Sentences with phrase «promising uses of these tools»

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There are a couple of experimental classroom interventions that I think seem particularly promising, including Tools of the Mind, which uses extended make - believe play and other teaching strategies to develop self - regulation in 4 - and 5 - year - olds, and OneGoal, the Chicago - based high school program that teaches juniors and seniors a particular set of non-cognitive skills designed to help them persist in college.

Here's something to chew on while you're waiting for those promised Netroots Nation after - action reports: the results of an attempt to use Facebook advertising as the primary paid outreach tool for a ballot - initiative campaign.

Meeting the good people of Nkoranza and Techiman showed clearly that the President had no plan of fulfilling his campaign promise on the investment issue which he used as a political tool to sweep votes in the Brong Ahafo Region.

«A pair of medical magnets shows promise as a new tool for creating an anastomosis: Proof - of - concept study in patients shows use of the device is safe, easy for surgeons to use.»

Improved competencies on atmospheric flow, together with the guidelines and best practices for the use of data, promises to become a key tool with reduced overall uncertainties for determining wind conditions.

For his part, Collins, who has led NIH since 2009 and been kept on by the Trump administration, pointed to an array of promising NIH activities, including the development of new technologies to provide insights into human brain circuitry and function through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuroethologies (BRAIN initiative) and the use of the gene - editing tool CRISPR - Cas9 to correct mutations and clear the way to develop and test a «curative therapy» for the first molecular disease: sickle cell disease.

Physical rehabilitation is often used to preserve balance, and one of the more promising new tools is the Wii Balance Board System, a battery - powered device about the size and shape of a bathroom scale.

More and more scientists are using the powerful new gene - editing tool known as CRISPR / Cas9, a technology isolated from bacteria, that holds promise for new treatment of such genetic diseases as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy...

But as of now, the results are promising and point to the possibility that it could be used as a tool to prevent or treat different types of cognitive decline.

On March 19, 2014 at 1 p.m. ET experts will address the promise and perils of using digital tools for more customized assessment approaches.

We use a variety of tools to understand student achievement, and look closely at our results to ensure we're fulfilling our promises to students and families.

Reviewers looking at Oregon's plan, for example, were concerned that the state didn't have a system in place to ensure that districts were doing more than promising to implement the pilot evaluation system, that there was no way to verify the validity of the tools being used by districts in the evaluations, and that the majority of the pieces needed for the system were not in place.

Produces collaboration tools supporting the development and application of promising organizational policies and practices that districts can use to effectively monitor and support schools with the implementation of standards; and

More than just a tool to express beauty, the Infiniti design vocabulary is used to define both the premise and promise of Infiniti vehicles — usually with just a gesture or a simple line or two.

As it stands, RIM has also yet to release long - promised updates to the tablet that would enable it to use Android applications via emulator as well as further developer updates to deploy native development tools besides the current Flash / Flex / AIR toolset, both of which were expected in late September and have yet to be rolled out despite multiple confirmations of its imminent release as well as updates that include a native email client and more standalone functionality.

It shows the cruelty of the false hopes raised by those masters pretending to «humane» treatment, through promises of manumission extended as a calculated tool to secure loyalty when an owner took the risk of educating a slave for office work, for example; or the deceitful «kindness» used to secure compliance of seemingly freed slaves, in perpetuating programs of sterilization, medical experimentation, and of course cheap labor.

The growth of Big Data and promise of the Internet of Things is giving rise to exciting, easily used, and powerful energy management tools.

From learning to love your stuff, to establishing a personal green stimulus plan, as long as we live in a market - based economy, I see more promise in using our money and our purchases as a tool for change than I do in rejecting the evils of money all together.

These new and / or improved tools boast more efficient culling and storing of electronic documents for discovery, promising to save time and money for the firms who use them.

This result is promising as it suggests a good number oforganizations are making more strategic use of these tools — not just using them to reduce the corpus of documents to be reviewed or to get through it faster — but to get at the facts of the case more efficiently.

Analysts said that Zuckerberg's promises to investigate thousands of apps, and to give members a tool that lets them turn off access, would not substantially reduce advertisers» ability to use Facebook data - the company's lifeblood.

Although, Bitdefender Antivirus Free looks very promising and provides a good basic level of protection, remains exceptionally easy to use, it resists getting installed alongside another antivirus tool / product such as Norton Internet Security.

The Linux platform hiding beneath HP's branding can sometimes make QuickLook feel less than intuitive, especially when connecting to the Web, but the lack of polish makes it surprisingly spry, fulfilling its promise as a go - to tool for Web use.

The quick tools feature of the curved edge looks like it will probably get more use with the device than one would think, and it's promising that Samsung is at least trying something fresh to add to the Galaxy Note Edge.

The usefulness of this feature will depend on what developers using Google's ARCore tools come up with, and Google is promising AR - centric apps from Houzz, League of Legends, Lego and others.

When used to its best advantage, a career bio is a storytelling tool — a great opportunity to align your promise of value with your target companies» needs through career success stories, that help them envision you doing the same things for their company.

In 2015, I looked PAST FORWARD when I wrote these words in the introduction in my book, Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years: Tools for Teaching and Learning in the Early Years, «Perhaps it is the blending and balancing of interactive technology and interactions with others that offers the most promise for effective and appropriate uses of technology in the early years — closely connecting Fred Rogers» approach with our emerging understanding of appropriate and intentional use of digital media to support early learning» (Donohue, 2015, p. 3).

... With adequate attention to details, peer mediation appears to be a promising tool that, used as part of a broader program, can help teach students methods to settle their conflicts without resorting to violence.»

He has had to learn how to use technology to keep pace with the industry but he remains skeptical about the promise of social media as a business tool.