First check out this video on the Kindle 2 to get an idea for what it is capable of: Now I know most people aren't too hot on the idea of giving up on their books for an electronic book, but lets consider a couple of things. As an educator I am well aware of the disconnect between the classroom and the world outside. Not only are our social structures outdated but they are woefully under prepared to meet the needs of a dynamic student body. I remember once watching a video on the French Revolution with a class and watched as they and I both lamented at the prospect of watching a video for 45 minutes with information that they could just have easily accessed on the internet and in a fraction of the time. Our schools need to reflect the changing world around us. With the advent of technology we can imagine a classroom that includes students connecting to different sources of information instantly, posing and answering questions immediately, cross-checking different sources wire...
In Django it seems like each functionality of a site, each page that does something different, is handled as an app. It is to be treated separately but part of the whole. The map and search function is an app. The submitting page is an app.The user-page is an app. The joining page is an app. The setting page is an app. The event page is an app. Once installed the app contains several pre-made python files for specific purposes: __init__.py is the initializer (leave it alone) admin.py is the place where you have your admin controls apps.py is where you have your settings for this specific app models.py is the database and how you will store the data (i.e. classes, dictionaries, tables) tests.py is for tests to see if things are working views.py is for functions for user requests and responses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcD0CDurxas&list=PL6gx4Cwl9DGBlmzzFcLgDhKTTfNLfX1IK
What are great way to sum up the overall purpose of education today. In his sign-off directly after this Jon Stewart talks about how the end of the show isn't some final point in the dialogue, but rather a pause. A pause to celebrate his contribution to the conversation, but also the point being it never ends. This idea of all of this as being a conversation is one that needs to be stressed, as Stewart says: "Teach the controversy." Certainty is not conducive to dialogue.
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