Sentences with phrase «core idea of making»

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The idea was to highlight six areas of focus to drive growth: making innovation a «core Canadian value,» establishing nationwide scientific excellence, creating world - leading «clusters and partnerships,» growing Canadian companies, developing a digital - first economy, and making Canada a top location for foreign investment.

Nortel and Newbridge Networks (founded by serial entrepreneur Terry Matthews) made it part of their missions to support and fund the ideas of employees, even if they were not directly related to the core business.

The idea is to avoid thinking by analogy — let's make this car look like that car, just sort of different or better — and instead deal with problems by stripping them down to the core and working your way up.

That is the core idea of investing — using your money to make more money for you.

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 by Startacus Admin Since this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week has a core aim of making ideas business realities, and this is a core goal of Startacus - The Self Start Society, we thought we'd better give you the heads up on this annual global event... Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's largest campaign to promote... yep you guessed it, entrepreneurship.

by Startacus Admin Since this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week has a core aim of making ideas business realities, and this is a core goal of Startacus - The Self Start Society, we thought we'd better give you the heads up on this annual global event... Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's largest campaign to promote... yep you guessed it, entrepreneurship.

In fact... I would be greatly disturbed by the idea of the creator of the universe making sexual desire and attraction such a core part of our being, and then not being subject to those feelings Himself.

He did so by urging the expansion of the idea that the great books include the Eastern classics, as well as through his inspiring participation in Columbia's core courses on Asian humanities and through his many books making the cultural history of China and the rest of East Asia available to educated readers.

He did not want Absolute pragmatism to lapse into the usual caricature of idealism, which made ideas into nothing more than objects of idle contemplation; ideas always contain, at their core, an intention to act.

I also love the idea of using the apple cores and skins to make a syrup!

Del Conte, however, may have made the bigger point during a panel focused on the retrospective (we think) of conference realignment, an idea whose core spawned the explosive redistricting of college football's powers over the last decade.

Honestly, paulinho is a disgrace to a midfield that once boasted of xavi deco etc As for the others I don't think details are necessary, the bottom line is that for a board with a sporting director Barca made a huge mistake in allowing lucho sign such players (he wasn't responsible for paulinho but he gave them such ideas), from now on we should keep a group of world class players (like RM), coaches who Believe in our PHILOSOPHY only should come and use these players to give us our football back, valverde is not successful because of messi only, he is successful because the core of this team is a group of the most technically gifted and intelligent players in the world, the board knows this and so do RM, that's why we are chasing players like fdj, deligt, and even alaba, because once this core of la masia talent is gone we would be useless if there are no adequate replacements, this board must continue signing replacements for our core and for once!

Consistent with recommendations in the Next Generation Science Standards, the new THSB unit is designed to help students understand and use scientific practices of reading scientific texts, analyzing and interpreting data, building and using models, and constructing explanations along with a coherent set of core ideas about chemical reactions to make sense of interesting physical and life science phenomena.

The rubric will also be useful, the researchers concluded, in focusing curriculum developers» and teachers» attention on the importance of engaging students with natural phenomena (or in solving problems) and making sense of them in terms of NGSS core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science practices.

«Our goal is to provide some good models of assessments that can reveal what students know about energy - related disciplinary core ideas and how well they can use those ideas along with science practices and crosscutting concepts to make sense of energy - related phenomena,» said Herrmann - Abell.

The power of telecommuting and instant connectivity was going to make the whole idea of densely packed urban cores as obsolete as the walled castle cities of the Middle Ages.

«The basic idea is that we want to accelerate evolution to make awesome amounts of valuable chemicals,» said Wyss Core Faculty member George Church, Ph.D., who is a pioneer in the converging fields of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and genetics.

The core idea of Drexler's vision of nanotechnology — that a very wide range of technological goals could be accomplished if we could make things by placing the atoms where we want them, and that the laws of physics do not forbid manufacturing to atomic precision — were first elucidated by Richard Feynman in 1959 in a visionary talk «There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom ``.

The term Abs Diet appears to be refer to the building of abs muscle being the core idea behind the diet, but it is an acronym referring to the Power Food involved with the diet («A» stands for Almonds etc), though the diet plan does say that following the abs diet would make the abdominal muscles more visible.

I encourage you to soldier on, though, as I did, because the thinking you'll do for these sheets will really help you to find the foundation of your wardrobe — the core ideas you want to use to make your clothing choices.

It is one of those games that takes Norse mythology as a core idea and treats it with respect, while also integrating it seamlessly into the story and making it important to the narrative.

A meaningful and successful reinvention of the core ideas behind Deus Ex with a singular focus on making this dense style of game more accessible.

Unafraid to inhabit the ragged edges, she captures the black comedy that's at the core of this gritty independent drama, making audiences ache for more LaVona while keeping Rogers» original idea for the film intact.

What is fascinating, however, is that Eternal Sunshine's happy ending sits rather uncomfortably at the conclusion of a film that demolishes the thematic core of the genre itself: the idea that these two lovers are made for each other and that they will, as a result, live happily ever after.

Rather, at its core — the often - nonsensical action sequences — it's a juicy, handsomely - mounted, expertly - made B - movie, which then allows for belabored philosophical examination of the ideas behind horror tropes to be laid on top.

I then got into the idea of taking these core elements of Franco's films, such as the sadomasochism, the female lovers, and maybe just make it more — not human, but collide with everyday pragmatics.

The first arc, «Way of the Weird,» sets the stage with an outside force looking to eliminate the «abomination of magic» universe by universe, slowly winding its way towards the core Marvel U. Aaron and Bachalo hit on big ideas such as the state of magic in Marvel and the diverse array of magic - users that can now be found, while still reinforcing that personal charm of Stephen Strange and the unique elements that make him the Sorcerer Supreme.

The core idea of PUBG is easy to grasp and immediately accessible, though there are additional layers to the gameplay that make surviving to the end (and winning the game's signature «chicken dinner») even more challenging.

The Game is a tricky, sharp thriller that has some very interesting ideas and a core element of psychological complexity that makes it worthwhile viewing for those who enjoy paranoid thrillers, but one really has to overlook obvious flaws in fundamental story development in order to buy into it fully.

I think the screenwriters got a bit carried away with the idea of making a «bigger and better» type sequel, and in turn, added too many characters instead of fleshing out and digging deeper into the core characters in Peter's life.

The core game that they made here is definitely promising and a great deal of fun as it is but implementing ideas like these would easily make it one of the best party games on the market.

When Usable Knowledge launched in September — with a handful of stories focused on the Common Core, how teachers can make caring more common, and the best strategies to expand high - quality early education, among others — we had no idea what the response might be.

Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman was among the first (John Stuart Mill made a similar proposal 100 years earlier) to propose that the financing of education be separated from the administration of schools, the core idea behind school vouchers.

So in that spirit, let us make the hopeful case that many more of America's schools are on the precipice of finally embracing those ideas — and thereby boosting their students» chances of achieving the lofty goals that the Common Core standards prescribe.

One of the things you said in your presentation at Research Conference was about core ideas... and making sure that they are delivered systematically throughout year levels and the importance of that.

JP: One of the things that NRC framework did was identify these core ideas in these disciplinary areas — life science and physical science... And one of the things that makes them a core idea is that... you can start teaching students about them early and develop increasing sophistication with respect to the understanding of that idea.

What makes it a core idea is that you can think about teaching it continuously over time with increasing sophistication, and the sophistication comes in terms of a deeper understanding of that core idea or those principles, as well as the range of phenomenon that you can now use it to explain.

The growing number of states that are choosing to give their own exams, coupled with the different definitions of «proficient» on PARCC tests, is unraveling one of the central promises of the Common Core academic standards — the idea that states would have the same math and reading standards and use the same tests, making it possible to directly compare student performance across state lines.

She also makes sure students receive plenty of experience employing the ideas of one of the core texts for the course, Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators.

The idea that the Common Core might be a «game - changer» has little to do with the Common Core standards themselves and everything to do with stuff attached to them, especially the adoption of common tests that make it possible to readily compare schools, programs, districts, and states.

These ideas go beyond «teacher effectiveness» towards a commitment to modeling our core values of civility, intellectual curiosity, thoughtful and reasoned discussion of important ideas, and moral decision - making.

Although site - based management appears in many guises, at its core is the idea of participatory decision making at the school site.

And the idea of «training» for the Common Core makes very little sense (except to businesses selling training materials)-- how about just reading the standards, having a conversations with peers, then getting to work?

TD Mathematics Initiative's strategies of working in partnerships, challenging students to think through and make sense of what they are doing, learn from one another, share and respect ideas, and make connections between geometry and the world are at the core of Geometry Foundations design.

The idea that our school system implements standardized testing in the early grades to make students «career and college ready» (in the language of the Common Core standards) is an utter absurdity — especially when you consider that one of the most popular career choices for a 5 - year - old is being Spider Man.

By taking a promising idea and making a hash of things, advocates of the Common Core paid homage to a long tradition in American education.

The Oakland - based work has formed a structure that comprises the core design of this prospectus: a fellowship of 28 teachers from 16 schools or organizations working together to build individual maker - centered learning practices and think through new ideas as a learning community; a leadership team made up of educators able to offer personalized professional development according to the needs of participants; a grants program designed to provide schools and organizations with the tools and materials needed to reach their goals; thoughtful partnerships with key organizations in the field; and a primary focus on equity in the work.

The idea of experience being core to learning has been discussed by Dale Dougherty, the publisher of Make Magazine, in the context of Maker Education: I see the power of engaging kids in science and technology through the practices of making and hands - on experiences, through tinkering and taking things apart.

Providing an intuitive experience and armed with a 1.4 GHz quad - core processor and 2 GB RAM for enhanced performance, the Galaxy Note 10.1 is designed to simplify the process of capturing ideas, accessing information and multi-tasking, making each easier and faster and allowing people to express their ideas in an efficient way.

Understanding manufacturing limitations and the creative core of the idea is really important with this kind of work, as is being creative enough to make adaptations and recommendations to find solutions.