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14 October, 2016
In 2010, when Google began mulling a withdrawal from China, foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said in a press conference that “China’s internet is open,” adding that the government “welcomes international internet corporations to do business in China in accordance with law.” Via a mixture of algorithms and workers, domestic internet companies collaborate with the government to curb online dissent and censor certain keywords, and they share private user data with authorities when asked. Meanwhile, China’s Great Firewall blocks consumer access to many overseas sites, including Facebook and Google, as they currently don’t censor content at the scope the Chinese government demands.
Labels:
Asia Connection,
Ethical,
Intercultural Understanding,
Privacy
Fujitsu’s head of manufacturing, Toshio Hirose, says that the company is working on evolving a new model for manufacturing where people and robots grow together every day. “Fujitsu has production sites that combine expertise in both hardware, such as sensors and cloud systems, and software such as production control solutions and AI. We also have human resources to support the sites and we are using the total capabilities amassed from all of these assets to drive next-generation manufacturing,” says Hirose.
11 October, 2016
Internationally recognised UniSA experts in bilingual, multilingual and intercultural education will play a key role in South Australia’s first Chinese bilingual school. UniSA’s Research Centre for Languages and Cultures is developing the language and content curriculum for William Light R-12 School’s bilingual program, which introduces Mandarin Chinese to students, building up towards the curriculum being offered half in Chinese and half in English.
Labels:
Education,
Intercultural Understanding
10 October, 2016
This slow-building approach is at odds with some aspects of public education. It’s not uncommon for districts to require that each class period address a discrete objective, and teachers are expected to measure whether students learned it at the end of the period. The authors of Common Core math and NGSS don’t see their disciplines fitting into that structure. “One insight we got is that there’s almost no mathematics worth learning that breaks into lesson-size pieces,” Daro said. “You have a three- or four-week sequence and treat it with coherence. It’s about systems and structures, not small facts and small methods. It’s about how it all works together.” Schweingruber agrees. “Some of these ideas in science are hard to get quickly,” she said. “It took humans hundreds of years, so why would kids figure them out quickly?”
09 October, 2016
THEY might be operating drones, trading Bitcoins, designing virtual reality worlds or creating artificial intelligence systems. And by the 2030s, many of today’s high school students will be doing jobs that nobody has even thought of yet. A new program for secondary students will take them into high tech workplaces to explore the skills they will need for jobs likely to be on offer in 15 years’ time. The Australian Science and Mathematics School will combine with employment planning company Workforce BluePrint to pilot the 21st Century Capabilities and Careers program.
It was never going to last: three major streaming services, launched within three months, in a market as tiny as Australia. Last year, small player Ezyflix closed. Then Quickflix went into voluntary administration in April. Now, the streaming wars have produced their first major casualty, with Presto due to shut in January 2017.
Labels:
Sustainability
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