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Budgets and Data-Driven Government
By John Collier
City leaders work every day to provide essential services for their residents and are entrusted with the responsibility of using taxpayer dollars in an efficient and effective manner. A city’s ability to raise revenue can be limited by state restrictions, politics, a... | ['Cities', 'Data', 'Local Government', 'Budget', 'City Budget'] |
“Moving forward together”: Reflections and recommendations on twinning and linking projects in the twenty-first century Holly R Sep 4·4 min read
Communities have been connecting with one another under the banner of ‘twinning’ for the best part of a century. Yet, just what twinnings are, what they do and who they serve... | ['Twinning', 'Research', 'Local Government', 'Education', 'Sister Cities'] |
Identifying opportunities for Camden Council and their local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) to collaborate on data to support the Camden Food Mission Local Digital Collaboration Unit Follow Sep 13 · 6 min read
In this guest blog post, the team from the Data Sharing with the VCS #LocalDigitalC19Challenge funded p... | ['Local Digital', 'Digital Government', 'C19 Challenge', 'Local Government', 'Data Sharing'] |
A Community Council Could Have Created a Better Fire Recovery Process Jaymeackemann 1 day ago·3 min read
Image Depicts A Red Traffic Stop Sign Against A Blue Sky
Community-based feedback usually leads to a better process. But the county doesn’t seem to get that.
At yesterday’s Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors ... | ['Santa Cruz', 'Rebuild', 'Local Government', 'Czu Fire', 'Recover'] |
What do you remember about the 2016 election?
Maybe you remember Trump’s tweets, Hillary’s emails, or Bernie’s call for political revolution. Perhaps you were glued to your social media feed or preferred cable news channel, forming opinions about the latest national political controversy.
Easy enough. But let me ask ... | ['Outrage Culture', 'Federalism', 'Media', 'Local Government', 'Politics'] |
Covering 18–31 August 2021
Welcome back to our sprint notes! Read on to find out what the Local Digital team and our funded projects have been up to over the past 2 weeks.
Improve your digital skills with an online training course from FutureLearn
Earlier this year we launched a new online training offer, inviting l... | ['Local Digital', 'Digital Government', 'Local Government', 'Digital Planning', 'Sprint Notes'] |
There has been a holiday! It was camping in Dorset with my other half’s family and it was glorious. In the spirit of continuous improvement, we identified gadgets that would improve our next camping experience and I will be busy sourcing those for next year.
The view from the dog walking area at the campsite wasn’t ha... | ['Weeknotes', 'Local Government'] |
Design. Knowledge. Experience.
by Darren Raybourn, SVP of Sales at Exceleron Software
There are exactly ZERO companies that aspire to provide their customers with terrible service. And yet that is exactly what happens all too frequently when companies do not make support a priority. However, the road between saying t... | ['Local Government', 'SaaS', 'Customer Service', 'Govtech', 'Utilities'] |
What’s the problem?
Over the last 12 weeks, the sutton.gov.uk redevelopment team has designed and tested hundreds of concepts for a new council website. The best ideas have been shortlisted and now the challenge is figuring out which design is the most effective and should be prioritised in beta.
One of the methods w... | ['Local Government', 'Council', 'Website Design', 'UX Design', 'User Research'] |
I witnessed a canvasser being harassed yesterday outside a grocery story while he gathered signatures for a ballot petition.
A little local history is needed for context here: The City of St. Louis where I live is independent of the county surrounding it. The state of Missouri enacted this division following the Civil... | ['Personal Experience', 'Conservative Politics', 'Local Government', 'Racism', 'Civil Rights'] |
Last week, local South African tech writer Jan Vermeulen wrote an article on MyBroadband titled “Moving Bitcoin overseas from your wallet in South Africa a crime — Reserve Bank”. This naturally sparked a huge amount of controversy in the local Cryptocurrency community... A follow-up article by Mr Vermeulen (“Bitcoin cr... | ['Regulation', 'South Africa', 'Crime', 'Cryptocurrency'] |
Kagame took South Africa for a fool and received a shock – the Rwandan strongman tried to make a deal with South Africa to fight in Mozambique but instead got a lecture on territorial integrity and national sovereignty. David Himbara Jun 5·2 min read
After the Southern African Development Community (SADC) rejected Gen... | ['Government', 'Kagame', 'Rwanda', 'South Africa', 'Politics'] |
The quest to carry on as a colorectal surgeon in Israel is progressing. I didn’t realize how much of the administrative work I could have done from South Africa but it is not a train smash that my registration is a bit delayed. Using this time to settle in my children is the most important thing and it would not be goo... | ['Aliya', 'Emigration', 'Surgeon', 'Colorectal', 'South Africa'] |
The President’s Plane Is Missing: The story of the 1986 Mozambican Tu-134 crash and the death of Samora Machel Admiral_Cloudberg Apr 3·35 min read
The severed tail of Mozambique’s presidential aircraft lies on a hillside on the border of South Africa and Mozambique. (OZY)
On the 19th of October 1986, a Tupolev Tu-134... | ['Mozambique', 'History', 'Africa', 'South Africa', 'Aviation'] |
AINYF SHORTS
Cape Town beach..
Nearly 4M people have died from Covid, a tragic statistic that resulted in the world closing down in an effort to contain the virus.
However, 3M people die every single year from alcohol-related causes and absolutely nothing happens. The liquor industry continues its relentless crusade... | ['Alcoholism', 'Alcohol Ban', 'South Africa'] |
By Dr EV RAPITI (General Practitioner and published author) South Africa
The comments and recommendations by Dr Emmanuel Taban (a pulmonologist practicing in Mediclinic Hospital) - that Ivermectin is the direct cause of three out of five deaths of his patients with acute respiratory disorder through liver failure, (wi... | ['Covid 19', 'Education', 'South Africa', 'Ivermectin', 'Health'] |
When the Doctor becomes the Disease.
English Lancers, 2nd Boer War.
The Illusion of Romantic Conquest
All conquerors glorify their victories, and gloss over the horror and human butchery of warfare. This was the point of my most recent book, Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: slaughter and the horrific aren’t the path ... | ['Conquest', 'Boer War', 'Atrocities', 'South Africa', 'Victorian England'] |
Endeavor Entrepreneur, Go1, becomes the first South African tech scale-up to be valued at more than $1bn and Australia’s most recent unicorn — a unicorn being a tech company with a valuation above $1bn. South Africa is no stranger to exotic animals but this species is bucking the endangered trend and is a welcome addit... | ['Edtech', 'Entrepreneur', 'Unicorns', 'Education', 'South Africa'] |
When the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa announced his plan for a R500 billion rescue package, I must say that I was impressed by his incredibly bold decision to combat a crisis with an amount the equivalent of 10% of the country’s GDP in relief efforts. In my opinion, this is exactly what the people of this... | ['Coronavirus', 'China', 'Cyril Ramaphosa', 'South Africa', 'Imf'] |
This is a follow-up article to V-shaped or U-Shaped Recovery.
COVID19 and the Credit Rating Downgrade are laying havoc on the South African economy. What are the chances that South Africa will never recover from this? Or to phrase it better, what are the chances that South Africa will not get back to the 2019 GDP leve... | ['Coronavirus', 'L Shaped Recovery', 'Covid 19', 'Recession', 'South Africa'] |
It has taken a tiny organism, SARS-CoV-2, to get even the most conservative traditionalists to accept that state institutions are essential to mobilizing national resources for the common good. The fragilities of neoliberal economics have been laid bare.
We need to strategically leverage the unique advantage of Africa... | ['South Africa', 'Africa', 'Economics'] |
Recently, the first part of our budget portal project has come to a close and we spent some time reflecting on all that we’ve achieved … so far
Revenue and spending for each government department is divided into plan, implementation and review. Photo: Damian Pool
A little over two years ago, Vulekamali was launched i... | ['Openup', 'Finance', 'Budget', 'Money', 'South Africa'] |
By now we have all heard enough about the damage wrecked on the tourism industry and indeed the global economy by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But what if we look at this in a positive light, in terms of what it means for travel to South Africa in the future?
The Rand has weakened at a frightening rate against the US Dolla... | ['Travel Post Covid', 'Multi Day Tour', 'Budget Travel', 'South Africa', 'Garden Route'] |
Top seven 2020 Fintech trends in South Africa
Dominique Collett, Senior Investment Executive at Rand Merchant Investment Holdings and the head of AlphaCode details her predictions for the financial services market for 2020 based on global and local industry knowledge.
SME banking
With 2019, seeing the introduction o... | ['South Africa', 'Trends', 'Fintech'] |
I have written two blogs on the COVID-19 situation in South Africa, and felt after the second blog that perhaps I was ‘done’. But as the weeks pass here under one of the most stringent lockdowns in the world, and hunger and poverty are hitting the communities faster than COVID-19, I think it’s important to share anothe... | ['Emergency Response', 'Covid 19', 'South Africa', 'Solidarity', 'Inequality'] |
There are only so many “22 Tips For Working From Home” and” Things You Can Now Do To Reach Your Personal Goals” that one can read before wanting to throw a brick at the wall, and by brick I mean your head.
Content Galore
Lockdown wasn’t something any of us really considered for a length of time, I mean, not in South ... | ['Productivity', 'Lockdown', 'Internet of Things', 'Advice', 'South Africa'] |
Moscow in Autumn
Beautiful scenery glowing in a cemetery. Everything is a poor substitute for life but perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. My sister, you looked difficult. All or nothing. My alchemic resonant. The baby of the family. Everything smells like rain. Her eyes. Parachutes. Parachutes in winter. Teeth a... | ['Nonfiction', 'African Literature', 'South Africa', 'Abigail George'] |
During the Plug and Play Summer Summit in Silicon Valley, we had a special guest from South Africa, Rhenier de Beer, Head of Innovation at Motus Group. Motus is one of the biggest automotive groups in South Africa with businesses in Import and Distribution, Retail and Rental, Motor-Related Financial Services, and After... | ['Innovation', 'Silicon Valley', 'Startups', 'Technology', 'South Africa'] |
Would you consider implementing their ideal solution today?
Managing your restaurant in a disrupted S.A. market, in 2019, you’ll be faced with having to learn some new tricks. Like using social media to drive business, you’ll be faced with competitors you can’t even SEE on the high street, or anywhere physical and you... | ['Restaurant Business', 'Smart Pizza Marketing', 'Food Delivery', 'South Africa', 'Restaurant Marketing'] |
A Series about Digital Investment Funds & Digital Currency exposure for South Africans
FA News Series
#Block3
17/06/2019
In #Block2 “Investment Portals for Cryptocurrency in South Africa | The Rand and Digitalization” we discussed the current state of the Rand and started our approach to learn more about Digital As... | ['Ethereum Blockchain', 'Supply Chain', 'Bitcoin', 'South Africa', 'Stable Coin'] |
Mandela, Nelson. 24" x 30". 2014. Collection of the artist. Montreal, Canada.
Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s first black president; he was elected in a democratic election in 1994, and vowed to dismantle apartheid in South Africa. While racial segregation had long been the practice in South Africa–a controversial L... | ['Nelson Mandela', 'South Africa'] |
On June 16, 1976, the Soweto Uprising began in Soweto Township, Johannesburg, South Africa. Three days of students strikes and widespread demonstrations brought international attention to the injustices of white supremacist rule.
The 1976 Uprising was partly a visceral popular reaction to the oppression and dispossess... | ['Soweto', 'History', 'South Africa', 'Apartheid', 'Revolution'] |
How To Send Money To Nigerian Banks From South Africa with Mama Money Mama Money Jun 8·2 min read
The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new measures for remittances. Funds sent from outside of Nigeria will no longer be received as Naira and must be sent in US Dollars for cash collection at all major banks or to a... | ['South Africa', 'Remmitance', 'Nigeria'] |
CoinCola Giveaways $100,000 Bitcoin in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa CoinCola Follow Jun 8 · 2 min read
Dear CoinCola traders,
CoinCola is launching a $100,000 giveaway in the P2P/OTC FIAT trading market of Ghana, Kenya and South Africa from 10:00 June 8 to 10:00 July 7, 2021, UTC.
New users in Ghana, Kenya and Sout... | ['Ghana', 'Bitcoin', 'South Africa', 'Kenya', 'Giveaway'] |
A successful investor is not necessarily a person with a team of analysts and all the fanciest prediction tools. No — a successful investor can be someone who makes sensible decisions, and who can control their behaviour when managing their money.
Here’s how to do it.
Define your goals
Success is the accomplishm... | ['22seven', 'Spending Habits', 'Finance', 'Slice', 'South Africa'] |
By Jean Le Roux
A cryptocurrency investment scam using a network of Twitter-based sockpuppet accounts is targeting South African users by leveraging fabricated “testimonials” posted on the platform.
Since the start of the year, the network has posted more than 43,000 of these tweets, usually in reply to high follower... | ['South Africa', 'Social Media', 'Crypto', 'Twitter'] |
OBJECTIONS TO AMENDING FINANCE REGULATIONS FOR VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION SCHEME.
16 APRIL 2021
Via email: NFCcomments@health.gov.za CC: Info@THJ-Africa.org.za
A. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
1. The dangerous and expensive no fault vaccine compensations scheme represents a massive threat to public health in South Africa.... | ['South Africa', 'Human Rights', 'Health'] |
Destination Legacy: Unwind at these 3 luxury bush lodges in the Pilanesberg Cheryl K Follow Apr 26 · 4 min read
Bakubung Bush Lodge: Twin Room (Facing Outside). Photo: Cheryl Kahla
This year has been particularly stressful for the inhabitants of planet Earth. The pandemic has largely restricted our movement, and the ... | ['Travel Writing', 'Vacation', 'Travel', 'South Africa', 'Getaway'] |
Vusi Tshabalala
Vusi Tshabalaba (centre) — turning his dream into reality.
I grew up loving horses, the most beautiful animals ever. But I’d never known a horse, and all the pictures and films I’d ever seen only showed white people with horses, never anyone like me. It has always been my dream to have horses, and for... | ['Horses', 'Dream', 'Community Empowerment', 'South Africa', 'Environmental Education'] |
Kudzi Nyakudzi, a 22-year-old from South Africa, is nearing the end of his challenge to run every day for an entire year.
Listen to Kudzi’s audio interview with writer Rachael Kelley.
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down, Kudzi Nyakudzi decided to embark on a year-long challenge of running every s... | ['Inspiration', 'Perseverance', 'South Africa', 'Running', 'Challenge'] |
“Dark Tourism” in Johannesburg
In episode 6 (Africa) of the popular Netflix series ‘Dark Tourist’ the creator and host, New Zealander David Farrier, visits Johannesburg. In the opening dialogue to this sequence, he notes how tourists avoid the city due to its reputation for crime and violence.
Johannesburg, South Afr... | ['Social Media', 'Tourism', 'Travel', 'South Africa', 'Life'] |
I want to start this week’s post by sharing a huge hug and appreciation for the people in my life — the wonderful, kind and encouraging souls I’ve been lucky enough to cross paths with so far. Since my post last week, I’ve received messages filled with useful tools and tips, people offering their time to guide me throu... | ['Race Relations', 'Reflection', 'Discovery', 'Clarence Avant', 'South Africa'] |
DR EV RAPITI. GENERAL PRACTIONER AND AUTHOR.
So it was freedom day.
What a sad day, when you think how our freedom was taken away this past year. The government decided what’s best for us. We were never consulted.
We faced lock-downs upon lock downs with little tangible benefit. The poor were hit the hardest. News w... | ['South Africa', 'Human Rights', 'Health'] |
by Sheldon Rocha Leal
In 1998 I made a decision that I was going to follow my true calling and abandoned the prospect of becoming a lawyer to purse a career in Music, my first love. It was a risky move, fraught with potential pitfalls and the possibility of a life filled with many struggles, including financial defici... | ['Music Business', 'Entertainment Industry', 'Music', 'Music Publishing', 'South Africa'] |
It’s 2031 and I’m reporting from that part of South Africa previously known as the Eden District Municipal region[1] — more commonly known as the Garden Route — and looking back in time after an absence of 10 years …
The Utopian Vision
Since 2025 people living here have been mobilizing to decide their own future: wit... | ['Utopia', 'Dystopia', 'South Africa', 'Garden Route', 'Vision'] |
Transformative Health Justice (THJ) supports the critical statement issued by UNITRALESA (United Indigenous Traditional Leaders of South Africa):
“ Press conference date: 07/09/2021
Venue: Uncle Toms Hall Soweto
We are meeting in this venue today as South African Amakhosi, Amakhosana, Princes, Princesses, Izinduna, ... | ['Thj', 'Leadership', 'Education', 'Southafrica', 'Health'] |
What are the opportunities?
There may be many reasons for SA residents who qualify to benefit from Offshore Structures to wish to invest back into South Africa. One of the reasons may be that the Offshore Trust has grown considerably over time and now has sufficient funds to invest in opportunities in South Africa. An... | ['Finance', 'Taxation', 'Fiduciary', 'South Africa', 'Financial Planning'] |
AS A BLOODY GBV AND HATE WAR RAGES, I ASK: What Do Women Want? Lyle Lackay Sep 9·8 min read
“Jy’s mos net a moffie.” (You’re just a faggot) He says quietly as the stabs pierce my body, one so deep it severs the tendon in my left arm. Perhaps he wasn’t speaking softly. Maybe my heart thumping in my chest, reverberating... | ['Gender Based Violence', 'South Africa', 'Hate Crimes', 'LGBTQ', 'Cape Town'] |
Why Was Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement Used As A Platform for Liberation Psychology In The Context Of Apartheid South Africa? Sinawe Fairview Sep 8·24 min read
Abstract
The year 1994 marked the end of Apartheid in South Africa — a racially oppressive form of rule, with detrimental, psychological effects. A... | ['Black Consciousness', 'Double Consciousness', 'Apartheid', 'South Africa', 'Steve Biko'] |
Code for Africa partners with SA Election Anti-Disinformation Project
The network combines data science, tech tools, behavioural science, media and social analysis, fact-checking and civic education. (Pic: Element5 Digital/Unsplash)
The 2021 Local Government Election Anti-Disinformation Project launched in South Afri... | ['Updates', 'South Africa', 'Elections', 'Disinformation'] |
Decades since then, I’m sitting at the kitchen counter in the dark, hoping my glass of milk will ward off the dream that haunts my nights lately — the dream in which my father gets shot.
I never knew my father. Yet I knew him. Ma has told me so much about him that when I close my eyes I can picture him.
“Your father ... | ['Paul Khumalo', 'African Literature', 'Fiction', 'South Africa'] |
Written by Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Maureen Carroll, and Frederik G. Pferdt
Micki arrived on Zoom at 8:30 am and was ready to jump into her first virtual class, Designing with Radical Agency at Stanford’s d.school. She was excited to hear from the professors and learn what the course expectations were. The first step... | ['Teaching And Learning'] |
Shortly after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic I began receiving messages from educators across the country seeking to leave the classroom for a career in ed-tech. More specifically, I have been on the receiving end of this question — How do I transition from the classroom to a career in product management?
In t... | ['Education Technology', 'Career Change', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Product Management', 'Career Advice'] |
Seventh-grade social studies class at Dodd Middle School in Cheshire, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP)
The Classroom is a Community of Trust
Young Americans know a great deal about American history. They absorb ideas and impressions of the past through video games, field trips, dinner-table conversations, church... | ['American History', 'Critical Race Theory', 'Teaching And Learning', 'History Education', 'Social Studies'] |
The Lost Art of Memorization
Latin without notes.
One of the parts of Reggie Foster’s summer Latin program that I have grown to appreciate was the way he encouraged us to read and recite Latin aloud. This was not just the practice of reading a sentence out loud before we translated it. We would also reread passages a... | ['Memorizing', 'Hack Your Latin', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Latin'] |
What is “participation” exactly?
When we talk about assessing and encouraging “participation” in any college class, but especially in online classes during pandemic teaching, what are we talking about?
Here’s what this blog post will not help you do:
covertly take attendance
check if people are mentally “checked in... | ['Pandemic Teaching', 'Teaching And Learning'] |
Latin Words That DON’T Mean That
Coma, not a coma: Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty. (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Everyone gets put in the position at some point of having to translate things on the spot. If you don’t know exactly what the passage means, you’ll be tempted to offer a translation that represents the “genera... | ['Hack Your Latin', 'Vocabulary', 'Latin', 'Teaching And Learning', 'False Friends'] |
A Professor Spills the Tea: 10 Tips to Stand out in Zoom Class Ellen Ensher Jan 8·4 min read
Why should you even care if you stand out in class? I mean after all you are going to graduate anyway, this course is just a core and being online sucks anyway. Yep, this might all be true.
But here is the deal, us professors... | ['Online Lear', 'Students', 'Teaching And Learning', 'College Life', 'Zoom'] |
Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash
“Alright scholars, go ahead and open up your packets,” I said.
“Wait, main idea again? I thought we did this one last week,” Tori asked as she flipped through the stapled packet of test prep passages in front of her.
“We did,” I explained, “but the results from last week’s quiz s... | ['Teaching And Learning', 'Education', 'Racism', 'Remediation', 'Assessment'] |
There’s a lot of talk about COVID catch-up at the moment. Young people, who have in some cases missed around 9 months of in-person education, are now behind their non-COVID peers from older year groups. There’s a gap. A crisis, if you will. This gives us as teachers a problem to solve, and if there’s anything that teac... | ['Covid 19 Crisis', 'Education', 'Teaching And Learning'] |
By Sam Bevan
We all want power. We all want money. We all want fame. And, we all want love. Let me tell you about someone who has it all. Well, it’s not a someone exactly, more of a something. And it kind of lives inside us. I know, a bit complicated. So, how about an introduction? Ladies and gentlemen (and puppies an... | ['Brain', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Nervous System', 'Medicine', 'Neuroscience'] |
According to one of the best boarding schools in Dehradun students often believe success in mathematics classes needs them to be a “mathematics person.” This thought is as common as a lecturer’s struggle to prove that mathematics may be fun. Fostering students’ joy in numbers is a technique to assist students in excell... | ['Tips For Students', 'Teaching Math', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Teaching Tips'] |
How to Decide What is Need to Know and What is Nice to Know for your Learners Joel MacDonald Follow Apr 23, 2020 · 4 min read
Last time out, I wrote about how people learn and some practical tips that can be gleaned from the processes of memory — those being attention, encoding, storage and retrieval. Well, encoding, ... | ['Pedagogy', 'Planning', 'Instructional Design', 'Teaching And Learning'] |
Adobe Stock
During this period of at-home isolation due to the COVID19 pandemic, parents need so many things. Even parents of “typically developing” children need a lot of support and understanding right now, as everyone tries to fill their children’s days with constructive activities. Parents of children with special... | ['E Learning Solutions', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Parent Support', 'Special Needs Parenting', 'Distance Learning'] |
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In response to “The Quandary: How Available Should Faculty Members Be to Students Online?” — by Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz and Megan Zahneis — Chronicle of Higher Education — April 22, 2020
Arthur Rothstein, “Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex.” Library... | ['Academic Advising', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Interdependence'] |
This entry is Part 2 of my process journal for Designing Learner Experiences. I have narrowed my focus to look at designing a teaching/learning experience around microaggressions on college campuses. This work combines two current projects for me:
As part of a research project in the Human Computer Interaction Institu... | ['Teaching And Learning', 'Design Thinking', 'Social Justice', 'Racism', 'Social Justice Education'] |
Researchers found that learners attain higher levels of achievement through their engagement in the arts. Also, learning in and through the arts can help level the playing field for youngsters from disadvantaged circumstances. (The Arts Education Partnership and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities).
L... | ['Ruraleducation', 'Fine Arts Consultants', 'Teaching And Learning'] |
Education Requires Discomfort
Last time, I ended with the idea that we need to talk about racism in school, either as an informal class discussion or it needs to be built into the ciriculum already. This very idea is where people begin to butt heads when it comes to Critical Race Theory (CRT).
A fascinating thing to ... | ['Critical Race Theory', 'Education', 'Teaching And Learning'] |
Effective Turnaround Practices for Low-Performing Rural Schools — Practice: Diagnose the Actual Problem(s): The old adage about assuming that you know something is applicable to this practice. Even the smallest school system is a complex organizational of people, beliefs, systems, structures, and practices. So, the cha... | ['Instructional Leadership', 'Data', 'Evidence Based Practice', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Ruraleducation'] |
A few days before my high school graduation, Mr. Pitcher shook his cane at me and made me promise I would never be a teacher. Teaching had never been on my radar, so it was easy to make this promise. My Career Plan A had been Sports Psychology, but after my first week of Latin III when we started reading Pliny’s letter... | ['Pedagogy', 'Latin', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Classics', 'Education'] |
Image by Wokandapix from Pixabay
Overcoming racial disparity in schools is a crucial step but it does not deal with diversity in learning styles among students. This diversity affects scholastic achievements and the enjoyment of schooling.
The theme of “diversity” should extend beyond racial disparities in schools to... | ['Teaching', 'Diversity', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Learning', 'Education'] |
A teacher of Happy Home Preparatory School in Tamale, Northern Ghana has shared what caused his referral to a psychiatry hospital a few months back.
According to the teacher who identified himself as Maxwell Yankson, pre-informed his pupils about his relocation to another region. Initially, the pupils felt their belov... | ['Remorse', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Apology Letter', 'Love', 'Depression'] |
It’s a labor of love that helps others achieve something all humans need on a basic level: communication.
It never feels like work though. It feels like its something I’m supposed to do. To establish this connection and guide my kids slowly: teaching them how to learn more and give more while I pull back support. It f... | ['Teaching And Learning', 'Reflections', 'English Learning', 'English Language', 'South Korea'] |
It’s Wednesday. The loose deadline for my GMWP Blog Post was today, and I am starting over for the fifth time. I adjust the bag of frozen peas on my elevated ankle and look out the window, fighting the urge to just give up and get in bed. This road-block in my training is similar to the road-block I’ve felt trying to w... | ['Injury', 'Teaching And Learning', 'New Teachers', 'Gmwp', 'Cultural Sustainability'] |
Sergey Petrovich Postnikov (1838–1880) PD-art-100 Wikimedia
One day, a young first year student comes up to me and says, “Yo, brotha Hector, why can’t you take me under your wing?”
He said it just like that at the end of one of our final classes of the semester. He reached over with his right hand and placed it in mi... | ['Mwc Work', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Mwc Space', 'Philosophy', 'Mentor'] |
I covered a science class earlier this week. I made a point to tell the students every wonderful thing they did. Thank you for having your equipment ready. I’m so glad you asked for my help. Thank you for being so polite when borrowing charging cords. I love how you are using your resources. Nice job working problems o... | ['Pandemic', 'Teaching', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Teachers', 'Education'] |
Back to School: Supporting Economic Education with Classroom Materials for All Levels
The New York Fed’s Economic Education team recognizes the vital role teachers continue to play on the front lines of the pandemic, and we value and appreciate their work. Educators are charged with instilling knowledge and inspiring ... | ['Economics', 'Federal Reserve', 'Education', 'Teaching And Learning'] |
Every generation seems to have a day like today — one on which those of a certain age remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when, for the first time in their lives, everything changed. For my father, it was Pearl Harbor. Some twenty years later, my generation experienced the assassinations of JFK, M... | ['Teaching', 'Career Change', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Journalism', '9 11 01'] |
Hi Changemakers, I’m going to be starting a series of things I’ve learnt from my students, either by direct observation, accidental discovery and the ones they are eager to share with me.
So, here’s the first episode. Episode 1: What you can learn from your students’ responses to assignments.
The image above perfectl... | ['Teach For All', 'Teaching', 'Teaching And Learning', 'Education', 'Teach For Nigeria'] |
Since taking on the job of Head of History in 2018, we’ve done a good job in my department in improving the attainment of higher attaining pupils. However, as we’ve ramped up the academic demand, I think we’ve found that some of our lower-attaining have been left behind a little bit. So, as I’ve alluded to before, my c... | ['Teaching And Learning', 'History', 'History Education', 'Gcse', 'High School'] |
How to Add Live Stream Alerts for Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook
Creating unique alerts is a fundamental aspect of any live stream. They represent you, your brand, and you can completely customize them to match your personality or aesthetic. When you add a personal touch to your alerts, it will help you stand out from t... | ['Gaming', 'Obs', 'Streamlabs', 'Live Streaming', 'Twitch'] |
IRONY MAIDEN
The Memory Remains
Why Metallica was interrupted live at BlizzCon by copyright-free music — and how they laid the groundwork for this to happen 20 years ago Dan Brioli Follow Feb 27 · 8 min read
There are a number of ironic song titles that Metallica has produced over the years that could fit an article... | ['Gaming', 'Streaming', 'Music', 'Twitch', 'Features'] |
Starting today, DistroKid is partnering with Twitch to offer qualifying DistroKid members — who have shown a level of dedication and success in music — the opportunity to join the Twitch Affiliate Program.
The Twitch Affiliate Program is open to Twitch streamers who meet select qualifications, and allows those who qua... | ['Distribution', 'Musician', 'Twitch', 'Distrokid'] |
Streamer Inspiration time
I wanted to see how the profesionals do this, and found a perfect balance of professionalism in Twitch. Looking at the setups and usage patterns in a variety of streamers like Hasanabi, EsfandTV, Asmongold, Madseasonshow, JinnyTTY and many others. This research inspired the whole setup, and h... | ['Video Conferencing', 'Zoom Meetings', 'Streaming', 'Work From Home', 'Twitch'] |
Bakbak Mods
mods created by: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dLONf1C4HwzSZQ8ptpETA
These mods can have more than 10 people and one of the following:
Placeable vents: There are no vents on the map but impostors can place their own
3 Impostors: There are 3 impostors but they’re all on different teams
Ottomated Mo... | ['Among Us', 'Livestream', 'Twitch'] |
You can also refer to my video:
Facebook has finally stepped into the gaming arena. Facebook has launched its game streaming app named Facebook Gaming. The app had been under development for around 18 months and finally, it is available in the play store. So currently, it is only available for android but as soon as t... | ['YouTube', 'Facebook Gaming App', 'Twitch', 'The Hardwaron Zone', 'Facebook Gaming'] |
The 10,000-hour journey
Like any story arch, the protagonist is faced with an ordeal and it is overcoming this ordeal that leads to character development. In Kenny’s case, this initial ordeal occurred during his first two years at the Berklee School of Music. After landing placements with artist’s such as SchoolboyQ a... | ['Music', 'Content', 'Community', 'Twitch', 'Music Production'] |
But first… what exactly is a capture card?
A capture card is designed to take signals from one device, send a copy of that signal to a computer for processing, and then allow that same signal to pass-through to a display.
Let’s say you’re looking to stream games from your PlayStation 4 to somewhere like Twitch or Fac... | ['Gaming', 'Streaming', 'Twitch', 'Videogames', 'Live'] |
During a relatively slow week, a majority of the top ten most watched games were met with a decline in hours watched. While some titles managed to move up the charts, the top three games remained the same for the third week in a row. League of Legends, GTA V, and Fortnite continued their dominance even with only slight... | ['Esport', 'Gaming', 'League of Legends', 'Twitch', 'Blog'] |
The battle royale genre has been at the forefront of the gaming industry for the past few years as games like PUBG, Fortnite, and Apex Legends have had massive success. But has the genre been able to carry over into the new decade with the same prosperity? Which games have contributed the most to the success thus far i... | ['Esport', 'YouTube', 'Fortnite', 'Twitch', 'Blog'] |
Last week, the Gillette Gaming Alliance dominated the sponsored campaign market on Twitch by securing the top three most watched sponsored streams. The announcement of Gillette’s new partners alanzoka, dogdog, and DrLupo generated substantial viewership. A large part of Gillette’s campaign was providing free bits (Twit... | ['Esport', 'Games', 'Gaming', 'Twitch', 'Blog'] |
What’s up everyone?
In one of our earlier pieces, we wrote on the future of live music, and how Covid has accelerated the push towards not just the rise of streaming platforms, but Virtual Reality and Live Streaming in music, as alternatives to outdoor gigs.
You can check it out here
However, what happens when place... | ['Gaming', 'Creator Economy', 'Music', 'Live Streaming', 'Twitch'] |
We’ve got some brand new features for Live Role that were first suggested by people in our Discord server. At the time of writing this, the suggestion now has 53 upvotes. We finally implemented this idea, and now you can set up TwitchBot to send a message when someone shows the streaming status on Discord. On the Twitc... | ['Discordapp', 'Twitch', 'Announcements', 'Discord'] |
By Mehrunisa Qayyum, PITAPOLICY Consulting, LLC and Mark Nabong, Monotreme Consulting
“The live streaming industry is expected to be valued at 184.27 billion USD by 2027. (Tech Jury, 2020)” ~114 Live Streaming Statistics Every Broadcaster Should Know [2021 Update]
Twitch, Vimeo, YouTube, Facebook, and other live stre... | ['YouTube', 'Live Streaming', 'Facebook', 'Twitch', 'Online Privacy'] |
Acknowledged to be one of the top sources of Internet traffic in North America, Twitch helps in fan engagement by users across the globe, primarily through real-time gameplay. However, with over 2 million broadcasting accounts, it can be extremely difficult if you go solo to make a mark and ensure that your content sta... | ['Twitch'] |
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about our acquisition by Songtradr. This has opened the door for new possibilities and given us room to grow.
We excited to announce the promotion of our own Support Manager, Rini, to the position of Pretzel Product Manager.
Rini… rocks.
You know Rini as the voice of our Twitter ac... | ['Pretzels', 'Music', 'Live Streaming', 'Twitch', 'Weekly'] |
Photo by Caspar Camille Rubin on Unsplash
Twitch is an American video live streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions. In addition, it offers music broadcasts, creative content, and more recently, “in real life” streams. It is operated by Twitch Interactiv... | ['Streaming', 'UI Design', 'Wireframe', 'Twitch'] |
Newsletter / Insta-love short
Writing Hard and Put Away Wet!
A fall fantasy story. We are teaching and need your support as followers, and what’s ahead going into fall. Bella Cooper Follow Sep 10 · 6 min read
Hey guys, fall is coming and around Bella Cooper Books it’s a special time of the year. Coming from Germany,... | ['Newsletter', 'Erotica', 'Writing', 'Twitch', 'Short Story'] |
What Gets Lost In The Crypto-Clone Wars (And How Tezos Could Be Set To Benefit) textrapper Apr 3·11 min read
Ethereum Killer. We are told they do not exist. We are told that Ethereum has slain all. Where did this phrase originate from? I think Dfinity started this trend of defining itself in relation to Ethereum. It d... | ['Cryptocurrency', 'Ethereum', 'Tezos', 'Ether'] |
Speeding up incoming message parsing by 3- to 10-times by switching from serde to the nom library Juraj Selep Follow Jun 16 · 9 min read
Computer systems are designed to process information in the form of a binary stream of data. These strings consist of numbers and letters that must be processed by parsers into an in... | ['Parsing', 'Blockchain', 'Tezos', 'Nom'] |
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