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Python's got legs!

Learning with e's

If you're a computing teacher your ears will prick up at this. If you're familiar with Purple Mash , you'll notice some similarities. But unlike Purple Mash, which is aimed at the Primary education sector, Python In Pieces is designed for children at Key Stage 3 (students aged between 11-14 years). Python definitely has legs.

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Revolutionizing Employee Training: McDonald’s POS Training Simulator

Epilogue Systems

But its impact goes beyond just button-mashing. So, take a page out of their playbook, ditch the dry textbooks and fire up the training simulator. For technical skills, simulations might involve equipment or lab environments, while role-playing and conversational simulations are suitable for interpersonal skills.

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Fun Meets Heart: Silly Presents And Treasured Holiday Traditions

Xyleme

She always means well, but ends up getting me something that looks like it came out of a small town boutique somewhere. But amidst the wackiness, there’s a certain charm to these weird gifts – they add a unique character to the holiday season and make for some great conversation starters at holiday parties.

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Monitoring team performance to drive success

Gameffective

If the employee’s production dips below that line, it will indicate that he or she are clearly coming up short due to nerves. The tricky part is looking at the process, finding the activities that drive these results and, conversely, the obstacles to improve performance, and pinpointing the unnecessary turns and curves that the process took.

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How to write better training content

BigTinCan

Be Conversational Talk to your reader like you’re face-to-face. Your content should feel more like a conversation and less like a bunch of terms and training procedures mashed together. If they get hung up on something, so will other readers. Mix it up within your content or brand your words with company colors and fonts.

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3 Essential Themes for Mobile Learning Systems

Upside Learning

This is where the rubber meets the road, by dreaming up features we invent the mLearning systems future right here. Third, provide metrics in real-time to administrators and managers; simple enough would be topic/keyword trends, hot conversations, levels of user contribution, etc. technologies.

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danah boyd on teens and 21st century work

Jay Cross

Instead of coding, programmers built apps by mashing up shared packages of code. If a mashup produced a Frankenmonster, you threw it away and tried something else. To tell her friends about breaking up with her boyfriend, she references a song from Life of Brian, Always look on the bright side of life. Dynamic linking.