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"The creators of the BBC Micro are reuniting at the Science Museum in London to discuss the legacy of the computer known fondly as 'the Beeb'," according to Darren Waters on the BBC's Web site.
Hermann Hauser and Steve Furber, who worked at Acorn, will be joined by former BBC staff John Radcliffe and David Allen.
Hermann Hauser was half of the Acorn management team, the other half being Chris Curry. Steve Furber was half of the main development team, the other half being Roger/Sophie Wilson. (This is by no means a complete list, obviously.) Be first to comment this article |  Add as favourites (0) | Views: 65
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Wade Roush writes: "I'm 'live blogging' from the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's day-long media event at the MIT Media Lab. The big news is that OLPC founder Nicholas Negrponte has just unveiled the design for the foundation's second-generation laptop, which isn't really a laptop at all but a double-screened, fold-up electronic book."
Negroponte said the book-like design "comes from something we've learned over the past couple of years -- that the book experience is key."Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) | Views: 69 |
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An item at MetaFilter headed the is and it are you of is discussing a challenge at Codebox Software: you have five minutes to type in the 100 most common English words.
Anything over 50 seems to be a pretty good score, though of course you can argue about Codebox's list.....Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) | Views: 57 |
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Due to UK Governments desire to measure the effectiveness of teaching and learning in schools and so that international comparisons can be maintained, there is a lot of pressure on schools to test their pupils at certain key stages in their educational progress, these are know as SATs (Standard Attainment Tests) and are undertaken at 4/5 (Baseline measure), 7, 11, 14 and then via GCSEs at age 16. These tests tie in with the end of each Key Stage. Following on from the Dearing Report (1994), level description/ descriptors (LDs) were introduced to provide teachers with guidance on the level of knowledge, understanding and skills that students would need to show for attainment of each level. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) | Views: 112 |
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