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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Using self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2008), a study involving 735 workers was conducted to examine autonomy's impact on overall morale. 2004), "Making workplace fun more functional", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. Provide autonomy Micro-managing never ends well. Newstrom, J.W. and McLaughlin, F.S. Sauvagère, S.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Zeitz, 2008. Most researchers agree effective keyboarding isn’t instinctual and training should begin before bad habits are created. In the absence of training, they will learn, but likely wrong. by fourth grade: A trained fourth grader can write and type at the same speed. –Type to Learn, 1986.

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To fight teacher shortages, some states are looking to community colleges to train a new generation of educators

The Hechinger Report

The expansion comes at a good time: Teacher shortages have worsened in the past decade, and fewer undergraduates are going into teacher training programs. The idea is to diversify the teacher workforce (community colleges serve more Black and Hispanic students), and train up more teachers. Credit: Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times.

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What Is Phonemic Awareness According to Scholars?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Of these sound units, phonemes can be the most difficult for children to learn to detect and manipulate; however, phonemic awareness, along with letter knowledge, is needed for beginners to move on to reading and spelling” (McCarthy, 2008, p. ” (Manyak, 2008, p. Phonemic Awareness Training Necessary? Krashen, S.

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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

Edsurge

Through 2022, half of all planned cloud migrations will be delayed by two years or more due to the lack of trained talent. In 2008, it was global experience. Last-mile training consists of equipping new hires (apprentices) with specific technical skills and business knowledge that, today, are only gained through work experience.

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ChatGPT with My Students

User Generated Education

General Ideas for Using ChatGPT in Education ChatGPT, according to ChatGPT, is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language model that has been specifically designed for generating human-like text for chatbot applications. Now, similar work is often seen as innovative by colleagues.

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How Teacher Prep Programs Are Stepping Up Efforts to Recruit Students

Edsurge

And it’s not just a problem today — there’s worry that the pipeline of new teachers being trained might be shrinking as well. In fact, many experts say a major cause was the 2008 financial crisis. “It The national campaign comes at a time of concern about teacher shortages in many schools and districts.

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