As Connie pointed out this is a week for legal
technology focused discussions — both Ted Tjaden and I spoke at one of the Toronto conferences this week, though attendance was light in comparison to the record crowds at the Pacific Legal Technology conference, LegalIT and the Legal Futures conference of the College of Law Practice Management.
Not exact matches
My weekly
technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version)
focuses on the lack of movement on the digital economy strategy, arguing that it has emerged as the government's «Penske File» - the source of considerable
discussion and much «work» but thus far few tangible results (for non-Seinfeld watchers, the Penske file has become synonymous for a non-existent work project).
We managed to make it most of the way through our
discussion without discussing price action; instead, we
focused on the underlying
technology and philosophy of crypto products and the blockchain, discussing both what it does well and misapplications.
If sociologists have tended to center on the foregoing argument and to single out work as the basis of their assessment of our present inability to play authentically, theologians and philosophers have tended to:
focus upon a second area: America's distorted value structure that has accepted as true the «mindscape» of
technology 48 This is Theodore Roszak's phrase, and his
discussion can perhaps serve as a helpful starting point.
What unifies each contribution in this special edition, however, is not simply a
focus on social media networks, but an implicit establishment, or recognition, of a new ontological plane of
discussion on which politics can now occur: the digital - political, in which
technology affects, and is in turn being affected by, the materials, bodies and politics of the citizens living within the state.
When a number of NGOs led by opponents of genetic
technology issued a declaration entitled The Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology this year, most of the
discussion focused on their call for a limited moratorium.
In
discussions with provincial and national officials, he
focused more on development of low - carbon
technologies like electric vehicle batteries.
The conference will feature leading experts on a range of topics including the latest in dementia science and care, presentations by people with dementia and their care partners,
discussions on prevention, diagnosis, engaging minority groups and a unique
focus on how
technology and innovation is shaping the future.
There is quite a bit of
focus on the girls in this area, but not so much on the boys Got a
discussion topic that's not necessarily related to
technology?
While the hype around micro learning is very much deserved, all the
discussion focuses mainly on how to replicate
technologies and formats of generic content platforms like Facebook and YouTube that arguably deal with micro content well.
Online
discussion forums are brought into
focus with the Collaborative Online Projects for English - Language Learners in Science (COPELLS) Project at the Center for Advanced
Technology in Education at the University of Oregon.
Many teachers, for example,
focused on impact of a particular
technology tool (e.g., concept mapping, simulations, and online
discussions) on student learning.
Much of the
discussion focused on moving beyond
technology operations and concepts.
To date, little of the scholarship in mathematics teacher education
focuses on the integration of asynchronous online
discussions as an example of the use of
technology in teacher education.
The plenary discussed
focused on how
technology impacts our identity, intimacy, and imagination, and featured
discussions on how digital tools shape our sense of creativity and how we choose what tasks in our lives to «outsource» to apps.
First, we could consider what students and teachers — as well as broader audiences such as parents, school administrators, the media, and policymakers — have to lose if the primary
focus of these
discussions remains on
technologies and not on the literacy issues embedded in those
technologies.
The activity
focused student attention on the overview of the lesson provided by the teacher, the classroom video segments dealing with the lesson implementation, and the teacher's reflection regarding the effectiveness of the particular teaching strategy exemplified in the video case (particularly, his
discussion of how he used
technology within the lesson).
Jay Blackman, Director of Educational
Technology, Tri-Creek School Corporation, IN Jay Blackman's
focus to keep instructional programs and practices at the forefront of
discussions and the delivery of adequate professional support for teachers, parents, and students contributed to the seamless launch of district's 1:1 initiative that enables a more collaborative learning environment and further supports the school's partnership with the New Tech Network.
Therefore, connections between
technology and subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge must be prioritized and privileged during learning experiences for teachers, which requires
focused discussion of subject matter and instructional approaches to teaching that subject matter.
From racing and performance design to branding and driving green, connected, safe and cool, cutting - edge
technologies will be the
focus of
discussions at this year's SEMA Show by industry leaders and innovators who will explain current and future systems and
technology applications.
The three day event held from August 5th to 7th 2015
focused on bringing together all innovation - minded persons to showcase distinct
technology - related ideas and products, and / or present papers leading to exhaustive
discussions by all aiming to yield practical solutions to the pertinent problems in Africa.
The Turning the Tide schedule will include panels, interviews, lectures and roundtable
discussions focused on sustainability, business,
technology, philanthropy, media, education, diversity and the arts.
An association of artists, architects, critics and academics, the Group
focused their
discussions on
technology and contemporary culture.
A particularly powerful thread, the importance of the Pentagon as a driver of innovation and market for effective energy
technology, emerged in an earlier
discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government
focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Defense.
One issue, of course, is that while the
focus is on developing or refining energy
technologies with limited or no emissions of greenhouse gases, the
discussion is taking place in a world where real - time pressures are driving the expansion of conventional fossil fuel menus to keep up with ballooning global energy demand.
Much of the heated
discussion of the article on the Web
focuses on its treatment of the skeptical stance of Richard Lindzen, the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology climate scientist who has long been a hero of those fighting efforts to restrict greenhouse gases.
Focusing on the issue, the paper explores options available to liberalize trade in climate - friendly goods and
technologies, both within and outside the WTO, and along with these
discussion, discusses how to serve the best interests of developing countries.
In
discussions with provincial and national officials, he
focused more on development of low - carbon
technologies like electric vehicle batteries.
Development organisations that
focus on energy issues should stay informed about the progress these countries are making on nuclear and should consider the
technology in their ongoing
discussions around options for increased energy access.
Most of the
discussion of climate change in the mass media has
focused on the T - factor, i.e., how bad the fossil fuel industry is and the related fossil - fuel driven
technologies (cars, airplanes, machinery, power plants, etc.).
The conference took place in Brussels and covered three main themes: the opening session «Coal and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions», followed by a panel
discussion on «Creating new pathways to drive deployment of
technologies to reduce GHG emissions» and finally the afternoon
technology session
focusing on «Coal in the global energy mix — pathways to reducing GHG emissions».
The development of clean
technologies — research, innovation and funding — was a central
focus of
discussion at this year's COP22 in Marrakech.
The workshop
focused the
discussion on climate communication with diverse U.S. constituencies, and the challenge of building awareness among the disengaged and the unconvinced that climate change is occurring due to human causes, poses significant risks to our well - being, and can be addressed through changes in energy
technologies, public policies, and the actions of individuals.
Yet much of the policy
discussion is
focused on implementing carbon taxes or cap and trade schemes, with an often - unstated expectation that the
technologies exist to achieve decarbonisation, or will emerge more or less spontaneously.
He pointed out that during
discussions on the first day, many Parties expressed the need to boost
technology transfer and to
focus on removing the obstacles to
technology transfer.
Monica Bay writes that she's leading a Thursday panel for this conference called, «Views of the Future from Different Pasts: An interactive panel
discussion focusing on cutting - edge
technology and related business issues.»
This seemingly singleminded
focus by the conference organizers certainly didn't help and arguably served to drown out
discussions of more dynamic and evolving legal
technology topics.
The
discussion focused on how manufacturers are using IoT
technology both to monitor business development opportunities and to manage their facilities.
Opportunities for AI - powered legal
technology in Asia Before
focusing on the marketplace in Asia, this
discussion must shift from the types of
technology employed to the type of solution the
technology purports to offer.
Each session takes a slice at a distinct cluster of questions on the systemwide level of the legal
technology community, and
focuses discussion on what comes next.
The latest news from Google I / O, Google's annual developer -
focused conference featuring major announcements from across the company and technical
discussions and events on building Web, mobile, and enterprise applications using Google and open
technology.
An event presented in a series of top - level keynotes, interactive panel
discussions and solution - based case studies with a
focus on learning and building partnerships in the emerging Blockchain space, BlockChain World Forum will explore the industries that are set to be disrupted the most by this new
technology, including; legal sectors, financial services, insurance, energy, music, government, real estate and more.
Then at 15:00 on Monday afternoon, the first of four panel
discussions will take place,
focusing on
technology.
Cooper explained that the
focus at R3 has shifted over the past couple years to distributed ledger
technology after
discussions with both Wall Street bankers as well as technologists.
If the first day of Scaling Bitcoin
focused on fostering constructive dialogue, day two moved the conversation toward defining how that dialogue would proceed following the event and how such
discussion could coalesce into a clearer vision for the open - source
technology's future.
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discussions focusing on IBM software products and open - standards
technologies.
Focus group methodology [19] was used to engage youths in
discussions about their health - information and social - support needs, as well as the role that
technology plays in addressing these needs.
The training will
focus on a review and
discussion of technological standards and ethics outlined in the Association for Play Therapy Best Practices document and various national boards.Participants will have the ability to engage in active
discussions and experiential learning with technological interventions throughout the training.Participants are encouraged to bring a tablet, laptop, and / or smartphone for
technology and play therapy exploration.
Panel
discussions will
focus on the ways that programs in the US and Peru are using
technology to improve practices through the use of video feedback in monitoring and enhancing fidelity in home visiting by means of supervision and learning collaboratives.
However, much of the
discussion around classroom
technology has
focused on K - 12's older grades, with fewer insights on how the early childhood field is using tech to enhance teaching and learning and help teachers build more intentional relationships with children at this critical time for development and learning.