Waching daily Jun 27 2017

Last year I was still in high school.

When you get to university,

everything's different.

You have more freedom,

but sometimes you can feel a bit lost.

Placement tests / Continuous assessment tests

As a teacher you come across students

who are having problems.

Not because they're incapable,

but because

they haven't successfully crossed

the bridge between school

and university.

University calls for a different way

of working,

different rhythms.

Students have to adapt

to this new

environment.

Those who have trouble adapting

can sometimes fail their year

or even drop out

completely.

We try to support first-year students

in a number of ways.

Placement tests

are a way of assessing

how well equipped students

are to tackle and succeed

in the courses on offer.

It is important to make students understand

the need for regular work

throughout the semester.

The results of placement tests

and continuous assessment are analyzed.

Students are graded,

but this is to give them an idea

of where they stand

in relation to their peers,

in relation to what's expected of them.

It helps them to know

how they need to organize themselves.

So, what do you think about this placement test?

I see it as a challenge.

I'm in favour of this testing system,

because I think it can help me pass my exams.

Getting my degree

is my number one priority,

so I can start work

as quickly as possible.

A placement test

based on shared UNISCIEL data

is a way for teachers

to assess students' knowledge ans skills

and to identify weaknesses.

It tells teachers where they may need

to adapt course content,

offer refresher lessons,

and point students towards course material,

exercises and animations

posted online.

For more infomation >> UNISCIEL - Tests de positionnement et de contrôle continu - Duration: 3:03.

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Today in #TalentTalks: George Restrepo from Coctelería Creativa – How it began? - Duration: 1:56.

¿What inspired you to enter in the world of Cocktails, when it was an emerging sector?

I started in the cocktails industry for need

and I stayed there for vocation.

I come from the advertising world,

I worked in several advertising agencies, but at one point in my life

I wanted to make a break to deepen the image industry.

For that reason, I came to Barcelona to study photography.

Then I spent all my savings but I wanted to stay a little longer in Barcelona.

I found a job in a cocktail bar and I started teaching about it.

I discovered the world of bartending while I was teaching.

That was a bit of my starting point.

Coctelería Creativa is currently one of the five most influential webs in the world...

...and the leader in cocktails in Spanish. How did the idea come to you?

Coctelería Creativa was created for a personal need

When I was teaching about cocktails, I saw that I had no resources to teach.

All that existed were books in English,

there weren't any blogs yet and none of the facilities we have today.

So, it arises from a personal need.

Basically, it is like having a Wikipedia where you can find all the information, like recipes.

One day I was talking with my brother, who is webmaster, and we came up with a website,

with the idea of offering information, a point of meeting between brands, professionals and end consumers.

Success? I think success is relative, we feel happy, but we don't feel that all the work is done.

Our goal is to add even more value to our community,

so we are trying to add all the emerging projects to our site Coctelería Creativa.