Summerton Health Fair 2018

The annual Summerton Health Fair is coming up on October 6, 2018. It will be held at the Clarendon 1 Community Resource Center at 1154 Fourth Street in downtown Summerton from 10am thru 1pm. This annual event is sponsored by the Clarendon 1 Community Center, the Lake Marion Artisans, Hope Health, CVS Pharmacy, Walmart Vision Center, Sumter Hearing Associates and many other organizations across our local community.

At the Summerton Health Fair, citizens can receive free Blood Presure, Diabetes Screening, Body Mass Index (BMI), Cholesterol Testing, Vision and Hearing Tests, and Flu Shots. Health and Well Being Information will also be available from the American Red Cross, DHEC, Alzheimers Association, Rape Crisis Center, Agape Hospice, Clarendon Women's Shelter, SC Thrive, Safe Kids, Department of Social Services, Head Start, McLeod Clarendon Hospital, Clarendon County Council on Aging, and other organizations.

Tax deductable donations to allow us to offer free cholesterol testing are being accepted by the non-profit 501(c)(3) Lake Marion Artisans organization at 108 Main Street in downtown Summerton, SC. You can also mail your donations to PO Box 541, Summerton, SC 29148. For more information about the Health Fair or donations, contact Kathleen Lawson Gibson 803-225-0832, Marlise Guillerault 803-478-4945, or Nancy Foster 803-225-2420.

See you at the Health Fair!

Best Horticulture Colleges in South Carolina for 2018/19

The following is a list of some of the best Colleges in South Carolina offering Educational Degree Programs in Horticulture and Landscaping Design.

• Clemson University - A large public university offering 1 Horticulture Degree program.

• Horry-GeorgetownTechnical College - A medium sized college offering 1 Horticulture Degree program.
• Piedmont Technical College - A comprehensive two-year college based in Greenwood, SC, offering several Horticulture degree programs.
• TridentTechnical College - A large public college offering 2 Horticulture Degree programs in Charleston, SC
• SpartanburgCommunity College - A medium sized public college offering 1 Horticulture Degree program.

In addition to these colleges, the following are selected links posted on their web site to various other Education & Training events, activities, organizations, and resources for those interested in Horticulture, Landscaping, Garden Design, and Gardening.

• Cyprus Gardens: Educational Programs
• Master Gardener: Education & Career Roadmap
• National Garden Clubs: Education Programs
• National Gardening Association (NGA) Learnng Center
• OpenCourseWare: Free Online Landscape & Gardening Courses
• South Carolina Master Gardner Program
• Top 'Landscape Architecture' Schools
• Udemy: Online Gardening Courses

* Also, check out the Education & Training resources on the Pink Dogwood Garden Club web site.

Let us know about other horticulture, landscaping, and gardening education and training programs in South Carolina you would recommend to our readers.

Next Generation Education 4.0 Systems - Part 2

You may have already run across the terms Industry 4.0, Work 4.0, Health 4.0 … It's now time to start talking about emerging efforts to collaborate on designing and building next generation Education 4.0 solutions. This has become even more important given the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. is in the process of developing and implementing Education 3.0, which is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of ways we have been moving over the past decade to better integrate digital technologies into learning using web-based and mobile technologies. It involves moving away from tradition classes and lectures, focusing instead on more innovative interactive learning systems customized to needs of individual students. These current efforts will continue well into the next decade.

Focus of Next Generation Education Some selected excerpts from “A Model for the Future of Education” The 3R’s - Reading, ‘Riting’ & ‘Rithmetic’ Literature & Communication Skills Creative Expression & Improvisation Foreign Language & Culture Logic & Analytical Thinking Ethics , Morality & Empathy Technology Exposure & Coding Innovation & Scientific Experimentation Entrepreneurship & Marketing Persistence & Passion Collaboration & Sharing

The recommended focus of ‘next gen’ educational systems listed above doesn’t seem to differ much from existing approaches and content already employed in our schools. So what have we missed? What else needs to be added to further enhance our educational system?

Focus of Next Generation Education

Looking beyond the coming decade, Education 4.0 is a term starting to be used to describe changing technologies, focus, and systems that need to be put into place by 2050. Additional changes in our education system are needed to further complement and support the global shift to Manufacturing 4.0, Health 4.0, and other ‘next gen’ advances in every industry and aspect of society. These changes will be characterized by use of ever more advanced and innovative systems utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), invisible user interfaces (IUI), and the convergence of many other new and emerging technologies - coupled with 'open access' to knowledge, science, and other data resources.

The following is a brief brainstormed list of new technologies, educational needs, processes, projections, and predictions about the field of Education & Training in 2050. Some of the many steadily converging technologies will have a tremendous impact on the future of Education & Training in the 2030-2050 timeframe. These technologies and solutions will include:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmented Reality Brain Interface Technologies Free & Open Source Software Free & Open Access Textbooks Implantable Systems Invisible User Interface (IUI) Language Translation Technology Multimedia Educational Materials Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

Mobile Technology & Apps Personal Learning Assistant Robotics Social Media Telepathy Televideo Virtual Reality Virtual Classrooms Wearable systems 3D Printing Technology

How to best employ these many new technologies I leave in the hands of our many tremendous educational professionals and our free market system. I expect there will be a lot of trial and error before we get it right. I look forward to seeing our ‘next gen’ educational system of the future.

What will our Education 4.0 system look like by the time we complete the transition from a Type 0 Civilization into a Type 1 Civilization – see previous blog on the Kardashev scale.

Selected Links Building the Future of Schools 4.0 Education 4.0 Images Education 4.0 Videos Education & Training in 2050 Forecast 4.0 – Education & KnowledgeWorks Google 'Cardboard' VR for Schools Higher Education 4.0 – Trends and Future Stanford 2025 * Also check out previous Summerton SC Blogs on Education 4.0 and Type 1 Civilization.

A Short Poem on 'Art Reflecting God'

Reflections of Art

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by Peter Groen

Next Generation Education 4.0 Systems - Part 1

You may have already run across the terms Industry 4.0, Work 4.0, Health 4.0 … It's now time to start talking about emerging efforts to collaborate on designing and building next generation Education 4.0 solutions. This has become even more important given the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. is in the process of developing and implementing Education 3.0, which is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of ways we have been moving over the past decade to better integrate digital technologies into learning using web-based and mobile technologies. It involves moving away from classes and traditional lectures, focusing instead on interactive learning customized to needs of individual students. These efforts will continue well into the next decade.

Looking a bit further into the future, Education 4.0 is a term starting to be used to describe the systems that will be put into place by 2040 to complement and support the global shift to Manufacturing 4.0, Health 4.0, and other next generation advances in every industry and aspect of society. It is characterized by more advanced and innovative systems utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), invisible user interfaces (IUI), and the convergence of many other new technologies - coupled with 'open access' to knowledge, science, and other data resources.

Five Issues With ‘Traditional’ Schools Excerpts from “A Model for the Future of Education” Grading: In the traditional education system, you start at an “A,” and every time you get something wrong, your score gets lower and lower. It’s demotivating. In the online gaming world (e.g. Angry Birds), it’s just the opposite. You start with zero and every time you come up with something right, your score gets higher and higher. Sage on the Stage: Most classrooms have a teacher up in front of class lecturing to a classroom of students, half of whom are bored and half of whom are lost. The one-teacher-fits-all model comes from an era of scarcity where great teachers and schools were rare. Relevance: When I think back to elementary and secondary school, I realize how much of what I learned was never actually useful later in life, and how many of my critical lessons for success I had to pick up on my own. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t ever actually had to factor a polynomial in my adult life. Imagination vs. Coloring inside the Lines: With the factory-worker, industrial-era origin of today’s schools, programs are so structured with rote memorization that it squashes the originality from most children. In today’s world, we need to foster imagination and innovative ideas in our schools. Boring: If learning in school is a chore, boring, or emotionless, then the most important driver of human learning is disengaged. i.e. passion. Having our children memorize facts and figures, sit passively in class, and take mundane standardized tests completely defeats the purpose. An average of 7,200 students drop out of high school each day, totaling 1.3 million each year. Over 50 percent of these high school dropouts name 'boredom' as the number one reason they left.

New Technologies for 'Next Gen' Education Systems

The following is a brief brainstormed list of new technologies, educational needs, processes, projections, and predictions about the field of Education & Training in 2050. Some of the many slowly converging technologies will have a tremendous impact on the future of Education & Training in the coming decades include:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmented Reality Brain Interface Technologies Free & Open Source Software Free & Open Access Textbooks Implantable Systems Invisible User Interface (IUI) Language Translation Technology Multimedia Educational Materials Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

Mobile Technology & Apps Personal Learning Assistant Robotics Social Media Telepathy Televideo Virtual Reality Virtual Classrooms Wearable systems 3D Printing Technology

The question is, what attributes will be most critical for our children to learn in order to be successful in the future? We'll explore that further in Part 2 of this series. In the meantime, check out the following selected links.

Selected Links Building the Future of Schools 4.0  Education 4.0 - Learning and the 4th Industrial Revolution Education 4.0 Images Education 4.0 Videos Education & Training in 2050 Forecast 4.0 – Education & KnowledgeWorks Higher Education 4.0 – Trends and Future Stanford 2025

 

Duckfest is coming up on October 13, 2018 in downtown Summerton

So you think you’re pretty handy with a duck call, do you? Prove it in front of the judges and the crowd at Duckfest 2018, coming up on October 13 in downtown Summerton, SC. You could win a share of $3,000 in cash and prizes, and a shot at the world duck-calling championship to be held this November in Stuttgart, Arkansas.

Not into the raspy honk of waterfowl? You can still bring your flock of family members to downtown Summerton—the duck capital of South Carolina—for a parade featuring the winner of the Miss Duckfest pageant, a 5K color run, the duck cook-off, food vendors, fishing tournament, activities for kids, live entertainment and much more during this day-long event.

For more detail, visit Facebook.com/SummertonDuckfest, check the announcement in Manning Live, or call (803) 410-1067.

 * Summerton is a small rural town by beautiful Lake Marion in Santee Cooper Country.