Senior High 16,880
Other 2,016
Spec.Ed. 1,412
Adult Ed. 604
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More than you may want to know, but interesting. So next time someone asks
me what QED is I'll be prepared.
~KitchenManager
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (00:01)
#2
QED
quod erat demonstrandum
which was to be proved
~KitchenManager
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (00:04)
#3
Terry, I know I saw it on here somewhere
when I was on here before, but I can't
remember where. What are the commands
for changing the html layout on here
for us hosts? Can e-mail me if'n you'd
like, or tell me where to download the
manpages, etcetera.
~terry
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (09:25)
#4
I'm not exactly clear what you mean by html layout, if
your a host when you go to your conference on the web,
you get the word "hosts" underlined. Click on it and
then you'll get to the page where you set all these preferences.
The hosts manual is also available via the site that you go
to when you click on Yapp 3.018 on the login screen. This
eventually may take you to http://www.matisse.net where the
host manual resides.
~KitchenManager
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (11:23)
#5
Sorry, Terry, I should have said the rc
conference configuration commands.
I couldn't find what I was looking for at
matisse. Will try again later when I
have more time (I'm at work).
~mikeg
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (11:58)
#6
KitchenManager -- cheers for the translation!
~KitchenManager
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (12:08)
#7
You're welcome...
~autumn
Fri, Nov 28, 1997 (15:15)
#8
Why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway? Why does God make people he knows he's going to send to hell? Why did the lights go out in Georgia? ha, ha Just yanking your chain..:}
~mikeg
Sun, Dec 7, 1997 (06:43)
#9
Well, over here we don't "drive on the parkway", so I guess that must be
down to you scwewy Amewicans :)
Why does God make people he knows he's going to send to hell? He doesn't.
Everyone is called at some point in their life, and everyone has the
chance to turn to him. Unfortunately, many people don't and they pay
the price.
Georgia? Where's that? ;)
~mikeg
Sun, Dec 7, 1997 (06:45)
#10
Right, I hope someone can help. I'm starting to get interested in
Artificial Intelligence, particularly neural networks and how machines
learn. However, I'm very very very much a beginner in the field - I
basically know nothing (despite living with an AI student - apparently
he knows very little too :)
So, I'm looking for a beginners' guide - can anyone point me somewhere,
or perhaps open a new topic about it somewhere on Spring and disseminate
their vast knowledge!
~terry
Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (01:17)
#11
This topic is now as frozen as one of them margueritas at the Oasis on
the Lake. Because I said so. No, really because there's another topic
that has an eerily similar name to this one that's right before this.
Besides, it's now linked to a new conference called news. Now, that's
news to you isn't it?