ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands April 21, 2004 -โ€" The 2005 Tire Tracks Expedition today announced the official launch of its expedition website, http://www.tiretracks.org, which gives the global public access to extensive information about the upcoming two-year, overland African expedition and globally delivered interactive education program. By combining the two-year, 35 country African expedition with their interactive education program, the Tire Tracks team will enable others to learn from their experiences, provide a fresh and unique perspective on issues affecting the African continent, and help people better understand current, global issues affecting them and the world around them.
The Tire Tracks expedition is a two-year, 50,000 mile overland expedition from Casablanca to Cape Town to Cairo, to explore, understand and explain Africa, its natural and cultural treasures, and all of its inhabitants. The knowledge, insight and experience gained from this large-scale experience-based research study of Africa is shared through the public media and their global, interactive educational program.
Expedition and Company Information
The Tire Tracks expedition is an initiative of Living Footsteps, an organization that aims to โ€œmake the world a smaller placeโ€, by creating a deeper understanding of countries and cultures around the globe. By setting up projects that research and explore regions in the world in a unique way, we and those following us, develop a true understanding of the regions we cover. The combination of a unique travel experience and deep understanding of the countries we visit, allows us to not just explain countries and cultures, but do so in a vivid and relevant way. We focus our business on four forms of knowledge transfer: sharing through media, sharing through education, sharing through advice, and sharing through experience.
Further details about Living Footsteps is at www.livingfootsteps.com.
Map and route plan of the expedition as well as the Tire Tracks brochure, are available at www.tiretracks.org.
Reports, and photos of the Tire Tracks vehicle preparations will be available at www.tiretracks.org in fall 2004, and expedition reports and photos will be available in early 2005. Upon request, expedition-related articles will also be available. Arrangements for interviews, as well as requests for articles or high resolution photo material, should be addressed to the Media Contact.
Media Contact:
Corinne Overman
Hondiusstraat 50-B
3021NM Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone/Netherlands: +31.10.276.3784
Efax/USA: +707.516.0367
Email: press@tiretracks.org Website: www.tiretracks.org
Pre-school years are a fun time in your child's life. At this age they begin to develop and learn the skills needed for their future. It's a phase that passes quite quickly yet it is at this time that they exhibit a lot of potential. Nowadays early childhood education programs are available for children at this age. Parents are now willing to give their children a head start in life. By going through an early childhood education program a child can have a decent grasp of the situation when they enter their kindergarten years.
It would be wise to consider an early childhood program for your pre-school children. It can be an important part of your child's intellectual growth. The earlier a child is taught the brighter the future for that child will be. It prepares the child for the learning process and the curriculum that are offered in public schools. Many children experience problems as they adjust to the public school environment.
The adjustment difficulty may be due to the sudden change of environment. Children who have been cooped-up with their parents at home can be shocked to an environment dominated by the teacher and the presence of other children. An early childhood education program may be able to help your children cope with the sudden change in the environment and may help them have a greater learning success rate. Another way that you may consider to prepare your children for education and learning is through the Internet.
The World-Wide-Web is packed with children's games that can enhance their learning capacity in a fun filled environment. In the process of having fun, they begin to develop and learn useful skills they need for their education. Online games can stimulate children from four up to seven years old. This inventive technology can help your child develop learning and understanding skills.
If you are planning early childhood program for your child, then you should consider trying the Internet for games that can help your child. Browse through a number of sites to discover that ideal early childhood program for your pre-school darling. Give them an early head start for their future.
Are you one of those who are looking forward developing or improve classroom skills and follow a career as a curriculum supervisor or become an educational leader with the instruction as your main focus. If your answer is yes then making a career as an instructional leader can be the best option. Though, it is very important to comprehend that the role of an instructional leader differs from the traditional school administrator in a number of ways.
Basically, a conventional principal usually spends most of his/her time dealing with administrative duties, but a principal who is an instructional leader is primarily charged with redefining his or her role to become the primary learner in a community striving for excellence in education. As a result, it definitely becomes the principal's accountability to work with teachers to identify and classify different educational objectives and set school-wide or district wide goals. In addition to this, he or she must provide the essential resources for learning, and generate new learning opportunities for students and staff. Ultimately, ability to follow this responsibility requires deep understanding of leadership qualities. Fortunately, today there are number of colleges and universities that offer programs like instructional leadership that primarily focus on this objective. This education specialist program in instructional leadership principally emphasizes the core skills including comprehensive planning and implementation, curriculum theory and design.
The typical coursework of this program includes: curriculum development, educational topics and trends, and cultural diversity. In addition to this, the program endeavors to promote the values, knowledge, and skills needed to renew and improve education across the state, region, and nation. Once you complete the program, you will be able to:
Analyze and classify the uniqueness of an effective and successful leader
Study leadership attributes, styles and their significance for leaders to be successful
Express strategies for facilitating teams competently and managing clashes
Implement and facilitate collaborative professional development activities including team learning communities
The course enables you to learn many characteristics that can be very beneficial to your school and communities. You learn to exhibit a clear sense of direction for your schools and prioritize attention on the things that really matter in terms of the work of students. The program helps you identify your leadership strengths and gain knowledge of strategies that may engage students in the classroom using a team based learning.The program even enables you to discuss your role as a catalyst leader inspiring others to act; develop your personal leadership development plan and discuss methods for similar types of plans in the classroom.
Today instructional leadership can be broadly considered as a thoughtful journey that builds a learning culture. The program is a specialization that emphasizes leadership and managing other teachers with an eye towards a move into school administration. In recent years, this education program has gained enough popularity and expected to earn more recognition in next few years.
Want to start your career as instruction leader? Find complete information on top instructional leadership education programs and top education colleges that offer hat Offer Instructional Leadership Courses at EducationMajorsU.com. Choose the best teaching majors for you and start your career now.
RESINATE LAUNCHES EDUCATOR PROGRAM FOR RESINATE MATERIAL ADVISOR
Students Gain Critical Skills for Professional Life in Manufacturing Industry
ANDOVER, MA, April 1, 2003 โ€" Resinateโ„ข Corporation, a leader in Automated Materials Management for discrete manufacturers, today announced the Educator Program for the Resinate Material Advisorโ„ข (RMA) software suite. RMA by Resinate streamlines the plastic material selection process for manufacturers by integrating extensive databases of materials with leading MCAD applications.
Resinate is advancing student education with its RMA software package by combining Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks and PTC Pro/ENGINEER software products with its patent-pending RMA material selection software. Junior, senior and graduate students, who previously only used CAD software for 3D design concepts, can now use the RMA software to further their skills.
โ€œRMA software offers students many advantages including the ability to locate appropriate materials that satisfy the fit, form and function of designed products,โ€ said Michael Haley, VP Technology and Alliances, Resinate Corporation. โ€œThe ease of use and the step-by-step methodology provided by RMA is ideal within the learning environment; even users with only fundamental knowledge can evaluate and select real world materials from the database.โ€
The Resinate Educator Program supplies educational institutions with an enterprise license for their on-site CAD labs along with training manuals and course information. Single-seat student editions are also available to students enrolled in an approved course. Enterprise licenses are $1,500 per site, and Student Editions are $99 per year or $149 for a two-year license.
For more information about Resinate's Educator Program, and to view a free Web cast, go to www.resinatecorp.com, or contact Michael Haley, VP of Technology & Alliances at (978) 824-1664 or mhaley@resinatecorp.com
About Resinate
Resinate is a leading provider of Automated Materials Management software for the discrete manufacturing sector. Resinate applications help leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and design professional to effectively and efficiently analyze the design of their products and identify optimal plastic materials. Resinate Material Advisor (RMA), is the first software application available worldwide that automates plastic material selection directly into leading MCAD environments including Solidworksยฎ, Pro/ENGINEERยฎ and Autodesk Inventor. The RMA products enable OEMs to compress time-to-market for new products, reduce costs associated with direct materials and dramatically increase productivity throughout the product lifecycle.
For more information about Resinate's products and services, visit www.resinatecorp.com, email info@resinatecorp.com or call (978) 824-1669
Resinate and RMA are trademarks of Resinate Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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April 23, 2004 -- Educational Program featuring five core subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, and History.
Genesis Software announces the release of version 2.1 of Academia โ€" an educational program designed for Windows 9x, Me, 2000, NT, XP.
Academia is an educational program designed for people interested in self-education, and also as a supplement for high school and college students. The program's primary goal is to test a person's skills in these five subjects: English, mathematics, science, geography, and history. The tests encompasses most of the topics that are introduced in high schools and colleges in the five subjects mentioned above.
This version of Academia features updated material in most of the tests, and the entire program itself has been completely revised and edited. Of notable mention is Books Central, which is an online manual that has reference material and step-by-step examples on the subjects. The program also features an updated custom dictionary and a timer that you can use to time each test.
With these updated tests and features at your fingertips, you have a program that can help you to set and reach your educational goals. For example, because each subject starts in the basic level, you have an opportunity to know right away where your strengths and weaknesses are. You may then decide to spend more time in the basic level or register the program and start the next level.
Academia 2.1 costs US$16.95 for a single-user license.
For more information, and to download an evaluation copy, visit our Web site at: http://www.genesis-softwareonline.com
Evaluation key available on request
For more information contact:
Dunstan Joseph, Genesis Software
P.O. Box 181696, Casselberry, Fl, 32718-1696
Tel/Fax: 407.834.2871
E-mail: info@genesis-softwareonline.com
Internet: http://www.genesis-softwareonline.com
e-Health Quality Partners Named Exclusive Education and Outreach Affiliate of the Internet Healthcare Coalition
Diverse Educational Programs and Consulting Services Offered to e-Businesses and Consumer Groups under Auspices of Internet Healthcare Coalition
Contacts:
John Mack, President, Internet Healthcare Coalition
Phone: (215) 504-4164
e-mail: ihc-president@ihealthcoalition.org
Lois C. Ambash, Principal, e-Health Quality Partners
Phone: (212) 675-9934
e-mail: lcambash@e-hqp.com
Ahmad Risk, Chairman, Internet Healthcare Coalition
Phone (England): 44 (1273) 724866
e-mail: risk@cybermedic.org
Washington, D.C., April 24, 2002 -- The Internet Healthcare Coalition (โ€œthe Coalition,โ€ www.ihealthcoalition.org) and e-Health Quality Partners (e-HQP; www.e-hqp.com), announced today that they have entered into an exclusive alliance to develop and deliver educational programs bearing the Coalition's brand.
Under the agreement, e-HQP will offer educational and consulting programs, research services, conferences, publications, executive workshops, employee training, meeting facilitation and strategic planning activities. These products and services will be designed to meet the diverse needs of e-health and other businesses, healthcare providers, not-for-profits, and consumers. The Coalition will provide expert editorial oversight of program and service content to ensure that it conforms to the Coalition's mission and to the highest standards of balance and quality.
โ€œThis is an important strategic business relationship that will help the Coalition revitalize its educational mission,โ€ stated John Mack, President of the Internet Healthcare Coalition and a principal of e-HQP. โ€œUp until now, the Coalition has depended exclusively on small grants and volunteer efforts to roll out educational programs. e-HQP will provide the necessary business acumen, financial resources, and organizational development expertise to market, launch, and manage many projects that the Coalition could not otherwise undertake.โ€
โ€œOver one hundred million American adults, and a growing number of others worldwide, regularly use the Internet to seek health-related information,โ€ said Lois Ambash, Coalition board member and e-HQP principal. โ€œe-HQP will partner with the Coalition to improve the quality of e-health information and services available on the Internet, help e-health businesses build trusted brands, and assist consumers in making informed choices among the many e-health products and services available to them.โ€
The key provision of the Coalition/e-HQP alliance is an exclusive licensing agreement covering educational products and services that will bear the Coalition's imprimatur and logo. e-HQP's demonstrated commitment to the mission of the Coalition and its business expertise make it an ideal โ€œtrusted partnerโ€ to advance the Coalition's interests in a manner that is both ethically sound and fiscally advantageous to the Coalition.
โ€œThe Coalition has a broad base of stakeholders and a reputation for being unbiased,โ€ said Ahmad Risk, Coalition Board chairman. โ€œAs demonstrated by our critical role in developing the international e-Health Code of Ethics, the Coalition also has strong relationships with many opinion leaders eager to collaborate under our auspices. Now, with e-HQP's help, we hope to bring these qualities and experts together to offer programs and services that allow other organizations to develop best practices for interactive healthcare.โ€
A critical goal of the strategic alliance is to help organizations conform to the e-Health Code of Ethics, a product of the Coalition's international โ€œeHealth Ethics Initiative.โ€ In addition, e-HQP will establish and manage a Coalition Speakers Bureau and form educational partnerships with a variety of businesses and organizations.
About e-Health Quality Partners
e-Health Quality Partners is a strategic business alliance between VirSci Corporation (John J. Mack, President), a firm dedicated to developing and applying best practices in privacy, usability, and quality to online pharmaceutical and health marketing, and Metaforix Incorporated (Lois C. Ambash, President), whose purpose is to help businesses and organizations adapt to the changing business environments and customer expectations of the Information Age through organizational planning, learning, and communications. The mission of e-Health Quality Partners is to offer educational programs and e-health communications that conform to the highest standards of ethics and quality to e-health businesses, healthcare organizations, consumers, and other interested groups, and to help organizations integrate those high standards into everyday business practices.
About the Internet Healthcare Coalition
The Coalition is an international, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to identifying and promoting quality healthcare resources on the Internet. Founded in 1997 and based in Washington, D.C., the Coalition's membership represents every sector of the Internet health space, including consumers, commercial developers of health information, medical libraries, special-interest societies, and manufacturers of regulated drugs and medical devices. The goal of the Coalition is to educate healthcare consumers and professionals about the evolving issues relating to the quality of Internet health resources and information. In October 1999, the Coalition launched its ongoing "eHealth Ethics Initiative" to provide a forum for the development of a universal set of ethical principles for health-related Web sites.
Homeownership education programs and housing counseling can address the homeownership questions and preserve the personality and integrity of the real estate business.
It should be noted that homeownership has become a valuable factor that helps stabilize families and communities. It is also an important contributor to a nation's economy through the housing sector. Homeownership education programs are most useful in taking the stress out of the process of buying a home, especially for the minority and/or immigrant home buyers, by providing them accessible information on homeownership. A well-documented homebuyer education can demystify the confusing process for first time homebuyers and can give them the confidence by helping them understand common homebuyer terminologies and in making the right decisions about home choice and loan products.
Recent studies show that homeownership education programs can help lessen the "gap" between individuals and homeownership. They effectively address not only the obvious lack of understanding and information about the home-buying process, but it also tries to overcome the language and cultural barriers that usually mislead the interested buyer to misconceptions in the mortgage finance system. It likewise gives a better understanding of the regulatory burdens imposed on the production of housing that drive up costs. Homeownership education programs are also an effective means to inform buyers of their rights, and help them find affordable houses, lower interest rate offers, and assistance in mortgage, down payment and closing costs and standard procedures.
Effective counseling on housing is a key area that increases minority homeownership and that serves to eliminate illegal discrimination and cut the closing costs through federal regulatory reforms. Immigrants who bother to go through the training and education provided by these homeownership education programs enjoy the benefit of getting familiar with a country's home-buying process, recognize opportunities for financing by making them aware of the benefits of buying a house with a loan offered by commercial lenders (i.e. banks, lending institutions, mortgage houses), how to pre-qualify for these available loans or, better still, how to reach a deal directly with a seller who offers owner-financing. This latter option is a safe way of veering away from banks and/or other instituted lenders who sometimes make things really sound more complicated than they are. Homeownership education programs show the buyer some useful tools to place homeownership easily within reach. Many state and local public agencies, non-profits and local lending institutions now offer free or low-cost homeownership plans that assist people in learning about becoming successful homeowners. It is always smart to educate oneself before going into a new venture as big as buying a place of his own.
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There are many prominent differences between adults and children in regards to their learning factors. There are two different learning models categorized for adults and children. The adult learning model, andragogy, and the children's model, pedagogy, clearly demonstrate the differences. These learning models show how continuing your education by working toward online degrees is an excellent option for adults.
One of the most important differences is that while children usually need the assistance of an in-person teacher in order to learn properly and to do well, adults do not have this need. Adults are capable of learning on their own, knowing what needs to be done and processing the information, as well as being motivated and self-disciplined enough to carry out these tasks. Continuing your education online offers the average adult more options of being proficient and timely. Achieving your goal of an online degree and education does not require supervision or in-person help.
Another reason why online degree programs are appropriate for an adult's continuing education is the difference between his general schedule and the schedule of a youngster. Most adults today have very busy schedules. Many need to balance a job and family responsibilities at the same time. Online education offers the adults a simpler way of taking classes at a local university or college. This helps them fit their education needs into their busy schedules. An online degree program will give you the opportunity to fit your studying time into your schedule. There are programs available for any busy lifestyle, we make it easy for you to continue your education no matter how demanding your life may be. Online programs offer convenient studies for you to help accommodate your daily life.
Learning is also different for adults because adults have a different purpose for learning. While children may not take learning as seriously as they should, and not retain all they have been taught, learning which is intended for a specific purpose is easier, more focused, and more readily retained.
The continuing education program for online degrees target mostly the adults, because it helps fit their everyday needs. Whether you are considering a degree solely for personal enrichment, as a means to advance in your job, or are thinking about beginning a new career, online learning is education at its best. A world of opportunities is at your fingertips with a continuing education program that is perfect for you.
Copyright (c) 2009 Johney Maron
Johney Maron is a author who has an interest in adult college ministries. Colorado Christian University (CCU) provides students with the education they need in today's growing business world. CCU offers both adult undergraduate degrees, and adult masters degrees. From amazing Colorado Campus' to it's online education programs, CCU makes every effort to make it possible for everyone to obtain the education they are looking for.
Home security is very important to everyone. There are many ways to protect your home, you can install home security systems and keep your door locked any time, etc. But there are still some matters you do not know and may be ignored. So home security education programs will be useful to everyone who want to make their houses more secure. This article will talk about different types of home security education programs. You can choose the one best for you if you are interested in. There are a lot of different types of home security education programs offered by various companies and organizations that can help you increase the level of your home and personal security and help your police officials to deal with crime prevention. There are general educational programs and more detailed security programs that deal with specific aspects of home security. There are free home security training programs and there are fee based programs. The type of the program that you will need to select will depend on your specific needs. One type of home security educational program deals with possible steps that you can take to protect your home. Depending on the length of the seminar, you will be able to learn about various home security techniques, security and surveillance systems, alarm systems and alarm monitoring services and much more. This type of home security educational program will give you a broad idea about home security and is a good starting point. After this seminar you can select which one of the more specific seminars and educational programs to attend next. You will have a broad understanding of the home security topic and will be able to identify the home security problems that relate to you and that require more attention and improvement. More detailed seminars will provide you with specific skills that will help you to tackle these problems and correct all the security problems that you may have. The specific detailed training programs usually deal with one aspect of home security. For example, this can be a training program for the selection and installation of an alarm system. Or it can be a seminar about increasing the security of your doors and windows. If can also be an informational session that describes how to protect your home when you leave on a vacation. The educational program can be even more detailed. For example, this may be a session provided by the alarm monitoring service company specifically about the services offered by that company. The type of home security educational program that you should sign up for depends on your specific needs. If you would like to attend a home security educational program you should first check with your local police department of governmental office. They usually offer these types of programs at no charge for the residents of the local communities. Even if they do not offer any programs, they will be able to direct you to the trusted organization that does provide these kinds of seminars and training programs. Whatever is the organization that you contact, make sure that this is a respectful organization that does have a lot of experience in the field of home security. Also, there are usually plenty of home security educational programs that are free of charge. You should look for these free of charge programs first before you pay your money for attending any fee based program. An important home security educational program that deserves a separate description is a program provided by your local police department on the topic of neighborhood watch. If you decided to start a watch program in your area or if there is a program already stated and you want to improve it, you will definitely benefit from this educational program. You can contact your local police department and they will send their representative to speak with your group about the neighborhood watch program. This representative is usually an expert in home security and crime prevention fields. He or she will be able to provide you with different home security information and a lot of important crime prevention tips. This representative will also be able to answer your specific questions. He or she will describe how to organize a watch program and how to make this program more effective. If you want get more information about home security, please visit our site: http://www.security2020.com
WHITE PLAINS, NY July, 2003 โ€" In joint statements released today from the Latin Recording Academyยฎ and the Celia Cruz Foundation, it was announced that Heineken USA's Green Ribbon initiative will be a top priority among the charitable efforts for this year's 4th Annual Latin GRAMMYยฎ Awards. Heineken Green Ribbons is a national initiative designed to raise awareness and funds for music education programs in communities across the country.
As part of a collective effort with the Latin GRAMMYs and The Celia Cruz Foundation to raise awareness of this critical issue in the Hispanic community, Heineken USA will make a donation to the Celia Cruz Foundation. The 4th Annual Latin GRAMMYยฎ Awards will be held at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on September 3 and will be broadcast domestically by the CBS Television Network from 9โ€"11 p.m. (ET/PT).
The Heineken Green Ribbons program was created by Heineken USA in the spring of 2003 and raised $10,000 for the Celia Cruz Foundation. The program hopes to more than double this contribution number at the Latin GRAMMYs.
As part of this initiative, Heineken will design a special green ribbon to symbolize its commitment to music education. Members of the media, celebrities and others are encouraged to wear a special green ribbon at this year's Latin GRAMMYs to highlight the need to support music education in our communities.
โ€œCelia Cruz was a tireless supporter of music education in the Hispanic community,โ€ says Marime Riancho, Heineken USA Brand Manager, Hispanic Markets. โ€œBecause of our parallel commitment to raising awareness and funds for music education programs in our communities, Heineken expresses its commitment to keep Celia's dream alive.โ€
Omer Pardillo, President of The Celia Cruz Foundation expressed, "We are truly honored to have Heineken and LARAS supporting us in this most noble cause of enabling and furthering music education. We at the Celia Cruz Foundation feel proud, that through this donation we can become a vehicle of support to those who deserve it. In doing this, the memory of Celia Cruz, who dedicated her whole life to song, will forever live in our hearts."
โ€œLike our partners at Heineken and The Celia Cruz Foundation, the Latin Recording Academy understands the important role that music education plays in the development of students everywhere,โ€ said Gabriel Abaroa, President of the Latin Recording Academy. "We are dedicated to this noteworthy collaboration, and applaud Heineken for spearheading a program that will benefit so many future artists and honors our Salsa Queen."
About Heineken USA
Heineken USA Inc., the nation's largest beer importer, is a subsidiary of Heineken N.V. (Netherlands), which is the world's most international brewer. Brands imported into the U.S. include: Heineken Lager, the world's most international beer brand; Heineken Special Dark; Amstel Light, the largest-selling imported light beer brand; and Buckler non-alcoholic brew.
About the Latin Recording Academy
The Latin Recording Academy is a membership-based organization comprised of more than 4,000 recording artists, musicians, producers and other creative and technical recording professionals who are dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural conditions for Latin music and its makers. In addition to producing the Latin Awards to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences, the Latin Recording Academy provides educational and human services programs to the Latin music community.
For more information, please visit www.latingrammy.com.
Glastonbury, CT May 17, 2004 -- On Saturday, May 22nd at 10AM, 20,000 kids and adults across the United States and the United Kingdom will become โ€œSteal-Proof Masters.โ€ Adventures in Safety, LLC and United Professionals, along with martial artists and safety officials across the country, will screen the โ€œJourney of the Steal-Proof Masterโ€ (SPM) video and provide free trainings in hundreds of communities in an all-out effort to teach children and adults about abduction prevention.
The โ€œJourney of the Steal-Proof Masterโ€ is a fantasy-based adventure created by Adventures in Safety, LLC, based in Glastonbury, CT. Creator Richard Kohler has used the SPM video to teach thousands of area children about abduction prevention while training children to trust their intuitions and to become aware of the lures that adults may use to kidnap and assault them. Kohler is a fourth degree black belt in Kenpo Karate and the owner of Martial Arts Unlimited, a personal development and self-defense training facility.
During the Steal-Proof Master National Challenge, children will be introduced to ten โ€œevil warriors,โ€ characters who represent the most common behaviors and lures used to abduct and assault children. Licensed trainers will teach children to tell their parents or guardians when anything that another adult does or says makes them feel uncomfortable. The children will participate in role-playing and discussions, leading them to understand and anticipate the potential dangers of interactions with strangers as well as friends and family members who might mean them harm.
The joint venture between Kohler and United Professionals' president Greg Silva is a natural partnership; Silva's organization represents nearly 700 martial arts schools around the country and his personal network reaches several thousand martial artists, all of who are dedicated to teaching personal safety to children and adults.
โ€œOur vision for this event is that children and adults who participate will become catalysts in their communities, bringing the messages in this video and training program into their schools and community groups,โ€ says Kohler. โ€œKids love this video and respond to its fantasy-based approach. It holds their attention and the critical information gets transferred in a way that they can relate to it.โ€
Free events will be held across the United States and the UK on May 22, 2004. For more information about the locations of the National Steal-Proof Master Challenge programs, please visit www.stealproofmaster.com or call 860.657.2227
Contact: Ellen Ornato
860.344.9600
Date: May 14, 2004
There are many learning objectives needed in order to establish a solid Music Education program so when looking for one, make sure it consists of the following basic objectives. A viable program trains its students to read and write music notation and its values in both, the treble and bass clef. When these skills are learned, playing in both clefs, on the piano, can be accomplished effectively.
A strong program develops vocal skills, not just for vocal students but for its instrumental students, as well. Teaching instrumentalists the essence of singing music notation in both, the treble and bass clef using different note values and time signatures is significant because it promotes good ear training, sight singing and rhythm. Also, it prepares the student for other skills such as directing or accompanying choirs should he/she decide to enter that profession.
Learning Music Theory is important because it is the key to analyzing compositions and good musicians should have this ability. Understanding the structure of a song is laying the foundation of new songs to be created.
Lastly, learning world Music History allows students to appreciate different genres. This is really important for composition students. Coupled with their understanding of theory, they can draw from various styles of music to create their own original styles.
When looking for a strong Music Education program, make sure all of the above objectives are in place. They are necessary because a quality program that contains these objectives, builds strong cognitive skills, logical thought patterns, discipline, solid creative skills and music appreciation... the elements needed in developing a well-rounded musician.
Darshell DuBose-Smith M.A., B.A. is a Certified Music Educator and Author in the Northern and Central New Jersey areas who provides a well-rounded music education to people everywhere in the form of music books, workshops and seminars.
For more information, please visit http://www.darshellsqualitymusic.com
Darshell's Quality Music and Entertainment, Inc
P.O. Box 255
Ridgewood, NJ 07451
(201) 370-8664
darshellsqualitymusic@verison.net
http://www.darshellsqualitymusic.com
Being a nurse has long been considered to be the noblest of professions. In fact, even to this day, people from certain ethnic groups or communities look at nursing as the only viable career option. Apart form the tremendous satisfaction it brings from the sheer act of caring for and nursing people to good health, nursing is slowly but surely becoming a lucrative profession. Most nurses today in American hospital and private nursing homes earn reasonably good salaries. And hospitals continue to recruit scores of nurses from all over the world to cater to the demand for qualified nurses.
But becoming a nurse is not really inexpensive. Apart from the fact that the course itself is expensive, most nurses have to appear for certifying exams in order to get the necessary licenses or registrations that enable them to become full-fledged nurses. Which is why, a vast majority of nurses complete their basic nursing qualification (usually a diploma) before they enter the workforce.
Once inside, they realize that for nurses with better qualifications, there are tremendous growth opportunities. This usually puts them in a dilemma. If they quit their jobs to take up further courses of study, they not only stand to lose valuable income, but also run the risk of further students loans to pay for costly education. If on the other hand, they stay back in their jobs, they may never see a promotion or an opportunity for growth for a long time to come. The answer to such a dilemma is nursing continuing education.
Simply put, nursing continuing education is an "earn while you learn" scheme. When working nurses sign-up for nursing continuing education programs, they can continue to work at their regular hospitals while they improve their qualifications on the side. Most Diploma in Nursing holders can thus sign-up for a Degree program and work for their degree part-time while working as a regular nurse. Of course, such a course might be longer than a conventional full-time course, but the working nurse need not give up her job to pursue her education.
Most hospitals in the United States have a tie-up or affiliation with a college or university that provides nursing continuing education. Since the hospital itself administers the program, the nurses stand to benefit as they can schedule their rounds conveniently in order to accommodate the demands of the course. They also prefer hospitals which provide the option of nursing continuing education because this is a guarantee that they will have chances to grow in their chosen profession and consequently, earn more. And for the hospitals, it makes commercial sense because they have a steady pool of nurses guaranteed to undertake the course. Further, hospitals favor the nursing continuing education programs because it helps them retain staff in an industry that is always short of qualified nurses. It makes for better business sense to retain and train their existing nurses than to find new nurses.
Most American Nursing Associations like the American Nursing Association (ANA), American Nephrology Nursing Association (ANNA) and others are strong proponents of nursing continuing education. After all, it is a win-win situation for all concerned. And who would say not to happy, qualified nurses working in stress-free hospitals!
If you have videoconference capabilities, your class can participate in virtual field trips to the Buffalo Museum of Science without even leaving your building. Let the education department bring some of the wonders of the natural world to your classroom via a videoconference. When the videoconference is over, take formal steps to evaluate what could be done to improve the next one. Using the barn owl as a videoconference focus during a class dissection of owl pellets makes science come alive! Students "tou'can" journey through the wilds of the zoo via a videoconference educational program.
We will discuss how inexpensive tools (a high quality video camera and computer) and a massive amount of new distribution platforms (e.g. The new parameter-based keyframe support for frame-by-frame color correction gives users the tools to quickly enhance the quality of their video productions. It requires a very good connection to get these videos to run properly, however you get a larger video and a better quality picture. WB provides high end film & interactive media solutions including broadcast quality programs, tv commercials, training videos, music videos, 2D and 3D animation. Sony does a great job of making high end camcorders with excellent video quality, as the HC1 showed us.
No, the video quality is not great, and no, there are few compelling features. The quality is great for porting out a dvd / itunes video to the TV. Otherwise it's well built, can't comment on quality, i assume its good, not hard to do DVI-S-video. Total Training produces high quality, award-winning video tutorials to get you up to speed fast. The video quality is excellent and I love the interface. Before this Disney stuff, its one of the best quality video on the web that I've seen. The subjective video quality of a video processing system may be evaluated as follows: Choose the video sequences (the SRC) to use for testing.
The price is inexpensive for someone who really wants to be good at making videos and movies. It maps out, step by step, a sure-fire approach to successful movie making
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Line Dance gets kids' hearts pumping. There's never been a better time to infuse physical education programs with creative options. Child obesity rates are rising. Fast food is abundant. And TV and video games offer an ever-present sedentary draw.
Decrease the common complaints of "Why do we have to run again?" and "I forgot my gym clothes!" Hook your students by explaining that the more line dance steps they master, the closer they are to learning the Hip Hop Line Dance, a tricky, fun sequence that they're sure to replicate after the dismissal bell rings.
• Purchase the rights to a Shawn Trautman learn how to dance DVD and you'll bring a world-renowned dance instructor to your pupils, on your schedule. Each DVD is filmed in high definition and showcases every step in multiple camera angles, ensuring your students have step-by-step instruction that's easy to follow.
• The Line Dance DVD collection quickly moves students from step to step, keeping their attention and offering them the chance to dance along with the instructor at the end of each lesson.
• In a mere two hours, your students will feel like line dance experts. Start them off with Line Dance 101, for example, and they'll leave class knowing more than 30 steps.
• Use line dance as an introduction to couples dancing. During adolescence, kids can feel awkward dancing with the opposite sex. Line dancing provides an effective icebreaker.
Shawn Trautman brings Cotton Eyed Joe, the Electric Slide and many more line dances to gym programs across the country. Discover the Trautman DVD collection and add the lifelong skill of dance to everyday physical education.
The benefits of online education programs are quite extensive. What really needs to be understood are the facts that matter mostly before undertaking the same. Being used to traditional education makes it difficult for most of us to grasp the realities of online education easily.
Described below are the prime factors that require to be addressed if you want to earn a degree online:
* The background of the institution:It is the foremost thing that you need to find out. The credibility of the college you are planning to enroll with makes a huge difference in shaping your future. You should always bear in mind that a degree from a well known school will get you the right job where as it could be just the opposite if you have landed in the wrong one.
* Credibility of the staff/faculty: To succeed in online education programs it is vital that the faculty is approachable and knowledgeable. It is important that you are being guided in the right direction. To earn a degree online the faculty plays a very important role as their interaction can make the learning enjoyable for you. The regular communication stops you from drifting away.
* Duration and goal of the program: Before oining an online degree do find out the time of completion and the outcome of the course. Online education programs have the courses divided into different modules. You need to know the duration of these modules and make sure that by the end of the program you will be armed with the skills promised. These programs have to be goal specific and with good job opportunities.
* Quality of the course: Compromising on the quality of the course means complete failure right in beginning. You need to have a competitive course planned out by the college for the online education programs. It should be interesting and engaging. The subject needs to be detailed out clearly so that you can master the course thoroughly. This is a necessity to be at par with the rest of the globe.
* Availability of resources: Check-out the online resources like a library and other digital aids. You need to be sure that you have the help at hand when required. Useful sites and a good digital library are some of the assets to look for during online education programs.
* Pay the price: Lastly, before plunging into the online education arena do compare the price of the course. Compare with other colleges or schools of same rank and then decide. If you want to earn a degree online it should be cost effective and not the other way round.
Do pay some attention to the factors mentioned above and the rest is simple.
You can attract far more prospects to look at your offer by providing an education than you'll ever get by simply offering your products or services. For example: Let's say you sell telephone systems, like Company X. Before discovering this concept, Company X would call hundreds of companies per day and ask if they were interested in talking about a new telephone system (product offer). They had four salespeople making hundreds of calls per day. They would get about 3 appointments per week.
First of all, every company that has a phone system that is five years old or older can probably benefit from a new phone system in some way. More than 15 major providers of phone systems just ten years ago are now OUT of the phone system business. Yet the companies that have these systems, as long as they are working and they can still get used parts, might not think they need a phone system.
So here's a company making hundreds of phone calls per day asking: "Would you like to talk about maybe getting a new phone system?" Anthing wrong with this process? No-- but, that's if you don't want to increase your profits and sales in 12 months flat.
Here are the three steps Company X used to its double sales, once they discovered the consumer education sales concept:
Step 1. The first thing they did was target bigger companies. The bigger the company, the bigger the phone system.
Step 2. The salespeople called the 2000 largest companies in their market with two simple questions: "Hi, we're doing our annual telephone system survey. I just need to know two things: What is the model of your phone system and how old is it?"
In two days, the salespeople had a list of 508 companies with old phone systems.
Step 3. The sales representatives called on these larger companies with one offer: "We have a new educational program entitled:The nine ways you're wasting money on your voice and data spending." They then continued with: "We've been in the telephone business for ten years now and we've found that every company wastes money on their voice and data spending in at least nine areas. So we put together this educational program as a way to teach companies how to stop wasting money and start saving their valuable dollars. We do this as a public relations effort. If you ever need any help at all with your voice, data or telephone system needs, we want you to know about us. So this is simply us putting our best foot forward."
This approach increased their appointment setting ten fold, from three appointments per week to 30 appointments per week. This company did $3 million the year before using this approach and put $9 million in their pipeline for the coming year in just six months of using this strategy.
What kind of a free education could YOU offer that would make your prospects want to meet with you? Or respond to your ad? Or take an interest in your direct mail approach?
Important point: Sales is about building rapport, not breaking it. When you SELL, you're breaking rapport. No one wants to be "sold." When you EDUCATE, you are building rapport. In fact, studies show that your credibility increases significantly when you begin all meetings with data that is of value to the prospect- start all your meetings by teaching your prospect something, or by giving them data that proves that you've completed your homework.
A newspaper company had fallen 40% in gross revenues and lost all of their profits. They used to call up clients and say: "Hi, we'd love to come and talk to you about advertising in our newspaper." They were quickly shut down and shut out.
They started providing a "community educational service to help local businesses succeed, which resulted in a significant increase not just in getting in through the door see prospects, but also in sales. This client went up $100 million in sales in a single year.
If your local newspaper called you up and offered to teach you the seven things that make all businesses succeed, you'd probably find that pretty hard to turn down. They'd still have to talk you into the meeting, but it would be an easier sell than talking you into an unwanted meeting to try and pitch advertising opportunities.
Naturally, there's more to this and the subtleties are where you succeed, but if you embrace the concept of "educational-based-marketing" you will out-market your competitors at every turn. Think about this; what makes this strategy so powerful is that it attracts buyers before they are even thinking about buying. Educational- based marketing casts a wider net, attracts more buyers at every turn and closes a higher percent of prospects if and only if the "education" you provide is of true value. This is the least expensive, most effective marketing concept you will ever use.
Jobs are unsecured and lost in current economic environment; we need to equip ourselves with a skill such as forex trading that can help us earn secondary incomes. Employers can take away our jobs but they cannot take away the forex trading skill which will belong to you once you have master it.
Forex trading is one of the way which we can use to earn secondary incomes. As a matter of fact, in current market environment, I perceive that forex trading is a safer financial instrument than stock investment. Stock market is experiencing a bottomless fall now. As for forex trading, if you have a good system, there is a lot of opportunity in making money now.
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Distance learning can be defined as an education program imparted by an university beyond the barriers of its campus and taken by a student outside the walls of an university. Distance learning program is a medium that connects students to the universities of the world.
Distance learning programs are becoming the most popular and viable way of teaching and learning. More and more people are registering for distance learning programs of different universities. Distance learning program gives freedom to a student to learn at his own pace, his own schedule and at his own convenience.
Distance learning is imparted through the electronic media and study materials supplied by the university for a particular course. It helps people to upgrade their educational qualification even when they are tied up in their working schedule.
Some business houses also use distance learning to train their employees as it is less time consuming, less expensive and adds to the human resource enrichment of the business house.
To enrol for a distance learning course one must be sure as to what kind of specialization one is looking for. An extensive study must then be done to find out in details about the universities that offer the course wanted.
The time duration of the course, the fees, the software needed and the time of exam must also be checked. The most important factor that should be checked is that whether the school or university is accredited or not, one should not register in a university which is not accredited.
Every coin has two sides and distance learning program is not an exception to the rule. While distance learning program is advantageous as it helps people to continue with their education despite of their demanding schedule it also has some disadvantages.
It may fail to motivate a student to study resulting in no good for the candidate, this shows registering yourself is not sufficient, you must also have a drive in yourself to continue with the study.
The success of distance education also depends on the success of the technology. And without a good support system and infrastructure the distance learning may be a failure.
Thus we can say that distance learning is a boon for today's busy and demanding world but it also demands a significant level of maturity from its students.
There has been considerable discussion about the separation of Church and State. A fine line has been drawn between the education options open to parents who want their children to be trained under the guidelines set by the locally recognized school system qualifications but allow the students to be educated in a church school environment instead of the over-crowded conditions found in the public school system.
The curriculum offered in the Christian education programs for children that attend private schools is very similar to that offered in the public school system. There are many additions though, that make attending school in a Christian environment very appealing to parents. Students are afforded an education that is more personable and complete. Christian school teachers find the time to cover a broad spectrum of courses and some of those courses are not available through the public schools.
The Bible is a standard textbook at a private school operated by Christian church organizations. The basic teachings of the Bible are included in the day to day operations at the school and teachers rarely worry about drugs or guns being present in the classroom or on the school campus. Children learn in classrooms that are cool and comfortable in the summer months and warm in the winter.
Private schools can operate on a religious program that is not endorsed by State law. The bare mention of God is prohibited in the public school system and the Ten Commandments have been removed from Government buildings. Children are free to discuss religion and learn about the history of the world through the teachings that are written in the Bible.
A Christian school education offers children the opportunity to participate in sports programs that are very competitive and many students earn scholarships for college through the excellence of their participation in these sports. The children receive a well-rounded education that includes academics, cultural and arts programs in the curriculum that is offered.
A Christian education path allows students to join bands and participate in band competitions. There are also opportunities for children to take piano classes from teachers who are at the top of their field in the musical world. The Christian choral groups learn to raise their voices high to promote and praise God for the glory of being alive and loved. Parents place their trust in the Christian school programs and they are never let down in any way.