1. A system configured to host an educational virtual space, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
a virtual space module configured to communicate with separate student interfaces within the educational virtual space, wherein the separate student interfaces are associated with individual students, wherein the educational virtual space includes components of educational content;
a performance module configured to derive student performance information for individual students based on an evaluation of individual student interaction with a component of educational content; and
a learning path module configured to:
provide a learning path for individual students, wherein the learning path includes a sequence of multiple components of educational content, and
adapt the learning path for individual students based on the derived student performance information.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a teacher interface module configured to adjust the learning path for one or more students.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the teacher interface module is further configured to control availability of features within the educational virtual space for individual students.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the teacher interface module is further configured to monitor progress for individual students based on the student interaction with the sequence of multiple components of educational content.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein progress is represented by a graphical user interface that includes progress bars aligned with a representation of a sequence of components of educational content.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the learning path module is further configured to provide complementary components of educational content for use outside the scope of the educational virtual space, wherein the complementary components of educational content complement the components of educational content within the educational virtual space.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual space module is further configured to facilitate collaboration between individual students within the educational virtual space, and wherein the components of educational content include a collaborative component that uses collaboration between individual students within the education virtual space.
8. A method of hosting an educational virtual space, the method comprising:
creating separate student interfaces within the educational virtual space, wherein the separate student interfaces are associated with individual students, and wherein the educational virtual space includes components of educational content;
deriving student performance information for individual students based on an evaluation of individual student interaction with a component of educational content;
providing a learning path for individual students, wherein the learning path includes a sequence of multiple components of educational content; and
adapting the learning path for individual students based on the derived student performance information.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising adjusting the learning path for one or more students.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising controlling availability of features within the educational virtual space for individual students.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising monitoring progress for individual students based on the student interaction with the sequence of multiple components of educational content.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein progress is represented by a graphical user interface that includes progress bars aligned with a representation of a sequence of components of educational content.
13. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing complementary components of educational content for use outside the scope of the educational virtual space, wherein the complementary components of educational content complement the components of educational content within the educational virtual space.
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising facilitating collaboration between individual students within the educational virtual space, and wherein the components of educational content include a collaborative component that uses collaboration between individual students within the education virtual space.
15. A system configured to host an educational virtual space to client computing devices for interaction by students, the system comprising:
one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
a virtual space module configured to communicate with separate student interfaces within the educational virtual space, wherein the separate student interfaces are associated with individual students, and wherein the educational virtual space includes components of educational content;
a teacher interface module configured to control the components of educational content for the separate student interfaces.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the teacher interface module is further configured to control availability of features within the educational virtual space for individual students.
17. The system of claim 15, further comprising a performance module configured to derive student performance information for individual students based on an evaluation of individual student interaction with a component of educational content.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the teacher interface module is further configured to monitor progress for individual students based on student performance information.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein progress is represented by a graphical user interface that includes progress bars aligned with a representation of a sequence of components of educational content.
20. The system of claim 17, wherein the performance module is further configured to perform a granular assessment of student performance information to identify an area of less-than-average comprehension within a sequence of components of educational content.
21. The system of claim 15, wherein the components of educational content include one or more of a lesson, a game, a practice, a quiz, or a challenge.
22. A method of setting up accounts within an educational virtual space, the method comprising:
querying a student for student information, wherein the student information includes a student identifier associated with an individual student;
responsive to receiving the student information from the student, providing account information that corresponds to the student information; and
linking the account information to a student interface within the educational virtual space, wherein the educational virtual space includes components of educational content, such that authorization to access the student interface within the educational virtual space is based on the account information.
23. A method of guiding students through educational components within an educational virtual space, the method comprising:
providing selectable menu-options to a student through an interface within the educational virtual space, wherein the educational virtual space includes components of educational content, and wherein the interface of the student is linked to one or more student interfaces within the educational virtual space; and
responsive to receiving a selection of a selectable menu-option, provide a component of educational content to the one or more student interfaces for interaction, wherein the component corresponds to the received selection.
24. A method of guiding students through educational components within an educational virtual space, the method comprising:
providing a student interface within the educational virtual space to a student, wherein the educational virtual space includes components of educational content, and wherein the student interface includes selectable options corresponding to components of educational content within the educational virtual space;
responsive to receiving a selection of a selectable option, provide a component of educational content to the student interface for interaction, wherein the provided component corresponds to the selected option.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A cork extractor comprising a spiral which is disposed within a sleeve adapted to be seated on the edge of a bottle or which is rotatable between at least two corresponding limbs adapted to engage the neck of a bottle and which is actuated by a drive shaft whose rotation can actuate the spiral connected therewith, and a reducing transmission between the drive shaft and the spiral.
2. The cork extractor according to claim 1 wherein the transmission is a planetary transmission, preferably with a transmission ratio of 1:2 to 1:4.
3. The cork extractor according to claim 2 wherein the drive shaft is connected with a lever or a crossbar.
4. The cork extractor according to claim 3, wherein the lever is telescopingly elongatable andor has a cross bar which can be swung up and taken.
5. The cork extractor according to claim 2 wherein the drive shaft is connected by a further transmission with a hand crank.
6. The cork extractor according to claim 2 wherein by means of a locking pin (27) the reducing transmission (12 to 14) can be engaged and disengaged.
7. The cork extractor according to the spiral is connected by a connecting member fixedly with a hollow gear of the planetary transmission or forms a unit therewith and wherein the planet gears are fixed in position.
8. The cork extractor according to a hollow gear of the planetary gear transmission and the transmission housing form a unit and the planet gears are movable to circulate in the transmission housing.