While Mr. Patterson's latest nursery-rhymer is one of his better, less sadistic Cross mysteries, Mr. Crichton turns to scary science for another lesson in technology run amok.
Mr. Wygod received his first lessons in the technology business from Mr. Jones, a pioneer in commercializing computer software.
And since the Na'vi seem to have found a way to defeat death in some cases, and send data using their minds, intergenerationally, it's not clear they need to take lessons from us in technology.
Then, after tea and biscuits in the crowded staff room, and a tense meeting with a pupil about behavioural issues, he's interviewed by Tallis TV, the school's very own TV station, and drops in on a year 8 lesson in internet technology.
Shortly after I arrived, Charlie Kasmarek, a club member and five-year veteran of the sport, took me in hand and led me over to a teal single-seat glider, where I got a lesson in glider technology — such as it is.
This Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) project was designed as a prototype Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project, intended to provide practical lessons in terms of technology transfer, capacity building, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions.
At another school where many pupils had anti-gay attitudes – children frequently used terms such as "batty man" and "queer" – the headteacher used the curriculum to explore gay topics; studying Alan Turing's life in technology lessons and the Nazi persecution of homosexuals in history.
The experience provides a lasting lesson about our faith in technology as the solution to our challenges, and the cover it provides to avoid hard choices on things like, say, conserving energy.
The results revealed that knowledge transfer depends on learning design in technology integrated lessons where limited technologies are available.
