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50 Things to Know About Becoming a Gamer Girl by R.E. Strayer offers an approach to starting out as a gamer, getting set up on social media, as well as implementing the necessary strategies to grow your online following. Most books on being a girl gamer will focus on what not to do as a girl starting out in the gaming world. Although there's nothing wrong with that, properly learning how to begin as a gamer and how to present yourself online is knowledge that will come in handy for anyone trying to make it in the gaming world.

Beautifully performed poetry enhanced with music. Detailed commentary and analysis from experts. A fantastic introduction to classic poetry, allowing listeners to begin to appreciate and criticise form and content themselves.

Deine Noten sind im Keller oder könnten besser sein, obwohl du stundenlang büffelst? Dir fehlt es beim Lernen an Motivation und Struktur? Andere lernen viel weniger und haben dennoch bessere Ergebnisse? Doch wovon hängen gute Noten wirklich ab? Viele Studien konnten bereits beweisen, dass die richtigen Lerntechniken und -Methoden der Schlüssel zu Topleistungen in der Schule und im Studium sind. Hinter dem Erfolg der Einserschüler und Studenten verstecken sich häufig also sehr effektive, aber absolut simple Methoden anstatt reine Intelligenz.

This book chronicles the second, third and fourth years of these adventures, including the day-to-day life of a teacher at The American School of Kinshasa from 2007-2009 who deals with a marginal infrastructure while facing the everyday challenges of living in a war-torn third-world country, and has some great adventures in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Zanzibar.

I type "International Teaching Jobs" on the Google search line and find several sites, but I decide on one particularly useful site for which I pay a slight fee, and I find myself looking at a long list of teaching jobs all over the world. "Anything in Latin America," my wife asks, coming in to the room. "No, but here's one in the Congo." "Africa!?" "Yea, really. They want a calculus teacher! I can do that!" "Okay," Chantal says tentatively. "If you want." I hit the submit button and my resume is off across the world.

It examines the evidence relating to a variety of forms of classroom talk, including whole school culture and oracy; classroom environments conducive to talk; whole class teacher-pupil talk and pupil-pupil peer talk. The final chapter explores up-to-date issues and influences relating to talk, such as mastery learning, informed by international comparisons. Firmly grounded in evidence and the latest thinking, the book also offers practical advice for everyday implementation and evaluation of these principles.

Most Americans today see school choice as their inalienable right. In The Choice We Face, scholar Jon Hale reveals what most fail to see: school choice is grounded in a complex history of race, exclusion, and inequality. Through evaluating historic and contemporary education policies, Hale demonstrates how reframing the way we see school choice represents an opportunity to evolve from complicity to action.

After devoting half of his lifetime transforming his start-up business into a multi-million dollar industry leader, author John McLaughlin set out in a new direction: to teach what he had learned to others. Due to a lack of teaching experience, his only job offer was to teach entrepreneurship to prisoners at a minimum-security camp in North Carolina. John gradually builds an effective program until a scandal involving prison officials blindsides his progress and threatens to bring his teaching career to an unceremonious end.

This short introduction provides the historical background for Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum as well as some detail about the pope himself. It also provides a paragraph-by-paragraph summary of the document to better understand the teaching. This is ideal for students of the document and those studying Catholic social teaching.

AutoPilot Your Math Skills will teach the educator concepts of math. Major parts of teaching math to young children are certain philosophies to consider. This book will show and explain how to use these concepts in hands-on and cognitive activities. Furthermore, it will contain grades one to five of descriptive learning for the user to implement into his/her teaching.

Trials and Successes gives a homeschool mom's personal and honest account of the trials, successes, and lessons learned while home teaching her African American sons. Trials and Successes offers insight into the role of being a home educator, the different methods and strategies that can be used to home teach, and the advantages of parents taking complete responsibility of their children's education.

Schools may rise and fall, but education fads remain forever. When it comes to new ideas, sifting the wheat from the chaff can seem like an impossible task. Finally, help has arrived from one of Canada’s best-known education writers. A Sage on the Stage leaves no stone unturned in its relentless assault on the foolish fads infecting public education. From incomprehensible no-zero policies to discovery math that never adds up, this book debunks many of the most pervasive fads in schools today. It also lays out a positive case for the things that do work.

If you listen to the books and essays by the great success author Dr. Joseph Murphy, it will take some time to distill and codify his teachings into a workable understanding. Herein is the best condensation of the prosperity ideas that have been produced by this award-winning success author. If you have not already heard any of his books, it may be best to listen to one so that you may enjoy this short audio VIP summary even more. May you be blessed and prospered in your journey.

Speed reading is a skill that absolutely anyone can learn with ease by adopting simple strategies. The step-by-step boot camp laid out in this audiobook is a breakthrough in rapid reading and can be used by people of any skill level. You will learn the secret strategies of speed readers, the mistakes to avoid, how to practice and improve, all without a loss in comprehension. Skyrocket your productivity today by adopting speed reading.

Arrested? For teaching? John Scopes’s crime riveted the world, and crowds flocked to the trial of the man who dared to tell students about a forbidden topic—evolution. The year was 1925, and discussing Darwin’s theory of evolution was illegal in Tennessee classrooms. Lawyers wanted to challenge the law, and businessmen smelled opportunity. But no one imagined the firestorm the Scopes Trial would ignite—or the media circus that would follow.

"We need to learn dog language so that we can understand what our dogs are trying to tell us, this is the secret of living a great life together”, said Turid Rugaas, a Norwegian dog trainer and author (Lou, 2019). Even though dogs are popularly portrayed as "man's best friend", they aren't anything like us; they are very different from us in terms of their needs, habits, and traits. This is precisely why it's crucial to train your dog; it builds a bridge of communication between the dog and its owner.

Are you passionate about making an impact on your students’ lives? Everyone remembers that one teacher in school who inspires, encourages, and makes learning incredibly fun! Even when you couldn’t rely on the education system, you could turn to that special teacher who gave you the means to reach your maximum potential. If you’ve been feeling a tad insecure before entering your classroom, The Intriguing Case of the Fulfilled Teachers can guide you through every nook and cranny of the craft.

This book helps parents who consider homeschooling their children, but don't know how to take the first approach. We will walk you through the steps, and even answer some questions you may have but can't find the answers to.

Are you looking for a guide in using Nearpod for your virtual teaching class? Not sure where to start? This simple guide helps a virtual teacher get started with a clear and focused learning plan. Olivia helps take the guess work out of the picture and provides a sample lesson plan template with built-in options for differentiation with easy to use features. Each chapter focuses on how to use the features of Nearpod to make virtual classroom lesson more engaging, rigorous, and easy to implement online.