Sentences with phrase «good use of gestures»

As an example of good use of gestures, watch this video produced during a AAAS Communicating Science workshop at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Notice here that we do not use the words «spoken» and «heard,» because studies in communication have shown how much depends not only on explicit verbal content, but on appearance, gesture, and facial expressiveness as well as vocal tone and inflection, and how all of these are interpreted through the ethos of a particular congregation.

So, I used my best Creole (aka about 2 creole words, a lot of gestures, and a bunch of English thrown in) to ask some questions.

In speech development, typical 18 - month - olds can: Use 10 - 15 words spontaneously Attempt to sing Say «No» meaningfully Gesture to express needs Name one or two familiar objects In speech development, most two - year - olds can: Understand «no» Use 10 to 20 words, including names Combine two words such as «daddy bye - bye» Wave good - bye and plays pat - a-cake Make the «sounds» of familiar animals Give...

The community led by their chief, Togbe Dzormeku, thanked the University and the NGO for the gesture, and advised residents to make good use of the support.

In fact, younger signers of ISL use a different gesture to signal an aside — and they have different ways to express many other meanings as well.

These include frequent depictions of drinking (but never to drunkenness), an implied sexual relationship between the betrothed couple, portrayals of kissing, mild profanities and terms of deity used as expletives, as well as one crude sexual finger gesture.

As well, the script is peppered with profanities and at least a couple uses of a strong sexual expletive and crude hand gesture.

Instead of having the physical activity as a break from learning to engage in later learning, the Kinect can use the best of both worlds, coupling brain - based physical learning and gestures with learning of content.

Well Spoken contains a framework for understanding the skills involved in all effective oral communication, offers practical steps and lesson ideas that any teacher needs to successfully teach speaking in a variety of situations — from classroom discussions to formal presentations — and includes a set of tools for students — from how to grab the audience's attention to how to use emphatic hand gestures and adjust speed for effect.

Controlling the volume of the music playing through the car's 16 - speaker Bowers & Wilkins sound system using the optional gesture controls is a neat trick, and responds well to spinning finger commands.

Although both the BlackBerry and iPhone offer essentially the same capabilities and views, they look better on the iPhone and are easier to navigate due to the iPhone's thorough, consistent use of gestures and the touch UI.

I have personally used both of them and I found iOS better in terms of multi-touch gestures and friendly interface.

I can't stress enough how good it is to see a developer take advantage of what Android 4.1 and above can bring to app design, the slide - out drawer and action bar are used to great effect and there's even smart use of gestures such as pinching and more.

(Asus's system is a bit less elegant than Google's — it uses a small «x» for the command instead of a swipe - based gesture — but until the official upgrade arrives, it's considerably better than nothing.)

Although it's possible to draw with good accuracy, especially using the stylus, it's slightly disconcerting having to wait half a second for the result of your last gesture to show up on - screen.

Though the setup works reasonably well and ties into the Kindle 2 device, which has six font sizes, I would have preferred to see Amazon using the iPhone's «pinch» gesture to increase and decrease the text size — that approach would have fit in with the design of other iPhone apps a little better.

Unlike the Fire Phone, it uses a persistent set of soft nav keys rather than a confusing gesture system, making using apps a good deal easier to use.

Look at some of the features you get in this app: * Adorable graphics and easy to use interface * Multilingual language learning tool for native English speaking users * Formatted in a proven most effective way to learn and practice a second language * Each paragraph of story is presented in English with Spanish or Chinese subtitles * Optional voice read along with text by native Spanish or Chinese speaker * Automatic or manual page turn with gesture support * Music by well known songwriter, NienShen Ma * Facebook Connect * Sync with Q.L.L. (Quick Language Learning) website * More than half a million users have downloaded the language learning picture books already!

Your best bet when a dog uses one of these appeasement gestures is to try to alleviate his discomfort.

You can see the exact gestures, cues, commands, tone of voice, and body language that Dan uses, which is something that will never be able to get from a book or website, no matter how well - written.

Microsoft Research shows off a tabletop mat that uses capacitive sensors and near - field communication (NFC) to detect the shape and position of objects, as well as touch, and gestures above its surface.

Making use of found image and ephemeral gestures, educators will participate in drawing activities designed to interrupt students» learned expectation that «good» drawing is necessarily realistic or has a clear message, which often curtails the desire to draw freely.

Along with well - selected illustrations of works in different media, the catalogue traces Sillman's early exploration of cartoon imagery and the associative use of colors, her struggle for the unity of the physical legitimacy of the objects and the human body, her equally shared interest in figuration and abstraction, her attempts to reduce images that evoke the ambiguity of singular gestures in flux that are emphatically stable, and her «zines» and recent forays into drawings made with an iPhone.

In Throw, 2016, by Wangechi Mutu, the eruptive gesture of demonstration merges with the (violent) placement of paint on a wall, referring to the languages of action painting and performance as well as to the act of throwing used in defiant protest.

And the young French artist Davide Balula makes good use of the space in a solo show that consists of a single, succinct visual gesture that questions the solidity of architecture.

At the same time, recurrent intellectual property battles around appropriative gestures in contemporary art have threatened its viability, giving rise to College Art Association's important report published in February 2015, the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts.

Kianja Strobert's painting process makes direct reference to the body through the parameters of the gesture vis a vis the dimensions of her figure as well as the act of mark making using finger prints, scuffs and scratches.

Lange was sensitive to the words people used as well as to their gestures and she recorded the comments of her subjects, particularly the migrants.

I mean I was using the analogy not in terms of fame but in terms of wanting to play the role like Cezane played with the Impressionists of giving the gesture structure, you know, to make it more structural and less — well, what ever.

Selected pieces were displayed and later cast in bronze, using a process that would preserve the appearance of clay as well as the gestures of the creators» manipulations.

That the way we use or bodies and voices to occupy the space and time through movement is a gesture of protest as well.

Also of interest (and possibly the subject of future blog posts): Chapter Two, where she focuses on avoiding legalese and communicating with clarity and Chapters Six, Seven, and Eight, where she offers tips regarding voice inflection and speed, strategies use of counsel to better communicate ideas, and the effective uses of gesture and body language to facilitate comprehension.

At the Lexus Design Amazing Exhibition, TMG unveiled the latest rendition of the project «Transform,» in which they used the same technology to create shape - shifting furniture that used 1,000 plastic pins responsive to hand gestures and simulated waves, sand, as well as abstract creatures.

Now, if Apple were to build a pair of augmented reality glasses I could control with my voice and use gestures to manipulate objects in front of me as it overlaid objects, well, I think that would be intriguing.

Or, better yet, use one of the gestures to wake directly into something more useful.

Well, all of the above mentioned hardware accessories will include special keys & gestures, and be making use of Bluetooth (3.0) technology so; they will be completely free of wires and will USB ports available for other tasks.

Yes, the UI is close to stock Android with some BlackBerry apps like BB Messenger and Hub (where you can see all your notifications and messages from different services at one glance) features like Peek, which is a tab on the edge of the display which you can tap to see calendars, messages, tasks and contacts quickly, no matter which app you are in, as well as a DTEK app which scans your device and tells you how secure it is (we were told we had made a mistake by going for a «screen lock that uses a swipe gesture.»)

For those of you who love using gestures to navigate the interface or quickly launch selected favorites, then we have good news for you.

The spacious surface improves the ease of using multi-touch gestures, which work consistently well.

I've tested many Windows laptops this year, and this is without a doubt one of the best experiences for using gestures and just simply scrolling.

Fenix is good because it's incredibly fast, it uses handy gestures across almost the entirety of its UI, and has incredibly useful tweaks like remembering the last app you shared a tweet's link with as well as small images» previews conveniently stacked on the right.