Word: concepting
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...long term, the concept of an open market of idea transfer services is not just another small perk of the wired world, but could constitute an educational revolution. As students become able to choose the lecturer they like best from an array of possibilities, market forces might actually place a premium on the skills of imparting knowledge. Great teachers might actually be in demand, valued for their rare skills, and might start to be rewarded proportionately to their immense contribution to society. And for students, instead of being forced to take on the responsibility of their education themselves...
...Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara), who are forced to save the day when mom and dad tumble into the clutches of evil. In one respect, Spy Kids shares a clear kinship to Rodriguez's previous films though its breezy, comic-book inventiveness-the playful "kids-save-parents" concept is every bit as paper-thin as the simplistic "he-came-to-settle-the-score-with-someone-anyone-everyone" setup that drives Desperado. And Spy Kids is nothing if not a culmination of Rodriguez's starry-eyed fascination with slick, vivacious gadgetry, moving on from the guitar-case razzle-dazzle...
...Love the City is actually a concept album dedicated to the city of London, which isn’t necessarily a good thing, as the album tends to suffer from being a little too serious, over-drab, gray, and bleak, mirroring more the London weather than the more subtle sense of anything wry, cynical, cutting edge, or characteristically London-cool...
Despite the far-reaching quotations in his work, it never seemed that Scofield was derivative or stretched for motivation. Grasped by the inspiration for a musical idea, he would push it to the limits of creative invention, feeding off his sidemen until grasped by a fresh concept that he would subsequently exhaust. Blake’s tenor provided particularly potent fuel, as they, face to face, improvised harmonies, some of which melded seamlessly with the tune. Others that didn’t quite work were nonetheless commendable for their innovation. Free to experiment beyond the confines of chords or melodic...
...recent years, colleges and universities have turned to the Internet as a potentially revolutionary teaching medium. Some, like Virginia Northern Community College, have taken the concept to an extreme, allowing students to enroll in and receive credit for college courses without ever stepping foot on campus. Other schools, like Stanford, Princeton, Yale and Harvard, have steered away from offering full-fledged courses, instead moving toward making certain educational materials available to alumni. The area has also been the target of a few commercial ventures...