When it comes to sports practice, chores, or trying to get out the door on time, your child’s high-energy approach is an asset. But problems arise when it’s time to slow down for homework, dinner, or a low-key conversation. Moving too fast can negatively affect a child’s learning; rushing through reading or math assignments can reduce comprehension and lead to errors, and an inability to sit still during class time can affect the students around them, too. Additionally, children can internalize a sense of shame about their behavior, which in turn affects their self-esteem. Learning to slow down and cool off can help kids become more thoughtful, flexible, and adaptive – supporting better learning and relationships. If it ever feels...
As a teacher, you know how important it is to check for understanding and gauge your students' learning. That's where assessment with exit tickets comes in! Exit tickets are a quick and easy way to assess what your students took away from a lesson, and they can provide valuable information that will help you adjust your lesson plans. In this blog post, I'll share how exit tickets work, why they are helpful, and how you can use them in your classroom. WHAT ARE EXIT TICKETS? An exit ticket is a quick check that students complete at the end of a lesson. Usually, exit tickets are just one or two simple questions that assess the students' understanding of the lesson. Give...
Prostock-studio/ShutterstockWhen you hear someone talk, do you see the words in your mind’s eye? Or do you see what they’re saying as a movie? It’s easy to assume that the way you perceive the world is the same for everyone. But recent studies have revealed that there is a wide spectrum of how people visualise things in their mind’s eye. The vividness of your inner visual imagery can even change throughout your life. We range from those who are “mind blind” and cannot visualise things mentally to those who have brilliant images in their mind. Some people see shapes in their mind when they hear music, or imagine colours when they see a number (a phenomenon called synaesthesia). There’s even...
Even the most entrenched and traditional industries are now wising up to modern technology’s benefits. This, as aging systems increasingly create headaches while B2B enterprise transactions start to take more and more behavioral cues from today’s hyper-personalized, convenient, and real-time consumer experience journey. That’s why companies across industries tell PYMNTS that modernization efforts are among the most important reason for their investing in digital technologies and integrated enterprise solutions. In times of economic uncertainty just making sure things run smoothly can be a pretty stressful endeavor for any senior business leader. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, while admittedly buzzy and in certain cases flawed, offer an attractive white space upside to businesses looking for help with consolidating and scaling historically patchwork operational processes...
By Daniel Perez Estefania Garcia is a confident young woman who has worked through her disabilities to achieve what she wants. One of her dreams was to attend college and the naysayers at El Dorado High School, she said, only made her more determined to make her dream a reality. Today Garcia, who has a visual impairment and a learning disability, works as a receptionist for the Children’s Disabilities Information Coalition on El Paso’s Eastside where she also makes presentations for high school audiences. She credits Project HIGHER, a collaborative program between El Paso Community College and Texas Workforce Solutions, for helping her earn a certificate in business management/administrative office assistant in 2020. That and her previous job experience helped...
