El objetivo general de los campamentos de matemáticas es desarrollar habilidades lógico-matemáticas básicas en los NNA, a través de actividades diversificadas, que permitan mejorar sus aprendizajes en un marco de colaboración y creatividad. En otras palabras, se pretende fortalecer la “competencia matemática” de los NNA para que tengan la habilidad para realizar una tarea con […]
El objetivo de los Campamentos MIA en lectura es mejorar las habilidades comunicativas y la comprensión lectora en diferentes niveles: literal, inferencial y crítica o valorativa. Las habilidades específicas que esperamos desarrollar son cuatro: 1) queremos que los estudiantes lean con fluidez y comprendan lo que leen, 2) que fortalezcan la escritura creativa, 3) que […]
Para la región de América Latina y México, existe cada vez más información que documenta los efectos de la pandemia en los aprendizajes. En Colombia, un análisis estadístico sobre los resultados de la prueba SABER 11 muestra que “la pandemia generó el traslado de estudiantes de colegios privados hacia colegios oficiales, causó un aumento de […]
As with most professions today, there are rapid developments in teaching that are being driven by social and technological changes. Keeping up to date with these developments within education will pay dividends with improved teaching skills. The skills needed to be a great teacher have now changed; modern teachers need to be competent in many new skill sets that were unknown to their predecessors.
Parental involvement enhances student success. A first step toward involvement is communicating with your child’s teacher. Effective communication consists of meeting with the teacher, being a positive partner in the learning experience, and keeping lines of communication open
The ASRC focuses on CUNY initiatives in five dynamic fields of applied science: Nanoscience, Photonics, Structural Biology, Neuroscience, and Environmental Sciences. Through its innovative architectural design, the center reflects a uniquely collaborative culture, where scientists work across disciplines to take on some of global science’s most vital and tantalizing challenges.
In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Carmen Fariña, the schools chancellor, have disappointed school diversity advocates by failing to make integration a priority. The set-asides plan, approved by Ms. Fariña in November, was the first attempt at addressing the issue across multiple schools.
The stumbling block is that it will take several years before there are enough sensors in homes, businesses and vehicles to make it worth the trouble to strap on a smartwatch. “For watches to become more popular and more mainstream, they have to deliver a number of capabilities to be relevant,” said Andy Griffiths, head of Samsung’s U.K. and Ireland division. “Our expected timeline is out to 2020.”
The students’ success highlights a growing movement in the Bronx to equip young people with the knowledge and the skills to write code, the language of computers, so that they can become creators rather than simply consumers of apps, video games, websites and other programs.
Community radio stations typically cover a small geographical area with a coverage radius of up to 5km and run on a not-for-profit basis. They can cater for whole communities or for different areas of interest. Community radio stations reflect a diverse mix of cultures and interests. But rather than ‘talk at’ its community, the station should become a central part of it.
