Sentences with phrase «called social reading»

But will so - called social reading ever take the place of the traditional book club or water cooler discussion about the latest bestselling book?

I have no interest in Facebook or so called social reading.

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And Shkreli seemed to be at pains to suggest he wasn't taking the trial seriously: dropping in on reporters during the trial (he called the prosecutors «junior varsity»), taking to social media during the evenings, declining to wear a tie in court, and ostentatiously reading a book during closing arguments.

Distractions are plenty: reading and responding to emails, checking social media, phone calls, meetings, taking time off — all of these threaten to take away your focus and doom you to another year of mediocrity.

Researchers at the New School for Social Research in New York have determined that reading literary fiction — books that have literary merit and don't fit into a genre — enhances what scientists call «Theory of Mind (ToM), or an ability to understand the mental states of others.

(Ritholtz is no stranger to social media — TED Talks credits his Big Picture blog as one of «100 websites you should know and use,» while Matt Miller of Bloomberg says Ritholtz «consistently makes more sense than anyone else in media» and Randall Forsyth of Barron's calls The Big Picture «a must - read blog.»)

I'm looking to eventually teach theology, but in between my personal studies, an obsessive reading habit, and spending far too much money on coffee, I started a blog called New Ways Forward as an outlet for some of my random thoughts and a way to interact with others who share a passion for theology, Biblical studies, and social justice.

In spite of all the current talk about «social Christianity,» etc. an unbiased and unprejudiced reading of the Bible shows that converting men to their Lord is the work Christians are called to do.

Ultimately, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick read portions of the letter and the Vatican response to it at a service for Kennedy in Washington, D.C. News reports called the Vatican letter pro forma, and its cited portions avoid mention of the social issues on which Kennedy not only defied his faith, but spearheaded defiance of his faith — a modus operandi that is still deployed (and was just deployed in the recent Lamb - Saccone special election in Pennsylvania) by pro-choice Catholic Democrats.

The «Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences,» as it is called, was formed two years ago in response to Congress's request to know how «to maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education... Continue Reading&Social Sciences,» as it is called, was formed two years ago in response to Congress's request to know how «to maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education... Continue Reading&social scientific scholarship and education... Continue Reading»

Diageo turns to social media stars to deliver new angle on responsible drinking call Diageo has teamed up with vloggers and other social media personalities to push its global responsible drinking me... read more

I only go to the games a few times during the season since I don't live in England, for those who do, we need to defy those damn stewards and raise the temperature at the games, that's the only practical solution I can come up with, we are not the ones who buy the players and all the noise we have made on social media and elsewhere keeps falling on deaf ears, they will not listen to our calls for players, let's go to the games and turn the library upside down as much as we can, we can not give those players a moments rest, we, the fans pay them [gate takings and TV subscriptions], you can't take my money and not give 100 %, Wenger can pamper them, we would not, they don't read much that is being said on social media but they can't ignore our chants at the stadium.

Or you can read about the actual social experiments on participation in things like torture (There's a movie on it called «The wave»).

A parliamentary inquiry into parenting and social mobility has called on the next government to do more to encourage the UK's early years services to engage with men — and to fund a national reading campaign for dads and children.

Don't listen in on every phone call and don't read every social media message.

The Guardian and the LSE have partnered up on an impressive journalistic - cum - sociological analysis called «reading the riots», examining the unrest that rocked England this summer on the basis of interviews with people involved, massive social media datasets, and various forms of secondary sources.

Unite which represents 100,000 health care professionals is calling on MPs to vote against the Health and Social Care Bill when it goes through its second reading on 6th and 7th September.

For some 48 hours now, the office of the elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has surprisingly been inundated with calls from persons of all walks of life seeking to know whether there is some truth in what they had been reading on social media.

Oladeji further called on the parents to have reading time at home as she urged companies in private sector in the state to build and donate libraries to shools and communities as part of their corporate social responsibility.

Michael, or Mike as he was called by most, served as Oneida County Commissioner of Social Services... Read more

Every day, we use it to read the news, chat to friends, navigate through cities, post photos to our social networks and call for help.

You'll also be asked to fill out the sections called College, Favorite Things, For Fun, Last Read, Communities, Appearance, Lifestyle, Background / Values, and Verifications (for social media).

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Release: Friday, March 17, 2017 [Theater] Written by: James Gunn Directed by: Greg McLean Office workers at a mysterious nonprofit organization on the outskirts of the Colombian capital of Bogotá participate, let's call it reluctantly, in a twisted social experiment wherein they must murder a certain number of their colleagues within a certain timeframe or else everyone in the building goes... Continue reading The Belko Experiment

My newest initiative for teaching social - emotional development derived from a book I read called 101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids by Christine Fonseca.

Students in these programs are not able to advance unless they have proficiency in reading and math, as well as in problem solving and so - called softer skills — the personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social skills that make someone a good employee and compatible in the workplace.

Several years ago, I read a book by educator Ron Clark called The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck — 101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers, in which he describes an event that involves having students practicing social skills in a competition called The Amazing Shake.

Second, Florida stopped letting third - grade pupils who could barely read go on to fourth grade (a practice, common all over America, called «social promotion»).

Our SyncBlasts platform offers a dynamic digital library of reading and writing assignments called Blasts that cover current events and social studies topics relevant to students» lives and the world around them.

In a 2014 report, called «Opportunity Mississippi,» the governor wrote, «My «Third Grade Gate» literacy measure... will improve literacy achievement by ending social promotion of third grade students who are not reading on grade level... As this policy is fully implemented, we will gain a better understanding of how many children are struggling with literacy, and we will in turn be able to prove the need for additional resources.»

Collectively, we cover language arts, reading and social studies in a block we call «inquiry.»

The calls can be about social or academic achievement, and they range from changes in behavior to moving up in reading levels, from mastery of a concept to helping a friend in need, and the list goes on.

«The interests of children in the primary sector is to enable the greatest number to leave confident in their ability to read, write, and add up, but also with a love of learning and an understanding of the social learning environment that we call school, so that they are ready for their second phase.

Keith Topping, a professor of educational and social research at Dundee University, analysed the reading habits and choices of almost a million primary and secondary school pupils in the UK using an online library tool called Accelerated Reader.

January 22, 2014 There is a new blogpost called «How to Integrate Social - Emotional Learning into Common Core» that makes for interesting reading.

The «layered model,» as it is called by researchers, collects between three and five years of test - score data for each student in as many subjects as possible, including reading, math, science and social studies, in order to make predictions about how a student will score on a given test.

(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?

The E Ink screen can be used for reading ebooks, making calls, checking messages and social network feeds, displaying images and maps, weather updates, and even videos and games.

In the last few years they have developed a system called Freetime, which automatically blocks access to the Silk Browser and Kindle content stores, disables location - based services, in - app purchases, or social features, and requires... [Read more...]

The building that will be constructed will have six different floors, two for the library and four for social housing called Cause We Care... [Read more...]

This morning I read a post on Jane Friedman's blog called «Beware of One - Size - Fits - All Advice for Social Media» and it made me take some long - overdue action.

It can be used for everything from watching films and TV, viewing pictures, reading e-books and sharing documents, to talking to friends and colleagues via voice and video call, e-mail, instant messaging, SMS / MMS or social networking.

But outside Kobo's unique and potentially interesting social e-reading platform (collectively called Reading Life), it's just another slightly out of date Android tablet with a skin on it.

Barnes & Noble is calling Nook Friends the «go - to social network for people who love to read.»

Listen to best sellers: • The Girl on the Train • Truly, Madly, Guilty • The Power of Habit • Harry Potter • The Martian • A Man Called Ove • Homegoing • The Gene • When Breath Becomes Air • End of Watch A wide range of popular categories like: • Crime and Thrillers • Science Fiction • Fantasy • Romance • Classics • Novels • Mystery • Horror • Self - development • Mindfulness and meditation • Business • Children's books Features designed for the audiobook listener: • Chapter navigation • Listen over wifi, save on data • Download to your device for offline listening • Create clips of favorite passages and share with friends and on social media • Send any book in your library to your friends - their first book is on us • Bookmarking • Sleep mode, dark or light theme, variable narration speed, button - free mode and more • Control your listening experience with Cortana voice commands and button - free mode • Compatible with thousands of ebooks from Amazon - switch seamlessly between listening to your audiobooks and reading on your Kindle with Whispersync for Voice.

Scribd, which has been called «the social network for reading,» allows users to access a vast cloud - based library from any computer or mobile device.

I do have ebook clients on all my devices and do still read books on my phones, however I ALWAYS get distracted by phone calls, emails, social networks, the lure of checking my latest RSS feeds, and more that take away from the book experience I remember enjoying hundreds of times as a kid.

Twitter is an online social networking site that enables users to send and read 140 - character messages called «tweets».

icon gives you access to even more social sharing options including something called Reading Life, which is touted as something of a gateway to?

Barnes and Noble take this a step further with a feature called Nook Friends, which allows users to setup social circles for lending ebooks back and forth, and for sharing reading recommendations and reviews on Facebook and Twitter all from the Nook Touch directly.