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Note taking techniques 2008-08-04 11:03:00 These tips and techniques are very useful as they are suggested from known College or Universities or their teachers. Proper note taking can help you in getting good grades. So keep this tips and techniques in mind either you are a student or teacher. Because these are equally useful for both.These tips are provided from "Academic Tips.org":Note Taking Techniques"The most comprehensive note taking systems require attention on your part. You must be alert enough in class to take legible, meaningful notes. You can't rely on "writing everything down" because a lot of information in a given lecture won't help you actually learn the material. If you have problems determining the specific relevant points in a particular class, you can always ask the professor to clarify them for you. The 2-6 Met
"Reading Rocket"- helping kids learn to read 2008-04-05 08:05:00 Reading Rocket is a comprehensive and daily updated web site that includes reading news headlines, research-based articles, tips for parents and educators, video interviews with top children's book authors, a monthly e-newsletter, national and local resources, an online store, and much more."Reading Rocket" is a national multimedia project that offers research-based and best-practice information on teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle. It is an educational service of public television station WETA in Washington, D.C.The National Institutes of Health estimates that one in five children has serious difficulties learn
ing to read. These children are potentially among the most troubled kids in society. With early identification and a lot of help, however, children who struggle t Read more:Reading
Eleven tips: parents can encourage the children to become good readers! 2008-04-04 08:46:00 Teachers and parents both can play an important role in making the child a good reader. Research has shown that enjoying books with a child for even a few minutes a day can make a measurable difference in the acquisition of basic reading skills, and that everyday activities – such as a trip to the grocery store – can be turned into enjoyable learning experiences.These are 11 tips for parents can encourage the children to become good readers
:1- Create appreciation of the written word Find time to read aloud with your child every day. Typically, parents play an important role in developing this skill by reading to children and showing how important reading is to their daily life. Lap time with picture books and stories can strongly motivate your child to enjoy reading. Try to make these Read more:Eleven
Kids would love to search this health and food related site 2008-04-01 04:19:00 This site is health related
, but it is so colourful and interactive that kids would love to browse it.Kids home page is from FDA (U.S Food and Drug Adminitration) and have food safety and other health related stuff for kids. * Link to other kids sites* parents corner provides a lot of helping health related posts/links. *News page would be informative for parents and kids. For example: A news about "Apple Cider Safety"Apple cider is a fun and delicious drink. It tastes almost like apple juice, but a little stronger and the color is a little darker. You can buy it mostly in the fall at the store and when you go to the pumpkin patch and fall fairs.But some apple cider may not be safe to drink, especially for kids. If it hasn’t been pasteurized (a type of heating) or treated in another
"Tox Town"- educating us about envirenment health concerns 2008-03-31 07:24:00 "Tux Town"is an interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances, your health, and the environment. It helps users explore a Port, Town, City, Farm, to identify common environmental hazards.Information on chemical and environmental concerns
is from the TOXNET and MedlinePlus resources of the National Library of MedicineTox Town is designed to give you information on:- everyday locations where you might find toxic chemicals- non-technical descriptions of chemicals- links to selected, authoritative chemical information on the Internet- how the environment can impact human health- Internet resources on environmental health topicsTox Town uses color, graphics, sounds and animation to add interest to learning about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's heal Read more:educating
Poor eating habits and how to change it? 2008-03-29 09:40:00 Both parents and teachers teach their kids about healthy eating
and spread the words about it. I have adviced many parents in this regard to check if their children are getting proper healthy diet. Because poor eating habits
can effect the performance of your child at school. Healthy food means "Eating a variety of foods, which could provide your child, essential nutrients such as protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, and minerals to well-nourish her/him. Naturally poor eating healthy habits would result in weak immune system, which increases the chances of sickness.What are the poor eating habits? Poor eating habits include:- Eating a very limited variety of foods. - Refusing to eat entire groups of foods such as vegetables. - Eating too many foods of poor nutritional quality such as soft
"Teaching Expertise"- A learning site for teachers and parents 2008-03-28 09:16:00 This is one of the sites which is a good source of learning for parents and teachers
. I could find a lot of articles on various topics about learning as a teacher, which are equally beneficial as a parent. Teaching Expertise
is an information and learning website for teachers and other education professionals. It's a place to come for free education articles and bulletins, advice and guidance, knowledge sharing and ideas. There's a huge searchable library plus our full catalogue of books and newsletters. A lot of material on Teaching Expertise is also useful for parents and researchers.Mission: To provide teachers with the best place to learn from each other and develop professionally and personally. Site was launched in November 2006. * Section Teaching and learning covers everything from
Healthy eating for your child 2008-03-24 08:46:00 Eating habits play a big role in providing nutrition to your child
, which helps them to stay healthy and fit. But what is a healthy menu and how we can help develop healthy habit among our children?"Kaiser Permanente.org" is a non-profit organization providing health guidelines. It suggests "healthy eating
" in these words:As a parent:Your job is to offer nutritious food choices at meals and snack times. You decide the what, where, and when of eating. andYour child's job is to choose how much he or she will eat of the foods you serve. Your child decides how much or even whether to eat.Healthy eating means eating a variety of foods so that your child gets the nutrients (such as protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, and minerals) he or she needs for normal growth. If your child regularly eats
Mutual benefits for both advertisers and bloggers at "Smorty" 2008-03-23 12:46:00 Blogs are becoming an attraction for advertisers
, as "blog advertising" has become the first choice for them. People are attacked by ads everywhere, so normal or banner advertising doesn't produce the results, advertisers expect. Blog provide a good way of advertising, as people tend to read blog and blog posts with interest. Same way bloggers
get some money for their efforts. And as I have noticed your blog also get links from search engines, as you write/review about related topics at your blog."Smorty" is one of the sites which provide get paid to blog opportunities for bloggers. Rules to register are as follows:- Your blog should be approved first to get the opportunites.- Your blog must be indexed by Google and Yahoo- It should be older than 3 months- It should have minimum histroy to Read more:Mutual
"Latitudes.org"- helping us in alternative therapies! 2008-03-23 11:44:00 As a mother, I know that parents have to face a lot of physical or neuro challenges regarding their children. Usually we choose the regular way of treatment for any kind of sickness, but every parent is now aware of the side effects of the available medications. Personally I prefer alternative therapies for any kind of physical or neuro disorders. The Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy (ACN) is a non profit organization. So resources and links are mostly free except some publications. But the articles and posts at the site, and blog are very informative. The Association for Comprehensive NeuroTherapy (ACN) is dedicated to exploring advanced and alternative non-toxic treatments for: anxiety, autism, attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disord
"Kaushal Sheth"- providing guide to best web hosting 2008-03-23 07:26:00 Kaushal Sheth is a young blogger from Mumbai, India. He is himself a student of electronics and telecommunication and this blog is an effort to learn better about Web Designing, Content Development, Web Development Marketing ,Branding, Internet Advertising, Blogs, Search Engines and SEO.As he considers himself a student and learner, his advice in sugesting us the best web hosting might be very useful. Because he researched the web to find out top 10 hosting sites. He has given only 3 site links, but we hope that after more search, he can suggest more sites to the blog readers.He offers blog templates and he also provides custom themes at a nominal rate.Blog is very easy to search. There are many You can get the updates at your in-box by subscribing the blog: subscribe here* His links page:
"Neurolearning blog"- A blog about learning, teaching and brain 2008-03-21 09:36:00 Eide Neurolearning Blog is created by the persons who are from education field, alongwith physician degree, so their posts are very rich informative source. Parents or teacher can both read the blog to know more about learning and brain related articles.Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide, who are physicians and from education field. This blog is about brain, learning, teaching and more about these topics.Few very useful and informative articles:* In the article "What Today's Students Can Learn from IDEO " it says:"IDEO is a world reknown and innovative design firm that helped develop Apple Computer's first mouse, the Palm V, the insulin pen, the first stand-up toothpaste tube, and overhauled the consumer experiences of Kaiser Permanente Hospitals and high fashion dressing rooms. With the Informa
"Bad Credit Offers"-An online credit counseling guide 2008-03-21 04:06:00 Money or finance is important to every person, but without any management and plan, we cannot lead a debt free life. Getting credit
to repair bad credit is a difficult task. "Bad CreditOffers
.com is an online
free resource for people with bad credit loans. It not only helps you in your bad credit management, but you can learn about your credit history and get advice from the site. Mission:"To provide consumers with the knowledge and resources necessary to help them find the best credit offer to fit their needs, regardless of a bad credit history."Their experts monitor the credit market place to bring "bad credit" offers at the site. These are the best credit offers which can fit to your financial needs. Link to the page: Credit counselingThere are many options at the site, which can be c
"Parenting.org"- A helping resource for parents 2008-03-20 10:15:00 Parenting.org is a FREE resource for parnets. They answer your parenting questions with resources and guidance on how to successfully raise, praise, discipline, teach and love your child. You can find parenting help, free tips, advice, resources and guidance at this site. There are many valuable resources, articles and stories offering parenting help. It is a site from Boys town.org, a non-profit, non-sectarian organization.What more you can get from the site?(In their own words)"If you're a parent educator or professional who works with families, you've come to the right place. Whether you work through a school system, a public organization, or private organization, you're expected to help parents. It's a challenge. There are single parents, stepparents, traditional and nontraditional fam Read more:Parenting
Impact of computer use on child's vision 2008-03-18 12:29:00 All about vision
is a source of trustworthy information on eye health and vision correction options. How long hours use of computer can effect the vision of our child
ren, there are useful articles about the topic:According to a survey report: - 90 percent of school-age children have computer access at home or in school. - 54 million children in the United States alone use a computer at home or in school.Several recent studies provide evidence that computers can have a negative impact on a child's vision:* 25 percent to 30 percent of computer-using children need corrective eyewear to work comfortably and safely at the computer at home or in school, says a study at the University of California at Berkeley School of Optometry. * The percentage of first-graders with myopia has increased from
Get parent's advice and tips at "Minti" 2008-03-17 07:08:00 There are a lot of message boards or forums for parents but "minti" is different in this sense that it is for parents and from the parents. This is a social community, where parents can share and gain valuable advice. minti is about advice, friendship and community for parents.Mainly the site contains articles about parenting and topics range from pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, babies, early childhood, schooling, tweens, teenage years and beyond. It all started in 2005, by Rachel Cook, who was inspired by "wikipedia" and felt the need for "parent to parent advice-opedia"The story behind the creation of this site is interesting:What prompted the creation of Minti?"When becoming a mother for the first time, Co-Founder, Rachel Cook discovered motherhood was actually about trial and error. She soug
Review: "Ashop Commerce"- provider of e-commerce software 2008-03-17 07:02:00 As blogs are becoming popular to internet users, more blogs are being created. According to Technorati, currently there are 51.8 Million weblogs and the blogosphere continues to double about every 6 months. Bloggers are now interested in monetizing their blogs. Many bloggers prefer to place ads on their blogs, and many like to sell products at their blogs. Now selling online has become very easy by using shopping cart software, which can help anyone to sell online. It is mainly a shopping cart software, offering you to create online selling place at your blog or site. "Ashop Commerce" has provided this software, which is so easy to use that you don't need to know HTML language, or other IT related matters. Because you may get the full manual alongwith the software. You are provided live su Read more:commerce
Role of educational toys and games in skill development 2008-03-14 02:33:00 Educational toys are part of the modern educator's curriculum. These educational toys and games are fun to play while they help the child in skill
development.Wikipedia says:Educational Toys In Child Development:"Educational toys enhance intellectual, social, emotional, and/or physical development. Educational toys are thus designed to encourage reasonable development milestones within appropriate age groups. For preschool age youngsters, simple wooden blocks might be a good starting point for a child to begin to understand causal relationships, basic principals of science (e.g. if a block falls from the top of a structure, it will fall until a surface stops its fall), and develop patience and rudimentary hand-eye coordination. For a child moving towards elementary school, other, more soph
Importance of time management in academic career 2008-03-10 11:21:00 Every teacher or student knows that time management is very important to improve academic performance. There are number of sites, which provide time management tips and techniques. A few links are given here:* Academic Tips.org suggests these tips:1. Personal Time Survey2. Study Hour Formular3. Daily Schedules4. Don't be a Perfectionist5. Learn to Say NO6. Learn to Prioritize7. Combine Several Activities8. ConclusionFor the detailed article:Time management * www.vt.edu/(Virginia tech) suggests an interactive time management test:-For the link: Study Skills Self Help Information * The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are recognized Catholic liberal arts colleges, and they suggest these 23 time management techniques:23 TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUESSTUDY WHEN:- Plan two stud
"School for Champion"- A site helping you achieve your goals 2008-02-26 06:58:00 School for champions is an educational site providing you articles on different topics relating to teaching and schools. How to be successful and achieve our dreams is the main focus of the site.What it means for "Champion", site explains it:"Being a champion is about doing your best to achieve difficult goals. Our concept is that by optimizing your health, knowledge, excellence, value to others and character, you have a better chance of achievement or even winning. These are called the 5 Powers of a Champion™ and they can turn our students into champions in whatever they do."Mission: To help you achieve your dreams, in these areas: - Assisting you with basic education and strategies for success, - Providing you with principles to help you become a champion in whatever you do, and - Enco Read more:School
Speed reading tips and techniques 2008-02-25 08:05:00 Adults or students who need to read a lot, feel the pressure of time. Reading faster may be a solution to the problem, but how speed reading techniques help us achieving more within short time?According to Wikipedia:"Speed
reading is a collection of reading methods which attempt to increase rates of reading without greatly reducing comprehension or retention.It is important to understand that no absolute distinct "normal" and "speed-reading" types of reading exist in practice, since all readers use some of the techniques used in speed reading (such as identifying words without focusing on each letter, not sounding out all words, not sub-vocalizing some phrases, or spending less time on some phrases than others, and skimming small sections). Speed reading is characterized by an analysis of
"Team Nutrition" A resource for kids nutrition education 2008-02-20 10:48:00 For teachers and school management this resource can provide lot of information and guidance relating to the health and nutrition
of the school going kids. There is a lot to learn for parents who are concerned about their child's eating habits and nutrition education."Team nutrition" is from USDA 'United States Department of Agriculture' providing an integrated, behavior based, comprehensive plan for promoting the nutritional health of the Nation's children. This plan involves schools, parents, and the community in efforts to continuously improve school meals, and to promote the health and education of 50 million school children in more than 96,000 schools nationwide. Mission:To improve children's lifelong eating and physical activity habits through nutrition education based on the princip
Review: "What is"- An internet and computer information site! 2008-02-15 01:42:00 From beginners to professional level, everyone can learn and master new concepts, technologies, skills and a lot more at the site. This site provides FREE content. "WhatIs.com" is a knowledge exploration and self-education tool about information
technology, especially about the Internet and computers. It contains over 4,500 individual encyclopedic definition/topics, a number of "Fast Reference" pages and learning tools. The topics contain about 12,000 hyperlinked cross-references between definition-topics and to other sites for further information. When it was Launched in September 1996, it contained 350 alphabetized words about computers and the Internet. But by late 1998, WhatIs.com's audience grew rapidly, reaching one million page views a month.In 1999, PC Magazine editors voted WhatIs
Few resources providing FREE tutorials "To learn Drawing " 2008-02-04 23:14:00 I am a drawing and art lover and from my childhood I was among few students who were interested in drawing, art and crafts, and their work was always appreciated. Even now I am taking art, crafts and drawing classes at my school. I still search for art and drawing links at the net, and now it's time to share those links with other teachers and students who love to draw. Most of the given links are FREE.1- Drawing tutorial at "South wind" by "Rebekah Lynn"Includes:* Basic drawing steps* The tools* Understanding the art of shadingYou may subscribe to their newsletter if you want to be informed of new art from SouthWind!2- Kinder art.com is the largest collection of free art lessons on the internet. It started in 1997, providing an opportunity for parents, educators, artists, students to have Read more:learn
Amazing paper craft blogs 2008-02-03 06:51:00 Paper craft is not only limited to the paper
folding or origami. You would be amazed to see the work poeple do with simple papers, as I was astonished to see the artistic creation. It is simplt ab art According to Wikipedia "Origami (折り紙 origami?) (from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper") is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper medium.Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors. Contrary to most popular belief, traditional Japanese origami, Read more:Amazing
"Fema for kids"- teaching how to be prepared for disasters! 2008-04-17 04:39:00 Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. FEMA is called in to help when the President declares a disaster. Disasters are "declared" after hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes or other similar events strike a community. The Governor of the state must ask for help from the President before FEMA can respond.FEMA workers help disaster victims find a place to stay if their homes were damaged or destroyed. FEMA also helps repair homes and works with city officials to fix public buildings that have been damaged.FEMA helps people BEFORE a disaster so they will be ready. FEMA teaches people how to prepare for a disaster and how to make their homes as safe as possible. FEMA works with communities to help them build safer, stronger bui
Is drug free treatment of "Attention Deficit Disorder"possible? 2008-04-28 12:35:00 According to a research, between 4 and 12 percent of school-age children have ADHD. It has been given a great deal of attention by neurologists and psychologists. ADHD is now widely recognized as a legitimate mental health problem.Attention Deficit Disorder(ADD) and / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) are common disorders among children and adults. But are they really affecting our lives or career? To know more about these mental disorders go to:* What is "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD)"?* Latitudes.org"- helping us in alternative therapies!"Drug-Free Treatment of ADD"By Lendon Smith, M.D. has fought for children's health and nutrition issues for over three decades. Dr. Smith was among the first to caution against sugar, white flour, and junk food known to cont
"Family Web Watch" - helping your learn safe use of internet 2008-04-28 08:31:00 As internet use is increased in last few years and number of people having access to internet is increasing very rapidly. Internet is a source of knowledge and learn
ing, but at other side, we and our families are at risk. I try to bookmark all the sites or blogs, which provide any kind of internet safety guides or posts. As a parent and then an educator I can understand that we have to save ourselves from dangers of internet. Family
web watch is one of the blogs which parents can trust, because these kind of sites provide safe online surfing tips and resources. You’ll find reviews about products and services that can help you reduce your risk to online threats. Other reviews involve sites that parents should watch out for to know where their child should and should not participate. I als
Learn pencil drawing at "Toad Hollow Studio" 2008-05-08 22:36:00 I am always fascinated by pencil drawing
and sketches. From the very young age I have passion for drawing and still now when I am a teacher, I love to teach simple and easy tips/techniques to my nursery class students. I enjoy the creativity and versatality of my student's art/drawings. From the web, you can find many resources or sites, which can teach you FREE lessons, tips about drawing. Toad Hollow
Studio is run by by Carol Rosinski, who is an artist and basically teaches pencil drawings. She is author of "Drawing Made Easy", but at her site and blog, she is offering a lot of free stuff for drawing learners.The name of the site is very attractive and Carol says: "Since my artwork is inspired by the life I see around me everyday, I named my art studio "Toad Hollow Studio." Carol descri
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