Sentences with phrase «designed as educational tools»

While Skype was not designed as an educational tool, it's quickly becoming one as teachers discover the many ways it enriches their lessons and the lives of their students.

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The Fixed Income Analysis tool is designed for educational purposes only and you should not rely on it as the primary basis for your investment, financial or tax planning decisions.

From this starting point, there exist different approaches to developing this global awareness, such as: 1) curriculum design which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote global citizenship.

Through the Outreach strand, the larger focus of the initiative, researchers develop and support informative and interactive educational experiences which vary in length and time commitment involved as well as those that are designed to meet the needs of different audiences with the ISV network — those new to PZ ideas, those familiar with some PZ frameworks who want to extend their learning to other frameworks and tools, and those with a long history of using certain frameworks who want to deepen and push their practice in new ways.

This is an ever - growing collection of word games, writing exercises, fun activities and vocabulary retention tools, each designed to be as enjoyable as they are educational.

As the market for game - based learning tools spreads, African video game developers should also tap into this industry by working hand to hand with educators to design more educational games adapted for African students.

Mobile learning is not designed to be an educational tool that works in silo, but as a tool that complements other training measures such as classroom style training and virtual classes.

Study Island is a web - based program designed as a supplemental educational tool geared specifically to each individual state's standardized assessments.

AACTE's Committee on Innovation and Technology seeks participants to pilot a recently developed formative diagnostic tool designed for self - reflection and guidance for educational leaders as they develop technology - rich models for teacher candidates to successfully become 21st - century educators.

In educational technology, situated cognition has been adopted as a valid and useful tool for computer - based instruction, the design of technology, and the use of technology to enhance the teaching process (Altalib, 2002; Hansman & Wilson, 2002).

The authors define data use interventions as «initiatives, policies, programs, and tools designed to alter the ways that educational decision - makers access, draw on, interact with, and respond to data in their ongoing work.»

The tablet PC in question is based on the Intel Classmate convertible laptops that was designed and developed by Intel as an educational tool.

As the name «eTexbook Tablet» implies, the JetBook Color is designed to be an educational tool used in classrooms.

AXA believes that education is a key step toward addressing financial goals, and we've designed this tool as an informational and educational resource, intended to facilitate the review of your current financial situation, based on information and assumptions provided by you.

Designed as «an educational but fun tool for girls», the In2It was developed after heavy consultation with children about their ideal product.

Resource - efficient, relatively cheap to build and symbols of a simpler lifestyle, tiny houses have been characterized as an alternative for affordable home ownership, rehabilitation of vacant urban land and even an educational tool for sustainable design.

(see also Everything New Is Old Again) As the AIA says, «they have created an experimental and educational tool for promoting sustainable design.»

In addition to the two scholarship programs, the firm will be serving as a program sponsor for the Just The Beginning Foundation, a pipeline program designed to reach out to students at various points along the educational spectrum and give them academic support, life experiences, tools and motivation to keep them in school and help them to see that the legal profession is open and welcoming to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

They also serve as a valuable educational tool, teaching skills related to programming, physics, and design.

The event next Tuesday will mark the first time that the Cupertino giant is unveiling a new product designed for the educational market since 2012 when the company introduced a designing tool for its famous tablet series, as pointed out by Bloomberg.