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dimanche 29 avril 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Khan Academy founder wins 2018 Visionary of the Year award

Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle – Image 2 of 17 Salman Khan reacts at his table after being awarded the San Francisco Chronicle VisionSF Visionary of the Year Award at the War Memorial Veterans Building in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/visionsf/article/Khan-Academy-founder-wins-2018-Visionary-of-the-12786666.php
March 27, 2018 Updated: March 27, 2018 10:38pm
When Salman Khan began posting videos on YouTube more than a decade ago, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur had no idea of the celebrity he would gain, nor the impact he would have.
His online tutorials in math, with their encouraging counsel informed by degrees from Harvard and MIT, were made for friends and family struggling in school. But his audience quickly grew. Before long, Khan had quit his day job in finance to carry out a goal of delivering free Internet instruction to the world. His educational website was called Khan Academy.
On Tuesday night, Khan, 41, was presented the fourth annual Visionary of the Year Award, an honor announced by The San Francisco Chronicle at a gala at the War Memorial Veterans Building.
The award recognizes individuals who use their business savvy and entrepreneurship for social benefit. It carries a $25,000 grant from The Chronicle that can be applied to the cause of Khan’s choice.
Khan Academy today has more than 62 million registered users in nearly 200 countries. His voice, which still narrates many of the tutorials, is widely recognized, and students and parents often stop him on the street to thank him for providing an assist at school or work.
“As I tell everyone, this is just something I fell into,” he said as he accepted the award and recounted helping his cousin Nadia with her school work years ago.

On the same subject:
La Khan Academy débarque en langue française !
San Francisco Chronicle: Sal Khan creates online academy to educate anyone in world for free 

vendredi 2 octobre 2015

Archéologie du copier-coller: L'Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4) recrute une plagiaire

L'Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4) recrute une plagiaire

Avant-propos Une lettre ouverte signée par 22 des plagiés de la thèse évoquée ci-dessous devait être mise en ligne aujourd'hui sur le blog Archéologie du copier-coller. Cette lettre avait été rédigée il y a une quinzaine de jours. Depuis, un fait vient tout juste d'être connu, ou plutôt reconnu par Paris-Sorbonne : réunie le 2 juillet dernier, la commission de …

jeudi 11 juin 2015

France Culture (10/06/2015) : Le fléau copié-collé, du secondaire à la thèse

Le thème de l’émission Rue des écoles du 10 juin 2015 :
Le fléau copié-collé, du secondaire à la thèse.
Comment le combattre, le prévenir ? L’épidémie de plagiat doit-elle amener à reconsidérer les objectifs attachés au travail des élèves et des étudiants ?
http://www.franceculture.fr/player/reecouter?play=5046611


Invité, j’interviens à différents moments au cours de l’émission
Jean-Noël Darde


Dans le blog Archéologie du copier-coller: http://archeologie-copier-coller.com/?p=12814

lundi 5 mai 2014

The Center for the Humanities: William S. Burroughs Centennial Conference

http://centerforthehumanities.org/conference/william-s-burroughs-centennial-conference


John M. Bennett
Ann Douglas
Oliver Harris
Barry Miles
Jed Birmingham
Charles Plymell
Geoffrey D. Smith
Anne Waldman
Regina Weinreich
Jan Herman


Held in honor of the centennial of William S. Burroughs's birth, and the WSB@100 Festival in New York City scheduled for the entirety of the month of April, 2014, this conference will explore the life and works of one of the most innovative and influential twentieth-century American writers and artists. Join us for a series of talks and roundtables by editors, artists, and scholars on a range of issues from the problem of gender in Burroughs's writings to his role in postwar America little magazines, his still unpublished archival materials, cut-up experiments and novels, and his photography.
"Listen to my last words any world. Listen all you boards syndicates and governments of the earth. And you power powers behind what filth deals consummated in what lavatory to take what is not yours. To sell the ground from unborn feet. Listen. What I have to say is for all men everywhere. I repeat for all. No one is excluded. Free to all who pay. Free to all who pain pay." - William S. Burroughs
This conference is free and open to the public.
This event will be livestreamed. For viewing during the event, please see here: https://videostreaming.gc.cuny.edu/videos/livestreams/page1/  
Join this event on Facebook.


SCHEDULE:
9:30AM  Coffee
10:00AM
Editing Burroughs with John Bennett and Geoffrey Smith

11:00AM
Burroughs and Literary Magazines with Jed Birmingham, Charles Plymell, and Jan Herman

12:30PM Lunch
2:00PM
Biography and Photography: Barry Miles in conversation with Oliver Harris

3:30PM
Gender Trouble with Anne Waldman, Regina Weinreich, and Ann Douglas

5:15PM Coffee Break
5:30PM
Keynote:  Oliver Harris Cutting up the Trilogy

 
John M. Bennett has published over 400 books and chapbooks of poetry and other materials.
Charles Plymell is a poet, novelist, and small press publisher.
Anne Waldman has been an active member of the “Outrider” experimental poetry
While working at City Lights Books as the poet-publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti's assistant, Jan Herman...
Cosponsored by the English Students Association, Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, the PhD Program in English, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, the Doctoral Students' Council, and the WSB@100 Festival.