40 maps that explain the internet The internet increasingly pervades our lives, delivering information to us no matter where we are. It takes a complex system of cables, servers, towers, and other infrastructure, developed over decades, to allow us to stay in touch with our friends and family so effortlessly. Here are 40 maps that will help you better understand the internet — where it came from, how it works, and how it's used by people around the world. How the internet was created Before the internet, there was the ARPANET Before the internet, there was the ARPANETARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet, was an academic research project funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency, a branch of the military known for funding ambitious research projects without immediate commercial or military applications. The internet around the world Threats to the internet How internet access in Egypt was disrupted in 2008 How internet access in Egypt was disrupted in 2008Fiber optic cables are relatively fragile.
TQI - Home JULIA G. THOMPSON: What Parents and Guardians Expect of Their Child’s Teachers At this point in the school year, parents and guardians can either be valuable allies who work with you to ensure the success of every student in your class or they can be unpleasant and demanding adversaries. As an educator committed to the academic success of your students, it is up to you to make sure that the relationship between home and school is professional and positive. One of the most important ways to establish this relationship is to make sure that you are aware of the expectations that they may have of you as their child’s teacher. While not all parents or guardians will have the same expectations of their child’s teachers, there are some similarities that you can anticipate and plan for. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
The Teacher's Guides To Technology And Learning Welcome to the official guide to technology and learning by Edudemic! This part of Edudemic is meant to offer you, the teacher, some of the best and most popular resources available today. We’ve combed through hundreds of resources in order to narrow down our guides into something easy to read, easy to use, and easy to share. Below are links to the guides we have made so far. Just click on the title or image of each guide to view that particular resource. The Teacher’s Guide To Twitter Twitter has proven itself to be an indispensable tool for educators around the globe. The Teacher’s Guide To Flipped Classrooms We talk a lot about flipped classrooms on Edudemic. The Teacher’s Guide To Copyright And Fair Use Today, so much of our research happens online, and part of what makes the internet so wonderful is the ease at which it brings information into our lives. The Teacher’s Guide To Google Glass If you’re as excited as Katie and me about Google Glass, this guide is for you.
Symptoms | What is Autism? What Are the Symptoms of Autism? Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by social-interaction difficulties, communication challenges and a tendency to engage in repetitive behaviors. However, symptoms and their severity vary widely across these three core areas. As illustrated by the graph below, the basic symptoms of autism are often accompanied by other medical conditions and challenges. While autism is usually a life-long condition, all children and adults benefit from interventions, or therapies, that can reduce symptoms and increase skills and abilities. Social Challenges Typically developing infants are social by nature. Research suggests that children with autism are attached to their parents. Many persons with autism have similar difficulty seeing things from another person's perspective. It is common – but not universal – for those with autism to have difficulty regulating emotions. back to top Communication Difficulties Repetitive Behaviors Associated Medical Conditions
What's changed - - The Australian Curriculum v8.0 Revisions have been made to the previously available Australian Curriculum to make the curriculum easier to manage, particularly for primary schools, to simplify the curriculum’s presentation and to strengthen the focus on literacy. To achieve this: The volume of content in learning areas has been reduced by deleting, clarifying and simplifying content descriptions, where appropriate, and moving references to examples to the content elaborations. This has improved clarity of content descriptions and has resulted in an overall reduction in the number of content descriptions in the curriculum.A single Foundation – Years 6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences learning area replaces the History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business subjects at these year levels. The Tracked changes for Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum document (PDF 2.9 mb) is available on the Australian Curriculum website.
Smiling Mind Smiling Mind aims to build happier, healthier and more compassionate young people. Our Mindfulness Meditation programs are designed to assist people in dealing with the pressure, stress and challenges of daily life. Smiling Mind's Education Programs are designed: As a preemptive and proactive tool to enhance mental health and wellbeing To arm students with the skills to better manage stress and build resilience To encourage participants to feel calm, clear and content. The program has been developed to complement existing mental health, wellbeing and pastoral care programs, and can be used in a variety of ways, including: As part of classroom activities, session training, daily routine or roll call As part of wellbeing or pastoral care programs, sessions or lessons As a general supplement and support to the everyday curriculum. Introductory Sessions: These outline the key learnings of Mindfulness Meditation. Daily Mindfulness Guides: Take Home Activities:
Mindfulness exercises | Living Well | Living Well Mindfulness exercises allow you to be able to identify, tolerate and reduce difficult, painful and even frightening thoughts, feelings and sensations. Mindfulness gives you back some sense of mastery over our thoughts and feelings. Rather than having the sense that you are being pushed around by your feelings and thoughts you learn to be able to have some agency over them. So what is this thing called mindfulness? Below are some definitions: The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment to moment (Kabat-Zinn, 2003).The non-judgmental observation of the ongoing stream of internal and external stimuli as they arise (Baer, 2003).Keeping one’s complete attention to the experience on a moment to moment basis (Martlett & Kristeller, 1999). Put simply, mindfulness is as simple as becoming aware of your here and now experience, both internally and in the external world around you.