Let Our Minds Be Kindled

The great leader, educationist and former president of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam had said "For participating in the nation building tasks: the capacities required to be built among the students in their formative years by the educational institutions are: The capacity for research or inquiry; the capacity for creativity and innovation; the capacity to use high technology; the capacity for entrepreneurial leadership; and the capacity for moral leadership." His tongue had dropped manna by these words of wisdom propelling many of us to act with single minded devotion.

Traveling Teddy Bears - The Universal Ambassador

What is meant by the expression, "Universal Ambassador"? One definition of ambassador, according to Dictionary.com, is a diplomatic official of the highest rank as it relates to governments and the state. Another definition is an authorized messenger or representative. In the case of educating with traveling teddy bears, the later definition works perfectly: the teddy bears represent the highest level of authorized messengers for sending reports back to the classroom with their findings and experiences as they journey with their traveling companions throughout the school year and throughout the world.

Thirtieth Year of NTP

Network Time Protocol (NTP), the Internet's most commonly used time synchronization software is to be thirty years old this year having had its first demonstration in 1979. Almost as old as the Internet itself, NTP was first demonstrated (albeit in a very distant form) at the National Computer Conference held in New York in June of 79' which was also when the Internet is thought to have had its first public exposure as it operated over a trans-Atlantic satellite network. Since that time NTP has been constantly updated and owes its success as the ...