Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panthers, discusses the differences between the atmosphere in which his organization was created and today.
VPTC: Choosing Our Future – Building a Mass Tech Sector
The Virginia Piedmont Technology Council continues its series of Technology Town Halls with a discussion of what it might take to bring more technology jobs to the area. In the first installment, the debate was framed in terms of whether Charlottesville will end up looking more like Austin or Aspen. In this second event, VPTC Chair Gary Henry lays out the groundwork, describing the crossroads that the region faces. He’s followed by Harvey Ring, an Austin-based technology executive and vice chair of the Austin Technology Council. Ring traces Austin’s steps from sleepy university to economic powerhouse.
Charlottesville–Right Now: U.Va’s new head of HR
Susan Carkeek is the new director of human resources at the University of Virginia. She had her first radio interview in Charlottesville on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot. Carkeek talks about the challenges of managing 14,000 salaried employees across the academic and medical departments.
“It’s like a city within a city,” Carkeek says. “We have everything from police officers, food service, grounds, computer technicians, every kind of occupation that you can imagine.”
Meg McEvoy interviewed Carkeek in December for C-Ville Weekly.
Show #19: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
When two students perform the same academic task, the patterns of activity in their brains are as unique as their fingerprints.
– CAST, 2002
One way to approach technology integration is to begin with an educational problem and explore how different tools might contribute to a solution. No greater challenge today facing classroom teachers than the increasing diversity of learners in the classroom. Neuroscience increasingly illuminates how students differ in their learning styles and preferences at the neurological level – and this difference at the individual level is a daunting hurtle to face.
In this show, the GenTech boys consider the three main principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and how technology might address them.
Links:
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age (online book)
Teaching Every Student (links to resources)
The Machine is Us/ing Us – video
And the picks of the week:
BusinessCast, Episode 17
In this episode, Ken White interviews Darden’s Associate Dean for International Affairs Jay Bourgeois, who will discuss Darden’s worldwide endeavors.
City-County officials jockey on Biscuit Run proffers
City wants Biscuit Run to pay for roads; Supervisors suggest City’s revenue sharing income and economic development dollars could be re-allocated to transportation
On February 21, 2007, the Policy Board of the Metropolitan Planning Organization held their monthly meeting. In responses to matters from the public and under other business, the Board held two significant discussions on the proposed Biscuit Run rezoning in Albemarle County. [Read more on Charlottesville Tomorrow’s blog]
Feb 22. Headlines: Murder verdict, missing Albemarle teen, payday loan bill advances
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Preston Bryant, Secretary of Natural Resources
Preston Bryant is Virginia’s Secretary of Natural Resources, and a monthly guest on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot. This month, he discusses how the General Assembly session has dealt with issues under his administration. He also gives his thoughts on the transportation impasse between the House and Senate.
The Medical Center Hour: Will You Vaccinate Your Daughter Against Cervical Cancer?
Michael Rein, M.D., and Mark Stoler, M.D., of UVA give the 2007 Gibson Lecture of the Cancer Center, discussing the new vaccine against cancer-causing strains of human papilloma virus that promises to virtually eradicate cervical cancer, yet Gardasil’s use is not without controversy. Who should be vaccinated? At what age? At what risks? Who decides? Should vaccination be mandatory? Who pays?
ECE Professor Scott Acton explains face and image recognition
Scott Acton is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at U.Va, and the director of the Virginia Image and Video Analysis program. He describes his work by telling the story of how he helped a researcher determine if a man in an old photograph was none other than an elderly Billy the Kid. This presentation is part of The Best of U.Va: A Collection of Unforgettable Lectures, a popular one-credit course.
Charlottesville–Right Now: Brian Wheeler on City Planning Commission changes, Meadowcreek Parkway Funding
Charlottesville Tomorrow is an organization that tracks the status of development projects in the area surrounding our fair city. Executive Director Brian Wheeler joins Coy Barefoot each week on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to update listeners on growth issues. This week, he and Coy discuss changes being considered by the Charlottesville Planning Commission, the possibility of funding for the Meadowcreek Parkway, and the latest on efforts to keep parts of Albemarle County as rural.
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Charlottesville–Right Now: Charlottesville in the last days of the Confederacy
Rick Britton joins the show every week for a discussion of regional and national history. This week’s topics include a discussion of how Charlottesville at the end of the Confederacy.