with Karen Lawson, Ph.D., CSP Today’s audiences are different. Conditioned by their experiences in school and corporate training programs, they expect a presentation to be a learning experience, and they expect learning experiences to be active. Contemporary audiences are greatly influenced by computer games and simulations as well as videos and television. With a multitude […]
Graphic novel publishers were an encouraging presence at Book Expo America (BEA), with Marvel Comics hosting a party in honor of their 70th anniversary; publishers such as Image, IDW and Dark Horse announcing exciting new projects; and key librarians releasing a list of hot graphic novels to check out this fall. (full story)
Assegai by Wilbur Smith The highly popular historical novelist returns with another guaranteed best-seller. In the early 1900s, Second Lieutenant Leon Courtney decides to hang up his military career after a near-fatal mission in British East Africa (and a subsequent court-martial proceeding instigated by a vindictive superior office). He takes up big-game hunting, but that's […]
"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else." -- Dolly Parton
Words hurt, heal, motivate, and aggravate. They are powerful. They control emotions and can even control a person physically. more ...
Organize Bedroom mess and confusion and make it an enjoyable place to be! Organizing the bedroom can be difficult to achieve because it is probably one of the most lived in rooms, especially by children. Finding solutions to help keep kids rooms and your own room clean are important but they must be solutions that […]
"If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself." Frank Perdue …………………………………………………………………… Take your life back - Take control Feeling scattered, stuck, procrastinating? Do you want more time and a sense of direction and accomplishment? Peace of mind and order? Take […]
"If you believe in unlimited quality and act in all your business dealings with total integrity, the rest will take care of itself." Frank Perdue
BOGGLE ... AND TV? Story time isn't the only way to nurture young readers over the summer. "Play board games," says Kelli Kilmartin, a former English teacher who is the Minnesota district manager of Sylvan Learning, a tutoring service. "Every school expert out there will tell you games like Scrabble, Boggle and Apples to Apples, […]
Say it with words and you're lucky if they hear it or bother to read it. Tell your story with imagery, and it grabs attention, evokes emotion, and is more instantly processed. Sixty thousand times faster, say some researchers. At Hong Kong International School (HKIS), we have concerns quite similar to those of teachers in […]
