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I love Heavy Paint. I was a bit late to the Procreate bandwagon, but once I started using it, there was no going back to other digital art apps on my iPad. Then I tried Heavy Paint (which a reader recommended to me at the Vertex conference earlier this year) and I just couldn't stop playing with it.For an overview of the competition, read our review of Procreate and our guide to the best drawing apps for iPad, where we'll introduce Heavy Paint soon. And as our coverage proves, it's tough for new developers to break into the digital art…
Parents, how many times have you opened a game or video for your child to play or watch, only for them to navigate away and open a completely different app? There's an easy way to fix this and keep them on a specific app. It's called “Guided Access” and it basically locks your phone into a single app – you can also control certain elements like disabling the volume buttons, setting time limits, or even having the device ignore screen touches.Watch this video to learn how to set up Guided Access on your iPhone or iPad.How to use Guided AccessTo…
The average person spends almost four hours each day on their phone, scrolling through apps that provide endless entertainment and information. Other countries We've written extensively about the traditional and non-traditional ways people use apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and even Zello. Let's see how carefully you've been paying attention. 1. Which is the most popular social media platform in Brazil? Andre Vieira/Agentur Focus/Redux Instagram WhatsApp YouTube Facebook 2. On WeChat, China's most popular app, you can do all of the following, but not the following: Jill Sabry/Bloomberg/Getty Images File for divorce See a doctor Pay for a cup of coffee…
So you decide to take a day off work. After asking and getting permission from your boss, you realize that you have absolutely no idea how to submit a vacation request. You can barely remember the name of the HR system your company uses. You search your inbox to jog your memory, and the software that appears before you is like someone who has never used a computer before. But that doesn't matter, because your boss doesn't even understand how to approve a request. Your colleague tells you that after digging around the site for ages, she didn't even know…
This story begins: Daily Yonder.In rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely to receive adequate support in school than their urban peers and may experience lower educational achievement over the course of their lives, but some rural schools are developing multilingual education strategies that rival those in urban and suburban school districts. Larger schools generally have an easier time raising funds to offer a wider variety of courses: from advanced U.S. history courses to Spanish immersion. More students mean more money. But in rural Dubois County, Indiana, administrators are prioritizing English-learner education, where students have access to the “gold…
CHICAGO — When Jessica Anacker was in middle school, her teacher pulled her out of English class one day because students were bullying her because of her learning disability.Instead of disciplining the bully, “she said it was my fault that she was being bullied,” Anacker said.An angry Anacker retorted to the teacher, “It's your job to deal with it.”Now chairman of the Texas Caucus of Disability Democrats and a delegate to this week's Democratic National Convention, Anacker is excited that there may soon be someone “handling” these issues at the highest levels of government.Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who is Democratic…
An introvert's thoughts on “American hangouts” and the lack thereof. Julie Ha close In February, The Atlantic published an article called “Why Americans Suddenly Stop Going Out,” in which Derek Thompson argues that increased social media use, hectic schedules, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lack of social infrastructure (all of which correlate with a surge in youth depression and the breakdown of community) are the root causes of Americans becoming increasingly introverted, but Thompson makes no mention of the long-revered but lost alternative: “the great American hangout.” Thompson is mostly right, but his arguments are questionable. Was there ever a…
My name is Claire Johnson, and I am excited to share with you my experiences doing research in the Amazon Rainforest this summer with the Honors College. Ever since I was a young child, I have been fascinated by the Amazon rainforest and the unique creatures that inhabit it. When I applied to the Ecuador, Nevada Young Explorers Program, I honestly didn't think I would be selected. The expedition was focused on biological sciences and not so much on geology. However, I gained valuable research skills that will serve me well in a career in geology. Before I set off…
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – UNO student Natalia Macias told 6News she learned a lot of new things this summer.”I improved my English and met people from all over the world and expanded my network,” Macias said.She is participating in ILUNO, UNO's English language learning program, which consists of six sessions each year for those who want to improve their language skills for personal, academic or professional reasons.”Then I heard I could get a master's degree here, and that's what I want to do in the future,” Macias said.The program continues to grow, opening doors of opportunity for people like Macias.Permanent…
The report from Curriculum Associates, a company that provides curriculum and classroom-based testing programs, concluded that while there have been “small signs of improvement” in student achievement recovery, there is still a long way to go to return to pre-pandemic performance levels.Based on an analysis of over 10 million reading and 12 million math students The percentage of students who received the organization’s i-Ready Diagonistic who are currently performing at grade level is very similar across grade levels and subjects from spring 2023 to spring 2024.Student academic achievement gains from fall 2023 to spring 2024 will also be similar to…