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Jeremy:
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Ok, I see. You know I have a little program for making staircases in MathWorlds. Give me a minute and I'll modify it for you to make hills. In the mean time, make yourself a graph with seven segments, each one second long. OK? |
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Teacher: |
OK. |
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Narrator: |
By the way, Jeremy has been illustrating through his activities the power of "just-in-time programming." JIT programming will become increasingly common as dynamic programming languages such as Java become widespread--superceding the unmodifiable, closed, monolithic programs of the past. In about 2 years since its release, there are now over 500,000 Java programmers, and 1000 new ones a day. |
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Jeremy: |
OK I've uploaded the Hill script to your "in box." Drag it into your toolbar. |
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Teacher: |
OK, there it is. |
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Jeremy: |
Now just set the first and middle segments to the height you want, and click the script. It will make a hill for you.
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Teacher: |
Hey that's neat! I'll use
it in class tomorrow. |
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Jeremy: |
And I'll add it to the MathForum archives so other teachers can use it. It'd be great if you'd put in a lesson plan to go with the script. |
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Teacher: |
After I test it in my class, I'd be glad to! |
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Jeremy: |
Well, my office hours are over now. |
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Teacher: |
Oh....one more thing before you disconnect. |
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Jeremy: |
Yes. |
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Teacher: |
Uh. This is a little awkward for me after that trouble I got into over persuasive phonecalls back in DC, but .... |
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Jeremy: |
Go on... |
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Teacher: |
I was wondering if I could ask for your support for a friend of mine who's running for School Board? |
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Jeremy: |
....Uhhhh, look, gotta go!!!! |
