Thousands of Filipino Educators Upskilled Using Innovative Virtual Learning Platform, Buncee

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1,700 Microsoft Education Ambassadors nationwide equipped with essential digital skills to enable remote learning for Filipino students


Microsoft recently partnered with Buncee, a global E-learning tool provider, to upskill 1,700 educators across the Philippines as part of Microsoft's Education Ambassadors (MEA) Program.

With the reopening of schools still on hold due to COVID-19, bolstering the digital skills of educators and enabling hybrid learning methods has never been more critical. The Microsoft Education Ambassadors Program aims to ensure that educators and students have the necessary tools and knowledge to adapt to this challenging situation.

Used in over 188 countries around the world, Buncee is an all-in-one digital multimedia solution designed to help educators give personalized learning and help their students achieve learning goals with ease. Buncee fosters creativity, engagement, and is integrated with Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Microsoft Word and Immersive Reader, making it a seamless experience for both teachers and students. 

"Our partnership with Microsoft Education covers so many different capacities in the Philippines with the ambition to provide solutions to empower educators everywhere they need," said Eda Gimenez, Lead Trainer, and Strategy and Business Affairs Manager of Buncee. "Teachers will find that Buncee has been very successful in empowering them to make learning fun, especially for students with learning differences."

Microsoft’s Education Ambassadors Program for the Philippines seeks to empower schools, educators, and students to be future-ready through the proper use of technology. So far, the initiative has a footprint in all 17 regions in the country, enabling over 400,000 (and counting) educators and 50,000 schools.

"Buncee shares our common goal of enabling remote learning for students all over the Philippines and the world. Their solution allows us to build future-ready skills in educators and students alike through an innovative platform that is accessible and easy to use” said Clarissa Segismundo, Microsoft Philippines Education Programs Lead. 

Huge acceptance from upskilling of Microsoft Education Ambassadors in the Philippines

Participants from the education sector, non-government organizations, and private companies were trained in Buncee’s dynamic and easy-to-use multimedia interface, allowing them to create more engaging and enriching learning experiences—whether online or in-person.

Topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Power Platform, Diversity & Inclusion, and Accessibility were covered in the training to encourage a deeper use of technology and make it relevant to today's various demands.

"The partnership between Microsoft and Buncee will help us teach more effectively and even encourage our students to see fun in learning" said one of the Microsoft Education Ambassadors who attended the session.

During a specific session called "Build MEA Up," Microsoft Education Ambassadors were taught how to maximize Buncee’s easy to use creation functionalities as well as classroom-ready template activities for more fun and creative learning.

"I'd love to collaborate more and more to engage our teachers and students on the power of Buncee and Microsoft, whether that's by collaboratively hosting virtual trainings or provisioning resources for classrooms, etc. We're eager for the collaborations we have lined up with the Microsoft Education team. Together, we can help push the boundaries of learning and make learning more inclusive for learners of all ages and capabilities” said Gimenez.

Moving forward, Gimenez said they want to replicate their success in other countries with remote and hybrid instruction in the Philippines. She added that Buncee is enthusiastic for more opportunities with Microsoft to support the educators in the country and make technology-driven learning more inclusive.

How To Increase Corn Yield

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For growers around the United States, maximizing yield potential for their farming acres is a must. This comes as no surprise. After all, why get fewer bushels out of your acres than you can? However, it's not as simple as just waiting for the rains to come and planting at a high seeding rate. Not hardly. There is so much more that goes into making the most of an acre's yield potential.

When it comes to corn yield, in particular, getting the most bang for your buck is especially crucial. The contest for controlling the corn market is rife, with more demand than ever before and strong corn yield markets in areas outside the United States coming in to take a bite out of profits. So, what types of high yield corn management practices can you use to make more bushels than you are today? There are plenty of tactics that can help growers in this realm, and we'll outline a few of them below.

Do a soil test to gauge fertility.

Did you know that grain yield is largely determined by the fertility of your soil? If your soil test comes back showing a lack of zinc, nitrogen, and phosphorus, your soybean and corn plants simply won't have enough nutrients to make them grow big and strong. That means that your grain yield will be a lot fewer bushels than you need. Soybean and corn production start at the level of the soil, so if you want a happy plant population you should pick the right acres to plant your corn plants in.

Crop rotation is a great idea.

Over time, your acres will lose their nutrients due to ongoing crop production. For that reason, you may see higher yields one year than the next, even though you planted on the same acres. Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops on different acres each growing season. This means sowing corn plants on "acre A" and soybean plants on "acre B" one growing season, then switching it for the next growing season. This is a natural way of maintaining soil fertility year after year.

Add nutrients to the soil with fertilizers.

Even if your soil test comes back with low nutrients, you can still use N fertilizer (nitrogen fertilizer) and other fertilizers to add key micronutrients, like calcium and manganese, to your soil. Make sure to add nitrogen or other micronutrients to the base of the soybean or corn crop, as that's the most important place to encourage growth.

Consider corn hybrids.

Hybrids are taking over the acres these days, with genetically engineered corn crop options that can boost corn yield in massive ways. An easy way to increase grain yield is by using hybrids in your fields. That being said, make sure to choose the right hybrids for your land. Also, using hybrids doesn't negate all the other best practices for crop management, such as crop rotation and proper irrigation techniques. It's simply a way of ensuring greater yields, but it doesn't mean growers don't have to continue to do their due diligence.

High-yield corn management isn't easy, but that's why planters who love a challenge will do well in this industry. After all, you didn't get into the corn growing business because you thought it would be a great chance to visit the Key to the South. If you're the kind of planter who doesn't shy away from a hard contest, consider using these tips to take your production system to the next level. If you use these methods, as well as manage pests and weeds with herbicide and fungicide on a regular basis, there's no possible reason why you can't win the contest of corn yield. All you have to do is get out there and starting planting.

What factors affect the size of a penis?

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Like every other organ of the body, the penis also increases in size naturally with the passage of time. The genes you inherit from your male parents are used in the development of the penis. But humans have always been inclined to advancements. Men who wish for an increase in their penis length look for methods that satisfy their desires while those who wish to keep it natural think of factors that affect the size of the penis.

However, these factors can be distributed between internal and external factors respectively and can differ as a whole or in some aspect between the men of the same family. Therefore, there’s a high possibility that your father or brother may have an unusual penis size while you have the right size. Whatever the case may be, having the right penis size is extremely important for many factors, and for that buying a penile traction device online is a worthy decision. With boosting sexual performance, erectile function, confidence in moving, the right average penis size determines that you’re genetically perfect throughout.
These are some of the more factors that affect penis size:


Puberty: As soon as a male body hits puberty, the production and release of testosterone hormone take place at a rapid speed. These hormones are responsible for the development of normal size, healthy penis but lack or incomplete production of testosterone may highly affect the penis size, making it genetically abnormal by birth.


Environment: Environment plays a major role in how we grow and look. Harmful pollutants such as plastics, pesticides, inorganic salts in the surrounding can inhibit the production of testosterone hormone. Not only does this disrupt the production and release of such important reproductive growth hormones but may also show genetical penis impairment in male infants and adolescents.


Diet: What we eat is what we are, the same formula implies when it comes to the development of the penis. Eating junk, unprocessed, or chemically formulated food products can delay puberty as well as the development of your penis. Malnutrition in male adolescence is called anorexia which brings several diseases with it in which deceased penis size is one of the most concerning ones.


Genetics: Genetics is the most prominent factor out of all of these. If your male parent has a shorter penis or an extraordinary increase penis length then you may also most probably have the same length penis at your early age or after you pass the puberty period. Similarly, many types of penis abnormalities are also normally transferred from the male parent to the male offspring.
Conclusion:

This was a short summed up guide explaining what are some factors that can affect the size of your penis in case you’re looking for a treatment to get normal penis size, Before you go with and penis length correction or start using a penile traction device, make sure you’re aware of these factors or stop those to help those methods produce efficient results. However, stretching, jelqing, or other penis exercises can also increase the length of your penis effectively.