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Start from zero : build your own business, experience true freedom / by Maxwell, Dane,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Embark on 7 Learning Adventures to Create a Business From Scratch. This book includes research on "who" is most likely to be successful in entrepreneurship across 26 different personality factors. No hype. No BS. No fluff. This is a comprehensive book full of examples to draw from. Start From Zero gives you the repeatable path to create a meaningful and profitable business without being dependent on any person, any platform, or anything. See new research on the top personality traits pulled from 30 successful entrepreneurs. Learn by example from 15 employees who became entrepreneurs. Much of the world believes you have to be smart, gifted, or lucky to make it with your own business. That's only true to a certain extent. You can actually screw up a lot and still get rich... if you get the right things done right. This is the only book that will show you how to successfully start from zero when you have nothing. Not even confidence. Start From Zero is the result of over 10 years of research, based on tested principles, with a methodology that will still be relevant a hundred years from now. If you are frustrated with your income and earning potential, this book is for you. Start From Zero teaches you how to install the 4 brains you need to create income & scalable products from scratch. Whether you are a frustrated employee, a time-strapped business owner, or a curious 16 year old wondering if you should attend college, Start From Zero delivers the goods. My hope is this book helps make entrepreneurship accessible to the entire world. I have personally helped thousands of people become free with this exact process. All of them started from zero. Many of them started as employees. You can be next. Put these principles into practice for 90 days and learn the skills to make success more likely in any endeavor you choose!
Subjects: Entrepreneurship.; Success in business.; New business enterprises.;
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Do-it-yourself engineering [videorecording] / by Ressler, Stephen J.,instructor.; Teaching Company,film producer,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318).(Disc 1): 1 Why DIY engineering? -- 2 Exploring the science of structure -- 3 Design and build a cardboard tower -- 4 Bridging with beams -- 5 Make a suspension bridge -- 6 Design a concrete sailboat -- (Disc 2): 7 Set sail! -- 8 Make a radio-controlled blimp -- 9 Exploring aerodynamics -- 10 Build a model airplane -- 11 Take flight! -- 12 Build a model helicopter -- [Disc 3]: 13 This is rocket science -- 14 Build a rocket -- 15 Make an electric launch controller -- 16 Let's do launch! -- 17 A tale of three catapults -- 18 Build a ballista, onager, and trebuchet -- (Disc): 19 Design a hydraulic arm -- 20 Make a water turbine -- 21 Design a gear train -- 22 Make a mechanical clock -- 23 Design a motor-powered crane -- 24 Creative design: a tribute to Rube Goldberg.Presenter, Stephen Ressler.Master the principles of engineering through fascinating do-it-yourself projects. You can confidently tackle a working suspension bridge, airplane, helicopter, catapult, clock, and other technological wonders in your own home workshop. These projects are challenging but achievable. They require only readily available materials and a workshop equipped with common benchtop power tools. Do-It-Yourself Engineering's 24 lectures show how in 17 engaging DIY projects you can create exactly as an engineer does: starting with the concept, working out the design, plunging into construction, and finally putting the final product to the test. Professor Ressler walks you through the entire process, including the crucial planning phase, which is where most people wonder, "Where do I start?" As you develop your design, he shows how simple high-school mathematics can be used to calculate the loads caused by pedestrians on a bridge, aerodynamic lift developed by an airplane wing, torque in a turbine, and other engineering parameters. Plus, you learn how to apply elementary physics concepts, such as the conservation of energy, Newton's laws, and Bernoulli's principle. In addition, Dr. Ressler gives you indispensable shop tips on the use of tools. Above all, he teaches you how to think like an engineer in approaching any problem.Not rated.DVD.
Subjects: Educational films.; Instructional films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Design and technology.; Engineering.; Engineering; Scientific recreations.; Technology.;
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Teach yourself visually web design / by Huddleston, Rob.(CARDINAL)558345;
Chapter 1: Tools Of Web Design And Planning Your Site -- Brief history of the web -- Understanding browsers -- Visual design tools -- Code-based tools -- Graphics programs -- Understanding the importance of planning your site -- Understanding your audience -- Gather your materials -- Plan your navigation structure -- Plan your file structure -- Chapter 2: Getting Started With HTML -- Introduction to HTML -- Create your first web page -- Save your web page -- Preview a page in a browser -- Declare your document type -- Add headings -- Add paragraphs -- Apply logical formatting -- Understanding URLs and file paths -- Link to other pages in your site -- Link to pages on the web -- Link within a page -- Link to an e-mail address -- Link to other document types -- Show tool tips for links -- Chapter 3: Creating Images -- Understanding image formats -- Legally acquiring stock images -- Understanding image optimization -- Download a stock image from the web -- Get to know the Photoshop interface -- Get to know the Photoshop Elements interface -- Use Photoshop to fix colors -- Crop and resize an image in Photoshop -- Save an image for the web in Photoshop -- Open an image for the web in Photoshop -- Open an image for editing in Photoshop elements -- Use Photoshop Elements to fix colors -- Rotate an image in Photoshop Elements -- Crop an image in Photoshop Elements -- Resize an image in Photoshop Elements -- Save an image for the web in Photoshop Elements -- Get to know the Fireworks interface -- Get to know the Illustrator interface -- Create a button in Fireworks -- Save an image for the web in Fireworks -- Create a logo in Illustrator -- Save an Illustrator image for the web -- Add an image to your web page -- Make your images accessible -- Use images as links -- Chapter 4: Formatting Your Pages -- Introduction to CSS -- Create an embedded style sheet -- Understanding units of measurement -- Set the font and text size on your page -- Understanding color on the web -- Determine a color scheme using Kuler -- Set text color -- Set a background color -- Add a background image -- Control background image tiling -- Position background images -- Apply additional text formatting -- Indent and align text -- Apply spacing with padding -- Control whitespace with margins -- Specify widths -- Add borders -- Chapter 5: Advanced CSS -- Style multiple elements -- Format text with spans -- Group elements with divs -- Apply styles with classes -- Apply styles with IDs -- Use contextual selectors -- Use pseudo-elements -- Use pseudo-classes -- Create an external style sheet -- Link a style sheet to a page -- Use the cascade -- Chapter 6: Laying Out Pages -- Set up your page for CSS layouts -- Float elements -- Use margins and padding to fix float problems -- Work with overflow -- Chapter 7: Adding Tables And Lists -- Add data tables -- Format tables with CSS -- Create complex tables -- Add a header row -- Add table sections -- Add an unordered list -- Add an ordered list -- Style lists -- Chapter 8: Creating A Page Visually In Dreamweaver -- Introduction to Dreamweaver's interface -- Define a site in Dreamweaver -- Create a new document -- Replace the logo placeholder -- Replace the main content -- Replace the content in the sidebar and footer -- Add navigation -- Add images -- Insert a Photoshop image -- Edit a Photoshop image in Dreamweaver -- Modify CSS -- Add new styles -- Preview the page using live view -- Preview the page in a browser -- Preview the page in other browsers using BrowserLab -- Chapter 9: Adding Interactivity And Multimedia -- Introduction to JavaScript and Ajax -- Embed JavaScript in HTML -- Write a function -- Change the visibility of an object -- Create a menu using Spry -- Create a calendar control with YUI -- Create an image gallery with jQuery -- Create animation using Flash Professional -- Publish a Flash movie -- Add a Flash movie to your page in Dreamweaver -- Convert a video to Flash video -- Add Flash video usFrom the Publisher: The mechanics of Web design made easy for visual learners. An effective Web site combines good graphic design principles with a functional user interface. This colorful, step-by-step guide shows visual learners how to plan, develop, and publish a site, all with easy-to-follow lessons. Each task is illustrated with screen shots accompanied by numbered steps. You'll learn all the tools and techniques for creating great-looking Web sites that users will love. -- Good Web design incorporates basic graphic design principles as well as the techniques required to make a site easy to navigate and user-friendly -- Those who learn best when someone shows them how will quickly get up to speed with the full-color screen shots and step-by-step illustrations in this visual guide -- Covers planning a site, creating eye-popping content with popular Adobe tools, building in functionality with HTML and CSS, testing the site, taking it live, and keeping it up to date -- Companion Web site features code and design examples for experimentation -- If you find learning easier when someone shows you how to do something, you'll quickly learn to build Web sites with Teach Yourself VISUALLY Web Design.
Subjects: Dreamweaver (Computer file); Cascading style sheets.; Relational databases.; Web site development.; Web sites; Web sites;
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Winning with people : discover the people principles that work for you every time / by Maxwell, John C.,1947-(CARDINAL)349202;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274).The readiness question-are we prepared for relationships? -- The lens principle : who we are determines how we see others -- The mirror principle : the first person we must examine is ourselves -- The pain principle : hurting people hurt people and are easily hurt by them -- The hammer principle : never use a hammer to swat a fly off someone's head -- The elevator principle : we can lift people up or take people down in our relationships -- The connection question-are we willing to focus on others? -- The big picture principle : the entire population of the world-with one minor exception-is composed of others -- The exchange principle : instead of putting others in their place, we must put ourselves in their place -- The learning principle : each person we meet has the potential to teach us something -- The charisma principle : people are interested in the person who is interested in them -- The number 10 principle : believing the best in people usually brings the best out of people -- The confrontation principle : caring for people should precede confronting people -- The trust question-can we build mutual trust? -- The bedrock principle : trust is the foundation of any relationship -- The situation principle : never let the situation mean more than the relationship -- The Bob principle : when Bob has a problem with everyone, Bob is usually the problem -- The approachability principle : being at ease with ourselves helps others be at ease with us -- The foxhole principle : when preparing for battle, dig a hole big enough for a friend -- The investment question-are we willing to invest in others? -- The gardening principle : all relationships need cultivation -- The 101 percent principle : find the 1 percent we agree on and give it 100 percent of our effort -- The patience principle : the journey with others is slower than the journey alone -- The celebration principle : the true test of relationships is not only how loyal we are when friends fail, but how thrilled we are when they succeed -- The high road principle : we go to a higher level when we treat others better than they treat us -- The synergy question-can we create a win-win relationship? -- The boomerang principle : when we help others, we help ourselves -- The friendship principle : all things being equal, people will work with people they like; all things not being equal, they still will -- The partnership principle : working together increases the odds of winning together -- The satisfaction principle : in great relationships, the joy of being together is enough.
Subjects: Interpersonal communication.; Interpersonal communication; Interpersonal relations.; Interpersonal relations;
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Click millionaires : work less, live more with an internet business you love / by Fox, Scott C.,Author(DLC)n 2006005250;
Redesigning your lifestyle for success. Work less, live more : becoming a click millionaire -- Passion vs. profits : setting your own lifestyle goals -- How to redesign your life and business -- Click millionaires lifestyle design exercises -- Click millionaires lifestyle business systems. Click millionaires lifestyle business design success principles -- Strategies to position yourself as a niche expert online today -- The amazing 10-step click millionaires expert program -- The best internet lifestyle businesses for you today. Digital publishing is the easiest way to start -- Publishing profitable email "noozles" -- Blogging to the bank -- Making money as a podcaster and internet radio star -- Your own (web) tv show -- Social networking communities for fun and profit -- Easy digital download and information product sales -- If you don't have a product of your own. Marketing and promoting other people's products -- Network marketing : the truth about MLM -- Fun, flexible freelancing as a lifestyle design strategy -- Copycat millionaires (and billionaires!) -- How to find your niche on the internet. Collect attention to build a profitable niche audience -- The click millionaires business niche identification method -- Testing customer demand before you waste your time -- Nuts and bolts : building your business and making money. Click millionaires systems for production and operations -- Easy content publishing strategies -- The secrets of online advertising -- Lifestyle lessons from click millionaire internet entrepreneurs. How to choose the best lifestyle business system for you -- The 10-step action plan for redesigning your life starting today -- Conclusion: winning click millionaires success strategies -- Epilogue: click millionaires reinvestment strategy.The new American Dream is doing work you love with the freedom and income to live the life you want. Thanks to the Internet, anyone can launch a business with little or no start-up capital or technical expertise. The rules have changed. The American Dream is no longer the "corner office." It's a successful lifestyle business you can run from your home, the beach, or wherever you desire. In this book, lifestyle entrepreneurship expert Scott Fox teaches weary corporate warriors and aspiring entrepreneurs how to trade the 9-5 job they hate for an online business they love. This guide explains how to combine outsourcing, software, and automated online marketing to build recurring revenues, all while working less and making fewer lifestyle compromises that corporate "success" requires. In Click Millionaires, you will learn how to: *find a lucrative niche on the Internet that matches your interests and skills; *choose an online business model: from blogs, online communities, digital delivery, online services, affiliate marketing and even physical products; *position yourself as an expert; *build your audience; *design the lifestyle you want; *and balance passion and profits to realize their personal definition of success. Featuring stories of dozens of "regular folks" who have reinvented themselves as "Click Millionaires", this inspiring and practical guide shows you how to stop dreaming of a better life and start living it!
Subjects: Electronic commerce; Small business;
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Brain rules : 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school / by Medina, John,1956-(CARDINAL)363772;
Exercise -- Rule #1. Exercise boosts brain power -- Our brains love motion -- The incredible test-score booster -- Will you age like Jim or like Frank? -- How oxygen builds roads for the brain -- Survival -- Rule #2. The human brain evolved, too. -- What's uniquely human about us -- A brilliant survival strategy -- Meet your brain -- How we conquered the world -- Wiring -- Rule #3. Every brain is wired differently -- Neurons slide, slither, and split -- Experience makes the difference -- Furious brain development not once, but twice -- The Jennifer Aniston neuron -- Attention -- Rule #4. We don't pay attention to boring things -- Emotion matters -- Why there is no such thing as multitasking -- We pay great attention to threats, sex, and pattern matching -- The brain needs a break! -- Short-term memory -- Rule #5. Repeat to remember -- Memories are volatile -- How details become splattered across the insides of our brains -- How the brain pieces them back together again -- Where memories go -- Long-term memory -- Rule #6. Remember to repeat -- If you don't repeat this within 30 seconds, you'll forget it -- Spaced repetition cycles are key to remembering -- When floating in water could help your memory -- Sleep -- Rule #7. Sleep well, think well -- The brain doesn't sleep to rest -- Two armies at war in your head -- How to improve your performance 34 percent in 26 minutes -- Which bird are you? -- Sleep on it! -- Stress -- Rule #8. Stressed brains don't learn the same way -- Stress is good, stress is bad -- A villain and a hero in the toxic-stress battle -- Why the home matters to the workplace -- Marriage intervention for happy couples -- Sensory integration -- Rule #9. Stimulate more of the senses -- Lessons from a nightclub -- How and why all of our senses work together -- Multisensory learning means better remembering -- What's that smell? -- Vision -- Rule #10. Vision trumps all other senses -- Playing tricks on wine tasters -- You see what your brain wants to see, and it likes to make stuff up -- Throw out your PowerPoint -- Gender -- Rule #11. Male and female brains are different -- Sexing humans -- The difference between little girl best friends and little boy best friends -- Men favor gist when stressed; women favor details -- A forgetting drug -- Exploration -- Rule #12. We are powerful and natural explorers -- Babies are great scientists -- Exploration is aggressive -- Monkey see, monkey do -- Curiosity is everything.In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule--what scientists know for sure about how our brains work--and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives.
Subjects: Brain; Learning; Memory; Neurosciences;
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Spontaneous activity in education. Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds. by Montessori, Maria,1870-1952.(CARDINAL)142750;
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages xxvi-xxviii).A survey of the child's life : Laws of the child's physical life paralleled by those of its physical : Current objections to a system of education based upon ''liberty'' ; Hygiene has freed the infant from straps and swaddling clothes and left it free to develop ; Education must leave the soul free to develop ; Principle of liberty in education not a principle of abandonment. The liberty accorded the child of to-day is purely physical. Civil rights of the child in the twentieth century : Removal of perils of disease a step toward physical liberation ; Supplying the child's physical needs is not sufficient ; Child's social rights overlooked in the administration of orphan asylums ; Poor child's health and property confiscated in the custom of wet nursing ; We recognize justice only for those who can defend themselves. How we receive the infants that come into the world : Home has no furnishings adapted to their small size ; Society prepares a mockery for their reception in the shape of useless toys ; Child not allowed to act for himself ; Constant interruption of his activities prevents physical growth ; Bodily health suffers from spiritual neglect. With man the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit : Reflex action of the emotions on the body functions ; Child's body requires joy as much as food and air -- A survey of modern education : The precepts which govern moral education and instruction : Child expected to acquire virtues by imitation, instead of development ; Domination of the child's will the basis of education. It is the teacher who forms the child's mind. How he teaches : Teacher's path beset with difficulties under the present system ; Advanced experts prepare the schemata of instruction ; Some outlines of ''model lessons'' used in the schools ; Comparison of a ''model lesson'' for sense development with the Montessori method ; Experimental psychology, not speculative psychology, the basis of Montessori teaching ; False conceptions of the ''art of the teacher'' illustrated by model lessons. Positive science makes its appearance in the schools ; Discoveries of medicine: distortions and diseases ; Science has not fulfilled its mission in its dealings with children : Diseases of school children treated, causes left undisturbed. Discoveries of experimental psychology: overwork; nervous exhaustion ; Science is confronted by a mass of unsolved problems : Laws governing fatigue still unknown ; Toxines produced by fatigue and their antitoxins ; Joy in work the only preventative of fatigue ; Real experimental science, which shall liberate the child, not yet born -- My Contribution to experimental science : The organization of the physical life begins with the characteristic phenomenon of attention : Incident which led Dr. Montessori to define her method. Physical development is organized by the aid of external stimuli, which may be determined experimentally : Tendency to develop his latent powers exists in the child's nature ; Environment should contain the means of auto-education. External stimuli may be determined in quality and quantity : Educative material used should contain in itself the control of error ; Quantity of material determined by the advent of abstraction in pupil ; Relation of stimuli to the age of the pupil. Material of development is necessary only as a starting point : Corresponds to the terra firma from which the aero plane takes flight and to which it returns to rest ; Establishing of internal order, or ''discipline'' ; Physical growth requires constantly new and more complex material ; Difference between materials of auto-education and the didactic material of the schools. Physical truths : "Discipline" the first external sign of a physical reaction to the material ; Initial disorder in Montessori schools ; Physical progress not systematic but ''explosive in nature'' ; Birth of individuality ; Intellectual crises are accompanied by emotion ; Older child beginning in system, chooses materials in inverse order ; Course of physical phenomena explained by diagrams ; Tests of Binet and Simon arbitrary and superficial ; Problems of physical measurement ; Observing the child's moral nature ; Transformation of a ''violent'' child and of a ''spying'' child in Montessori school ; Polarization of the internal personality. Guide to psychological observation : Work ; Conduct ; Obedience -- The preparation of the teacher : The school is the laboratory of experimental psychology ; Qualities the new type of teacher must possess -- Environment : Physical hygiene in school ; The requirements of physical hygiene. Free movement : Misconceptions of physical freedom ; Action without an aim fatigues ; Work of ''preservation'' rather than ''production'' suitable to children -- Attention : Awakens in answer to an impulse of ''spiritual hunger'' ; Attention cannot be artificially maintained by teacher ; Liberty the experimental condition necessary for studying the phenomena of attention ; Child's perception of an internal development makes the exercise pleasant and induces him to prolong it ; External stimuli powerless without an answering internal force ; A natural internal force directs physical formation ; New pedagogy provides nourishment for internal needs ; Organization of knowledge in the child's mind ; teacher directs, but does not interrupt phenomena of attention ; Material offered should correspond to physical needs -- Will : Its relation to attention ; Manifested in action and inhibition ; Opposite activities of the will must combine to form the personality.Powers of the will established by exercise, not by subjection ; Persistence in effort the true foundation of will ; Decision the highest function of the will ; Development of will depends on order and clarity of ideas ; Power of choice, which precedes decision, should be strengthened ; Need of exercise for the will paralleled with need of muscular exercise ; Fallacy of educating the child's will by ''breaking it'' ; ''Character'' the result of established will, not of emulation -- Intelligence : Liberating the child means leaving him to ''his own intelligence'' ; How the intelligence of the child differs from the instincts of animals ; Intelligence the actual means of formation to the inner life ; Hygiene of intelligence ; Intelligence awakens and sets in motion the central nervous mechanisms ; In an age of speed, man has not accelerated himself ; Swift reactions to an external manifestation of intelligence ; Ability to distinguish and arrange the characteristic sign of intelligence ; Montessori ''sensory exercises'' make it possible for the child to distinguish and classify ; The Montessori child is sensitive to the objects of his environment ; Educational methods in use do not help the child to distinguish ; Power of association depends on ability to distinguish dominant characteristics ; Individuality revealed in association by similarity ; by means of attention and internal will the intelligence accomplishes the work of association ; Judgement and reasoning depend on ability to distinguish ; Activities of association and selection lead to individual habits of thought ; Importance of acquiring ability to reason for oneself ; Genius the possession of maximum powers of association by similarity ; Genius of errors in association and reasoning which have impeded science ; The consciousness can only accept truths for which it is ''expectant'' ; The intelligence has its peculiar perils, from which it should be guarded -- Imagination : The creative imagination of science is based upon truth : Imagination based on reality differs from that based on speculation ; Speculative imagination akin to original sin ; Education should direct imagination into creative channels. Truth is also the basis of artistic imagination : All imagination based on sense impressions ; Non-sensorial impressions--Spiritual truths ; Education in sense perception strengthens imagination ; Perfection in art dependent on approximation to truth ; Exercise of the intelligence aids imagination. Imagination in children : Immature and therefore concerned with unrealities ; Should be helped to overcome immaturity of thought ; False methods develop credulity, akin to insanity ; Period of credulity in the child prolonged for the amusement of the adult ; ''Living among real possessions'' the cure for illusion. Fable and religion : Religion not the product of fantasy ; Fable in schools does not prepare for religious teaching. The education of the imagination in schools for older children : Environment and method oppressive ; ''Composition'' introduced to foster imagination ; How composition is ''taught'' ; Imagination cannot be forced. The moral question : Contributions of positive science to morality ; Science raises society to level of Christian standards ; Parents' failure to teach sex morality ; Probable effects of experimental psychology in field of morals ; Experimental psychology should be directed to the schools ; Progress of medicine and its relation to new psychology ; Childish naughtiness a parental misconception ; Infant life different from the adult ; Hindering the child's development a moral question for the adult ; Need of the child ''to touch and to act'' ; How the adult prevents him from learning by doing ; Conceptions of good and bad conduct in the school ; Mutual aid a high crime in the school ; Surveillance for vicious habits originating in the school ; Developing a ''social sentiment'' in the school ; ''A moral with every lesson'' the teacher's aim ; Injurious system of prizes and punishments the school's mainstay ; The fallacy of ''emulation'' ; Necessity of reforming the school ; Good conduct dependent on satisfaction of intellectual needs ; Mere sensory education inadequate ; Love, the preservative force of life ; Christianity teaches the necessity of mutual love. The education of the moral sense : Moral education must have basis of feeling ; Adult the stimulus by which child's feeling is exercised ; How and when the adult should offer affection. The essence of moral education : Importance of perfecting spiritual sensibility ; Necessity of properly organized environment ; Helping the child distinguish between right and wrong ; ''Internal sense'' of right and wrong ; Moral conscience capable of development. Our insensibility : Virtuous person and criminal not detected by contact ; The war as an example of moral insensibility ; Insensibility distinguished from death of the soul ; Spiritually, man must either ascend or die. Morality and religion : Conversion, the sudden establishing of moral order ; The Spirit enslaved by sentiments hostile to love. The religious sentiment in children : Crises of conscience and spontaneous religious feeling ; Some original observations by Dr. Montessori.
Subjects: Montessori method of education.;
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What successful teachers do : 101 research-based classroom strategies for new and veteran teachers / by Glasgow, Neal A.,author.; Hicks, Cathy D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Effective teaching.; Motivation in education.; Teaching.;
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The end of molasses classes : getting our kids unstuck : 101 extraordinary solutions for parents and teachers / by Clark, Ron,1971-(CARDINAL)672376;
same place ; Teach the students, not the board ; Exhibit the same energy you expect from your audience ; Smile ; Never allow students to begin a statement with "umm," "well," or "me and" ; Fake it to make it ; Use a djembe drum. Every classroom in the world needs one ; Don't put the blame on students unfairly ; Lift up your teachers. No, really, lift them up ; Have fun --pt. I. RCA's core principles and values : Teach children to believe in themselves and don't destroy the dream ; Not every child deserves a cookie ; Define your expectations and then raise the bar; The more you expect, the better the results will be ; Uplift other adults who play a role in the lives of our children ; Listen ; Give all that you have to your children even though you will often receive nothing in return ; Get to know your students in nonacademic settings ; Be selfless with your contributions to the team ; Make it happen. Don't give excuses; find solutions! ; Be excellent! ; Create moments that will have a lasting impact on children's lives ; Set the tone for a love of learning ; Treat every child as if he or she were your own ; Push yourself to be innovative beyond your imagination ; Know the name of every teacher, student, parent, administrator, and board member ; Use music to excite, motivate, and inspire ; Know your students ; Don't let opportunities pass you by, even if the time, funding, and circumstances aren't completely right ; Make learning magical ; Teach children that the good you do in the world comes back to you ; Teach children to embrace their personalities and present themselves with confidence in all situations ; Live with no fear ; Love what your students love, whether it's iCarly, Twilight, or the NFL ; Create lasting traditions --pt. II. The role of the parent in the success of the child : Be prepared for the long haul if you want your child to succeed ; Don't be a helicopter parent. You can't come to their rescue forever ; Realize the power of gratitude and appreciation ; Remind children of their blessings and stress the value of a strong work ethic ; Nip it in the bud; small issues can grow into big problems ; Don't get your kid a video game system unless you are ready to be a prison guard ; Show them how to study; don't expect it to come naturally ; Realize that even very good children will sometimes lie ; Be patient ; See the potential in every child ; Punctuate the power of words ; Don't be a penny parent --pt. III. Creating the right climate and culture : Welcome students and families to your school in style! Roll out the red carpet--literally! ; Believe that every child can learn, regardless of ethnicity, learning disabilities, emotional or behavior problems, or the economic situation of the family ; Open your doors to the parents ; Dress the part; attire matters! ; Make the most of every moment! There should be an urgency in education! ; Can the intercom ; Please don't interrupt a teacher's lesson to deliver a note, ask a question, or disturb the class ; Avoid sitting down while students are in the room ; Do not use cell phones or computers while the students are in the room, unless the device is part of the lesson being taught ; Make homework for home, not school ; Make sure you do your homework, too! ; Begin each class on fire! ; Increase teacher quality instead of reducing class size ; Set an electric tone on day one ; Don't constantly stress about test scores. We have to stop sending the message to our students that the purpose of learning is to take a test ; Open up your home to your students ; Stay connected; have parents on speed dial ; Give children a chance to respond and don't give up so quickly ; Realize that kids need to move! Bring education to life with kinesthetic learning ; Use chants to create a supportive, encouraging, exciting environment! ; Get on the desk! ; Resolve to find your own red button ; Celebrate the beauty of their ancestries ; Show them examples of excellence ; Set the bar high for parents, too! ; Use an Amazing Race to bring learning to life! ; Love your eighth graders ; Don't give children second chances on tests and projects ; Encourage children to cheer for one another ; Paint the walls with positive memories. (If their faces are on the walls, they are less likely to pee on them!) ; Never read a speech ; Make eye contact with your classroom or audience ; Move around the room throughout the lesson and never remain in thept. IV. Reaching out beyond the classroom : Teach parents the correct way to tutor their children ; Build strong bonds with parents ; Ask the hard questions: "what do you want this school to be?" ; Join parents, teachers, and community members together to create "theme days" for the school ; Accept the fact that if kids like you all the time, then you're doing something wrong ; Recognize that the heart of the school is the teacher. Hire the best and never settle ; Always observe a teacher applicant teaching a lesson before offering him or her a job ; Teach children the history and symbolism of their home and school ; Remember that children are literal thinkers and, as adults, we really have to spell out what we mean ; Remember that the little things can make all the difference ; Provide lessons in life that will become lessons for life ; Uplift the students who have the furthest to go ; Allow teachers the freedom to make their rooms reflect their personalities; allow them to use color! ; Let the students shine ; Leave the jealousy at the door ; Realize that you never truly know all that is going on in the life of a child ; Raise our children to be global citizens ; Recognize the big cost of big dreams ; Reach out to the community to build a powerful network ; Once you have donors, work hard to keep them! ; Send thank-you letters that are hand-drawn, colorful, and grammatically correct ; If you need advice, ask for money. If you need money, ask for advice ; Make your goodbyes mean something -- What's next? The new dream.Award-winning teacher and bestselling author Clark ("The Essential 55") presents a riveting new book providing rules for parents and teachers to help kids succeed in school.
Subjects: Home and school.; Effective teaching.; Conduct of life.;
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