Sentences with phrase «learned as a pilot»

I've learned many lessons throughout my business career, but to date, it is what I had learned as a pilot that best guides me as an entrepreneur.

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The pilot program for the 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017 academic years seeks to support enhanced confidence with technology integration, facilitate the adoption of campus - wide technologies, such as Adobe Connect and Desire2Learn, while also encouraging exploration of learning technology solutions to classroom and department initiatives.

It also comes at a time when Uber is doubling down on its self - driving efforts with both the soft launch of its UberFreight service and the self - driving pilot in Pittsburgh, as well as the acquisition of artificial intelligence and machine learning research startup Geometric Intelligence.

In 2014, we piloted organic recycling in over 50 restaurants and learned a lot about the equipment and process changes required to effectively integrate such programs into our restaurants, as well as the training needed to prepare employees.

This will provide an amazing opportunity for pilots to soar amongst some of the most beautiful mountains in the world and to test their skills in a mountain flying environment where they must learn to fly in the strong lift as well as sink, in addition to choosing the correct speed to fly and planning their route of retreat!

Although salad bars and pilot programs, such as the First Lady's Go for the Gold campaign, are positive steps, they tend to mask the larger systemic problem, namely that children can't learn if school districts continue to serve sub-standard food, day in and day out.

CLIFTON — A pilot program targeting learning disabilities such as dyslexia is aiming to intervene early enough to help students avoid needing special education services.

BEDFORD - STUYVESANT — Students in three Brooklyn schools are tossing their textbooks in exchange for iPads as part of a new pilot program geared toward digital learning.

Linkov, who test drove the 2012 Focus, says the driving experience at low speeds resembles the lurching feeling experienced as a passenger with a driver learning to pilot a manual transmission.

During training sessions for BrainGate, the computer software learns to associate patterns of neural activity with the intent to move a hand in a particular direction; it can use those intentions to pilot a computer cursor or, if all goes as planned, a motorized wheelchair.

As pilot Phil (Domhnall Gleeson, «Frank») and co-pilot Cup (Jai Courtney, «Jack Reacher») steer the dying plane to a messy landing, Zamperini flashes back to his childhood, where as a young truant and petty thief, he learned from his older brother that he had a talent for running, one that would take him all the way to the OlympicAs pilot Phil (Domhnall Gleeson, «Frank») and co-pilot Cup (Jai Courtney, «Jack Reacher») steer the dying plane to a messy landing, Zamperini flashes back to his childhood, where as a young truant and petty thief, he learned from his older brother that he had a talent for running, one that would take him all the way to the Olympicas a young truant and petty thief, he learned from his older brother that he had a talent for running, one that would take him all the way to the Olympics.

As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.

I learned a lot from the movie Rush, and I thought a lot about the James Hunt character played by Chris Hemsworth, as we were staging and shaping both the action and also Han's character and his aptitude as a pilot.

Bits of information make reading the film richer, such as learning that the film initially began as a television pilot called «Bay Window,» a wink to Hitchcock that fits with the voyeurism theme.

Mainly, those personal scenes involve Sully recalling his life before becoming a commercial airline pilot (learning to fly as a young man and another close call while he was in the Air Force), as well as conversations with Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart), his co-pilot on the fateful flight, and his wife Lorraine (Laura Linney), whose scenes all take place on the phone.

As part of Sundance Institute's pilot program Co / / ab, a new digital learning and community platform where creators come together to learn and collaborate, we convened a panel of five brave storytellers to hear about their journeys, their techniques, and how they mine their own truths in creating the stories only they can tell.

As you approach your pilot program this year, or your own 1:1 launch, keep in mind that you're giving students the best opportunity to learn in a dynamic, engaging environment.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Project K - Nect, a pilot program in Onslow County, uses smartphones as a learning tool in math classes, supplementing traditional math instruction with alternative teaching strategies.

But just as there isn't one size pilot, there isn't one size student or one way to learn.

States and districts will improve implementation as they learn from pilots and field tests.

Santa Rita's McGonagle said it was «crucial» to have pilot teachers like Cadwell who can act as avatars for the rest of the district as it expands its blended learning.

The learner has to apply logical thinking to solve problems, like a pilot learns how to fly and also deal with a mind storming decision that can be harmful if performed in the real word for the first time — but these events in mixed reality will not be as bad.

As part of a new approach supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Stephanie Jones and the Ecological Approaches to Social Emotional Learning Laboratory (EASEL) will develop and pilot a new set of evidence - based kernels of practice — strategies and activities that have potential to promote specific, positive behavior changes.

The 10 - day trip to Finland in March was a pilot experiential learning trip organized by Susan Joo, also known as Sujin by her colleagues.

(2) To create and support an initial network of selected states and community - based sites that are both motivated and prepared to engage in an interactive process of «Innovation by Design» through piloting creative, new policies and practices, as well as contributing to active, cross-site learning that will be supported by the Early Childhood Innovation Partnership (ECIP) based at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

Joo further reflects on how her year at HGSE motivated the idea for the experiential pilot trip, specifically citing the learning opportunities led by Visiting Lecturer Bruno della Chiesa, Senior Lecturer Kay Merseth, Lecturers Todd Rose and Mandy Savitz - Romer, and Assistant Professor Stephanie Jones, as well as the mentorship of Special Studies Program Director John Collins.

As evidenced by last year's pilot projects, this year an observer at GSA will see students enthusiastically engaged in standards - based learning, actively working in group cooperation, problem - solving and critical thinking.

Using the best features of corporate MOOCs with Conscious Business, taught by LinkedIn's vice-president of leadership and organizational development Fred Kofman, they created a pilot program they referred to as blended learning.

Teachers at pilot schools using these models have responded enthusiastically to new opportunities to lead teams and learn, as team members, from outstanding peers.

After the pilot concluded, one girl said, «I changed as a student because I have learned way more about the use of words and the best ways to use some of them.

He thought the initiative was a great complement to the Modesto City School District's Safe Schools Project (which teaches civic responsibility as a way of creating more respectful learning environments) and urged principals to consider writing a grant to participate in the pilot project.

Murphy - Brewer saw Summit's model as a good fit for Pomeroy: Because of the school's blended - learning pilot, its teachers already had some experience with self - paced learning.

Telia Kapteyn Learning and Teaching Hometown: Atlanta Experience: Taught kindergarten as a Teach For America corps member in Brooklyn, New York; high school English teacher in a rural fishing village in Malaysia on a Fulbright Scholarship; elementary school teacher at a KIPP school in the Arkansas Delta Future plans: First - grade teacher at Brooke Charter School in Roslindale, Massachusetts; cohort leader in Teach For America's Education 4 Justice pilot program, which seeks to prepare teachers to incorporate social justice pedagogy into their classrooms

Almost 400 pupils from 14 schools across England have been praised by Nick Gibb for their progress in learning Mandarin, as part of a pilot programme to help them get ahead in the global jobs market.

As a result of this realization, with the support of the Grable Foundation, the Remake Learning Network and the Agency by Design research team helped us pilot a learning community to bridge this gap of communLearning Network and the Agency by Design research team helped us pilot a learning community to bridge this gap of communlearning community to bridge this gap of communication.

We are happy to announce that as a result of the success of our pilot experience, Cognizant Technology Solutions is now supporting the continuation and expansion of our work as a learning community.

These time demands should also decrease as blended learning scales beyond pilot classrooms and piloting teachers are able to train their colleagues on the best practices they had to figure out through trial and error.

3 days (consecutive)-- up to 35 participants This version of our introductory PBL workshop serves as a foundation for interdisciplinary, career - pathway aligned Project Based Learning and was piloted by Linked Learning Schools.

Dr Julie Kos outlined the findings of recent interviews regarding the professional learning needs of staff working in the deaf education sector, as part of a translational research pilot project.

Brad Mitchell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids, where he focuses on building and leveraging philanthropy to fund innovative education reform, especially around rural collaboratives that can serve as learning laboratories and pilot improvement initiatives.

As part of the Education Innovation Fellowship, each Fellow designs a summer pilot program that uses personalized and blended learning to solve a...

Elsewhere, students participating in the Kansas Reading Initiative — a two - year pilot blended - learning program that provides Lexia Learning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state particlearning program that provides Lexia Learning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state particLearning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state participating.

Schools that partner with LEAP receive professional development support as they build and pilot a personalized learning model to fit their school context, including the integration of an edtech product vetted by a national panel of experts, and then scale key learnings to other classrooms and schools within their network.

Named as one of the Top 40 Innovators in Educations in 2013 by the Center for Digital Education, Chris Liang - Vergara is currently the Chief of Learning Innovation at LEAP Innovations, a nonprofit in Chicago that supports pilot studies of personalized learning models and provides training space to connect educators, entrepreneurs, tech companies, learning scientists, and students to develop next - generation models, share ideas, and co-develop soLearning Innovation at LEAP Innovations, a nonprofit in Chicago that supports pilot studies of personalized learning models and provides training space to connect educators, entrepreneurs, tech companies, learning scientists, and students to develop next - generation models, share ideas, and co-develop solearning models and provides training space to connect educators, entrepreneurs, tech companies, learning scientists, and students to develop next - generation models, share ideas, and co-develop solearning scientists, and students to develop next - generation models, share ideas, and co-develop solutions.

Prior to running the Summit Learning Program, Lizzie worked closely with the Summit leadership team to project manage the San Jose math pilot, as well as the change management process in adopting the new academic model.

Sixteen pilot schools along with several other Lead schools in the English sector experimented with the key concepts of the program of study, as well as school organizational approaches that could be best suited to the strategies required to maximize the effectiveness of the learning environment.

Join us as CCE and Rhode Island teachers reflect on our Assessment Literacy and Performance Assessment micro-credentials pilot program, examining the value of micro-credentials in educator professional learning.

In Boston, JFF serves as fiscal agent for the Gates Foundation Small Schools grant, assists the High School Renewal Office in supporting the development of SLCs, and organizes peer learning opportunities across large high schools, small schools, Pilot schools, and alternative schools.

As a member of EPAC for the past two years, my responsibilities have included reading research studies on teacher evaluation programs around the country, learning about evaluation tools and ways to manage data, and collaborating with educators from pilot districts.