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spain
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 RE: New Year Resolutions?? (in reply to flyeogh)
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ppl joking bout it, but its real thing given by universe. every new year, new moons, full moons, something starts or ends in our lives. since universe is what it is as we know - everything goes from minimalism to maximalism (or upside down), the moon cycles are less important, the new years are also the ends at the same time D. so ppl getting mad, bad is they mostly have no clue bout it, they dont believe - yes in god, ppl didnt get the right meaning of that word, so theres evil in the world. they will laugh to you cos u believe to astrology, trees, nature. i have what could be called resolution, most important in my life, but cant realize it, since we living in babylon. hope once i will.
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Date Jan. 8 2020 9:48:32
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Piwin
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RE: New Year Resolutions?? (in reply to kitarist)
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I use this one: https://mnemosyne-proj.org
The other one that is usually recommended, and that I've also used in the past, is this one: https://apps.ankiweb.net
They're both open-source apps that use an older version of the "SuperMemo" algorithm, so if you want the more up-to-date but proprietary version, it would be here: https://www.supermemo.com
Basically you make your own question and answer cards to help memorize. Once you have your cards, it works basically like a quizz. The software will show you the question first. You answer and then check against the answer you'd written down when making the card at the beginning. As such it's not different from flashcards you'd make at school, or even just hiding one side of a vocabulary list with a sheet of paper or whatever. The interesting part is the "spaced repetition". The card will show up in your list at increasingly large intervals. The first time I answer a card, it will show up at n+1 (the next day). When I answer it the second time the interval will be longer, like n+2. The third time maybe n+4. etc. (not the real figures, just giving those as example). When you answer the card, you also rate how difficult the question was (on mnemosyne it's from 0 to 5). That rating will have an impact on the interval after which the card will appear again. (The interval always increases, but if you rate a question as difficult, the interval will increase less than if you rate it as easy). I don't think there's an upper limit to the duration of these intervals, so theoretically you can just keep going until the interval is longer than the amount of years you have left to live. ^^
I use it for retaining vocabulary words, phrases, expressions and sometimes full sentences and I've found it quite effective. I figure it might also work with memorizing musical ideas or pieces. The only thing with falsetas I guess is that you'd have to find a way to formulate the question without already giving the answer. So you would have to label each falseta and remember what the label is. I guess you could always put a sound sample as the question, but then you would just be focusing on remembering how to play that falseta and not on recalling the whole falseta from scratch.
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Date Jan. 8 2020 20:07:36
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flyeogh
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RE: New Year Resolutions?? (in reply to Piwin)
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Very interesting. I tried Mnemosyne and had a play with it. I think the self assessment followed by automated selective testing could work really well for lots of things.
However, I was hoping that I might be able to use it for English teaching but I’d need question imaging, or at least variant question types (multiple choice, true/false, etc.). From what I can see of Mnemosyne it doesn’t seem to do that.
I tried Anki but it failed I believe due to a compatibility issue with graphic drivers. So I had a look at a youtube presentation. Sadly, it uses grahics but only as part of the answer.
The problem I have when teaching a language is that it would teach how to translate, and not how to think in English.
So, if anyone sees one that can handle question imaging, and if not that then at least various question types, I’d be very, very interested.
Should say at the moment I use Moodle as a Learning Management System and have lots of questions formatted to standards. With a bit of an edit I should be able to get all the simple ones imported into Mnemosyne.
But anyway many thanks Piwin. A good find. I’ll for sure have a deeper look at Mnemosyne for perhaps early learners.
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as normally my NY resolutions don't last a week 
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