Why Other People Wreck Brainstorms (And How To Stop Them) If you’re a first-time investor with, say, $15,000 in savings, you have plenty of options these days. Newfangled robo-advisers like Betterment and Wealthfront will happily take your money, as will incumbents like Charles Schwab, which have launched improved digital products. But if you’re starting at zero, with practically nothing in the way of savings, you would have found few options designed to serve your needs—until now. There are suddenly half a dozen startups eager for your first saved dollar. The results are varied. On the other hand, there is Wise Banyan. Their styles could not be more different, but Stash and Wise Banyan are in some ways playing a similar game. "In the past, people would ask, how much AUM do you have? Stash’s Krieg echoes that stance. But as these founders say, AUM is to some extent beside the point. "Financial literacy is a huge issue in the U.S.," Krieg says. On the Stash blog, zeitgeisty posts like, "Would you invest in Westworld?"
Helping students to become problem finders — The Learner's Way For students engaging in creative personalised learning projects such as a ‘Genius Hour’ or ‘Personal Passion project it can often be difficult for them to uncover the right project. Students have become so reliant upon their teachers to pose them problems that when they are given the option to explore one of their own design they don’t know where to start. This is indeed a significant challenge as we know that our students will enter a workforce and world of learning beyond school where they must be active problem finders. How then might we provide the support they require without removing the opportunity for truly personalised exploration. Starting at the cause of the problem is worthily. Many students struggle with tasks requiring them to develop creative ideas of their own. For those making use of thinking routines in their classrooms there are a couple of excellent options to exploit here, the first is a little like the mass idea generation idea above: What are you trying to do?
Holding Bahema compra 80% da Escola da Vila e 5% da Escola Parque SÃO PAULO - A holding de participações em empresas Bahema anunciou nesta terça-feira a compra de 80% do capital da Escola da Vila, em São Paulo, e de 5% do capital da Escola Parque, no Rio de Janeiro, por um valor total de R$ 42,2 milhões. Ambos os colégios seguem a linha pedagógica construtivista, que defende o aprendizado como um processo ativo. O investimento na Escola da Vila será de R$ 34,5 milhões, sendo R$ 24,4 milhões em três parcelas, R$ 6 milhões condicionados a um número de alunos matriculados e a um valor médio de mensalidade em 12 e 24 meses e R$ 4,1 milhões trimestralmente a partir da assinatura, como um bônus para as vendedoras caso certas metas de transição sejam cumpridas. Na Escola Parque, o investimento previsto é de R$ 7,8 milhões, sendo R$ 6,4 milhões em dinheiro e o restante em ações da Bahema. O investimento na Escola da Vila foi assinado hoje e a Bahema deverá comunicar ao mercado quando a operação com a Escola Parque for finalizada.
Scaling Awesome Schools — a discussion with Ted Fujimoto In what has to be one of the more surreal experiences of this trip so far, I spent the morning last Friday with Ted Fujimoto (in a super cool restaurant just off Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, hence the surreal-ness!) talking all things from systems thinking in the tech and comms sector, franchising processes in the car industry, brand development and transformation in the hotel and restaurant industry, innovation in digital music design and cloud based apps….and all boiling down into protocols and processes for school design, culture development and mindset embedding, and the effective scaling of new models of school! It was really fascinating to hear how his broad range of life and career experiences and personal interests have informed his thinking over time around this. Ted has spent his career working across business, education and tech, and has been a key architect of the New Tech Network of schools, currently ‘speed scaling’ across the USA. System transformation in the USA
Negative Inversion: Real Life Examples - But I’ve never heard anything like that!Do people actually use it? This is what my B2+ / C1 / C2 students often tell me whenever I try to teach them how to add emphasis using negative inversion. So, the aim of this mini-lesson is to expose students to a number of “real life” examples of negative inversion in order to (1) show them that negative inversion does exist and is used far more frequently than some people might think, and (2) train them to listen out for examples of negative inversion in the English that surrounds them. You can use this mini-lesson to review or introduce negative inversion. A Read these excerpts from six (old!) B Watch video 1 and check. Video 1 C Read the song lines again and underline the correct words to complete the rules. Click here for more information. D Read these excerpts from different TV shows and choose the correct alternative. (Market analyst talking about Apple) 1 Rarely _____ back to Samsung or HTC. E Watch video 2. Video 2 G Watch video 3 and check.
Inscreva-se ou Indique uma Escola – Escolas Transformadoras Antes de inscrever sua escola, por favor leia com atenção os critérios de seleção do programa: 1. Alinhamento com a visão de que “TODOS PODEM SER TRANSFORMADORES”: As Escolas Transformadoras buscam formar seus educandos como agentes de transformação. 1. STEAM Stick Bombs: Explosive Kinetic Engineering and Chain Reactions | EducationCloset What are stick bombs? They are arrangements of large craft sticks, (tongue depressors/popsicle sticks) that rely on tension to stay together. When one stick is removed, the whole group fly into the air in an engineering explosion of fun and excitement. Create chain reactions of your own after observing some major productions, like the ones from the band, Ok Go! This STEAM concept is sure to excite any student and is a great way to create learning links about the concepts of kinetic and potential energy. Not only that, but these processes strengthen community through teamwork and promote positive communication techniques. In order to add an extra Arts Integration element, video the chain reactions and create a movie featuring the process and outcomes. To flip this activity, put together a padlet or students to direct themselves as an individual or in a group. Stick Bomb Instruction Links: Popsicle Stick Grenades (I called them fireworks) Good To Begin With These. Hook Video Links: Related
LearningApps - interactive and multimedia learning blocks MEC cria site para oferecer reforço escolar gratuito - SÓ ESCOLA O Banco Internacional de Objetos Educacionais – BIOE é um repositório criado pelo Ministério da Educação – MEC, em parceria com o Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, Rede Latinoamericana de Portais Educacionais – RELPE, Organização dos Estados Ibero-americanos – OEI e outros. Veja mais: O site tem o propósito de manter e compartilhar recursos educacionais digitais de livre acesso, mais elaborados e em diferentes formatos, como áudio, vídeo, animação, simulação, software educacional, além de imagem, mapa, hipertexto considerados relevantes e adequados à realidade da comunidade educacional local, respeitando-se as diferenças de língua e culturas regionais. Espera-se ainda com este repositório venha estimular e apoiar experiências individuais dos diversos países, ao mesmo tempo que se promove um nivelamento de forma democrática e participativa. Confira também: Atividades de reforço para alfabetização infantil prontos para Imprimir Com informações do CANAL DO Ensino
STEAM Design Challenge: Kinetic Wind Sculptures | EducationCloset Kinetic sculptures are not only fun to make, they are perfect for STEAMing up school campuses and classrooms! Kinetic = Movement and there is something amazing that happens when a student sees their artwork in motion. In addition to being absolutely mesmerizing, kinetic artwork requires knowledge and application of technology, engineering, artistic habits of mind, and can easily integrate into other content areas. Kinetic sculpture “Hammering Man” by Jonathan Borofsky. My favorite way to implement STEAM is through a Design Challenge, like the ones we share in our online class Designed to STEAM. “As a team, create a kinetic sculpture that can move in the wind.” Possible Materials: Scrap WoodPVC PipesPlastic SpoonsPlastic CupsRecycled Plastic BottlesPing Pong BallsPaper, Cardboard, Foam CoreString or YarnStrawsElastic BandsMetal WashersDuct TapeVariety of Tools: Pliers, Hammers, Wire CuttersPaper PunchesStaplers Setting Parameters Examples: Brainstorm Seeds What shapes or forms catch wind? Related
How to Download Animated GIFs GIFs are a fun way to spice up your online communication. These days you can even find them in business emails. If you want to join the digital revolution, you have to have an extensive GIF library. Fortunately, the internet is flooded with animated images and video loops. Whatever GIFs you desire probably already exist and are waiting to be downloaded. In this article, we’ll show you how to download animated GIFs and where the best places are to get them. How to Download Animated GIFs GIFs (or Graphics Interchange Formats) were first introduced in the 1980s by the CompuServe Corporation. Usually, GIFs contain titbits of quirky animation played in loops. You can find GIFs pretty much anywhere on the internet. Select the gif URL from your browser. However, if the page you got the GIF from removed it from its database, the link won’t work. Hover your cursor over the GIF, right-click on it and choose Save image as from the list of options. How to Download Animated GIFs on an iPhone 1. 2. 3.
FAQs | Summerhill Democratics 5. Why do you suggest that new schools should start with nine to fourteen year olds? Summerhill does not enrol children over the age of 11 because it is important for students to have the full experience of growing up in a democratic community. We have found the Veteran Child (8-13) age is a great start-up group. Once you have this mid age range established we suggest you gradually grow down and let the little ones use the juniors as role models as the older juniors grow into early adolescence. A lot of start-ups begin with only small children, and they can be successful. Beginning a school with older students, 14 to 17, is possible. Historically, schools have started in many different ways.
Why Academic Teaching Doesn’t Help Kids Excel In Life | MindShift | KQED News By Shelley Wright Academics. Most of our current school system revolves around it, and yet, I think it falls miserably short of what our kids need. To be honest, I think our academic system of education is highly overrated, at best. At worst, it destroys a number of our kids. Hear me out. Too often the lectures they listen to are boring and irrelevant to their lives. For the most part, kids who we consider “academic” tend to be good hoop jumpers. Research shows that some of the least engaged students are the highest achievers. In all honesty, I have to admit that I used to believe in this academics-oriented system. The truth is I did this because it’s what I knew. I’m an English teacher, and I subscribed wholeheartedly to the belief that the pinnacle of success in English was the ability to write “the essay.” Recently, I’ve started to ask people I know, “Do you ever write an essay?” I’m not saying our kids shouldn’t be able to write. We are born curious. What are you going to learn?