UTeach shares tips on making classes excel beyond the standards.
Students in the United States have consistently ranked below their international peers academically, particularly in math and science. And the problem could have considerable economic and environmental ramifications for the country. (more…)
A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers’ beliefs about climate change influenced students’ perceptions. (more…)
In nominating Jonathan Ellman for the Dylan Hixon ’88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, at least two of his students use the word “joy” to describe their experience with their teacher. Said one: “While the subject matter is certainly challenging, Professor Ellman’s organized teaching style made learning organic chemistry a joy.” Another said, “Interacting with him is always a joy. I sometimes feel as if there is nothing that he cannot explain.” Ellman says he hopes to impart the idea that no matter how difficult it may be to solve a problem, there is both pleasure in and value to the process, even when one is tempted to give up. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas at Austin is launching “Thrive at UT,” a mobile application geared toward enhancing the well-being and success of its students. The application will help students practice and incorporate behaviors into their daily lives that support academic success and timely graduation including bouncing back from failure, maintaining social connections and having a positive self-image. (more…)
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library appears as location in film
When the futuristic thriller Divergent started scouting locations for the film last year, Judy Hoffman saw a rare opportunity for her students.
Hoffman, professor of practice in Cinema and Media Studies, knows that a career in film requires a lot of on-the-job learning. Divergent, which is set in Chicago and was shot almost entirely in the city, would let her students see many aspects of the complicated process up close. (more…)
Research indicates Microsoft Office applications rank 3 of 20 top in demand skills for high-growth, high-pay careers.
REDMOND, Wash. — Top candidates for current and future jobs will be measured by capabilities and competencies, with 20 distinct skills bubbling up to the top in millions of high-growth, high-paying job postings, according to a white paper commissioned by Microsoft Corp. and released by IDC. The study provides insight into the skills students need for the top 60 high-growth, high-wage occupations that will account for 11.5 million new hires and 28 percent of job growth by 2020. Out of those skills, oral and written communication, detail orientation, and Microsoft Office proficiency top the list. (more…)
Over 4,600 students compete from US and Canada
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – 29 Mar 2013: Throughout the last 49 years, the IBM mainframe has advanced, anticipating both the present and future needs of businesses. Organizations are moving more cloud, mobile, big data and analytics computing projects on to mainframes and joining them with traditional projects like transaction processing, operational analytics and database management to develop solutions that can empower a Smarter Planet. Because of these trends, today’s mainframes are growing in popularity, requiring a new generation of mainframe experts. (more…)
Through the ages man has formulated various ways to provide an insight to his nature that comprises of tarot cards, dream interpretation, astrology, palmistry as well as basic numerology. These methods are used to discover the inner self. All of these practices share a common reputation as “the tools of divination”. Though, it is often said that there is no one to predict your future accurately. Instead basic numerology as well as other tools teaches us about ourselves and it also offers various options available to us in any given circumstances.
There are several methods of divination which are intimately intertwined, each of which are related to the other in some way or the other. In the tarot, basic numerology as well as astrology is both portrayed in the symbols that are used to illustrate the cards. Astrology depends on the mathematical correspondences to help construe what each of the twelve houses symbolizes, just as basic numerology, a numbers vibrations might communicate to a particular planet or sign which rules the sign. A reader will make use of each approach to do a reading or she can also get herself specialize in any one. (more…)
