A group of friends went on a hike together in the forest. While hiking, they came across a beautiful clearing with a large tree at its center. They decided to have a picnic in the clearing and enjoy the natural surroundings.
The document discusses how companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence and automation to replace human workers. While this raises concerns about job losses, it may ultimately allow humans to focus on more meaningful work that requires skills like creativity, complex communication, and problem solving that are still challenging for computers to replicate.
This document discusses a new policy that will require all employees to submit weekly activity reports detailing their work. The reports must include specifics on tasks completed, meetings attended, and goals accomplished for the week. Failure to submit complete and accurate reports on time may result in disciplinary action.
The document discusses a new smartphone app that allows users to anonymously report inappropriate behavior they witness to building security. It notes that the app aims to make areas like public transportation safer by enabling easy and discreet reporting of issues through a mobile device, while protecting user privacy. Reports are then reviewed and addressed by security teams.
This document outlines 5 steps for improving a company's website: 1) Analyze competitors' sites to identify strengths and weaknesses, 2) Gather customer feedback to determine what they want from the site, 3) Update content to be more relevant and helpful for customers, 4) Improve design and navigation to create a better user experience, 5) Continually monitor site usage and feedback to further enhance the website over time.
The document discusses how machine learning can be used to analyze radiology images and provide summaries of key findings to help doctors. It notes that machine learning models can be trained on large medical image datasets to recognize patterns and features. This allows the models to then analyze new radiology images and produce concise summaries within a few sentences highlighting important observations that may be relevant for physicians. The summaries aim to reduce the cognitive load on doctors and help guide their own analysis of patient scans, while also pointing out any areas that may require particular attention or follow up.
The document discusses how companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence and automation to replace human workers. While this raises concerns about job losses, it may ultimately allow humans to focus on more meaningful work that requires skills like creativity, complex communication, and problem solving that are still challenging for computers to replicate.
This document discusses a new policy that will require all employees to submit weekly activity reports detailing their work. The reports must include specifics on tasks completed, meetings attended, and goals accomplished for the week. Failure to submit complete and accurate reports on time may result in disciplinary action.
The document discusses a new smartphone app that allows users to anonymously report inappropriate behavior they witness to building security. It notes that the app aims to make areas like public transportation safer by enabling easy and discreet reporting of issues through a mobile device, while protecting user privacy. Reports are then reviewed and addressed by security teams.
This document outlines 5 steps for improving a company's website: 1) Analyze competitors' sites to identify strengths and weaknesses, 2) Gather customer feedback to determine what they want from the site, 3) Update content to be more relevant and helpful for customers, 4) Improve design and navigation to create a better user experience, 5) Continually monitor site usage and feedback to further enhance the website over time.
The document discusses how machine learning can be used to analyze radiology images and provide summaries of key findings to help doctors. It notes that machine learning models can be trained on large medical image datasets to recognize patterns and features. This allows the models to then analyze new radiology images and produce concise summaries within a few sentences highlighting important observations that may be relevant for physicians. The summaries aim to reduce the cognitive load on doctors and help guide their own analysis of patient scans, while also pointing out any areas that may require particular attention or follow up.
For those immersed in research (like me!), the doi serves an extraordinary purpose. The Digital Object Identifier is a unique alphanumeric string assigned to a journal or article.
Kryonns Technologies is the foremost software and SEO Company in Kanyakuamri district. Our company is mounting very enormously from the initial stage to still now and soon in the category of SEO services.
1. The document discusses a meeting held to address issues with a construction project.
2. Attendees included the project manager, site superintendent, and representatives from the client and construction company.
3. Key topics discussed were delays, safety incidents, and changes needed to the project schedule.
This document outlines the responsibilities and tasks of several positions within an organization for a given year. It details the specific goals and projects that each role will work on over 12 months. For example, the Director will oversee long-term strategic planning projects, the Manager will focus on new customer acquisition and employee training programs, and the Coordinator will manage daily operations and coordinate meetings and events. A timeline is provided laying out the key activities and milestones for each position by month.
1. The document discusses the importance of summarization and outlines strategies for writing effective summaries.
2. It recommends summarizing the key points and essential information from a document in 3 sentences or less to get the main ideas across concisely.
3. The summary should highlight the most important elements like the central topic, significant details, and concluding thoughts while removing unnecessary information.
This short document discusses how things are not always as they seem and appearances can be deceiving. In just a few words, it conveys that one should not judge something solely based on initial impressions or superficial qualities.
The document discusses potential benefits of credit repair. It notes that while credit repair was not traditionally common, it is now likely employers will check credit reports when making hiring decisions. Having a quality credit report could save money on insurance and improve loan terms. Additionally, issues like denied insurance or loans due to credit problems can be very costly to fix. Overall, maintaining a good credit report provides significant financial advantages.
1. The document provides instructions for making a carrot cake, including a list of ingredients and steps. It describes adding oil, sugar, eggs, flour, popcorn, and other ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisking them together. The instructions also include folding the mixture into an orange-colored batter and baking the cake in an oven for 30 minutes.
1) The document discusses various topics in a disorganized manner, moving quickly between different subjects such as numbers, words, symbols and punctuation.
2) It includes several sections with repetitive patterns of letters, numbers, and symbols that do not form clear sentences or convey meaningful information on their own.
3) The overall content and purpose of the document are difficult to understand due to the disjointed presentation of information across many short fragmented passages.
This short document appears to be about an event happening at an unspecified time and location. Some kind of announcement is made, though the details are unclear due to the limited and ambiguous information provided. The last line suggests that more details may be forthcoming at a later date or time.
Tradition remains at the heart of the culture of UPP. Despite being a true Emirati company, UPP has a largely multicultural and cosmopolitan team. This renders a diverse and vibrant culture within the company. Our people are our most valued assets and a source of our identity.
We have an adherence to the principles and values on which, for many years, our clients have relied. But UPP is known also for its position at the cutting edge of modern technology. Over the years, we have seen our investment in our infrastructure grow exponentially and revenue multiply many folds.
Our journey has just started ...
1. The document discusses a new technology for monitoring crop growth and soil conditions using sensors.
2. Key details include sensors measuring temperature, moisture, nutrients and sending data via wireless networks to monitoring stations.
3. The system allows farmers to better understand field conditions and respond quickly to issues like drought or pests to improve crop yields.
The document provides instructions for identifying common issues with denim jeans, including a busted outseam down the leg, discoloration around the pocket area, and fraying near the hem. It also offers tips for repairs, such as reinforcing stitches, washing methods to remove stains, and using elastic thread to fix loose hems. Proper maintenance of denim jeans is suggested to extend the lifespan.
OE 42 boycott of virani moti's shantidas bapu for pro satpanth activitiesSatpanth Dharm
The document calls for a boycott of Shantidas Bapu's activities due to his anti-Sanatani (pro-Satpanth) views. It states that he has been propagating views against Hindu traditions and dharma. As a result, the Patidar community will socially boycott him and not cooperate or interact with him until he stops such activities.
This document discusses the importance of summarization and outlines techniques for writing effective summaries. It recommends keeping summaries brief, typically 3 sentences or less, and focusing on conveying only the most important and essential information from the original text. The document also provides examples of poor and good summarization and emphasizes the value of summaries for gleaning high-level understanding and deciding whether to engage with the full document.
Many pets are adopted or bought from animal shelters or professional breeders. However, some owners seek additional pets from less desirable sources like street dogs or backyard breeding. This can lead to overpopulation as there are millions of pets euthanized every year. The document recommends housebreaking any new pet in the home to reduce messes. Professional pet stain removers and carpet cleaners offer high quality services to remedy odors and markings left by pets.
3 hour workshop designed for new and experienced volunteers for the Obama for America 2012 Presidential Campaign. The workshop focused on motivating volunteers to get involved, preparing them with canvassing and phone-banking skills, and giving them an opportunity to connect with other volunteers. I facilitated the workshop to over 200 volunteers, with the help of over 20 experienced volunteers leading activities and discussions.
The document discusses expressing components of a rotation operator in terms of Euler angles using coordinate transformations. It defines the rotation operator components in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic Euler angles. The operator components can be expressed as derivatives of the extrinsic Euler angles with respect to the intrinsic angles. This allows one to calculate how the components of the rotation operator transform under rotations defined by the Euler angles. It provides equations for calculating the partial derivatives of the operator components with respect to the Euler angles.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptxSandy Millin
What do successful readers do?
As teachers, we’re often guilty of testing our students’ reading abilities through comprehension questions, without actually supporting them to become better readers. But where should we start? How can you move beyond a comprehension focus and help students to become the best readers of English that they can be? What might be stopping them from developing? In this webinar, I’ll aim to answer all of these questions, by looking at what good readers do and demonstrating how to support students to build those skills for themselves.
Presented at the 30th PARK conference, Brno, Czechia
For those immersed in research (like me!), the doi serves an extraordinary purpose. The Digital Object Identifier is a unique alphanumeric string assigned to a journal or article.
Kryonns Technologies is the foremost software and SEO Company in Kanyakuamri district. Our company is mounting very enormously from the initial stage to still now and soon in the category of SEO services.
1. The document discusses a meeting held to address issues with a construction project.
2. Attendees included the project manager, site superintendent, and representatives from the client and construction company.
3. Key topics discussed were delays, safety incidents, and changes needed to the project schedule.
This document outlines the responsibilities and tasks of several positions within an organization for a given year. It details the specific goals and projects that each role will work on over 12 months. For example, the Director will oversee long-term strategic planning projects, the Manager will focus on new customer acquisition and employee training programs, and the Coordinator will manage daily operations and coordinate meetings and events. A timeline is provided laying out the key activities and milestones for each position by month.
1. The document discusses the importance of summarization and outlines strategies for writing effective summaries.
2. It recommends summarizing the key points and essential information from a document in 3 sentences or less to get the main ideas across concisely.
3. The summary should highlight the most important elements like the central topic, significant details, and concluding thoughts while removing unnecessary information.
This short document discusses how things are not always as they seem and appearances can be deceiving. In just a few words, it conveys that one should not judge something solely based on initial impressions or superficial qualities.
The document discusses potential benefits of credit repair. It notes that while credit repair was not traditionally common, it is now likely employers will check credit reports when making hiring decisions. Having a quality credit report could save money on insurance and improve loan terms. Additionally, issues like denied insurance or loans due to credit problems can be very costly to fix. Overall, maintaining a good credit report provides significant financial advantages.
1. The document provides instructions for making a carrot cake, including a list of ingredients and steps. It describes adding oil, sugar, eggs, flour, popcorn, and other ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisking them together. The instructions also include folding the mixture into an orange-colored batter and baking the cake in an oven for 30 minutes.
1) The document discusses various topics in a disorganized manner, moving quickly between different subjects such as numbers, words, symbols and punctuation.
2) It includes several sections with repetitive patterns of letters, numbers, and symbols that do not form clear sentences or convey meaningful information on their own.
3) The overall content and purpose of the document are difficult to understand due to the disjointed presentation of information across many short fragmented passages.
This short document appears to be about an event happening at an unspecified time and location. Some kind of announcement is made, though the details are unclear due to the limited and ambiguous information provided. The last line suggests that more details may be forthcoming at a later date or time.
Tradition remains at the heart of the culture of UPP. Despite being a true Emirati company, UPP has a largely multicultural and cosmopolitan team. This renders a diverse and vibrant culture within the company. Our people are our most valued assets and a source of our identity.
We have an adherence to the principles and values on which, for many years, our clients have relied. But UPP is known also for its position at the cutting edge of modern technology. Over the years, we have seen our investment in our infrastructure grow exponentially and revenue multiply many folds.
Our journey has just started ...
1. The document discusses a new technology for monitoring crop growth and soil conditions using sensors.
2. Key details include sensors measuring temperature, moisture, nutrients and sending data via wireless networks to monitoring stations.
3. The system allows farmers to better understand field conditions and respond quickly to issues like drought or pests to improve crop yields.
The document provides instructions for identifying common issues with denim jeans, including a busted outseam down the leg, discoloration around the pocket area, and fraying near the hem. It also offers tips for repairs, such as reinforcing stitches, washing methods to remove stains, and using elastic thread to fix loose hems. Proper maintenance of denim jeans is suggested to extend the lifespan.
OE 42 boycott of virani moti's shantidas bapu for pro satpanth activitiesSatpanth Dharm
The document calls for a boycott of Shantidas Bapu's activities due to his anti-Sanatani (pro-Satpanth) views. It states that he has been propagating views against Hindu traditions and dharma. As a result, the Patidar community will socially boycott him and not cooperate or interact with him until he stops such activities.
This document discusses the importance of summarization and outlines techniques for writing effective summaries. It recommends keeping summaries brief, typically 3 sentences or less, and focusing on conveying only the most important and essential information from the original text. The document also provides examples of poor and good summarization and emphasizes the value of summaries for gleaning high-level understanding and deciding whether to engage with the full document.
Many pets are adopted or bought from animal shelters or professional breeders. However, some owners seek additional pets from less desirable sources like street dogs or backyard breeding. This can lead to overpopulation as there are millions of pets euthanized every year. The document recommends housebreaking any new pet in the home to reduce messes. Professional pet stain removers and carpet cleaners offer high quality services to remedy odors and markings left by pets.
3 hour workshop designed for new and experienced volunteers for the Obama for America 2012 Presidential Campaign. The workshop focused on motivating volunteers to get involved, preparing them with canvassing and phone-banking skills, and giving them an opportunity to connect with other volunteers. I facilitated the workshop to over 200 volunteers, with the help of over 20 experienced volunteers leading activities and discussions.
The document discusses expressing components of a rotation operator in terms of Euler angles using coordinate transformations. It defines the rotation operator components in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic Euler angles. The operator components can be expressed as derivatives of the extrinsic Euler angles with respect to the intrinsic angles. This allows one to calculate how the components of the rotation operator transform under rotations defined by the Euler angles. It provides equations for calculating the partial derivatives of the operator components with respect to the Euler angles.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
2024.03.23 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for PARK.pptxSandy Millin
What do successful readers do?
As teachers, we’re often guilty of testing our students’ reading abilities through comprehension questions, without actually supporting them to become better readers. But where should we start? How can you move beyond a comprehension focus and help students to become the best readers of English that they can be? What might be stopping them from developing? In this webinar, I’ll aim to answer all of these questions, by looking at what good readers do and demonstrating how to support students to build those skills for themselves.
Presented at the 30th PARK conference, Brno, Czechia
2024.03.16 How to write better quality materials for your learners ELTABB San...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/eltabb2024
If you’re anything like me, you’ve produced a lot of materials for your learners, whether that’s a worksheet, a PowerPoint presentation, or a video. You’ve also had very little training in materials writing, and have learnt what you know by trial and error, with the occasional bit of feedback from learners, other teachers or maybe even an editor.
This is why I put together a competency framework specifically dedicated to materials writing for language learning. In this session, we’ll look at what the framework is and how you can use it to produce better quality materials for your learners.
2024.02.09 Introducing a competency framework for language learning materials...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/educast2024
A competency framework sets out the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to do a job successfully. Frameworks exist for ELT teachers, trainers and managers, but not for materials writing. Inspired by Denise Santos’ IATEFL 2022 talk, I created one for my MA dissertation. I will share what it is, how I created it, and how you can use it.
2024.01.19 How Girlguiding helps all girls know they can do anything.pptxSandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/girlguiding
Presented as part of the IATEFL YLTSIG web conference: Each Child, Every Child & the Whole Child
19th January 2024
2024.01.13 Introducing a competency framework for language learning materials...Sandy Millin
Originally presented at the IH Academic Managers and Trainers Conference (2024)
To find the full information about the talk, go to http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/ihamt2024
2024.01.05 Taking back time - how to do everything you want to Sandy Millin S...Sandy Millin
https://sandymillin.wordpress.com/SHINERomania
While I can’t give you Hermione Grainger’s Time Turner so you can travel back in time, I can give you tried and tested ways of getting those things done which demand your time and attention, or which you just never quite get round to, helping you to manage yourself and others and make the most of your time.
2024.01.05 Taking back time - how to do everything you want to Sandy Millin S...Sandy Millin
https://sandymillin.wordpress.com/SHINERomania
While I can’t give you Hermione Grainger’s Time Turner so you can travel back in time, I can give you tried and tested ways of getting those things done which demand your time and attention, or which you just never quite get round to, helping you to manage yourself and others and make the most of your time.
Use the ORGANISE acronym to help you learn how to better manage your time.
The document discusses creating materials that have good "flow" for learners. It defines flow as having clear objectives, easy navigation, a clear beginning and end, logical continuity between activities, engagement, appropriate challenge, learner control, and set up for success. It provides tips for achieving each of these elements, such as using SMART objectives, consistent formatting, building on skills, and offering choices. The key is to choose one area to focus on at a time to avoid trying to change everything at once. Maintaining flow is important for keeping learners engaged and making sure materials are effective.
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflhungary
A workshop I delivered at the IATEFL Hungary 2023 conference in Siófok, sharing ideas to help language teachers upgrade speaking activities in their lessons. Ideas are taken from my book, Richer Speaking, and there is also a reflection task for professional development from ELT Playbook 1.
2023.07.13 Creating materials that flow (BrazTESOL MaWSIG PCE).pptxSandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/braztesolmawsig
Abstract
As teachers, we can feel a difference when we’re teaching from materials which seem to ‘flow’ perfectly compared to materials which don’t. However, when we create our own materials, it can be difficult to find that same flow. In this talk, I’ll show you techniques to make your materials flow, including through the use of scaffolding for productive tasks, and the exploitation of a single exercise in a range of different ways.
Bio
Sandy is a freelance ELT consultant, teacher trainer, and materials writer. She writes a blog at http://sandymillin.wordpress.com and tweets @sandymillin. She is currently researching the knowledge, skills and attitudes which are needed for effective materials writing, as part of her MA dissertation. Sandy has self-published three books. She has also written for various publishers, including contributing to workbooks for National Geographic’s Keynote series and being a co-author on The CELTA Course Trainee Book and Trainer’s Manual Second Edition. She is an IATEFL ambassador.
2023.04.18 EdTech and the CELTA course - what trainees need to know (Sandy Mi...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iatefl23
Recent years have seen a growth in both online teaching and technology use in language education, with an impact on the needs of trainee teachers. This talk will address what trainee teachers need to know, drawing on content from the new edition of 'The CELTA Course' trainee and trainer books, which I have co-authored with Peter Watkins and Scott Thornbury.
2023.04.18 How to present at an international conference Sandy Millin.pptxSandy Millin
This document provides tips for presenting at an international conference. It recommends choosing an engaging topic you are passionate about and sending in your proposal before the mid-September deadline. When creating your presentation, calculate your time including 5 minutes for questions, use simple and consistent layouts with minimal text, and acknowledge any copyrighted materials. The document also suggests rehearsing your presentation, engaging the audience, dealing with problems that may arise, and following up after your presentation. The overall aim is to help presenters feel prepared and reduce stress surrounding their conference presentation.
2023.03.24 What do successful readers do - Sandy Millin for Everyone Academy....Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/successfulreaders
On Friday 24th March 2023, I did a workshop for Everyone Academy. This was the blurb:
What do good readers do?
As teachers, we’re often guilty of testing our students’ reading abilities through comprehension questions, without actually supporting them to become better readers. But where should we start? How can you move beyond a comprehension focus and help students to become the best readers of English that they can be? What might be stopping them from developing? In this webinar, I’ll aim to answer all of these questions, by looking at what good readers do and demonstrating how to support students to build those skills for themselves.
2022.05.19 What I think I know about materials writing (IATEFL Belfast 2022) ...Sandy Millin
The document discusses materials writing for English language teaching. It provides background on the author's experience writing materials for lessons, publications, and self-publishing. Tips are given for evaluating materials using checklists, including considering the context, students, teachers and formatting the checklist. Additional advice covers developing principles, collaborating with others, considering stakeholders, layout, inclusivity, and resources for writing multiple choice questions and gap fills. The presentation aims to share knowledge around best practices for creating effective teaching materials.
2022.05.17 How to present at an international conference Sandy Millin.pptxSandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/howtopresent22
Tips on presenting at an online or face-to-face conference, particularly connected to English language teaching, but relevant to other professions too
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/parkapril2022
4 activities from my 'Richer Speaking' book, showing how to tweak coursebook activities to make them more productive for students
2021.06.04 Stepping into the real world - transitioning listening Sandy Milli...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/ihbucharest21
Bridging the gap between classroom and real-world listening
“I've studied English for years, but I can't understand anyone!” This was a common complaint from students I worked with in the UK. Inspired by their problems and the work of John Field and Richard Cauldwell, this workshop aims to introduce you to practical activities and materials you can use to help students transition from understanding scripted listening materials to feeling comfortable with real-world English.