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I enjoy fishing, skiing, golfing, singing, writing music, building machines, designing impossible machines, sleeping, and using serial commas. | I enjoy fishing, skiing, golfing, singing, writing music, building machines, designing impossible machines, sleeping, and using serial commas. | ||
==Grand Challenges for Engineering== | ==Grand Challenges for Engineering== | ||
| − | When looking at the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering] I noticed toward the bottom of the list was "Advance Personalized Learning." I was immediately reminded of a video that was shown at the simultaneous unveiling of OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6 this summer at the WWDC. The video was essentially Apple propaganda (which I readily gobbled up) about how the iPad and iPod were helping to personalize learning especially in developing countries and among the autistic. | + | When looking at the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering] I noticed toward the bottom of the list was "Advance Personalized Learning." I was immediately reminded of a video that was shown at the simultaneous unveiling of OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6 this summer at the WWDC. The video was essentially Apple propaganda (which I readily gobbled up) about how the iPad and iPod were helping to personalize learning especially in developing countries and among the autistic. I decided, for all of you Jobs haters that repost "the importance of Dennis (Ritchie)" on imgur all day long, that I would post the following link that shows how Steve Jobs made a difference in someone's life, even if he would never have gotten there without "C" and "UNIX." [http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=8374840n Autism Community sees Promise in iPad Apps],Lyanne Melendez, ABC Network, 30 September 2011, accessed 9 September 2012 (Grand Challenge) |
Revision as of 02:46, 10 September 2012
About Me
My name is Rob Smith, and I am from Columbia, South Carolina. I am a prospective ME, and I intend to minor in theater studies. I am in Speak of the Devil, on the club Golf and Ski teams, and I was a baby builder this august in pBUILD.
Interests
I enjoy fishing, skiing, golfing, singing, writing music, building machines, designing impossible machines, sleeping, and using serial commas.
Grand Challenges for Engineering
When looking at the [[Grand Challenges for Engineering] I noticed toward the bottom of the list was "Advance Personalized Learning." I was immediately reminded of a video that was shown at the simultaneous unveiling of OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6 this summer at the WWDC. The video was essentially Apple propaganda (which I readily gobbled up) about how the iPad and iPod were helping to personalize learning especially in developing countries and among the autistic. I decided, for all of you Jobs haters that repost "the importance of Dennis (Ritchie)" on imgur all day long, that I would post the following link that shows how Steve Jobs made a difference in someone's life, even if he would never have gotten there without "C" and "UNIX." Autism Community sees Promise in iPad Apps,Lyanne Melendez, ABC Network, 30 September 2011, accessed 9 September 2012 (Grand Challenge)
