Sentences with phrase «opens students eyes»

The K - 12 Giraffe Heroes Program provides a free lesson that opens students eyes to the true heroes of our world — people who pursue just causes, often at great personal cost and risk.

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To avoid getting stuck between a rock and a hard place, students need to go into their college and program selections with their eyes wide open.

But Mr. Thiel said the recession had opened parents» and students» eyes to the problems with the belief in higher education.

The station — which is open to students needing to catch some shut - eye during epic study sessions — features six cots, lockers for personal items and an environment supervised by the building's staff, 24 - 7.

Do you think that being an «ordinary radical» is to stay in this situation and try making small strides in opening students» eyes about issues such as - why do they just accept that Christians should be for war, etc?

The effectiveness of the formation is evidenced by the fact that after three years some white male students are grateful to the institution for opening their eyes and leading them to the truth about racism and sexism in themselves and the church.

The students described being able to witness the packaging machinery in action as «amazing» and «a really eye - opening experience that demonstrates what's involved in the creative process on a professional level.»

Indeed, until I started writing TLT, I rarely visited my kids» cafeteria and when I finally started coming by, my eyes were opened not just to the quality of the food, but also to the eating habits of the students.

As an older, adult student, my eyes are more open to where these concepts apply.»

(New York, NY) Jan. 10, 2013 — Those students in New York City who most depend on highly effective teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught by teachers rated «Unsatisfactory,» according to an eye - opening study of the City's teacher rating data, published today by StudentsFirstNY, an education advocacy organization with more than 150,000 members across New York State.

The data on whether students would repeat their training are also eye - opening.

That most students don?t learn as they do is an eye - opening revelation for most new faculty.

Working with leading astronomers, and hearing presentations by some of the foremost experts on supernovae, opened the students» eyes to the depth of astronomical research opportunities available.

I commonly find while teaching backbends that students create a lovely open chest while doing the pose... then walk over to get a prop for the next pose with shoulders slumping and eyes cast downward.

«Obvious Child» features Jenny Slate in an eye - opening turn as Donna Stern, a stand - up comic who loses her job, breaks up with her boyfriend and ends up getting pregnant after a one night stand with an earnest young business school student named Max, played by Jake Lacy.

Just as these three films were eye - opening because of how they allow viewers, 50 years later, to witness the emerging student movement and its rapid radicalisation, so a feature - length fiction film from the same year, Tätowierung (Tattoo, Johannes Schaaf, 1967), proved to be a real discovery and, in my view, one of the festival's true gems.

At UTC Swindon we are finding that there is a lot of interest from companies in the digital sector who are keen to work with students to help open their eyes to the opportunities in the digital space and want to partner with us to achieve this.

What a better gift to give to a traveling student than a fun game that opens their eyes to the world around them.

As an experienced gifted teacher, I knew underrepresentation among minority students was an issue in gifted education, but Ford places a microscope on the problem and really caused my eyes to open.

This piece was eye opening for many — it showed the potential for this device as an assistive technology and how it can change learning for students with disabilities or impairments.

An immersion in total darkness is opening the eyes of Melbourne students and the general public to the challenges faced by those with vision impairments.

This week, Brenda Dyck shares a teaching opportunity that opened her eyes to the potential we have to influence students via the Internet.

After a live lesson, Mortimer often leaves the session open for 15 minutes to let students chat socially while she keeps an eye out to make sure they keep it appropriate.

Once on the ground and in the classroom, the TFA experience opened the eyes of many HGSE students about the drastic inequities among children in the United States.

It also opened my eyes to the tremendous power of hybrid leadership teams with both education expertise and business know - how to innovate and deliver excellent educational opportunities for students.

As a student, she was also able to spend time during her practicum at an elementary school in Cambridge, which completely opened her eyes to the possibilities for students with learning issues.

That eye - opening experience, which helped me realize the true meaning of «student - centered learning,» also got me thinking: If Sam could get the students to think for themselves, what was I waiting for?

My students raise their sleepy heads and open their heavily - lidded eyes because they hear, from a quarter of a mile away, the distinctive clank of two heavy bracelets as I walked down the hallway.

For Turner, one of the most eye - opening parts of Merseth's class was when the students went on three - hour visits to K — 12 schools in the greater Boston area.

Now for the really eye - opening math: There are roughly 100,000 public schools in the United States, with over 3 million public school teachers and at least 50 million students.

The experience will open your eyes to new ways of teaching, connecting with students, staying organized, or using technology.

«My students did projects on it, and it was very eye opening for them.»

When I was a master's student at Princeton University, I had the eye - opening experience of observing a Trenton, N.J., fourth - grade classroom for a semester.

02, College Preview's director of teaching and learning and an officer on the board of directors, have dedicated the year to opening the eyes of the students to the possibilities of college.

Those sponsoring these programs, of course, explain that they don't have anything so dramatic in mind — their intent is just to open students» eyes to possibilities and expose them to the joys of mentoring.

The effect the «work to rule» had on me as a student opened my eyes to the effort expended by teachers to hand grade assignments, often using their evenings and weekends (without extra compensation) to do so.

The teacher - student relationship has so many subtle nuances across race, gender, and class lines that opening our eyes to these nuances would make us better educators.

One of the reasons I became a teacher was to make a difference in the lives of my students; to help them succeed, to open their eyes to possibilities, to prepare them for personal and social responsibilities, and to help them make the world a better place.

It will also show the students that they only need a computer and the right training to do this science, which can open their eyes to new careers.»

ISA high school students participate in the Model UN, go on field trips to the local art museum, learn Spanish, and travel to Zacatecas and Mexico City to open their eyes and minds to our important neighbor to the south.

My main goal is to help students find good books to read by exposing them to a wide range of literature, but our daily story time is also an opportunity to open our eyes to other people's life experiences.

If it is enabled, there will be an icon of an open eye; if not, enable it so you can manually add students into your Moodle course.

Now, that really would be an eye opening example of student leadership by action not voice.

After you have done these exercises, ask your students to end by gently opening their eyes.

The program, which Lee said has «opened the eyes» of her students living in rural Vermont, is one of a growing number of others like it that use technology to foster global learning among U.S. students and their international peers.

And for Vermont students like 10 - year - old Colby Phelps, who participated in the exchange last year, the cultural connections are opening their eyes, literally, to what life is like for students halfway around the world.

From developing campaign advertisements and editorial cartoons, to lessons that explore the impact of the youth vote, these activities offer students eye - opening opportunities to research today's unique political climate.

Brier says that the stories of the giraffes have been eye opening for his students.

It opens students» eyes to the fact that the world is not compartmentalized.

«It is only through patience and informed discussions that we can help our children / students open their eyes to the biases that have formed those weightless, negative opinions.»