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Rhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to teach math

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Teaching, Poetry, Learning, Course, Student, Dream, Culture, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Tutoring, Toy, Nursing

Title of course:

Key Points: 
  • Title of course:
    The Ways Math and Poetry Can Open Your Eyes to the World
    What prompted the idea for the course?
  • After using math poetry with high schoolers and teachers, it became apparent it should be a part of my math methods courses for future teachers.
  • The “I am” math poem template is an example of poetry before math.
  • Math and poetry work to reclaim how we all see, experience and live with math every day.

Taking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand

Retrieved on: 
Monday, June 26, 2023
Pillar, Liberal Gun Club, Violence, Crime, Wake Forest University, Culture, Politics, Gun, National Rifle Association, Teaching, Policy, Ownership, Foot, Evolution, History, Firearm, Glock, Student, Intention, Association, Risk, Comprehension, Course, Contour, United, AR-15, Injury, Mass murder, Tutoring, Hunting, Interior design, Gunsmith, Telescopic sight, Nursing, San Francisco Bay Area, Suicide

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Sociology of Guns”What prompted the idea for the course?For the past 10-plus years I have been deeply immersed in American gun culture both professionally and personally.

Key Points: 


Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:


    “Sociology of Guns”

What prompted the idea for the course?

    • For the past 10-plus years I have been deeply immersed in American gun culture both professionally and personally.
    • Wanting to convey this diversity to others prompted me to construct and teach this course for the first time in 2015.

What does the course explore?

    • Rather than focusing exclusively on gun violence and politics, my course looks more broadly at guns in society.
    • The class begins by literally putting firearms in students’ hands.
    • Substantively, the course builds on the students’ firsthand experience of guns by exploring the multifaceted role they play in society.

Why is this course relevant now?

    • It often feels as though the United States is being torn apart by cultural and political divisions over guns.
    • These conversations should be built on a solid foundation of empirical knowledge about the role guns actually play in society - both positive and negative.

What’s a critical lesson from the course?

    • The trip to the gun range stands out because it offers direct exposure to gunfire.
    • In particular, those who were personally repulsed by guns prior to the field trip often come to see why guns can be attractive to others.
    • And the few gun enthusiasts I get in my course do not just have their enthusiasm reinforced; they also understand why others see guns differently.

What materials does the course feature?

    • “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America_,” – Adam Winkler’s magnificent book on the historical and legal context of guns.
    • “Gun Culture 2.0: The Evolution and Contours of Defensive Gun Ownership in America” – my comprehensive summary of the history and development of gun culture in the United States.

What will the course prepare students to do?

    • This knowledge then helps students better understand their own personal beliefs about and relationship to guns.
    • Taken together, these lessons prepare students to make informed choices for the rest of their lives about being involved with guns – or not – as well as the place of guns in the communities in which they will live.

'From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma' – a college course explores nature's medicine cabinet and different ways of healing

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Western Illinois University, Plague, Human, Psilocybin mushroom, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Depression, University, Awareness, Politics, Phyllomedusa, Anxiety, Teaching, TED (conference), Medicine, Research, Inflammation, History, Thought, Ginger, Amazon, Seizure, P. bicolor, Student, Grief, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Nature, Cannabis, Magic, Knowledge, Racism, Course, Health, Netflix, Color, PTSD, Tutoring, Drug, Interior design, Nursing, Management

Title of course:

Key Points: 
  • Title of course:
    “From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma”
    What prompted the idea for the course?
  • The course looks at how different peoples and cultures use nature-based medicines to heal themselves.
  • Some of us rely on Western medicine, others pray, yet others turn to Indigenous or traditional ways of healing that are rooted in nature.
  • Over the course of the semester, students begin to recognize that there is no one right way of healing.

Union Square Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store and Doobie Team Up to Expand Cannabis Delivery across New York’s Five Boroughs and The Hamptons

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
Metro, Javits Center, Consultant, The Hamptons, Congress, FC Kramatorsk, New Yorker, Course, Happiness, Cannabis, CO, BC Cannabis Stores, Drug, Nightclub, Online shopping

NEW YORK, June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doobie (“Doobie” or “Company”), a national cannabis delivery service, and Union Square Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store (“USQTA” or “Dispensary”), a Manhattan-based cannabis dispensary, have partnered up to expand cannabis delivery across New York’s five boroughs and the Hamptons over the course of the summer. Currently, consumers 21 years and older, located across Manhattan and in Brooklyn’s DUMBO and Williamsburg, can order state-regulated cannabis products from trydoobie.com, and have them delivered to their doorstep and scheduled at their convenience until 10:00 p.m.

Key Points: 
  • The cannabis delivery service also tracks and manages inventory, provides on-demand customer support, facilitates payments and pushes delivery updates to customers.
  • Once the order is placed, Doobie sends the customer a series of reassuring text updates during delivery.
  • The new cannabis delivery service will also be showcased at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (“CWCBExpo”) at the Javits Center.
  • CWCBExpo attendees can place their orders via trydoobie.com as well as visit the USQTA booth located at Javits Hall 3A, Booth 243.

EBSCO Information Services Partners with eReserve to Streamline Resource Management Workflows with EBSCO FOLIO

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Metadata, Partnership, GOBI, Freedom, LSP, EDS, EBSCO Information Services, Course, COVID-19, API, Information services, Student, Trust, Acquisition, Massey University, Faculty, Library, Book, EBSCO, Panorama

IPSWICH, Mass., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has partnered with eReserve to support institutions' resource management workflows with EBSCO FOLIO Services, including services related to copyright control. eReserve is built on a foundation of copyright best practices that offer a clear, defensible position against the increasing threat of copyright litigation while enhancing student engagement and success.

Key Points: 
  • ~ Platform Promotes Institutional Collaboration, Copyright Control and Enhanced Student Experience ~
    IPSWICH, Mass., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- EBSCO Information Services ( EBSCO ) has partnered with eReserve to support institutions' resource management workflows with EBSCO FOLIO Services , including services related to copyright control.
  • eReserve uses metadata and license information from EBSCO FOLIO Services and EBSCO Discovery Service ™ (EDS), allowing the platform to accurately report on and manage copyright materials, making digital distribution easier and more legally sound.
  • "As a user of both eReserve Plus and FOLIO, Massey University welcomes collaboration between EBSCO and eReserve to integrate these two products.
  • EBSCO Information Services Director of FOLIO Partnerships, Mark Allcock, says this partnership will have a positive impact on libraries in two ways.

Acceleration Economy Introduces Practitioner Analyst Courses

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Cloud, Marketing, Investment, Course, AI, Corporate title, Financial adviser, Management, PHOENIX

PHOENIX, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Acceleration Economy, a Practitioner Analyst firm offering advisory, marketing and event services, announced "Courses," a new on-demand continuing education and training framework delivered by AI, business, IT, cybersecurity, and data practitioners, that will debut on June 5, 2023 with its first Practitioner Analyst Course titled Selling to the New Executive Buying Committee.

Key Points: 
  • Acceleration Economy announced "Courses," a new on-demand continuing education and training framework delivered by AI, business, IT, cybersecurity, and data practitioners, that will debut on June 5, 2023 with its first Practitioner Analyst Course titled Selling to the New Executive Buying Committee.
  • PHOENIX, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Acceleration Economy, a Practitioner Analyst firm offering advisory, marketing and event services, announced "Courses," a new on-demand continuing education and training framework delivered by AI, business, IT, cybersecurity, and data practitioners, that will debut on June 5, 2023 with its first Practitioner Analyst Course titled Selling to the New Executive Buying Committee .
  • Vendors and partners need to master an understanding of the new executive buying committee to compete and thrive in today's acceleration economy."
  • To deliver a modern and compelling program, Acceleration Economy Practitioner Analysts have chosen the following course Format:
    Four 90-minute C-Suite Practitioner Roundtables: AI, Data Modernization, Multi-Cloud & SaaS Cybersecurity, Cloud ERP
    Each Roundtable has stand-alone course material.

2U Reports Strong Results for First Quarter 2023

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Online, Foreign language, HEC Paris, Social, University, Raspberry Pi Foundation, Marketing, 2U, Aviation, Tax, Southern Methodist University, Arcadia University, GAAP, History, Professional, Forecasting, Certification, Public expenditure, Net, SDA Bocconi School of Management, EBITDA, Acquisition, Digital asset, FCE, Cabrini, Cabrini University, Assessment, Educational leadership, Depreciation, Growth, Paris, Course, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, EdX, QuickBooks, Data science, Reinsurance, Bookkeeping, Cryptocurrency, Management, Nursing, Tutoring, Insurance, Science, Blockchain, Tel Aviv University, Curriculum, Education

LANHAM, Md., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), a leading online education platform company, today reported financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • LANHAM, Md., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), a leading online education platform company, today reported financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  • "These results are a testament to our strong execution, best-in-class edX platform, and commitment to efficiency."
  • Revenue for the quarter totaled $238.5 million, a 6% decrease from $253.3 million in the first quarter of 2022.
  • Costs and expenses for the quarter totaled $258.7 million, a 29% decrease from $364.7 million in the first quarter of 2022.

Best's Review Examines the Impact of Climate-Related Risks and More

Retrieved on: 
Monday, April 3, 2023
Banking, Professional Services, Insurance, Finance, Crypto, AM Best, ALL, Golf, America's Best TV Comics, Digital asset, Course, AM, News, Cryptocurrency

Also included in the April issue:

Key Points: 
  • Also included in the April issue:
    “ Attorneys, Analysts: Norfolk Southern Likely Facing Years of Claims Over Ohio Derailment ” addresses the potentially significant impact of the derailment on the freight carrier’s finances and insurance coverage.
  • “ Getting the Right Golf Insurance Coverage Isn’t Always Par for the Course ” looks at the many unique liabilities involved in insuring golf courses.
  • Best’s Review is AM Best’s monthly insurance magazine, covering emerging issues and trends and evaluating their impact on the marketplace.
  • AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry.

Through role play and simulation, this course teaches strategic ways to strike business deals that do more than just make money

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Communication, Student, Solution, Teaching, Heart, Dignity, Emotion, Negotiation, Instinct, Competition, Sadness, Thought, Time, Logic, Decision-making, Course, Empathy, Social Problems, Tutoring, Management, Interior design

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “Negotiation Strategy: Fostering Collaborative Dynamics in Competitive Environments”What prompted the idea for the course?Students arrive on campus with energy, ambition and an instinct that business can somehow be a force for good.

Key Points: 


Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:


    “Negotiation Strategy: Fostering Collaborative Dynamics in Competitive Environments”

What prompted the idea for the course?

    • Students arrive on campus with energy, ambition and an instinct that business can somehow be a force for good.
    • So I developed a course to help students learn how to be true to themselves when they negotiate business deals.

What does the course explore?

    • Everything about the course is designed to teach students how to negotiate both rationally and genuinely.
    • In one of the negotiation reflections, for example, I invite students to describe how feeling angry can help define ethical problems.
    • Another scenario highlights to students how expressions of sadness potentially build empathy and trust needed to resolve conflict.
    • The course design invites students to role-play negotiations in teams of anywhere from two to six students.

Why is this course relevant now?

    • Good negotiators understand how to approach business decisions by asking what is appropriate based on their personal values.
    • The course introduces decision frameworks that transform the competitive nature of business into collaborative opportunities.

What’s a critical lesson from the course?

    • Being yourself in business means approaching work with the same logic that applies to community, locally and globally.
    • Every solution starts with oneself, with who you are in relationship to people.

What materials does the course feature?


    • “A Primer on Decision Making,” by James March • “Getting to Yes,” by Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton • “Negotiating Genuinely,” by Shirli Kopelman • “The Mind and Heart of the Negotiator,” by Leigh Thompson

What will the course prepare students to do?

    • They will see who they are as an essential part of understanding what is on the negotiation table and how to navigate a discovery process.
    • It paves the path for negotiating from the inside out to pursue profits and make the world better.

Enfinite Announces Addition of 40 MW of Energy Storage onto Alberta Electricity Grid

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Electricity, Municipal district, Course, Grande Prairie, County, Investment, White, Renewable energy

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enfinite, a North American leader in energy storage, is pleased to announce, through its eReserve battery storage program, it has financed and developed two more energy storage projects that are now operational and supporting Alberta’s electricity grid.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enfinite, a North American leader in energy storage, is pleased to announce, through its eReserve battery storage program, it has financed and developed two more energy storage projects that are now operational and supporting Alberta’s electricity grid.
  • Enfinite’s eReserve3 and eReserve5 projects are providing increased reliability to Alberta’s electrical system utilizing state-of-the-art energy storage technologies.
  • The eReserve3 project is a 20-megawatt battery storage project located in the County of Grande Prairie in northwest Alberta.
  • With the addition of these operations, Enfinite currently has four operational battery storage facilities in Alberta capable of storing 140 MWh of energy.