July 2009 Blog Posts (175)

Netbooks versus desktops versus nComputing vs Fiddlehead

What are some thoughts regarding netbooks versus desktop PC's? I have been hearing that everyone is going to netbooks (from the PC makers) but none of my colleagues seem to be moving that way. I'd say that PC's are here to stay for a while. According to Wikipedia "Netbooks are small portable computing device, similar to a notebook, and are great for surfing the Web and checking e-mail. " With all of the well documented problems associated with notebooks I don't see how a cheaper, less capable… Continue

Added by Jim D on July 10, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Study Fashion in London

London is a place with great history in the field of fashion. It is one of the favorite locations of any person related to fashion. We cannot ignore the contribution of fashion schools in London fashion industry. These well-known fashion schools have a good reputation in the production of top designers in shoe design, men’s clothing, women’s clothing, etc.

They also have professionals in areas such as fashion photography, fashion merchandising, fashion journalism, and lot more. If… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:32am — No Comments

Effective Chinese Education Consultancy Takes You on Right Career Path

SYA Education Consultancy is a Chinese Education Consultancy, which was founded on Aug.28th, 2002, in Qingdao, a metropolis located on the east coast of China and the office is just located along the beach. SYA Education is a fully registered company in China .Its has been granted permission to undertake foreign business affairs, with special focus on international information exchange and consultancy in the field of economy, science, culture, art, education and charity… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:31am — No Comments

Chinese Executive Training Designed to Build Efficient Future Managers

Millersville University of Pennsylvania has been the successful host university for a Chinese Executive Training Program since 1998. The training program is housed at the School of Humanities and Social Science and based upon an agreement between Millersville University and the Shanghai Municipal Government.

The Chinese executive training program is designed to provide a high quality educational opportunity for Chinese executives to learn about U.S. business principles and practices,… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Management Study in London and its Positive Impact on Global Business

Management Study in London you mean you will be at the centre of the global economy with many opportunities to undertake an internship, project or placement with one of the world's top banks or consultancies. Make your first million in London or use your business acumen to lead some of the world's best organizations. Over 300,000 people are employed in financial services in London - more than the total population of Frankfurt in Germany, Europe's next biggest financial… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:29am — No Comments

Study Arts in London to Have World-Class Education

There are six prominent colleges for study arts in London. With this, these are providing design, fashion, communications and performing arts. They are…

Camberwell College of Arts

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Chelsea College of Art and Design

London College of Communication

London College of Fashion

Wimbledon College of Art

It is a diverse and creative community of 24,000 full and part-time students… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:28am — No Comments

Problem-free University Transfer to Continue Your Study Uninterruptedly

Sometimes, the more you study in the same university or college, the more fed up you get. Seeing the same faces and experiencing the same environment every day. Eventually, it just gets into you. Otherwise, you might already have an aim since high school to enter whichever university you want. Then you work towards your goal. Nevertheless, University Transfer is nothing like restarting the game of life.

Apart from all the fuss of getting your visa done, applying for a new passport,… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:27am — No Comments

Rely on Credible Education Consultancy for Studying Abroad

The Education Consultancy works as a partner with a small number of select clients in the education field to support optimal outcomes including but going beyond immediate projects. Offering Marketing Communication, Enrollment, and Revenue Solutions for:

• Higher Education

• Independent Secondary Schools

• Individual Families

The Education Consultancy with colleagues with a wide range of skill sets… Continue

Added by Garry Ben on July 10, 2009 at 4:26am — No Comments

Screen Recording in Computer Teaching and Training

In the production of multi-media courseware presentation, we often need to capture the computer screen actions of operating the application, such as tracking the movement of the mouse and the keystrokes from the keyboard, and so on. That is to make a multimedia animation presentation document from your onscreen activity. And they can be used for software training and self-learning. The research shows that screen recording applied to teaching and training receives a good… Continue

Added by Tim on July 10, 2009 at 2:52am — No Comments

Free Collaborative Platforms for Teachers Part 3 - ZOHO Personal Collaboration and Productivity Apps

Reposted from Meg's Notebook.

Zoho is an Indian web office applications development firm that is taking on the big guns, Google and Microsoft, and actually giving them a run for their money. Zoho's range of products is an immense, fulsome collection of personal collaboration and productivity apps, consisting of ten products, and an at cost business apps service comprised of nine products. It's a very… Continue

Added by Meg H on July 9, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

How To Obtain The Best College Admission Essay Help

High school students face the biggest dilemma in finding the best college admission essay help. On top of the college entrance examinations, young students must answer several essay questions why they want to be part of a specific educational institution.

Admission essay details the applicants' motivations why they want to enroll in a school program. For oncoming college students it is critical that they choose the correct program. Without proper guidance, student may eventually end… Continue

Added by Audrey Langdon on July 9, 2009 at 6:27pm — No Comments

What will you do differently with students next year?

After attending NECC 09 in Washington D.C. I determined to consider my next year’s teaching. In the process, I realized there were some changes I wished to make in how I work with my students. Perhaps the most important of my changes is a desire to allow students to choose the most appropriate tool to use when doing an assignment. As I thought about it, I realized I wanted to see what others might consider important as well. I posted the following on Twitter:

What will you do differently… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on July 9, 2009 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Reflection on Learning Process and Integration of Technology

Taking this class online was quite a challenge for me but I survived. Logging on to the course was difficult for me at first. There were a few times I almost threw my lap top out. I'm glad I took the class though I learned a lot about digital camera, camcorder and other modern technologies that go with them to make videos. My lap top is my best friend now, it help me a lot through this class. I never bother with lap top before because I know what it takes to get on and clicking on all sorts of… Continue

Added by Irene D. Jackson on July 9, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Teaching Abroad

I have finished student teaching as well as a semester of substitute teaching. Now I am off to teach in Uganda for the year! Chemistry will always be my passion, but understanding that more subjects may be needed in Africa is fine by me. I am looking forward to teaching secondary school in an aids orphanage for a few months, then after a school holiday move up north around Gulu. Any help will be appreciated as I will have little to none internet and curriculum provided. Here goes all of my… Continue

Added by Rebekah Adams on July 9, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

" Providing Choices": A Reflective Teacher 6

As teachers, we provide the tools necessary to allow our students choices during their lives. One of our tasks is to help our students remove the limits that self-doubt promotes. We must not produce one-dimensional twits, that merle parrot-back the information we as teachers present. That is not teaching; that is presenting and it has no business in an effective teacher's classroom. There is no gain in this monologue. No teacher should feel remotely successful if that is the end result of their… Continue

Added by Ronald Bovill on July 9, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Sharing Some of My Knowledge

I'm a futurist and innovation consultant. Over the next two months I'm going to be sharing my knowledge in webinars at no charge. The schedule is:

July 23: Widgets, Folksonomies, Mashups and Syndication: An Introduction to Web 2.0

August 6: Market Intelligence… Continue

Added by Paul Schumann on July 9, 2009 at 10:27am — No Comments

Thoughts on Innovation Systems

In Complexity: A Guided Tour, Melanie Mitchell wrote about a series of questions that were being circulated among complexity scientists. I liked the questions very much and thought that they also applied to work on innovation systems. So, I’ve modified them for that application:

1. Why did you begin working with innovation systems?

2. How would you define an… Continue

Added by Paul Schumann on July 9, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

What kind of Neanderthal schooling is being provided by you Philistines?

School budgets need to be cut! But you better not shortchange MY child's education. This is the schizophrenic mantra being shouted by policy-making parents today.

On one hand, when they put on their bean counter hats, they see the excess, the fluff, the areas which can "justifiably" be scaled back. On the other hand, when they wear the hat of a being a parent and they look at the education that their own flesh and blood are getting in our schools, suddenly it's a whole… Continue

Added by Alan Sitomer on July 9, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

A Reflective Classroom Teacher 5

Teaching is so much more than an occupation. It cannot be defined in the traditional sense. How does one describe what teachers accomplish in thousands of classrooms each day. To say that our work is just teaching is too simplistic and lacks the depth and passion needed to describe this service, that we as teachers, perform each day. That is what it is, make no mistake about it, we as teachers offer a service of the highest order. To be an effective teacher, one must invest so much more than… Continue

Added by Ronald Bovill on July 9, 2009 at 8:40am — No Comments

Reflective Classroom Teacher 4

There is absolutely no grace in self-deception. It stymies our growth as a person and suffocates the intellectual process. We cannot lie to ourselves and be effective at anything. Much too often, we prefer to live in a pretend world of contentment. We seem to be able to accept the pain of the lie much better than the pain of reality. We fear that any change in our lives might produce even greater unhappiness, so we insulate our feelings with self-deceit and produce self-loathing and resentment… Continue

Added by Ronald Bovill on July 9, 2009 at 8:38am — No Comments