SchoolNet conducts ICT4RED Teacher Professional Development in Queenstown

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIs5lTA80rxISxA4NRZNmntxp3_8Pufr4Owmt-t6BDThRl499yZPT1dmESF8IgXKVu0Zsa-Rg1yxmo94xvpXc0t0-mbM2kJxRlyJQVviXhkAbkKG7ky9es5Ptz_xMqvn_MuaLiAef4mB8/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNRo2wLk4_O_YbwrObC3L8RXlpxBSAJTcf2ZvBT-Gt8r2GB166JRKVZ5qTxo2WVR-CtssC69n7v9NceMOEG7r7QWnZY1uO8HyjGG5W8eux01pxPNTkWPudUA1qKQW79qSaInhg0TEm1M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="104" /></a></div></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcGl8UwemAV8Nd-Yq3HttF1N_Eaqu4xss1U9vxqzJYYZNPVW-G2nZx17Z3XJNR98dghZ61wlDmWmxM09iiV0GX9F-uJiEzr-xL6xgWfPuzDXSWMVnCeW_jm3Y6TNo5_FRhZ8XWc-L2wc/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf_2A5yR-iqWo4UCRqKBELCh3Bq5DbNjnp6qeT9lX1VbbyZ1wu09ErUttcT3J7ZbtbSEa2yel0eoKSlXxsHGJL-C85PVHAAB7qt6sLP1CpIQQnE48lEUXUTGd8zFNuMZ86vPsOPlHtkA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="165" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisx14ynPXKQKlI3fGAXQiksZ4awOK7EdPQKViMaXxao5K-4Txwm-aqoQwTcGqo52m1w4Za30TPHv_M73_aYfBlufWtFYvxhu3BnKMHr6mbId8Zd_YqAZ18JuIXMQ0_bzQHliB1meU4kWg/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtlAyGEQOUlkkgoKQvopW7dzNxSL1BOJLKJH5QbdQWCVpmwJd-bB1t085y_R4E-VLn9xzhjiSqv9obEWGqei7PDef7cRjnLCLkurUjzvjJdE3ITRHx8cP7f6TKW8yl_ccyY5RoGZvYlg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The facilitators are introduced to the participants</td></tr></tbody></table><em>Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the 19- 20 of August 2013 about 150 educators from Nciba Circuit in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape gathered at Queens College in Queenstown to receive their first Teacher Professional Development which included a 10” inch Samsung or Prestigio tablet device for each teacher. The was also attended by the Eastern Cape Education Department officials, SchoolNet SA Executive Director Janet Thomson, Omashani Naidoo Operations Manager, Hlengiwe Mfeka ICT4RED Project Manager, 12 ICT4RED Trainers, local principals and the TECH4RED Team. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKI5PJIKp9AuNw6wB5zqDdMRSEt7rUI_ShJO-cgu5rgsjb_ydPxgne7uIx6u7VzlZpvDE_VLIYPYf-cmOBCNstVkXbASrR41RE7x05KXaqQfmvlaT8660gHBw5SwFOsSux1rBDtWsGis/s1600-h/image%25255B20%25255D.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EQ5QTkboMlfMmpa52k0I3B7lK_GFP1HXQEk0My2Dd5ZXIt0v02c5yNLg-h7ypm-rq0f2pFOC4QjC9DFRKJ5Az54UgvL-r5JhrHe1OXYh2VL0rb8lmWDQvIO3J0P4x1RBGbMUV4u4GWc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The teachers examine their new tablets</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the attendees first assembled at the College hall for a short debrief where Merryl Ford, Manager for the ICT4E / mLearning CSIR Meraka Institute, shared an overview for the project. She was followed by Dr Adele Botha, Principal Researcher CSIR Meraka Institute, who gave an Overview for the Project in her comic approach. This made teachers feel at ease. The Arthur Mfebe principal gave a presentation on the success story at his school and this motivated teachers to believe that they can also do it. The principal of Queen’s College was presented with a 10.2 Galaxy Samsung tablet for their kindness as the school freely hosted the event. The Aha!! moment came when teachers had to go to different classrooms, according to their schools, to receive their tablets and complete the necessary documentation. Excitement was written all over their faces as they carried their tablets back home. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost all of the teachers turned out the following day and again looked excited and anxious at the same time. Some of them mentioned that they had played with their tablets throughout the night and already knew how to perform certain tasks even before the class started on the day. In that way those teachers were able to support their peers. Also the ‘How To’ in the printed manuals also played a major role in supporting teachers to perform required tasks. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0c5nk3OZN9oVO1H9lVuxv6Mqu3ZuFhfwdeIKwIz-6A7nVUP2yxR65-JYe82ubnXCUDw9gXWR_thX0GpUr9hnyipzUFnMvp7Kh0aAM2u7EAXzGzueTfJ7-epYgPB30jhzWZeLTaea-AQ/s1600-h/image%25255B23%25255D.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXp83oOOr42lei7FS-JCa7lEH7T_Uh9K3zvDZWtQiLAhQI9anlQPZul-ySqeoJWKUg4jSI9fz5Tsn80RVlecNhZS9fxBj73nm6YrqkSFVhrM2NC5EWxrQwdDuDILxR2W3Z6kBSVOz4qu4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The teachers enjoy using the jigsaw method of <br />co-operative learning</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All or most of the teachers learned about the jigsaw method of co-operative learning for the first time and were very keen to go and try it out in their classrooms. Most of the teachers seemed to cope with the training and tried their best regardless of their age mainly because the course is structured in such a way that it is not about the technology but more about the pedagogy e.g. jigsaw cooperative learning and mind map strategies. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One principal commented that <i>‘they are very committed and want to see the project throug</i>h’. The planned modules, Modules one and two (out of ten) were successfully completed. The next module, Module three, was successfully conducted at each school in the week of 5-8 August 2013.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To view more of the photos for the Teacher Professional Development in Queenstown click on the link below <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/114485521154323474375/2013071920CofimvabaTeacherTablets?authkey=Gv1sRgCL35hcOzq-uvPw">https://picasaweb.google.com/114485521154323474375/2013071920CofimvabaTeacherTablets?authkey=Gv1sRgCL35hcOzq-uvPw#</a></span></div>

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Thembelihle Primary School undergoes Intel’s Getting Started Training

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCNgVd2wZR_il5PobCoVEvBVvHPUjo0vxNqMd1tjPBCQhQKKcnmnti3u1oWiSIrbrgeq3AO2L9visp-guEMy381yUxSFP_27_8HM_WsIZEX0x5D6hllS3Pr7KmwE1Brdzl50WPuNi8XI/s1600-h/clip_image001%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image001" border="0" height="244" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNR8ulHirHYMQ9GU_UKH62p-ignHbG2hypKQROH_I7p2lb5T7qCGRamdLZzNKQxZIuvKcu5mKhcmJB9qrBoBhQXeT-ecRdVt_nY6iqJ3yP0YzB1S2Xxigo2MQ55bknh9sLl1a1M1y3vk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image001" width="239" /></a><em>Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka of SchoolNet</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thembelihle Primary School is situated in Howick.  Their Management Team decided to buy laptops for the staff including a digital data projector per classroom. The laptops are loaded with the latest software i.e. Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2013. The training consists of nine educators from the Primary school and two educators from the Pre-Primary school. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first session started on a high note and with lots of enthusiasm as teachers were looking forward to using their laptops for the first time. The training consisted of teachers with different levels of ICT skills from no skill to some extent of advanced users. It is always a challenge to accommodate both a no skill as well as advanced participants, but it is manageable. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first module on 21 Century skills was equally enjoyed by all teachers (those with no skills and the advanced users). It served as a motivation for the teachers to look forward to the next session. In that session teachers reflected on their classroom practices and identified gaps as</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuGIeE_hyXXKPQwMvgO-Qecgz5VBWisU0LkNRgvxjZqyErWyb036jvObHk798RP7D4jL_AZGdp5RQOoLH8OxN3zoWHEfwBG78O62-nLsmypAWvXbS0PeHqtnfdPlPvx6HNLpDFO9Qdag/s1600-h/clip_image003%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image003" border="0" height="244" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZaVM7dO9uNpG-7nKmkZ1i1BQVcBcHgkunWcrX7YAZrD4rw7l0J0tCAmAS2Gcl-1WLArj2j5Zgj9jxM2aiiTqqrq-w7kduIMYo2toCW6F9fsb5hrbVEpKiXPZe5gPQuVgGg35fG2oly0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image003" width="174" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they were studying or learning about 21^st century skills. The training is being conducted in the afternoons for two and a half hours which is a big sacrifice on teachers’ part as they leave the school when it is almost dark but with no complaints. Their commitment is highly commendable. The teachers have completed seven modules out of fourteen (14) to date. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every session starts with a sharing on a success story told by teachers of how they had implemented or tried out what had been learnt in the training. A remarkable development and a level of confidence is displayed by individual teachers as they progress with the training. One success story or lesson shared by one of the teachers Nicky Msebele is on how she used internet search (Module 6) with her little ones for the first time which concluded with a creation of posters and creative writing of poems which they posted on the wall. She says she had never seen them so active and paying attention until the end of the lesson. That lesson motivated her to try more ways of integrating ICT in her class. As part of the last session  teachers finalised their class websites while the principal of the school Ms Carol Bonwell created her school website. She is determined to upload it and start sharing documents with her teachers there.</span><br /><br /></div>

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Intel® Teach Elements sponsored to Ekukhanyeni High School

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLB2B1zKH_-TPTYfUrZdzOVL6kcRHjoCPbIyLQaxoKD329p_NIzBSGcZzGYi3AUso5PzMoe07w4fN8YGUK_YIoyD6V3hkPjIS1GxIwtfJ8lhAGRZfvQLoVI-eTq4QMDmYKRnZ905IgDw/s1600-h/clip_image001%25255B4%25255D%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image001[4]" border="0" height="244" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7jhQ1L2D-SqpixT4noutQSjhgwL8xpOl51U1XC89FyVGkwjxfJ1cLo6c8bqjldMN9JKJg0LN_qLWp9hbY3ZWicIqKtzs8iCxB83DDeutZkWuCC_NYke1BvHNcEXqVYWBxJrR0QEV64w/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image001[4]" width="139" /></a><em>Submitted by Omashani Naidoo</em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ekukhanyeni High School won professional development training at Intel’s One Day Conference in KwaZulu Natal. Ms Hlengiwe Mfeka facilitated the training which was attended by 14 educators who were very enthusiastic and looking forward to learn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">session started with introductions and the educators enjoyed the manner in which it was done. Each person was asked to give an adjective beginning with the first letter of their name which describes their character which was not known by others. This set the tone of the workshop.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the educators had no computer skills and some with very basic skills so Intel Teach Getting Started was first facilitated. The session started with the first module on 21^st century learning. Teachers were actively engaged in the discussions. At the end of module three which looked at critical thinking and how it can be incorporated into teaching and learning - one teacher commented that the first three modules served as a mirror which identified gaps to be closed by the course. Before the end of the session teachers were introduced to a four cycle process namely: plan, do, review and share. Those who had longed to work in a Word processor had a sparkle in their eyes when it was introduced in module 4. Most of the teachers were interested in creating a certificate. One challenge experienced was that the school used Open Office and the help guide for that version was not available on the CD. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The training proceeded by an introduction to the Intel Teach Elements course – Collaboration in the digital classroom. The course was introduced such that it was merged or linked with the discussions and or activities done in the previous day i.e. Module one and three – there was an overlap which made the session flow. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDJA7xxoDPgraXPv0AMoGSHmWOqAEOC7WFvd9e5ffypa1ReT7rbNVfoS1z5XpSui5FxZakrIUBiNdpaT5GbaWxNGF3mvOXF2fokEbQqtxhePWCb07sSIkSx1ov2W71shyRcsGPzuqy8o/s1600-h/clip_image001%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image001" border="0" height="244" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEPtXU_3LlD5mVJ6p7sDB1egxGc3xcNbegtllAhoxlqDkfW5c8AHQ280I47KyHkeNwbyE-yxn6euUDgG9gNJP4VKB51uUOu4GnEGyQBfLzun_FeoJm1V9GqXq1hSlYLh7yiVFQhKI9nw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image001" width="139" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers were taken through the course structure and the navigation of a course. Initially beginners struggled to find their way using the CD. The role of an Action plan was explained and how teachers would need to toggle between activities and the course materials.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers were asked to work in pairs to describe how they are 21^st century educators or have 21^st century classrooms. This was done to gauge their understanding about attributes of a 21^st century educator or classroom. This exercises helped teachers to understand gaps in their teaching practice as they listen to each other’s’ description. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipl_7QBwrBJ5dHpdNo-U-gjvTo4kVApg0sFOwJdxxOB5suQlrhE2EwMawrZemoEqGjxdFiSdQtAaobI76AwGlcsDwMcs_vtyRYHJnqAtAXPXJkBhiLcNtH73jigKY68obkprqzYVcAbSM/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image002" border="0" height="244" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLB_PaGr9Gntv86x1-ckmTNiAATRsbAovCxR_6ztZMkwoYh9KX1d37raTx9kp76KlIGWhwwOfGkkCIrIQL1ZENwxWiZfxDhJ3va_Qyk3F_lNxU-Y9G8Zj8kB4vliYxGsInzFjC9fLGki0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image002" width="184" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The facilitator encouraged activities that engaged and challenged teachers to reflect on how they teach in the classroom and learn from their experiences. Teachers enjoyed learning about developments in Collaboration (Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing) as they could relate to them. This prepared them to better understand collaboration in action in their classroom. Teachers were reminded to update their action plan with their collaboration goals. They were asked to share their goals with the rest of the group and individuals who seemed not to understand the task were assisted by other group members. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers were introduced to five Collaboration Frameworks used when planning collaboration. Different activities including quizzes were shown to teachers so they could clearly understand each framework in depth and be able to implement it in their own planning. The activity on thinking about improving a lesson based on the Frameworks learnt was a huge challenge to teachers. Each teacher shared their plan and a peer review allowed constructive feedback – this worked really well. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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Ugie Schools Get Started with Intel® Teach

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>Submitted by Omashani Naidoo</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PG Bison, through Infundo Consulting, sponsored training for teachers in the Ugie area in the Eastern Cape. Ugie High was used as a venue and although there was enough computers for all the teachers, not of them worked properly. However stable access to the Internet was a pleasure and this allowed teachers to engage more fully with the course and understand how to perform searches, send and receive emails and that there was nothing to it at all! </span></span><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLefolIUJPHTYuvMwOvy_V13Rw773nRoF9lsl1StOtxAwSAp0sq65ug3SZ2ho1auAMGivQTrWNy_9JseaOszGgQ-2b8IX6YxwWoO87ELQhKoEjdvczqPIb2odAg3-3IPxS4sKCXUztxM/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B4%25255D.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><img alt="clip_image002" border="0" height="308" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVLPHlgCtzWIcbJf2zys_Q4f97Cmwj29KbMWsAVOjvZai8nqTGRfvvVKemLCK_Y6p7wFVbcJZ0mTpF4qPeweBpfcQjaGJSCeXCMVPPDnsnohmVYbNNpQlHOaLKdTLQ5jxSdkeFhS1-4g/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image002" width="400" /></a></h3><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sixteen teachers attended from schools in the surrounding area. Most teachers were clearly afraid and felt that it would be impossible to teach them anything. Despite this weariness teachers were eager to work and gain skills and confidence. The facilitator felt comfortable with this group and challenged teachers to do more learn more. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the days of training ticked on, the group of teachers became more determined and far exceeded their own expectations. Some even commented that this is what they call ‘over teaching” and they were now ‘over learning’. Teachers were very excited to see the evidence of their progress through the various types of documents that they managed to complete. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The creativity shown in the Action Plans was very encouraging and the teachers were quite pleased with work they produced. Peer reviews ensured that teachers were able to positively show encouragement of other teachers.</span><br /><br /></div>

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Why Gun Safety Matters

This sad story exemplifies why gun safety practices are not mere suggestions,<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/20/tennessee-father-and-son-dead-after-ar-15-goes-off-and-ammunition-filled-room-explodes/"> the consequences can be deadly.</a><br /><br /><blockquote>Officials in Tennessee say that a father and his 12-year-old son died over the weekend after an AR-15 assault-style rifle accidentally discharged, causing a fire and then a series of explosions in a room full of ammunition.<br /><br />WBBJ-TV reported on Monday that Tennessee State Bomb and Arson Investigators, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Henderson County Sheriff’s Department were all looking into the Sunday deaths 48-year-old Terry York and his son, Luke.<br /><br />According to family members, York’s AR-15 rifle accidentally discharged while he was in a back room of their home showing it off to some friends. The discharge ignited a small fire, which “did not seem too threatening at first,” they told WBBJ-TV. The blaze apparently grew out of control after Luke entered the room to help his father put out fire.<br /><br />That’s when witnesses started hearing explosions.<br /><br />“It was just like one right after another,” neighbor Kathleen Glass recalled. “One explosion right after another. I just don’t have the words for it because I can not imagine having to go through something like this.”<br /><br />The family said that York stored a lot of ammunition in the room where the fire started, but officials insisted that they would conduct a full investigation before coming to any conclusions.<br /><br />“Any loss of life is tragic, when a child looses their life it hit the community hard,” Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke explained. “There was maybe an accidental discharge of the weapon from there we haven’t really determined how the fire started but that is what State Bomb and Arson officials are looking into.”<br /><br />Investigators did say that York and his son were discovered just steps away from the exit, but may have been blinded by the smoke while trying to escape. </blockquote><br />According to this story, I can see multiple failures to follow proper firearm safety practices, trigger control has obviously been ignored but the biggest one is in not treating every gun as if it were loaded.<br />Muzzle control is even more important than trigger control as a fail safe in my opinion. If that bullet would have gone through the roof then we probably would have never heard about it.<br /><br />Playing with a loaded gun in a room full of ammunition ain't too bright in the first place.<br /><br />The really sad part is the little guy.<br />If there were other adults present as the story says then someone should have grabbed that kid by the scruff of the neck and drug him the hell out of the house instead of letting him get anywhere near that room.<br /><br />MULTIPLE FAIL.

Why Gun Safety Matters

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NC Moral Monday protests go statewide

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYHx6-EgzzhuJa-lpfmY-S2zBYTmGD2fi-HJLHL2YHqfL_Wr_RY77G7oDN-TmPiotaOJxGBZxbsyyyTU7wWhXV9ATmTkHwZQ36hgmMDs7ibd6vlW4Dzjlo4Hv470YDBYIhLmlqWQyVSMC/s1600/8-20moralmonday4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Manteo rally was smallest of three rallies held Aug. 19." border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYHx6-EgzzhuJa-lpfmY-S2zBYTmGD2fi-HJLHL2YHqfL_Wr_RY77G7oDN-TmPiotaOJxGBZxbsyyyTU7wWhXV9ATmTkHwZQ36hgmMDs7ibd6vlW4Dzjlo4Hv470YDBYIhLmlqWQyVSMC/s400/8-20moralmonday4.jpg" title="Rev. William Barber, president of the N.C. NAACP, addresses hundreds of Moral Monday attendees in Manteo, N.C." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">N.C. NAACP President William Barber addresses crowd in Manteo.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three Moral Monday rallies held across North Carolina yesterday drew upwards of 3,800 people to protest the anti-worker agenda approved by Gov. Pat McCrory and the Legislature this year. Protesters took aim at the new voter suppression law as well as severe cuts to unemployment benefits, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Medicaid and education.</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Police estimated </span><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/queen_city_agenda/2013/08/mccrory-gop-blasted-in-charlottes.html?s=print" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the event in Charlotte drew as many as 3,000</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> people, while smaller demonstrations in the </span><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/19/1232443/-Burnsville-NC-rural-Moral-Monday" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mountain community of Burnsville</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://outerbanksvoice.com/2013/08/20/shame-chant-protesters-at-coastal-moral-monday/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">coastal community of Manteo</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> drew about 500 and 300 people, respectively. At the center of all the rallies were regular people sounding off against pro-corporate policies pushed by the </span><a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">American Legislative Exchange Council</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (ALEC) and </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/heres-billionaire-trying-to-destroy.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">state budget director Art Pope</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a top money-man for Gov. McCrory and his legislative cronies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JeanneBonds4NC" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeanne Milliken Bonds</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Twitter handle @JeanneBonds4NC) was among many who shared their disgust with the state’s political leadership on social media:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">#moralmonday grows; state #brand declines. 7 months #gop #ncga #ncgov Moderate, modern state #brand replaced w right-wing economic failure<o:p></o:p></span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/piecesofceekay"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Curtis King</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Twitter handle @piecesofceekay) hailed the Charlotte protest, saying it showed the resolve of the state’s residents:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rain didn’t stop the enthusiasm of Moral Monday. Thank U #NCNAACP & other advocates for speaking out. “Forward & Not One Step Back.”<o:p></o:p></span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday’s events were a continuation of </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/teamsters-participate-in-largest-moral-monday-protest.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">weekly protests that began in Raleigh in late April and resulted in about 925 arrests</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Since the events ended in the state capital late last month, the state NAACP has begun taking the event on the road, and two weeks ago a </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/chicago-joins-NC-in-moral-monday-protest.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">demonstration in Asheville drew nearly 10,000</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> people. Organizers say they intend to hold rallies in all of the state’s congressional districts in the coming months.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">ALEC and Pope have stoked the anger of many in the state this year by helping to jam through the Legislature a big business agenda that raises taxes on average workers to help companies, while at the same time axing essential programs that benefit the middle class.</span>

NC Moral Monday protests go statewide

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The fight is on against voter suppression

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Corporate-backed politicians are trying to limit the number of citizens who can vote in order to enact deeply unpopular laws that would empower billionaires, crush unions, eradicate public education and weaken consumer protections.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/08/14/voting-rights-campaign-launches" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A group of state lawmakers and civil rights leaders</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are fighting back against voter suppression. They gathered in Atlanta Wednesday to announce the formation of the </span><a href="http://americanvaluesfirst.org/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">American Values First</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(AVF) campaign. It will combat voter suppression in states where anti-worker lawmakers have passed laws to make it difficult to vote. <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/08/19/democrats-push-back-on-voting-rights/" rel="nofollow">The Washington Post</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">reported:</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new push comes in response to Republican initiatives to rewrite election laws in key states. Republicans in North Carolina and Florida moved to cut the number of days on which a voter can cast a ballot early. Arizona and Florida both imposed new restrictions on groups that sign up voters for absentee ballots. And Republican-led legislatures in states from New Hampshire to Michigan to Florida passed legislation requiring voters to show photo identification before they receive a ballot.</span></span></blockquote><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Democrats have criticized the new rules as overly restrictive, making it more difficult for an eligible voter to cast a ballot. Their legislative response: Make it easier for eligible Americans to register to vote and to sign up to receive a ballot by mail.</span></span></blockquote><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Michael Sargeant, who is directing the new campaign, said:</span></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of these efforts have been ignored for too long, and now people understand that this is not something you can sit back and watch. You have to get involved and stop it.</span></blockquote></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Citizens are already trying to stop voter suppression in North Carolina, where </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/nc-governor-signs-voter-suppression-bill.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gov. Pat McCrory signed a new restrictive law</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> last week. The new voter suppression law is a target of North Carolina’s enormous Moral Monday protests, and it’s being challenged in the courts. Now American Values First is drafting model pro-voter legislation that can be used in North Carolina and across the country.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The voting rights group is a response to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)(need link), which has long financed and influenced state lawmakers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friends (and funders) of ALEC like the </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html"><s><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Benedict Arnold</span></s></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Koch brothers and North Carolina kingmaker </span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/heres-billionaire-trying-to-destroy.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Art Pope</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> have played outsized roles in restricting voting, harming unions, eradicating public education and outsourcing government functions for the benefit of billionaires. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Wednesday in Atlanta, legislators from Georgia, Iowa and Nevada were among those on hand to praise the AVF effort. Besides crafting legislation, the group will publish guidelines on how voting rights groups can fight these repressive efforts that reduce early voting, thwart registration and limit the ability of their political enemies to participate in our democracy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rev. Joseph Lowery, the 91-year-old civil rights leader who was a contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr., said </span><a href="http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/aug/14/state-legislators-acrosss-us-gathered-atlanta-prom/?print" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">there is a need to renew the civil rights movement</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There must be something to this vote, because they spend so much time and money trying to take it away.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morehouse College student Spanky Edwards said </span><a href="http://wabe.org/post/grassroots-group-launches-voting-rights-project" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">more people need to become involved in the fight</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is basically up to us to organize, to work side-by-side with these other organizations, because ultimately they affect us directly. Like I said, we live in this city, we live in this state. So, this is just as much our problem as it is yours.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Campaigns like American Values First have become essential since the Supreme Court made a grievous error in June by rolling back a portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act rules. The U.S Justice Department responded by saying that it will step in to challenge voter suppression efforts. But the best resolution is to stop <a href="http://www.alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow">ALEC</a>-backed policies like these before they are implemented.</span></div>

The fight is on against voter suppression

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Samsung Galaxy Gear: Specification Leaked.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Samsung’s first smartwatch is ready for launching and rumors says that it will launch in an event in Berlin on September 4 at IFA 2013. In <a href="http://www.pc-gadgetworld.com/2013/08/now-smartphone-on-your-wrist-samsung.html" target="_blank">earlier</a> post no specification were available but now features of Samsung’s Smartwatch “Galaxy Gear” are leaked before it’s realise.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ohTWuW7BBw/UhOY3vVEnRI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Vd6-YB3-v0k/s1600/samsung_gear_concept-578-80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8ohTWuW7BBw/UhOY3vVEnRI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Vd6-YB3-v0k/s400/samsung_gear_concept-578-80.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">Specification:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;">Processor: 1.5GHz dual-core Samsung Exynos 4212.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">RAM: 1GB.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Resolution: 320x320 pixels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Connectivity:  Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Camera: 2 Megapixels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">OS: Android 4.1.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pbtyg9x8fYA/UhObdZW1hWI/AAAAAAAAAMo/FyKIN1Wz2ek/s1600/motoactv-featured.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pbtyg9x8fYA/UhObdZW1hWI/AAAAAAAAAMo/FyKIN1Wz2ek/s320/motoactv-featured.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gigaom.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can connect smartwatch with your smartphone through Bluetooth 4.0 LE. It will give you better connectivity. The screen of device will be square screen and provide high quality OLED display. The diagonal will be 2.5 inch and after including case it will get the size of 3 inch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The device has a built in accelerometer that makes it possible to switch on when you will take it close to your eye. It will save your battery life. The watch screen will support the usual touch. The tiny speakers will also present in watch.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One more rumor is that you can’t make a call with Galaxy Gear. You can only call if you have smartphone. Only Smart watch is not sufficient to make a voice call. Writing text could be another problem with the smartwatch, according to another rumor. Mystery will remain continue till 4 September.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div></div>

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Enjoy The Useful 24 Day Challenge Diet

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Essie Craft</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Nowadays it is impressive to see just how many people are becoming aware of how important it is to be healthy and stay well. Most folk are now in the habit of eating well balanced meals and make sure that they keep in shape by going out to gym at least three times a week in order to tone up, get some exercise and even join the 24 day challenge diet. It is wonderful to see this happening as it is important for everyone to do their part in staying in good condition.<br /> <br /> For many people though, it is difficult to stay in shape as their bodies tend to gain weight and they struggle on a daily basis with what to eat in order for them not to gain any pounds. This means that they have to be on strict diets and eat only the bare minimum of food so as to stay slim. While for these people it is difficult to stay slim, for others it is a matter of being healthy.<br /> <br /> For some people, losing only a few pounds is all they need, while for others it may be a bit more. It all depends on what your goal weight is. Remember, to be realistic when working with your weight as although the fashions of today are based on very slim figures, not everyone is made to be that way. The human body is not supposed to be of anorexic condition and in many cases being too thin is not only unattractive, but also very unhealthy.<br /> <br /> Great eating programs are developed to help people get to their ideal weight and then to retain it. In order to get to your ideal weight, sometimes it may mean going on a bit of a diet for a little while to lose the extra pounds. Once you have reached this goal, you should then go on to another program to maintain it. No diet should be so that the person literally sheds large amounts of weight in a short period of time.<br /> <br /> Nowadays the latest trend is the <A href="http://www.advomsds.com">24 day challenge diet</A>. This is an eating plan structured around losing a few pounds in 24 days. Although it is a balanced plan, you are advised to seek medical attention first to see that you are in good enough physical shape to do this type of diet.<br /> <br /> The thing to remember with any kind of weight gain is that you most likely took longer than 24 days to gain the extra pounds and that it is unreasonable to expect to lose huge amounts of weight in such a short period of time. Too quick a loss is also not good for the body as it will begin to think that it is being deprived of food and begin to store it. This may well result in you actually gaining extra pounds instead of losing any.<br /> <br /> When it comes to diets and eating plans, it is far wiser to lose the unwanted pounds over a longer period of time. This is so that the body learns to deal with what it is getting in order to function correctly. This takes time. Once you have reached your goal, you can then go on to a maintenance program to stay at your goal weight.<br /> <br /> `Try to avoid ridiculous diets that are going to deprive you of good food. Rather seek out some advice from the people who know what to do in order to maintain a healthy eating plan. You will lose the pounds when you are on the 24 day challenge diet.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>You can visit the website <a href="http://www.advomsds.com">www.advomsds.com</a> for more helpful information about Get Into Shape With The Effective 24 Day Challenge Diet </div><br /> </div><br />

Enjoy The Useful 24 Day Challenge Diet

By Essie Craft Nowadays it is impressive to see just how many people are becoming aware of how important it is to be healthy and stay we...

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How To Enroll For Take Shape For Life Weight Loss Program

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Helga Stokes</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Take shape for life weight loss program is introduced in different hospitals. Medics have found out that this method of losing weight works for different individuals. It is a healthy activity and can be practiced by anyone. This type of program ensures that individuals are in apposition of getting what they love.<br /> <br /> Enrolling should be done early. This allows the administrators to plan well and arrange for the services. Individuals can comfortably use the services. They are provided with different forms they have to fill. These forms are given to all those interested. Visitors can fill using important and correct information. Clients are assured of the safety of the information provided. Individuals should comfortably select these services when displayed. The forms have to be returned to the offices in good time.<br /> <br /> Fee paid by the students is different. They are charged depending on the type of services offered to them. Clients are given different methods they can use when paying for the services. They can pay using credit cards or gift cards. Individuals are supposed to pay for these different services in different ways. They can pay using credit cards. The amount paid determines the service provided. The administrators encourage their customers to consider the quality of the services offered before they can pay.<br /> <br /> Institutions and firms have introduced different methods of registering for these services. They have made the process easy by introducing registration. Clients must register in the different services they need. They can log in these different websites. Customers can also select the services they love from those displayed. They are allowed to choose the services they need. Customers can comfortably add their own unique practices. The activities done depend with the interest of the students. They are introduced to all the different activities before anyone can select what they find easy and comfortable.<br /> <br /> The institution is very nice since they have got different timetable. They help their customers in doing some of these activities. Students are also included in these different programs. They are allowed to set a timetable they are comfortable with. The teachers are always available and work according to the plans of their customers. They help them in choosing and selecting those programs they are comfortable with. The timetables are always provided to all their customers. Individuals are also taken through some seminar during their practices. Visitors are able to meet different experts in size reduction and qualified nutritionists.<br /> <br /> Instructors are nice and qualified. They provide clients with different services. These individuals provide them with very nice and unique services. They help clients in selecting the items they love. The teachers also have got different styles they approach their customers. They use these different tactics in ensuring they are comfortable. Their aim is that customers get out of the place with the correct weight that is healthy.<br /> <br /> Uniforms worn during these practices are unique. Attires are used for a variety of different services. Clients are asked to select the services they love. These services have to be unique and different. Instructors ask them to give out the important information from these learners.<br /> <br /> <A href="http://www.choose.tsfl.com/explore">Take shape for life weight loss program</A> has been very popular in the recent years. This kind of program is introduced to different people. Individuals in need must select the services they are willing to participate in. They can select those services that are comfortable and suitable to everyone.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'><a href="http://www.choose.tsfl.com/explore">Read more about</a> The Advantages Of Take Shape For Life Weight Loss Program visiting our website.</div><br /> </div><br />

How To Enroll For Take Shape For Life Weight Loss Program

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Goodlatte townhall: The question that didn't get asked

Monday's <a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/newsvirginian/news/local/immigration-a-hot-topic-at-goodlatte-meeting/article_75b12d9a-0932-11e3-8ac2-0019bb30f31a.html">townhall meeting in Augusta County</a> with Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-6th CD) was chocked full of people who are upset about Obamacare and want to see Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and others shut down the U.S. government in their pursuit of shutting down Obamacare.<br /><br />So it was a surprise that this one question was not asked by anyone in the crowd of about 150 people: Why was Congress exempted from the Obamacare legislation that the rest of us have to abide by?

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Monday's townhall meeting in Augusta County with Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-6th CD) was chocked full of people who are upset about Ob...

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Gamescom 2013: EA Press Conference Gamess that Energized Me

<p> </p> <p><a><img src="http://shpil.com.ua/wp-content/themes/press/functions/timthumb.php?src=http://shpil.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dragon-Age1.jpg&w=960&h=360&zc=1"></a></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.dragonage.com/" target="_blank">DRAGON AGE INQUISITION</a> … I cannot begin to say how much I am looking forward to the release of this game.  It is going to be a long year of patient waiting however since it doesn’t release until Fall 2014.  I am more than willing to wait for a polished, immersive game in comparison to the huge disappointment that was Dragon Age II.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.popcap.com/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare" target="_blank"><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/941102_10151514102628214_1182909509_n.jpg"></a></p> <p></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">Exclusive Boss Mode for XboxOne!  Boss Mode game play will be available via Kinect or Smartglass and is playable as Crazy Dave or as Dr. Zombot.</font></p> <p><a><img height="395" src="http://www.gamestalker.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Titanfall.jpg" width="816"></a></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.titanfall.com/" target="_blank">Titanfall</a> new game play footage on new map looks engaging.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">While I’m not interested in the game, FIFA 14 on XboxOne and PS4 does look bloody fantastic.</font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2302eb40-f9d8-4d84-afff-eaa75f794f72" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/EA" rel="tag">EA</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Electronic+Arts" rel="tag">Electronic Arts</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Plants+vs+Zombies%3a+Garden+Warfare" rel="tag">Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Dragon+Age+III%3a+Inquisition" rel="tag">Dragon Age III: Inquisition</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Titanfall" rel="tag">Titanfall</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Gamescon+2013" rel="tag">Gamescon 2013</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/XboxOne" rel="tag">XboxOne</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PS4" rel="tag">PS4</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/console+gaming" rel="tag">console gaming</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Xbox" rel="tag">Xbox</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/video+games" rel="tag">video games</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/smartglass" rel="tag">smartglass</a></div>

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Clerical Skills For A Clinical Practice

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Stephen Sulaski</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>When you're a doctor thinking of commencing your possess practice, or simply beginning to consider the discipline of medicine to get a career being a medical office environment assistant, assure for your need several courses in the business of clinical practice to find you started out. Doctors don't learn that business-side involving things with medicine. Managing a clinic can be a whole new pastime. A healthcare assistant might take a application that merges a mix of courses concentrated on a variety of different different types of healthcare solutions who make use of medical assistants.<br /> <br /> Doctors need to have information from how to find the correct location to help securing and putting together financing. Many medical doctors find this quite possibly the most difficult component of starting up their own personal practice. Finding a great office and knowing how much capitol they may need get started on up and keep their own business going until that begins earning revenue is part of the business.<br /> <br /> Tallying up a list on you'll be able to spend those funds for items such as computers, office supplies, quiz equipment, accessories. doesn't just happen with ease. And in that case there's this bit approximately getting bundled and obtaining a business permission. All that will takes business knowledge that the majority doctors do not have. Courses running a business school can educate doctors and perhaps their long run medical company assistants on what to run a professional medical practice. Learning software so that both your physician and medical office admin to move up files and create notes, operate searches or reports with patients by means of drug prescription medications, or find out when they're just due for a next meeting. Just check out for your <a href="http://local-fitnesscenter.com"> local fitness center </a> .<br /> <br /> Business school courses meant for strictly people interested in becoming healthcare assistants will offer training in basic administrative functions and additionally clerical skills additionally. Medical office environment assistants will learn to really write business letters, compile and report patient records, code together with process insurance, how to transcribe, how to prepare requisitions and more. Just check out for your <a href="http://local-bodybuilding.com"> local body building </a> .<br /> <br /> Business higher education can coach both medical doctors and professional medical office assistants the business of owning a clinical practice. Although courses will differ between the two, a superior business school can provide a diverse set of business courses for both doc and additionally assistant to get that clinical practice functioning.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Check your updates with <a href="http://hight-fitnessfirst.com"> hight fitness first </a>, visit my website about <a href="http://discount-dentalcares.com"> discount dental cares </a> and other accessories.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Hillary wasn't ready for 3 a.m. phone call

Remember the infamous 2008 Hillary Clinton for President <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2008/hrcs-new-ad.html">"3 a.m. phone call"</a> ad that claimed Obama was too inexperienced at international relations to be president? Seems Hillary wasn't ready either when the Benghazi tragedy happened on September 11, 2012 and, as a result, American lives were lost.<br /><br />From Jennifer Rubin in today's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/08/20/hillary-clinton-too-often-on-a-plane/"><i>Washington Post</i></a>:<br /><blockquote>Hillary’s famous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr7odFUARg">3 a.m. phone call </a>ad turned out to be prophetic. Obama was not prepared for the myriad of foreign policy challenges. But neither was she.</blockquote>Unfortunately for Hillary, it's the issue that won't go away....

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Gamescom 2013: Fable Legends

<div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:9dd6ac9e-585d-4d6d-bc2c-22956aa46a1c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object height="720" width="960"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/yjbF_rNGR08?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/yjbF_rNGR08?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div> <p align="justify"><font size="3">Love Fable?  Love Multiplayer?  Then be prepared to be amazed for Fable Legends was </font><a href="http://forum.lionhead.com/yaf_postst849_Fable-Legends-Announced.aspx" target="_blank"><font size="3">announced</font></a><font size="3"> this morning with the above stunning trailer.  You can play in multiplayer mode or in single campaign mode with three AI companions.  So rejoice, your return to Albion will be far more than just the anniversary addition of the original Fable game.  Oh did I mention you can play as the hero OR the villain? Our XboxOne will be getting quite the workout in the coming year!</font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a53645eb-20c6-46ae-b626-011d293c8feb" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Fable" rel="tag">Fable</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Fable+Legends" rel="tag">Fable Legends</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Lionhead+Studios" rel="tag">Lionhead Studios</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/XboxOne" rel="tag">XboxOne</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/multiplayer" rel="tag">multiplayer</a></div>

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Love Fable?  Love Multiplayer?  Then be prepared to be amazed for Fable Legends was announced this morning with the above stunning trailer...

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Gamescom 2013: Lords of the Fallen

<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-d3UQz8CL_pw/UhNuqM3vkvI/AAAAAAAADDQ/y6s-P1BlV14/s1600-h/1146148_498068570276771_1209641973_o%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="1146148_498068570276771_1209641973_o" border="0" height="475" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uEdO9jgeiqw/UhNuqjNdUtI/AAAAAAAADDY/193ia4BenSA/1146148_498068570276771_1209641973_o_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px" title="1146148_498068570276771_1209641973_o" width="844"></a> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="3">Gamescon started today in Cologne, Germany and the first game that caught my undivided attention was not even on my radar: </font><a href="http://lordsofthefallen.com/" target="_blank"><font size="3">Lords of the Fallen</font></a><font size="3">.  The RPG is coming to PC, PS4, and XboxOne in 2014.  The video for the game can be seen </font><a href="http://www.viddler.com/v/dac885d7" target="_blank"><font size="3">here</font></a><font size="3"> and it seriously has my full attention. </font></p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2c4b69ed-2305-4c93-a482-ad63a6de620c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Lords+of+the+Fallen" rel="tag">Lords of the Fallen</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/XboxOne" rel="tag">XboxOne</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Playstation+4" rel="tag">Playstation 4</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PS4" rel="tag">PS4</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PC" rel="tag">PC</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Xbox" rel="tag">Xbox</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/RPG" rel="tag">RPG</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Gamescon" rel="tag">Gamescon</a></div>

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Gamescon started today in Cologne, Germany and the first game that caught my undivided attention was not even on my radar: Lords of the Fa...

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That Works For Me

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Today's Teamster News 08.20.13

<a href="http://tiny.cc/1wk21w">DeKalb County Workers Nearer to Union</a>  Atlanta Journal-Constitution   ...DeKalb County took a huge step toward having its first union representing nonpublic safety workers...<br /><a href="https://events.teamster.org/ei/cm.esp?id=4010034&pageid=_3FH0ULU6B">Don’t Forget to Register for the Teamster Women’s Conference</a>  IBT   ...The Teamster Women’s Conference will be held September 19-21, 2013 in New Orleans. Sign up to join your Teamster Sisters and Brothers in this dynamic event while space is still available!...<br /><a href="http://portsmouth-nh.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/shaheen-high-sugar-prices-not-sweet-for-jobs">Shaheen: High Sugar Prices Not Sweet for Jobs</a>  Portsmouth Patch   ...Speaking to union representatives at the Teamsters Bakery and Laundry Conference in Portsmouth Monday, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, said <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-13/sugar-rises-to-six-week-high-on-brazil-cold-scare-cocoa-falls.html">high sugar prices</a> are killing manufacturing jobs across the country...<br /><a href="http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5579">Rally for fair trade Tuesday in Minneapolis</a>  Workday Minnesota   ...Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen will headline a rally Tuesday by union members, community groups and others to protest the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fast-food-workers-call-for-a-nationwide-walkout-on-aug-29/2013/08/19/69ebf748-0684-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html?hpid=z11">Fast-food workers call for nationwide walkout Aug. 29</a>  Washington Post   ...Emboldened by an outpouring of support on social media, low-wage fast-food and retail workers from eight cities that staged walkouts earlier this year are calling for a national day of strikes on Aug. 29...<br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/19/3120620/moral-monday-rails-against-mecklenburg.html" rel="nofollow">Moral Monday protesters rail against 'Mecklenburg trio' </a> Charlotte Observer   ...One of the city’s largest protests – police estimated about 2,000 demonstrators – packed into uptown’s Marshall Park...<br /><a href="http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/despite-nearly-arrests-capitol-protest-grows/article_34a452e5-08a9-5388-94bc-40af1875650e.html#ixzz2cS5WbZ1E" rel="nofollow">Despite nearly 300 arrests, Capitol protest grows</a>  Wisconsin State Journal   ...Participation in the noontime Capitol protest against Gov. Scott Walker continued to crescendo Monday despite nearly four weeks of almost daily arrests for gathering in the rotunda without a permit...<br /><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/16/2478201/fewer-paid-sick-days/">Americans Get Fewer Paid Sick Days Than Two Decades Ago</a>  Think Progress   ...Compared to 1993, Americans now <a href="http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/paid-leave-in-private-industry-over-the-past-20-years.htm">get fewer paid sick days from their employers</a> on average, dropping from 10 days a year to eight for a worker who has been with a company for a year. The decrease becomes bigger the longer an employee stays on...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/opinion/bangladeshs-workers-deserve-better.html?_r=1&">Bangladesh’s Workers Deserve Better</a>  New York Times   ...Four months after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 factory workers in Bangladesh, their families are still waiting for adequate — and in some cases, any — compensation. This is a shocking lapse by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/08/19/democrats-push-back-on-voting-rights/" rel="nofollow">Democrats push back on voting rights </a> Washington Post   ...After crying foul over Republican efforts to modify election laws in key states, Democrats are launching their own wide-ranging push to change the way Americans vote, kicking off the latest battles in a fight over voting rights that’s as old as the republic itself...<br /><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/16/2481211/denham-food-stamp-cuts/">Congressman Brags About ‘Savings’ In Farm Bill, Ignoring Devastating Food Stamp Cuts</a>  Think Progress   ...Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) flagrantly misrepresented what the House has done with the farm bill at a recent constituent breakfast in Turlock, California. Denham claimed the House farm bill cuts twice as much spending as it actually does, misled about the nature of those cuts, and ignored his party’s <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/16/2306781/stabenow-house-leaders-handling-of-farm-bill-endangers-whole-system/">unprecedented decision to drop food stamps</a> and other anti-hunger and anti-poverty spending from the bill...<br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/The-Incredible-Con-the-Ban-by-William-K-Black--130818-359.html" rel="nofollow">The Incredible Con the Banksters Pulled on the FBI</a> (opinion)  OpEdNews   ...criminal referrals have virtually vanished against the "accounting control frauds" that drive our recurrent, intensifying financial crises...<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-19/fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-said-to-avoid-billions-in-write-offs.html">Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Said to Avoid Billions in Write-Offs</a>  Bloomberg News   ...Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have reported record profits after a taxpayer bailout, are ignoring billions of dollars in potential losses on delinquent loans as they take three years to adopt a new accounting system, a government auditor said in a letter made public today...<br /><a href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-14/business/41397760_1_samsung-products-underage-labor-fair-labor-association">Samsung hit with lawsuit over labor conditions</a>  Washington Post   ...Samsung has been named in a lawsuit filed by a Brazilian labor group, which said working conditions at the technology firm’s assembly lines were in violation of Brazilian law. The group is asking for at least $108 million in damages...<br /><a href="http://ash.org/obama-goes-to-bat-for-big-tobacco-in-tpp/" rel="nofollow">Obama goes to bat for Big Tobacco in TPP</a>  Action on Smoking and Health   ...Legal analysts for the public health community, who were briefed Friday morning in a closed session by administration officials, agreed that the new proposal will do little to protect governments’ right to regulate tobacco...<br /><a href="http://www.tradereform.org/2013/08/1800-ohio-jobs-lost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1800-ohio-jobs-lost" rel="nofollow">1,800 Ohio jobs lost </a> Dayton Daily News   ...Offshoring continues to impact Ohio with companies cutting at least 1,800 jobs in the state since January, according to petitions for federal assistance from employees, labor groups, and company officials...<br /><a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/support-lacking-for-bart-strike-ban/Content?oid=2551015">Support lacking for BART strike ban</a>  San Francisco Examiner   ...BART remains the busiest public transit system in the U.S. that does not have a worker strike ban in place, and the route to blocking that right could be a long journey...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/seattle-minimum-wage-campaign-washington_n_3778980.html?ref=topbar">There's A New Push To Raise Seattle Minimum Wage To $15 Per Hour</a>  Associated Press   ...Washington already has the nation's highest state minimum wage at $9.19 an hour. Now, there's a push in Seattle, at least, to make it $15... <br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/18/3571044/indiana-customers-due-32m-from.html">Indiana customers due $32M from 6 utilities</a>  Indianapolis Business Journal   ...Indiana's largest power companies are set to reimburse their customers $32 million after falling short on spending for energy efficiency last year...<br /><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/08/19/business/minnesota-factories-output-employment">Minnesota factories' output up, employment down</a>  Minnesota Public Radio   ...Minnesota's factories are churning out lots of products like airplane parts and medical devices these days, but they're not exactly going on hiring sprees...

Today's Teamster News 08.20.13

DeKalb County Workers Nearer to Union   Atlanta Journal-Constitution   ...DeKalb County took a huge step toward having its first union repre...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/20/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://joelcomm.com/i-am-leaving-social-media.html">I Am Leaving Social Media - Joel Comm - JoelComm.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I read Joel Comm's book Twitter Power and it has been one of my longtime favorites on the topic. Here he talks brutally about the negatives of social media. I admit the topic caught my attention. I"ve just found that if I'm brutal about who I follow and make sure they're real educators, I'm usually pretty happy with my stream. I unfollow junk as soon as it is evident it is junk. Ultimately we all must guard who we follow or we might just find ourselves following the garbage truck.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/media">media</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/opinions">opinions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social media">social media</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://deaddrops.com">Dead Drops | Un-cloud your files in cement! 'Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space.</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Dead drops.com has a list of dead drops around the world. Some of my students brought this in as a maker project that they want to do in Friday's #geniushour . Honestly, I'd never heard of this and I'm not sure what I think about this. It could easily be used for great things - sharing photos or making a time capsule of sorts, but it could also be use to pirate files. It is interesting what happens when students bring in ideas.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/maker_projects">maker_projects</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/file">file</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharing">sharing</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/hacking">hacking</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/20/2013

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Pinetown Vodacom ICT Resource Centre and Cisco Training have a great influence in Zamokuhle Buthelezi’s Life

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>Submitted by Nomty Gaba from SchoolNet</em></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is an Impact Story from the Pinetown Vodacom ICT Resource Centre showing how training in computer skills can greatly influence a person’s life. SchoolNet manages the Vodacom ICT Resource Centres for Vodacom. </span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eH1dzvvXVIm8LVx9BNKEHXLYe4yc44RCDLJKE7dUJXyJYxDQ7Bh13uykEo9MUxwD1XDM8g-GCSUMZS4-PgMWxoFG_f2nAkziKdLAaSKozz7ViVnhl530CnOix1zOs8iVEd3pmyu8_j0/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image004" border="0" height="144" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6eH1dzvvXVIm8LVx9BNKEHXLYe4yc44RCDLJKE7dUJXyJYxDQ7Bh13uykEo9MUxwD1XDM8g-GCSUMZS4-PgMWxoFG_f2nAkziKdLAaSKozz7ViVnhl530CnOix1zOs8iVEd3pmyu8_j0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image004" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zamokuhle Buthelezi, a volunteer at the Pinetown Vodacom ICT Resource Centre and a Cisco trainer, says that the centre has had a great impact on his life. He started volunteering at the centre in March 2012 and in April 2013 he was nominated by the Pinetown Vodacom Centre manager to attend the two week long Cisco training course in Port Elizabeth. Since attending the training, Zamo has been using the skills that he acquired throughout Pinetown with a special focus on Tshelimnyama as this is his home town. Zamo has also been offering computer skills training at no cost to the Sakhisizwe Home Project as he is a member of this organisation. Zamo does not charge the people of iTshelimnyama for training but he does charge for computer repairs.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwYD2D7VaEwspOfXY4pgBAC5mCEItW7infQ7wBYGfrr-sRHz3eflyzS7u0K0b_IGpQ03nUxWYB8mf-w8Sf3X8_Xrk8tCqBwGLQ83zuv4fvU8rDyDZlwWlzNC2bkSkJQ_sXLqlRqM9RZk/s1600-h/clip_image006%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image006" border="0" height="156" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2otvL1JgXY-KPLrmETjPC9hefcDcpAMNCxA7_WJb3T-P1Yre_QKZAvuVdWabcQBkVeZQy1imKv0mF5riDNsASPlf5mIhb-Iit9JtYeEAOlI8lNXD-0u-cQJXtcK2DBn_vk1wefD5cbg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image006" width="198" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zamo boasts that the IT Cisco Academy improved his computer skills in a big way and he is committed to sharing his skills with the community. Zamo is a trainer for soft skills and also conducts basic computer skills training at the Vodacom ICT Resource Centre as well as being responsible for marketing the centre to his community. He is also involved in the community project called Youth in IT and is responsible for providing training in essential IT skills for this project. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPrDJA1IJPibtJMlyRc-Lsf1cjiPD6lZXmOAfJuDEErwhyphenhyphen9DKcnsXYt9oRBj-wwuSXy8_CWxyeu4eb2d4K0c2i6wI-KmuTkVMWmTWu7ZLjd7g6AsFjUrZDUhydbCPc3KyVHanHDF6-YQ/s1600-h/clip_image008%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image008" border="0" height="170" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivmrO2RF-aCBC-ZHstLwHCvdLswUKl0E-v-fyWVLMzI0u60NJ6DgFarmTtnAJh3C7lFX1cGfKpI1Vuo4FwEXmGgmi10wiAalranF0xgaZTZbiXM5XVcM5QSZgQQZY9VE3bQigFCgSVwk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image008" width="197" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zamo has fixed a number of computers since receiving Cisco training, but is especially proud of repairing Mr Mdunge’s desktop which other technical people had been unable to repair. He was also able to rectify the problem with the COMMOS settings on Mr Sibalukhulu’s desktop computer. Zamokuhle smiles when he talks about Siyabonga, another young person who is now helping him train the community, who Zamo helped to mentor. He also mentions how he enjoys running the SchoolNet Sizanani ICT for Community Members course and thinks that he may be able to charge for running this course as a small business opportunity. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7nQoxurUQVA5WeYdMhvUGBFTw4Lx79JiV6wIGQPQcHWQVAYfhhkqNjCysJ8kVSN-Bov__VnsKAugR17fG17WRuPcvKC0oGcb0Il2f-HiGhlIvHLe3mv-LvZY2uUv35ogpF1mruwA2yY/s1600-h/clip_image010%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image010" border="0" height="121" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx-VsYBidG8YK2KfoeHKQosHugb-Xqp-MSciI9QVSCshXeZIPiUjPI1A5-SW1i97ZnOfYFKAXhGLE9oKJ0zFVSkdknuKGKWYA1yGbqsLFc2Ik_lrPqSRi6zCquNugv541k2H8k_CyIA0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image010" width="157" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zamo is looking forward to the KwaZulu-Natal Vodacom ICT Resource Centre reopening in its new location and says he will be conducting Cisco Essentials Training once the move is complete. Currently he is promoting the course which will be offered at no cost to participants. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs Lindiwe Dlamini, the Centre Manager of the Vodacom ICT Resource Centre says Zamo is a very humble person and always willing to learn new skills. She has no doubt that companies will be interested in employing him.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet SA and the  Vodacom Foundation are proud of Zamokuhle Buthelezi’s journey. Well done! </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

news Pinetown Vodacom ICT Resource Centre and Cisco Training have a great influence in Zamokuhle Buthelezi’s Life

Submitted by Nomty Gaba from SchoolNet This is an Impact Story from the Pinetown Vodacom ICT Resource Centre showing how training in compute...

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