"There's a growing and new understanding of what it takes to be successful as an adolescent and an adult," Dodge says. "It used to be that what we thought all it took was academic skills. Reading and math are very important for tasks that require reading and math. Self-control is important for life tasks that require self-control — that's what
avoiding arrest and violent crime is all about."
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Using Blogging in a Classroom Environment - PRAGUE POST | The Voice of Prague
There are so many things that are not understood about blogs.
We are going to discuss one fact that most people do not realize:
blogs can be used as highly effective educational tools. They will offer
a complete freedom for individuals to publish web content and will make
a classroom a lot better than it is.
However, this can only happen if blogging is properly utilized.
Everything starts with choosing web builder tutorials and platform.
Based on most professionals, starting a blog
is easier with WordPress so this is what you want to use. Then, you
want to think about the following tips to make blogging a huge part of
the classroom.
Offer Expectations and Guidelines
It is really important that clear expectations and guidelines are set
so that the student can know what to expect. As an example, you may not
allow students to use their photos on a blog page. You may force the
student to get a written permission from one of the parents in order to
allow a blog to be open. All the guidelines can be updated and published
on a main class blog. That leads by example and allows the parents and
students to see important information about what is to be done.
Integrate The Classroom Curriculum Into Blogging
You can easily use blogging all across the classroom’s curriculum.
For all topics from history to science, blogging can take complete
literacy.
Improving Writing Skills
One of the big parts of blogging is, of course, writing. As a blogger
you need knowledge about the subject you blog about and proper writing
skills. This is true even if you use blogging in a math class. Besides
talking about blogging and teaching your subject, you have to teach
grammar and writing. In many situations you can get away with it when
you allow 10 minutes per class to cover an important writing related
point. That would make the student a better writer and blogging would be
even more efficient in the classroom.
Using Blogging in a Classroom Environment - PRAGUE POST | The Voice of Prague
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Lineman program accepts first woman - News - Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City, KS - Dodge City, KS
By Gloria Tucker / Dodge City Daily Globe
Posted Nov. 13, 2015 at 1:01 AM
Dodge City, Kan.
For the first time the Dodge City Community College Electrical and Power Transmission program welcomes a female student.
"I've
been teaching this program five years," instructor Dan Hopkins said.
"This is the first time I've had a female student because this
occupation is 98 percent male. There are not very many women who even
think about getting into this. I've seen female linemen as far back as
the late '80s and early '90s, but they are few and far between."
been teaching this program five years," instructor Dan Hopkins said.
"This is the first time I've had a female student because this
occupation is 98 percent male. There are not very many women who even
think about getting into this. I've seen female linemen as far back as
the late '80s and early '90s, but they are few and far between."
In
the program students learn the basics of electricity, climbing and
building power lines. In the first semester, they learn how to climb 40-
and 80-foot poles with a fall arrest belt and how to set those poles in
the ground. Certificates are earned in one year and an associate's
degree in two years.
the program students learn the basics of electricity, climbing and
building power lines. In the first semester, they learn how to climb 40-
and 80-foot poles with a fall arrest belt and how to set those poles in
the ground. Certificates are earned in one year and an associate's
degree in two years.
"They can spend two to three
hours at a time up a pole, so they have to be broke into that," Hopkins
said. "The female body is built pretty well for climbing. What females
sometimes lack is upper body strength. You use a lot of upper body
strength once you get up the pole and start working. I know some women
who got into line work and then as years went by went into other fields
like metering and substation work. That pays very well. It really is an
occupation females should look into because they can branch out."
hours at a time up a pole, so they have to be broke into that," Hopkins
said. "The female body is built pretty well for climbing. What females
sometimes lack is upper body strength. You use a lot of upper body
strength once you get up the pole and start working. I know some women
who got into line work and then as years went by went into other fields
like metering and substation work. That pays very well. It really is an
occupation females should look into because they can branch out."
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Lineman program accepts first woman - News - Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City, KS - Dodge City, KS
Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Education reform must come from us all | Chalk Talk | frontiersman.com
As a high school teacher, I’ve found out that everyone has an opinion
about public education. Most of those opinions have to do with what
needs to change. I remember having some of those opinions for myself as
far back as my teens — at 16 I was sure I knew everything my teachers
were doing wrong. As a university student in the Teacher Education
department, the talk of educational reform was the backdrop of every
day. It seemed that everyone had their own ideas about how to fix public
schools, as if there were a consensus that they were broken, but
disagreement on where the break was and what to do about it.
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Education reform must come from us all | Chalk Talk | frontiersman.com
Schools: Architecture for learning - News - Hopkinton Crier - Hopkinton, MA
Bright colors, trendy furniture and the latest technology
will fill parts of the hallways of Milford's new Woodland Elementary
School when it opens next year.
The spaces are known as learning commons.
Learningread more........
commons are part of a growing trend to allow for class flexibility,
project-based learning, media presentations and performances. Such
spaces are being incorporated in schools at all levels, according to
Matt LaRue, a senior associate with HMFH Architects Inc. of Cambridge,
the firm hired to design the new school.
Schools: Architecture for learning - News - Hopkinton Crier - Hopkinton, MA
Outdoor living classroom constantly evolves to bring children closer to nature | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Great design can bring kids closer to nature without hurting the bank. Just ask AP+E, an architecture studio that designed Hedge School, a competition-winning pavilion used as an outdoor classroom for a primary school in Carlow, Ireland. Made of natural and sustainable materials, this low-cost timber amphitheater creates a playful and sensory environment surrounded by nature
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Outdoor living classroom constantly evolves to bring children closer to nature | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Socialization: How are Schools Doing?
Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Socialization: How are Schools Doing?: Traditional public schools have a testing- and competition-focused model that often gets in the way of potentially positive social interac...
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