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I have parents coming into my classroom today asking how their child is doing in my class. They only have a 95, how can they get a higher grade?
Really?
This happens over and over again. I wonder why they're here. I don't think it's to make themselves feel better about how great their child is doing in school. I also don't think that they are very worried about the 95 not being a 98. I believe it's to show their child that they are fully invested in…
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Taking some well-deserved time off? I hear you. Being an academic is hard work. There are the classes, the research, but most of all there is the publish or perish mentality which has taken over at most of the big universities out there. This can be incredibly stressful.
More importantly, however, it often means that academics –…
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From a NYCSchoolsTech Facebook discussion, teachers offered their best practices on how to manage today's classroom. Here's what we shared.…
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Whether you are looking for a school for yourself or for your child, it’s always hard to decide on which institution is best suited for your needs. There are so many choices to consider even without thinking about public or private schools as different entities.
However, if you take a look at any student testimonials and pay closer attention to what they have to say, the differences are quite huge indeed. What are some of the most notable differences between public and private schools…
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Choosing the type of education that suits your interests and talents can be difficult in this day and age. The sheer number of options at our disposal is staggering, not to mention the ability to completely skip academic studies and opt for online learning instead.
But what are the differences between learning something online and learning it in a college environment? Besides the obvious difference that comes from their names, what are some of the most essential and useful points to…
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All over the internet, you can find the variety of solutions about increasing the productivity of aspect of your life. And they are quite different from each other for some reason. The term productivity has various meanings according to your occupancy as well as your hobbies. In this article, you will find some examples to illustrate this thesis. Some people are willing to increase the productivity of their business by optimizing various processes. For the business owners, an optimization…
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US colleges are accepting more foreign students than ever before, according to the Institute of International Education. According to this report, approximately one million foreign students gained education in the US during 2014-2015, which is an increase of 10% when compared to the previous year.…
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There is probably next to no people there who haven’t heard about Millennials, but as attention seeking as they might have been, they are old news. Sociologists and generational experts are spreading the new name: Generation Z.
Generation Z has arrived at the stage and demands to be heard and seen. This new generation is quite young, yet it feels like already they…
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You may need a great deal of knowledge when you try to make the right path through school and higher education, but one ability that you truly ought to target is that of creating papers. For your class where you don’t must compose one or more essay can be uncommon in fact. What’s a lot more, they typically case disproportionately to the score you walk away with.
On that basis, just about any steps that can directly help you composing far better papers will likely be beneficial. As a…
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The debate surrounding whether you should do your homework or not has been active for decades. And one that has not yielded any concrete answers. There are some who believe that looking for someone to do my homework is a waste of time because it does not contribute to a student’s academic development. Others use science to thwart this belief by saying that doing homework…
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But what exactly are aspirations? They are projections into the future for a better life and for success. Aspirations may be individual or shared. They occupy the space of conscious intentions – the important space between dreams for an idealized future and enterprise which is about taking action and…
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AMA (American Medical Association) referencing is a kind of system that enables academic writers to demonstrate where another author’s work has added to or supported a thesis or hypothesis inside their work. The AMA referencing style was planned by the American Medical Association particularly for use in their publications. The style is currently…
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You have a great lesson planned for today, and the internet is down. Your supervisor is lurking in the doorway, you can just smell the observation coming. What do you do?
You teach your kids how to create hyperlinks with just PowerPoint or Google Slides!
Here’s my plan.
Begin the lesson with having the students create the first slide, a “Table of Contents” sort of slide. Mine looks like this.…
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“Happy New Year” wishes normally come for everyone around the beginning of January every year. Only if you are a teacher or a student do you appreciate this wish twice a year – early January and early September, when schools start, at least in Greece! And, if you are a teacher, new years always begin in September and last until the end of August, every time! That is when you make sure you have re-arranged your home desk, bookcase and…
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Dear Colleagues! 1 September is coming soon. I've made infographics in this regard.
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I recently earned my Google Level 2 Certification, and it felt great, but I'm just as proud earning my Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Badge for this year too. I like to say that I'm bilingual: I speak Google and Office. Both prove I met certain requirements, but they proved it in different ways.
You can earn your Google Certification anytime you want, just pay the $25 and…
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Most of us have heard about blending learning. Many even use it in their teaching practice. Still, some confuse blending learning with other concepts such as technology-rich classrooms or online classrooms.
To distinguish these concepts, I’ll give the definition of blending learning. Blending learning – is a mix of face-to-face teaching with online learning, thus students conduct part of their learning in school and the other part online.
Now it’s time to tell you about…
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Essay about How Critical Can Pediatric Emergencies Get?
Pediatric emergencies are related to health emergencies suffered by children. Like health emergencies faced by adults, even children are prone to suffering sudden attacks and arrests that can cause dramatic mental and physical trauma in them. Not many people believe that children as young as 4 to 5 years can face cardiac attests or, depression…
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Among all the certification courses that are available in the market, Microsoft 70 693 is one of the best options for you to consider in this regard. Microsoft 70 693 certification examination is an excellent course…
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