Every day as I travel from home to Juniata College, I pass farmlands of Appalachia, past cows perched precariously on the hillside. I'm reminded by my colleagues in environmental science that these lands are ideal for ruminant animals who mow blades of grass into digestible matter in their ruminant stomachs. You are what you eat. When a ruminant animal like a cow eats, the food first passes into the rin where it is then fermented and regurgitated into their mouth to be chewed further. Yeah, we chewing the c ...

I want you to think about a time in your life that you had to face something difficult. How did you handle that. Did you have did you overcome it. Did you try to did you accept what happened.For me, I personally struggle with dyslexia, but I not only struggle with it, but I used it as a catalyst for where I am today. [clears throat] Now, I thought this was really interesting, but according to the National Literacy Institute, the United States ranks 36 in literacy. And dyslexia affects how I read and how oth ...

Early Childhood Education Importance - Research indicates that 90% of brain development occurs before the age of five [1] - Early childhood education is not just about ABCs and 123s, but about nurturing the mind, brain, heart, and spirit [1] Teaching Methodologies - The industry utilizes play as a natural language for children, incorporating beads, puppets, rice, and role play to teach problem-solving skills, teamwork, and creativity [1] - The company introduces Jolly Phonics from the UK, teaching 44 unique sounds to improve reading confidence, pronunciation, and love for literacy [1] - The company follows a Singaporean CPA (Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract) approach to teaching math, using tangible tools like beads and blocks in the concrete stage [1] - Montessori methods are embraced in pre-primary teaching to build students' minds and bodies [1] Curriculum Innovation - Introduction of Australian Fitzroy Readers to strengthen decoding, reading, and comprehension skills [1] - Teaching simple rules in phonics, such as the 'c' sound variations based on following vowels, to enable students to decode words correctly [1] Future of Education - The company envisions spaces where technology and traditions blend, using smart boards for storytelling and puppets for classroom role play [1] - The company aims to blend international concepts with local values and ethics to provide students with skills for success and grounded roots [1]

Literacy affects more than university reading lists.For one thing, increasing literary sophistication seems to lead to increasing political sophistication https://t.co/YHXmxUvPUS ...

Language & Literacy Evolution - The speaker reflects on the shift from memorizing phone numbers to relying on technology, drawing a parallel to the decline of oral traditions like the 4,000-line poem recited by the Bopa community [1][2] - The evolution of knowledge transmission from guru-disciple relationships to written scripts is discussed, highlighting how script initially liberated knowledge but later became a constraint [3][4] - The industry notes that literacy, particularly script-based literacy, can become a "prison," limiting access to knowledge and creating echo chambers [5][6] - The origin of Hindi as a national language is explored, tracing its roots to the "karibi bhasha" spoken in Delhi markets and its codification by the British, leading to the divergence of Hindi and Urdu based on script [7][8][9][10] - The industry observes how script can influence language and identity, citing examples like the Sindhi language and the impact of script on how people perceive and use language [10][11] Future of Knowledge Dissemination - The speaker advocates for leveraging audio and video technologies to disseminate knowledge more broadly, suggesting that traditional literacy is a limiting factor [12] - The industry emphasizes the importance of celebrating the human voice and making knowledge accessible through various mediums, urging a move away from rigid script-based learning [13]

[Applause] Every child deserves a champion. That's from the iconic TED talk from Miss Rita Pearson where she told us and emboldened us to you know what? It's time to do something different. That talk received over 14 million views and just three months later, Miss Pearson passed away. But her words, her legacy. It built light into classrooms everywhere. On day one of my teaching career, my principal, he played that video. And through my new teacher nerves, Miss Rita's voice broke through. You know, kids don ...