Sentences with phrase «community by using technology»

Above all, we believe in innovation by doing and we encourage members to engage with our community by using technology.

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iDisclose CEO Georgia Quinn was recently interviewed by Equities.com, a leading digital financial news source and investor community for emerging growth companies, regarding iDisclose's mission: to prepare corporate documents and facilitate securities filings for emerging growth companies using a sophisticated, yet user - friendly technology platform.

The Blockchain Terminal («BCT») delivers a powerful set of tools and services to the wealth management industry, making use of blockchain technology to deliver cutting edge applications that have been created by a diverse community of developers, while also enabling real - time compliance enforcement and ad hoc audits.

Their articles cover a wide range of topics: energy policy, emerging technologies in supply and end - use sectors, engagement by First Nations communities in the energy sector, and innovation's role in the development and use of technology and in policy - making.

These DAO's — or online creation communities as they're sometimes called — are powered by a concert of voluntary participants who contribute their energy and resources to an open - source project, either by gathering information, delivering code proposals or simply using an open - source technology.

As such, I recognize and appreciate that there are some in the concussion community, especially scientists - who by their very nature are appropriately cautious in endorsing any new technology without validation via rigorous, peer - reviewed testing - and some helmet manufacturers who believe that impact sensor technology has not advanced sufficiently to warrant widespread use in contact and collision sports.

As such, I recognize and appreciate that there are some in the concussion community, especially scientists - who by their very nature are appropriately cautious in endorsing any new technology without validation via rigorous, peer - reviewed testing - as well as some of the helmet manufacturers themselves, who believe that impact sensor technology has not advanced sufficiently to warrant their widespread use in contact and collision sports.

When this was written, India's first PNE was viewed by the international community as a lesson learned; it was clearly an example of sensitive technology and nuclear material for peaceful purposes being diverted towards military use.

Four leading candidates for New York City, who already are using technology to reach out to voters, recently outlined their technology policy priorities in interview sessions hosted by the New York Tech Meetup * at ThoughtWorks headquarters in late July, emphasizing the importance of education, accessibility, transparency, infrastructure, partnerships with the technology community and affordability.

Close Indian Point power plant by 2021 - Unit 2 Reactor to close April 2020 and Unit 3 Reactor April 2021 - End use of a plant with numerous safety violations - «Current Indian Point Employees will be Offered relocation and opportunities with other plants and utilities within the state; training in renewable technologies» - «Entergy will provide $ 15 million in funding for environmental and community benefits» - Cuomo is working on replacement resources so that there can be no cost increases in electricity after Indian Point closes More

AgeNet has been made possible through the technology provided by VIZIONefx who created the digital platform used by the Community Elderwellness Council and participating senior center locations.

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

«In the professional science community, people keep coming up with new ways to use this technology — people are really only limited by their imagination,» he explains.

It would be a tragic mistake to dismiss the huge potential of new technologies for addressing some of the most enduring problems of poverty: drought - and pest - resistant varieties of food for poor farmers who have been bypassed by the Green Revolution; treatment for many tropical diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness; low - cost wireless computers that can break the information isolation of rural communities that rely only on the radio and word of mouth; and low - cost energy supplies for the vast majority of people in developing countries using dung and firewood.

«With this technology now cleared by the FDA, we will see expanded use in the community; studies such as the work of Dr. Forrest and her team will be a key part of developing scientific data on the physiological and psychological benefits from use of these technologies.»

The cool thing about this technology is that if you take a small sample of soil, maybe 10 microns by 10 microns, you could theoretically use this technique to identify where the active members of that community.

Their technology is based on research funded by the SENS Research Foundation, using donations from the community given a couple of years after this 2006 post was written.

Schools start by using them for creator / consumer activities in the early adopter phase, to community activities at the later stage of implementation, with teachers increasing the use of the technology over time.

To open that discussion, Adjunct Lecturer Justin Reich, Ed.D.» 12, is teaching a new course this semester, Massive: The Future of Learning at Scale, in which students explore these environments and the technologies being used by «creating [their] own networked learning community.»

Ensure full application of prior free and informed consent: Indigenous and local knowledge systems and technologies are adequately recognized, protected, strengthened and used ensuring control by the indigenous communities.

Technology can be used to advance learning by bringing exciting curricula based on real - world problems into the classroom, providing scaffolds and tools to enhance learning, such as modeling programs and visualization tools, giving students and teachers more opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision, and building local and global communities that include teachers, administrators, students, parents, practicing scientists, and other interested people expanding opportunities for teacher learning.

In keeping with this theme, ASCD's conference includes more than 50 technology sessions spanning topics from empowering special needs students through technology and arts integration to raising student achievement by using mobile devices, such as the iPod Touch, to create conversations and learning communities.

San Francisco Bay Area teens explore ways technology can be used for social justice and community engagement at Facing History's first ever Civic Hackathon hosted by Brocade.

Social networking communities help preservice teachers form their 21st - century teaching identities by giving them an example of technology use in the real classroom.

Although teacher educators have effectively used place - based pedagogies to engage with these ideas (Ajayi, 2014; Dubel & Sobel, 2008), geospatial technologies offer another modality by which teacher educators can help teacher candidates learn about communities, schools, and their students.

-- Matt Trask, a secondary senior physics teacher is having students make musical instruments to learn about wavelength — Kelly Skehill using design and software for students to apply calculus models to create new pop bottle designs — teachers are using technology to capture assessment information during the learning process — one particular good example at PJ Elementary — Kindergarten teacher (Sonia Southam) using iPads to engage parents and transform communication by capturing daily learning and sharing immediately via email with parents — the creation of Gleneagles Learning Lab Open House to showcase the process of learning — a teacher created Social Dynamics course for students with high functioning autism — the creation of an outdoor learning program for grades 6/7 students at Bowen Island Community School (Scott Slater created) that has students blending in - class and outdoor learning experiences

Also, make sure that technology is used to enhance the common instructional practices that have been agreed upon by the professional learning community.

Maryland: Dr. S. Dallas Dance, Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD Dr. Dallas Dance has made meaningful use of technology a priority in his 110,000 district by engaging the community in the creation of a five - year, Blueprint 2.0 strategic plan; leading the Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow (S.T.A.T.) initiative to ensure every school has an equitable, effective digital learning environment; and being an avid personal user of social media to connect with the public.

Teachers in modern classrooms need to consider using technology to support student literacy development, due in large part to new conceptions of literacy brought about by the emergence of Web 2.0 models, including participatory information sharing, collaborative processes, and virtual communities.

In order to meet the needs of diverse learners and to reach individuals, schools, and communities most effectively, we commit to the idea that education must innovate and move beyond standard practices by using cutting - edge technologies and pedagogical approaches.

«Google is excited by the Queens Library innovative use of technology to engage their community and patrons,» said William Floyd, Head of External Affairs for Google.

By getting out in the community and engaging with the people who use the library regularly, we're fostering a bond between the people, the library, and the technology that allows them to self - publish.

We bring techniques, services, and technologies used by top animal care professionals around the world to our friendly, community - oriented hospital.

Organised by Age UK Milton Keynes, with the support of Our MK, the collaborations form part of the Smart City initiative that uses digital technologies to support and sustain communities.

Some of his previous roles include: Partnership Director at Plugged In, an organization working in East Palo Alto, California that connects individuals and cultivates minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology; International Production Coordinator at Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, which created the largest video archive in the world, containing more than 52,000 interviews conducted in 56 countries around the world; Youth Manager at the Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, which engaged more than 800 teens a year in community service and education about social and environmental issues; and Ghostwriter of the autobiography of a Polish Holocaust survivor who fought as a partisan in the forests of Belarus.

It focuses on three broad issues: how cities contribute to and are affected by climate change; how policy makers can use cities to change human behavior and improve technology related to climate change; how cities should use climate change as an opportunity to raise their profile, reinforce sensible policies, and move toward a more sustainable community and planet.

Most important is ensuring that local communities can benefit by project developers using standards like ACR and that real greenhouse gas reductions are occurring on the ground,» stated Anthony Brunello, executive director, Green Technology Leadership Group.

Originally invented to clean up the BP Oil Spill pulling long oil sorbent using wind power by Cesar Harada, Protei is now a platform technology to transport scientific payload and clean - up equipment at sea, developed by an global community of scientists, engineers, makers and sailors.

James Williams, a commentator on the article «Meet ROSS, the bankruptcy robo - lawyer employed by some of the world's largest law firms», laments the lack of reference to supporting research, or consultation with the «40 year old research community that has long focused on the use of technology in a legal setting» in Toronto.

Many of these groups continue to mentor other legal aid groups by sharing their knowledge and experience in list serves and community calls and develop and share new ways to use these technology — an encouraging trend now is seeing the creation of post judgement motions, such as modifications.

The guiding spirit behind [these guidelines] is to promote the commitment by those providing legal and related services to a deliberate use of technology to advance access to justice, particularly for members of communities facing exclusion from the legal system and barriers in using technology.

Call it an experiment of sorts in social blogging, community and dialogue in using a specific example to explore the topic of the adoption of technology by lawyers.

Braille, the tactile writing system used by the blind, is not as widespread in the blind community as you might imagine — less than 10 percent of blind adults in the United States are able to read Braille and the number of Braille - literate individuals has been declining for decades as assistive technologies, audio books, and other substitutes replace Braille texts.

I'm personally inspired by creators who use technology to build a better world for each of us, who build communities with technology, and who develop revolutionary new ways to educate all types of students.

Bitcoin technology is run entirely by the bitcoin community, people who use it, write open source code for it and mine cryptocurrency.

Blockchain technolgy used to count votes Gyeonggi - do, the most populated province in South Korea adopted Blockchain Technology to count votes, casted by it's residents on a community project.

«The digital currency community felt the technologies used by Bitstamp were superior to Mt. Gox,» Kohl said.

This week the Center for Media Justice, ColorOfChange.org, and New America's Open Technology Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission alleging the Baltimore police are violating the federal Communications Act by using cell site simulators, also known as Stingrays, that disrupt cellphone calls and interfere with the cellular network — and are doing so in a way that has a disproportionate impact on communities of color.

ApplePay is considered to be a dangerous rival to bitcoin by some members of the community, whilst others are more optimistic about the spread of the NFC technology that can be ultimately used for bitcoin payments as well.

Celebrated globally and coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the day is a great opportunity to talk to your family and friends about the safe, responsible and positive use of technology, and to «give a smile» to help create a kinder online community.