[Year 12 IT Apps] RE: WHO IS 'Gung Ho'?
Mark Scott
msc at luther.vic.edu.au
Thu Jun 21 09:27:59 EST 2007
Somebody has way too much time on their hands.
Mark Scott
“Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets -- is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together.” Alan Watts
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Digby
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] RE: WHO IS 'Gung Ho'?
Gung-ho
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For other uses, see Gung-ho (disambiguation) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung-ho_%28disambiguation%29>
Gung-ho is a phrase borrowed from Chinese language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language> , frequently used in Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language> as an adjective meaning enthusiastic. The original Mandarin Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_language> phrase is Gōnghé (工合), a standard abbreviation for gōngyè hézuòshè (工業合作社), meaning industrial worker's cooperative, first established in Baoji <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoji> by Rewi Alley <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewi_Alley> and his comrades and later spread to other parts of China during the WW2 years. (It is true that gōng means work and hé means together, but gōnghé by itself is not a standard Chinese term and serves only as an abbreviation for gōngyè hézuòshè: an English-language analogy of a not-fully-comprehensible abbreviated phrase would be "IndCoop"; in some contemporary English texts, "Indusco" had been used.)
The phrase entered the American vernacular when it was picked up by then-Major Evans F. Carlson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_F._Carlson> , USMC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USMC> . According to Carlson, it was used as a slogan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan> by the WW2 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II> -era Communist Party of China <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China> 's 8th Route Army <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Route_Army> , led by Zhu De <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_De> .
The phrase was originally coined by Rewi Alley <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewi_Alley> , a New Zealander who went to China in the 1920s and whose contribution to the country was later recognized when he became modern China's first honorary citizen. The industrial workers co-operatives that were formed as part of the Gung-ho movement stemmed from Helen Foster (Peg) Snow, wife of American journalist Edgar Snow <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Snow> . Peg Snow suggested to Rewi Alley that China needed widespread industry through the establishment of a movement (Alley, 1987).
Carlson traveled with the 8th and with Rewi Alley. Later he used gung ho during his (unconventional) command of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Raiders> . From there it spread throughout the Marine Corps (hence the association between the two) and into American society as a whole. It is now often used in the ironic sense of excessively enthusiastic, overzealous.
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Kent Beveridge
Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 8:46 AM
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Is he chinese, or tasmanian?
Kent Beveridge,
I.T. co-ordinator
St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
Horsham
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Charmaine Taylor
Sent: Wed 6/20/2007 11:57 PM
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Hi Jock,
I'm using a project plan, just as Adrian is. Because it is good practice leading up to the exam and it does reinforce the value of planning a job rather than going in gung ho.
Charmaine Taylor
Sunbury Downs College
Jock Garnsworthy wrote:
Hi all,
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I can’t seem to find any evidence to suggest that students need to complete a project management plan in U 4 O1.
Have I missed something ?
Jock
On 19/6/07 9:50 PM, "Roland Gesthuizen" <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> <mailto:rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
Rockets! .. cool :-)
I have a dusty old Gantt chart that I whip out with my technicians every time I need to do a major equipment rotation at our college. Here is a nice one that I use in the classroom. it is an instructable that explains "How to Organize and Cook Holiday Dinner for a Crowd" .. planning people, time and resources using a coloured spreadsheet to stick on the fridge. As an example, I like its appeal for girls, especially those doing something similar for our year 12 formal.
http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/
<http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/?ALLSTEPS#> <http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/?ALLSTEPS>
Regards Roland
PS: the Instructables is a very addictive website with oodles of hands on technology projects. Enjoy!
On 17/06/07, Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> <mailto:sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
I started using project management and simple Gantt charts with year 8
students in a rocketry unit. In a group they build a small
working rocket (with real chemical motors and a parachute).
In the planning stage they have to allocate tasks and sequence them.
I.E. they work out roles and precedence. Using this tool I cut the
project's time in half and kept the kids honest!
Laurie
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 08:28:48PM +1000, Mark Kelly mentioned:
> It's quite artificial to get kids to produce Gantt charts for a project
> they are undertaking alone (because the VCAA demands all unit 3+4 tasks
> must be done solo).
>
> That's why I get my kids to invent 2 hypothetical colleagues so their
> Gantt chart can use them to incorporate concurrent tasks.
>
> Finished reports! hehehehe!
>
> Adrian Janson wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >It's ironic that we are discussing not wasting time with project
> >management????
> >
> >Is it just me who thinks that's quite funny? (must be Friday).
> >
> >On a serious note though, don't underplay the importance of project
> >management. Although students can't see the relevance often, it is a very
> >valuable and important ICT skill.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Adrian
> >
> >
> >Adrian Janson
> >VITTA President
> >Director of ICT, Melbourne High School
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
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> >On Behalf Of Antonia Caridi
> >Sent: Friday, 15 June 2007 2:09 PM
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> >Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1
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> >I'll take this on board Brendyn - when I wrote the tasks for the CD we were
> >still awaiting Assessment Handbook and we were still working through
> >everything ourselves, as you know, you get better as you do the course and
> >it was quite difficult to write tasks when one hadn't actually taught it.
> >
> >So, no, project management is not required and I have amended my tasks to
> >reflect this. You are right - don't waste too much time on things that
> >aren't required.
> >
> >Antonia - attached is a reworked task that I will use for a practice. It
> >is
> >very similar to the one in Study Design (yes I wrote that too).
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