Monthly Archives: July 2019

4 places to find support during addiction treatment

4 places to find support during addiction treatment

When you commit to begin meth addiction treatment, equipped yourself with knowledge about your options. Before choosing any rehab facility, keep in mind these critical points: Your meth addiction treatment should address more than your addiction. Meth use disorder affects every aspect of your well-being. It damages your family, career, relationships, health, and even your […] … learn more→

Social robots: how to relate to machines that pretend not to be

Social robots: how to relate to machines that pretend not to be

Social robots appear to be entities with feelings and relational capacity. They are technologies with pretensions to be social as people and other animals. Social robots do not use them, we relate to them. Your ability to address us on our own terms is the basis of your wonderful potential. However, it also involves certain concerns that are interesting to know. […] … learn more→

How universities can really help PhD grads get jobs

How universities can really help PhD grads get jobs

A rising tide floats all boats. Until recently this has been Canada’s attitude towards the fact that there are are more PhD students than there are academic jobs. Some in the sciences have warned that graduate training should be restricted: for example, fewer students could be trained in specialized programs, and then they could move onto professional scientist […] … learn more→

The cost of language for your company: Overcoming the barriers

The cost of language for your company: Overcoming the barriers

Did you know, over 7100 languages are spoken in the world today? Effective communication in the workplace is key to a company’s success. In a competitive world, where companies are trying their best to enhance business performance and productivity, it has become essential to encourage creative thinking and promote staff well-being. At the same time, […] … learn more→

Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education students

Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education students

School districts are failing to accurately report when their most vulnerable students are being physically restrained or secluded. That’s according to a June 2019 report from the Government Accountability Office. My response is: There’s an app for that. I know because I developed one. I’m not an entrepreneur or founder of a startup. I am a scholardeveloping this app as part […] … learn more→

Immigration, Higher Education, and Trump?

Immigration, Higher Education, and Trump?

You know you’ve made a great achievement in science or mathematics when you relate two things that don’t look like they’d be the same thing at all. The basic example of this is a formula (some scribblings on a page) that perfectly describes some physical thing actually happening in the real world. A recent article […] … learn more→

Learn to say

Learn to say “no”

“I’m also proud of things we did not do,” said Steve Jobs. As we know, saying “yes” to everything leads nowhere … so why not refuse what is complicated for us or repels us? Are we afraid of rejection? Do we apprehend the reaction of the one to whom this answer is intended? In fact, the fear of […] … learn more→

What is personalized learning and why is it so controversial? 5 questions answered

What is personalized learning and why is it so controversial? 5 questions answered

1. What is personalized learning? As one education writer observed, the term has been used to describe “everything from supplemental software programs to whole-school redesigns.” In its most basic form, the goal of personalization is to customize learning to an individual student’s needs by giving the student greater control of the learning. What students are given […] … learn more→