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Students & Educators

Ralph MooreOctober 12, 2018 0

Learn what all the buzz is about: Sign up for a Crio webinar!

At Curriculum Pathways we’re so passionate about education that in addition to building our resources, we’re now also giving you the tools to build your own. Whether you’re remixing someone else’s work or starting from scratch, you’ll build lessons like never before. Not a programmer? No problem. Crio enables anyone

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Analytics | SAS Events | Students & Educators

Naohiro Takemura (竹村尚大)October 9, 2018 0

SAS Global Forum 2019 で発表しよう（学生向けプログラムあり）

全世界のSASユーザーが集う年次のイベント SAS Global Forum。次回は2019年4月28日から5月1日まで、米国テキサス州ダラスで開催予定です。現在、SAS Global Forum 2019での発表演題を募集しています。本イベントは、600を超えるセッションでワークショップ、プレゼンテーション、e-ポスター、デモおよび交流プログラムが用意されており、アナリティクス活用についての事例やテクノロジーが多数紹介されます。昨年は5400人もの登録者があり、世界中のデータサイエンティストと情報交換が可能です。（2017年の様子を過去のブログで紹介しています。その1, その2, その3）学生向けのプログラムも用意されており、多くの大学生・教育関係者が参加します。 Student Ambassador Program ... 「学生大使」として無料でイベントに招待（旅費や宿泊代もサポートされます！） Student Symposium ... 学生がチームで戦うコンテスト。ファイナリストはイベントに招待されます。 Academic Summit ... 学生と教育関係者向けの講演と交流プログラム。昨年、参加した日本の学生によるレポートはこちら。ビジネスやアカデミアのユーザーが一堂に会するグローバルイベントで、学生が自身の分析・研究・提案を発表することで、ビジネスやアナリティクスの専門家からのフィードバックにより自身のアイデアを深めると同時に、国際的にネットワークを広げることができます。まずは、10月22日の締切までにアブストラクトを投稿しましょう！ SAS Japan アカデミア推進室では、投稿に向けて学生の皆さんをサポートいたします。興味のお持ちの方は JPNAcademicTeam@sas.com までご連絡ください。

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Students & Educators

Ralph MooreOctober 8, 2018 0

Learn About Writing Reviser in this fun Webinar!

Want your students to ask questions experienced writers ask automatically? Available at no cost from Curriculum Pathways, Writing Reviser allows writers to focus on purpose and audience, essay structure, and use of written language (sentence economy, variety, power, and clarity). As a result, students learn to express themselves with greater precision and

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Ron CodyOctober 1, 2018 0

Three of My Favorite Programming Tips

I often get asked for programming tips. Here, I share three of my favorite tips for beginners. Tip #1: COUNTC and CATS Functions Together The CATS function concatenates all of its arguments after it strips leading and trailing blanks. The COUNTC function counts characters. Together, they can let you operate

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Students & Educators

Künstliche Intelligenz

Andreas BecksSeptember 26, 2018 0

KI und die Angst um meinen Job: Wie eine emotionale Debatte zu einer sachlichen und konstruktiven Auseinandersetzung werden kann

Wird KI die Spaltung unserer Gesellschaft in die „Elite“ und den „besorgten, abgehängten Rest“ dramatisch beschleunigen? Zum Beispiel durch hocheffektive personalisierte Medizin, die sich nur wenige leisten können? Oder den Wegfall von automatisierbaren Jobs im Mittelstand, während die hochqualifizierte Elite ihre Machtpositionen beibehält oder gar ausbaut? Oder bietet sich nicht

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Students & Educators

Hidden Insights: Securing the future: Piloting data science qualifications

Elisabeth Versailles

Elisabeth VersaillesSeptember 24, 2018 0

Securing the future: Piloting data science qualifications

There is a question, almost philosophical in its nature, about who should be responsible for developing new skills in the workforce. In the days when employees expected to have a job for life, and stay with the same employer for 40 years, it made sense that employers paid, and often

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Data Management | Learn SAS | Programming Tips | Students & Educators

Sian RobertsSeptember 18, 2018 0

Three Proc SQL Tips from Bestselling Author Kirk Paul Lafler

SAS Press author Kirk Paul Lafler's favorite tips using PROC SQL.

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganSeptember 17, 2018 0

We Listen, So We Can Build The Best

Every day we hear from educators and students. And every day we listen -- to a tweet, an email supporting our team, a survey response, a comment on a resource at curriculumpathways.com, a review in the App Store, a rating in the Add-Ons for Google Docs, a comment on a

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Students & Educators

Lucy KosturkoSeptember 12, 2018 0

Crio: The OER Solution You've Been Looking For

Open educational resources (OER) have gained momentum as a cost-effective alternative to expensive materials such as textbooks, workbooks, and other repositories. The proliferation of internet access and internet-enabled devices makes it easy to share high-quality teaching resources. Beyond lowering school budgets, OERs serve to shrink the opportunity gap by ensuring

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Students & Educators

Terry HardisonSeptember 4, 2018 0

Getting Started with the Writing Reviser Add-in for Microsoft Word

Let’s face it: teaching students to write well is a remarkably complex task. Whether they’re explicating an Emily Dickinson poem or reporting lab results for a science class, student writers must express themselves clearly and forcefully—and that usually involves revision. As James Baldwin knew, rewriting is both painful and

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Students & Educators

Scott McQuigganSeptember 4, 2018 0

5 Reasons All Writers Need the SAS Writing Reviser Add-in for Microsoft Office

Are you one of the millions of writers using Microsoft Word, for work or life? Whether you are writing a narrative essay for your 5th-grade teacher due in two days, summarizing your methods and results for the lab report due by the end of the semester, drafting a new blog

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Students & Educators

Mimi StapletonAugust 30, 2018 0

Back to School: Spanish

Looking for ways to learn and review Spanish vocabulary for the new school year? Check out our new Spanish Vocabulary Series. Created for beginning-level students, these resources offer visuals and audio support as students enhance their Spanish vocabulary. And don't forget about our popular Spanish Video Library and Quick Tutorials!

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Students & Educators

Ada LopezAugust 28, 2018 0

Back to School: Science

The start of a new school year is a big deal. It’s a time full of excitement, anticipation, and, of course, preparation. With over 300 science resources available at no cost, Curriculum Pathways can save you time and money with our ready to use, standards-based, online lessons. From genetics to

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Students & Educators

Terry HardisonAugust 20, 2018 0

Back to School: English

As the new school year gets under way, you may be looking to ease your students back into English language arts. Here are a few ways that Curriculum Pathways can help. Check out Crio! Ready to give shape to some new ideas about novels or writing types you will be

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Students & Educators

Michael Robbins

Michael RobbinsAugust 16, 2018 0

Using Crio to Support Professional Learning Communities

In medieval Europe, individuals who practiced a craft often joined a guild. Within a guild, devoted craftspeople provided support for each other, discussed best practices, and set the standard for the products given to consumers. Today, teachers promote their craft more extensively -- in professional learning communities (PLCs). How can teachers

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Learn SAS | SAS Events | Students & Educators

Andy RavennaAugust 14, 2018 0

Announcing the #AnalyticsX Hackathon: Are you up for it?

Even though I’ve worked at SAS for nearly 30 years, I still get excited when great things come together for our customers! This year we are hosting the very first hackathon at our Analytics Experience conference in San Diego - the AnalyticsX Hackathon. Analytics Experience is in its third year

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Students & Educators

Meredith Rakowski

Meredith RakowskiAugust 13, 2018 0

What I've Learned Creating with Crio

Teachers can be the worst students. Just take a look at staff meetings: we’re playing on cell phones, passing notes, doodling, or making grocery lists. But give us an opportunity to expand our knowledge on our own terms, and we’ll run with it. We really do enjoy learning, which is

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Students & Educators

Meredith Rakowski

Meredith RakowskiAugust 13, 2018 0

Crio Delivers Active CTE Learning with an Impact

My “why” has always been my animals. They are the reason I drag myself out of bed every morning before the sun comes up to feed, water, and check them over before heading to school. And once there, my “why” becomes my job as I share my passion for animals

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Students & Educators

Molly FarrowAugust 13, 2018 0

Back to School: Social Studies

With the start of the new school year, you may be looking for ways to ease students back into social studies. Here are a few ways that Curriculum Pathways can help. Check out Crio! Use our brand new drag-and-drop editor to transform your static, paper-based lesson plans into online resources; and

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Students & Educators

Amber BrunerAugust 7, 2018 0

Using Digital Resources to Support Social-Emotional Development

Ask anyone what subjects are taught in school. The list is predictable: some combination of reading, writing, math, social studies, and science, along with fine arts, physical education, and perhaps technology. It's rare for someone to mention social-emotional skills (SEL). But, if you ask a kindergarten teacher what skills their

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Students & Educators

Jessica Tufillaro

Jessica TufillaroAugust 7, 2018 0

Four Reasons I'll Use Crio to Flip My Classroom

As an elementary teacher and technology facilitator, I know the excitement educators feel when they want to implement new technology into their classroom. Typically, most teachers are eager to learn and try new things at the beginning of the school year. This year, I am eager to flip my classroom

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Students & Educators

Ralph MooreAugust 3, 2018 0

Now you can add Google files to your Crio lesson!

Crio is barely a month old, and we're already making it better! Launched in June, Crio enables teachers to create lessons that include audio, text, images, video, and interactive content. This drag-and-drop editor lets teachers transform static, paper-based lesson plans into online resources, and to do so without any programming skills. And

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Students & Educators

Ralph MooreAugust 2, 2018 0

Three ways a free online course can help you blend algebra instruction

Did you know Curriculum Pathways resources include an entire online Algebra 1 Course? And it's much more than a typical math textbook. The Algebra 1 Course consists of 46 lessons organized into 10 units. In addition, students can work through two pre-algebra units (7 lessons) in preparation for the course.

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Learn SAS | Students & Educators

Amy ShepherdAugust 1, 2018 0

My time at SAS as an intern…

Amy Shepherd, a recent graduate from The University of Nottingham, has spent the summer as an intern at SAS UK. As a last task we have asked her to share her final thoughts on what it's been like to undertake an internship. My time here at SAS has been varied to say the least, I arrived

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Students & Educators

Staci LyonAugust 1, 2018 0

Back to School: Math

Kicking off the new school year, you may be looking for ways to ease your students back into math. Here are a few ways that Curriculum Pathways can help. And remember, all Curriculum Pathways resources, including apps, are free! Check out Crio! Use our brand new drag-and-drop editor to transform your

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Students & Educators

Ada LopezJuly 17, 2018 0

Student-led Conferences in Four Easy Steps

Open communication between school and home is essential to student learning. Traditionally, a parent-teacher conference is scheduled between report cards to provide parents with updates on their child’s progress. But the focus and the work is on the parents and the teacher. How do we shift the focus to the

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Students & Educators

Ralph MooreJune 18, 2018 0

Crossing the EdTech Bridge: From the Classroom to the Corporate Edtech World

Wonder how you can interact with and learn from an #EdTech company? Here's your chance to find out from an educator who has done just that! Join Wake County North Carolina teacher and instructional technology facilitator David Balmer at ISTE as he shares his experiences working with Curriculum Pathways during

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