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Miss Potter (2006) [FULL MOVIE] [HIGH DEFINITION] PLOT: The true story of the woman who created some of the most beloved characters in children's literature comes to the screen in this drama leavened with el...

NUEVO SISTEMA EDUCATIVO EN JAPON

Se está probando en Japón, un revolucionario plan piloto llamado “Cambio Valiente” (Futoji no henko), basado en los programas educativos Erasmus, Grundtvig, Monnet, Ashoka y Comenius. Es un cambio conceptual que rompe todos los paradigmas.

Es tan revolucionario que forma a los niños como “Ciudadanos del mundo”, no como japoneses. Los alumnos ya no creen que su país es superior a otros por el solo hecho de haber nacido allí. Ya no irán a la guerra para defender los intereses económicos de los grupos de poder, disfrazados de “patriotismo”. Entenderán y aceptarán diferentes culturas y sus horizontes serán globales, no nacionales.

Ese cambio se está dando en uno de los países más tradicionalistas y machistas del mundo El programa de 12 años, está basado en los conceptos:

Cero patriotismo.
Cero materias de relleno.
Cero tareas.
Y Solo tiene 5 materias, que son:

Aritmética de Negocios.. Las operaciones básicas y uso de calculadoras de negocio.
Lectura. Empiezan leyendo una hoja diaria del libro que cada niño escoja, y terminan leyendo un libro por semana.
Civismo. Pero entendiendo el civismo como el respeto total a las leyes, el valor civil, la ética, el respeto a las normas de convivencia, la tolerancia, el altruismo, y el respeto a la ecología.
Computación. Office, internet, redes sociales y negocios on-line.
4 Idiomas, Alfabetos, Culturas y Religiones: japonesa, americana, china y árabe, con visitas de intercambio a familias de cada país durante el verano.
¿Cuál será la resultante de este programa?

Jóvenes que a los 18 años hablan 4 idiomas, conocen 4 culturas, 4 alfabetos y 4 religiones.
Son expertos en uso de sus computadoras.
Leen 52 libros cada año.
Respetan la ley, la ecología y la convivencia.
Manejan la aritmética de negocios al dedillo.

Today marks the 106th birthday of actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr -- the glamorous movie star from the black-and-white era of film who co-invented a device that helped make possible the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi technology!

Born in Austria in 1914, the mathematically talented Lamarr moved to the US in 1937 to start a Hollywood career. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, she was considered one of cinema's leading ladies and made numerous films; however, her passion for engineering is far less known today. Her interest in inventing was such that she set up an engineering room in her house complete with a drafting table and wall of engineering reference books. With the outbreak of World War II, Lamarr wanted to apply her skills to helping the war effort and, motivated by reports of German U-boats sinking ships in the Atlantic, she began investigating ways to improve torpedo technology.

After Lamar met composer George Antheil, who had been experimenting with automated control of musical instruments, together they hit on the idea of "frequency hopping." At the time, radio-controlled torpedoes could easily be detected and jammed by broadcasting interference at the frequency of the control signal, thereby causing the torpedo to go off course. Frequency hopping essentially served to encrypt the control signal because it was impossible for a target to scan and jam all of the frequencies.

Lamarr and Antheil were granted a patent for their invention on August 11, 1942, but the US Navy wasn't interested in applying their groundbreaking technology until twenty years later when it was used on military ships during a blockade of Cuba in 1962. Lamarr and Antheil's frequency-hopping concept serves as a basis for the spread-spectrum communication technology used in GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices. Unfortunately, Lamarr's part in its development has been largely overlooked and her efforts weren't recognized until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave her an award for her technological contributions. Hedy Lamarr passed away in 2000 at the age of 85 and, in 2014, she was as long last inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her invention of a "Secret Communication System" many years ago.

To introduce kids to her incredible story, we highly recommend the inspiring picture book "Hedy Lamarr's Double Life" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/hedy-lamarr-double-life

For older kids, there is also a graphic novel about her life and work, "Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communications System" for ages 7 to 10 at https://www.amightygirl.com/hedy-lamarr

For adult readers, Hedy Lamarr's incredible story is told in the exceptional historical fiction novel, "The Only Woman in the Room," at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-only-woman-in-the-room

She is also the subject of an excellent new documentary "Bombshell: Hedy Lamarr" at https://amzn.to/32xAHcI -- or stream it on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3f0bG1H

Hedy Lamarr is also one of 50 remarkable women of science featured in the stunning illustrated biography, "Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers," for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/women-in-science

If you'd like to encourage your children's interest in engineering and invention, check out our blog post: "Building Her Dreams: 60 Building and Engineering Toys for Mighty Girls," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10430

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“What happened when we all stopped” narrated by Jane Goodall An animated poem exploring how the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded us of the importance of living in harmony with nature. Download a free children's book vers...