Nvidia’s Selene, MT-NLG’s “teacher.” Image via Nvidia Almost every day, the tech field reaches a new breakthrough that surpasses the “surely this can’t be beaten” invention of the day prior. How does one even top a time crystal? Well, here is one such example: Microsoft and Nvidia’s new sophisticated artificial intelligence that’s capable of replicating human language to what they claim is the highest degree of accuracy to date. Named the Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation model (MT-NLG), this boasts 530 billion parameters: three times more than the largest model of its type, OpenAI’s GPT-3 neural network. It’s spread out across 105 layers, and the tech is said to “set the new standard for large-scale language models.” This power will allow...
The Internet features all sorts of content, from blog posts to peer-reviewed journals. But most articles are not really suitable for most kids. After all, you cannot tell a child to go to Wikipedia to learn about “plastics”. Well, he can definitely do that, but a phrase like “organic amorphous solids” would be beyond his level of comprehension. Given these aspects, wouldn’t it be great to have access to a free online encyclopedia for kids? Below are five free resources that any child or teen can use to get the information he needs when he needs it. 1. Simple English Wikipedia Simple English Wikipedia defines "plastics" in much simpler words. As you would expect, the explanation is not as detailed...
source: www.bigstockphoto.com The key feature of structured experience techniques is their combination of hands-on learner involvement, with a reassuring framework to reduce anxiety and promote active engagement. The trick is to provide supportive, structural guidance without lapsing into full-on, direct instruction. For comparison purposes, it might be helpful to begin by reviewing my earlier suggestions in ‘Enhancing Reading Comprehension I: Explicit Teaching Techniques.’ Structured experience strategies require teachers to gauge their own participation very carefully. The goal is not only to enhance learner skills but also to bolster their self-esteem through encountering success with experiential activity. Here are three strong structured-experience techniques: 1) Predicting activities can be a promising type of structured technique. When students make predictions before, during...
It was during one of those long-ass drives up to the lake, Larry’s working from a hotspot in the seat beside me, he’s deep into a conference call, as I develop a Parnelli Jones complex barreling down the Highway, chugging cold coffee, lost in hypnotic thoughts about what I would normally be doing mid-September, in the first weeks of classes. I’m feeling nostalgic, every other day I think to myself, ‘is this all there is?’ And yes, I panic, momentarily, before reminding myself I’m an emeritus professor of life, time to rest on my one laurel. I can hear you laughing, but seriously, it happened today! I’m talking about the laurel, if you’re not following, geese, get some coffee. Larry...
En un restaurante is a short video conversation about choosing food to order in a Mexican restaurant. With this video students learn food vocabulary in Spanish, how to talk about being hungry and thirsty and how to order in a restaurant. Watch the video and try the Spanish listening exercises below. The PDF is a free download. In addition, be sure to check out our Spanish Videos resource page for other fun videos and more listening comprehension activities. You’ll find over 100 videos to learn Spanish on the Spanish Playground YouTube Channel. If you like our videos, please consider supporting our work with a channel membership. You’ll get extra materials for our videos, and help us keep creating content for...
