Want to Be a Better Writer? Cut These 7 Words If you’re reading this, then you want to be a better writer. However, becoming a better writer is elusive, isn’t it? It’s more art than science. How do you become a better writer when writing itself is so complicated? One Writing Rule to Rule Them All In this article, we’ll discuss seven words you should avoid, but if I had to give you one piece of advice about how to become a better writer, this would be it: “Be more specific.” Being more specific is the piece of the writing advice I give to nearly every writer I work with. Unfortunately, there aren’t seven magical words that you can use to make your writing better. Instead, these seven vague words are KILLING your writing. If you want to follow writing rule number one to be more specific, then you need to look out for these seven words. Every time you catch yourself writing with any of these, try to find a better (and more specific) way to phrase your message. A Caveat The 7 Words and Phrases NOT to Use 1. Good writers take a stand. 2. 3. 4.
4 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom's Taxonomy 4 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy can be a powerful tool to transform teaching and learning. By design, it focuses attention away from content and instruction, and instead emphasizes the “cognitive events” in the mind of a child. For decades, education reform has been focused on curriculum, assessment, instruction, and more recently standards, and data, with these efforts only bleeding over into how students think briefly, and by chance. This stands in contrast to the characteristics of the early 21st century, which include persistent connectivity, dynamic media forms, information-rich (digital and non-digital) environments, and an emphasis on visibility for pretty much everything. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy In The 21st Century: 4 Strategies For Teaching 1. There is nothing wrong with lower levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. 2. 3. Among other effects, this can make cognitively challenging work at the upper levels of Bloom’s seem more accessible. 4.
8 Master Strategies For Public Speaking Your legs wobble as you approach the podium. Your hands tremble as you adjust the microphone. Your head throbs. A wail builds deep inside you and threatens to escape. It’s showtime—and the feelings are primal. Evolutionary biologists tell us that in the presence of a presumed threat, we go into fight-or-flight mode, kicking off a millennia-old chain-reaction that starts in the brain’s fear centers and ends with our muscles pumped with blood and oxygen, prepared for battle or escape. If you experience this, don't worry. As panicked as the thought of presenting in front of a group can make us, whether we’re delivering a speech before hundreds, doing a business pitch, attending a job interview, or introducing a report in a meeting, our careers may depend doing it well. So how can we get better? A good place to start is over two thousand years ago. Master all three pieces, and you’re most of the way there. 1. 2. Like all the great songs we can never forget, your talk should have a great hook.
Teaching 1-1: The first class | teflreflections The first class can be crucial for how the rest of the course pans out. It will set the tone. Especially in a 1-1 setting. build rapport (break the ice, get to know each other)motivate the studentset the tone for the future classes (learner-centred, relevant, enjoyable, useful) The next set of aims concerns generating the course content, as well as the objectives and goals. what the learner wants to know (wants)what the learner doesn’t know (lacks)what the learner needs to use their English for (needs)what topics and activity types the learner enjoys (preferences) All this should ensure that the course aims will be relevant, realistic and achievable. Uff! As you can imagine, bringing and using a course book in the first class, even if one has been assigned one by the Academic department, is probably not the best solution, albeit a very tempting one. Spidergram – write down key words or phrases which are answers to some questions about you (e.g. hobby, favourite dish, etc.). Like this:
50 Resources For Teaching With Bloom's Taxonomy - Simple suggestions for applying the taxonomy to kindergarten-level children. Lesson Planet: This source gives the goods on creating complete lesson plans using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Prezi: Enjoy this stylish Prezi presentation on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Iowa State U.: This is a wonderful tool to build learning objectives based on Bloom’s Taxonomy. The Differentiator: Teachers and students can work together using this source to design creative activities; provides resources, content and the verbs. Slideshare: Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, this presentation shows how to apply the principles for high-order technology skills. The Literary Link: This is a list of book review questions to use in the classroom. Vague Verbs: A quick list of verbs to stay away from when using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Educators Technology: Unique approach to using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Twitter. Bloom’s Taxonomy: This is an official iTunes app on Bloom’s Taxonomy. PLP Network: Poses the view of focusing more on creating using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Aprenda a discordar usando a lógica do papel-higiênico Qual é a forma certa de se colocar um rolo de papel higiênico no banheiro? 60% das pessoas têm a certeza absoluta que o certo é o estilo “cachoeira”, com o papel saindo por cima. É mais fácil achar a ponta, dá pra rasgar certinho no picote, não fica raspando a mão na parede (menos bactérias!) e hotéis podem sinalizar aos seus hóspedes que o banheiro foi higienizado, com dobras elaboradas ou colando selinhos. Os outros 40% acham esses 60% uns loucos e estão certos que o melhor é por baixo. Mas, afinal, quem está certo e quem está errado? Todo mundo. O papel higiênico é seu, e você usa do jeito que quiser. Essa questão bizarra do papel-higiênico serve como dinâmica para colocar o foco na nossa habilidade de argumentação e não para se chegar a uma resposta, já que não tem o certo nem o errado. Por exemplo, o professor de sociologia Edgar Alan Burns, do Eastern Institute of Technology Sociology, usa esse truque no primeiro dia de aula. • diferenças de papéis sociais entre homens e mulheres
Tips for Testing Effectively :Educational Strategies | Teaching Resources As educators at any level have more than likely born witness to, testing can be a source of great stress and anxiety for students. This phenomenon is understandable, as each test administered is a vital piece of a given pupils grade and performance in the class. Of course, there are many external factors – home life, health, mental state, etc – that can influence a student's performance regardless of how prepared they are. With that in mind, it's imperative that teachers create both tests and testing environments with the well-being of their students in mind. If you're looking to hone your test administering abilities, take a look at these simple tips: Encourage Intangible Preparation Obviously, there's no replacement for ensuring that your students are provided the necessary resources to succeed on their exam. Reminding your students to get enough sleep can help them perform well on tests. "Focusing on prior success can help students succeed in the moment"
How To Use Bloom’s Taxonomy To Write Learning Outcomes By: Scott Davis Business Analyst, Pearson It is often quite difficult to relate inputs to outcomes in the world of education. Traditionally, much work has been done to develop and provide inputs into the process of education. These inputs, such as a textbook, an assessment, a learning technology or platform, a course, a qualification, a high-stakes test or professional development for teachers are put into the hands of an educational leader, a skillful teacher, or an eager student. And, for all of the investment, expertise, and care that go into their creation, that has typically been where the involvement ends. If we are going to really understand how we might be impacting student learning we must do two things. It may be difficult to know where to start in writing a student learning outcome. The committee identified three domains of educational activities or learning (Bloom, 1956): The domains are further subdivided, starting from the simplest behavior to the most complex. Bloom, B.
Vizualize.me transforma dados de seu currículo em infográficos Olá leitores do Canal do Ensino, Aplicativo não requer habilidade de designer gráfico para criar um currículo visualmente diferente. nteressado em um modelo diferente de currículo? A versão beta pública da ferramenta, que foi lançada em agosto deste ano, permite que dados como experiência de trabalho, habilidades, idiomas, interesses entre outros se transformem em infográficos em um clique. É possível escolher entre seis temas diferentes. Após completar todas as informações, o currículo pode ser compartilhado nas redes sociais – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn e Google +. Confira abaixo o vídeo de apresentação de Vizualize.me: Um abraço e até a próxima Divulgue este artigo! Fonte: Exame
Kurikularna reforma u Hrvatskoj… Nekoliko posljednjih reformi nam ne ulijevaju nadu. Bolonjski proces je u Hrvatskoj uveden s nekoliko ciljeva. Najvažniji su bili mogućnost stjecanja zanimanja nakon trogodišnjeg studija, mobilnost studenata po cijeloj Europi i rad s manjim skupinama studenata... Kurikularna reforma u Hrvatskoj… U prošlih nekoliko godina u Hrvatskoj se pompozno najavilo nekoliko promjena u školstvu. (Ekskluzivno iz Zagreba za portal i.Balkan.net) Piše: dr. sc. U Hrvatskoj upravo kreće kurikularna reforma za cijelo školstvo. Ipak, tu se postavlja nekoliko pitanja na koja nisam siguran da ovoga časa imamo odgovore. Predviđa se produženje osnovnog školstva na devet godina. Nekoliko posljednjih reformi nam ne ulijevaju nadu. U prošlih nekoliko godina u Hrvatskoj se pompozno najavilo nekoliko promjena u školstvu. Nakon toga je uveden Zdravstveni odgoj koji je vrlo brzo prestao figurirati kao nešto važno nakon političkog polariziranja u javnosti i rasprave o tome je li to našoj djeci potrebno ili ne.
6 Alternatives To Bloom's Taxonomy For Teachers - This post is updated from an article we published in April. At the end of the day, teaching is about learning, and learning is about understanding. And as technology evolves to empower more diverse and flexible assessments forms, constantly improving our sense of what understanding looks like–during mobile learning, during project-based learning, and in a flipped classroom–can not only improve learning outcomes, but just might be the secret to providing personalized learning for every learner. This content begs the question: why does one need alternatives to the established and entrenched Bloom’s? Because Bloom’s isn’t meant to be the alpha and the omega of framing instruction, learning, and assessment. So with apologies to Bloom (whose work we covered recently), we have gathered five alternatives to his legendary, world-beating taxonomy, from the TeachThought Simple Taxonomy, to work from Marzano to Fink, to the crew at Understanding by Design. Six Facets of Understanding with examples
Aprenda Scrum neste curso online gratuito Olá pessoal Quem trabalha com gestão de projetos, geralmente enfrenta dificuldades na hora da execução. É aí que surgem perguntas como: por que as estratégias de negócio mudam, por que os requisitos mudam, por que o cliente entende uma coisa e a equipe entende outra? Como conseguir um resultado final de qualidade sem atrapalhar outros itens da gestão? Para ajudar nesse momento, existe um processo chamado Scrum, que é um método ágil e eficaz para gerenciamento de projetos. A Universidade Scrum, canal dedicado à divulgação do framework Scrum e da Agilidade de uma forma geral, desenvolveu um curso online gratuito explicando direitinho o que é tudo isso. São 10 vídeos, apresentados pelo diretor executivo da GPE (Gestão de Processos Estratégicos e Tecnologia da Informação) José Rodrigues e que fazem parte do Papo Ágil, um espaço criado na Universidade Scrum para trazer para você assuntos relacionados ao framework Scrum. O que é Scrum Fases Recomendação O Scrum é recomendado quando: Até mais!
Započinje izdavanje nove elektroničke osobne iskaznice Od ponedjeljka, 8. lipnja, građani u policijskim upravama i postajama mogu početi predavati zahtjeve za elektroničke osobne iskaznice, sukladno odredbama novoga Zakona o osobnim iskaznicama, koji stupa na snagu sutra, 6. lipnja. Pravo na hrvatsku elektroničku osobnu iskaznicu imaju svi hrvatski državljani, bez obzira na dob i prebivalište, jer će se onima u inozemstvu upisati podatak o njihovom prebivalištu van Hrvatske. Također, hrvatski državljani koji prebivaju u inozemstvu, zahtjev za izdavanje elektroničke osobne iskaznice mogu podnijeti u bilo kojoj policijskoj upravi ili postaji u Hrvatskoj, dok hrvatskim državljanima s prebivalištem u RH osobnu izdaje policijska uprava ili postaja nadležna prema mjestu prebivališta ili boravišta. Novim Zakonom je, uz redovni i ubrzani postupak, propisano i izdavanje osobne iskaznice u žurnom postupku, u kojem se osobna izdaje u roku od tri dana od dana podnošenja zahtjeva.