Please help me have some semi structured way to help people who show up to python office hours without any clear direction.
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posted by bleary
on Sep 8, 2012 -
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Help me find a good suggestion to give my art college for digital reprotext delivery.
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posted by Calzephyr
on Sep 1, 2012 -
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My 12 year old son was just diagnosed with Nonverbal Learning Disorder. Please help me to not catastrophize.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 27, 2012 -
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I got accepted to the MS-GIS program at the University of Redlands as well as the MS-GIST program at the University of Arizona. Looking for experiences, advice, opinions.
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posted by tillei
on Aug 27, 2012 -
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Moving to a better school zone. Should I do it? Tough decisions concerning moving, staying put, and financial future.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 25, 2012 -
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My pre-k boy LOVES video games and adventure/superhero TV shows. It would be great to harness some of that love for learning purposes. What are your recommendations for software or online games that do that? We're a Mac household.
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posted by michaeldunaway
on Aug 24, 2012 -
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I've been trying to help my wife with this over the last week. She's looking for "school-appropriate, positive, and catchy songs that have some enriching or interesting vocabulary."
They have three main requirements:
1. The lyrics have vocabulary and other literary devices that they can use as teaching points.
2. The song is "catchy". (something 10- and 11-year-olds and their teachers will enjoy)
3. The song has a positive message.
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posted by adamwolf
on Aug 20, 2012 -
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As an international student (equivalent 'rising senior') in high school, how can I discern what a college or university is really like, past all the glossy paper? More questions, and details, within.
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posted by undue influence
on Aug 20, 2012 -
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What's important for me to know about being a science teacher, since I've only taught math but will now be training teachers of both contents?
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posted by violetish
on Aug 19, 2012 -
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My friend has heard that people marry those who are similar to themselves (in looks, age, social class, education etc). He worries this will rule out all the "good" women.
Help me advise him how marriages really work.
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posted by EatMyHat
on Aug 15, 2012 -
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I am just finishing up a phd. I'll be defending in September, getting the actual degree in October (I hope). I'd like to get a job teaching English in a private high school, but obviously I'd be applying for the following school year, not the year that's about to start. So what should I be doing this year? I need to support myself, of course, but I'd like to do so in a way that will make me more attractive to schools. I already sub at one school, and am planning on trying to get on the sub lists for some other schools. But is there anything else? What are some short-term or part-time means of employment that school administrators would like to see on my resume?
posted by Ragged Richard
on Aug 15, 2012 -
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What is the best method for making my own flannel or felt story board and story pieces?
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posted by lirael2008
on Aug 12, 2012 -
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So I'm thinking it's a bad idea to include a chapter by
Jonah Lehrer in my college's first-year experience course, given that it would be placed right after our discussion on academic dishonesty. Can you help me think of a replacement?
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posted by bizzyb
on Aug 6, 2012 -
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I am a technology specialist for a large public school district. In my school, I am a "prep" teacher. Classes come to me, the teacher leaves, and I have them for 50 minutes. Last year, for various reasons, I developed a phobia of being alone in charge of 25-30 kids by myself. I kept seeing danger to them and being unable to help.
I took a leave from the middle of April through the end of the year. I tried to get an ELL position; that's my other license. ELL is small group and/or co-teaching and I would be just fine returning to it.
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posted by Kazimirovna
on Aug 3, 2012 -
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I would like to be a teacher. Snowflake: of technology, to adults, in San Francisco, during evenings.
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posted by nominal
on Jul 31, 2012 -
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I need an alternative to Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) to use with my 5th grade students.
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posted by robverb
on Jul 29, 2012 -
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Do you know of any online solutions to collect submissions from a group of people and then archive it in a useful way?
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posted by JimmyJames
on Jul 26, 2012 -
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I've landed my first sales job. Yay! Please recommend books I can read, classes I can take, and other things of that sort I can do to succeed in the field.
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posted by Autumn
on Jul 22, 2012 -
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Are there any reliable statistics for the number of American high school seniors who apply to colleges each year?
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posted by dfriedman
on Jul 22, 2012 -
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Conservatives in the U.S. seem to inherently assesses economic policies based on the personal ethics (as in, self-reliance) involved, not on overall benefit or harm to the society. Is there a (simple, credible) online app that lets you easily try different policies (including "each must pay his own way" personal-ethics ones) & compare the outcomes?
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posted by ahaynes
on Jul 19, 2012 -
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To what extent do American Highschools resemble the stereotypical American Highschool seen in just about every movie and TV show ever, withever present competition for social status, rigidly defined cliques, omnipresent bullying, etc... etc?
posted by Artw
on Jul 18, 2012 -
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I just found out that I will only be teaching only math and science to two fourth grade classes that will rotate between my room and my co-teacher's. What tips and tricks should I know?
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posted by quietta
on Jul 15, 2012 -
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I have been seeing several references lately to "post-truth" campaigns/politics lately, but I am not sure exactly what the definition is. I can infer what is implied, but want material that explains what it is.
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posted by annsunny
on Jul 14, 2012 -
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I unexpectedly have the rest of the summer off. I want to lose weight, read great books, become smarter and in general be fabulous. Help me maximize my time, effort and schedule!
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posted by JoannaC
on Jul 12, 2012 -
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I'm teaching a Language of Humour class to high school juniors and seniors. I need recommendations for things that are funny. And I need you to help me not fail.
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posted by guster4lovers
on Jul 7, 2012 -
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Lots of life experience/education, not so much work experience. Help me get ready to get a job.
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posted by tokaidanshi
on Jul 5, 2012 -
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I want to make an elementary school computer lab
just work, magically if possible. I am Windows deficient and could use guidance.
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posted by argybarg
on Jul 5, 2012 -
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I am about to graduate college ten years after I started and would love some suggestions on how to approach this topic in a job interview?
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posted by sely
on Jul 4, 2012 -
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I've been asked by a colleague as to how they can learn programming for their professional advancement. Because of the area they work in, the possible languages would be Python or R. Complicating factors are that they (a) don't feel confident about self-learning and so (b) would like something more like a traditional classroom or workshop approach but (c) are in a remote foreign location, far from any educational facility, at least in their native language. So what we're looking for is an online classroom of sorts.
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posted by outlier
on Jul 2, 2012 -
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What are the job prospects for a special education teacher in the US (specifically Columbus OH)?
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posted by cestlavie
on Jun 25, 2012 -
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Are there any universities/colleges/institutes that have an all-in-one program for video, photography, print and web design? My online searches have come up fruitless as most programs seem to be separated out. Location doesn't matter, nor does degree/diploma/certificate received. At the end of it I want to be able to shoot, light, edit, etc video and photos and understand and apply colour theory, typography, page layout, etc for print and web designs.
posted by n-clue
on Jun 25, 2012 -
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At the end of year 2, our son has a balance owing to his college of about $500, for parking tickets, library fines, etc. Unless this is paid, he can't register for classes for the coming year. Are we being mean not to pay it, or loan it to him?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 25, 2012 -
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Is there a demonstration of an aspect of climate science that could be performed for a television show, and which would be highly visually interesting?
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posted by sindark
on Jun 21, 2012 -
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educationfilter: I am becoming a teacher this upcoming year and I'll like to solicit the Hive mind's advice for the best, most innovative, effective educational bits of wisdom, advice, and methods you've done as a teacher or had a a teacher do with you or your class. Examples of what I'm looking for below the fold.
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posted by RapcityinBlue
on Jun 20, 2012 -
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I'm teaching a minicourse about networks, graphs, and computation to a non-technical audience (mostly grad students in the humanities.) What's the right software platform?
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posted by escabeche
on Jun 18, 2012 -
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My employer is offering to help me train up to become a professional-calibre English-language medical writer. What resources are available to help me?
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posted by Shepherd
on Jun 11, 2012 -
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