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No Ridicule for Subtitles
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Netflix is known for its endless amounts of tv shows, movies, documentaries, etc., but what I never expected to find myself watching are programs in outside the english language. Granted, I have seen a couple shows and movies in high school for Spanish class, but never have I sought them out on my own volition. It started with Spain’s Money Heist, also known as La Casa de Papel, then arrived Squid Game from Korea, which has taken the world by storm as of recent. Both shows are in their native language, with english subtitles on screen. I thought it would bother me at first, but after watching both shows, the subtitles honestly feel natural, I don’t complain about having to read and hear.
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My friend had to watch a film for her History of Paris class, and it so happened to be in French with English subtitles. The timing could not be any better, and I figured it would be a better choice as I have never heard of it before, so I went into the movie with no expectations.
Right off the bat, the movie showed an invalid older person being purposefully urinated on by one of the characters, with the urinator telling a nurse the old man had an accident. I had never seen that displayed before on film, but it showed me how French in the 18th century would try to ruin one’s honor. The film is about reputation, something one needs in order to have any sort of chance at being successful in Versailles’ social circle. Having an accident on oneself is certainly embarrassing, so this opening seen is just par for the course as to what people will do to advance their own worth.
With the movie being set in the 18th century, things were obviously very different back then compared to now. They took horses, everywhere, wore large white wigs, and everyone had on fancy clothing like dresses or suits. Now we have roads, better transport, and fashion is for everyone. This was the norm in Versailles, and it played an essential part in the social game. The rich hung out in a place they called “court”, where the main character goes to in order to get a sponsor for his drainage project. He is from the swamps and is attacked in the city as soon as he arrives, but is taken in by the local doctor who helps him not only get better, but also teaches him how to thrive in Versailles’ elite society. One thing I noticed was that mugging is still common today, except it was way more dangerous back then as there was not as much medical help as there was today.
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The most noticeable cultural difference was the prevalence of sarcasm which they all referred to as “wit”. The main character, Ponceludon, had to use this in order to secure funding for his project. This involved him hanging around with the King, Queen, and other nobles, and taking personal digs at those around to impress them. Most of the time, they were all at dinner or some sort of meal, and they would bounce sarcastic comments off each other in hopes of gaining the most laughter from the audience. Towards the end of the film, the main adversary to Ponceludon throws the shoe of another man into the fireplace while he was sleeping. The man awakens to find a shoe missing, which meant he was not allowed to enter the court. With no shot at getting royal backing for his own project, he proceeds to hang himself. This spoke volumes as to just how much reputation mattered in society, it was literally life or death. Nowadays, people recieve funding by showcasing data and statistics, not by trying to be witty.
Another underlying factor in this movie was the fact that in order to enter the court, one must prove their Lord lineage. If one could not, they were not permitted to enter the court. In today’s society, anyone has the space to talk and present an idea, especially one that benefits a community. Since wealth is also more spread out, the community itself can raise money, rather than having to resort to lobbying the government or another source of money.
All in all it was a great film, here is a link I have the movie. Be careful of the ads, as since it is a free website they are quite prevalent.
Microsoft’s Immersive Reader
Many students and adults struggle with reading. Whether this difficulty they face is due to dyslexia, focusing issues, or something else, Microsoft’s Immersive Reader tool is here to help.
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Immersive reader is a free tool offered in various Microsoft applications. The tool allows readers to customize font sizes, background or text colors, spacing, and more. As students read, the immersive reader highlights word by word and reads aloud, letting students keep up, stay focused, and comprehend their reading.
The video below shows a young boy named Karrick who used Immersive Reader to help him learn how to read.
Immersive reader can be used in Microsoft tools including Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams, and many more.
For further information on Immersive Reader and other tools from Microsoft click here.
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Samantha Pollina
Sustainable Transportation for Sustainable Living
The 17 goals, championed by the United Nations, all work on coordination with each other, so it is hard to favor one out of the bunch. But to me, Goal 11 is the snowball to roll, but has the best effects once it gets rolling. As per the UN’s definition, Goal 11 is, “[To] Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. The world is obviously such a massive place, so to make such a large change like the UN is trying to achieve by oneself is nearly impossible; however, on the chance it is, the reach of accomplishing the goal is not that widespread. To be clear, that is not to say there is no value in smaller groups or individuals from trying to better the world. To make a sustainable globe, it takes a global effort, it takes everyone. It is easier to accomplish when everyone is on the same playing field, which is why creating sustainable living is so essential.
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Before the pandemic hit, almost 1 billion people lived in slums, with most of them residing in parts of Asia and Africa. If that seems bad, about only half of the urban population in the world has access to public transportation. Imagine the numbers now; unfortunately it makes achieving the 2030 goals significantly harder, but they can still be done. 5 years ago in 2016, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the UN held the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference. It was a success, with the attendees reaching the conclusion that sustainable transport is essential for maintaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The rest of summary of the conference can be found here. In a few days, the next summit will in Beijing, China, which will be another opportunity to discuss challenges and solutions to achieving worldwide sustainable transport. While on paper transport and living are different, in practice they can not function without the other. Roads are no good without places to go to, and places can not be reached and developed if there are no roads to navigate.
Sustainable Development Goals: Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education
The United Nations poses 17 interconnected goals to reach by the year 2030 as a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” (United Nations). While people working towards this may focus primarily on one goal all the goals are connected. Meaning if someone works to support goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production they are also helping with goal 13: Climate Action, though it may not be the goal they intended. All the goals work together to reach a world of peace and prosperity.
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As an educator Goal 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promote Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All, piqued my interest. As with every other aspect of life, this goal was greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to gain back the progress in improving education lost to the pandemic, 2021’s Higher Education Sustainability Special Event (an annual) focused on getting the 17 SDGs back on route to their 2030 timeline. While Goal 4 wasn’t the primary goal under the spotlight in 2021, as all SDGs are interlinked, it plays a key role in assisting with the others getting back on track.
Like the HESI Special Event, multiple sessions are arranged throughout the year in order to update progress and raise awareness for supporting the 17 SDGs. Other ways to meet this goal are:
- Promoting an inclusive and equal world for neurodiverse people
- Demand government to support improving education through funding
- Meet with policy makers to share opinions on what should change
- Implementing the SDGs into school curriculum
- Supporting non-hierarchal educational systems
- Work to become educated yourself and share your knowledge
- Spread the word about the SDGs
Reaching these 17 goals is vital to ensuring a peaceful and successful life for future generations. All of the goals, though their own separate entity, are interlinked and help to reach the others. The best way to reach these goals is to spread the word, many people are still unaware of these priorities for the future. In order to take further action we must first shine a light on the SDGs themself.
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What is the World’s Largest Lesson?
The World’s Largest Lesson is an outstanding website that works toward improving the education of all children. Their goal is to offer free educational resources for children all over the world. They include their resources in 30 languages!
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Partners of The World’s Largest Lesson
The World’s Largest Lesson has an extensive list of partners. To my surprise I know about so many of these companies, and I am sure you do to! Their leading partners are UNICEF, Avanti, SalesForce, and Hasboro. These companies all work together to try and spread their goals to as many children they can reach. The World’s Largest Lesson makes it very accessible for any organization to become a partner.
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How Can You Use The World’s Largest Lesson in Your Class?
The World’s Largest Lesson has a bunch of different resources to choose from! Here is each category:
- Videos
- Training and Guides
- Quizzes and games
- Projects
- Parents
- Lesson plans
- Introducing global goals
- Future sport
- Distance learning
- Clubs and camps
- Certificates and display materials
- Books and comics
This list of resources can help you provide fun, interactive learning experiences in your classroom!
Impacts of The Worlds Largest Lesson
The World’s Largest Lesson has made their mark all over the world. From providing SDG’s to 1.2 million Nigerians to being celebrated in Denmark by their Royal Highness, Princess Mary, The World’s Largest Lesson has provided so many opportunities all over the world. You can visit their website to see the huge impact they continue to make all over the world.
Thank you for reading!
Jillian DeMore
Twitter: @DeMoreJillian
Virtual Field Trips with Discovery Education
Discovery Education is a tool that allows students to travel without ever leaving their desks. This program is great to implement in a History or Social Studies classroom. Traveling is vital in education, however, not everyone has the resources to travel frequently, if at all. Many schools do not have the funding for field trips, but with Discovery Education, all students can have equal access to the benefits of travel.
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Discovery Education has both live and on-demand virtual field trips. The on-demand feature allows teachers to use the same source for every class. The program includes multiple on-demand field trips involving important sites for teaching Social Studies or History to high schoolers. These trips include The City of U.S., 9/11: Day of Service, Magna Carta: The Story of Our Human Rights, and many more.
These virtual field trips with Discovery Education can be implemented into a history or social studies classroom to give students a visual source of learning. These field trips can be used to teach students about the White House, historical events, important documents that shape our world, and more.
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Samantha Pollina
3D Printing, it’s For All Ages
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This article explores how Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School was able to bring 3D printing to its young students. This school was able to trial, for free, a Ultimaker 2+ 3D printer for 4 weeks. The access to this piece of equipment meant that the teachers were able to show their students how the 3D modeling translates to the real world. By allowing the students to print out their models the teachers were able to show them how to improve and refine their work.
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The Pros of 3D printing:
- Fun for the students
- Demonstrates how you can find problems in a small scale prototype
- Allows for creative expression
- Keeps students engaged
- Hands-on learning
While 3D printing is amazing tool to teach with, it is unfortunately not accessible for all students yet. The printer and the software are still too expensive for most schools to afford. But, just like computer, the price of this amazing piece of technology will one-day justify the purchase and creation of 3D printing labs and classes in our schools for nearly all grades.
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How a Video Game is helping kids become better learners.
Here we are, half way through 2021 and COVID-19 continues to cause conflicts in child education. Teachers continue to struggle to find a bridge between keeping their students social and safe. However, it seems Microsoft might be offering a solution with their new title Minecraft: Education Edition.
Minecraft: Education Edition
With Minecraft: Education Edition, students are able to play and learn together while still following CDC guidelines.
- Classroom Multiplayer keeps students connected with each other, allowing them to collaborate on projects in their own worlds.
- Students can build, plan and strategize together
- The Camera feature allows students to record their work as well as export their in-game creations.
Minecraft for Educators
Minecraft: Education Edition allows teachers an opportunity to see how their students learn differently.
- The game offers lessons in every subject. From STEM to language arts to history.
- Provides customizable toolkits that can help solve real-world challenges
- Allows educators to develop their own connections with their students through a digital environment
- “I was truly learning with and from my students”
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With COVID-19 continuing to be a problem in 2021, Microsoft seems committed to providing solutions for educators. Minecraft: Education Edition is one tool that is proving an opportunity for teachers and students to find new ways of learning and communicating while remaining safe. Thanks to Microsoft, he future of digital education seems bright!
Thanks for reading!
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AI Based Learning Environment
AI or artificial intelligence is a part of computer science. It stimulates and its ultimate goal is to recreate human intelligence in a machine. Technology is now making new ways to educate and it is finding new ways for online education to be at the highest point it can be.
AI Based Learning Platforms
- More of a personalized learning experience since no two people require the same exact way of processing information
- A more reinforced way of learning
- An easier way of searching and finding anything necessary.
- AI Coaches; more of a personal coach which can search for your specific needs and accommodate to them
- Higher completion rates
- There is a higher universality rate since an AI can accommodate many information and learn meaningful insights.
This video is just an example of what artificial intelligence can do. Since it can adapt and learn constantly every single day it can learn to adapt to a person who is using is whether it be in school or a job.
Myths Involving AI
There are many myths involving AI even when there are over 50% of companies who have already incorporated them into their business. A common myth is that AI requires a huge amount of technical knowledge and it’s very complex. This is not the case at all since AI requires little to no interaction when it is performing tasks. After the process is programmed there really isn’t much to it that the person needs to do. Another myth is that AI is costly and way too expensive. There is a type of AI for everything and there are certain AI that are made in order to fit the needs of the person or company using it.
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Artificial intelligence can transform and open new paths in education. AI can be set to learn new ways in learning platforms. It can completely transform the learning experience, from providing a digital coach or measuring effectiveness, the possibilities are endless.
Thank you so much for reading!!
Original Article: https://www.growthengineering.co.uk/ai-based-learning-platform/
EMPATICO A PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION
Empatico is a free platform that was created to connect students virtually in a classroom with other students around the globe. The platform is used by teachers for students within the 6-11 age group. It is one of the few virtual exchange programs that matches teachers to other teachers based on similar interests. This platform provides research based activities to get students to engage with other students virtually according to the schedule the teacher sets.
Empatico is a free tool for educators.
What you can do with EMPATICO
Choose to partner with a class-
Get matched with other teachers based on similar:
activities
schedules
student ages
Chat with a partner teacher-
Includes:
instant messaging
built-in video.
Notified when email or text is received.
Share photos or videos of the class–
Upload pictures/ videos to shared folders to introduce students to partner class and share updates throughout the year.
Class schedule exchange meeting times–
Time zones converted for you. Lets you see dates/times the partner teacher can connect.
Students participate in research-based activities–
Universal topics of the world.
Teacher resources
Includes mini-lessons, tips and tricks to prepare students for the partner classroom exchange.
Video chat/ live
Built in live video chat, no download or apps required to access platform.
Teachers describing the Empatico experience, click here.
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