text:
Offers a Creative Computing Curriculum to inspire young learners & Professional Development for subject leaders.
You will find all new blogs on the new Mr Andrews Online website: http://mrandrewsonline.co.uk/blog/
Design. Create. Inspire.
The Mr Andrews Online Creative Computing Curriculum is packed full of great ideas to bring learning to life and introduce real-world skills to the classroom. Members using the scheme will benefit from ongoing networking with other teaching professionals in the collaborative area and be able to share best examples from their own classrooms inspired by the projects. Schools can raise the profile of effective use of technology in school with Digital Leaders.
Full coverage of the Computing Curriculum with over 120 activities
Connections to real world learning skills
Clear progression of skills between KS1, LKS2 and UKS2
Downloadable projects which will fit with existing topics and can be adapted to support many subjects
Access to collaborative space to share and discuss new ideas
Network with other like-minded teachers
Have access to examples from the classroom for every activity
Fully resourced projects with videos, eBooks project examples, design sheets, templates, challenges and so much more
Easy to follow app, classroom and terminology guides for every level of confidence
Digital Leader resources and area
If you're looking to do something innovative with your computing curriculum then contact: mrandrewsonline@gmail.com or use the contact form HERE
The New Mr Andrews Online Creative Curriculum Launch
The new Mr Andrews Online Creative Curriculum launched last week with 5 Academies from the Outwood Academy Trust.
"The staff will really run with this. It will be great to see the work that comes out of this year and the inspiration they get from seeing it first hand from you. I feel we are at the start of something really special."
Luke McNamara, Primary Lead Teacher, Outwood Academy
I was contacted by Lee Wilson, the Executive Principal (Primaries) back in March (2017) as their current ICT scheme of work wasn't working for them and had become stale and didn't allow the teachers to exploit cross curricular opportunities.
This was his brief:
"I'd like you to come up with a more simpler scheme which does the following: each year group to do around 3 bigger computing projects per year which are driven in topic by the cross curricular unit of work being taught. I'd like them to wow's the children and be aspirational. For each unit could teachers be provided with a suggested 'how to guide' which in effect they would then just guide the children through? I'd like the children to create something from their learning in computing whilst covering all of the computing curriculum."
Since then I've been busy writing, preparing resources and collecting examples from children based on my experience working in schools supporting effective use of mobile technology.
The scheme currently contains 18 creative projects (KS1-KS2) with over 120 activities and covers the computing curriculum. Each term new projects will become available. The projects contain: activity and plans will examples, resources, pupils outcome examples including digital books, graphics, screenshots, animations, skills progression, templates, design sheets, challenges and videos. You can find out more about the projects HERE
Through ongoing conversations with Lee and Luke McNamara, the Primary Lead Teacher across the Academy there will also be a Collaborative Space for teachers to share best examples of work by children with other teachers inspired by the projects. There will also be a forum to discuss new and innovative approaches to learning and ideas on raising the profile of IT in school. You can find out more about these areas HERE
The scheme launched on Wednesday 15th November 2017. Each of the schools signed into a group Skype chat and were guided through the Teachers' Area, including guides, projects, collaborative space and forum. Following the session each of the teachers signed up to the site and now have access to all the resources and training materials as and when required.
Across this school academic year I'll be delivering each of the 18 projects across the Trust as part of teachers' professional development and 'wow' days for the children.
Feedback from across the Academy Trust
The scheme and classroom based CPD is now available to all schools. If you're looking to do something innovative with your computing curriculum then contact mrandrewsonline@gmail.com or use the contact form HERE
Digital APPrentice
Now your pupils can express their digital creativity by building their own unique app on any subject or project from across the curriculum using iPads.
"An excellent way to bring creative content
created by pupils on iPads to one place!"
*Throughout the day the pupils will learn and develop many new skills from across the curriculum including digital literacy and computing, underpinned by a teaching approach to enhance core skills in spoken language, communication, writing and reading.
By creating their own app, pupils will gain a real sense of achievement, which can then be easily be shared within the school, at home and the world!
This jam-packed day will involve the pupils:
Designing and constructing pages for their app
Customise their own app icon
Designing and creating dynamic content to embed into their app (images/graphics, audio recordings and videos).
Adding links, inserting quizzes and slideshows.
Publishing their app to the web
Adding their app to the iPad home screen
Generate QR Codes for easy sharing of their app.
*The classroom day features the use of iPads which are provided for the day.
To book a Digital APPrentice day in your school or for further information please contact info@mrandrewsonline.com or phone 08450030896
Effective Interventions For Pupils with Special Educational Needs
Yes. We do use technology. Here's why:
If we know what matters most, and the best way to achieve it, we can immediately change outcomes and opportunities for our students.
Our expectations when working with children who have barriers to learning and special educational needs must be higher than we dare to imagine. As should our expectations of ourselves as teachers, practitioners, parents and carers. Our children grow up quickly and we know many elements and foundations are essential for an adult to have an opportunity for a happy, fulfilled and productive life. Education, of course, but never forgetting emotional intelligence, resilience, independence, self-care, communication and social skills. It is the bigger picture I see when I work with children and colleagues.
Our children will be adults soon. Will they achieve, thrive, survive? Will they be given the skills? Will they be given the chance?
The teachers and teaching assistants who know when to step in and when to back off (and why) understand their role and the value of any intervention. An intervention should be enabling and impactful. If we tie a child's shoes every day, what will change for them? We will be doing it when they are 21? And 31?
I always try put myself in the position of the child (and their family) and try to ensure any intervention I lead or support is moving towards a positive and relevant outcome. Children who have additional needs need someone to fight for them, both at home and at school, as the system has not evolved in a way which makes things easy. Special needs require special solutions and special skills.
In my role managing Special Needs interventions with Mr Andrews Online and ongoing work with a number of schools and families, with children who have autism has taught me how solution focused, creative and determined parents and practitioners can be. The sacrifice and selflessness is focused on one thing alone, and I have gained enough experience to know that as it is a huge challenge, there is really no choice and actually those small, and often tiny, steps of progress matter so much. The widely shared statistic (often challenged as an urban myth) that the divorce rate among parents of children with autism is 80% reminds us that teaching, caring for and supporting a child with autism (alongside the challenges of medical needs and education systems and procedures) takes people to a place where there is additional strain, stress, pain and worry.
Over the past 3 years I have worked closely with a large number of special needs co-ordinators, teachers, speech and language therapists, educational psychologists and families to develop new approaches which impact positively and immediately on the progress and life opportunities for children and young people with autism. My experience along with practical and post-graduate training in special education has taught me many things which I am able to share and bring together using new and simple approaches which use mobile technology. The focus of everything is based around progress we know we'd like to see, and a future life we would like to be available for the student we are working with.
My new training course provides a full background, practical overview and implementation plan and is suitable for both practitioners and parents. High-Impact approaches addressing challenges in communication, transition, interaction and social imagination.
Innovation with impact; linking best practice and research and a clear reason why. It matters.
INTERVENTIONS WITH INSTANT IMPACT
SPECIAL NEEDS: AUTISM, DYSLEXIA, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE
COVENTRY 19TH MAY 2016
LONDON 14TH JUNE 2016
MANCHESTER 16TH JUNE 2016
For further details or to discuss how schools are working in partnership with Mr Andrews Online please email: info@mrandrewsonline.com
Making Effective Use of Digital Technology in your Classroom
A key challenge for teachers is not learning how to use technology. It's recognising the value of what's possible and then securing a way of making it happen. Finding a compelling reason why technology should be used. Understanding "Why?" and "How?"
For 3 years now I have been supporting schools based on my own pedagogical beliefs and values. I want my students to be able to write and write well. To speak confidently and articulately. To read for pleasure and to further their understanding. To collaborate and be able to solve their own problems creatively and to be prepared for their future with a robust combination of knowledge, understanding, skills and resilience.
To achieve this goal there are certain elements of tablet technology that are more effective tools than any other. This principle forms the foundations of the work I share with the hundreds of schools I support. A highly effective pedagogical approach which impacts on all subjects and at all levels, which is aligned with evidence and research.
All of my work in the classroom follows a consistent message and clear method delivering whole school impact.
The team I work with at SAS Learning (www.saslearning.co.uk) have prepared a comprehensive and powerful online platform which combines training and resources all focused on a tried and tested whole school pedagogical approach. It is based on classroom practice in hundreds of schools and there is no approach, system or methodology it doesn't seamlessly align with.
If you are a school leader, literacy co-ordinator or manage interventions in your school I would like to invite you to attend one of my free training workshops in the summer term and will show you an exciting way forward to impact on the learning outcomes all of your pupils.
Regional Events:
Wakefield: 23/05/16. Cedar Court Hotel.
Sheffield: 26/05/16. The Holiday Inn Sheffield/Rotherham.
Bolton: 21/06/16. The Holiday Inn, Central.
Nottingham: 27/06/16. The Holiday Inn Nottingham/Derby.
Peterborough: 28/06/16. The Holiday Inn, West.
East London: 05/07/16. University of East London, University Square Stratford.
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ensuring-all-children-gain-the-literacy-and-communication-skills-to-succeed-tickets-23064551695
Or if you have questions or would like to discuss ways we can work with your school please visit our website www.mrandrewsonline.com or email: mrandrewsonline@gmail.com
If you can't attend any of the events keep following this blog, which will continue to feature more posts and examples of the hundreds of SAS Learning resources which lead to classroom impact.
What is the most important goal for your pupils? Would you like to learn a new and easy way to achieve it?
All too often digital technology is introduced without a meaningful pedagogical framework.
This must change. My team has found A new way. A different way. A better way.
Kicking off with Reading: One example of how can apps really make an impact on what matters most?
A reading intervention for pupils from age 7 to 16. Relevant for: Disengaged pupils, reluctant readers, literacy co-ordinators, special needs co-ordinators, special schools,1:1 intervention, behaviour interventions, students with dyslexia, closing the gap.
This approach to intervening with children struggling to be motivated with reading really is worth exploring, for students who enjoy sport, particularly football (the soccer kind).This is based on work in a number of primary and secondary schools and, as an intervention both at school and at home, is worth pursuing. This reading approach is appropriate for children who struggle to read for pleasure, and are frustrated with reading support interventions. As a teacher looking for new "tricks up your sleeve" this, over time will help to turn things around. Teachers, teaching assistants, special needs co-ordinators and parents may be interested in trying this. They will already know which pupils this will be relevant for.
This simple reading intervention makes use of the free popular app "New Star Soccer". In the game the player controls the career of a professional football player, attending training, maintaining relationships with the manager and fans, and of course playing matches. All of the selections involve reading the on-screen text which leads to choices as to which boots to choose and whether or not to skip a game of golf with teammates to sign autographs for fans. New Star Soccer does something quite unique to support the development of reading, which is immediately apparent once the game is being played.
Already there are relevant and frequent reading opportunities in the option and management of the game, but the real power of this brilliant app comes in the matches which are played. During the games the player might take shots, complete passes and headers and dribbles. They may be substituted, or not even selected to start. However, throughout the game it is the continuous text commentary which describes all of the action. Line by line, minute by minute the text describes the action. The speed the text appears can be adjusted. If you want to know what is happening in any match, you have to read the text.
Reading the text aloud can be done by an adult or a pupil both during or after the game. The pace of the text (even on the slowest setting it is better to begin the approach with the adult narrating the live commentary and reviewing the text later) Screen shots of the commentary can be easily captured as images by simultaneously pressing the "home" and "power" buttons. Even as a 15 minute daily reading intervention, the motivation to participate and read more to find out what is happening next is *powerful. A fun game lasts a couple of minutes at the most and features around 50 lines of text, all of which can be read back and scrolled through following the action of the match.
Here is typical short session with the students (groups or individuals) I work with. This is more appropriate as an intervention led by someone who "gets it" believes in it and recognises the value. It combines spoken language opportunities, reading and reflection activities and countless writing activities for all genres of writing, all based around an ongoing game of New Star Soccer (it is different every time and never ends).
1: Discussion: Review progress so far. Recap on the last match, the league table and the current issues facing the player. How is the team doing? What is going well? What are the problems?
2: Move forward in the game and begin to play a match.
3: Read the commentary aloud as it appears. The adult's role in this can be reduced as appropriate when the pupil is ready to take over. It is the content of the text commentary and the way it is presented which makes this approach to reading so powerful. The pupils very quickly develop fluency in reading, and expression and comprehension. All of the skills gained through the actives are entirely transferable, as is the confidence in reading, self-esteem, interest in learning and enthusiasm (which will be evident in all participants)
4: Review the match and discuss key incidents through reference to the text commentary (taking screenshots of the text commentary allows it to be printed).
5: Complete a short writing task linked to the match or the current events taking place in the game. This can form an ongoing writing journal especially for those using this approach as an intervention. This may take the form of: A match report, A persuasive advert to encourage fans to support the team, Instructions on keeping fit, programmed notes from the chairman. **The list of writing opportunities is endless.
This is just one activity which can be used to turn around attitudes to reading and to make reading relevant and interesting. There are thousands more books and ideas and resources that can ensure that once there is a spark, the flame stays alight.
*do be aware of the addictive potential of any digital game. To maintain the impact of this intervention daily time spent should be limited to one game a day and at the most 30 minutes to complete the whole session. There can be many follow up reading, writing and comprehension activities based on the action in New Star Soccer.
**The reading activities can be extended with writing opportunities presented in the Kicking off with Writing resource which is a powerful new resource developed by Mr Andrews Online which will be available at SASLearning.co.uk It includes a wealth of ideas, activities and resources to ensure progress in writing for all pupils and is underpinned by our unique approach to using technology to support progress in oral narrative competence leading to better outcomes in reading and writing.
Next steps and Feedback
Even If there is even one pupil you are working with who you feel may gain from this approach, give this activity a try over several sessions, and please share your feedback on progress and do share any success stories.
We work with a number of teaching schools which are undertaking research on the impact of some of the approaches we have developed, if this is an area of interest to you and your school would like to be involved in a research project please get in touch. It is partnerships with schools across the country which is enabling us evaluate our work and maximise its impact.
David Andrews is presenting a free twilight training session for Literacy Co-ordinators, taking place in:
Hartlepool (14th April 2016) Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Brierton Lane
Wakefield (23rd May 2016) Cedar Court
Sheffield/Rotherham (26th May 2016) The Holiday Inn
Bolton (21st June 2016) The Holiday Inn
Nottingham/Derby: (27th June 2016) The Holiday Inn
Peterborough: (28th June 2016) The Holiday Inn
East London: (5th July 2016) Venue to be confirmed
Blackpool: Venue and date in June to be confirmed
These events are proving popular but there are a limited number of places available.
To book a place click here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sas-learning-9881734301
Songs to Unlock the Imagination
Songs are brilliant resources. Singing along to favourite songs only leaves a happy feeling. Melody links to memory, as currently demonstrated by my 11 year old daughter who is happily memorising the elements of the periodic table through songs found on spotify and Youtube, and my youngest daughter who learned the 7 times table by changing the words to Disney's "Its a small small world".
As a teacher I have always used songs in my work. I have never understood why I can recite every lyric ever from hundreds, maybe thousands of songs, but can't remember where I put my car keys. There are many educational researchers who promote songs as way to enhance vocabulary acquisition and comprehension and evidence recognises listening as a pre-requisite to the development of language.
Songs tell stories. songs share facts, songs explain things. And we love them because there are so many so there will definitely be ones we like. And we can change the words. And we can make up our own. Songs give us language we can use and remember.
My favourite songs to use with primary children are all by American band They Might be Giants. They have albums written for children including No!, Here Come the 123s, Here Come the ABCs and Here Comes Science. Different, challenging, funny, addictive and mesmerising songs extolling the virtues of imagination, wordplay, fantasy and playfulness.
Most often I will link a song to a project or activity which supports spoken and written outcomes, invention and imagination and in a way which captures the enthusiasm and interest of even the most reluctant learner. "The Alphabet of Nations" is a catchy fast-paced recitation of countries beginning with the sequence of letters of the alphabet. "Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia etc" It is a brilliant song, which can be found on the album Here Come the ABCs and online. The exciting bit for me is W,X, presented in the song as "West Xylophone" which turns out to be an imaginary country developed to ensure the alphabetical success of the song.
West Xylophone become the starting point for so many writing projects as it is a brand new (imaginary!) country. It needs laws, a national anthem, famous residents, a national sport, a distinctive cuisine, traditions, folk tales, historical events. An infinite number of ideas and activities. My year 4 class invented their own currency, advertised a West Xylophone festival, designed and sold West Xylophone car stickers and invented and provided marketing copy for a national airline. We did make links to knowledge and understanding but two words in one song produced so many opportunities for creativity, imagination, independence and real world relevance.
For teachers using tablets to promote progress spoken and written outcomes activities could include: (all of these activities can be linked to any real country to pursue geography and history objectives, but to see the true power of pure imagination West Xylophone is a good starting point!)
10 Speaking and Writing Activities linked to West Xylophone (or any country)
Each of these activities provides plenty of opportunities for oral rehearsal, reflection and improvement.
Presenting a menu for a restaurant serving national dishes, and present a persuasive advert encouraging diners to attend using the app Tellagami (lists/persuasion).
Create a digital timeline book using the app Book Creator outlining key events in the country's history (recount).
Use the app Tiny Tap to create a quiz about the country's traditions (questioning).
Create a narrated re-enactment of an event in the country's history using the app Puppet Pals (chronological report)
Create a map of the country and prepare a weather forecast to narrate using the iMovie app. (explanation)
Use the app Plotagon to direct an animated drama and playscript displaying a typical day in the life of residents of the country (playscripts/drama)
Compose a verse of the country's national anthem and present visually using the powerful text-shaping app path on (poetry)
Create a narrated visitor's guide using the app Shadow Puppet (description)
Record an illustrated news broadcast for the national tv station using the app iMovie (reporting)
Prepare a persuasive "come and visit" advert using the app Sock Puppets (persuasive writing)
Western Xylophone: Part of the 'Power of Imagination' Series
Written By Chris Williams
Mr Andrews Online presents a unique teaching approach on the "SAS Learning" online resources platform which exclusively shares over 500+ writing activity ideas and resources all supported by video training and the teaching approach that underpins our work. The website (www.saslearning.co.uk) includes "The Power of Imagination" which is inspired by songs and is among a wealth of resources designed to ensure whole school impact in writing across the curriculum.
Our summer term training course "Unlocking Oral Narrative Competence" which focuses on the development of whole school both spoken and written composition supports this through a consistent approach supported by tablet technology. We have always strived to ensure impact on learning comes first and continue to ensure our approaches reflect the latest research and thinking.
Mr Andrews Online continues to school based training. Whole school impact underpinned by a transformational high impact teaching approach. Find out more at: www.mrandrewsonline.com There is limited summer term availability and we are booking now for Autumn 2016.
For people working in early years settings we have also been proud to be involved in the launch of "chatta" which is our unique and exclusive training resource designed to accelerate progress in early language and communication. Find out more or book a place on one of the free summer term seminars www.chatta.co.uk
http://www.chatta.co.uk/events/
Providing Powerful Writing Opportunities Across the Full Curriculum
It's a time of transition at Mr Andrews Online. It's almost 3 years after we started offering training to schools in the form of training courses, school based training days and the extremely popular classroom based CPD days. During that time we have delivered training to over 3,000 teachers and high impact teaching to over 20,000 pupils. As teachers, we have been lucky to work in so many different places and we have never stopped learning, wherever we've been.
Powerful Writing Opportunities
One thing we have been doing since we started working in schools across the country is preparing activity plans and resources which support the unique way we teach everything. This has provided us with a vast and extensive bank of resources which support teachers from EYFS to KS2 and introduce exciting and powerful writing opportunities across the full curriculum. At last count there were over 500 writing activities including the best-selling "Rapid Progress for Boys' Writing (Girls Too!)", the innovative "Bringing Writing to Life" and the versatile "Inspiring Young Writers" projects.
Sustained Impact
We've always been committed to sustained impact from our work in schools. Pupil progress matters to us and we have always had the highest expectations of ourselves and the pupils and teachers we work with. Our resources reflect our teaching approach, our unique creative teaching ideas and provide flexible, adaptable and relevant resources for every class teacher, whether they are using technology or not.
A Shared Vision
Over the last year we have been lucky to work with the company SAS Learning, the school support subsidiary of the Schools Advisory Service (The UK's leading School Insurer) with the aim of ensuring impact for schools, whilst saving time and money in increasingly challenging times. We are proud to join forces with SAS Learning and feel very excited with the resource for schools that has been created which will be available to schools in the Summer Term. We share a vision with the Schools Advisory Service, we want to make a difference and make things better, we want to help schools make a lasting impact.
Unique Teaching Approach
SAS Learning delivers our unique teaching approach which delivers high standards in every classroom, powerful assessment processes linked to reflection and feedback, a consistent approach and training resource to support professional development for every teacher. The resource also makes the most powerful use of mobile technology in terms of impact on classroom standards.
Something that Matters
We use the technology when it provides the best tool for the job and achieves the outcomes we are looking for. "Show me something that matters, not just glitters" remains our priority.
We will be sharing blog posts featuring some of the impact, activities and resources of the SAS Learning teaching programme. We are continuing to offer training and support to schools who are looking for whole school impact and want to connect with a movement which is making a difference in lots of schools. We are also presenting our new training course nationally in the summer term which, when combined with the SAS Learning resource, delivers impact, value and world class innovation.
David Andrews and Chris Williams
Mr Andrews Online
5 Simple Ways To Incorporate GarageBand for iPads Into Your Music Lessons
Your school has spent a lot of money on those iPads, and their skilful deployment in music lessons can be a real game-changer for both specialist and non-specialist classroom teachers.
Unsure where to start? Transformance Music's Ben Sellers shares five simple ideas to incorporate GarageBand for iPad into your music lessons at KS1, 2 and 3.
1. Explore Rhythm and Tempo with the SmartDrums
We often begin classroom composition projects with the fantastically easy to use smart drums on GarageBand. Simply select your favourite drum kit, then drag and drop percussion instruments onto a matrix (see photo). Each column in the matrix has an inbuilt rhythmic pattern, and students can create and record impressive beats in minutes.
Complete engagement is guaranteed, with students implicitly developing their understanding of dynamics, tempo, timbre and texture - three of the National Curriculum's 'interrelated dimensions of music'.
2. Explore Creating Writing and Performance Poetry.
As many of us know, motivating boys to sing in class can be a real challenge.
Overcome this by asking students to create their own backing tracks for recitation, raps and sung melodies. Using the 'Autoplay' feature on the smart strings instrument, student can create beautiful, shifting string quartet patterns in a range of moods and styles that form the perfect backdrop to evocative performances of their own create writings. A complete, step by step guide to this process is in my new book, 'Teaching Music With GarageBand for iPad'
In addition to providing a strong incentive to complete literacy tasks, students develop their self-confidence, communication and rhythmic skills. Sometimes the quietest student turns out to be a star rapper!
3. Solo Over a 12-Bar Blues
Most of our students can sing an improvised melody – perhaps a scat song- over a harmonic progression such as a 12-bar blues, but few could do the same on a piano, euphonium, or other mechanical instrument.
Using the same principle as adding stickers to certain notes on a keyboard, the 'choose scale' function on the smart keyboard, guitar, strings and bass instruments allows students to play within a capped scale, in which every note sounds 'right'. The iPad enhances this principle by allowing the student to choose from a wide variety of voices (including classic organs, synths and guitar effects), and the ability to change octaves and timbres instantly.
Use this method to develop students' use of phrasing, consonance and dissonance, and pitch.
4. Add You Own Lyrics (and Solos) to Chart Songs
Want to change the Beatles' lyric on 'Hey Jude' to 'Hey Gove'? Or perhaps rhyme Kylie's 'Can't Get you Out of My Head' with our favourite government school inspecting body? A canny combination of GarageBand and YouTube makes this simple.
First, find a karaoke version of your chosen song on youtube and download it using a program like 'Youtube Downloader', or a browser extension. Transfer this song onto your iPad using iTunes or an alternative program and import it into a track in Garageband, matching the tempo of the song to the tempo in GarageBand. You can now record your own lyrics using GarageBand's Audio Recorder, improvise over the chords (see above) or even chop the song up and change the harmonic structure!
A complete lesson plan using this technique with Aloe Blacc's 'I Need Dollar' is presented in 'Teaching Music With GarageBand for iPad'.
5. Provide Equal Access for Students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Our iPad journey began in SEN/D teaching contexts, and we remain committed to developing ways that children with additional needs can make high-quality music with their peers.
One good way to start this process is by adding and manipulating the inbuilt loops in GarageBand.
Another, especially for students without speech, is to use the Sampler instrument to capture a sample of their voice and map it across the keyboard, allowing them to 'sing' along with their peers.
All of the activities above can be found in more detail in 'Teaching Music With GarageBand for iPad' (£24.99 eBook, £29.99 paperback for a limited time). The book contains 180 pages of easy to execute exercises and complete lesson plans, all built around the National Curriculum and designed to help you get the most out of your school's iPads in music lessons.
Ben Sellers is musician, educator and trainer based in London. He is currently an Associate Musician at Drake Music and has delivered projects for The BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Museum of London and WOMAD Festival. He provides INSET training on Songwriting with iPads to schools, hubs and arts organisations across the country.
'Teaching Music With GarageBand for iPad' can be purchased online in ebook or paperback formats here.
Ben Blogs monthly on www.Transformancemusic.org
Mr_Andrews
Follow @Mr_Andrews
Mr Andrews Online Creative Computing Curriculum
Key Stage 1 Projects
Lower Key Stage 2 Projects
Upper Key Stage 2 Projects
2014 UK BLOG AWARDS
Recognised as one of the top 3 bloggers in the UK in Education
10 Practical Ways To Use Apps in Primary Mathematics Teaching
My name is Chris Williams, Mathematics Co-ordinator at Spring Cottage Primary School, alongside Andrew Yeomans. I work with David Andrews...
Using the Power of Mobile Technology, Twitter and Blogging to Keep Parents Informed on a Residential
Whilst this blog post isn't about the iPad specifically, although the iPad was used, it is about the power of technology and how myself ...
Apps for Creativity in Primary Education
This blog is going to look at a selection of apps, which can be use creatively in primary schools. These apps can be used for any subject in...
iPads/iPods as an observation tool in the EYFS by Miss Leigh
The implementation of the new EYFS framework in September 2012 has lead many settings to evaluate their current observation and assessme...
Raising Standards in Boys' Writing using the iPad for Gaming
Context In recent literacy lessons I have been exploring the potential of the iPad to motivate children to write for different purposes. O...
App Smashing with Tellagami
Context: The potential of the free app 'Tellagami' in education, once combined with other apps (*A pp Smashing ), is vast and ...
When it Come to Education Technology Learning Must Come First. Always.
Rapid Progress For *Boys' Writing (*Girls' Too)
National Literacy Trust 'Closing the Gap'.
Using Apps Creatively to Develop Speaking & Listening Skills in Nursery & EYFS
iPads in the Music Classroom - Developing Musicianship Through Creativity
App Smashing with Explain Everything
Sharing Pages Documents Using iOS7
Airdrop is Awesome. That is All #airsmashing
Raising Standards in Boys Writing Using the iPad for Gaming
Using the iPad Photo Stream to Develop Collaborative Learning
Touch App Creator: Creating Powerful Web Apps for Teaching & Assessment
Introducing Game Design as Part of an Integrated Project
Establishing Independent Learners Using iPods Across the Curriculum
Exploring Virtual Cities with Recce: A Platform for Transforming Learning
Independent Learning Using iPods in Maths (iPodagogy)
Explain Everything: Developing Drama, Role Play & Communication in EYFS
Enhancing Topic Work Across the Curriculum Using iPods & iPads
Tiny Tap: Progress For All Including SEN
Digital Arts Project at Hull's Ferens Art Gallery
Pupil Blogging Through the use of a Class Learning Wall
Using the App Store for Persuasive Writing
Working with iPads to Create a School Leavers' Assesmbly
Sharing Pupils Blogs with Parents
10 Practical Ways To Use Videoscribe
10 Practical way to use apps in mathematics
Strip Designer: 10 Easy Ways To Get Started Using iPods & iPads
How the iPad change the pedagogy of a Design & Technology Project
Guardian Teacher Network Articles
Articles written for the Guardian Teacher Network:
How we used technology to develop pupil led learning in science
An Apple for the Teacher: Are iPads the Future in Class?
iPads in the Classroom: Embedding Technology in the Primary Curriculum
Guests Make a Mark on Students' Written Work
Mr Andrews Online Limited. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.


text:
Russia Moves To Legalize Online Media, Software Piracy To Get Around Sanctions
Russia is loosening its intellectual property laws to get around international sanctions, according to multiple reports.
TorrentFreak, a tech blog focused on peer-to-peer file sharing and the BitTorrent system, as well as copyright infringement and other digital issues, reported this week that the Russian parliament was considering legislation that would cancel liability to purchase intellectual property from countries that sanctioned Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, effectively legalizing piracy.
TorrentFreak cited a document put forth by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development called the "Priority Action Plan for Ensuring the Development of the Russian Economy in the Conditions of External Sanctions Pressure." The document contains suggestions for the Russian government to proceed in the face of crippling sanctions placed on Russia by the U.S. and its Western allies. An item listed as point 6.7.3, concerning how to deal with companies that have revoked software licenses in Russia, states as a possible measure:
Cancellation of liability for the use of software (SW) unlicensed in the Russian Federation, owned by a copyright holder from countries that have supported the sanctions.
Under current Russian law, TorrentFreak reported, software unlicensed in Russia is illegal to use, but the Ministry's proposal would cancel both civil and criminal liability for software for which there are no Russian alternatives.
Multiple Russian news outlets reported last week that Russia was considering such a move in order to get around Western sanctions. A Russian state-owned news website called TASS reported on March 5 that the Ministry of Economic Development had been considering lifting international intellectual property restrictions in the face of sanctions. The Ministry said (translated):
The possibility of lifting restrictions on the use of intellectual property contained in certain goods, the supply of which to Russia is limited, is being considered. This will smooth out the impact on the market of breaks in supply chains, as well as the shortage of goods and services that arose due to new sanctions by Western countries.
Software originating in Russia would not be affected by the proposals, the Ministry claimed. They would specifically target companies that had not fulfilled "contractual and other obligations" to Russia. The Ministry also said that the proposed measures would foster continued access to technologies that had been lost by Western companies suspending operations.
Previously, another Russian news site, Gazeta, tweeted on March 3 that Dmitry Ionin, a member of the Russian parliament, suggested unblocking RuTracker, the Russian-based BitTorrent file sharing site, in order to give Russian citizens access to popular Hollywood films, after major film studios Disney, Warner Bros, and Sony stopped doing business with the country.
News of the move comes after a number of digital media and entertainment companies have suspended operations in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The Daily Wire previously reported that TikTok and Netflix suspended operations in Russia on March 6 in response to the invasion. RT America, the English-language TV network of Russian state-sponsored news outlet RT, laid off most of its staff and ceased production on March 3 after it was dropped by DirecTV, one of its two largest broadcast distributors. The European Union sanctioned its European broadcasts as well, along with fellow state-sponsored outlet Sputnik News. A bevy of other companies, ranging from Visa and Mastercard, to Goldman Sachs, to McDonald's, have all taken action and suspended operations in Russia as well.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
using Google.Cloud.ClientTesting;
using System;
using System.IO;
using Xunit;
using Object = Google.Apis.Storage.v1.Data.Object;

namespace Google.Cloud.Storage.V1.IntegrationTests
{
    [Collection(nameof(StorageFixture))]
    public class PatchObjectTest
    {
        private readonly StorageFixture _fixture;

        public PatchObjectTest(StorageFixture fixture)
        {
            _fixture = fixture;
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Success()
        {
            var client = _fixture.Client;
            var name = IdGenerator.FromGuid();
            var bucket = _fixture.SingleVersionBucket;
            client.UploadObject(bucket, name, null, new MemoryStream(_fixture.SmallContent));

            Object obj = new Object { Name = name, Bucket = bucket, ContentType = "text/plain" };
            var updated = client.PatchObject(obj);
            Assert.Equal("text/plain", updated.ContentType);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void MissingProperties()
        {
            var client = _fixture.Client;
            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => client.PatchObject(new Object { Bucket = _fixture.SingleVersionBucket }));
            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => client.PatchObject(new Object { Name = IdGenerator.FromGuid() }));
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


London, United Kingdom – 9th July 2015 – LDeX Group has today announced that Colt, has deployed a point of presence at the group's newest datacentre facility, LDeX2, based in the Trafford Park region of Manchester. This news signals the strength and growth of the carrier neutral datacentre and network connectivity provider by enabling customers to have direct fibre connections to over 23,000 buildings and Colt's 29 carrier neutral data centres. The addition of Colt will complement the growing list of tier 1 on-net carriers available at LDeX2 and further enhance the organisation's global data centre footprint.
Colt provides Network, Voice and Data Centre services to businesses of all sizes around the world. It operates across Europe, Asia and North America with connections into over 200 cities globally.
"Colt provides direct access to more than 540 Colt and third party data centres globally, providing enterprises of all sizes with the ability to choose from a vast network of data centres to best support their specific business requirements. We are pleased to add the LDeX2 facility to this network, connecting enterprises in the Manchester region to business partners not only in the rest of the UK, but also in Europe and beyond," said Zhongmin Guo, VP of Strategy and Business Development, Network Services at Colt.


10 Reasons Why You Should Buy a Village Walk Townhome at Northstar!
While many are very familiar with the condominiums in the Village of Northstar, many are unfamiliar with Village Walk. Why? The Village itself is very lively, and having worked in a real estate office in the Village for many years I rarely had a buyer walk into our office looking for anything BUT a condo in the Village. So, I attribute this sold out, gated community's current lack of re-sales to lack of knowledge and marketing pushed in Village Walk's direction. With so many mid-mountain offerings and developments currently underway in Northstar, I believe it is safe to say that Village Walk has fallen off the radar as significant marketing efforts are focused in different development. This is tragic because these townhomes are artfully crafted with tremendous appeal and location. And honestly, they are priced very well as compared to the going rate of $1,000+ per ft up on the mountain and in Martis Camp. With phase 2 potentially in the works at Village Walk, now is a good time to give this community a look and scoop up a relative bargain.
Village Walk is in the Village, but without the noise of the tourism out your window. As Northstar Resort's only private, gated neighborhood, Village Walk combines the seclusion of a true Tahoe retreat with the exhilaration of The Village at Northstar without the noise. From the signature skating rink to delectable dining and boutique shopping, The Village offers an array of family fun activities drawing the crowds to it daily. WALK just steps to the Village…. Enjoy….then WALK back to your solitude. Top that off with being only a 15 minute drive to Lake Tahoe.
Village Walk is within the closest proximity to Village Fitness and Swim, plus the Highlands Gondola. That's right. It's so close you can send your delighted and anxious kids over to the saline pools with you trailing behind after you've packed everything BUT your towels which are already there. Totally safe. And your guests are dying to see the Ritz Carlton? No problem. You are steps to the new Highlands Gondola too. The Ritz Carlton is an 8 min Gondola ride away. There you and your guests can enjoy the Ritz's signature restaurant Manzanita, the Backyard BBQ, Mountain Blue Coffee, and a day at the spa. For the non-skiers in your family, the Ritz is a great place to sit and watch the family ski or enjoy lunch together without purchasing a lift ticket. The gondola is FREE for those not toting gear.
Village Walk offers you your OWN hot tub, landscaping, and private deck. No hot tub with strangers après ski, and no sign that reads "no glass in spa area." Your wrap-around sunny deck and patio offer stunning mountain vistas perfect for entertaining and relaxing amongst the beautiful shrubbery and flowers.
There is a trailhead to the Tompkins Memorial Trail System out front. Just look for the crushed granite trail across the street with the map of the expansive trail system. From Village Walk you can access over 14.6 miles of multi-use trails through Martis Valley and beyond. All hiking, running, and biking enthusiasts will appreciate this.
Your kids and pets do not need to take an elevator. Enough said! Plus your car and ski boat are secure in your own 2-car garage.


Drivers involved in the collision.
Parents if a minor driver involved.
Passengers involved that are listed in report.
Registered owners of vehicles involved.
Those incurring property damage or civil liability as a result of the accident.


In the original sin of Adam and Eve, Satan held out to them the promise of attainments beyond what they had experienced to that point in the Garden of Eden. Tempting them, he said, "You will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Genesis 3:5). This helped motivate them to become greater than what God, their Creator, had assigned to them.
In Genesis 1:31, when God saw everything He had made, He declared it to be "very good." Pride is not "very good." It was not in them as God created them, but it entered into their thinking in Satan's presence. The very first exercise of that pride earned them death and ejection from God's presence and the Garden.
For you have said in your heart: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High."
His devious offer to Adam and Eve in the Garden is an echo of his challenge against God. This exercise of his pride separated him from God.
Pride, Satan's lofty feelings of superiority regarding his beauty, corrupted him. It deceived him into wanting even greater power to complement his splendor. After all, he deserved it, did he not? Notice how great he was in his own eyes!
The relationship between pride and sin is easily seen, but none seems to exist between either pride or sin and plowing. However, there is a link. Solomon is saying that just as surely as plowing precedes the produce of the earth, so does pride prepare the way for the produce of sin.
In some Bibles "plowing" may be translated "lamp." In this case, pride is depicted as a lamp that guides or lights the way into sin. In his poem, The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri listed pride among the seven great sins. In fact, he lists it first because, he concludes, it is the father of the others. Because of what the Bible reveals of Satan and his rebellion, he is probably correct.
In the vanity of our pride, we put our trust in material strengths. A sense of strength perverts our judgment, and soon we are in conflict with God and men. Twice in this brief section, God says He will bring low the haughtiness of men. Lucifer's pride hardly endeared him to God—it eventually brought him into open conflict with Him! He was cast down (brought low) to earth, but because his pride is still influencing him, the worst is yet to come. And in the interim, he is infecting us with his most dangerous attribute.
Everywhere, the Bible shows the same principle: Pride has its roots in a feeling of wealth or accomplishment, which is then used to compare. We can tie this to Satan and what is written about him in Ezekiel 28, how pride arose within him because of his beauty. He had something to brag about that made him feel good. But his vanity, developing into outright pride, began to get to him. He began to feel better than the other angels, and eventually, in his own eyes, he equated himself with God. In time, he thought of himself as greater than God—a very perverted comparison.
It does not have to be intelligence or beauty or power as it was with Satan. It could be things like money, position, social position, natural ability, social status, knowledge, strength, hair, clothing, a house, furniture, automobile—the list is virtually endless. In the New Testament, the Greek is huperephania, which means "to show oneself above." It does not imply one who others look up to, but one who stands on his own self-created pedestal.
Psychologists tell us that pride is actually a mark of inner inferiority and uncertainty, and such people compensate by over-emphasizing and flaunting the qualities that they think they possess that will make others think well of them. This feeling of wealth is highly relative because each person is capable of setting his own standards of comparison, regardless of his real accomplishments.
Proverbs 26:16 speaks of the sluggard who is wiser in his own eyes than all others, who can render more answers than seven wise men can. Although he is virtually devoid of anything that anybody would consider worth bragging about, the sluggard has created his own set of standards. He thinks he already knows the answers. He has a feeling of wealth, of prosperity, of power, or of security in whatever standard he in his own conceptions has set. He is so sure that he knows the answers that he is undeterred by facts and continues then in his ignorance. He is self-sufficient.
This is interesting, as his domain went only as far as the clouds. His place of authority was within the atmosphere of this earth. Yet, he says, "I will take my throne and establish it far beyond what I've been given, because this earth is not enough for me. I will break the gravity of this earth, and walk among the stars. I'm going to be the top dog in this universe." He says, "I will be the Most High."
If you want to impress God, it is humility that impresses Him. Pride gets between us and God, and without realizing it, we actually shut Him out of our lives.
The Bible clearly shows that our spiritual well-being is dependent upon acknowledging, with our lives, our reliance upon the revealed will of God—His Word. Pride results from arrogating to oneself something for which one is indebted and would not even have except for God's benevolence. Who gave Lucifer his beauty? his intelligence? his position of power from which he operated? Pride perverted Lucifer's thinking into rejecting his dependence, and he elevated himself above God.
Now what do we have that we did not receive? Did we create ourselves? Did we create the great goal in life to be in the Kingdom of God and to be born into His Family? Did we reveal God to ourselves? Did we die on the stake for the forgiveness of our sins? Did the gift of the Holy Spirit come to us through our own agency? Did we lead ourselves to repentance? Who gave us the power to believe in the true God and in His Son Jesus Christ?
It is interesting to reflect on Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Lucifer comes along and says to them, "You will be as God." What entered into Adam and Eve at that moment? The pride of life. The result? They rejected the revelation of God. They rejected His Word and sinned. Pride subtly elevates a man to the same level as God, which results in him rejecting the very gifts God would give him for his salvation.
So, consciously or subconsciously, the proud man—us (hopefully not as much as it used to be)—is saying that he already knows better, or has the power and ability within himself by nature, thereby subtly turning salvation into something God owes him. It becomes earned.
His own splendor blinded him to what was real and true. What was real and true is that God will always be supreme. He will always be the chief authority in the universe, and no created thing can supplant its Creator. It was total hubris—overwhelming pride—that caused him to do this, because he was discontent with his position, and he presumptuously thought he could overthrow God. He even tried to stage a coup, and God slammed him right back down to earth.


A star logistics company, a major retailer, and a big health insurer comprise this week's trio of payout lifters.
Well, that's better. In contrast to its dozy predecessor, last week saw a nice little spate of dividend increases. It wasn't quite a waterfall, but several high-profile names did enhance their distributions. Three notable ones are FedEx, Target, and UnitedHealth Group.
How about an express delivery of a higher dividend? For FedEx (NYSE:FDX) shareholders, it's coming to their doors soon. The logistics giant has declared an upcoming quarterly payout of $0.40 per share -- a beefy 60% improvement over its predecessor.
The company is a few days away from releasing Q4 and full-year 2016 earnings, so we're still a bit in the dark as to whether the hike is justified, given the latest results. Dialing back a bit, in recent quarters the company has largely met or exceeded the average analyst estimates for quarterly profit.
If that happens for Q4, it would represent very healthy growth for the company. Analysts are projecting a net profit of $3.29 per share -- 24% higher than in the same quarter of 2015.
That's entirely realistic, as FedEx performed well in Q3. On a year-over-year basis, the company managed to grow its total revenue by 8% (to nearly $13 billion), fueled by a 30% increase in the ground segment that's responsible for over one-third of its top line.
Assuming FedEx can keep up that kind of momentum, the new dividend looks rather safe at the moment. It is to be distributed on July 1 to shareholders of record as of June 16. At the most recent closing stock price, it would yield just over 1%. That's some distance below the current 2.1% average of dividend-paying stocks on the S&P 500.
As per its habit over the past few years, the popular retailer has enacted an annual raise of $0.04 to each of its upcoming quarterly dividends. That shakes out to a 7% increase, resulting in a $0.60 per share payout for Target (NYSE:TGT) investors.
That doesn't seem to be providing much love for the stock, though. The retail sector isn't a hot one for investors at the moment, given disappointing recent results from industry stalwarts such as Macy's and Kohl's.
Deservedly or otherwise, Target has been lumped into that group following a Q1 that saw revenue dip by 5% on a year-over-year basis on basically flat same-store sales and bottom line growth. Earnings actually came in above analyst expectations, but guidance for the current quarter was well below the market's projections.
Still, in terms of free cash flow, Target generally stays well in the black and in its fiscal 2015 had more than enough to take care of the dividend. Life isn't easy for big retailers at the moment, but the company still gets enough custom and has plenty of dosh in the bank to at least maintain its current distribution, in my view.
Target's freshly raised dividend will be paid on Sept. 10 to stockholders of record as of Aug. 17. It yields 3.6% at the current share price, which is relatively high for the retail sector.
The fundamentals are in fine share at medical insurer UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH), allowing the company to give the usual once-per-year lift to its quarterly payout. This time, it's increasing it by 25% to nearly $0.63 per share.
Although the health insurance space remains a bit challenging now because of the effects of Obamacare, UnitedHealth has done an excellent job of navigating the changes. Q1's top line rose a sprightly 25% (to almost $45 billion), with net profit advancing by 14% to just over $1.6 billion.
Those improvements were due in no small part to the sterling performance of Optum, the company's health services division. But UnitedHealth's more traditional insurance business did just fine, too, with a revenue increase of 10% over the same quarter of the previous year.
As income statement fundamentals go for the company, so goes cash flow. Both operating and free cash flow figures have risen nicely over the past few years, providing an increasingly fatter cushion for the dividend. This insurer is doing very well in the areas where it counts, and there's no reason to think it can't maintain that payout raise habit going forward.
UnitedHealth's next dividend is to be handed out on June 28 to holders of record as of June 17. It would yield 1.8% on the most recent closing share price.


As it stands now Aether Tendril is pretty much useless. It is a single target skill with a 3 second cooldown, yet its damage is very low.
Pretty much the only use is as debuff for bosses.
I like your idea, it sounds useful.
Also Aether doesn't get many active skills from items.
The debuff may suggests as mentioned that it's an anti-boss skill and not a mob clearing skill. But I kind of agree. I think it'd be a little better if the target struck by A.T. got a little aether aoe ground effect also.


text:
Lauryn Hill Horoscope Gemini and Zodiac Rabbit
Lauryn Hill (Singer), age 44, was born on May 26, 1975 in South Orange, NJ. Lauryn Hill's horoscope sun sign is Gemini and Chinese zodiac sign is Rabbit. Lauryn Hill was famous for Soul/hip hop singer and producer.
More about Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill is 5' 3½" (161 cm) tall, with black hair. Lauryn Hill graduated from Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ and Columbia University. Lauryn Hill"s nationality is American.
Celebrities related to Lauryn Hill
Wyclef Jean (October 17, 1972): Details and Pictures
Meanings of Name Lauryn
The name Lauryn was originated from Latin. It is used as a female name. The name Lauryn is of the meaning of Man from Laurentum. The name Lauryn is used in English speaking countries. Alternate spelling of Lauren..
More Celebrities with First Name of Lauryn
Lauryn Hill (May 25, 1975): Details and Pictures
More Celebrities with Last Name of Hill
Benny Hill (January 21, 1925): Details and Pictures
Terence Hill (March 29, 1939): Details and Pictures
Z.Z. Hill (September 30, 1935): Details and Pictures
Jonah Hill (December 20, 1983): Details and Pictures
Faith Hill (September 21, 1967): Details and Pictures
Raelee Hill (October 24, 1972): Details and Pictures
Damon Hill (September 17, 1960): Details and Pictures
Daily Gemini Reading and Charts
Daily Rabbit Reading and Fortune Cookie
Rabbit Celebrities
Lauryn Hill Pictures - click to enlarge


text:
package com.smartdevicelink.proxy.rpc;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;

import com.smartdevicelink.proxy.RPCStruct;
import com.smartdevicelink.proxy.rpc.enums.DeviceLevelStatus;
import com.smartdevicelink.proxy.rpc.enums.PrimaryAudioSource;

import java.util.Hashtable;

/**
 * Describes the status related to a connected mobile device or SDL and if or how  it is represented in the vehicle.
 *
Parameter List

 *

 *

 * 			Name
 * 			Type
 * 			Description
 * 			SmartDeviceLink Ver. Available
 *

 *

 * 			voiceRecOn
 * 			Boolean
 * 			Voice recognition is on
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			btIconOn
 * 			Boolean
 * 			Bluetooth connection established
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			callActive
 * 			Boolean
 * 			A call is being active
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			phoneRoaming
 * 			Boolean
 * 			The phone is in roaming mode
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			textMsgAvailable
 * 			Boolean
 * 			A text message is available
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			battLevelStatus
 * 			DeviceLevelStatus
 * 			Battery level status
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			stereoAudioOutputMuted
 * 			Boolean
 * 			Status of the stereo audio output channel
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			monoAudioOutputMuted
 * 			Boolean
 * 			Status of the mono audio output channel
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			signalLevelStatus
 * 			DeviceLevelStatus
 * 			Signal level status
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			primaryAudioSource
 * 			PrimaryAudioSource
 * 			Reflects the current primary audio source of SDL (if selected).
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 * 			eCallEventActive
 * 			Boolean
 * 			Reflects, if an eCall event is active
 *
 * 			SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 *

 *

 *
 * @see DeviceLevelStatus
 * @see GetVehicleData
 * @see OnVehicleData
 * @since SmartDeviceLink 2.0
 */
public class DeviceStatus extends RPCStruct {
    public static final String KEY_VOICE_REC_ON = "voiceRecOn";
    public static final String KEY_BT_ICON_ON = "btIconOn";
    public static final String KEY_CALL_ACTIVE = "callActive";
    public static final String KEY_PHONE_ROAMING = "phoneRoaming";
    public static final String KEY_TEXT_MSG_AVAILABLE = "textMsgAvailable";
    public static final String KEY_BATT_LEVEL_STATUS = "battLevelStatus";
    public static final String KEY_STEREO_AUDIO_OUTPUT_MUTED = "stereoAudioOutputMuted";
    public static final String KEY_MONO_AUDIO_OUTPUT_MUTED = "monoAudioOutputMuted";
    public static final String KEY_SIGNAL_LEVEL_STATUS = "signalLevelStatus";
    public static final String KEY_PRIMARY_AUDIO_SOURCE = "primaryAudioSource";
    public static final String KEY_E_CALL_EVENT_ACTIVE = "eCallEventActive";

    /**
     * Constructs a newly allocated DeviceStatus object
     */
    public DeviceStatus() {
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a newly allocated DeviceStatus object indicated by the Hashtable parameter
     *
     * @param hash The Hashtable to use
     */
    public DeviceStatus(Hashtable<String, Object> hash) {
        super(hash);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a newly allocated DeviceStatus object
     *
     * @param voiceRecOn
     * @param btIconOn               the bluetooth connection established
     * @param callActive             a call is being active
     * @param phoneRoaming           the phone is in roaming mode
     * @param textMsgAvailable       a text message is available
     * @param battLevelStatus        battery level status
     * @param stereoAudioOutputMuted the status of the stereo audio output channel
     * @param monoAudioOutputMuted   the status of the mono audio output channel
     * @param signalLevelStatus      signal level status
     * @param primaryAudioSource     the current primary audio source of SDL (if selected
     * @param eCallEventActive
     */
    public DeviceStatus(@NonNull Boolean voiceRecOn, @NonNull Boolean btIconOn, @NonNull Boolean callActive, @NonNull Boolean phoneRoaming, @NonNull Boolean textMsgAvailable, @NonNull DeviceLevelStatus battLevelStatus,
                        @NonNull Boolean stereoAudioOutputMuted, @NonNull Boolean monoAudioOutputMuted, @NonNull DeviceLevelStatus signalLevelStatus, @NonNull PrimaryAudioSource primaryAudioSource, @NonNull Boolean eCallEventActive) {
        this();
        setVoiceRecOn(voiceRecOn);
        setBtIconOn(btIconOn);
        setCallActive(callActive);
        setPhoneRoaming(phoneRoaming);
        setTextMsgAvailable(textMsgAvailable);
        setBattLevelStatus(battLevelStatus);
        setStereoAudioOutputMuted(stereoAudioOutputMuted);
        setMonoAudioOutputMuted(monoAudioOutputMuted);
        setSignalLevelStatus(signalLevelStatus);
        setPrimaryAudioSource(primaryAudioSource);
        setECallEventActive(eCallEventActive);
    }

    /**
     * set the voice recognition on or off
     *
     * @param voiceRecOn
     */
    public DeviceStatus setVoiceRecOn(@NonNull Boolean voiceRecOn) {
        setValue(KEY_VOICE_REC_ON, voiceRecOn);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get whether the voice recognition is on
     *
     * @return whether the voice recognition is on
     */
    public Boolean getVoiceRecOn() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_VOICE_REC_ON);
    }

    /**
     * set the bluetooth connection established
     *
     * @param btIconOn the bluetooth connection established
     */
    public DeviceStatus setBtIconOn(@NonNull Boolean btIconOn) {
        setValue(KEY_BT_ICON_ON, btIconOn);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get the bluetooth connection established
     *
     * @return the bluetooth connection established
     */
    public Boolean getBtIconOn() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_BT_ICON_ON);
    }

    /**
     * set a call is being active
     *
     * @param callActive a call is being active
     */
    public DeviceStatus setCallActive(@NonNull Boolean callActive) {
        setValue(KEY_CALL_ACTIVE, callActive);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get  a call is being active
     *
     * @return a call is being active
     */
    public Boolean getCallActive() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_CALL_ACTIVE);
    }

    /**
     * set the phone is in roaming mode
     *
     * @param phoneRoaming the phone is in roaming mode
     */
    public DeviceStatus setPhoneRoaming(@NonNull Boolean phoneRoaming) {
        setValue(KEY_PHONE_ROAMING, phoneRoaming);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get  the phone is in roaming mode
     *
     * @return the phone is in roaming mode
     */
    public Boolean getPhoneRoaming() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_PHONE_ROAMING);
    }

    public DeviceStatus setTextMsgAvailable(@NonNull Boolean textMsgAvailable) {
        setValue(KEY_TEXT_MSG_AVAILABLE, textMsgAvailable);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get a text message is available
     *
     * @return a text message is available
     */
    public Boolean getTextMsgAvailable() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_TEXT_MSG_AVAILABLE);
    }

    /**
     * set battery level status
     *
     * @param battLevelStatus battery level status
     */
    public DeviceStatus setBattLevelStatus(@NonNull DeviceLevelStatus battLevelStatus) {
        setValue(KEY_BATT_LEVEL_STATUS, battLevelStatus);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get battery level status
     *
     * @return battery level status
     */
    public DeviceLevelStatus getBattLevelStatus() {
        return (DeviceLevelStatus) getObject(DeviceLevelStatus.class, KEY_BATT_LEVEL_STATUS);
    }

    /**
     * set the status of the stereo audio output channel
     *
     * @param stereoAudioOutputMuted the status of the stereo audio output channel
     */
    public DeviceStatus setStereoAudioOutputMuted(@NonNull Boolean stereoAudioOutputMuted) {
        setValue(KEY_STEREO_AUDIO_OUTPUT_MUTED, stereoAudioOutputMuted);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get the status of the stereo audio output channel
     *
     * @return the status of the stereo audio output channel
     */
    public Boolean getStereoAudioOutputMuted() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_STEREO_AUDIO_OUTPUT_MUTED);
    }

    /**
     * set the status of the mono audio output channel
     *
     * @param monoAudioOutputMuted the status of the mono audio output channel
     */
    public DeviceStatus setMonoAudioOutputMuted(@NonNull Boolean monoAudioOutputMuted) {
        setValue(KEY_MONO_AUDIO_OUTPUT_MUTED, monoAudioOutputMuted);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get the status of the mono audio output channel
     *
     * @return the status of the mono audio output channel
     */
    public Boolean getMonoAudioOutputMuted() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_MONO_AUDIO_OUTPUT_MUTED);
    }

    /**
     * set signal level status
     *
     * @param signalLevelStatus signal level status
     */
    public DeviceStatus setSignalLevelStatus(@NonNull DeviceLevelStatus signalLevelStatus) {
        setValue(KEY_SIGNAL_LEVEL_STATUS, signalLevelStatus);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get signal level status
     *
     * @return signal level status
     */
    public DeviceLevelStatus getSignalLevelStatus() {
        return (DeviceLevelStatus) getObject(DeviceLevelStatus.class, KEY_SIGNAL_LEVEL_STATUS);
    }

    /**
     * set the current primary audio source of SDL (if selected).
     *
     * @param primaryAudioSource the current primary audio source of SDL (if selected).
     */
    public DeviceStatus setPrimaryAudioSource(@NonNull PrimaryAudioSource primaryAudioSource) {
        setValue(KEY_PRIMARY_AUDIO_SOURCE, primaryAudioSource);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * get  the current primary audio source of SDL (if selected).
     *
     * @return the current primary audio source of SDL (if selected).
     */
    public PrimaryAudioSource getPrimaryAudioSource() {
        return (PrimaryAudioSource) getObject(PrimaryAudioSource.class, KEY_PRIMARY_AUDIO_SOURCE);
    }

    public DeviceStatus setECallEventActive(@NonNull Boolean eCallEventActive) {
        setValue(KEY_E_CALL_EVENT_ACTIVE, eCallEventActive);
        return this;
    }

    public Boolean getECallEventActive() {
        return getBoolean(KEY_E_CALL_EVENT_ACTIVE);
    }
}


text:
Home » Skills and apprenticeships » New research and kitemark for socially responsible skills investment
New research and kitemark for socially responsible skills investment
Gill Cronin	June 7, 2021
The 5% Club (@5PercentClubUK) is launching a new research and #Kitemark recognition programme on 14 June 2021 and has invited 1600 Employers to participate.
The novel Employer Audit is a fresh approach that will for the first time take a comprehensive look across the totality of "earn and learn" schemes within an organisation, providing insightful feedback to participating employers and vital benchmarking against similar organisations (by size and sector) as well as drawing comparisons with national trends.
The programme has been developed as part of a Joint Venture between The 5% Club and High Fliers Research, who have over 25 years' experience in researching the graduate and apprenticeship market and will be open to entries until the end of July.
The 5% Club is a dynamic movement of over 550 employers that are committed to recruiting and training graduates, apprentices and other 'earn & learn' employees, building and developing the workforce they need, as part of a socially mobile, prosperous and cohesive nation. A UK-wide charity, The 5% Club exists to help its members increase further the number, quality and range of 'earn & learn' opportunities across the country.
The Employer Audit has been designed to support and validate employers as they work to provide an increased volume of inclusive 'earn & learn' workplace training programmes through a novel 3-stage process, comprising:
The Research. Open to entries from 14 June – 31 July, this phase asks participants to complete a simple yet comprehensive questionnaire covering their earn & learn schemes, their future plans and their approach to inclusion, social mobility and programme quality. Entries will be verified by High Fliers, through desk research and a follow-up telephone call from a dedicated researcher. The process has been specifically designed to be simple and comprehensive, and without imposing an onerous administrative loading upon participants.
The Confidential Research Report. A bespoke report will be produced for each participant analysing their organisation's employment and recruitment of graduates, apprentices and other 'earn & learn' employees – benchmarked with other employers in their industry or business sector, and across the wider participation in the audit and membership of The 5% Club.
The Symposium. The outcomes of the Research will be explored further at The 5% Club Annual Employer Symposium, to be held in London on 4th November 2021, which will present key findings and provide an opportunity for review and discussion with Industry and Government Subject Matter Experts.
Bronze, Silver & Gold Awards. Official accreditation as Bronze, Silver or Gold members will be awarded to employers based on their validated performance against the 5% target – Gold for those who achieve or exceed 5%, silver will be for those that are halfway to 5%, and bronze will be awarded to employers at the early stages of their journey to the 5% target
Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships, Gillian Keegan MP said:
"I am a strong advocate of The 5% Club and the way they continue to inspire positive employer action for apprenticeships and 'earning whilst learning' routes.
"This new initiative – which will recognise those employers who truly invest in and lead the skills agenda – will do much to further our Plan for Jobs and help Build Back Better after COVID-19".
Mark Cameron OBE, CEO of The 5% Club said:
"The 5% Club inspires employers to be at the forefront of a Skills Revolution and encourages them to increase the number of inclusive workplace learning opportunities they offer.
"The "Employer Audit" measures and validates employer commitment, and will provide important recognition for those socially responsible employers who continue to invest in a generation.
"We hope this approach and the continued investment in future skills will be seen as a prized and highly valued measure of social responsibility".
Gill Cronin
The 5% Club celebrates excellence awarding Bronze, Silver and Gold Membership
Today, The 5% Club has announced the award of Bronze, Silver and Gold Membership to the seventy-three trail-blazing Members who participated in the first year…
Gavin O	November 4, 2021
Siemens strikes gold at The 5% Club employer audit
Siemens has been recognised with The 5% Club Gold Award through its 2021 Employer Audit Scheme. This award recognises the company's significant contribution to the…
Gavin O	November 18, 2021
Gillian Keegan and Robert Halfon join The 5% Club's 15 April Online Event
@5PercentClubUK's event, Harnessing Emerging Talent to Build Back Better – Inspiring positive employer action for a post covid recovery – sees a line up of…
Gill Cronin	March 29, 2021
Augar recommendation to invest in better, more accessible further education, in areas where the workforce needs it, is vital
Lady Cobham CBE, Director General of The 5% Club, responds to the Augur Review of post 18 Education: The 5% Club represents more than 375…
Lady Cobham CBE May 30, 2019
From Apprentice to CEO – new leader for The 5% Club
The skills campaigning charity, The 5% Club is pleased to announce it has appointed Mark Cameron OBE as CEO, who will take the helm from…
active 2 minutes ago


text:
11 Enchanting Relics Slot Review
December 17, 2021 Casino Slots
Microgaming and All41 Studios are teaming up to bring you 11 Enchanting Relics. It's a slot machine with a fantasy-like environment, with beautiful vistas of a forest and a castle in the background. It also has a number of features that we've seen in previous Microgaming exclusives, with the Epic Strike jackpot being one of them.
Eleven Enchanting Relics include 5×3 reels with a total of 25 fixed lines. The Epic Strike Jackpot can pay out up to 10,000 times your wager ($250,000 in cash). Scatters, wilds, and free spins are all included in the game. Its RTP is set at 96.38 percent, and it will be a high-volatility slot.
Prizes and Betting
In this situation, the total betting range available to participants will be between $0.20 and $25.
In this situation, it'll be the Epic Strike Jackpot that pays out the most. If you collect enough Relics in a single round, you'll be eligible for a jackpot worth 10,000 times your investment, or up to $250,000 in cash.
11 Enchanting Relics is projected to have a high volatility rating, with a long-term RTP of 96.38 percent. Check your favorite online casino for this specific RTP level, as there are two lesser choices that may be active.
Features of the 11 Enchanting Relics Slot
The Epic Strike Jackpot is simple to win, since all you have to do is land 11 of the Relics in view. Of course, those aren't easy to come by, but it's what it requires, and it's not a difficult feature to get. Anywhere between 3 and 11 scattered Relics will offer you prizes, starting at 1x the stake and going all the way up to the 10,000x jackpot if you get them all.
The Epic Pick is a function that will randomly activate using the same Relics that can bring you jackpots. Doors that you choose from cover 5×3 positions, allowing you to uncover more Relics. When you find a particular Relic, the feature will expire. When the picks are finished, the game looks at the number of Relics in view and adjusts the Epic Strike Jackpot meter accordingly.
Wilds will be employed as both replacements and top prize triggers in the game (up to 50x the stake paid for a full combo of wilds).
When three scatters appear on the screen, you'll be awarded 10 free spins, with additional available if you retrigger the feature. The quantity of extra wilds given to the reels varies depending on the spin of an unique wheel as the feature begins.
Design and Theme
We're being transported to a magical world, which is especially apparent while looking at the background image. It's not quite visible, but you can probably assume that there's a magical forest there, replete with purple mushrooms in one corner and a rainbow-covered castle off in the distance.
When we return to the reels, we see a number of Royals as the lower-value symbols. Images of hourglasses, jewelry, and spellbooks are among the most valuable.
While certain aspects of 11 Enchanting Relics are new, the features contained therein should be familiar. It's not a bad slot, and given how lucrative it can be, I'm sure it'll appeal to a wide range of players.


This isn't the first time I've played Broken Sword, but it's the first time I've finished it. I first played the game just before I went to university, as we had it for our family PC. However, I didn't manage to finish it before I moved into halls, and while I was away the PC broke and the game went missing, so that was the end of that.
Playing through it again on the iPhone, I realised I'd actually completed about 70% of the game on that first aborted attempt, but I have to admit I didn't remember most of the puzzles, and even some of the locations, so for most of the game it was like playing it for the first time. Except now it looks a bit prettier, of course.
Another improvement is the control system: the designers have obviously thought long and hard about how to get the most out of the iPhone touch screen, and the result is a really intuitive system. It just goes to show that point and click games are perfectly suited to iThings, and it's great to see them getting a bit of a revival on the latest generation of technology. It certainly makes much more sense to port games like this to the iPhone rather than frenetic arcade games like the MegaDrive classic Gunstar Heroes, which I purchased recently and quickly abandoned. It's official: 'virtual' touch-screen thumb sticks are THE DEVIL'S WORK and all games that use them should burn in hell for all eternity.
Anyway, back to Broken Sword: The Director's Cut. You may remember I played the iPhone version of Monkey Island a few months ago (see 'Monkey Island: Not As Good As I Remember'), and I was disappointed by the childish humour and frustrating puzzles. I'm pleased to say that Broken Sword stands head and shoulders above the Lucasarts game in both of these respects, and there are some pretty funny one-liners scattered throughout. I'm not saying it'll have you rolling in the aisles, but there's some excellent wry humour in there (as well as a reference to Hemel Hempstead, which made me chuckle).
Puzzle-wise, there's thankfully none of the frustrating jungle wandering of Monkey Island, although at some points I did find myself traipsing back and forth between locations, unsure of what to do next. Also, the game is somewhat afflicted by the curse of the point and click genre: the illogical puzzle. At several points I got so stuck I resorted to the 'hint' function (which is a very welcome and needed addition to the iPhone version), and I found myself rolling my eyes at the almost random combination of items I was supposed to have come up with. Generally though, the game flows along quite nicely and the story is intriguing enough to keep you interested. The Templar theme may seem a bit tired now, but as the game's director points out in the afterword, the designers came up with the idea for Broken Sword several years before the 'explosion' of Templar-based entertainment in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
However, despite my delight at being able to play through this classic game again, I still have a few doubts about the point and click genre as a whole. I've recently been playing through Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, and I can't help but feel that this game, along with the Phoenix Wright games and perhaps to a lesser extent the Professor Layton games, have taken the basic ideas behind point and clickers (story-driven gameplay, item-based puzzles) and taken them to the next level. I have to say I'm enjoying Ghost Trick a lot more than Broken Sword, mostly because of the amusingly bizarre characters and addictive puzzles. The key thing about these puzzles is that all of the elements are there in one place, it's just up to you to work them in the right order. With traditional point and click games, however, you might find that the item you need to get through that door is something you missed 20 screens back, resulting in a lot of tedious plodding back and forth.
Having said that, Broken Sword was released about 16 years ago, so I'm sure that in the meantime designers of point and click adventure have learned some lessons: I'm intrigued to play some more recent point and click games to see how the genre has evolved since the days of the Amiga. Have the problems of random puzzles and tedious traipsing been solved? Or are these problems inherent to the genre?
Previous The End Of The GAME?
try City of Secrets and the Lost City, they are first person like Myst, but are great.


text:
30 Plus age Women should Invest Earlier For Future Finance Security
There are no easy ways to generate the money we have to work hard and be focused on the goal always. There are no shortcuts to generate income. You not only need to get started as early as possible but you also have to be prepared for continuous and monitored investing.
The best time to start our investment once you take your first job right from your 20's that's the time for new beginnings. Many used to start building their asset portfolios in their 30's.
The late 30's burry one with more responsibilities that too for women she owes various responsibilities towards family, parenting, etc which hike's up to the financial responsibilities and your prime focus is to build a comfortable investment plan. Especially it is important for women to ensure her financial security for herself and her loved ones.
There are some investments options for a working woman in her 30's.
Public Provident Fund is one of the best retirement investment schemes which offer complete tax-free benefits as well as steady interest income. In this scheme, one can deposit up to Rs.1.5 lakh a year and earn an interest rate of 8%. However, the interest keeps compounding annually and credited at the end of every year. It doesn't provide long-term stability and decent returns after a span of 15 years.
Another tax efficient long term investment option is the National Pension Scheme a concoction of equity, fixed deposits, corporate bonds, liquid funds, and government bonds. It offers completely tax-free benefits under section 80 C of the Income Tax Act to the tune of Rs.1.5 Lakh plus you can claim an additional tax-free deduction up to Rs 50,000 under Section CCD (1B).
Buying Mutual Funds are another method of investment. The equity-linked investment plan schemes a diversified equity mutual fund product that will allow tax saving under section 80c of the Income Tax Act.
In the last years, the average return from the top 10 ELSS stands at almost 20% so even the introduction of 10% long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on equity earnings does not dent its appeal.
Life Insurance means protection against the risks in life. These risks also exist in a woman's life, sometimes even more than a man's life.
According to the data Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India show that only 90 lakh women bought life insurance policy in 2017-18 while 1.91 crore policies were purchased by men in the same period. So women should invest more on Life insurance so that she can manage her lateral financial stability.
As per the studies, the women not only live longer than man but they also use more medical services due to a greater likelihood of chronic disease and disability apart from reproduction. Expenses for normal delivery are about between Rs 15,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh, without accounting for unexpected occurrences that may need urgent medical intervention and, hence, further expenditure. Without a health policy in place, such out-of-pocket expenses can do a number on a family's budget.
According to the analyst, the portfolio of a 35-year-old woman ought to be composed of 65% of equity funds and 35%% should be in debt, insurance, and cash. But even conservative investors should not go below the 60% equity allocation mark in order to maximize returns at an age when you are able to afford more risk. The older you get, the safer your portfolio will have to be.
Ayushmann Khurrana goes on a long break from the movie
Saaho crosses 350 Cr and proves to be a blockbuster hit
Eat the cup after drinking coffee? Air New Zealand to serve...
Anand Mahindra shares menu of vegetarian eatery which serves...
Google doodle celebrates 101st birthday of Famous Poet...
Twitter Burst out over Photoshopped Image of Cricketer
Golden Tweet 2019 for PM Modi's Vijayi Bharat post after...
Indore MBA student spreads traffic awareness by dancing...
Rajinikanth and AIADMK were again in tussle of words
Lower house passes bill to ban e-cigarettes
Supreme Court adjourns hearing as Chief Justice SA Bobde...
Liquor worth Rs 252 cr seized in two years in 'dry' Gujarat
IPL auction 2020 today,Keen Watch on Top Players
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address nation soon
P Chidambaram Slams PM Modi says He should select 5 critics,...
Delhi assembly elections to be held on February 8, results...
Hisar records 0.3 degree C as cold wave grips Haryana
#nanasaheb
KapilDevBoycottEB