Resurrect3D: An Open and Customizable Platform for Visualizing and Analyzing Cultural Heritage Artifacts

Art and culture, at their best, lie in the act of discovery and exploration. This paper describes Resurrect3D, an open visualization platform for both casual users and domain experts to explore cultural artifacts. To that end, Resurrect3D takes two steps. First, it provides an interactive cultural heritage toolbox, providing not onlycommonly used tools in cultural heritage such as relighting and material editing, but also the ability for users to create an interactive “story”: a saved session with annotations and visualizations others can later replay. Second, Resurrect3D exposes a set of programming interfaces to extend the toolbox. Domain experts can develop custom tools that perform artifact-specific visualization and analysis

Compiling bibliography lists for educational projects: Teaching techniques

This paper presents specific approaches and techniques aimed at developing the skill of compiling bibliography lists for research and project works in schoolchildren. The applied methodology involved the observation method, analysis and synthesis of the obtained empirical data and the modelling method. The author of the paper introduces a variety of techniques: games; monitoring of finished project assignments, their assessment and review; elaboration of instructions, recommendations; gathering of negative language material; editing, etc. It is concluded that the development of this kind of activity requires gradual and systemic training of students from early adolescence.

Optimalisasi Penggunaan MS. Word dan MS. Excel Pada Siswa SMP PGRI Astra Insani Bekasi

The utility of information technology in this case Computers in the world of education are very important. The use of information technology, in this case, is to utilize the use of word and data processing software applications that are easy and powerful while still making it easier for students and teachers to do material editing. As one of the schools that is concerned in creating a systematic, interesting and friendly learning process, SMP PGRI Astra Insani Bekasi, has a computer practice room that is used to deliver learning material every day. Microsoft Office Word and Excel can be maximized by using the facilities in it. The optimization program for the two Microsoft Office applications aims to explore and explore more about the features that exist in the two Microsoft Office applications, which students may not have been familiar with before. By utilizing and maximizing features on find text, replace text, autocorrect, create and edit tables, introduce MS features. Excel and activate the menus that are in it, so that it helps the teacher's role in maximizing student knowledge of the lessons delivered. Keywords: computer training, MS. Word, MS. Excel, junior school student Abstrak Peran teknologi informasi dalam hal ini komputer di dunia pendidikan sangatlah penting. Penggunaan teknologi informasi dalam kasus ini adalah dengan memanfaatkan penggunaan software aplikasi pengolah kata dan data yang mudah dan powerfull dengan tetap mempermudah siswa dan guru untuk melakukan editing materi. Sebagai salah satu sekolah yang konsen dalam menciptakan proses pembelajaran yang sistematis, menarik, dan penuh keramahan, SMP PGRI Astra Insani Bekasi, telah memiliki ruang praktek komputer yang digunakan untuk menyampaikan materi pelajaran setiap harinya. Microsoft Office Word dan Excel dapat dimaksimalkan penggunaanya dengan memanfaatkan fasilitas-fasilitas di dalamnya. Program pelatihan pengoptimalan dua aplikasi Microsoft Office ini bertujuan untuk menggali dan mengeksplorasi lebih jauh mengenai fitur-fitur yang ada pada dua aplikasi Microsoft Office tersebut, yang mungkin sebelumnya siswa-siswi belum mengenal fitur-fitur tersebut. Dengan memanfaatkan dan memaksimalkan fitur pada find text, replace text, auto correct, membuat dan menyunting tabel, pengenalan fitur-fitur pada MS. Excel serta mengaktikan menu-menu yang ada didalamnya, sehingga turut membantu peran guru dalam memaksimalkan pengetahuan siswa terhadap pelajaran yang disampaikan. Kata kunci: pelatihan komputer, MS. Word, MS. Excel, siswa SMP

Outcomes of a mentored research competition for authoring pediatric case reports in chiropractic

Objective A chiropractic pediatric specialist often encounters novel clinical findings not reported currently in the literature. This project matched board certified chiropractic pediatric specialists with a mentor experienced in scientific writing to co-author a research paper to add to the literature base available on chiropractic pediatric practice. Methods Clinicians who had received their Diplomate in Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics and mentors in scientific writing were teamed up. Two surveys were conducted to collect quantitative data, and focus groups were held to gather qualitative data about the overall experience of the mentor and mentee (clinicians) participating in the study. The first survey was sent to the clinicians to gather information about their research idea and their experience in research. The second survey was conducted upon project completion by clinicians and mentors. A project wiki was used as a communication strategy. Results Ten reports were submitted by authorship teams. Time spent on this project was an average of 58 hours by clinicians and 36 hours by the mentors. Mentors aided by adding content material, editing manuscripts, and educating the clinicians in the art of writing a paper. Improvements for this project included clearer mentoring guidelines and not using the wiki as a communication venue. Conclusion The project ultimately fulfilled the goal of using a mentorship model to facilitate scientific writing education and ease the anxiety of authoring a first publication. The overall experience was “good”; however, there are opportunities for improvement.