Mar. 26th, 2019
Microrobots
Mar. 26th, 2019 02:14 pm These microrobots are all identical, but they come together to form aggregates that can do various things.
Yes, they are related to nanobots. Might could be people should put more effort into developing ethics. But microrobots aren't as powerful as nanobots; they're big and clunky.
At this scale, variable modular robots tend to be more powerful. Frex, Cubelets are blocks that perform a function. Stick them together to make robots. Think of these like organs in a body. Because they can do different things, they are useful; because they can be connected in many ways, they are versatile.
Yes, they are related to nanobots. Might could be people should put more effort into developing ethics. But microrobots aren't as powerful as nanobots; they're big and clunky.
At this scale, variable modular robots tend to be more powerful. Frex, Cubelets are blocks that perform a function. Stick them together to make robots. Think of these like organs in a body. Because they can do different things, they are useful; because they can be connected in many ways, they are versatile.
Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, April 2
Mar. 26th, 2019 03:53 pmThis is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "alternative methods of teaching." I'll be soliciting ideas for teachers, students, neurovariant people, parents and children, scholars, educational innovators like Maria Montessori or Rudolf Steiner, counselors, superheroes, supervillains, refugees, trauma survivors, people with learning disabilities, gifted people, twice-exceptional people, others involved with teaching or learning, going to school, unschooling, homeschooling, continuing education, teaching, learning, traveling, establishing a sequence of steps, modifying older lessons for current needs, exploring new discoveries, creating connections, teaching each other, counseling, mixing different ages, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, recovering from setbacks, schools, colleges, trade schools, summer camps, public institutions, museums, zoos, parks, counseling centers, homes, outdoor classrooms, maker spaces, other places where people learn, apprenticeship, the 9 intelligences, sensory modes, learning styles, gifted traits, symptoms of learning disabilities, free will, educational abuse, educational neglect, personal growth, frustration, determination, imprint vulnerability, failure, success, rites of passage, and poetic forms in particular.
What is alternative education? It covers all the options outside of the standard school systems. Some well-known examples from local-Earth include Montessori and Waldorf.
In Terramagne, Montessori schools are more common and extend through higher grade levels. Education for superkids is an issue, because until recently, there hasn't been sufficient density to offer a school specially tailored for them. The closest is that the Marionettes have established schools for their kids, powered and unpowered alike. T-Maldives is using that for some inspiration, but they'll draw the main framework from the Waldorf tradition because it already supports spiritual growth -- all they need to do is rip out anything that doesn't fit and replace it with Muslim-friendly content. There are also some alt-school systems particular to Terramagne:
Waldenkinder is a T-American alternative school that draws some inspiration from Waldorf and Montessori models, Waldenkinder has a naturalistic theme and believes that children learn best from going outside and doing things for themselves. It was founded by a German husband and a Jewish wife who left Germany for America in 1934 and started the first school in 1935. In good weather, most activities take place outdoors. In bad weather, students study in classrooms with natural furnishings and large windows, then make shorter excursions outside. Teachers present some lessons, but a majority of the learning is self-directed. It was introduced in "The Heart to Rejoice."
Reflétant l’école is an alternative school designed to support children's urge to mimic adults. It was developed by a French-speaking community in T-Vermont who wanted an effective system of education that scaled well across socioeconomic classes, and it represents a formal version of historic practices. It is customarily a French immersion school for that reason, although it doesn't have to be.
Circle System is a T-American alternative school with Pagan roots. It includes a homeschool system, camps, and a few schoolbuildings. It is supported by a publisher called the Circle Living Library, which puts out coloring books, activity pages, storybooks, workbooks, and other educational and entertainment materials for Pagan families. The Circle System emphasizes spirituality, nature studies, history, and the fine arts. It has produced many historians, naturalists, scientists, activists, painters, sculptors, dancers, musicians, liturgists, and more. It also includes modules for a number of major traditions including Asatru, Druidry, Eclectic Paganism, Shamanism, Strega, and Wicca. These can be used to customize a school for different faiths, so for instance, the musical track in an Asatru school would train skalds while a Druid school would train bards.
Among my more relevant series:
An Army of One, Fiorenza the Wisewoman, Frankenstein's Family, Hart's Farm, Path of the Paladins, Starfather, and The Steamsmith.
Polychrome Heroics features a wide range of educational elements, of which the more salient examples include Calliope, Cassandra, Cuoio and Chiara, Danso and Family, Dr. Infanta, the Iron Horses, Officer Pink, Pain's Gray, and Shiv.
I have a linkback poem, "Cafuné" (7 verses, LIFC).
What is alternative education? It covers all the options outside of the standard school systems. Some well-known examples from local-Earth include Montessori and Waldorf.
In Terramagne, Montessori schools are more common and extend through higher grade levels. Education for superkids is an issue, because until recently, there hasn't been sufficient density to offer a school specially tailored for them. The closest is that the Marionettes have established schools for their kids, powered and unpowered alike. T-Maldives is using that for some inspiration, but they'll draw the main framework from the Waldorf tradition because it already supports spiritual growth -- all they need to do is rip out anything that doesn't fit and replace it with Muslim-friendly content. There are also some alt-school systems particular to Terramagne:
Waldenkinder is a T-American alternative school that draws some inspiration from Waldorf and Montessori models, Waldenkinder has a naturalistic theme and believes that children learn best from going outside and doing things for themselves. It was founded by a German husband and a Jewish wife who left Germany for America in 1934 and started the first school in 1935. In good weather, most activities take place outdoors. In bad weather, students study in classrooms with natural furnishings and large windows, then make shorter excursions outside. Teachers present some lessons, but a majority of the learning is self-directed. It was introduced in "The Heart to Rejoice."
Reflétant l’école is an alternative school designed to support children's urge to mimic adults. It was developed by a French-speaking community in T-Vermont who wanted an effective system of education that scaled well across socioeconomic classes, and it represents a formal version of historic practices. It is customarily a French immersion school for that reason, although it doesn't have to be.
Circle System is a T-American alternative school with Pagan roots. It includes a homeschool system, camps, and a few schoolbuildings. It is supported by a publisher called the Circle Living Library, which puts out coloring books, activity pages, storybooks, workbooks, and other educational and entertainment materials for Pagan families. The Circle System emphasizes spirituality, nature studies, history, and the fine arts. It has produced many historians, naturalists, scientists, activists, painters, sculptors, dancers, musicians, liturgists, and more. It also includes modules for a number of major traditions including Asatru, Druidry, Eclectic Paganism, Shamanism, Strega, and Wicca. These can be used to customize a school for different faiths, so for instance, the musical track in an Asatru school would train skalds while a Druid school would train bards.
Among my more relevant series:
An Army of One, Fiorenza the Wisewoman, Frankenstein's Family, Hart's Farm, Path of the Paladins, Starfather, and The Steamsmith.
Polychrome Heroics features a wide range of educational elements, of which the more salient examples include Calliope, Cassandra, Cuoio and Chiara, Danso and Family, Dr. Infanta, the Iron Horses, Officer Pink, Pain's Gray, and Shiv.
I have a linkback poem, "Cafuné" (7 verses, LIFC).
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
( New to the fishbowl?� Read all about it! )Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, April 2
Mar. 26th, 2019 03:54 pmThis is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "alternative methods of teaching." I'll be soliciting ideas for teachers, students, neurovariant people, parents and children, scholars, educational innovators like Maria Montessori or Rudolf Steiner, counselors, superheroes, supervillains, refugees, trauma survivors, people with learning disabilities, gifted people, twice-exceptional people, others involved with teaching or learning, going to school, unschooling, homeschooling, continuing education, teaching, learning, traveling, establishing a sequence of steps, modifying older lessons for current needs, exploring new discoveries, creating connections, teaching each other, counseling, mixing different ages, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, recovering from setbacks, schools, colleges, trade schools, summer camps, public institutions, museums, zoos, parks, counseling centers, homes, outdoor classrooms, maker spaces, other places where people learn, apprenticeship, the 9 intelligences, sensory modes, learning styles, gifted traits, symptoms of learning disabilities, free will, educational abuse, educational neglect, personal growth, frustration, determination, imprint vulnerability, failure, success, rites of passage, and poetic forms in particular.
What is alternative education? It covers all the options outside of the standard school systems. Some well-known examples from local-Earth include Montessori and Waldorf.
In Terramagne, Montessori schools are more common and extend through higher grade levels. Education for superkids is an issue, because until recently, there hasn't been sufficient density to offer a school specially tailored for them. The closest is that the Marionettes have established schools for their kids, powered and unpowered alike. T-Maldives is using that for some inspiration, but they'll draw the main framework from the Waldorf tradition because it already supports spiritual growth -- all they need to do is rip out anything that doesn't fit and replace it with Muslim-friendly content. There are also at least two alt-school systems particular to Terramagne:
Waldenkinder is a T-American alternative school that draws some inspiration from Waldorf and Montessori models, Waldenkinder has a naturalistic theme and believes that children learn best from going outside and doing things for themselves. It was founded by a German husband and a Jewish wife who left Germany for America in 1934 and started the first school in 1935. In good weather, most activities take place outdoors. In bad weather, students study in classrooms with natural furnishings and large windows, then make shorter excursions outside. Teachers present some lessons, but a majority of the learning is self-directed. It was introduced in "The Heart to Rejoice."
Reflétant l’école is an alternative school designed to support children's urge to mimic adults. It was developed by a French-speaking community in T-Vermont who wanted an effective system of education that scaled well across socioeconomic classes, and it represents a formal version of historic practices. It is customarily a French immersion school for that reason, although it doesn't have to be.
Among my more relevant series:
An Army of One, Fiorenza the Wisewoman, Frankenstein's Family, Hart's Farm, Path of the Paladins, Starfather, and The Steamsmith.
Polychrome Heroics features a wide range of educational elements, of which the more salient examples include Calliope, Cassandra, Cuoio and Chiara, Danso and Family, Dr. Infanta, the Iron Horses, Officer Pink, Pain's Gray, and Shiv.
I have a linkback poem, "Cafuné" (7 verses, LIFC).
What is alternative education? It covers all the options outside of the standard school systems. Some well-known examples from local-Earth include Montessori and Waldorf.
In Terramagne, Montessori schools are more common and extend through higher grade levels. Education for superkids is an issue, because until recently, there hasn't been sufficient density to offer a school specially tailored for them. The closest is that the Marionettes have established schools for their kids, powered and unpowered alike. T-Maldives is using that for some inspiration, but they'll draw the main framework from the Waldorf tradition because it already supports spiritual growth -- all they need to do is rip out anything that doesn't fit and replace it with Muslim-friendly content. There are also at least two alt-school systems particular to Terramagne:
Waldenkinder is a T-American alternative school that draws some inspiration from Waldorf and Montessori models, Waldenkinder has a naturalistic theme and believes that children learn best from going outside and doing things for themselves. It was founded by a German husband and a Jewish wife who left Germany for America in 1934 and started the first school in 1935. In good weather, most activities take place outdoors. In bad weather, students study in classrooms with natural furnishings and large windows, then make shorter excursions outside. Teachers present some lessons, but a majority of the learning is self-directed. It was introduced in "The Heart to Rejoice."
Reflétant l’école is an alternative school designed to support children's urge to mimic adults. It was developed by a French-speaking community in T-Vermont who wanted an effective system of education that scaled well across socioeconomic classes, and it represents a formal version of historic practices. It is customarily a French immersion school for that reason, although it doesn't have to be.
Among my more relevant series:
An Army of One, Fiorenza the Wisewoman, Frankenstein's Family, Hart's Farm, Path of the Paladins, Starfather, and The Steamsmith.
Polychrome Heroics features a wide range of educational elements, of which the more salient examples include Calliope, Cassandra, Cuoio and Chiara, Danso and Family, Dr. Infanta, the Iron Horses, Officer Pink, Pain's Gray, and Shiv.
I have a linkback poem, "Cafuné" (7 verses, LIFC).
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
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Tuesday Yardening
Mar. 26th, 2019 04:35 pmToday is sunny and warm. I filled the birdfeeders, but there aren't a lot of birds at them.
I hauled one bucket of mulch to put around the contorta willow, and another four on the purple-and-white garden.
I hauled one bucket of mulch to put around the contorta willow, and another four on the purple-and-white garden.
This poem is spillover from the November 6, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
technoshaman. It also fills the "grief / grieving" square in my 11-5-19 card for the Family Ties Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
Warning: The poem itself is fluff, but the hurt/comfort background implies child and/or maternal death. If this is touchy territory for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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technoshaman. It also fills the "grief / grieving" square in my 11-5-19 card for the Family Ties Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.Warning: The poem itself is fluff, but the hurt/comfort background implies child and/or maternal death. If this is touchy territory for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.
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