How to Learn
An article for Scientific American called Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn
interesting methodology, somehow it is works :)
interesting methodology, somehow it is works :)
Subtitles 2.0
Finally I came up with the idea of a new Subtitles representation, named in a fancy style:
Subtitles 2.0
So, what is Subs2.0?
This is a improvement of web-based video, allowing it to include any type of additional information in real-time: text, pictures, links, books etc.
Now I see Subs2.0 features like that:
-Platform-independent, flash-based
-Fully customizable text in "old subs" mode: size, colour, font
-New subs mode - side panel, not attached, but being a part of a video, filled with any type of information, connected with video.
-Socialize. Anyone can make Subs2.0 to any video. e.g., the creator of the video made no subs, or only english ones. Now anyone can create new subs.
-Simple web subs tool, allowing users to make new subs fast and fancy.
What's that for?
Basically this pushes educational videos to the completely new quality level.
Imagine a professor, reading a video-lecture, and you can see all formulas and texts in a side-panel, he mentions a book and in that moment you see a link to the library web-site.
You may fill that panel with live examples of smthn that goes up in the lecture.
to be continued
Subtitles 2.0
So, what is Subs2.0?
This is a improvement of web-based video, allowing it to include any type of additional information in real-time: text, pictures, links, books etc.
Now I see Subs2.0 features like that:
-Platform-independent, flash-based
-Fully customizable text in "old subs" mode: size, colour, font
-New subs mode - side panel, not attached, but being a part of a video, filled with any type of information, connected with video.
-Socialize. Anyone can make Subs2.0 to any video. e.g., the creator of the video made no subs, or only english ones. Now anyone can create new subs.
-Simple web subs tool, allowing users to make new subs fast and fancy.
What's that for?
Basically this pushes educational videos to the completely new quality level.
Imagine a professor, reading a video-lecture, and you can see all formulas and texts in a side-panel, he mentions a book and in that moment you see a link to the library web-site.
You may fill that panel with live examples of smthn that goes up in the lecture.
to be continued
Open-Source books
Here is critical article about textbooks VS ebooks, wikibooks
Open-Source Textbooks a Mixed Bag in California
Main idea Downloadable and free, maybe--but the schoolhouse Wiki revolution will have to wait
But really I don't get what wrong and actually from my point of view it's just like "last drops of the water from the tube that already closed"
Open-Source Textbooks a Mixed Bag in California
Main idea Downloadable and free, maybe--but the schoolhouse Wiki revolution will have to wait
But really I don't get what wrong and actually from my point of view it's just like "last drops of the water from the tube that already closed"
NewMinE
It is the project of my prof. Lorenco Cantoni. The project named New Media in Education
NewMinE lab research manifesto
by the way very nice visualization!
NewMinE lab research manifesto
by the way very nice visualization!
Qatar Foudation
It is already exist
Qatar Foundation made Education City and this is Amazing.
Check it out!
"Don't invent bicycle again..."
Qatar Foundation made Education City and this is Amazing.
Check it out!
"Don't invent bicycle again..."
History of Internet
Nice visualization of Internet history
History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo.
Linked data
Speech of sir Tim Berners-Lee on TED (available in Russian too)
so many familiar thing to me :)
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!
so many familiar thing to me :)
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!
How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood
This Article form April 2009 Scientific American Mind telling about how brain research can help us craft spaces that relax, inspire, awaken, comfort and heal
4apay. Damn right. Remember those yellow-light, dusty "soviet-style" labs. Depression
4apay. Damn right. Remember those yellow-light, dusty "soviet-style" labs. Depression
Thesis/Диплом
Электронная библиотека. Использование технологий Web и Web 2.0 для электронного паблигшинг и консолидации учебных ресурсов.
Features:
Problems:
Questions:
Access
Statistics
4apay:
-some students may help professors to digitalize their information.
-there must be a big part with all that matlab- octav- scilab- tutorials.
...still thinking
Gleb:
Features:
- Wiki
- Mesh video, audio and text
- related search, related links
- related books, articles (Wolfram research)
- possibility to use LaTex, Mindmaps
- integration with Matlab, Mathcad, Mindmaps(mm), Octave, CAD and modeling systems
- navigation - usability tree representation or Wonderwheel representation:
- of classes ,
- of science field
- of student knowledge tree structure
Problems:
- Problems of communication.
- Problems of "social query" (people no understand that it could be help to them) - informational ads! (round the university, internet ad)
Solution for two problems - open seminars... what else - Problems of storing, presentation of information - hire a designer)
- Problems of modernizations
- Problems of web-standards
- Problem of common access
A lot of professors have good methodology but: very busy with projects/job, reading very depends from audience, people are die
Questions:
Access
Statistics
4apay:
-some students may help professors to digitalize their information.
-there must be a big part with all that matlab- octav- scilab- tutorials.
...still thinking
Gleb:
-some students may help professors to digitalize their information.this is included in OpenSource ideology
Copyright and Future
Because i'm very concerned about copyrights, i was very glad to read this arcticle
And now lets be serious for a moment. If we want to create a "public" student e-library how should we deal with copyrights? That hell of a money to buy all the books (of course, Google could afford that).
Gleb: Yeah porno GPL!!! Я же тебе говорю - СИСЬКИ правят миром :)
And now lets be serious for a moment. If we want to create a "public" student e-library how should we deal with copyrights? That hell of a money to buy all the books (of course, Google could afford that).
Gleb: Yeah porno GPL!!! Я же тебе говорю - СИСЬКИ правят миром :)
Education 2.0 - eEducation
Our topics with 4apay - eLibrary, eDocumentation, eEvaluation
And here is an article Top 10 Tools for a Free Online Education from lifehacker.com
about learning Programming, MBA, Linux, languages, Teaching, Video education, photography, music, etc.
4apay: Thanks, man
And here is an article Top 10 Tools for a Free Online Education from lifehacker.com
about learning Programming, MBA, Linux, languages, Teaching, Video education, photography, music, etc.
4apay: Thanks, man
Office-dream
Fog Creek - целью которой являеться создание наилучшего офиса для разработчиков.
статья взята отсюда
основные моменты:
Освещенние кабинетах
Столы, сконструированные для программирования
Стеклянные доски для записей
Кофе-бар и столовая
Много места для совещаний
Библиотека
English version site
Article about office
Добавлю альбом с фотками на некоторое время как картинки сбоку что бы можно было оценить.
Вообщем можно почерпнуть много интерстных идей.
статья взята отсюда
основные моменты:
Освещенние кабинетах
Столы, сконструированные для программирования
Стеклянные доски для записей
Кофе-бар и столовая
Много места для совещаний
Библиотека
English version site
Article about office
Добавлю альбом с фотками на некоторое время как картинки сбоку что бы можно было оценить.
Вообщем можно почерпнуть много интерстных идей.
Медведев подписал закон о федеральных университетах
Суть как я понял университеты смогут становиться автономными на 10 лет. Взято отсюда
4apay: Не верю я всяким подобным заявлениям правительства - опять ничего хорошего не выйдет
4apay: Не верю я всяким подобным заявлениям правительства - опять ничего хорошего не выйдет
Inspiration and motivation
One should understand the great value of Motivation and Inspiration in work and study.
So thats the point - we should have the whole bunch of psychologists, who know how to play with motivation. Only this way we'll be able to create an ideal student society.
We should show students the example of successful science application - the best variant is having our own research centers.
Gleb: My comment to it this video
I believe in education it is pretty much the same
So thats the point - we should have the whole bunch of psychologists, who know how to play with motivation. Only this way we'll be able to create an ideal student society.
We should show students the example of successful science application - the best variant is having our own research centers.
Gleb: My comment to it this video
I believe in education it is pretty much the same
On new design
-Blue font is unreadable with this backgroung
And remember that - its always easier to read dark letters on bright background than vice versa - I'm not agree :).
-I like it when the text field is not so wide - it's good for quick reading - yes, but steel a lot of place free.
-Also i want to have an ability to edit messages directly from the message page, not getting into the depths of settings - yes.
-Let's increase space between posts - yes.
- WTF why comments not working???
- WTF where is FONTS in redactor???
-Dont know about comments
-WTF is that fuckin' photos at the right of the page?
-Design rocks )
-fucking photos just experiment about informational presentation - image it like adaptive search block, now it works by keyword - but possible made album with our pictures.
- design will be changed
-I believe we both need comments...
-I wanna learn makin' such designs by myself )
And remember that - its always easier to read dark letters on bright background than vice versa - I'm not agree :).
-I like it when the text field is not so wide - it's good for quick reading - yes, but steel a lot of place free.
-Also i want to have an ability to edit messages directly from the message page, not getting into the depths of settings - yes.
-Let's increase space between posts - yes.
- WTF why comments not working???
- WTF where is FONTS in redactor???
-Dont know about comments
-WTF is that fuckin' photos at the right of the page?
-Design rocks )
-fucking photos just experiment about informational presentation - image it like adaptive search block, now it works by keyword - but possible made album with our pictures.
- design will be changed
-I believe we both need comments...
-I wanna learn makin' such designs by myself )
''BRAIN, BRAIN, BRAIN" (c) Pinky and Brain
Here I want to talk about BRAIN
Example of construction of the brain from Артемия Лебедева
And this is an article 22 Ways to Overclock Your Brain here is Russina translation
- Anonymous
The brain is a three-pound supercomputer. It is the command and control center running your life. It is involved in absolutely everything you do. Your brain determines how you think, how you feel, how you act, and how well you get along with other people. Your brain even determines the kind of person you are. It determines how thoughtful you are; how polite or how rude you are. It determines how well you think on your feet, and it is involved with how well you do at work and with your family. Your brain also influences your emotional well being and how well you do with the opposite sex.
Brain PowerYour brain is more complicated than any computer we can imagine. Did you know that you have one hundred billion nerve cells in your brain, and every nerve cell has many connections to other nerve cells? In fact, your brain has more connections in it than there are stars in the universe! Optimizing your brain’s function is essential to being the best you can be, whether at work, in leisure, or in your relationships.
It’s simple, your brain is at the center of everything you do, all you feel and think, and every nuance of how you relate to people. It’s both the supercomputer that runs your complex life and the tender organ that houses your soul. And while you may run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep your body in good condition, chances are you ignore your brain and trust it to do its job.
No matter what your age, mental exercise has a global, positive effect on the brain. So, here are 22 ways to boost your brain power:
1. Run up your brain cells.
Research suggests that people who get plenty of physical exercise can wind up with better brains. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., found that adult mice who ran on an exercise wheel whenever they felt like it gained twice as many new cells in the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning and memory, than mice who sat around all day discussing Lord of the Rings in Internet chat rooms. The researchers weren’t sure why the more active rodents’ brains reacted the way they did, but it’s possible that the voluntary nature of the exercise made it less stressful and therefore more beneficial. Which could mean that finding ways to enjoy exercise, rather than just forcing yourself to do it, may make you smarter - and happier, too.
So, play a sport, train for an event such as a marathon, triathlon or “fun run,” or work out with a buddy to help keep things interesting.
2. Exercise your mind.
It isn’t just physical exercise that gets those brain cells jumping. Just like those head-pumped cabbies and piano jockeys, you can build up various areas of your brain by putting them to work. Duke University neurobiology professor Lawrence C. Katz, Ph.D., co-author of Keep Your Brain Alive, says that finding simple ways to use aspects of your brain that may be lagging could help maintain both nerve cells and dendrites, branches on the cells that receive and process information. Just as a new weightlifting exercise builds up underused muscles, Katz says that novel ways of thinking and viewing the world can improve the functioning of inactive sections of the brain.
Experience new tastes and smells; try to do things with your nondominant hand; find new ways to drive to work; travel to new places; create art; read that Dostoyevsky novel; write a buddy comedy for Ted Kennedy and Rush Limbaugh - basically, do anything you can to force yourself out of your mental ruts.
3. Ask why.
Our brains are wired to be curious. As we grow up and “mature” many of us stifle or deny our natural curiosity. Let yourself be curious! Wonder to yourself about why things are happening. Ask someone in the know. The best way to exercise our curiosity is by asking “Why?” Make it a new habit to ask “why?” at least 10 times a day. Your brain will be happier and you will be amazed at how many opportunities and solutions will show up in your life and work.
4. Laugh.
Scientists tell us that laughter is good for our health; that it releases endorphins and other positively powerful chemicals into our system. We don’t really need scientists to tell us that it feels good to laugh. Laughing helps us reduce stress and break old patterns too. So laughter can be like a “quick-charge” for our brain’s batteries. Laugh more, and laugh harder.
5. Be a fish head.
Omega-3 oils, found in walnuts, flaxseed and especially fish, have long been touted as being healthy for the heart. But recent research suggests they’re a brain booster as well, and not just because they help the circulation system that pumps oxygen to your head. They also seem to improve the function of the membranes that surround brain cells, which may be why people who consume a lot of fish are less likely to suffer depression, dementia, even attention-deficit disorder. Scientists have noted that essential fatty acids are necessary for proper brain development in children, and they’re now being added to baby formulas. It’s possible that your own mental state, and even your intelligence, can be enhanced by consuming enough of these oils.
Eating at least three servings a week of fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel and tuna is a good start.
6. Remember.
Get out an old photo album or high school yearbook. Your brain is a memory machine, so give it a chance to work! Spend time with your memories. Let your mind reflect on them and your mind will repay you in positive emotions and new connections from the memories to help you with your current tasks and challenges.
7. Cut the fat.
Can “bad” fats make you dumb? When researchers at the University of Toronto put rats on a 40-percent-fat diet, the rats lost ground in several areas of mental function, including memory, spatial awareness and rule learning. The problems became worse with a diet high in saturated fats, the kind that’s abundant in meat and dairy products. While you may never be called upon to navigate a little maze in search of a cheddar cube, these results could hold true for you as well, for two reasons: Fat can reduce the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your brain, and it may also slow down the metabolism of glucose, the form of sugar the brain utilizes as food.
You can still get up to 30 percent of your daily calories in the form of fat, but most of it should come from the aforementioned fish, olive oil, nuts and seeds. Whatever you do, stay away from trans fats, the hardened oils that are abundant in crackers and snack foods.
8. Do a puzzle.
Some of us like jigsaw puzzles, some crossword puzzles, some logic puzzles - it really doesn’t matter kind you choose to do. Doing puzzles in your free time is a great way to activate your brain and keep it in good working condition. Do the puzzle for fun, but do it knowing you are exercising your brain.
9. The “Mozart Effect.”
A decade ago Frances Rauscher, a psychologist now at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, and her colleagues made waves with the discovery that listening to Mozart improved people’s mathematical and spatial reasoning. Even rats ran mazes faster and more accurately after hearing Mozart than after white noise or music by the minimalist composer Philip Glass. Last year, Rauscher reported that, for rats at least, a Mozart piano sonata seems to stimulate activity in three genes involved in nerve-cell signalling in the brain.
This sounds like the most harmonious way to tune up your mental faculties. But before you grab the CDs, hear this note of caution. Not everyone who has looked for the Mozart effect has found it. What’s more, even its proponents tend to think that music boosts brain power simply because it makes listeners feel better - relaxed and stimulated at the same time - and that a comparable stimulus might do just as well. In fact, one study found that listening to a story gave a similar performance boost.
10. Improve your skill at things you already do.
Some repetitive mental stimulation is ok as long as you look to expand your skills and knowledge base. Common activities such as gardening, sewing, playing bridge, reading, painting, and doing crossword puzzles have value, but push yourself to do different gardening techniques, more complex sewing patterns, play bridge against more talented players to increase your skill, read new authors on varied subjects, learn a new painting technique, and work harder crossword puzzles. Pushing your brain to new heights help to keep it healthy.
11. Be a thinker, not a drinker.
The idea that alcohol kills brain cells is an old one, but the reality is a bit more complicated. In fact, a study of 3,500 Japanese men found that those who drank moderately (in this case, about one drink per day) had better cognitive functioning when they got older than those who didn’t drink at all. Unfortunately, as soon as you get beyond that “moderate” amount, your memory, reaction time is all likely to decline. In the same study, men who had four or more drinks a day fared worst of all.
Just as bad is the now common practice of “binge drinking,” otherwise known as getting hammered on the weekend. Research on rats found that those who consumed large amounts of alcohol had fewer new cells in their brains’ hippocampus region immediately after the binge, and virtually none a month later. This suggests that the alcohol not only damaged the rats’ brains, but kept them from repairing themselves later on - in human terms, that means you shouldn’t expect to pass the Mensa entrance exam any time soon.
12. Play.
Take time to play. Make time to play. Play cards. Play video games. Play board games. Play Ring Around the Rosie. Play tug of war. It doesn’t matter what you play. Just play! It is good for your spirit and good for your brain. It gives your brain a chance to think strategically, and keeps it working.
13. Sleep on it.
Previewing key information and then sleeping on it increases retention 20 to 30 percent. You can leave that information next to the bed for easy access, if it is something that won’t keep you awake. If you are kept awake by your thoughts, writing everything down sometimes gets it “out of your mind,” allowing you to sleep (so keep a pen and paper nearby).
14. Concentration.
Concentration can increase brainpower. Obvious, perhaps, but the thieves of concentration are not always so obvious. Learn to notice when you are distracted. Often the cause is just below consciousness. If there is a phone call you need to make, for example, it might bother you all morning, sapping your ability to think clearly, even while you are unaware of what is bothering you.
Get in the habit of stopping to ask “What is on my mind right now”. Identify it and deal with it. In the example given, you could make the phone call, or put it on tomorrow’s list, so your mind is comfortable letting it go for now. This leaves you in a more relaxed state where you can think more clearly. Use this technique to increase your brainpower now.
15. Make love for your brain.
In a series of studies by Winnifred B. Cutler, PhD and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and later at Stanford University it was found that regular sexual contact had an important impact on physical and emotional well being of women. Sexual contact with a partner at least once a week led to more fertile, regular menstrual cycles, shorter menses, delayed menopause, increased estrogen levels, and delayed aging. Brain imaging studies at UCLA have shown that decreased estrogen levels are associated with overall decreased brain activity and poor memory. Enhancing estrogen levels for women through regular sexual activity enhances overall brain activity and improves memory.
In Dr. Cutler’s study the occurrence of orgasm was not as important as the fact that sex was with another person. Intimacy and emotional bonding may be the most influential factors in the positive aspects of sex. As a psychiatrist I have seen many people withhold sex as a way to show hurt, anger, or disappointment. Dr. Cutler’s research suggests that this is self-defeating behavior. The more you withhold the worse it may be for you. Appropriate sex is one of the keys to the brain’s fountain of youth.
16. Play with passion!
You can’t do great work without personal fulfillment. When people are growing through learning and creativity, they are much more fulfilled and give 127% more to their work. Delight yourself and you delight the world. Remember what you loved to do as a child and bring the essence of that activity into your work. This is a clue to your genius; to your natural gifts and talents. da Vinci, Edison, Einstein and Picasso all loved to play and they loved to explore.
17. Cycles of consciousness.
Your consciousness waxes and wanes throughout the day . For most it seems to go through 90 minute cycles, with 30 minutes of lower consciousness. Watch yourself to recognize this cycle. If you learn to recognize and track your mental state, you can concentrate on important mental tasks when your mind is most “awake”. For creative insight into a problem, do the opposite. Work on it when you are in a drowsy state, when your conscious mind has slowed down.
18. Learn something new.
This one might seem obvious. Yes, we capitalize on our brain’s great potential when we put it to work learning new things. You may have a specific topic for work or leisure that you want to learn more about. That’s great.
Go learn it. If you don’t have a subject in mind right now, try learning a new word each day. There is a strong correlation between working vocabulary and intelligence. When we have new words in our vocabulary, our minds can think in new ways with greater nuances between ideas. Put your mind to work learning. It is one of the best ways to re-energize your brain.
19. Write to be read.
I am a big proponent of writing in a journal to capture ideas and thoughts. There is certainly great value in writing for yourself. I continue to find that my brain is greatly stimulated by writing to be read. The greatest benefit of writing is what it does to expand your brain’s capacity. Find ways to write to be read – by writing things for your friends to read, by capturing the stories of your childhood, starting your own blog or whatever – just write to be read.
20. Try aroma therapy to activate your brain.
One day, as I was falling asleep, while listening to endless speeches at a conference, my brain suddenly perked up when I caught a whiff of lemon from someone’s cologne. I immediately felt alert and found it much easier to pay attention to the presenter. I discovered aroma therapy really is useful and I have used it ever since revitalize or to relax.
Energizers include peppermint, cypress and lemon. Relaxants: ylang ylang, geranium and rose. A few drops of essential oils in your bath or in a diffuser will do the trick. You can also put a drop or two in a cotton ball or hanky and inhale. One caveat for the workplace; make sure no-one is allergic to the oils before you use them.
21. Drugs to increase brainpower.
Coffee and other drinks containing caffeine help students consistently score higher on tests. Since caffeine restricts blood vessels in the brain, it isn’t clear what the longer-term effects may be when it comes to your brainpower. So instead of coffee breaks try gingko biloba and gotu kola herbal teas. Ginkgo biloba has been shown to increase blood flow to the brain, and improve concentration.
22. Build a brain trust.
Surround yourself with inspiring people from a wide variety of fields who encourage you and stimulate your creativity. Read magazines from a wide variety of fields. Make connections between people, places and things, to discover new opportunities, and to find solutions to your problems.
Remember that no matter what your age or your occupation; your brain needs to be constantly challenged to be at its peak in terms of performance. Whether it’s doing logic puzzles, memorizing lines from Shakespeare, or learning a new skill, keep your brain busy, if you don’t want it to rust away like a car in a junkyard.
Example of construction of the brain from Артемия Лебедева
And this is an article 22 Ways to Overclock Your Brain here is Russina translation
“I just found out that the brain is like a computer. If that’s true, then there really aren’t any stupid people. Just people running DOS.”
- Anonymous
The brain is a three-pound supercomputer. It is the command and control center running your life. It is involved in absolutely everything you do. Your brain determines how you think, how you feel, how you act, and how well you get along with other people. Your brain even determines the kind of person you are. It determines how thoughtful you are; how polite or how rude you are. It determines how well you think on your feet, and it is involved with how well you do at work and with your family. Your brain also influences your emotional well being and how well you do with the opposite sex.
Brain PowerYour brain is more complicated than any computer we can imagine. Did you know that you have one hundred billion nerve cells in your brain, and every nerve cell has many connections to other nerve cells? In fact, your brain has more connections in it than there are stars in the universe! Optimizing your brain’s function is essential to being the best you can be, whether at work, in leisure, or in your relationships.
It’s simple, your brain is at the center of everything you do, all you feel and think, and every nuance of how you relate to people. It’s both the supercomputer that runs your complex life and the tender organ that houses your soul. And while you may run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep your body in good condition, chances are you ignore your brain and trust it to do its job.
No matter what your age, mental exercise has a global, positive effect on the brain. So, here are 22 ways to boost your brain power:
1. Run up your brain cells.
Research suggests that people who get plenty of physical exercise can wind up with better brains. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., found that adult mice who ran on an exercise wheel whenever they felt like it gained twice as many new cells in the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning and memory, than mice who sat around all day discussing Lord of the Rings in Internet chat rooms. The researchers weren’t sure why the more active rodents’ brains reacted the way they did, but it’s possible that the voluntary nature of the exercise made it less stressful and therefore more beneficial. Which could mean that finding ways to enjoy exercise, rather than just forcing yourself to do it, may make you smarter - and happier, too.
So, play a sport, train for an event such as a marathon, triathlon or “fun run,” or work out with a buddy to help keep things interesting.
2. Exercise your mind.
It isn’t just physical exercise that gets those brain cells jumping. Just like those head-pumped cabbies and piano jockeys, you can build up various areas of your brain by putting them to work. Duke University neurobiology professor Lawrence C. Katz, Ph.D., co-author of Keep Your Brain Alive, says that finding simple ways to use aspects of your brain that may be lagging could help maintain both nerve cells and dendrites, branches on the cells that receive and process information. Just as a new weightlifting exercise builds up underused muscles, Katz says that novel ways of thinking and viewing the world can improve the functioning of inactive sections of the brain.
Experience new tastes and smells; try to do things with your nondominant hand; find new ways to drive to work; travel to new places; create art; read that Dostoyevsky novel; write a buddy comedy for Ted Kennedy and Rush Limbaugh - basically, do anything you can to force yourself out of your mental ruts.
3. Ask why.
Our brains are wired to be curious. As we grow up and “mature” many of us stifle or deny our natural curiosity. Let yourself be curious! Wonder to yourself about why things are happening. Ask someone in the know. The best way to exercise our curiosity is by asking “Why?” Make it a new habit to ask “why?” at least 10 times a day. Your brain will be happier and you will be amazed at how many opportunities and solutions will show up in your life and work.
4. Laugh.
Scientists tell us that laughter is good for our health; that it releases endorphins and other positively powerful chemicals into our system. We don’t really need scientists to tell us that it feels good to laugh. Laughing helps us reduce stress and break old patterns too. So laughter can be like a “quick-charge” for our brain’s batteries. Laugh more, and laugh harder.
5. Be a fish head.
Omega-3 oils, found in walnuts, flaxseed and especially fish, have long been touted as being healthy for the heart. But recent research suggests they’re a brain booster as well, and not just because they help the circulation system that pumps oxygen to your head. They also seem to improve the function of the membranes that surround brain cells, which may be why people who consume a lot of fish are less likely to suffer depression, dementia, even attention-deficit disorder. Scientists have noted that essential fatty acids are necessary for proper brain development in children, and they’re now being added to baby formulas. It’s possible that your own mental state, and even your intelligence, can be enhanced by consuming enough of these oils.
Eating at least three servings a week of fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel and tuna is a good start.
6. Remember.
Get out an old photo album or high school yearbook. Your brain is a memory machine, so give it a chance to work! Spend time with your memories. Let your mind reflect on them and your mind will repay you in positive emotions and new connections from the memories to help you with your current tasks and challenges.
7. Cut the fat.
Can “bad” fats make you dumb? When researchers at the University of Toronto put rats on a 40-percent-fat diet, the rats lost ground in several areas of mental function, including memory, spatial awareness and rule learning. The problems became worse with a diet high in saturated fats, the kind that’s abundant in meat and dairy products. While you may never be called upon to navigate a little maze in search of a cheddar cube, these results could hold true for you as well, for two reasons: Fat can reduce the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your brain, and it may also slow down the metabolism of glucose, the form of sugar the brain utilizes as food.
You can still get up to 30 percent of your daily calories in the form of fat, but most of it should come from the aforementioned fish, olive oil, nuts and seeds. Whatever you do, stay away from trans fats, the hardened oils that are abundant in crackers and snack foods.
8. Do a puzzle.
Some of us like jigsaw puzzles, some crossword puzzles, some logic puzzles - it really doesn’t matter kind you choose to do. Doing puzzles in your free time is a great way to activate your brain and keep it in good working condition. Do the puzzle for fun, but do it knowing you are exercising your brain.
9. The “Mozart Effect.”
A decade ago Frances Rauscher, a psychologist now at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, and her colleagues made waves with the discovery that listening to Mozart improved people’s mathematical and spatial reasoning. Even rats ran mazes faster and more accurately after hearing Mozart than after white noise or music by the minimalist composer Philip Glass. Last year, Rauscher reported that, for rats at least, a Mozart piano sonata seems to stimulate activity in three genes involved in nerve-cell signalling in the brain.
This sounds like the most harmonious way to tune up your mental faculties. But before you grab the CDs, hear this note of caution. Not everyone who has looked for the Mozart effect has found it. What’s more, even its proponents tend to think that music boosts brain power simply because it makes listeners feel better - relaxed and stimulated at the same time - and that a comparable stimulus might do just as well. In fact, one study found that listening to a story gave a similar performance boost.
10. Improve your skill at things you already do.
Some repetitive mental stimulation is ok as long as you look to expand your skills and knowledge base. Common activities such as gardening, sewing, playing bridge, reading, painting, and doing crossword puzzles have value, but push yourself to do different gardening techniques, more complex sewing patterns, play bridge against more talented players to increase your skill, read new authors on varied subjects, learn a new painting technique, and work harder crossword puzzles. Pushing your brain to new heights help to keep it healthy.
11. Be a thinker, not a drinker.
The idea that alcohol kills brain cells is an old one, but the reality is a bit more complicated. In fact, a study of 3,500 Japanese men found that those who drank moderately (in this case, about one drink per day) had better cognitive functioning when they got older than those who didn’t drink at all. Unfortunately, as soon as you get beyond that “moderate” amount, your memory, reaction time is all likely to decline. In the same study, men who had four or more drinks a day fared worst of all.
Just as bad is the now common practice of “binge drinking,” otherwise known as getting hammered on the weekend. Research on rats found that those who consumed large amounts of alcohol had fewer new cells in their brains’ hippocampus region immediately after the binge, and virtually none a month later. This suggests that the alcohol not only damaged the rats’ brains, but kept them from repairing themselves later on - in human terms, that means you shouldn’t expect to pass the Mensa entrance exam any time soon.
12. Play.
Take time to play. Make time to play. Play cards. Play video games. Play board games. Play Ring Around the Rosie. Play tug of war. It doesn’t matter what you play. Just play! It is good for your spirit and good for your brain. It gives your brain a chance to think strategically, and keeps it working.
13. Sleep on it.
Previewing key information and then sleeping on it increases retention 20 to 30 percent. You can leave that information next to the bed for easy access, if it is something that won’t keep you awake. If you are kept awake by your thoughts, writing everything down sometimes gets it “out of your mind,” allowing you to sleep (so keep a pen and paper nearby).
14. Concentration.
Concentration can increase brainpower. Obvious, perhaps, but the thieves of concentration are not always so obvious. Learn to notice when you are distracted. Often the cause is just below consciousness. If there is a phone call you need to make, for example, it might bother you all morning, sapping your ability to think clearly, even while you are unaware of what is bothering you.
Get in the habit of stopping to ask “What is on my mind right now”. Identify it and deal with it. In the example given, you could make the phone call, or put it on tomorrow’s list, so your mind is comfortable letting it go for now. This leaves you in a more relaxed state where you can think more clearly. Use this technique to increase your brainpower now.
15. Make love for your brain.
In a series of studies by Winnifred B. Cutler, PhD and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and later at Stanford University it was found that regular sexual contact had an important impact on physical and emotional well being of women. Sexual contact with a partner at least once a week led to more fertile, regular menstrual cycles, shorter menses, delayed menopause, increased estrogen levels, and delayed aging. Brain imaging studies at UCLA have shown that decreased estrogen levels are associated with overall decreased brain activity and poor memory. Enhancing estrogen levels for women through regular sexual activity enhances overall brain activity and improves memory.
In Dr. Cutler’s study the occurrence of orgasm was not as important as the fact that sex was with another person. Intimacy and emotional bonding may be the most influential factors in the positive aspects of sex. As a psychiatrist I have seen many people withhold sex as a way to show hurt, anger, or disappointment. Dr. Cutler’s research suggests that this is self-defeating behavior. The more you withhold the worse it may be for you. Appropriate sex is one of the keys to the brain’s fountain of youth.
16. Play with passion!
You can’t do great work without personal fulfillment. When people are growing through learning and creativity, they are much more fulfilled and give 127% more to their work. Delight yourself and you delight the world. Remember what you loved to do as a child and bring the essence of that activity into your work. This is a clue to your genius; to your natural gifts and talents. da Vinci, Edison, Einstein and Picasso all loved to play and they loved to explore.
17. Cycles of consciousness.
Your consciousness waxes and wanes throughout the day . For most it seems to go through 90 minute cycles, with 30 minutes of lower consciousness. Watch yourself to recognize this cycle. If you learn to recognize and track your mental state, you can concentrate on important mental tasks when your mind is most “awake”. For creative insight into a problem, do the opposite. Work on it when you are in a drowsy state, when your conscious mind has slowed down.
18. Learn something new.
This one might seem obvious. Yes, we capitalize on our brain’s great potential when we put it to work learning new things. You may have a specific topic for work or leisure that you want to learn more about. That’s great.
Go learn it. If you don’t have a subject in mind right now, try learning a new word each day. There is a strong correlation between working vocabulary and intelligence. When we have new words in our vocabulary, our minds can think in new ways with greater nuances between ideas. Put your mind to work learning. It is one of the best ways to re-energize your brain.
19. Write to be read.
I am a big proponent of writing in a journal to capture ideas and thoughts. There is certainly great value in writing for yourself. I continue to find that my brain is greatly stimulated by writing to be read. The greatest benefit of writing is what it does to expand your brain’s capacity. Find ways to write to be read – by writing things for your friends to read, by capturing the stories of your childhood, starting your own blog or whatever – just write to be read.
20. Try aroma therapy to activate your brain.
One day, as I was falling asleep, while listening to endless speeches at a conference, my brain suddenly perked up when I caught a whiff of lemon from someone’s cologne. I immediately felt alert and found it much easier to pay attention to the presenter. I discovered aroma therapy really is useful and I have used it ever since revitalize or to relax.
Energizers include peppermint, cypress and lemon. Relaxants: ylang ylang, geranium and rose. A few drops of essential oils in your bath or in a diffuser will do the trick. You can also put a drop or two in a cotton ball or hanky and inhale. One caveat for the workplace; make sure no-one is allergic to the oils before you use them.
21. Drugs to increase brainpower.
Coffee and other drinks containing caffeine help students consistently score higher on tests. Since caffeine restricts blood vessels in the brain, it isn’t clear what the longer-term effects may be when it comes to your brainpower. So instead of coffee breaks try gingko biloba and gotu kola herbal teas. Ginkgo biloba has been shown to increase blood flow to the brain, and improve concentration.
22. Build a brain trust.
Surround yourself with inspiring people from a wide variety of fields who encourage you and stimulate your creativity. Read magazines from a wide variety of fields. Make connections between people, places and things, to discover new opportunities, and to find solutions to your problems.
Remember that no matter what your age or your occupation; your brain needs to be constantly challenged to be at its peak in terms of performance. Whether it’s doing logic puzzles, memorizing lines from Shakespeare, or learning a new skill, keep your brain busy, if you don’t want it to rust away like a car in a junkyard.
General conception
New comer students should understand what they want from university study. Ranks of universities is nothing, because it is not showing internal life.
General ways of explaining for new comer student
>> FACE2FACE CONVERSATIONS (with students, assistants, professors, chefs without limitation)
>>PROMOTION OF SCIENCES (like a science popularisation "Elegant Universe" or "Eureka" but into the university)
Students should not have a strict program, they just can choose a direction of science(computer sciences, electronics, biocybernetics) BUT have possibility change subjects or field if they really can show that they are want and ready
Professors should be always ready to study (what students telling for them or new technologies) and working/resting with students together if it possible - I mean not students and professors should be not estimate drink or ride in mountains together
The professor should be not have problems with money, if his subject really important and interesting. Solve of this problem - pay money proportional of quantity of attending students. 'couse really difficult to work with big auditorium.
University should be independence from
>>government or military
>>energy or country (remember Ukrainian conflict)
>>using science achievements for man of Earth - not only the county,
>>in the specific field is independence from MONEY, although money it's bigest stimulus - sometimes is not true (remember House M.D.)
Of course this is ideal model, and my English kind of poor - but I hope 4apay you've got my point. Anyway I'm waiting your comments :)
4apay's comments.
Well, i agree with most of it, Gleb. But think of this - without having even a "weak" studiying programm, student's attention may be really distracted and/or distributed so he or she won't be able to concentrate on smthn. Well, maybe i'm wrong.
On independence from everything - damn right. Ideal univercity should have its own solar and wind plants.
On money. HOW do you see it - independence from money? You may minimize this dependence, but i don't believe in complete independence.
I was also thinking of the place for this Univercity - but we'll discuss it later.
General ways of explaining for new comer student
>> FACE2FACE CONVERSATIONS (with students, assistants, professors, chefs without limitation)
>>PROMOTION OF SCIENCES (like a science popularisation "Elegant Universe" or "Eureka" but into the university)
Students should not have a strict program, they just can choose a direction of science(computer sciences, electronics, biocybernetics) BUT have possibility change subjects or field if they really can show that they are want and ready
Professors should be always ready to study (what students telling for them or new technologies) and working/resting with students together if it possible - I mean not students and professors should be not estimate drink or ride in mountains together
The professor should be not have problems with money, if his subject really important and interesting. Solve of this problem - pay money proportional of quantity of attending students. 'couse really difficult to work with big auditorium.
University should be independence from
>>government or military
>>energy or country (remember Ukrainian conflict)
>>using science achievements for man of Earth - not only the county,
>>in the specific field is independence from MONEY, although money it's bigest stimulus - sometimes is not true (remember House M.D.)
Of course this is ideal model, and my English kind of poor - but I hope 4apay you've got my point. Anyway I'm waiting your comments :)
4apay's comments.
Well, i agree with most of it, Gleb. But think of this - without having even a "weak" studiying programm, student's attention may be really distracted and/or distributed so he or she won't be able to concentrate on smthn. Well, maybe i'm wrong.
On independence from everything - damn right. Ideal univercity should have its own solar and wind plants.
On money. HOW do you see it - independence from money? You may minimize this dependence, but i don't believe in complete independence.
I was also thinking of the place for this Univercity - but we'll discuss it later.
IT
Infomational Technology, it's really very important Now.
Course should describe that things:
- Kinds of information
- Desctription about
- How to work with information
- Organization of your mind
- Keeping Mindmaps
- Reading
- Communication
- Trainsfer of information
- Ways of transfer
- Technology of transfer WiMAX
- How to present information
- Presentationing PowerPoint
- Communication
- Writing
Преподавание
-Студент обязан ходить на предметы, определенные программой
-По возможности ведение лекций на английском. Можно ходить на лекции на английском как на доп.занятия.
-У студента есть "свободный выбор" между занятиями которые ему интересны. Это будут - языки, может быть дизайн, да что угодно.
По этим предметам не будет отчетности кроме, допустим, эссе. Тем не менее надо сделать так чтобы студенты не проебывали это время, а занимались в него тем что они хотят.
-Обязательно преподавать Русский язык. Первые 2 курса будет обязательно посещение занятий по языку. Скорее надо преподавать культуру языка. Язык это очень важно.
-Another idea is to teach "Information Culture" for we are living in the Information World. Information Culture is intended to teach students how to deal with information, organize it, make it easier for search and so on. I believe you have such a subject )
Продолжай ;)
-По возможности ведение лекций на английском. Можно ходить на лекции на английском как на доп.занятия.
-У студента есть "свободный выбор" между занятиями которые ему интересны. Это будут - языки, может быть дизайн, да что угодно.
По этим предметам не будет отчетности кроме, допустим, эссе. Тем не менее надо сделать так чтобы студенты не проебывали это время, а занимались в него тем что они хотят.
-Обязательно преподавать Русский язык. Первые 2 курса будет обязательно посещение занятий по языку. Скорее надо преподавать культуру языка. Язык это очень важно.
-Another idea is to teach "Information Culture" for we are living in the Information World. Information Culture is intended to teach students how to deal with information, organize it, make it easier for search and so on. I believe you have such a subject )
Продолжай ;)
Книжная полка
"Книжная полка" - это сервис, предназначенный для учета полученных электронных книг студентом, а также для их организации. Собственно через полку книги и качаются.
Ссылки из книжной полки ведут либо на сервер библиотеки, либо на устройство студента.
Собственно куда его прикрутить еще стоит решить. Основная же идея в том, что сервис выдает список рекомендованной литературы и список полученной. Моя идея - чтобы это было в виде Mind Map.
Рекомендации определяются преподавателем для своего курса. Связь преподавателя и группы определяется в деканате, и следовательно от студента не требуется указывать из какой он группы, системе и так это известно. Он получает уже готовые рекомендации.
"Книжная полка" также предоставляет все эти данные другим программам, допустим, в Classroom, где студент может выбрать нужные из списка книги и сделать ассоциации этих книг с определенным предметом, или работой (допустим, для лабораторной работы номер 2 нужно было прочитать книгу по ТАУ именно такую) и эта связь отобразится в программе.
Хорошо было бы придумать такой e-book reader чтобы он синхронизировался с книжной полкой.
Глеб: Придумывать тут не чего, существуют уже готовые решения такие как iPodTouch, iPad, Cybook Gen3 Deluxe Pack. Протоколом для синхронизации можно использовать RSS.
Ссылки из книжной полки ведут либо на сервер библиотеки, либо на устройство студента.
Собственно куда его прикрутить еще стоит решить. Основная же идея в том, что сервис выдает список рекомендованной литературы и список полученной. Моя идея - чтобы это было в виде Mind Map.
Рекомендации определяются преподавателем для своего курса. Связь преподавателя и группы определяется в деканате, и следовательно от студента не требуется указывать из какой он группы, системе и так это известно. Он получает уже готовые рекомендации.
"Книжная полка" также предоставляет все эти данные другим программам, допустим, в Classroom, где студент может выбрать нужные из списка книги и сделать ассоциации этих книг с определенным предметом, или работой (допустим, для лабораторной работы номер 2 нужно было прочитать книгу по ТАУ именно такую) и эта связь отобразится в программе.
Хорошо было бы придумать такой e-book reader чтобы он синхронизировался с книжной полкой.
Глеб: Придумывать тут не чего, существуют уже готовые решения такие как iPodTouch, iPad, Cybook Gen3 Deluxe Pack. Протоколом для синхронизации можно использовать RSS.
Автоматизация учета работ
Программа "Classroom" предназначена для
-автоматизированного учета выполненных работ
-упрощения процесса обмена работами студент-препод-студент
-упрощения проверки работ преподом
-ведения электронной ведомости
Программа должна
-Определять в каком классе находится студент (как сделать?)
-Автоматически "цеплять" его на комп к преподу
Студенческая часть проги
-Список предметов
-Окно с работами
-Возможность отправки преподу
-Синхронизация с веб-сервером
-Синхронизация с "книжной полкой" для получения списка книг. Книги можно будет связывать с предметами - чтобы удобнее во всем разбираться.
Преподская часть:
-Список групп, студентов
-Индикация наличия студента в аудитории
-Кнопка синхронизации работ. Препод отправляет все проверенные работы или получает все вновь сделанные. Приоритет у проверенных выше.
Должен существовать "тэг" для идентификации работы. Допустим, студент при создании работы указывает что это - типовик, курсач, лабораторная работа. или тэг проставляется в программе.
Соответственно, преподаватель может их сортировать - проверять отдельно лабы, отдельно курсачи.
Оценки, выставленные в этой программе, автоматически идут в электронную ведомость (еще минус одна бумажка)
Электронная ведомость защищена электронной подписью препода (вероятно надо придумать чтото биометрическое для защиты)
Скорее всего это не будет в прямом смысле ведомостью. В деканате будет некий документ для определенной группы который будет обновляться по желанию препода и по мере сдачи работ.
Допуска. Бумажные допуска, особенно очереди за ними это пиздец.
С введением электронной ведомости необходимость в допусках отпадет сама по себе. Препод проставит экзамен/зачет когда студент его сдаст. Все это придет в деканат и там уже обновится.
Конечно, будут крайние сроки сдачи и тд, тогда уже надо будет отправлять запрос на перенесение сроков сессии и тд.
Надо продумать этот процесс.
Вопрос синхронизации студенческих работ. Для защиты от случайных потерь документов, типа гарантия сохранности. И уже не забудешь лабы дома.
-Для кучи студенческих работ требуется много места.
Допустим, предоставлять место для хранения работ только в течение 1 семестра. В следующем они стираются.
-Возможность синхронизации из дома.
Не знаю
-Понадобятся:
Большие мониторы
Проекторы
Эти расчудесные мультитачевые панели )
Глеб: Проверь сайт flossed.org там сможешь найти видео Building a Basic Classroom Site with Drupal 6 в 5 частях. Интересно твое мнение.
-автоматизированного учета выполненных работ
-упрощения процесса обмена работами студент-препод-студент
-упрощения проверки работ преподом
-ведения электронной ведомости
Программа должна
-Определять в каком классе находится студент (как сделать?)
-Автоматически "цеплять" его на комп к преподу
Студенческая часть проги
-Список предметов
-Окно с работами
-Возможность отправки преподу
-Синхронизация с веб-сервером
-Синхронизация с "книжной полкой" для получения списка книг. Книги можно будет связывать с предметами - чтобы удобнее во всем разбираться.
Преподская часть:
-Список групп, студентов
-Индикация наличия студента в аудитории
-Кнопка синхронизации работ. Препод отправляет все проверенные работы или получает все вновь сделанные. Приоритет у проверенных выше.
Должен существовать "тэг" для идентификации работы. Допустим, студент при создании работы указывает что это - типовик, курсач, лабораторная работа. или тэг проставляется в программе.
Соответственно, преподаватель может их сортировать - проверять отдельно лабы, отдельно курсачи.
Оценки, выставленные в этой программе, автоматически идут в электронную ведомость (еще минус одна бумажка)
Электронная ведомость защищена электронной подписью препода (вероятно надо придумать чтото биометрическое для защиты)
Скорее всего это не будет в прямом смысле ведомостью. В деканате будет некий документ для определенной группы который будет обновляться по желанию препода и по мере сдачи работ.
Допуска. Бумажные допуска, особенно очереди за ними это пиздец.
С введением электронной ведомости необходимость в допусках отпадет сама по себе. Препод проставит экзамен/зачет когда студент его сдаст. Все это придет в деканат и там уже обновится.
Конечно, будут крайние сроки сдачи и тд, тогда уже надо будет отправлять запрос на перенесение сроков сессии и тд.
Надо продумать этот процесс.
Вопрос синхронизации студенческих работ. Для защиты от случайных потерь документов, типа гарантия сохранности. И уже не забудешь лабы дома.
-Для кучи студенческих работ требуется много места.
Допустим, предоставлять место для хранения работ только в течение 1 семестра. В следующем они стираются.
-Возможность синхронизации из дома.
Не знаю
-Понадобятся:
Большие мониторы
Проекторы
Эти расчудесные мультитачевые панели )
Глеб: Проверь сайт flossed.org там сможешь найти видео Building a Basic Classroom Site with Drupal 6 в 5 частях. Интересно твое мнение.
Электронный документооборот
Как мы уже говорили, бумага - зло.
Мама работает в отделе кадров - тратит пачку 500 листов за 2 дня. Это абсолютно не эффективно. А сколько бумаги рассходуеться в институте?
Видится следующий выход из ситуации:
-Введение электронного документооборота вообще в институте.
Встает вопрос стериотипов и неуверенности в надежности этих документов. Мое мнение - бумага тоже горит!
-Все студенческие работы - в электронном виде.
Это влечет проблемы отсутствия у всех и каждого ноутбуков или e-book'ов. С другой стороны что поделать. Те же netbook'и стоят по 10К, думаю все могут себе позволить.
Также надо оборудовать аудитории проекторами и компьютерами для преподов, чтобы эти работы проверять. Как идея - все работы сдаются в PDF, а к ним препод приписывает комменты что не так.
Но в этом случае надо продумать некую программу, которая автоматически будет синхронизировать проверенные работы на машине препода с работами студентов. Конечно же по беспроводному интерфейсу. Типа назвать ее Classroom. Может быть с нее даже давать доступ студентам к проектору в аудитории. Было бы очень даже.
Вопрос работы Архива. Вроде как все должно быть в бумаге и сдано туда. Конечно, часть каких-то документво придется оставить на бумаге. Но таку часть, чтобы весь институт тратил пачку бумаги в 2 дня.
Мама работает в отделе кадров - тратит пачку 500 листов за 2 дня. Это абсолютно не эффективно. А сколько бумаги рассходуеться в институте?
Видится следующий выход из ситуации:
-Введение электронного документооборота вообще в институте.
Встает вопрос стериотипов и неуверенности в надежности этих документов. Мое мнение - бумага тоже горит!
-Все студенческие работы - в электронном виде.
Это влечет проблемы отсутствия у всех и каждого ноутбуков или e-book'ов. С другой стороны что поделать. Те же netbook'и стоят по 10К, думаю все могут себе позволить.
Также надо оборудовать аудитории проекторами и компьютерами для преподов, чтобы эти работы проверять. Как идея - все работы сдаются в PDF, а к ним препод приписывает комменты что не так.
Но в этом случае надо продумать некую программу, которая автоматически будет синхронизировать проверенные работы на машине препода с работами студентов. Конечно же по беспроводному интерфейсу. Типа назвать ее Classroom. Может быть с нее даже давать доступ студентам к проектору в аудитории. Было бы очень даже.
Вопрос работы Архива. Вроде как все должно быть в бумаге и сдано туда. Конечно, часть каких-то документво придется оставить на бумаге. Но таку часть, чтобы весь институт тратил пачку бумаги в 2 дня.
О важности электронных книг
Краткое содержание:
-Необходимость библиотеки
-Критерии отбора книг
-Проблемы реализации
FORGET ABOUT DJVU :)
С моей точки зрения, абсолютно необходимо иметь хорошую электронную библиотеку, так как бумажные носители уходят в прошлое.
Как только появятся новые быстрые и большие e-book reader'ы то вообще необходимость в книгах упадет в разы.
В связи с этим нужна необязательно БОЛЬШАЯ но ХОРОШАЯ библиотека, обязательно содержащая "правильные" книги (над этим еще стоит думать). Книги должны быть красиво оформлены и грамотно распознаны, чтобы у студентов не оставалось чувства "второсортности".
Основная идея - делать OCR всех дежавюшных книг. По возможности сам OCR загонять в .pdf. Получится небольшая и красиво выглядящая книга.
Обязательно иметь систему ссылок и оглавление в пдф или оглавление в дежавю. Так как очевидно сложнее быстро перемещаться по электронной книге, нужно максимально упростить этот процесс. Картинки в случае низкого качества перерисовываются в Corel Draw или любых возможных пакетах.
Формулы обязательно переписать в каком-нибудь MathType'е.
О красоте. Это очень важно, так как эстетическая точка зрения в восприятии информации играет не последнюю роль. Задача - найти программу для упрощения верстки книг. LyX
Проблема в том, что на грамотное распознавание и перепаковку книги в дежавю уходит чертовски много времени. И многие книги распознаны настолько хуево, что хочется плеваться и их нужно руками доводить до ума. Для этого нужны люди. Отдел библиотекарей. Как минимум 4 человека, 2 хороших быстрых сканера. А людей надо как-то еще обучить и мотивировать.
Мне пришла Идея о том, что легче будет сканить книгу, отрезав страницы. По страничке. Максимальное качество, никаких наклонов и замятостей. Дальнейшая обработка стандартна. Тратим одну бумажную книгу зато получаем качественный скан.
Итого - три направления деятельности.
Повторная обработка старых книг (OCR, оглавление, переоформление, перерисовка рисунков, конвертация в pdf)
Скан книг с нуля (все то же, но качество будет выше и времени потрачено меньше)
Все новые книги и методички, изданные в институте сразу будут представлены в этом формате.
Правовой вопрос. Делаем для личного пользования. Хотя хуй знает, можно очень крепко приебаться по этому поводу.
RULE OF UNIVERSITY -> University can have can make not limited copy of book if it's have origin in library(not quote just meaning)
-Сервер библиотеки
Если предположить, что в институте будет действовать общая система электронной регистрации всех студентов, то на личной страничке у каждого должна быть вкладка "Книжная полка" на которой будут ссылки на все скачанные им книги.
Книжную полку можно организовывать по собственному желанию, делать папки, каталоги. Сама по себе она хранит лишь ссылки на сервер - книги находятся у студента на компьютере.
-Необходимость библиотеки
-Критерии отбора книг
-Проблемы реализации
FORGET ABOUT DJVU :)
С моей точки зрения, абсолютно необходимо иметь хорошую электронную библиотеку, так как бумажные носители уходят в прошлое.
Как только появятся новые быстрые и большие e-book reader'ы то вообще необходимость в книгах упадет в разы.
В связи с этим нужна необязательно БОЛЬШАЯ но ХОРОШАЯ библиотека, обязательно содержащая "правильные" книги (над этим еще стоит думать). Книги должны быть красиво оформлены и грамотно распознаны, чтобы у студентов не оставалось чувства "второсортности".
Основная идея - делать OCR всех дежавюшных книг. По возможности сам OCR загонять в .pdf. Получится небольшая и красиво выглядящая книга.
Обязательно иметь систему ссылок и оглавление в пдф или оглавление в дежавю. Так как очевидно сложнее быстро перемещаться по электронной книге, нужно максимально упростить этот процесс. Картинки в случае низкого качества перерисовываются в Corel Draw или любых возможных пакетах.
Формулы обязательно переписать в каком-нибудь MathType'е.
О красоте. Это очень важно, так как эстетическая точка зрения в восприятии информации играет не последнюю роль. Задача - найти программу для упрощения верстки книг. LyX
maybe you are mean LaTeXнаверное подойдет, очень красивый выход у него. Надо с ним разораться.
Проблема в том, что на грамотное распознавание и перепаковку книги в дежавю уходит чертовски много времени. И многие книги распознаны настолько хуево, что хочется плеваться и их нужно руками доводить до ума. Для этого нужны люди. Отдел библиотекарей. Как минимум 4 человека, 2 хороших быстрых сканера. А людей надо как-то еще обучить и мотивировать.
Мне пришла Идея о том, что легче будет сканить книгу, отрезав страницы. По страничке. Максимальное качество, никаких наклонов и замятостей. Дальнейшая обработка стандартна. Тратим одну бумажную книгу зато получаем качественный скан.
Итого - три направления деятельности.
Повторная обработка старых книг (OCR, оглавление, переоформление, перерисовка рисунков, конвертация в pdf)
Скан книг с нуля (все то же, но качество будет выше и времени потрачено меньше)
Все новые книги и методички, изданные в институте сразу будут представлены в этом формате.
RULE OF UNIVERSITY -> University can have can make not limited copy of book if it's have origin in library(not quote just meaning)
-Сервер библиотеки
Если предположить, что в институте будет действовать общая система электронной регистрации всех студентов, то на личной страничке у каждого должна быть вкладка "Книжная полка" на которой будут ссылки на все скачанные им книги.
Книжную полку можно организовывать по собственному желанию, делать папки, каталоги. Сама по себе она хранит лишь ссылки на сервер - книги находятся у студента на компьютере.
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