Category: Carnival
Carnival of Online Education #10
Greetings! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. We have selected 7 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy reading these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.
Matthew Paulson presents What To Do When You’re About to Graduate posted at Getting Green. What are you going to do after you graduate? You need to find a way to be productive. No matter what your parents gave you up until now, money doesn’t come free in the world. You’ll need to find a way to start making some money.
Jeremy Aldrich presents Other virtual worlds posted at Global Citizenship in a Virtual World. Virtual worlds are a hot topic. Which ones show the best promise for educational purposes?
Lucynda Riley presents This is why my son is Homeschooled posted at Quietly Into the Night. In the name of student achievement, more teachers must follow stricter rules about what – and sometimes how they teach. In some places, they stay almost literally on the same page.
John Wesley presents The 3 Grades of Thinking posted at Pick the Brain. Grade-Three thought is often full of unconscious prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy. It will lecture on disinterested purity while its neck is being remorselessly twisted towards a skirt. Technically, it is about as proficient as most businessmen’s golf, as honest as most politicians’ intentions, or –to come near my own preoccupation — as coherent as most books that get written.
Andreas Engvig presents Apes, Speedy Learners, and new Brain Fitness Channel posted at Brain Health Blog. How learning is important to reach our goals…and how apes and humans seem closer than we thought.
Ted Reimers presents How to Prepare for College posted at College Tips. Going to College for your first time can be an enlightening but challenging task. Students need to be focused and take college seriously when it comes to school work, as it does not compare to high school. A tough work load, a busy schedule and moving away from the parents house are just some of the stresses of going off to college.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Working Memory Training from a pediatrician perspective, focused on attention deficits posted at Brain Training Blog. An interview with one of the pioneers of working memory training, and a related discussion on the implications for health and education.
That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 30 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.
Festival of Good Books #5
Greetings! Welcome to the 5th edition of the Festival of Good Books. We have received 9 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy reading these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.
Todd presents Summer reading in chemistry posted at ChemJerk. Popular science nonfiction should be a part of every high school science curriculum. Why? Read on…
Aspeth presents Recommended Reading posted at Twelve Years Of Being Annoyed By Chloe Sevigny. Finally, an author that writes about historic events in an incredibly readable tone! I’ve recently come across some of Simon Winchester’s novels and am thoroughly impressed with his body of work, and cannot recommend these books highly enough.
GrrlScientist presents Peterson Reference Guides: Gulls of the Americas posted at Living the Scientific Life. this is the definitive reference work that teaches the art and skill of identifying gull species that occur throughout the America.
John presents Review: Lang Elliott on the Songs of Insects and Birds posted at A DC Birding Blog. "The Songs of Insects introduces the songs of seventy-seven species, from four insect families. It includes many examples of crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, and cicadas. While some species may be found across the continent, most insects described in the book are from the eastern and central United States. A compact disk with multiple examples of each song accompanies the text."
Ungraspable presents Savvy Writer: Book Review: Stephen King’s On Writing posted at Savvy Writer. A major part of the book covers King’s life – from childhood to when he started writing On Writing in the year of 2000.
Summer presents Environmentally friendly kid’s books posted at Mommy Babble. The Wartville Wizard is a hilarious book for younger kids that teaches a great lesson. And people get covered in trash, that alone made my sons giggle for hours then beg me to read it again.
Hakim Abdullah presents The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi posted at Hakim Abdullah. The Zaytuna Institute formerly of Hayward, CA has developed a class of publications called the Curriculum Series. This genre is a much needed gathering, translation and exposition of the classic works of the traditional Islamic scholars.
Scott presents Harry Potter’s Guide to the People You Meet in College posted at College and Finance. The Harry Potter books have a variety of interesting characters in them. In college, you’ll meet a lot of interesting people as well who resemble many Harry Potter characters.
Jon Swift presents Jonah Goldberg’s Shining posted at Jon Swift. Most of Goldberg’s ideas could be expressed much more economically, not to mention entertainingly, by using LOLcats, an Internet meme where pictures of cats and other cute animals are captioned with grammatically challenged prose.
That concludes the 5th edition of the Festival of Good Books. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 28 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.
Carnival of Online Education #9
Greetings! Welcome to the 9th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. We have received 6 good posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.
Ken Nubo presents Ken Nubo: Ranting of a J-rocker » Blog Archive » Is a college degree worth it? A different look. posted at Ken Nubo: Ranting of a J-rocker. Is a college degree worth it? It goes back to the good old age answer: it depends on how you apply yourself, baby!
John Wesley presents 10 Ways to Improve Your Mind by Reading the Classics posted at Pick the Brain. According to a Jenkins Group survey, 42% of college graduates will never read another book. Since most people read bestsellers printed in the past 10 years, it follows that virtually no one is reading the classics.
DavidB presents List Of Accreditation Organizations posted at OnTheWebEd. A rundown on all recognized accrediting organizations within the U.S., and which ones cover distance education.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Cheap Ways To Learn And Feed Your Brain posted at The Digerati Life. Education is pretty costly but we’re always on the lookout for opportunities to learn without having to spend too much in the process.
Chris presents Wushu and the Second Cultural Revolution posted at Martial Arts for Personal Development. Will the twin demons of Web 2.0 collectivism and online dis-inhibition destroy the educational promise of the Internet?
Mark30 presents HotStrategies.com » Online Education posted at Small Business. The path ahead, as many studies and surveys have brought out, is taking some online courses or getting an online degree. This opportunity that has rapidly evolved in the recent years allows many of us who do not have access to university or college campus to get ahead and obtain an education. Today, more and more institutions are offering a variety of classes online and you can choose between a certificate, a diploma or a degree.
That concludes the 9th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 15 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.
Festival of Good Books #4
Greetings! Welcome to the 4th edition of the Festival of Good Books. We have received 10 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will find these helpful. Here are the posts in the order they were received.
GrrlScientist presents Fifty Degrees Below posted at Living the Scientific Life. Fifty Degrees Below, by Kim Stanley Robinson, the second book in a trilogy about science trying to save the future of the world from a Washington establishment that is rife with political corruption.
Mark Cutler presents 5 Books I Love about Gardens posted at Mark Cutler Design. Here is an article Mark has written about his favorite books on Gardens.
John presents Review: The Singing Life of Birds posted at A DC Birding Blog. Have you read, "The Singing Life of Birds" by Donald Kroodsma? Many readers may have encountered this book previously when it was first published two years ago. The book is now in paperback.
Gary presents Ebooks, Audio Books, EmagazinesOur Newly Opened We… posted at EBookFanatic.com. EbookFanatic.com is a great new site that has unlimited doors to open. If you are new to Ebooks this site will give you an overview of Ebooks, talk about Ebooks, show you the history of Ebooks, and tell you where Ebooks are today.
Christy Reisinger presents Finding inspiration between the lines posted at christysblog. The book, "You’ve Got to Read this Book" is written by Jack Canfield and Gay Hendricks. It consists of 55 individuals from different walks of life and their stories of the one book that changed their lives.
Michelle Mitchell presents scribbit: The Midnight Disease | A Blog About Motherhood in Alaska posted at scribbit. Can’t stop blogging? Wondering why you’re unavoidably spilling your guts for the world to read? Can’t seem to control the urge?
Laurie Bluedorn presents My True Favorite Book posted at Trivium Pursuit. Learn more about some interesting books.
Ankesh Kothari presents Review: Made To Stick posted at How To Grow Your Blog Traffic. Review of Made To Stick – and its application for bloggers.
John Wesley presents 10 Ways to Improve Your Mind by Reading the Classics posted at Pick the Brain. According to a Jenkins Group survey, 42% of college graduates will never read another book. Since most people read bestsellers printed in the past 10 years, it follows that virtually no one is reading the classics.
Ruth Mitchell presents In the "Blink" of an Eye posted at Buy Outside the Box. This is a fantastic read.
That concludes the 4th edition of the Festival of Good Books. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 07 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.
Carnival of Online Education #8
Greetings! If you are looking forward to read some great posts related to online education, your search ends here. We have come with the 8th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Here are the 8 posts in the order they were received.
Viju presents Why does Software have bugs? posted at softwaretestinghelp.com. Have you ever worder why the softwares have Bug? Find the root causes if you want to plan your career in Information Technology! There are some lazy programmers or testers out there, but other than this what could be the reason? Find out here.
Andy presents 5 Basic Concepts To Teach Kids About Money posted at moneywalks. Five general ideas to teach your kids about money and finance.
David Buksbaum presents 10 Reasons Why You Need To Start Online Classes Now posted at OnTheWebEd. Everyone should be able to take online classes. The convenience and cost structure have made it possible for anyone to be able to use the growing distance education infrastructure.
Karen Halls presents The Chat Room Addict, Teen Chat Rooms and the Possible Dangers posted at Addiction Recovery Blog. As with other forms of computer addiction, teen chat rooms offer a degree of anonymity and the chat room addict can be who he or she wants to be. More often than not, chat room addicts start off with just a break from the routine of daily life. Studying, research, projects, assignments, etc.
Ted Reimers presents College Admission Application Tips posted at CampusGrotto College Blog. Apply to more than one school. You should apply to about 4 or 5 colleges just in case you don’t get accepted to your first couple of choices.
Henry Cate presents Reading the classics via email – a little more structure posted at Why Homeschool. One of the cools things about using the online to improve our education is it can change the very structure of when we learn. Most of us want to read the classics, but have trouble making the time.
Tracy Coenen presents Online degrees: Watch out for diploma mills posted at FRAUDfiles. So many schools are offering online college courses these days, it’s hard to know which ones are legit. Sloan Consortium reports that in 2005, 3.2 million college students too online courses. Naturally, students like online courses for the convenience and flexibility in the time commitment.
Alvaro Fernandez presents On Bill Gates Harvard commencement speech (and his Frontal Lobes) posted at Brain Fitness. A great example of the Frontal Lobes in action.
That concludes the 8th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 30 June 2007. Submit your posts by visiting the blog carnival page.
Festival of Good Books #3
Greetings! Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Festival of Good Books. We have received 7 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.
Suzanne presents :: adventures in daily living ::: spring reading thing posted at :: adventures in daily living ::. Suzanne says, "Usually, when I drive home with my car full of produce and my children full of glee to be in the presence of so much yummy food, I feel like a right good mama. Yesterday I was questioning my every purchase".
Tacithydra presents tacithydra: Beware of God, by Shalom Auslander posted at Venturesome. Book review of a collection of short stories by Shalom Auslander.
Royce Wells presents The Soloist posted at A Stack Of Books. The Soloist, by Mark Salzman is a book about a former Child Prodigy named Renne Sundheimer. As a young boy, Renne was a wonderful concert cellist who astounded and entranced his audiences.
Zenofeller presents ASYLUM, the novel. posted at zenofeller.com. Asylum opens up the hatch over a fascinating little world, wherein tiny yet incredibly detailed people scurry about, completely absorbed by their quarter inch bubbles of vision.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Training: the Art and the emerging Science posted at SharpBrains. Here is a review of a new book by psychiatrist Norman Doidge.
Average Joe presents Book Review: How to Pick Stocks like Warren Buffett by T. Vick posted at Investment Jungle. “How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett” by Timothy Vick was an excellent read. From reading about Warren Buffett’s personal experiences to a ton of excellent information on value investing, this book is definitely one for your personal library.
Shamelle presents Building A Better Business (Book Excerpt) posted at Enhance Life. Improvement is the key- even if this is just your own feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment, or may be personal comfort right now as you adjust your position slightly while reading this book.
That concludes the 3rd edition of the Festival of Good Books. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your submission.
Carnival of Online Education #7
Greetings! Welcome to the 7th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. We have received six posts for this edition. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.
Anmol Mehta presents Expanded Free Online Meditation & Yoga Classes posted at Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga. The Free Online Meditation and Yoga Classes have been expanded now to include more courses and are now ongoing. New students are welcome.
Gustav S presents Focus your Energy toward your goals! posted at success-is-in-you.com. My goal is to have the opportunity to reach many people with my teachings about achieving goals.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Take the Senses Challenge posted at Brain Fitness. Some of the most fun puzzles we have found in a while…great for a mentally stimulating break.
Ted Reimers presents How to get College Scholarships posted at CampusGrotto College Blog. Here are 10 Tips that will help you in getting scholarships to pay for college.
Gustav S presents How to Find a Good Ebook and not another Scam trying posted at success-is-in-you.com. A 11 step guide on how to avoid bogus ebooks.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Lifelong Learning and New Neurons in Adults posted at Brain Fitness. Why education is so important.
That concludes the 7th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your contribution.
Festival of Good Books #2
Welcome to the second edition of the Festival of Good Books. We have received 4 posts for this edition. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.
Debra Moorhead presents “The Science of Getting Rich” Evaluated, Part One posted at Debra Moorhead.com. Debra Moorhead’s summary and comments on “The Science of Getting Rich,” originally written by Wallace D. Wattles, now owned by Rebecca Fine.
Ian Stewart presents How Not To Read A Book and Why You Shouldn’t | Upper Fort Stewart posted at Upper Fort Stewart. Humorously wrong advice on reading. Read this article, take the opposite path directed, and you will have a happy and fruitful reading life.
Alexander Becker presents Free ebook: Celebrate Your Beauty posted at WOW. Peer pressure, vanity and behavior, motivation tricks and hacks, success and pain, and how to excel, *Celebrate Your Beauty* — whatever it takes. Whether you work on stage, or walk the runways, whether you make things real on the big screen, behind the scenes, near a microphone, or in the proximity of a camera, this free ebook is for you.
Edithyeung presents Think and Grow Rich posted at Stewart Hsu. If you are *serious* about creating more wealth for yourself and you have limited time to study only 1 book, “Think and Grow Rich” is it. This book, authored by Napoleon Hill and published in 1937, is a perennial classic.
That concludes the second edition of the Festival of Good Books. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your support and contribution.
Carnival of Online Education #6
–By Sagar Satapathy
Greetings! Welcome to the 6th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. We have received 5 posts for this week’s edition. Although the number is not that much encouraging, quality is there. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received.
Ted Reimers presents Best web 2.0 tools for Students posted at CampusGrotto College Blog. Learn more about the best web 2.0 online tools for college.
Cyrelle Gerson presents Webucate Us Blog and Podcast – Synchronous or Asynchronous Communications posted at Webucate Us Views and Reviews. Once you have decided to offer instructor-led (live) eLearning courses, there are still many methods and technologies to choose from to deliver the courses. The decision tree presented here will help you to narrow your choices based on the characteristics of the learners you plan to teach.
Darius presents Keeping Your Kids Safe on the Internet posted at 2-Privacy.com. The Internet, once a place conceived of by scientists and governments to connect their various organizations together to enable the sharing of information quickly has become something altogether different. But the Internet is what you and your children make of it.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Exercise for the Frontal lobes: McKinsey posted at Brain Fitness. Can your job be a brain gym?
Craig Harper presents So, You Want to Be a Public Speaker? posted at Motivational Speaker. Public speaking is a curiosity; most people either love it… or are absolutely terrified of it. Some people are physically ill just saying their name in front of a group… while others will wrestle you to the ground to rip a microphone from your hand. Over the years I have done somewhere over three thousand presentations nationally and internationally (including corporate stuff, educational stuff, sporting teams, schools and fitness industry stuff).
That concludes the 5th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your support and contribution.
Carnival of Online Education #5
–By Sagar Satapathy
Welcome to the fifth edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Here are the six posts that have been selected to feature on this week’s carnival edition.
Anmol Mehta presents Free Online Guided Meditation & Kundalini Yoga Class posted at Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment & Kundalini Yoga. A free online course in guided meditation and kundalini yoga.
Jimmy Atkinson presents The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Degrees and Careers | OEDb posted at OEDb: Online Education Database. You can learn a lot about the gaming industry through gamer Web sites or blogs and even more if you start one. If you’re an experienced gamer, you probably are passionate about this industry, and that’s one attribute that commercial game developers want in an employee.
Jawahar Prasad presents Getting Your MCSE Certification: The Difference between Real Boot Camps and Cheat Camps posted at Free Tutorials, Solutions, RSS Feeds on various IT Related topics. A real MCSE boot camp only accepts qualified students. At least one year of experience in the networking field, managing users and dataflow, is an acceptable standard.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Essay Contest for High School Students posted at SharpBrains. Let’s spread the word of this Essay Contest on Learning the Brain for high-school students!
Jon Swift presents Conservapedia posted at Jon Swift.For years, children have had to rely for all of their information on Wikipedia, which is full of dangerous ideas that homeschooling was supposed to prevent from seeping into the home. Now, finally, there is an alternative, which doesn’t have any controversial ideas at all: Conservapedia.
Hueina Su presents Life Balance Lessons: 7 Keys to Avoid Burnout posted at Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul. Chronic stress from work could lead to burnout, which would greatly impact a person’s physical & emotional health, relationships, work, and everyone related to him/her. When you are burned out, you can’t function at your best, and everyone you care about suffer with you. It’s not difficult to see that there is much at stake. Here are some proactive steps you can take today to prevent burnout and return to balance.
That concludes the fifth edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Keep submitting your posts to the future editions of this carnival. Thank you for your support and contribution.