Articulate story line is a program that allows Educators to create interactive quizzes, lessons, and much more using their software. The following shows screenshots of an education course to teach math. It gives directions, shows the assignment, shows progression, and ends with feedback. Khan Academy facilitates a math Gamification platform. The badges focus on how well and how long you remain on the site. Teachers are called coaches. They can instantly see how a student is doing. It shows how many times a student did an assignment, how long it took them for each question totaling total time taken. Gamification is heavily integrated into the platform and it has a unique feel. A student can master all the categories. Bench Prep facilitates
In the story “Feed” by M.T. Anderson the main character Titus visits his girlfriend Violet in the hospital. Violet has suffered from a seizure, which caused her to lose memory of the year before she got the feed. I can infer three things about what Violet is going through. First and foremost, I can infer about Violet is going through right now is loneliness. She can’t seem to be able to find her real self.
Bailey’s writing sample was assessed using the Smarter Balance Narrative Rubric that analyzed the components of organization/purpose, development/elaboration, and conventions. For the component of organization/purpose, Bailey was given a score of 3 indicating that organization and focus was adequate. Bailey’s strengths were delivering an evident plot and an adequate setting, character, and point of view. In addition, she presented an opening and closing with a sequence of events. Bailey struggled in her use of transitional strategies. For the component of development/elaboration, Bailey was given a score of 3 which notes that the narrative was adequately developed. Bailey’s strengths were developing the story components, make connections,
Media had had a long influence on society, and top to bottom take a gander at its most famous forms today would most certainly uncover a few glaring disparities in the way TV network and print media communicate the information to the public. Many media are slanted, and somehow they are inclined to cover events and support people similar to their beliefs or ideas. Television and newspaper dominated the average American household in terms of being used to access information, nonetheless new ways of obtaining news like online web, and films are steady growing day by day into major ways in which people learn about what is happening close city and in the word. For instance, deportation has been a hotly debated issue in the media, especially during
A successful application of this concept, created in 2008, is Khan Academy. Students create accounts and sign into the Kahn Academy to choose a course of study. They have the option of choosing their starting point or taking an assessment to define their level. Students watch videos and work through practice exercises; all the while, their progress monitored. Badges are earned at a variety of achievement levels creating a sense of accomplishment, as well as bragging rights with peers when this program is utilized in a blended format within an educational setting (Khan Academy, n.d.).
The appeals court reversed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the employer. Under the ADEA, plaintiffs in the disparate treatment claims must show that age was the “but-for” case of the challenge employment decision. Although this case might otherwise be a good candidate for a mixed-motives analysis that is not a possibility under the ADEA. Nevertheless, the court found the combination of fairly strong circumstantial evidence of discriminatory motive and some reasons to disbelieve the employer’s claim was sufficient to warrant a trial. The court found particularly significant the statement of Lindsey and Thomas, who participated in the decision to terminate Baker, evincing a preference for the employment of younger workers over
I just realized that we are using gamification in this class. We are using different techniques in this class like watching movies, videos, read articles, etc. and at the same time we are learning. Yellowdig is an example of gamification. The leader board show us the people who is more active and have more comments in the class. This encourage all of us to be more motivated and active on the webpage. Our reward will be our grade.
My first connection In the story Lather and nothing else is that the barber his to choose to kill caption Tores or not to kill him. I have to choose to go to Normen Bethune or go to Bill Crother. The barber is a secret rebel and he his to do something to help the rebels or don't do anything so the rebels will get killed. I'm to some extent similar to the barber because my parents didn't know most students in Bill Crother doesn't care about their marks so I have to decide for myself, if I wanted to go to Bill Crother and make new friends , but I won't know is they are friends that going to help you or influence me to do horrible things in the future or go to Normen Bethune with the friend I alright have and stay with my aunt on the weekdays.
The pixies leader looked at the quartz and garnets with interest. He flew closer and picked up a medium size quartz crystal and bit into to to check whether is was real or not. Once he was satisfied he agreed.
Most of your posting was geared towards something I mentioned in mine, and I couldn’t agree more. How exactly do we combat the nature of warfare used against us for the last 13 years? How do we counter the ruthless tactics? Using women and children as shields and weapons themselves, seeking shelter in mosques, suicidal tactics and IEDs? Up-armored vehicles and better equipment will only go so far, and while we’ve made huge leaps in the realm of modernizing our force, I don’t believe it to be enough.
As a writer, I have improved greatly since the first exploratory narrative essay. There have been many challenges that I have faced in my writing, but I have dealt with them in the best way possible. Over the course of the three papers I have written, I have improved in the flow of the papers, as well as the content of the papers. This semester, I have managed to overcome most of the challenges in my writing and have grown as a writer because of it.
Short stories can share themes, motifs, symbols, consequences, and plot lines, even if there is never any intention to share a common element between the stories. The stories can be written close together or in different decades and still be linked to the one another. They can also be worlds apart with different meanings in the end, but that does not stop them from having similar ideas expressed within them. The following three stories, “Lagoon” by Joseph Conrad, “The Rocking Horse Winner” by DH Lawrence, and “The Lady in the Looking Glass” by Virginia Woolf, are three totally different stories that share common threads that make them the stories that they are.
When I made the decision to go to school to obtain my LPN, I was twenty-four years old. I was married with a 3 year old child and worked full time as a Certified Nursing Assistant with Hospice. My husband worked in the union but due to plants closing down in our area, he was laid off, and I was the main financial support for my family. I knew things were not going to be easy but I was determined to be successful, not only for me but for my family. I began the process of enrolling in November 2009 and was all set to begin school in April of 2010. I was beyond excited for this journey to begin. I had a wonderful support system, not only at home but with my co-workers as well and I knew nothing was standing in my way. Fast forward to December
When I was born, my older sister was two years old at the time, and she had already gotten used to being adored by everyone and wasn't pleased with me coming into the picture. This has caused a problem between us that has still not been addressed today. During our childhood and sometimes even today, she would bully and humiliate me. In front of people she would make fun of how I looked or acted and would ostracized from activities. As we grew up, her jealousy only grew. I was always getting excellent grades in school, making people laugh, and listening to our parents. She on the other hand had a much harder time. As her resentment grew for me, I started to resent her since she had made me feel insignificant, ugly, and unworthy of anyone's affection. She moved out of my dad's house at age 15
This whole serious thing—I’m not very good at it. It’s not like I don’t care what I’m writing about. It’s just hard to write about something that is often hidden behind the screen that we call comfort. I too live in comfort, comfort chronically careening us away from the truth. This problem embedded deep within our minds. Minds of teens that think there is no other way to escape than to take their own life. Seeking to keeps ourselves sheltered in comfort we pretend not to see the real root to the problem, Us all. You can't say that we aren’t because even though we say things get better and there are people they can talk to the numbers don’t lie and they say that it’s only getting worse. I’m not saying I have the solution to make everyone's
How does the writer use language and structure to convey her opinions about The Danger of a Single Story?