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Managing Your Procrastination. You are not being lazy, you are just…
By: Vasu J
Tags: Students, Personal Growth, Self Improvement, Education Reform, Mindset

Managing Your Procrastination

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“Damn, I was supposed to do that yesterday”, “ You were supposed to do that last Friday”, “ Are you saying it got delayed by 2 days” !

Do these sound familiar! You sit down with an important task and end up completing other tasks such as taking your dog for a walk, doing laundry, reading an article, messaging your friends or daydreaming. Procrastination is the action of delaying or postponing something. The word has origin from the Latin procrastinatus, which itself evolved from the prefix pro-, meaning “forward,” and crastinus, meaning “of tomorrow.” It is common at some point in time to procrastinate which is mysterious strong force, which keeps you away from completing the task.

There are many studies published which correlate the impact of procrastination, emotions and stress levels on high school and university students. This is an alarming issue considering the performance of students causing them to perform poorly in their classes which in turn leads to higher stress, illness and of course bad grades by the end of their term.

Procrastination is a bad habit like gambling, overeating when in excess only harms the well-being of students. The causes for procrastination are plenty but mainly seem to be low self-confidence, low motivation, poor decision, management and organizational skills. The catch is opportunities come and go, but procrastinating on a decision could just change the course or fate of the students. Procrastination captures the fears and locks up the motivation in students who develop a self-defeating pattern for which a heavy price is paid.

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Students, if you are procrastinating, PLEASE STOP and FOLLOW THESE STRATEGIES

1. Do one thing at a time.

2. Ask someone to follow up on you.

3. Do not worry about judgements passed by others.

4. Make to do list which is achievable and start with tasks, which interest you.

5. Stay away from Interruptions such as mobile phones, social media and electronic gaming devices.

6. Master your schedule and timetable.

7. Reward yourself with small goals as you achieve the decided tasks.

8. If you find a task to be difficult, try to do in early morning or mid-afternoon, as our brains are more active during that phase.

Just Remember, Procrastination is the foe of Productivity and it’s better to achieve something right now than tomorrow, who knows what’s there in store for you!
This is Why Indonesia still has “Dolores Umbridge” Teachers
By: Suhandi Hasan
Tags: Education Reform, Teacher Recruitment, Indonesian Teacher

taken from : dolores umbridge teaching — Google Search

Dolores Jane Umbridge was one of the characters in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Her first appearance was in Harry Potter’s hearing as an interrogator. Umbridge was placed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts as a spy. Because the Ministry did not want the rumor that Voldemort has back spread over the school. —

When Umbridge was appointed as the new teacher, it didn’t take time for her to be the most hated person for people at Hogwarts. Not only her personality that made the students were too afraid to cross her. It’s also because she tended to keep the traditional rule in teaching.

To this day, it seems easy to find Indonesian teachers giving physical punishment to their Students. Like Umbridge used Cruciatus Curse to Harry because she caught Harry sneaking into her office. Teachers sometimes don’t care about the reality that physical punishment is illegal. The only thing they want is to make their students obey them no matter how. Not only the “teaching way” this writing tries to reveal two other perspectives about why Indonesia still has Umbridge teachers.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — Dolores Umbridge shows her dark side (HD) — YouTube

The first reason is that; like Dolores who had not enjoyed her time at school, where she had been overlooked for all positions of responsibility, and she relished the chance to return and wield power over those who had not (as she saw it) given her her due. Indonesian teachers don’t enjoy their role at school because most of the time they feel burden with the school’s (administrative) task; besides teaching, they have to record students’ attendance, create tons of lesson plans, grade students’ homework, and write quizzes.

Besides, the way Dolores became a Hogwarts teacher because the Minister, Cornelius Fudge, has used new laws to effect improvements at the wizarding school. Then for a reason, the current Headmaster being unable to provide a candidate for a teaching post, the Ministry should select an appropriate person. Just like how Fudge selected Dolores, the Indonesian government recruits teachers because of social expectations prioritizing seniority rather than merit as indicators of teacher performance.

As written in RISE Programme, Indonesia’s teacher recruitment process is dysfunctional because of the inchoate political and legal institutions. The teaching profession is held back by laws and regulations that obfuscate rather than clarify institutional responsibilities over the recruitment process.
The Year School Stopped and Learning Continued
By: Laura Shepherd Copy
Tags: Covid 19 Crisis, Parenting, Covid Diaries, Homeschooling, Education Reform

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While some students thrive in classrooms, other children found out that their educational needs were met using different methods during the pandemic

Spring Break 2020

Setting: Texas — Way back in the good ole days of education as we knew it. Spring break was ending. My little town was clueless about Covid. Then our local school system postponed returning to school until the following year. It was a type of forced mass exodus — students returning home to learn via the world wide web. Then some students and parents realized they LIKED the freedom of school at home. People are rethinking their priorities pre and post-pandemic. This includes which educational choice best fits their individual children and family.

COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the nation. Yet parents, students, and teachers remain flexible. They are (mostly) willing to try anything to keep cobwebs out of their students’ minds during the quarantine.

As a homeschooling mama, I do not pay a whole lot of attention to our local schedule district schedule. So education We school from home and have since my oldest was 4. She is now attending her dream college this fall- graduating a year early. (she has plenty of social skills)

What I did notice was the volume of emails, texts, and calls I was receiving in March. Everyone was asking the same thing, “how does this homeschooling thing work?” It was a hard question to answer. Our schooling looks different than a traditional classroom.
Top 15 Countries Free Education to International Students
Tags: Study, Education Technology, Educational Technology, Education, Education Reform

Free Education to International Students Read Below

1. Germany

Regardless of whether you need to investigate the hip corners of Berlin or study in an interesting town in the German open country, you’ll discover a spot that suits your necessities. The nation’s advanced education framework has a solid standing and, in particular, the educational cost is FREE of charge.

You should simply pay a charge of around €100 (£75) to €250 (£185) per semester, which takes care of administrational costs just as crafted by the understudy association.

Life in Germany is generally modest contrasted with different nations, as well. The German Academic Exchange Service suggests a month to month financial plan of around €800 (£595) to cover costs, which is sufficient to make the most of your stay without saving every possible dollar.

2. Spain

On the off chance that you need to join your study by unwinding in the sun, stuffing yourself with scrumptious tapas, and celebrating until the sun comes up, why not enlist at a Spanish college? We offer understudy convenience in Spain in just about thirty unique urban communities.

For both EU/EEA and abroad understudies, acquiring a degree in Spain is generally modest. Studies at a state-funded college will cost you between €680 (£505) and €1,280 (£950) a year.

In the Spanish instruction framework, understudies are charged per credit. For Bachelor’s certificates, a credit is worth between €9 (£7) and €16 (£12). Reading for a Master’s certificate or a Ph.D. is more costly, with credits costing in any event €21 (£16) and €27 (£20), separately.

3. France

France is among the most mainstream study objections on the planet, with almost 300,000 understudies rushing there consistently. With its scholarly custom and clamoring understudy urban areas, this doesn’t generally come as an astonishment. On we list understudy convenience in France in more than 50 distinct urban areas.

What’s far superior is that most state-funded colleges just charge an enlistment expense going from €200 (£150) to €400 (£300) a year, paying little mind to an understudy’s ethnicity, so they’re extraordinary spending alternatives.

Be that as it may, on the off chance that you’d preferably go to one of the grandes écoles (tip-top schools), which offer eminent projects in science, designing, and business, at that point the costs increment.

These colleges are exceptionally presumed and consider numerous celebrated graduated class as a real part of their positions, so you’ll have to spend between €5,000 (£3,710) and €15,000 (£11,130) a year on educational cost.

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School’s built on the wrong kind of geometry
By: Caspian Almerud
Tags: Education Reform, Modern Education, Online Education, Asymmetries

School’s built on the wrong kind of geometry

To start off, something with symmetry in this context is something that has equal input and output. An asymmetry is something where the input and output don’t correlate. It can be a slight offset, but it can just as well be a big one.

I’ve always experienced asymmetries in school. I’ve been a top student, most of the time on talent and in some very rare cases on hard work. I’ve written long essays on few hours and still gotten high grades.

For most people there’s been a symmetry. My best friend from 7th to 12th grade definitely had a symmetrical balance with school work. If he spent another hour studying for a test, he got a higher mark. If he spent that hour playing video games, he got a lower one.

I’ve also seen people who’ve had another relationship to the grading system. Similar to me, they seemed to get the same grades no matter what they were doing, but they were always studying hard to pass. I had a classmate who studied for 3–5 hours every day for three years and still only got about passing grades in all classes except music.
Le Wagon: getting comfortable with not having all the answers
Tags: Education Technology, Employability, Le Wagon, Education Innovation, Education Reform

Interview with Shannon Graybill, director of Le Wagon code school in Portugal.

Shannon Graybill, an American living in Lisbon for seven years, brought the French code school Le Wagon to the capital in 2015. It all started when she was curious to learn more about code at a time when the offer in the area was still relatively small in Portugal.

You can watch the interview here:

Or hear our podcast in several platforms here:

0:19 — Shannon introduces herself and explains why she likes to work with education;

1:29 — What is Le Wagon. Courses in Web Development and the newly launched Data Science course;

2:45 — How long are the courses;

3:20 — The course is structured in modules, allowing students to learn new concepts quickly and in a structured way;

4:07 — Early in the program, students must perform activities that will later automated programs will execute, an approach that allows them to understand the technical architecture behind these programs;

4:53 — How Le Wagon adapted during the pandemic, starting to offer online classes, in addition to face-to-face. Today they offer both models and have teachers located in Portugal and abroad;

6:30 — Prerequisites of the different courses;

7:03 — In the Web Development course, where the requirements for prior knowledge are minimal, the most important thing is to be predisposed to be a beginner in a new field of expertise. Shannon explains that other factors are essential;

7:55 — The school has a very positive culture, whose main mottos are “you can do it” and “trust the process”;

8:29 — How the student is permanently out of his comfort zone throughout the course;

9:35 — In technology (and in life), we will never know everything we need to know, but there is a solution;

10:00 — The real difference between a junior and senior programmer;

11:50 — The recruitment process at the Le Wagon code school;

13:30 — Who are the most successful students;

17:25 — What technology was chosen (Ruby) and why;

20:33 — How students learn and work together during different phases throughout the program;

20:40 — The profiles of Le Wagon bootcamp students;

20:50 — Paid courses, but financial support is available. There are scholarships available for local students and also a partnership with the José Neves Foundation, which allows obtaining Income Share Agreements (ISAs);

23:50 — The employability rate is high among the group of students focused on getting a job.

Interview: Sofia Galante

Illustration: Sónia Garcia Fevereiro
Projects: regaining normalcy in online high school classrooms
By: Jacob Kendra
Tags: Learning, High School, Covid 19, Education Reform, Online

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COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in urban cities, forcing citizens to stay indoors. Schools across the nation have switched to online learning, with teachers and students across the nation struggling to keep up. According to this article, high school students are missing the normal in person interactions with their peers, while others are tuning out of attending classes. The widespread effect of the pandemic is something that nobody could have expected. Yet even so, improvements to online high school education must be made so that these students can succeed.

A focus toward implementing smaller, feasible solutions were addressed in the College of Innovation and Design 332: Growth Hacking course at Boise State University. To do this, research was conducted in a 7-week period from August 2020 to December 2020. A series of weekly projects were undertaken from which the overall solution was created. Those projects included idea generation, brainstorming, interviews, flowcharts, online survey generation, and data interpretation.

Conducting this online survey was key towards gaining applicable data. As shown above, the survey generated many responses with age groups from the Baby Boomer generation, X, Y, and Z. In particular, female millennials made up a majority of responders at 23.46%, and millennials were the most popular group at 49.38%. Responders answered questions and gave brief testimonies about lecture styles, assignment types, learning preferences, procrastination, and project-based work. Critical analysis of this data was performed to eliminate dozens of possibilities, in favor of smaller steps which could be implemented quickly.

This word cloud was generated from a short answer question. Shown here, the five most popular themed words about learning preferences include “live”, “lecture”, “questions”, “like”, and “time.” From this, we can come to a general consensus about what students seek from their schools:

Students seek engagement within a community of their peers; a mentor who will pass on knowledge and facilitate discussion; accumulation of knowledge; specific intriguing subject matter; and purposeful use of the school day.
Classroom Automaton
By: Daniel A. Teo
Tags: Education, Poem, Life, Education Reform, Self

Narration: As a 14-year-old student myself, I am fortunately blessed with an amazing teacher — Mrs. A, a woman with a beautiful heart and soul. She constantly prioritizes her students’ mental health before homework deadlines, and that is something my class appreciates. However, not every student is fortunate enough to have a caring teacher who looks pasts the A-pluses. I believe, that even though most of the time the blame falls on the student’s attitude, teachers and the education system also too play a part in the upbringing of a teenager. If one is in an education system that only cares about the distinctions of the student, he or she would indubitably grow up to have that mindset as well, suffering a tremendous lot along the way to what he deems “success”. And that once he or she actually goes up on the podium to get the award he worked his ass of for, he realizes that he lost everything along the way too.

Mrs. A. constantly tells us to not let our grades get the best of us, and that only when we grow up, will we see how little how test results affect us in the future. Sadly, she tells us that in her thirty years and counting of teaching, her students are more motivated in getting the MA in their profiles instead of actually cultivating the love of learning, which is extremely saddening to know that this can only worsen in future generations. Maybe one day, the love of learning would completely cease, and it’ll but nothing but extra labor for the mind.
DO WE NOT HAVE A LATINIST IN THE ROOM?
By: Jessica Bugg
Tags: Learning, Education, Language, Education Reform, Short Form

DO WE NOT HAVE A LATINIST IN THE ROOM?

“My how far we have fallen” — -Dr. Matheny

I didn’t understand the meaning behind this quote when it occurred in the early 2000s. I thought it was just a funny anecdote from my then husband’s most beloved political science professor during his undergraduate days.

Now as I am compiling the work to help people understand words, their meanings, and origins . . . This quote keeps playing itself over and over in my head.

Latin, which inspires at the very least, most if not all, legal, financial, and medical terminology. I wonder, why was Latin removed from the public school systems’ curriculum?

Thankfully, I had rebellious teachers. Teachers who wrote their own lesson plans and used original documents to educate their students. We learned Latin and some Greek. Not because it was on a test, but because those entrusted with our education felt is was necessary to know.

If Latin is the base for so much meaning in our written language, why are our children not taught about it?
Why Manifesting Through Writing Could Change Your Life
By: Ghani Mengal
Tags: Self Improvement, Mindfulness, Meditation, Education, Education Reform

Why Manifesting Through Writing Could Change Your Life

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Manifesting your desired goals can make a huge impact on your journey. You can even manifest money, fame, and anything you want in life if you manifested the right way.

To me, manifesting is going into a deeper state of your mind and giving your mind a complete awareness of your desired goal. So your mind can ask the universe and can visualize your goals to achieve them.

That’s why I like manifesting. But with manifesting your thoughts can be divided if you are not giving all of your attention to it. You can easily catch a random thought and will be following it. That’s where manifesting gets messy and most people will never practice successful manifesting.

But there is a way to do it even when you are not able to do it mentally. You can manifest your dreams through your writing.

Manifesting through your writing is a powerful tool for the mind. If you are a beginner and cannot stop your mind chattering when you are meditating or manifesting, you can simply practice your mind to focus on certain thoughts by your writing.

Most people like to hear some music to relax their minds while manifesting. You can also do the same. Music can relax you but make sure to not start enjoying the music more than focusing on your thoughts.

Here I’m sharing my Manifesting Techniques By Writing.
2020 Vision
By: Est Maria
Tags: Teaching And Learning, Year In Review, Inspiration, Education Reform, Whitney Houston

As I was walking to school one morning, the number 2020 came to mind. I wrestled with my thoughts on what this number represented. 2020 is the perfect vision that I wanted to have. Yet, I have to use glasses and contacts to help me see close to 2020. I could have LASIK surgery to have the perfect 2020 vision. 2020 is the year that our vision of life becomes perfectly clear. Right?

Is it just me or has anyone ever thought.. oh this is the year that I’m going to make it. I will achieve so many things in my life. This is the year where my dream job will happen! This is the #perfect year! How can this 2020 year not be perfect. I mean when you think of 2020 doesn’t it mean the perfect vision of life?

Year 2020 has been anything but perfect. Why did I put so much emphasis on ensuring that this would be THAT year? Is it because how I view the world with the lens of perfect 2020 is how I view all aspects of my life as achieving the perfect 2020 vision in my own life? Do you feel me on this friends? Do you strive for the perfect 2020 vision in this world?

Friends, I am guilty. I have been striving for the perfect 2020 vision life because I wanted to earn the prize. I couldn’t see clearly what that prize was but I know that I wanted to claim the ultimate prize that would define my perfect 2020 year. Anyone with me on this? Have you claimed your ultimate prize? If you answered YES! I’m clapping my hands for you! I’m so proud of you.

A song that has gotten me through my teaching career right now is the Greatest Love of ALL by: Whitney Houston

Greatest ❤ of All by: Whitney Houston

I love the words to this song. It was how I was educated to build up the children of the world. I truly believed that the “children are our future.. teach them well and let them lead the way”. As I began my teaching career with the zest and excitement that I have chosen, the career that has a lifetime of impact because I recalled what my 4th grade teacher did for me. To this day, I credit her as the inspiration that led me into this career choice. Two decades of teaching have pass and yet I’m wondering if I have made the right career choice. Does this career of shaping the future generation is how I’m going to achieve the 2020 vision? I hope you take some time to reflect on what 2020 vision looks like for you.

I can honestly share with you all that a career in education is the best career for me because year 2020 is when I can claim the ultimate prize. The ultimate prize of recognizing that I have made the RIGHT career decision for myself. I ❤ ❤ ❤ teaching. I ❤ being a learner in education. I ❤ what learning has represented for me. I ❤ that my art in this world is to shape the minds of our future generation. I ❤ that I get to go into a job that is filled with pure genuine JOY that I just can’t contain and want to shout from the rooftop of the world that a choice is in education is my “the BEST is YET to come”.

I hope your 2020 perfect vision year is a year where you reflect and ask yourself if the lens you view the world is the way you view yourself?
Steer Initiative: Steering Education in African Communities
By: Steer Initiative
Tags: Girls Education, Learning, Education, Children, Education Reform

Poster Credit: Steer Initiative

Poster Credit: Steer Initiative

Africa suffers deep gaps in its educational sector, where many communities and children lack access to education. About 60% of youths between 15 to 17 years old are out of school. About one third and one-fifth of children between the ages of 12 & 14 and 6 &11, respectively are out of school.

In addition, the quality of education delivered is poor. There is limited access to learning materials such as textbooks, a shortage of teachers, and in many cases supply of poor quality teachers. Classrooms and learning conditions are poorly designed, and children also lack access to basic school amenities, such as restrooms, electricity, and water. Moreso, the educational systems across many African countries are outdated.

There is also a growing gap in gender equality in education. Many girls are out of school because, in many communities, boy education is prioritized more than girl education. Compared to 19% of boys, 23% of girls are out of school, and this gap increases as they progress in age.
Today’s schools should prepare their students on how to sustain financially in the world now. To what amount do you accept or differ with this statement?
By: Harish K
Tags: Financial Planning, Society, Teaching, Education Reform, Schooling Education

Today’s schools should prepare their students on how to sustain financially in the world now. To what amount do you accept or differ with this statement? Harish K Dec 7, 2020·2 min read

In schools, learners learn to analyse books, calculate using mathematics and understand how the human body works. Still, often students are ignorant and incompetent after graduation when confronting real life. Therefore claimed that schools should train their students on how to sustain financially in the world.

Many administrators believe that a school is assumed to teach students in subjects that they will most apparently not convene post-graduation again so that tutors can develop open-minded and well-informed individuals. At the same time, schools demonstrated that should impart skills that would be relevant in everyday life. Mathematics, for instance, is thought to not only deliver fundamental mathematics skills but also develop reasoning to students. Still, schools thought to prepare the students for their lives following school. Currently, this object couldn’t meet, as frequently students are inadequate to handle their finances sensibly and hence can often face vital problems. Institutions that teach learners how to sustain financially could improve this.

This critical shift in the faith of education is questionable to take place soon, as the education practice has been in business for too long to replaced. Also, a variation of this measure would be expensive, as teachers would have to equipped and a program for this potential subject would have to design. Yet, in a few countries, for example, Germany, a community subject is available in which politics and finances have discussed, which allows students from Germany in a better position to deal with finances in their lives.

To end, coaching school students in financial elements would be very beneficial. Adding new content to the program would require a significant sum of money, but the whole community will get profited from students who prepared for adult life.
Are Learning Apps Helping Or Hurting Education For Children?
By: Harshit Shukla
Tags: Education Technology, Mobile Apps, Education, Mobile App Development, Education Reform

Our formative years build the basis on which our success in life will be determined. These formative years also provide us with basic life skills such as reading, writing, calculating, and communicating effectively. Every parent needs to ensure that their child gets the best education possible during this period to ensure that they succeed in life.

However, with the world turning to tech for almost everything and tablets, smartphones, and digital learning aids on the rise for children as young as 5, should parents be concerned about enhanced screen time and its impact on learning? Let’s find out.

Learning methodologies in children

Children learn in many different ways. These learnings are visual, auditory, or sensory. Children also learn at their own pace, regardless of the pace their class is going at. Digital devices take advantage of this and offer learners the capability to learn at their own pace and not try to match the rate of instruction of their teacher. This also encourages little children to understand self-learning better. Children with disabilities such as dyslexia and autism can be helped by apps to develop social skills and make progress at their own pace without public scrutiny or being subjected to ridicule or judgment.

To know more about the impact of selflearning for very young children, advantages and disadvantages of using apps in education
How Should Higher Education Change, Given the Experience of the Pandemic?
By: Kumar Vikrant
Tags: Opinion, Higher Education, Covid 19, Online Education, Education Reform

The ongoing pandemic has proven to be an eye-opener regarding the lens through which we view our education system. In addition to the obvious advantage of avoiding adverse health issues, the students can attend online classes from wherever they like as per their comfort. The online courses also save commute time, which can then be utilized by the students for other meaningful purposes. This leads to whether the conventional in-person classes and their high cost (in light of the heartbreaking and ever-rising student debts) are genuinely worth it? In my opinion, the pandemic has shown us that certain courses can indeed be transferred entirely to the online mode, resulting in lowered tuition fees. Building upon this, the curriculum can be transformed to include a more extensive selection of online classes with reduced costs to make them more affordable. Cyber universities can also get a push to become more legitimate and attract wide-ranging students. Of course, certain subjects (e.g., engineering) cannot be fully conducted through the online medium as they will require hands-on training. Nevertheless, a hybrid model can be designed for specific subjects to lower the overall education cost and alleviate the student debt burden. Although there is something meaningful in actual human interactions, it is time for us to rethink and optimize our education system for overall societal growth. With the advent of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, we need to be more accepting of the online mode of education and overcome our prejudices regarding in-person instruction.

See the version published in ‘The Korea Times’ →

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2021/01/137_301656.html
Unemployed with a Science degree
Tags: Education Reform, Unemployment, Job Hunting, Jobs

Advice to the high school students before choosing a degree

As an Asian, while schooling the biggest dream is to get good grades and to enter a prestigious university. A degree will help to increase chances of safe guarding a job, with a higher salary expectation than a non graduate. I did graduate but now I am unemployed.

I don’t know where the fault lies. My cousin too is a graduate but unemployed. Where is the root cause is unclear, but sort of choosing the degree you want to follow is really important.

When choosing degrees, we may do degrees just because its so popular at the current time, and the entrance grades to enter the university may match our received grades. Education institutes may say there is a high employ ability rate. For the given job true employ ability may be high but first check is it global employability is high, or employability in your country for the given job is high. For those of whom you like to migrate it may be ok, but for others who have older parents and family this might not be an available option.

There might be so much employability for a given job, but there might be so much competition since new universities are blooming up everyday, standards unknown. Say you graduated from a prestigious university, and your friend graduated following same degree from a recently put up university and you might demand a higher salary and your friend demand a lower salary, and if both of you can do the same job tasks. It depends on the company who they’ll recruit.If its a very well reputed company they may have high entrance standards and may likely choose you. Yet if its a small company they may take your friend, or someone who can do the job even if what they poccess is a diploma and a few years of work experience.

When applying for some jobs related to the Management field, job may ask for a degree or equivalent work experience, which means you need not necessarily have a degree, you may have work experience and a diploma. The same goes for in Information technology field.

What are the pros of having work experience , diploma and some certifications: You dont have to spend time / money studying while on the job you get a salary. The years of experience in your CV matters alot. What are the cons of not having only work experience and no degree: Salary expectations can be a bit lower than offered to a graduate doing the same job, even upon promotions Society, your relations might not consider you as qualified

Considered what’s best I would recommend if possible while doing your degree stick to and be in touch with entry requirements needed for a job. Before graduating build up those expertise otherwise you will have to build up those expertise after graduation and you ll be behind the rest of your colleagues. These days even to get a training you need work expertise, there is competition in getting a training even. Hence choose wisely how you spend your time while following a degree.
Schools will ultimately just have to stop…
By: Bubbbles Media
Tags: Education Reform, Education, Schools, Life Lessons

In Real Life — Schools will ultimately just have to stop — by Steve Rigell — 12/03/2020

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Choosing your LENS
By: Est Maria
Tags: Positive Thinking, Intrinsic Motivation, Education, Leadership, Education Reform

What lens will you choose today?

Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is to be vulnerable with the stories of shame. I am so proud to say that Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is to be vulnerable with the stories of shame. I am so proud to say that I have earned my three degrees in education. I say this because in the state of our world right now, there is so much negativity for educators. Yet, it is the lens that I choose to view education that gets me up in the morning to show up for the students. It is the lens that I view the situations that arise as either a lemon or sweet lemonades that guide me toward the best way to solve the marketing problem of education.

Shame is not a fun word in the dictionary. According to the oxford dictionary, shame is a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. Shame is what I have endured for almost 2 decades in education. Yet I still get up and show up for education because it is my core and what I love. It was the one educator that gave me a chance. It is the hope that I can do that for other humans that I’m lucky enough to teach. I know that I have impacted lives and it is the most incredible feeling. I think it is the same feeling as someone that said they won the lottery. Yet that lottery is in the form of money. The lottery feeling in education is knowing that you were part of the change agent that led to another human selecting a career because of how you taught them. That intrinsic feeling last a lifetime because it can’t be taxed and no one can take that feeling away from you.

As you reflect on the career path that you chose, does this career provide you with the lottery in a lot of money so that you can live comfortably or does the lottery in that intrinsic reward that last you a lifetime and gives you purpose for why you show up every day? What lens will you choose today?

I choose the lens of being an educator because it is challenging when others from the outside view it as easy as pie. I chose the lens of an educator because someone once gave me a chance (4th grade teacher). I choose the lens of being an educator because of the endless joy that the students give to me (#feedback) on a daily basis without being asked. I choose the lens of an educator to defy the odds of labels for the students that were not given a chance in school. I hope to be lucky enough to meet them and tell them that they can turn it around because I believe in them. Although I had the amazing teacher that gave me a chance, I am forever grateful to Mrs. Koos. I was also challenged by educators and colleagues that told me that I would never measure up. I choose to take the road less traveled and not let the noise stop me from continuing to live out my dream of consistently showing up for the students.

I choose the lens of a POSSIBILITARIAN!

Credits given to Luvvie Ajayi for inspiring me to write this post

https://youtu.be/QijH4UAqGD8
Teaching forces you to understand your knowledge from two perspectives instead of just your own.
By: Jane Mcconnell
Tags: Education Structure, Higher Education, Retention Strategies, Education, Education Reform

Teaching forces you to understand your knowledge from two perspectives instead of just your own. This helps with the retention of knowledge.

“As any teacher will attest, the best way to learn something is to explain it to someone else. This idea is backed up by the Learning Pyramid [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning pyramid] , a visual tool that demonstrates the most effective ways to learn.”

The learning pyramid is ripe for re-researching as the original NLT study was lost.
One Popular Way Adults Are Destroying Kids’ Imaginations
By: Adrienne Koziol
Tags: Kids, Learning, Parenting, Education, Education Reform

We’re micromanaging and stifling the creativity out of everything.

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Play, But Not Like That.

Sensory bins are from hell. There, I said it. I think they’re pretentious and absurd, and I’m afraid admitting that will exclude me from every mom group around (ok, I’m not really in the groups, anyway).

Maybe you’ve never heard of a sensory bin. It’s a container filled with bubbles, sand, beans, or rice. The idea is for small children to play with the items inside the bin. I remember when they first started popping up on Pinterest and educational/mom blogs. I hated them but couldn’t put my finger on why.

At first, I chalked it up to the mess. I mean, they aren’t supposed to be messy, but we’re giving toddlers access to large amounts of tiny objects that sound fantastic when thrown onto the floor. How can it be anything but messy?

I caved once and gave my two-year-old a container with about 1/2 a cup of dried beans in it. I put them both on the floor and watched as she played for a minute before she realized that the bin was far too restrictive.

She started dropping beans next to her. Slowly at first, but then she picked up speed, as kids do. They trick you into thinking you’re in control and then shift into high-velocity destruction mode. It’s almost surreal.

Before I knew it, I had beans all over the floor. Even then, I was optimistic. I mean, it’s dried beans. How hard can it be to sweep up?

If you don’t know the answer to that, trust me and never put yourself in that position.

It bothered me, though, because the more I thought about it, the more I knew it wasn’t the potential mess. I don’t mind messy. It’s a byproduct of fun and imagination. Kids learn through play, and that means getting dirty. Inconvenient, yes, but that’s about it.

Boxing In Imagination

One day I was thinking how odd it was that no one ever complained about the chaotic mess of sensory bins. And then it hit me. Everything stays contained because someone is standing there, making sure the child plays “right.” It’s tightly managed to avoid the inevitable accidents.

Adults take something kids to do naturally for fun and are forcing it into this nice, conforming, organized box of death. It’s the death of creativity, free play, natural wonder, and fun.

We’ve given it a fancy name so we can sound proper. We’ll say our child “has sensory bin time” instead of “plays in the dirt.” It’s a way to keep order and make life easier for ourselves. Children are kept on a short leash; they’re told how and when to play, what to play with, and what tools to use. Instead of giving them the world to discover, we’re force-feeding them a manufactured script to follow.

Kids don’t need sensory bins. They get plenty of “sensing” if they’re out in nature and allowed to play with little restriction. Let them explore on their own. Please provide them with opportunities to stretch their imaginations.

The most memorable lessons will come naturally- unforced and unrehearsed. It’s up to us to give kids the chance to find them.
Audio for Writers — Seven Quick Ways To Embrace Audio and Improve Your Productivity
By: Christie Adams - Writer
Tags: Dictation, Productivity, Audio, Audiobooks, Productivity Hacks

Writing, Audio Books, Audio, Podcasts, AI

Audio for Writers — Seven Quick Ways To Embrace Audio and Improve Your Productivity

Pixabay: TheAngryTeddy

Why bother?

AI (artificial intelligence) will bring more automated narration.

This will result in massive opportunity for authors, especially of non-fiction, to deliver their work to the masses through affordable narration.

Imagine you, and your children, being able to study by listening to affordable, educational books and materials.

I don’t believe all narrators will become defunct or redundant

Listeners will still want that personal connection with their chosen narrators, authors, voice actors and celebrities. The pleasure of listening to a group of acclaimed actors reading a book, like a radio play, in increasing in popularity and is very much in demand.

Accessibility

Across the globe it will transition many, many more people to accessible education by giving audio access via mobile phone apps, rather than expensive written paper books.

An added bonus is the impact on the planet, less production costs, less transport costs etc.

If AI can also translate your book into many of the global languages, cheaply and accurately, just imagine the possibilities.

It will develop quickly with 5G and as global markets open up their online capabilities.

Why not get in at the start?

Move your mindset to be audio aware, understand how audio can shift your work up a notch, and you can become more productive.

Transcription

If you could use AI transcription, getting your work out to more people, how would that impact your targets and goals for the year?

I’m already using it to transcribe my podcasts in minutes, and for a tiny affordable outlay. Of course it’s not perfect, yet, but it massively impacts the time I spend on admin. This frees me up to commit more time to my other creative work, so I feel more fulfilled, and produce more, a win win for me.

My quick tips

Here I’m sharing a few tiny steps on the path to embracing and understanding audio.

You may not have grown up asking Google to search for something, let alone out loud, so your default may be the keyboard.

If you have a short walk to the car park from the shops, or a five minute wait for the microwave to ping, why not try talking to your phone notes app?

Tiny shifts like ‘asking’ your Smart TV to search for programmes, or telling your phone to create and add to a shopping list can all train your brain to embrace audio as another tool in the box.

Habits are quickly formed, and can last for life. Do a task each day the audio way, for a month. It might just be life changing.

It’s new technology, but it’s happening, now. It’s growing. It’s getting more popular.
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ will be HBO Max’s first 4K title
Tags: Mobile, Audio, Consumer

When we first heard that the new Wonder Woman movie would arrive Christmas Day both on HBO Max and in theaters, our excitement was tinged with disappointment. Why? Because HBO Max is one of the only major streaming video services that doesn’t support 4K playback.



Well, get ready to be happy, because it turns out that those of us watching Wonder Woman 1984 at home will get to stream it in 4K after all.



Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins announced on Twitter that the long-delayed Wonder Woman 1984 will arrive on HBO Max as the service’s first 4K HDR title, complete with Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dolby Atmos support.



[ Further reading: Amazon Prime Video vs Hulu vs Netflix ]HBO Max subscribers will be able to stream the movie in 4K on such devices and set-top boxes as Apple TV 4K, Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Cube and 4K Fire TV Edition smart TVs, Google’s Chromecast Ultra, AT&T TV, and supported Android TV devices, according to a WarnerMedia press release.



Wonder Woman 1984 will be available to all HBO Max users starting on December 25, and unlike some other Hollywood tentpoles that debuted early online—we’re looking at you, Mulan—viewers won’t have to cough up an extra fee. An HBO Max subscription costs $15 a month.



While Wonder Woman 1984 will be the first 4K title to stream on HBO Max, it won’t be the last. WarnerMedia promises to “expand these capabilities to further films and TV series” next year. No word on which HBO Max shows will get the 4K treatment first, although hopefully Game of Thrones (and particularly that infamous “too dark” episode) will be near the top of the list.



The streaming home of popular HBO shows such as Game of Thrones, Big Little Lies, The Sopranos, Euphoria, Lovecraft County, Watchmen, and Last Week Tonight, as well as such syndicated shows as Friends and The Big Bang Theory, HBO Max first launched back in May.



While the streaming service arrived with an impressive arsenal of TV shows and movies, it conspicuously lacked 4K HDR support. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ already offer 4K HDR streaming. Hulu also supports 4K, but not HDR.



HBO Max has also been slow to land on various streaming platforms, with the service only debuting on Amazon Fire TV devices last month following months of tense negotiations between Amazon and WarnerMedia.



HBO Max still isn’t available on Roku, although you can cast HBO Max videos onto Roku devices via AirPlay.



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Smart home guide for beginners: Make your home more convenient to live in without spending lots of time or money
Tags: Mobile, Tvs, Services, Audio

When you think it’s too late, the truth is, it’s still early
ADV Eartune Fidelity U Eartip Impressions
Tags: Audio, Tech, Review, Headphones, Music

The Eartune Fidelity U eartips are elliptical aftermarket in-ear monitor (IEM) eartips by ADV. The Eartune Fidelity U eartips retail for $24.99 per three-pack. It should be noted that this is very expensive, even among other aftermarket IEM tips. ADV shipped me four three-packs of Eartune Fidelity U eartips in XS, S, M, and L sizes free of charge in exchange for my impressions.

The silicone used in the Eartune Fidelity U eartips was of noticeably higher quality than many other aftermarket tips in terms of feel. The eartips are very soft and quite stretchy. They are extremely comfortable and seal well if inserted deep enough. This can be challenging with many shallow-fitting IEMs because the appropriateness of the eartips’ sizing nomenclature is questionable. The eartips in each size category seem undersized by around one full step compared to other eartips. I found the eartips work best with IEMs that insert deeper into the ear canal, a category many Moondrop IEMs fall into.

The Eartune Fidelity U eartips are advertised for use with IEMs with a nozzle diameter of 4mm to 6mm. It does take some effort to get the Eartune Fidelity U eartips onto IEMs with larger nozzle bores, like the Moondrop S8. I have not had any issues with the Eartune Fidelity U eartips coming off of the nozzle of the IEM they were attached to inside my ear when taking IEMs out. The eartips also seem durable.

The Eartune Fidelity U eartips use a Wide-Exit-Bore (WEB) design. This is advertised as being intended to preserve transparency and avoid altering the original sound signature of the IEMs you use the eartips with. This claim is essentially true, as evidenced by my objective measurements in addition to my subjective impressions.