How do you keep going when college takes you 13 years?

Erik Adams

December 2, 2022

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When discussing academia with people, sometimes I’ll mention that I was at community college “for a long time,” not wanting to specify exactly what that means.

People will respond with, “Oh, don’t worry, so was I. Six years!” So far, out of everyone I’ve talked to about extended community college staycations, I’ve got them all beat.

I was at Citrus College in Glendora from the fall of 2010 until the fall of 2020. Ten years.

So what does it mean to spend 10 years in community college? And how do you motivate yourself to pursue more education?

Looking back on that decade, I’ve come to realize a lot about myself. Around the time I transferred to California State University, Los Angeles, where

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Highland Elementary School

The 4 Shifts Protocol in Kentucky

December 4, 2022 - by Ludivina Leveto

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has leaned hard into the 4 Shifts Protocol to support its schools’ technology integration and instructional redesign work. Over 650(!) Digital Learning Coaches (DLCs) across the state have received a copy of Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning and are working with their local educators to use the protocol to redesign lessons and units for deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion.

Although many thousands of educators and schools across the globe are using the 4 Shifts Protocol, I believe that Kentucky currently is the largest single deployment of this redesign work. Kentucky also is investing heavily in project-based learning, and the protocol is a nice bridging mechanism and support for that complex work.

Julie Graber and I are grateful that the protocol has been useful to so many educators in so many places. Kentucky (and others), please let me know … Read more

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Career Series for Kids: So You Wanna Be An Animation Designer

December 4, 2022 - by Ludivina Leveto

In this third ‘So You Wanna Be’ career series for kids, we have an animation designer who designs for feature and television animation.

Let’s find out about her creative journey and how she discovered her passion for colour and design.*

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are of the interviewee and not the views of her employer and Learner Net. Any content provided by this article are of the interviewee’s opinions and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organisation, company, individual or anyone or anything.

Some of Soh Fia's works taken from her instagram page

Artworks by Soh Fia | instagram @ sohfia

Q: Would you like to tell us what you do?

A: Hi, I’m Soh Fia and I’m an animation designer. I design for both feature and television animation. My roles are in visual development, background painting, background layout, location design, colour design and occasionally, character and costume

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Help Students Become Fluent Readers with Literacy Tools from @MicrosoftEDU

December 4, 2022 - by Ludivina Leveto

Helping students learn to read is a priority in public education. However, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress only 35% of fourth graders read at grade level. It is difficult to give students the individual attention they need to support literacy development. Fortunately, for innovative educators and their students, Microsoft has come out with some impressive tools including the brand-new Reading Coach and Reading Progress which provide accessible, individualized, and data-driven learning experiences that save time and improve learning outcomes.

These tools provide students with personalized learning experiences that will help them become fluent readers in ways that would not be possible with just one teacher with a classroom full of students.

Reading Progress

Reading Progress enables students, teachers, and parents to check reading fluency frequently and therefore differentiate more powerfully to support students on their fluency journey. Instead of feeling nervous when it’s time to do fluency

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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Innovative Educator on Nutrition: Vegan / Plant-Based Food Industry

December 3, 2022 - by Ludivina Leveto

Hey innovative educators. It is really summertime and if we figured out something throughout this pandemic it is really that we will have to prioritize self-treatment. That implies residing in a way that potential customers to a extensive, healthful lifetime, and searching fantastic though doing it.

History

Whilst I’ve normally prioritized overall health and fitness (belonging to quite a few gyms and an avid seaside volleyball participant), pre-pandemic I observed myself over weight. As educational facilities, gyms, and volleyball courts shut down in the early days of the pandemic, I quickly experienced free time and seemed additional deeply into not only training, but also diet regime and diet. I am someone who is wellness and cruelty acutely aware and I adopted a mostly vegan (at times vegetarian) diet plan.

My Journey

However I was overall health and physical fitness mindful, I was obese. This did not make a lot perception.

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Ways to boost your income with home tutoring jobs

December 3, 2022 - by Ludivina Leveto

The training sector is now one particular of the quickest rising in the planet. Furthermore, exploration indicates that it will improve even far more in the coming several years, implying that instructors and property tutors will be in substantial need. Now teaching is really a special and challenging job. However quite a few instructors missing their employment in the course of COVID, and without having a second supply of earnings, they confronted severe economical troubles. So, if you are a trainer with a low cash flow, owning a aspect hustle is necessary for a greater living.

Now in the previous several a long time, training and techniques of educating have dramatically transformed,

it has gone from school rooms to on line platforms very rapidly and has given them the reward of geographical adaptability. Numerous new understanding platforms are emerging right now, as more students transform to on-line courses to analyze

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