Sunday, October 18, 2009

NEW E-LEARNING TOOLS



Learning any languages is now much more easier than ever. There are lots of e-learning tools have been created and even now on progress of modification and upgrading to meet your learning needs and purposes. I am personally very interested with the learning methodologies and tools presented by Rosetta Stone language-learning software. They seem easy to use and faster. They're more interactive, fun and innovative.

Rosetta Stone offers varoius tools for learning languages. There are more than 31 languages that you can select base on your need.
I have tried the demos and don't miss your chance to try it out at http://www.rosettastone.com/personal/demo

I am sure will find what you're searching!

Rosetta Stone; Learn Naturally Approaches:

A completely immersive environment.

As a child, you learned to speak instinctively by experiencing the world around you. Our solution recreates this experience through a fully immersive environment right on your computer.

No translation or memorization.

We’ve eliminated the traditional approach of using translation and grammar rules, empowering you to think in your new language. There are no flash cards, dictionaries or memorization drills.

A carefully designed sequence of activities.

By surrounding you with words, images and the voices of native speakers, our method lets you progress naturally from words and phrases to sentences and conversations.

http://www.rosettastone.com/personal/how-it-works/our-approach

Friday, October 9, 2009

TIPS to Lose Stomach Fat

5 Tips to Lose Stomach Fat

1. Many so-called "health foods" are actually cleverly disguised junk foods that actually stimulate you to gain more belly fat... yet the diet food marketing industry continues to lie to you so they can maximize their profits.

2. Ab exercises like crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are the LEAST effective method of getting flat six pack abs. We'll explore what types of exercises REALLY work in a minute.

3. Boring repetitive cardio exercise routines are NOT the best way to lose body fat and uncover those six pack abs. I'll show you the exact types of unique workouts that produce 10x better results below.

4. You DON'T need to waste your money on expensive "extreme fat burner" pills (that don't work) or other bogus supplements. A special class of natural foods is much more effective. I'll tell you about these natural foods and their powers below.

5. Ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks... they're all a complete waste of your time and money. Despite the misleading infomercials, the perfectly chiseled fitness models in the commercials did NOT get their perfect body by using that "ab contraption"... they got their perfect body through REAL workouts and REAL nutrition strategies. Again, you'll learn some of their secrets and what really works below.

by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Earth Quake and Tsunami Death Toll

Quake and Tsunami Death Toll Could Be in the Thousands


Thousands are believed to be buried under rubble on Pacific islands ravaged by earthquakes this week and many more were washed out to sea by a resulting tsunami, relief workers estimated today.

The tsunami death toll was estimated to be about 150 in the Samoan islands while Indonesian officials put the casualty rate from earthquakes at 1,100, the Associated Press reports.

But Josettte Sheeran, excutive director of the World Food Program, estimated that those numbers will rise dramatically, and said the latest "wave of devastation" that rippled through the islands in recent days was "a distressing reminder of the destruction which occurred during the 2004 tsunami" which killed hundreds of thousands over several continents. Sheeran said quakes that shattered buildings in Indonesia caused widespread destruction. "Thousands are believed to be buried under the ruins," she said.

Hospitals are overflowing with the injured and the region's mosques are filled with the homeless whose neighborhoods have been destroyed.

"In the Samoan islands, thousands of people are still trapped under the rubble and many have been swept out to sea," she said. Homeless survivors are being drenched with heavy rains.

The Phillipines was also rocked by flooding and the WFP said they need to gear up to feed 1 million people.

By JOSH GAYNOR
Oct. 1, 2009
See more video at
http://edition.cnn.com/video/

Friday, October 2, 2009

Top E-learning Tools for Teachers

As a new semester coming, teachers need to draw up some back-to-school plans now. So how about trying some new tech and starting to explore the eLearning field? I know that new tech would seem daunting to some teachers, but with all these useful tools, you could easily start enjoying the marvelous things about eLearning. Bellow are some useful links that might help your teaching process:

A. Wondershare QuizCreator

This tool can help you easily create Flash-based quizzes with multimedia. These Flash quizzes could be put on your own sites and blogs, or they could be published as SCORM which are compatible with LMS. You must wonder if your students still get hold of the knowledge after a long summer vacation. So just make a quiz. If you don’t have a LMS, it doesn’t matter. QuizCreator provide this FREE quiz management system for you to track all quiz results

B. Articulate QuizMaker

This is a commercial tool that generates web-based quizzes and surveys. You could easily edit all the multimedia elements into quizzes. The outputs of QuizMaker work perfectly with Learning Management System

C. Wondershare PPT2Flash

This tool can help to create high-quality Flash presentations and eLearning courses from PowerPoint with multimedia. It creates SCORM and AICC-compliant content that compatible with any LMS. You could transfer your courses online for your student to review what they have learned before.

D. Adobe Captive

This is an E- learning tool for Microsoft Windows which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It contains the functions of a quiz making tool as well as of a simulation tool. However, using Captivate would require some programming skills.

E. DemoCreator

This is a professional screen recording tool. You could demonstrate the software operation and share the demonstration online easily. And you could make training courses with DemoCreator.

F. WiZiQ

This is the place where you could hold your own online courses. It offers free online e-teaching and e-learning using web conferencing with document and whiteboard sharing, teacher resumes and presentation sharing.

G. Moodle

This is a free online course management system. After you have already had all those wonderful tools mentioned before, now you could seriously consider the possibility to get your teaching job into a new eLearning field. Moodle would be a very suitable platform to start with

Early Childhood Education

Great teachers have many personality traits in common.

If you want to become a teacher, ask yourself these questions: First and most obviously, do you love children? Can you communicate difficult concepts to kids in ways that they could easily understand? Can you spot children's talents and nurture them? Do you possess the patience to deal with misbehaved or inattentive children? Do you critique kindly and praise fairly? Could you be diplomatic toward pushy parents or parents who criticize you for giving their child a bad grade? If you found yourself answering "Yes" to many or most of those questions, your personality might be a great fit for a career in early childhood education or K–12 education where you'll boost youngsters' brainpower and shape them into well-rounded students.Before committing to a career, though, it's important to check out industry trends to make sure the market is healthy and demand is strengthening. Good news: Between 2006 and 2016, the number of preschool teachers is expected to rise 26 percent! Expect growth in other age brackets as well — kindergarten teachers are slated to grow by 16 percent, and elementary school teachers should increase by 14 percent.

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