There are certainly a number of great professions to choose from in this day and age. This is what drives so many people to go to college. They know that acquiring that degree will put them that much further ahead than the other folks that chose not to. Anyway, one career path that you […]
Have you ever stopped to think about how fast time passes? As a child time seems to crawl by, especially when you are looking forward to something like the holidays or your birthday. As an adult it seems like birthdays come way to fast and no matter how early you start preparations the holidays […]
Parenting is the hardest and scariest job that any one of us will ever complete. It is also the most rewarding and fulfilling. There are so many chances every day to make a lasting impact on our children, yet we often get so busy in our day to day existence that we let opportunities […]
As an instructor of English and as an online course developer, I have found many valuable teacher resources for linguistic and literary disciplines and for education and teaching. Some of these lesson plans for reading cover days and weeks and include peer work suggestions, interactive games and quizzes and maps, and dynamic and […]
There are many things in life that you may never have to do, but almost everyone will have to go about typing a business letter at least a few times. This can be for a variety of reasons and you don’t have to work in the business world in order to have to know […]
Remember back in high school when you were forced to take all those classes you just weren’t sure about? Anything from wood shop, to drafting, to sewing was shoved in your face. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t forced on you, but you did need the credits to graduate. One of the big ones for […]
Although it is possible to study a foreign language to some degree from just a formal language program at any school. The best way to study is to actually be in that culture, while simultaneously taking classes. In language learning theory, this is called an immersion program and they have become popular all […]
When children hear the words book report they often emit a groan of frustration. Many generations have dreaded writing book reports and that may not change anytime soon. Some children find reading to be a great joy, while other struggle. Even the best readers still hate to write book reports, however, and this can […]
I recently got my first guitar, a Fender Squire, a beginner guitar, apparently infamous for it’s lack of quality. Naively exuberant, I showed it to my jazz cat friend, Damon. Oh no man, he groaned, staring, tell me you didn’t just get Squired? He then picked up the Fender and proceeded to ruin […]
I worked on three learning courses last year, courses that required the usual - meeting standards, being fresh and engaging, being comprehensive and effective, etc. Courses that lent themselves to multiple teacher lesson plans and versions, making for 154 unique but related pages of material. The most challenging part was that which […]