Capping off six weeks
of small group conversations around food, it was intended to be a celebration of what the more than 30 people engaged in these conversations have learned, and the new micro-communities they're beginning to create.
Not exact matches
We belonged to a fledgling
conversation group that met on Saturday mornings over cups
of coffee in the upper room
of a
small café.
A well - known deconstructionist scholar, while visiting Tokyo, met with a
small group of English - speaking Christian theologians for an evening
of conversation in which he argued that God is obviously dead.
George's reasons for missing his comeback are eerily similar to some
of the reasons I miss critical spiritual
conversations, especially in the context
of my
small group.
«InTents Conference brings all
of these
groups together to spark
conversation, network and compare notes on ways for micro-entrepreneurs and
small businesses to launch a project at a market, maintain a profit and grow in an encouraging space.»
They are full
of student discussions and
group activities large and
small; teachers guide the
conversation, but they spend much less time lecturing than most public school teachers do.
A couple
of weeks ago, the
conversation among a
small group of lobby journalists perched at a Westminster bar (what is the proper term for such a
group: a conspiracy?
It's designed to be taught in a
small group setting to allow the participants have an open
conversation of what it's like to pay attention to your why's and how's
of eating.
Then a
group of evenly numbered male and female singles meet at a restaurant or bar and pair up for six minutes
of small talk — the idea being that six minutes
of conversation is enough time to decide whether or not you're interested in talking to someone again.
Take the time and effort to put into a
smaller group of people who you think you have enough in common with to warrant a
conversation, both online and offline.
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small group of young Christians who have spent several years working out what our faith looks like in public.We host thoughtful and gracious
conversations about Christianity's shape in the public square.Classical, conservative discourse on all issues
of faith, culture and politics.
Small group discussions, writing prompts, time for reflections, and the setting
of norms for these
conversations can help to create a place where kids feel safe to have what will quite possibly be a very uncomfortable
conversation.
Some
of the schools I work with in Oakland, California, are aspiring to this description
of academic discourse in the classroom: «
Conversations in whole and
small group settings are facilitated by students and consistently involve all students in academic discourse among students.
Work closely with Harvard faculty and other experienced presidents from a range
of institutions during classroom sessions,
small group discussion, consultancies, and informal opportunities for networking and
conversation among colleagues and subject matter experts.
At the center
of our convening were paired
conversations,
small groups, and plenary sessions that bridged our personal and professional lives in inextricably intertwined ways.
In Session 3, you will deepen your understanding
of the distinguishing features
of a learning
group and five strategies for promoting
group learning in an educational setting: nurturing children's capacities to learn together; designing engaging tasks that benefit from a
group perspective; facilitating
conversations that deepen learning; forming
groups intentionally; and choreographing individual,
small -
group, and whole - class learning.
Over the course
of this grant, FOI: (1) is producing professional development materials to help staff representing multiple state agencies better understand the basic science
of child development generally and the promotion
of executive function and self - regulation skills more specifically; (2) is supporting the creation
of small learning communities, building on existing relationships at the site and policy level and connecting to other learning communities across North America; (3) is supporting the Washington cross-agency working
group to sustain its current gains and momentum during the upcoming executive branch transition in January and to share lessons learned with the broader national FOI community
of states and Canadian provinces; and (4) is beginning
conversations with stakeholders at the community level to explore mutual interests and is beginning to chart a path toward enhanced collaboration within the state.
Leading on from this is a new meadow lawn area and ecological planting was established around the existing trees and a number
of enclosed seating areas have been set into the natural planting to encourage quieter contemplation and
conversation between
small groups of children.
The first thing I did was create new Edmodo
groups for my new classes, and introduced them to a range
of new ways to use it such as silent
conversations,
small group collaborations and completing class tasks digitally.
Much
of the foundational pedagogy in the PBL classrooms happens in one - to - one
conversations or in
small groups.
After a brief
small -
group discussion and reflection, engage the larger
group of participants in
conversation about what they saw.
The workbooklet has a variety
of tasks for active participation, contributing ideas to interactions, holding dialogues, non-verbal behaviours, feedbacks, one - to - one situations,
small group situations, thinking about behaviour, language and tone in
conversations and who and when we interact with etc..
Take a
small group of students aside for a focus
group or just share it in a casual
conversation.
Students will be assessed with non-graded multiple choice tests at the beginning
of most lessons, one - on - one and
small group conversations each lesson, weekly essay workshops and play critiques by their peers, and their final performance.
As a member
of the Task Force, I have also had the great privilege
of having
small -
group, focused
conversations with many critical stakeholders in public education in the state, experiences from which I have learned a great deal because I have been a very active participant.
The scripted data
of the students»
conversation also illustrate that learners frequently echo one another in their
small group — about their conclusions from the text and on the textual evidence cited.
The Café
Conversation strategy helps students practice perspective - taking by requiring them to represent a particular point
of view in a
small -
group discussion.
Whereas the purpose
of Resilience
Groups is to build the resilience
of teachers through
small group conversations, the Principal Leadership Group is specialized for principals and administra
group conversations, the Principal Leadership
Group is specialized for principals and administra
Group is specialized for principals and administrators.
Eavesdropping on a Teacher's
Conversation Recently, I had the opportunity to be present with a
small group of art and music teachers.
When I began making almost all
of my literacy assignments open - ended and had students do them on the computer, I saw two important benefits: (1) Students» completed assignments told me a lot about them as individuals; and (2) While each learner worked at his or her own computer, I was able to move around the classroom and have one - to - one and
small -
group conversations.
don't nobody knock message boards: i participate in three which are absolute mustard: given the right kind
of people and enough mutual association, they are the best way to swap ideas and even cooperate on projects (case in point: the TMF banking board successfully staged a fight against the Irish minister
of finance to defend a bond widely held by its members — including legal action and political lobbying): there is something about the mechanism
of general
conversation in a
small group of like - minded friends that can really take off
Whether you're a retired couple, a family with
small children or a
group of enthusiastic open - water distance swimmers, we'd love to have a
conversation with you to plan your perfect stay on the Galapagos Islands or the nearby Ecuador mainland or highlands
of Peru.
Explore the exhibition with New Museum educators through
small group conversations and learn how Burden has investigated ideas
of limits, speed, and play through artworks like Ghost Ship, The Big Wheel, A Tale
of Two Cities, and All the Submarines
of the United States
of America.
That's why a
small group of friends came together to create a great vodka while also providing support to art and artists who challenge norms and push the
conversation forward.
With this background the
grouping of Small Island States, currently led by Fiji, is starting a new
conversation between governments and society, called the Talanoa Dialogue.
Chance
conversations have led to the foundation
of a new industry
group within Herefordshire, bringing
small firms in the security and defence sector to offer a greater level
of expertise and a new range
of collaborative opportunities.
In private
conversations, many
of these firms are confident that they can address this challenge by doing what they have always done — bring in some
small groups or laterals with portable books
of business.
As with other collaboration tools, it lets you chat with your team and with
smaller groups of colleagues, with threaded
conversations, document sharing via Google's suite
of tools, scheduling for meetings, and video calls with up to 30 people at once through its sister app, Hangouts Meet.
However, Intel Executive Aicha Evans has had a frank
conversation with a
small group about the company's failures over the last few years under the shadow
of Intel's new mobile modem announced this week at the Mobile World Congress.
Small groups can also work well, especially if they have some fluidity to them (i.e. people naturally stepping in and out
of conversation).
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small group of young Christians who have spent several years working out what our faith looks like in public.We host thoughtful and gracious
conversations about Christianity's shape in the public square.Classical, conservative discourse on all issues
of faith, culture and politics.
Conversations with KidsMatter are interactive video conferences, where a
small group of educators have opportunities to network, expand their knowledge and share experiences and practice.
Conversations were lively, warm and engaging as the services who chose the same areas to work on gathered together in
small groups for planning, reflection & explanation
of why they had chosen that area.
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Conversations with KidsMatter are interactive video conferences for
small groups of educators.
About Blog A
small group of young Christians who have spent several years working out what our faith looks like in public.We host thoughtful and gracious
conversations about Christianity's shape in the public square.Classical, conservative discourse on all issues
of faith, culture and politics.
There will be opportunities to work with vignettes in
small groups, and to practice highlighting examples
of vicarious resilience via culturally - informed
conversation.