Smart Education
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The Digital Transformation of Higher Education

Israel Budz

SINGAPORE, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Themed “Embracing the New Era of Intelligent Education”, Huawei recently held the Asia-Pacific Higher Education Innovation Forum through live streaming. The forum invited renowned industry experts from UNESCO ICHEI, NUS, Open University, Thammasat University, National University of Malaysia, and PwC, including 450 informatization directors, partners, and business luminaries. Together they focused on topics such as smart campus, online education, and smart classroom, and discussed the development trend of education ICT and the challenges and opportunities for education informatization in the post-pandemic era.

Huawei Smart Education Solutions Overview

Huawei Smart Education Solutions Overview

In recent years, universities in the Asia-Pacific region have been developing rapidly, and their world university rankings continue to increase. ICT applications are playing an increasingly important role in the teaching and management of these universities. At the opening ceremony, Nicholas Ma, President of Huawei Asia Pacific Enterprise Business Group, shared

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Education Games
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Teacher uses road to 2016 Paralympic games as a lesson

Israel Budz

FULLERTON, Calif. — Jessica Greenwald, who is a special education specialist, is driven to be an example to her students that disabilities are not weakness and that dreams can be achieved when the road to success is not always smooth.

“Even with a disability, you are capable of doing whatever you put your mind to. Your disability shouldn’t stop you,” said Greenwald.

What You Need To Know

  • Jessica Greenwald is a teacher at Orangethorpe Elementary School in Fullerton

  • Greenwald was a competitive swimmer who participated in the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team trials

  • Greenwald and her campus are celebrating the end of the school year and the upcoming 2021 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • The teacher is sharing her personal story about some of the barriers she faced to swim competitively.

The 27-year-old educator is teaching fourth and fifth graders at Orangethorpe Elementary School in Fullerton — a profession that Greenwald

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Education Management
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Field day to highlight herbicide resistance strategies in soybean

Israel Budz

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host a herbicide resistance management field day from 1 to 3 p.m. June 29 at Iowa State University’s Northern Research Farm (south farm) located 1 mile south of Kanawha on R35, or 1040 James Ave.

This field day will promote effective management of herbicide resistance through known principles of using effective herbicide modes of action, effective rates and appropriate timing strategies.

“Farmers will get a good look at the use of multiple strategies to combat weeds — not just chemicals, but cultural practices as well,” says Angie Rieck-Hinz, a field agronomist with ISU Extension and Outreach.

Effectively managing waterhemp is becoming a bigger challenge due to the development of multiple herbicide-resistant populations. In addition, the use of a cereal rye cover crop with different termination timings and narrow-row soybeans will be used to demonstrate weed suppression strategies.

Rieck-Hinz and Meaghan Anderson, also an

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Science Fiction
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7 Science Fiction Movies on Netflix to Watch This Summer

Israel Budz

Sci-fi movies are an escape from reality, which is what makes them guilty pleasures and box office hits. Whether it is sci-fi horror, sci-fi action or sci-fi comedy, there is a little something for everyone these days.

This season, Netflix has gone above and beyond to make sci-fi a huge part of their collection. So if you’re a Netflix subscriber, there’s no shortage of sci-fi movies available to watch at the push of a button. But don’t sit through another boring movie about aliens or space that feels like a chore to get through. Lucky for you, we handpicked some of the most interesting science fiction movies filled with twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seats. Just grab some popcorn and make your way through this list!

Here are seven great sci-fi movies on Netflix to watch this summer:


Real Steel (2011)

Robot

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