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Character
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Dialogue
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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:
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OK.
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Narrator:
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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:
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OK I've uploaded the Hill script
to your "in box." Drag it into your toolbar.
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Teacher:
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OK, there it is.
(drags into ToolBar)
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Jeremy:
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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:
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Hey that's neat! I'll use
it in class tomorrow.
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Jeremy:
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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:
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After I test it in my class,
I'd be glad to!
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Jeremy:
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Well, my office hours are over
now.
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Teacher:
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Oh....one more thing before
you disconnect.
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Jeremy:
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Yes.
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Teacher:
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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:
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Go on...
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Teacher:
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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:
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....Uhhhh, look, gotta
go!!!!
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