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How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom
History & The Arts

How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom

...writing could be. Sitting at their keyboards, bedroom coders had unique, almost auteur-like, visions for their code. Like film directors Alfred Hitchcock or Francois Truffaut, many had full control, with only occasional suggestions from a software distributor. They could earn rock star size royalty cheques, but this was not necessarily about the money. Micros were seen as...
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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...writing: “There is or may be a hidden life within him which may be reached by harmony.” The writer James Webster recorded in 1842 that: “In many, the effect produced by the music upon their countenances and behaviour was often quite apparent.” Records include many stories of patients seemingly cured by music. Webster cites the example of a young girl, previously...
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Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...Writing, in September 2017, about flags, and the act of ‘flagging up’ or mapping out symbols that define our identities, home and belonging, I come to think, as Paul Gilroy did, that the assimilation of transnational diasporas and migrants is not a process of acculturation, but of cultural syncretism. So how can national symbols, such as flags, represent Britain’s...
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Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...writing. Creative homework, like the examples you saw in the video of Activity 2, are more inviting for parents. Most parents would be happy, for instance, to help their child cook, draw, observe the local environment, or build a simple model with recycled materials. Homework should be a beneficial learning experience, where parents can participate. Teachers can design...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...Creative Commons license Italian Quando vado dal panettiere, compro sempre un pezzo di focaccia. Quando ero piccolo, mia madre mi dava i soldi per andare a prendere il pane in paese. Se avanzavano i soldi, prendevo anche la focaccia calda, quella con sale e olio - e la mangiavo per strada tornando a casa! English When I go to the baker’s, I always buy a piece of...
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Activity 10 mins
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...write, reproduce itself and be conscious of its existence. Later perceptrons will be able to recognize people and call out their names and instantly translated speech in one language to speech and writing in another language, it was predicted. [The Mark 1 Perceptron, an artificial intelligence machine, being adjusted by Charles Wightman]The Mark 1 Perceptron, being...
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Are schools the best place for children to learn?
Education & Development

Are schools the best place for children to learn?

...creative Everyday approaches to teaching also emerge from the empirical research into creative pedagogies. They rely upon an open ethos and high degree of acceptance of children’s ideas, setting aside time for learners to explore resources and generate ideas. They seek authentic, real-world, practical, open-ended problems, that allow for imaginative scenarios and...
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Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...writing in your language notebook the things you want to remember. We’ll give you some more tips for this such as adding examples to your notes. Enjoy the week!...Week 2: Names and introductions: 1 Saying your name - To start this week, you will learn how to say your name using the verb ser (‘to be’). Verbs: ser (‘to be’) Verbs in Spanish are conjugated; this...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs