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Here are seven ways we can increase our influence. 1. Whether or not you agree with someone, realize that they have a need to be heard. One way of increasing listening skills is to repeat back to them in your own words what they just said. 2. When two people are intensely connected in conversation, they tend to model each other’s nonverbal cues, such as smiling, moving toward the other, and making a great deal of eye contact. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Get The Best Stories In Leadership Every Day. New Admissions. Hong Kong children learn to code after school. On a lazy Friday afternoon, a small group of primary school students open their laptops and, laughing and chatting, plunge straight into the world of computer programming.
The children, starting as young as six years old, come each week to this out-of-school private learning centre in Hong Kong. They are getting lessons in computer coding not always available within Hong Kong's state schools, with parents paying extra for skills that they hope will keep up with a fast-moving digital industry. Over the next hour-and-a-half, they are taught how to create characters for a simple mobile game, using "drag and drop" software. "It's a form of coding," says Michelle Sun, the 28-year-old founder of this coding school, called First Code Academy. "This way, the kids don't have to type as much. It's much more intuitive for them to learn the concepts and build a foundation. " Later they will begin to learn JavaScript, a programming language that underpins many internet applications. Information age. Home - Mindstorms LEGO.com. Comment: The downside of being competent | SBS News. The phrase “shit hits the fan” has uncertain origins.
Some claim it’s a descendant of a World War II adage “the garbage hit the fan.” As the Online Etymology Dictionary has it, it derives from an old poop joke. The Yale Book of Quotationsdoesn’t have a say on the phrase at all (though “shit happens” is attributed to Connie Eble of Chapel Hill). In any case, people have probably heard the phrase in reference to something gone awry at work or in life.
In either setting, when the shit does hit the fan, people will tend to look to the most competent person in the room to take over. And too bad for that person. To begin, the researchers began by establishing that people do, in fact, assign more tasks to those they perceived as more competent. “People ask high self-control people to do more for perfectly logical reasons—because they think that those who successfully demonstrate high (vs. low) self-control will perform better and accomplish more.
DreamBox Learning - Online Math Learning. Beyond Standardized Tests: Existing Tools For Measuring Student Progress. By Anya Kamenetz, NPR Close your eyes for a minute and daydream about a world without bubble tests. Education Week recently reported that some Republican Senate aides are doing more than dreaming — they’re drafting a bill that would eliminate the federal mandate on standardized testing. Annual tests for every child in reading and math in grades 3 through 8, plus one in high school, have been a centerpiece of federal education law since 2002.
No Child Left Behind, the current incarnation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, requires them. But this law has been overdue for reauthorization since before President Obama took office. Discussions about cutting back on these requirements comes at a time of growing concern about the number of tests kids take and the time they spend taking them. The Council of Chief State School Officers and the country’s largest school districts have spoken out in favor of reducing the number of standardized tests students take. 1) Sampling.
ACT Education Solutions | About Us | ACT. ACT Education Solutions, Limited (AES) ACT Education Solutions, Limited (AES) is a fully owned subsidiary of ACT, Inc., located in Iowa City in the United States. Headquartered in Hong Kong, with its head office in Sydney, AES has a truly global reach. AES regional offices are located in China, Indonesia and Singapore. Established in 2005, AES will celebrate its 10th birthday in 2015. AES currently concentrates its efforts on growing and supporting student and institutional participation in the Global Assessment Certificate™ (GAC) program. AES provides many universities and colleges with information about, and access to, students ready for admission to undergraduate studies. AES also offers a suite of English Language Programs (ELP) designed to equip non-English speakers with the language skills required to enter the Global Assessment Certificate program or undertake further study in English.
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Also, the ratio of pupils to teachers in schools had been significantly reduced over time and schools had become much more independent in the development of school based remedial programs. Educational Leadership:Leading in Tough Times:The Seven Principles of Sustainable Leadership. ACT. Home - The Australian Curriculum v7.5.
Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects - University of California, San Diego | Coursera. Home | New Teacher Center. Autos - Meet the shape-shifting city car of tomorrow. Read the specs, and the EO Smart Connecting Car 2 is not a car that will change anything. Until you see EO change. The EO is a two-seat city car with sporty scissors-style doors and plenty of glass; it is stylish in a Star Trek shuttlecraft sort of way. It uses four in-hub electric motors to move its Smart ForTwo-like 1,650lbs (748kg) at speeds up to 40mph (64km/h). The wheels are jointed at the ends of the axles, freeing the car to spin around while sitting in one spot. And to the certain delight of parallel-challenged parkers, the EO can pivot all four wheels 90 degrees and drive – sideways – right to the curb. To allow it to fit into the smallest of parking spaces, EO pulls a neat trick.
Like any good transformer, EO is a robot in disguise. Clearly, EO represents some forward – and plenty of lateral – thinking. Google. Globalissuesnetwork. Common Ground Collaborative: About CGC. The Common Ground Collaborative (CGC) is a global, non-profit network of educators, schools and social entrepreneurs. We see learning as the key human capacity and are committed to building that capacity in ways that are simple, smart and sustainable. The CGC is all about: 1. A Connected Curriculum The Common Ground Curriculum is a coherent, globally-relevant framework that defines, designs, delivers and demonstrates learning in powerful, innovative and accessible ways. 2. The Total School Toolkit is a systemic set of tools that enables a school to align all of its work around learning. 3.
The Common Ground Collaborative is an extended, connected conversation about all aspects of learning. Ecuador breaks Guinness reforestation record. Ecuador broke the world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees in a single day, President Rafael Correa said. "I have just been informed that we have broken the Guinness record for reforestation," the president said in his weekly address. He said several different species were planted and that the reforestation efforts took place all over Ecuador, which boasts varied geography from its Pacific coast, high Andean peaks and low Amazon basin. Environment Minister Lorena Tapia said on Twitter that 44,883 people planted the trees on more than 2,000 hectares of land. The record, set just last year, apparently was taken from a group in the Philippines, Guinness said.
Scientists believe planting trees helps offset carbon buildup, as they sequester carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere and help to reduce global warming. Explore further: Philippines 'breaks world tree-planting record' Untitled. Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) is a nonprofit association of educational institutions. It serves professionals in the field of educational advancement. This field encompasses alumni relations, communications, marketing and development (fund-raising) for educational institutions such as universities and independent or private schools. CASE, headquartered in Washington, D.C., in the United States, was founded in 1974 as the result of a merger between the American Alumni Council and the American College Public Relations Association.
It is one of the largest international associations of education institutions, serving nearly 3,400 universities, colleges, schools, and related organizations in 61 countries. Activities[edit] CASE offers a variety of products and services such as conferences, webinars (the Online Speaker Series), books and training materials, and publishes CURRENTS magazine. Major awards and events[edit] CASE administers the annual U.S. K12 School Special Ends May 1st. Backyard Cafe - Phnom Penh - Restaurant d’aliments vivants et crus, Restaurant végétarien et végétalien.
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Scholarships for Cambodian Students. Moving from CoBLABoration to Collaboration: How to ensure your collective efforts make a difference | Centre for Strategic Education. Gavin Grift has worked extensively as a classroom teacher, assistant principal and educational consultant. Gavin has led a team of teachers to develop an online Curriculum Planning Process that is being used by primary and secondary schools throughout Victoria, Australia. He has worked with schools, teachers and students in Australia and the United Kingdom in a variety of roles including: teacher, researcher, consultant and facilitator for change and improvement. Gavin is currently the Director of Professional Learning for Hawker Brownlow Professional Learning Solutions, an Accredited Trainer of Cognitive CoachingSM through the Center for Cognitive Coaching and is a Certified Training Associate for Professional Learning Communities in Australia.
He is also coauthor of the book Assessing the Whole Child (2007 Hawker Brownlow Education; Melbourne, VIC) with Jane Satchwell. Home - TeacherReady. .::Welcome to Great Alliances::. Makerspace. Urban Design Studio | portfolio. Urban Design Studio undertook the corporate logo and branding work for 2Ten Sourcing. The form of the logo is comprised of 12 boxes - 2 in one colour and 10 in another, representing the name “2 Ten”.
The boxes are arranged to create a “T” shape relating to Two and Ten. The squares also represent boxes and containers for shipping around the world which fits with the core business of 2Ten Sourcing and it’s parent company Thomas International Services. Urban Design Studio produced the design and production for marketing and event collateral for BMW Cambodia. Blossom is a cake art gallery and not-for-profit organisation that empowers and skills Cambodian women while providing you with a chic oasis in Siem Reap. Urban Design Studio’s Creative Director produced the frontend mobile site and app for CheckInTonight and was also responsible for designing the logo and branding, website, and other marketing materials.
Scarsdale Adjusts to Life Without Advanced Placement Courses. A similarly slowed-down pace came at a cost for some students in one of Scarsdale’s Advanced Topics classes in United States history; it was still in the 1950s at the time of the exam, whose main essay question was on the Vietnam War. Sarah Benowich, a senior, said that the A.T. approach had improved her writing but that she would have liked more dates and facts worked in. Despite studying Advanced Placement exam review books on her own, she still felt “shaky on some of the more concrete details,” she said. A year after Scarsdale became the most prominent school district in the nation to phase out the ’s Advanced Placement courses — and make A.P. exams optional — most students and teachers here praise the change for replacing mountains of memorization with more sophisticated and creative curriculums.
“We have the luxury of being able to move beyond the A.P.,” John Klemme, Scarsdale’s principal, said in a recent interview. Bruce G. William R. In six years teaching A.P. How the Maker Movement Is Transforming Education. How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education By Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary S. Stager The Maker Movement, a technological and creative learning revolution underway around the globe, has exciting and vast implications for the world of education. New tools and technology, such as 3D printing, robotics, microprocessors, wearable computing, e-textiles, “smart” materials, and programming languages are being invented at an unprecedented pace.
Fortunately for teachers, the Maker Movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. One might try to marginalize robotics or 3D fabrication as having nothing to do with “real” science and dismiss such activities as play or as just super-charged hobbies. Three big game-changers of the Maker Movement should be on every school’s radar: Computer-Controlled Fabrication Devices Over the past few years, devices that fabricate three-dimensional objects have become an affordable reality. AP Capstone - Innovative Diploma Program.
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