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From Principal to Teacher, or Unburning Out
Stepping into a leadership role is a huge commitment for all who make that move. Stepping into the role of a Principal is another level of leadership that is extraordinary, inspiring, stressful, and exhausting. The decision-making intensity is more than many will ever know. You are leading a group of adults both instructionally and logistically to create a community whose focus is supporting learning and development of young people. The work impacts families, local businesses, local electeds, and the surrounding community. It also impacts the future of the local community, and our greater society.
By Bryan Glover3 years ago in Education
Is Writing Still Relevant?
The world is rapidly advancing technologically, and this has given rise to new forms of communication such as video and audio that have rendered the written word to some extent less important. Despite this, writing remains an essential tool for communication, and it continues to hold relevance in the modern world.
By Alex Schewinzsky3 years ago in Education
What Writers Influenced Mary Shelley?
Mary Shelley is renowned for her work writing Frankenstein, which is often referred to as one of the greatest works of science-fiction in history. This novel has left a lasting impression on the genre, and on literature as a whole, but it did not come out of nowhere. Just like any other writer, Mary Shelley was influenced by the works of the writers that came before her.
By Alex Schewinzsky3 years ago in Education
What Writers Say About Writing?
Writing is an art form that is often celebrated and glorified for its ability to capture human experiences in words. However, it is also a challenging and often solitary process that requires discipline and dedication. In the words of famous writers, the process of writing is often referred to as a journey that demands patience and perseverance. This essay examines notable quotes from writers on writing and their insights into the craft.
By Alex Schewinzsky3 years ago in Education
Why Do Writers Not Write In Chronological Order?
Writing a story in chronological order is the most natural and straightforward way of telling a story. However, writers today often use non-chronological storytelling methods to create a more compelling narrative. There are several reasons why writers do not write in chronological order.
By Alex Schewinzsky3 years ago in Education
The beauty of nature
MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES Moths aren't commonly associated with gastrointestinal problems, so you might want to see a doctor if you experience one. And it's OK to say that you're attracted to something like a firefly to a flame because both phenomena have their own unique attractions.
By Damaris Kabura 3 years ago in Education
Love Your Mom
Mother's Day is a special occasion celebrated around the world to honor and appreciate the love and sacrifices of mothers. It is a day to show gratitude, affection, and respect towards the woman who brought us into this world and has been our constant supporter and nurturer throughout our lives.
By salma fawad3 years ago in Education
AI Tutor for Students and Teachers
So there are headlines in education for the last few months: Students intend to use ChatGPT and other forms of AI to cheat on assignments - they learn nothing! It will dramatically change education as we know it. But there are ways to avoid this crisis if we implement the right safeguards and reforms now. We're on the brink of a new era in education, where an artificially intelligent teacher can help students everywhere reach their full potential. And we're creating a superhuman assistant for every teacher on the planet. And to give you an idea of how big that undertaking would be, I'd like to share this video by Benjamin Bloom, a psychologist who worked in education and made a nice detour trying to understand what makes people good. at learning, but also studied mastery rather than intelligence. Bloom's theory, 2 sigma, is based on the concept of standard deviation, a statistical measure where most values are close to the mean with fewer values, and he had good data to show that the world is actually divided into groups - as usual. . distribution , which can be seen to some extent in the bell curves so if you could give individualized instruction to students (and with the right distribution), you could achieve a two standard deviation improvement. In plain language, that can take your average student and turn them into an extraordinary student. Your smaller than average student may need it and make them more than an average student. The reason he described this as a problem was now, he said, well that's all good But how do you scale group learning in this way? How do you really give it to everyone financially? I'll show you what I think are the first steps to doing this. Obviously, we tried to approximate it somehow at Khan Academy for over ten years, but I think we are speeding it up dramatically. I will show you the early stages of our AI, which we call Khanmigo, what it can do now and maybe a bit about where it's actually going. So here this is a traditional exercise which you or many of your children have seen at Khan Academy. What's new, though, is the little robot on the right. Let's start by looking at one very important defense, in this case the conversation will be recorded and your teacher can review it. It is actually controlled by another AI. And it doesn't say the answer either. This is not a cheat tool. When the student says, "Tell me the answer," it says, "I'm your teacher. What do you think is the next step to solve the problem? " Now when a student makes a mistake, it surprises people who think that large language models are not good for mathematics, notices, just doesn't notice the mistake, it asks the student to explain their reasoning, but it actually does what I would say not just an average teacher, but a great teacher would do. It can predict what that student's misconception is likely to be, that they are unlikely to use distribution assets. Remember that we have to divide negative two both nine and 2 meters in brackets. This is a very, very, very big deal to me. And it's not just in math. This is a computer programming exercise at Khan Academy, where the student has to separate the clouds. And so we see how the student begins to define a variable, left X minus minus. It only did the left cloud part. But then they can ask Khanmigo what is going on? Why is only the left cloud moving? And it understands the code. He knows the context of everything the student does, and he realizes that these ellipses are for drawing clouds, which I think is kind of shocking. And it says: "That the true cloud may also be moved, try adding a line of code to the draw function which increments the right X variable by one pixel every frame. " Now it is perhaps even more wonderful because we have many math teachers. We've all tried to teach the world to code, but there are not many IT teachers. And what you just saw, even though I lead my children, when they learn to code, I can't help them so well, so fast. It will be a really great tutor. And it's not just about the exercises. It understands what you're looking at. It understands the context of your video. It may answer the age-old question, "Why do I need to learn this? " And it socratically asks: "Well, what are you interested in? " Let's say a student says, "I want to be a professional athlete. " And it says, "Well, if you know the size of the cell, what is this video which can be really useful for understanding nutrition and how your body works, etc. " It can answer questions, it can ask you, it can connect it with other ideas, you can now ask as many questions from the video how can you dream? There is another major disadvantage, I remember the high school I went to The student to teacher ratio was about 200 or 300:1. Much of the country is worse. We can use Khanmigo to provide each student with a tutor, academic coach, career coach, life coach, which is exactly what you see here. And we launched it with the GPT- release. We have a few thousand people here. This is not a fake demo, it really is in action. And then you know things I thought would be even harder it would be a bit science fiction even with a traditional teacher. We have an online high school with Arizona State University called Khan World School, and we have a student studying in this online school in India. Her name is Saanvi. And he did a report on The Great Gatsby. And when he reads The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby looks at a green light in the distance. And he says, "Why is he doing this? " He did some web searches and apparently people were looking into it and commenting on its symbolism, but none of them resonated with her. And then she had realized that she had Khanmigo and that she could talk to Jay Gatsby herself. And so: "Ah, great choice, old sport. Now I'm Jay Gatsby, the enigmatic millionaire. " From F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic. " And so: "Why are you looking at the green light? " “Ah, the green light, the old sport. It's a symbol of my dreams and hopes, you see. It is located at the end of Daisy Buchanan Pier across the bay from my mansion. I look at it longingly because it represents my longing for the past and I long to see Daisy again, the love of my life. " And what was cool, Saanvi then said, "I had this long conversation. "She called him "Mr. Gatsby" and finally apologized for his time, which I thought was very polite of him. But you can imagine that it opens up the study of literature, learning. . . You could talk to historical figures. We even plan to add an activity where we can talk about the Mississippi river, for example. It brings things to life in a way that is actually science fiction even six months or a year ago. Students can chat with artificial intelligence. And there we have it, a student discussion about whether we should cancel student debt. The student objects to the cancellation of the student loan, and we received very clear feedback. We started using it at Khan World School in our lab school, Khan Laboratory School. Students, especially high school students, say: “It's amazing that I can refine my arguments without fear of judgment. It makes me a lot more confident to go into the classroom and really participate. " And we all know that Socratic dialogue is a great way to learn, but honestly it is not available for most students. But now it is hopefully available to everyone. Much of the story we saw was in the headlines "This is writing for children. Children don't learn to write. " But we will show that there are ways that AI will not write for you, it writes with you. So it's a little thing, and my eight year old is addicted to it and he is not a child who ever liked to write, but you can say "I want to write a horror story" and it says, "Oh, a horror story, how spine-tingling and exciting. We plunge into a world of ghostly shadows and chilling mysteries. " And this is an activity where the student writes two sentences, and then the AI writes two sentences. And so they make a story together. One student writes: “Beatrice was a misunderstood ghost. He wanted to make friends but accidentally scared them.
By Atlas Writes3 years ago in Education
Construction technology of deep foundation pit support in high-rise building engineering
With the continuous increase of urban population, most of the construction projects in the city adopt high-rise or super high-rise buildings to reduce the construction land. The high-rise building foundation pits used at this stage generally belong to the more dangerous sub-projects exceeding a certain scale. Because the foundation pit construction is affected by the surrounding existing buildings, it is impossible to realize the sloping excavation construction. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the foundation pit excavation and foundation construction stage, deep foundation pit construction is generally protected by foundation pit support. The foundation pit support is to ensure the safety of the underground engineering construction and the roads around the foundation pit and the existing buildings. Through scientific and reasonable design, the support system is set around the side walls of the foundation pit, thereby improving the excavation construction of the foundation pit and the overall building construction. security.
By JR.Ninomiya3 years ago in Education
Analysis of foundation treatment technology in high-rise building construction
Today, with the formation of large cities and megacities, the net inflow of urban population has increased significantly, and the plane and three-dimensional range of urban buildings has increased. As the most important development mode of urban space development, high-rise buildings have greatly alleviated the problems of urban land shortage and environmental congestion. In the construction of high-rise buildings, the foundation is an important foundation and premise, and it is also the guarantee for the safe construction and use of buildings. Therefore, it is necessary to scientifically treat the foundation of high-rise building projects and effectively improve the construction quality of high-rise building projects. Avoid unnecessary safety hazards in construction and subsequent use, which will affect social harmony and stability.
By JR.Ninomiya3 years ago in Education
RARE COLOR OF ANIMALS
There are a deer, dolphin, squirrel, and dinosaur on this planet. All of them have features in common--namely, their coloration. However, their surprising similarities go beyond their appearances. I'll tell you about Abbott Thayer and his amazing theories on animal coloration in a bit. he was a Portrait Painter extraordinaire but he also had a thing for the colors of the natural world he came up with some pretty cool ideas about how animals can stay hidden from predators or prey and they're still relevant today one of his most famous theories is called counter shading basically animals are painted by Nature so that the parts that get the most light from the sky are the darkest and vice versa it's like they're wearing the perfect outfit to match their environment and let me tell you this technique is not just for fashion Savvy animals it's also used by ships to avoid detection Thayer and his friend even got a patent for it Thayer also came up with the idea of background blending which is when an animal or object is painted to match the colors of its surroundings think of it as a natural camouflage suit Thayer didn't stop there though he also proposed a theory on something called disruptive or Dazzle camouflage this is when an object is painted with a crazy pattern to make it harder to judge its distance or speed it's like when you're trying to hit a pinata that's moving all over the place and you can't quite get your timing right think about it if you're a shark swimming beneath the surface of the ocean and you look up you're going to see the bright sky and the lighter colored ocean surface if you're a prey animal swimming on the surface your lighter belly will blend in with the bright Sky while your darker back will blend in with the deeper water it's not just aquatic animals that use counter shading to their advantage land animals like deer and rabbits have lighter bellies and darker backs which helps them blend in with the dappled light of the forest floor and let's not forget about birds many birds have counter shading on their feathers which helps them blend in with the sky when seen from below and the ground when seen from above some creatures out there have a way of warning others that they're not to be messed with yeah it's called aposmatism a fancy word for using bright colors or markings to let Predators know that they're toxic or just downright unappetizing take the skunk for example that broad white stripe on its back is like a neon sign that says don't get too close or else you'll regret it and those yellow banded poison dart frogs they're walking Billboards for their own poison with their bright and graphic colors letting everyone know that they're not to be fooled with even wasps use the power of bright colors to signal to potential threats that they're packing a stick and you know those cute little ladybugs the brighter they are the more toxic they can be who knew that something so adorable could be so deadly it turns out that white yellow red and black are the most effective warning colors in the animal kingdom just like how traffic signs caution drivers these bright markings are nature's way of saying watch out buddy if you ever come across a critter with some serious bling just remember they're not trying to be fashionable to use bright colors and others didn't it's a question that's been baffling scientists for a long time thankfully one Theory coming from a team of researchers at the University of Arizona has uncovered some interesting insights into this colorful mystery it turns out that the function of an animal's vibrant coloring is strongly linked to the activity patterns of its evolutionary ancestors so species that use their bright colors to attract mates are usually descended from ancestors that were active during the day meanwhile those that use their colors to ward off Predators usually had ancestors that were active at night it seems that animals have evolved to use their colors in the most advantageous way possible now you may be wondering how Vivid coloration even came to be in the first place well it seems that early in their evolution most species started out pretty plain and drought but over time bright colors evolved across many different lineages because they helped animals survive and reproduce but not all bright colors are created equal the researchers found that vividly colored lizards and birds usually use their coloring as a mating signal to attract partners while colorful amphibians and snakes often wear their colors as a warning sign for predators and get this many of these amphibians and snakes are diurnal now or active during the day but their ancestors were actually nocturnal active at night so there's no clear connection between warning colors and present day activity patterns Mother Nature sure is creative when it comes to helping animals adapt and survive in the wild but there are some creatures out there that could take the award for the weirdest animals any day have you ever stopped to think about what it would be like if we could see through all the layers that protect our internal organs because that's exactly what has happened with the glass frog imagine you're strolling through the Lush rainforest of Central and South America and you come across a tiny little frog perched on a leaf from above it looks like your average run-of-the-mill frog but if you flip it over you'll see all its organs on display heart intestines and all you might be wondering why on Earth these frogs have evolved to be see-through it turns out that their super thin translucent skin actually helps them blend in with their surroundings too when light shines on them from above their silhouette becomes all jumbled up and difficult for predators to decipher and let's face it when you're surrounded by vibrant Greenery a green top coat is a perfect camouflage but what about those transparent legs well they help to blur the outlines of the Frog's body making it even tougher for predators to recognize their shape. I for one had no idea Penguins also came in yellow one wildlife photographer stumbled upon a site that left him gobsmacked on a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean he captured some amazing images of a yellow king penguin that had everyone on the beach flapping with excitement there were 120 000 Birds on that beach and this was the only yellow one there scientists are scratching their heads as to how this coloration happened naturally they think it's a form of lutism which is basically an animal's inability to produce the proper pigments for its natural coloration but they're not entirely sure all King Penguins produce small amounts of this yellow pigment naturally but in this particular bird it seems to be the only pigment the animal could produce talk about standing out from the crowd am I right there are some colors though you'll rarely find in the animal kingdom According to some poles blue is one of if not the most popular colors amongst people most animals however have a tough time sporting this shade some animals get their pigment from the food they eat like how flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp or how goldfish can alter their golden hue based on their diet but unfortunately there's no true blue pigments in plants so animals can't turn blue through their food instead they have to get creative for instance some animals make structures that change the wavelength of light to appear blue the blue morpho butterfly is a great example of this its wing scales are shaped in ridges that cause light to blend in such a way that it reflects only the blue color if the scales were shaped differently the butterfly would lose its beautiful
By GABRIEL ROCA3 years ago in Education
