With a new introduction and afterword, this revised second edition is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, Mentor shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students. Topics covered include adult learning and development; the search for meaning as a motive for learning; education as a transformational journey; how adults change and develop; how learning changes the learner; barriers and incentives to learning and growth; and guiding adults through difficult transitions.
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I ran my first round of usability testing sessions a couple of weeks ago. And, it was a true eye-opener. I knew testing with users was the right thing to do, but didnt imagine that it could be SO helpful in rethinking how things are done on your website or even with your internal processes.
I explained in a previous post that the book Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug guided me through the general process as well as the nittty-gritty details. While the book includes a chapter about usability testing done remotely, I still encountered a few new issues when I ran my own remote sessions.
So, here are my tips if you want to give a try to remote usability testing:
- Use a screensharing application and dont forget to test everything before the session.
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Dr. Donna Campbell, a Republican candidate for the state Senate District 25 race, received a pre-election boost in a news release from Texas A&M University-San Antonio on Thursday.
The release advertised State Senator Donna Campbell as one of several dignitaries, such as First Lady of Texas Anita Perry, expected to attend an Oct. 16 university foundation scholarship fundraising luncheon. Th
Tags: State, State SenatorFrom Roxanna Eldens NPR interview:
Tags: Roxanna, Roxanna RookieELDEN: And sometimes the changes that you need to make are pretty simple. Like I had my first year, I taught fourth grade and I had this star chart where, you know, if students were behaving they would be shining stars and if they were misbehaving they would be falling stars.
HEADLEE: Right.
ELDEN: And the main problem with that system which I spent I cant tell you how many hours setting up was that there were really only three levels.
HEADLEE: Right.
ELDEN: And when I switched to a system with nine check marks I was able to enforce little misbehaviors in a way that I wasnt before, and just by doing that it helped the behavior improve in my class a lot.
HEADLEE: But for the teachers who were there, new teachers or not, who are experiencing what you call the disillusionment phase as we speak, who are listening to your voice now, what do you say to the teacher crying in his or her car after school today?
ELDEN: First of all, you have to hang in there because you have to know that its that time of year.
I love the thrill of creating something that provides unimagined opportunities for others. Nothing brings me greater satisfaction than hearing the stories of how CollegePlus grads are confidently launching into their future.
Eleven years ago it was my own struggle to launch without the constraints of traditional college that prompted me to write Accelerated Distance Learning. I wrote it as a means of helping students successfully navigate an ever-growing range of higher education options that are both overwhelming and exciting. Some students were wildly successful.
However, initial results confirmed that while having a trail map is helpful, a trail guide is really what you need to maintain momentum and stay on course. CollegePlus was launched in 2004 today I’m so privileged to work with an outstanding team of coaches that supports thousands of students across all 50 states and 22 countries!
I have long regarded Isaiah 61:1 as a personal commission to “. .
Jehison Aguilar (from left), Leon Mitchell and Dermon Briggs, all 10, participate in a writing class at KIPP Memphis charter school, which was cited in Paul Tough’s best-selling book, “How Children Succeed.”
How well kids do in school has less to do with grades than intangibles, like how hard they try when they think no one is watching, according to Paul Tough, whose new book “How Children Succeed” inched up a notch to No. 5 this week on The New York Times best-seller list.
Tough, who will be in Memphis Monday evening, specifically cites KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) charter schools for helping kids develop the grit it takes to get and stay in college, particularly for low-income students, and go on to lead fulfilling lives.
“What impresses me the most about KIPP is they’re always trying to improve,” Tough said by phone this week.
Tags: Book, School BookOver the past few weeks my blog posts have been exploring different animation options available in modern browsers. First, I looked at using CSS, and then jQuery. In this article I want to take a look at a third option, Canvas, and talk about some of the advantages and limitations of working with this part of the HTML5 specification.
What is Canvas?
Canvas part of a series of expansions to the HTML language known as HTML5. Specifically, the tag is an element that lets you identify a drawable bitmap region within an HTML5 page.
The canvas element is known as an immediate mode drawing element, which means as soon as you execute Canvas drawing commands, they get converted into pixels and will no longer be accessible as objects. This is wildly different than drawing with other methods like CSS, jQuery, SVG, or Flash where what you draw and animate remain accessible as vector objects.
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