Download or read book The Teaching Librarian written by Kris Helge and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarians need to utilize web 2.0 tools to generate rich-text learning environments, creating enriching, challenging, and supportive learning platforms for students. The Teaching Librarian shows how to utilize wikis, mindmaps, and Second Life to improve pedagogy for librarians. This title covers how to obtain administration approval to implement web 2.0 tools, how to deal with and prevent technological glitches, and remain aware of relevant legal issues in the UK and the USA. The book also outlines how to create learning interfaces that meet the needs of nontraditional students. The six chapters cover key areas of pedagogy and web 2.0, including: the relevance of LibGuides and its uses for pedagogy; using cloud computing and mobile apps in teaching; teaching with Wikis, Second Life, and Mind Maps; practical issues with web 2.0 technology; and a chapter on the legal issues surrounding the use of web 2.0 for pedagogy. - Provides examples of empirical research that tests the implementation of Second Life, wikis, and mind maps in pedagogical scenarios - Offers research that enables pedagogy while remaining aware of and complying with current United Kingdom and US legal frameworks - Provides case studies and empirical research showing how to gain acceptance of technology in academic environments

Download or read book Moodle E Learning Course Development written by William Rice and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moodle is the leading open source e-learning management system. Using Moodle, teachers and professors can easily construct richly-textured web-based courses. A course can consist of a number of lessons, with each lesson including reading materials; activities such as quizzes, tests, surveys, and projects; and social elements that encourage interaction and group work between students. Packed with clear step-by-step instructions, plenty of screenshots, and thorough explanations, this book guides you through the many features and options that you have to choose from when using Moodle 2.8. Throughout this book, you will follow an example course that will help you to explore the sort of decisions, design considerations, and thought processes that goes into developing a successful course. This book will show you how to use every feature of Moodle to meet your course goals. Moodle is relatively easy to install and use, but the real challenge is to develop a learning process that leverages its power and maps effectively onto the content-established learning situation. This book guides you through meeting that challenge.

Download or read book HowToMoodle written by Ray Lawrence and published by Howtomoodle Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moodle is the free open source course management system that enables the creation of online courses and communities. Since the release of version 1.0 in 2002 it has been adopted by tens of thousands of academic, commercial, charitable and government organisations world-wide (over 36,000 registered sites Source: Moodle.org September 2009). Moodle is an extensive, fully featured application and this manual aims to be a useful reference resource for those who need to understand its options in detail. The focus of the HowToMoodle Course Creator Reference Manual is on course based functionality and is likely to be of greatest interest to those who fulfil a teacher, tutor, trainer, instructor, facilitator or course designer role. This manual covers: Course settings, the course page including popular blocks. Resources: Label, text page, web page, display a directory, link to file or website, course files management, back up, restore, import and course reset. Activity modules: Assignment advanced uploading of files, upload a single file, online text, offline activity), chat, choice, forum, database, glossary, lesson, quiz, wiki. Question bank: Categories, import, export. Question types; multiple choice, short answer, true/false, matching, numerical, calculated, embedded answer (Cloze), essay. Managing people: Roles, overriding permissions, messaging, notes, groups, groupings. We also recommend the companion HowToMoodle Site Administrator Reference Manual for users who also perform an administrative role for a Moodle site or are thinking strategically about site configuration.

Download or read book Using Moodle written by Jason Cole and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed by an extremely active open source community, Moodle is a sophisticated web-based course management system that's ideal for teaching remote online classes or as a way to supplement face-to-face learning. For anyone who is using-or thinking of using-this CMS, 'Using Moodle' is required reading.

Download or read book The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life written by Leonard Sweet and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet examines how Jesus laughed, hung out with friends, played with children, enjoyed good times at social gatherings, and poked fun at pious pretensions. Using as its hook the life of Jesus, this book details the ways in which Jesus lived a disciplined life and healthy existence and illustrates the ancient truth: "Being cheerful (is like a medicine that) keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time".--Proverbs 17:22, Good News Bible.

Download or read book Clinical Interviewing with Video Resource Center written by John Sommers-Flanagan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Interviewing, Fifth Edition blends a personal and easy-to-read style with a unique emphasis on both the scientific basis and interpersonal aspects of mental health interviewing. It guides clinicians through elementary listening and counseling skills onward to more advanced, complex clinical assessment processes, such as intake interviewing, mental status examination, and suicide assessment. Fully revised, the fifth edition shines a brighter spotlight on the development of a multicultural orientation, the three principles of multicultural competency, collaborative goal-setting, the nature and process of working in crisis situations, and other key topics that will prepare you to enter your field with confidence, competence, and sensitivity.

Download or read book Brilliant Self Confidence written by Mike McClement and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2012-12-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone can build lasting, unshakable confidence and go after the life they really want to live. Whether it’s making a career change, finding a romantic partner or meeting new people, Brilliant Self-confidence is packed with all the advice necessary to help you develop the confidence and motivation to be successful, so you can change your approach to life forever and start transforming your life today. BRILLIANT OUTCOMES • Feel motivated, positive and confident • Learn to exploit your strengths and embrace opportunities • Find out how to overcome setbacks • Assert yourself and go after the life you want

Download or read book Early Childhood Assessment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-12-21 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assessment of young children's development and learning has recently taken on new importance. Private and government organizations are developing programs to enhance the school readiness of all young children, especially children from economically disadvantaged homes and communities and children with special needs. Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. This book affirms that assessments can make crucial contributions to the improvement of children's well-being, but only if they are well designed, implemented effectively, developed in the context of systematic planning, and are interpreted and used appropriately. Otherwise, assessment of children and programs can have negative consequences for both. The value of assessments therefore requires fundamental attention to their purpose and the design of the larger systems in which they are used. Early Childhood Assessment addresses these issues by identifying the important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and the quality and purposes of different techniques and instruments for developmental assessments.

Download or read book YUI 3 Cookbook written by Evan Goer and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve a wide range of problems in your web application quickly and efficiently with the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI). With this definitive, getting-started guide to version 3 of the popular open source JavaScript library, you’ll learn how to address many of the most common and challenging problems that web development presents. YUI 3 Cookbook introduces specific implementation patterns in the library, demonstrating granular solutions for everything from simple page effects to sophisticated web apps. Experienced users will learn how to create modules that load on demand; generate beautiful documentation; and write powerful and flexible Widgets, Models, and Views. Build YUI applications anywhere, from desktop browsers to touch-enabled mobile phones and backend Node.js environments Learn how YUI scales with your code base, keeping it modular and organized Apply animations, drag-and-drop, and other fully cross-browser UI effects with just a few lines of code Understand YUI-powered DOM scripting, event management, and data transport Debug, profile, and unit test your JavaScript application Get a technical introduction to YUI, including module architecture, sandboxing, and component loading Build custom modules with YUI and publish them to the YUI Gallery "I was surprised to find out how much I didn't know until reading this book. There really isn't a better resource for learning or updating your YUI skills." - Nicholas C. Zakas, Author and YUI Contributor

Download or read book Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom written by Diane Heacox and published by Free Spirit Pub. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 63 reproducible masters, ready to be customized and print for classroom use. A time-saving suplement to the book. Mac and Windows compatible. No site-license required.

Download or read book The Big Picture written by Dennis Littky and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the purpose of education? What kind of people do we want our children to grow up to be? How can we design schools so that students will acquire the skills they'll need to live fulfilled and productive lives? These are just a few of the questions that renowned educator Dennis Littky explores in The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone's Business. The schools Littky has created and led over the past 35 years are models for reformers everywhere: small, public schools where the curriculum is rich and meaningful, expectations are high, student progress is measured against real-world standards, and families and communities are actively engaged in the educational process. This book is for both big "E" and small "e" educators: * For principals and district administrators who want to change the way schools are run. * For teachers who want students to learn passionately. * For college admissions officers who want diverse applicants with real-world learning experiences. * For business leaders who want a motivated and talented workforce. * For parents who want their children to be prepared for college and for life. * For students who want to take control over their learning . . . and want a school that is interesting, safe, respectful, and fun. * For anyone who cares about kids. Here, you'll find a moving account of just what is possible in education, with many of the examples drawn from the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center ("The Met") in Providence, Rhode Island--a diverse public high school with the highest rates of attendance and college acceptance in the state. The Met exemplifies personalized learning, one student at a time. The Big Picture is a book to reenergize educators, inspire teachers in training, and start a new conversation about kids and schools, what we want for both, and how to make it happen.

Download or read book Maintainable JavaScript written by Nicholas C. Zakas and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may have definite ideas about writing code when working alone, but team development requires that everyone use the same approach. With the JavaScript practices in this book—including code style, programming tips, and automation—you will learn how to write maintainable code that other team members can easily understand, adapt, and extend. Author Nicholas Zakas assembled this collection of best practices as a front-end tech leader at Yahoo!, after completing his own journey from solo hacker to team player. He also includes rules recommended by other industry authorities. Use these tips and techniques to help your team set aside individual preferences and function at a higher level. Establish specific code conventions for your team Use tools such as JSLint and JSHint to keep your team on track Adopt style guidelines, such as basic formatting, to help your team produce uniform code Apply several programming practices to solve problems and improve code quality Create an automated JavaScript build system using a variety of utilities Integrate browser-based JavaScript testing with tools such as the YUI Test Selenium Driver

Download or read book Love of Seven Dolls written by Paul Gallico and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lonely Parisian waif becomes emotionally involved with a street puppet show and the evil puppeteer. Her belief in the life of these dolls finally brings fame and happiness.

Download or read book The Rocky Road written by Eamon Dunphy and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of Eamon Dunphy - the man the Guardian called 'the most entertaining, blindingly brilliant pundit of all time'.For more than thirty years, no commentator on Irish sport, politics and culture has been the object of so much love, hatred and fascination as Eamon Dunphy. Now, in The Rocky Road - one of the most hotly anticipated Irish autobiographies of recent times - Dunphy takes us behind the scenes of a passionate life - from childhood poverty in Dublin to the Football League to the forefront of journalism and debate in Ireland.'An absolute cracker ... provocative, endlessly entertaining, occasionally over the top but brimming with passion and heart. A memoir worthy of the life and times it describes.' Irish Times'Outstanding ... To paraphrase the great man himself, it's not a good book, it's a great book' Irish Independent'Absorbing and heartfelt' Sunday Business Post 'Excellent ... a exceptionally engaging read' Irish Mail on Sunday'A cut above the typical 4-4-2 sporting autobiography ... full of delicious anecdotes' Sunday Times'It's a testament to his succinctly brutalist skill as a writer that The Rocky Road remains fascinating even in its most wrong-headed moments' Sunday Business Post'Warm, passionate, angry and funny' Irish Daily Mail 'Doesn't pull any punches' Hot Press 'A compelling memoir' Irish Examiner

Download or read book Students Experiences of e Learning in Higher Education written by Robert Ellis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students’ Experiences of e-learning in Higher Education helps higher education instructors and university managers understand how e-learning relates to, and can be integrated with, other student experiences of learning. Grounded in relevant international research, the book is distinctive in that it foregrounds students’ experiences of learning, emphasizing the importance of how students interpret the challenges set before them, along with their conceptions of learning and their approaches to learning. The way students interpret task requirements greatly affects learning outcomes, and those interpretations are in turn influenced by how students read the larger environment in which they study. The authors argue that a systemic understanding is necessary for the effective design and management of modern learning environments, whether lectures, seminars, laboratories or private study. This ecological understanding must also acknowledge, though, the agency of learners as active interpreters of their environment and its culture, values and challenges. Students’ Experiences of e-learning in Higher Education reports research outcomes that locate e-learning within the broader ecology of higher education and: Offers a holistic treatment of e-learning in higher education, reflecting the need for integrating e-learning and other aspects of the student learning experience Reports research on students’ experiences with e-learning conducted by authors in the United States, Europe, and Australia Synthesizes key themes in recent international research and summarizes their implications for teachers and managers.

Download or read book Educational Leadership written by Margaret Preedy and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing together current thinking and research by leading writers in the field, this Reader will help you to understand and critically analyse key strategic aspects of educational leadership, including: - leadership perspectives and values - external and internal contexts - autonomy and accountability - partnership and collaboration - leading strategy and change. The book explores major challenges for educational leaders in managing the increasingly permeable boundary between educational organisations and their external contexts and reconciling environmental expectations and internal priorities. The Reader will encourage you to positively problematize the field and reflect on current debates and issues. This book will be an essential resource for providers and students of postgraduate level courses in educational leadership and management, as well as those involved in undertaking professional development programmes. It will also serve the reflective practitioner as personal reference when occupying or aspiring towards leadership roles in schools, colleges and other educational organisations. Dr Maggie Preedy, Professor Nigel Bennett and Dr Christine Wise have taught, researched and published widely in the field of educational leadership and management. Maggie Preedy and Christine Wise are Senior Lecturers in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at The Open University, UK. Nigel Bennett is Emeritus Professor of Leadership and Management in Education at The Open University.

Download or read book Teaching as a Design Science written by Diana Laurillard and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next generation. Teachers in the twenty-first century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with an ever-changing cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design professionalsaOCo architects, engineers, programmers OCo teachers have to work out creative and evidence-based ways of improving what they do. Yet teaching is not treated as a design profession. Every day, teachers design and test new ways of teaching, using learning technology to help their students. Sadly, their discoveries often remain local. By representing and communicating their best ideas as structured pedagogical patterns, teachers could develop this vital professional knowledge collectively. Teacher professional development has not embedded in the teacherOCOs everyday role the idea that they could discover something worth communicating to other teachers, or build on each othersOCO ideas. Could the culture change? From this unique perspective on the nature of teaching, Diana Laurillard argues that a twenty-first century education system needs teachers who work collaboratively to design effective and innovative teaching."