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The first ‪#‎Dyalog15‬ videos are now live. Follow the links from our website here http://www.dyalog.com/user-meetings/dyalog15.htm to view them. Check back for new ones being added each week

This week we focus on the next generation of APLers. Read more about Dyalog ’15 at http://www.dyalog.com/user-meetings/dyalog15.htm

• U04 How to Save an Italian School with APL
Roberto Minervini, from Liceo Classico S. M. Legnani (Italy), challenges our view on traditional teaching techniques. He explains that most Italian secondary schools are out of touch with the present and are ill-equipped to prepare students for the future. He then shares his experience teaching APL as a mathematical tool to a high school class.
With students Arianna Greco, Samuele Luigi Di Gioia, Kariman Ahmed and Silvana Maria Belén Colman Cabrera
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16INr6itqM)

• U09a: How I Won the APL Problem Solving Competition – Introduction and Prize Ceremony
Brian describes the format of the 2015 International APL Problem Solving Competition and shares feedback and reactions from some of the entrants. Walt Syzonenko (Fiserv) presents first place winner Arianna Locatelli with her award.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qCnaDVblJk)

• U09b: How I Won the APL Problem Solving Competition
First place winner, Arianna Locatelli, (Liceo Classico S. M. Legnani), shows us how she solved the Dyalog Problem Solving Competition. She also talks briefly about her linguistic background and how, through the help of her teacher and classmates, was able to bridge the gap between human science and IT.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opoQvfxIwVk)

We'll be releasing new Dyalog '15 presentation videos every Friday for the next few months. If you have any requests for specific videos that you’d like to see sooner rather than later then please let us know at usermeeting@dyalog.com and we'll see what we can do.