All Blog Posts Tagged 'a' (13)

When it comes time to choose a major, the task may seem daunting. With so many different options available, deciding which one to best invest your time, energy, money, and mind to is difficult. There are some ways to help ensure that you best match your mind with your major of choice.

Determine Your Motivation

A college major is a…

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My character poster (much like this one: link) that I made in Excel included a picture of myself, the word "blissful" and its definition. It was very plain and I would probably only use this in the classroom to present basic ideas.

My Glogster poster was much more in depth and interactive. It included many facts…

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Some learners have been flexible enough to depend on the internet to help them learn foreign languages. In fact, due to the endless opportunities a learner can take advantage upon learning a language, most students only prefer in internet learning rather than going to Foreign Language School for intimate learning. Who could blame them? Most students, such a reality indeed, they prefer taking the…

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Something that has been happening a lot lately in the blogosphere has really got me excited; challenges... From Pernille Ripp's (@4thGrdTeach) 10 picture house tour challenge, Katie Hellerman's (@theteachinggame) connection challenge, Cale Birk's (… Continue

It’s really easy to get started blogging – here’s two different ways to get up and running with a quality blog site quickly.

With the start of the new school year many teachers, administrators, and students will be thinking about finally starting that blog they’ve been considering. I promised in last week’s…

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A Nation Without School Librarians

"This map marks the cities, towns, communities, and states that…

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I just finished reading "Building a Better Teacher" and I have to say, I feel worried.

I’m worried that people in the business of teaching teachers claim that successful teaching depends partially on an innate ability. The un-teachable teacher…is that not the ultimate oxymoron?

I’ll agree that some people seem to possess natural talent for teaching, but I think that’s true of most professions. What…

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Online quizzes or tests work as good tools for organizations and training. Making and placing quizzes on your website or blog has many benefits.



For educators and trainers, online quizzes or tests are essential materials that help you find the weakness of students on specified knowledge. For individuals, you can make some funny quizzes to drive traffic to your website or blog.



Then, how to make a quiz or quizzes for your website or… Continue

A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output. It is widely used in illustrate technical concepts and operation procedures which are hard to explain in words. Most screencasts are generated by screen recorder software. So we can say screen recorder is a helpful presentation tool to create screencasts for software and system…

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Online quiz becomes more and more prevalent in the web 2.0 era. For bloggers or webmasters, quiz is an outstanding way for engaging readers and growing blog or Web site traffic. For trainers, online quiz is a good e-assessment authoring tool. For business men, an online quiz can also be used as a sales tool. Here are 5 ways to create quiz for online use.



1. Create quiz with desktop Flash quiz maker

Some Flash quiz makers supply an easy way to create professional… Continue

This is a feature that I run regularly at my blog that asks folks to boil down their week or a day in their week into a single reflective sentence. This week, we are using Voicethread. I invite you to join us:…

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Times are hard-hitting in late 2008 and likely to get tougher. Regardless of the financial bailout and some likely federal support for the every industry. It was a fun ride but we've lived beyond our means for quite some time, and now it's time to start paying off some of that debt.



As the economy slows, firms will be taking into consideration several methods to reduce costs: cut raw material and sourcing costs, cut labour costs, cut advertising, marketing and sales costs, or perhaps… Continue

Santa has made this affordable download to offer the Child in all of us a brand new way to enjoy Christmas for 2008.





Santa Clause, also known to many as Father Christmas or sometimes St. Nick (an abbreviated form of his real name Nicolas), is a well-known figure associated with Christmas and loved by many across the world. It was this popularity, especially with children, which prompted him to write a book for the enjoyment of… Continue