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In late 1969, C. Peter McColough, chairman of Xerox Corp., told the New York Society of Security Analysts that Xerox was determined to develop “the architecture of information” to solve the problems that had been created by the “knowledge explosion.” Legend has it that McColough then turned to Jack E. Goldman, senior vice president of research and development, and said, “All right, go start a lab that will find out what I just meant.“This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” It appeared in the October 1985 issue of IEEE Spectrum. A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore. The diagrams and photographs appeared in the original print version.Goldman tells it differently. In 1969 Xerox had...

  On 29.5.2022 Marlene Greenwood @MarleneGreen193 Tweeted the following” Have you seen this Cluella Study @luqmanmichel about children blending sounds in onset and rime, body and coda, or phonemes? I read the article linked and then send Marlene a message as follows: I have read your Cluella study several times. What are the salient points you want to discuss, please? I have yet to receive a response. Here are the main conclusions of the article. As a caution, however, it should be noted that with or without added schwa, success in blending fully segmented words was relatively uncommon; only 43% of our participants were correct on any fully segmented items, which is to say that 57% scored zero. Another limitation...

"Middle grade mania" has arrived! This Spring, National Geographic Kids is debuting 3 new middle grade titles that will keep even the most reluctant of readers learning -- and laughing.  From A (acid!) to Z (Zeus!), the following "must-haves" are perfect for boredom busting and fending off the dreaded "Summer Slide."  Weird But True Know It All: Rocks and Minerals (ages 8-12, paperback) Did you know that Montana’s Grasshopper Glacier is filled with millions of frozen locusts that got caught in a storm more than 300 million years ago? Or that Roman soldiers were said to get some of their pay in salt, and the word salary comes from "sal," the Roman word for salt? In this latest single-subject Weird But...

Amazon deals make learning fun! Are your kiddos bored? Hurry on over to Amazon where you can score The Magic School Bus: Engineering Lab Kit for just $13.95 (regularly $39.99) — lowest price! This award-winning science kit is perfect to have on hand this summer to keep your kiddos entertained and learning! This STEM-based kit comes packed with engineering experiments and components your kids are sure to love! The experiments in this kit allow for a hands-on learning experience and include making a solar oven, designing a car, constructing a bridge, creating solar energy, designing an electric game, making a simple machine, constructing a submarine, and much more! It also comes with 33 colorful experiment cards and a data notebook...

Today is National Donut Day. The holiday began as a fundraiser for the Salvation Army in 1938. It is celebrated annually on the first Friday of June, and honors all the female volunteers who served donuts to soldiers behind the front lines during World War I.To celebrate Donut Day 2022, a few donut shops are offering a free donut deal. Celebrate at Krispy Kreme with a free donut of any variety (plus an additional one if you're vaccinated), or at Dunkin' Donuts which is offering a free donut with the purchase of any beverage.The American Egg Board has declared that it is National Egg Day today.If you've been to the supermarket lately, you undoubtedly have noticed that egg prices have...