There are several critical elements to maximizing the learning and minimizing the uncertainty of community-based learning. Most important, teachers need to be clear about their learning objectives in planning the learning experience. Rather than start from what seems interesting in the community and then thinking about how to connect this …

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I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time throwing away magazines. Whereas the daily paper is hurled on the recycle stack at the end of every day, year-old copies of Time, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone keep popping up in different corners around the house. There’s …

For those of us trying to make sense of the current moment, the fact that the weather is permanently changing might already feel obvious. But planetary-scale changes aren’t supposed to happen in a century—let alone in the amount of time it takes for my boys to grow up …

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Disruptive branding means always challenging and evolving the brand. To actively question accepted practices and improve on previous successes. Disruptive brands know that branding is not a one-off activity. They treat brands as a lens with which to examine a business and use it to evaluate and influence how different …

Most studios whether they are housed in a dedicated production facility or are part of a television station or other entity also have accompanying spaces where other production-related work is performed. The floor plan of a typical production facility. Studios that are part of TV stations or other entities that …

The visible nature of plastic makes it easy to identify, but some plastics are insidious, finding their way into marine environments in a stealth-like manner that enhances their reach and increases their harmful effects. Microplastics are very small plastic pieces less than 5 millimetres long that come from a variety …

The smaller the dress size the larger the apartment. This received wisdom in New York sums it up: there is a social gradient in obesity. Particularly among women in middle-income and high-income countries, the lower the status, the greater the obesity. But why? My concern is with inequities in health …

Next came Early Modern English, which was spoken from the 15th century until the 17th century. At the beginning of this period, the printing press made books more common and less expensive, so more people learned how to read and write. As a result, many important books, poems, and plays …

What is the number one catalyst for change? It’s action. Understanding may be able to change minds, but action changes lives. If you take action, it will change your life. And that change will begin changing others. Entrepreneur said, “One of the best places to start to turn your …

Through doing the show, Keith and I discovered that women don’t fight with their lovers. They “discuss” things or “disagree” with each other. I wish I could say that I’ve never succumbed to this brand of self-deluded craziness, but I have said (out loud and into a microphone …

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What are you made of? It is a fundamental question that has a range of different answers. To a physicist the answer may involve protons, neutrons, electrons and, if you persist, quarks, leptons and bosons. A chemist would possibly back up a little and tell you we are made of …

The twentieth century has seen a profound transformation in the ground of its thought, a change catalyzed and validated by relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and particle physics. But the shift in perspective is by no means confined to physics; analogous developments have occurred in a number of disciplines, among them …

Positioning. This is your place in the marketplace. I had to change my position as a consulting firm that was in demand instead of “in desperate need.” I needed to stop competing in a crowded marketplace of local “full service” marketing agencies that could do everything for everyone. I had …

You know you're in a food-conscious place when the local newspaper uses chile peppers (and onions) to rate movies, as does Santa Fe New Mexican. A large part of that citys cachet as a chic destination derives from its famous cuisine, while Taos and Albuquerque are developing tasty reputations themselves …

Bridge is played by four people, composed of two pairs. You and your partner play against two other people. At the table, you are positioned opposite your partner while your opponents sit on either side of you. As a consumer, its important that you do your research on any seo …

It’s also important to note that what motivates employees today may change tomorrow. The needs of employees are always in flux. This fact challenges managers to find new ways to motivate, inspire, and reward their people. Have you considered cataract surgery to correct your vision?

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You can quilt three ways: by hand, by machine, or by check. Translation: You can hand quilt your quilt, quilt it on your machine, or pay a longarm quilter to do it for you. The quilts in this book were machine quilted on a full-length longarm by a professional longarmer …

As you are getting your foundational components in place, you want to start thinking about your brand and how you want to be known. This will involve utilizing social media, video marketing, email marketing, and reputation management effectively. Each of these channels play a part in your online brand and …

One strategy is collaboration. It is the basis of success on a platform like YouTube. The biggest YouTubers and successful brands use collaboration in their YouTube marketing campaigns. In the digital world, it is not a barrier for the brand but quite the opposite. It's a win-win. Children love playing …

It's that familiar writer's rule – show, don't tell. Because visuals can be a helpful learning tool, some experts suggest that young children use a glass jar instead of a piggy bank, so they can see the money they collect. However, there are other visual teaching tricks you may want to …