DIY monogram stool - color outside the lines

<br /><div class="p1">Happy King Martin day! (as Amelia calls it) </div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We’ve been fighting ear infections and some sort of stomach bug so besides a nice long walk; we didn’t get to do much. And tied to the house to monitor temperatures and naps, my hands were fidgeting for something to do.</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiR23TS_2WCxDLfnhAVlqNNpp6_HqiqXxYipRq0Vlz6YeZmd5NtI35sftbaUuosMGEovBl5ZMgU6eDtSwIvXxclqFwrv50NxLZWRiUMWsR7m9MVupxGmlGszj2k2ytNBxxml-Pur9Yg5P/s1600/diymonogramstool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiR23TS_2WCxDLfnhAVlqNNpp6_HqiqXxYipRq0Vlz6YeZmd5NtI35sftbaUuosMGEovBl5ZMgU6eDtSwIvXxclqFwrv50NxLZWRiUMWsR7m9MVupxGmlGszj2k2ytNBxxml-Pur9Yg5P/s400/diymonogramstool.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">Enter the victim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1stbFMceElf2hihIYMQzvSIpwErD0OYpqfGweA8Mdq4BoEKN0q2O8YlWRohdN7_ZGr5Z2Qa709mEEELHCFvqm5qJhIPQ5H8m6BvfetOq1opcc0_iLMe_VCvcswuqLnR9QS6YCmYu9aHHf/s1600/monogramstoolbefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1stbFMceElf2hihIYMQzvSIpwErD0OYpqfGweA8Mdq4BoEKN0q2O8YlWRohdN7_ZGr5Z2Qa709mEEELHCFvqm5qJhIPQ5H8m6BvfetOq1opcc0_iLMe_VCvcswuqLnR9QS6YCmYu9aHHf/s400/monogramstoolbefore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">A wonderful little stool my mom and I picked up at a salvage store a while back. It’s the perfect height for the girls and they love using it as a chair/ladder/stuffed animal fort/who knows what else.</div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">This little dude is old though and has the marks to prove it. And to remove all of the layers of paint, scratches and dents would have taken more patience than I possess. So I embraced his battle scars and after a good sanding, declared him ready for paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeLAcJ-ncebRDodNyMLmnVuVU926j4F9x88HCBHrtKhwPU5ZDWLAb-QNi808jsM2G-g9yCESMscRZq1V49mP3izwAw8WMJlfvTBACFMvFBkZF34CI7HNLYM12OrAyUaNx0CjZuLymdQib/s1600/sandedstool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeLAcJ-ncebRDodNyMLmnVuVU926j4F9x88HCBHrtKhwPU5ZDWLAb-QNi808jsM2G-g9yCESMscRZq1V49mP3izwAw8WMJlfvTBACFMvFBkZF34CI7HNLYM12OrAyUaNx0CjZuLymdQib/s400/sandedstool.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">I used spray paint I had left over from <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/05/color-my-world-inpiration.html" target="_blank">this project</a>, and after a few coats step one was complete. Next was adding a bit of fun. My dear friend, and graphic design guru, helped me come up with a monogram for the girls (Amelia and Eve – not Arts and Entertainment). Modern and fun, I love it.</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHP_1s3pQY669Gnrp1h2VW68GEr1xb2Lca-snuWJJnBH52oOBQw2-mWuAtw4f2XjJyi6bX1Q9OLweHex7Sn7VFbdQyUGPhE3HbwI5FyuNk13nu0VvbWazkzra_-EeidIhndD9k6LKZVeaO/s1600/monogramstool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHP_1s3pQY669Gnrp1h2VW68GEr1xb2Lca-snuWJJnBH52oOBQw2-mWuAtw4f2XjJyi6bX1Q9OLweHex7Sn7VFbdQyUGPhE3HbwI5FyuNk13nu0VvbWazkzra_-EeidIhndD9k6LKZVeaO/s400/monogramstool.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">She also gave me the best advice ever. When I told her how much I was dreading cutting out the monogram stencil (remember, me and negative space don’t mix) she uttered two genius words – graphite paper.</div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAA6qkW93qiahwem2iGSjqUiYMZp6s4lfpDymeRfsukACKzyvl0AAkMGXEQbSfOrtevP-241WwKOcYIe1PowmXfbm4kxWbygjBsbcR_puRZKYNuK98oZLFQbevOynVD47JpwVIevfMH4n/s1600/graphite+paper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAA6qkW93qiahwem2iGSjqUiYMZp6s4lfpDymeRfsukACKzyvl0AAkMGXEQbSfOrtevP-241WwKOcYIe1PowmXfbm4kxWbygjBsbcR_puRZKYNuK98oZLFQbevOynVD47JpwVIevfMH4n/s320/graphite+paper.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">$2.99 at Michael’s (minus 40% with their ubiquitous coupon) and I had myself an outlined monogram. Couldn’t have been easier. How did I not know about this genius paper?!</div><div class="p1"><br /></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="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EhJAkaaDIada1tw1xLwBXivmNjLh6Pl0cE8HcdmMOSvxnWugtiFNsOfidsBaf0WWriui7fnFuEcpB2YipqnpjsEUWrLcmUjs0q8b0TPvwY-TBcTuqGx_fvti7_vYN_PDyXnpSDDiHu9n/s1600/monogramtemplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EhJAkaaDIada1tw1xLwBXivmNjLh6Pl0cE8HcdmMOSvxnWugtiFNsOfidsBaf0WWriui7fnFuEcpB2YipqnpjsEUWrLcmUjs0q8b0TPvwY-TBcTuqGx_fvti7_vYN_PDyXnpSDDiHu9n/s320/monogramtemplate.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bad basement lighting</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1">After tracing the monogram on the stool I grabbed some leftover navy paint, borrowed a paintbrush from the girls and got to work.</div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirx4odgWzTrHsnTQ3rh0Kn_SZ5DBIkUWGysIgIBrrolrdHe69XesE97KivFIg841N0_jv4ExvhjDXr_3mUNBmAqscyfEDC4G4ggRKWzzoUuHaJ-rOBJ1ynnXcM6n7TqRFYcu814jFKZ_w8/s1600/monogrampainting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirx4odgWzTrHsnTQ3rh0Kn_SZ5DBIkUWGysIgIBrrolrdHe69XesE97KivFIg841N0_jv4ExvhjDXr_3mUNBmAqscyfEDC4G4ggRKWzzoUuHaJ-rOBJ1ynnXcM6n7TqRFYcu814jFKZ_w8/s320/monogrampainting.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="p1">Keeping with the ‘not perfect’ theme of this stool, I tried not to curse (too much) over my coloring outside the lines. Flaws are good right?! Flaws = character. (just keep repeating that to yourself like I do)</div><div class="p2"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsaisx-n4GpR1PU1C8RGT4cISVxhgzE1BW4q6AaHr_kJJsai7l6vta5wtvx48KkUNymASlQLEUoWTtZW6iKvPku8YLrhbvPKaKFJCFKBbOc0Q4FACfZSKvdIMbRA_AsDbOqH2bwmmmUNi/s1600/monogramstool2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsaisx-n4GpR1PU1C8RGT4cISVxhgzE1BW4q6AaHr_kJJsai7l6vta5wtvx48KkUNymASlQLEUoWTtZW6iKvPku8YLrhbvPKaKFJCFKBbOc0Q4FACfZSKvdIMbRA_AsDbOqH2bwmmmUNi/s400/monogramstool2.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">If you follow me on Facebook, like all cool people do, then you know I made a game time decision to add the border...using a dinner plate and painters tape of course.</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZ_L3ZFwIoCXLeeMHYa2Uqsvh_2bvlVcONLz9mldAw4o1gCFStSdConsEA2daGMkxI641GnOy8MlK7ku4wOaO34oJ_8EYdhBsGifgx-23f-NnmUB3BEU8lhyLHcLwf5FKCC-pVwv3G9YU/s1600/photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZ_L3ZFwIoCXLeeMHYa2Uqsvh_2bvlVcONLz9mldAw4o1gCFStSdConsEA2daGMkxI641GnOy8MlK7ku4wOaO34oJ_8EYdhBsGifgx-23f-NnmUB3BEU8lhyLHcLwf5FKCC-pVwv3G9YU/s400/photo.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">Lovely.</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf0sc78fbsahikd2UrLrhkHgj2NjFsZNwx77_GZKBpTEMBKU5mDyzyHOgefnaBj797G12BKn0bbMRyfafE7LtOMmB0CrSQjc821WOkTrCgXOkR4FbKvq0YQ25n0S-c8hi6Qbl6yu3T8JC/s1600/monogramstoolCollage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf0sc78fbsahikd2UrLrhkHgj2NjFsZNwx77_GZKBpTEMBKU5mDyzyHOgefnaBj797G12BKn0bbMRyfafE7LtOMmB0CrSQjc821WOkTrCgXOkR4FbKvq0YQ25n0S-c8hi6Qbl6yu3T8JC/s640/monogramstoolCollage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="p2">A great stool for two fabulous girls in one of my all time favorite color combos. Outside the lines and perfect.</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">Try any DIY projects this weekend? Ever used graphite paper? I tell you, I'm looking for something else to create just so I can use it again!</div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>linked up to the <a href="http://www.ourfifthhouse.com/2013/01/thrift-it-link-party.html" target="_blank">Dog Days of Winter Thrift it Link Party</a></i></span></div>

DIY monogram stool - color outside the lines

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vertical-align: baseline;">APPLY NOW!</span></a></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.digiteen.org/apply.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Digiteen and Digitween Project</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Deadline for next project is February 15, 2013</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">  </span><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFBkbVNZUjhIMUJHVEpGLUkxeHMyLUE6MA#gid=0"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLY NOW!</span></a></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/a-week-in-the-life-project.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">'A Week in the Life...'</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">  -  Deadline for next project is February 15, 2013 </span><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en_GB&formkey=dFN3RDBndE1zaVJSVkRpZ1g3Rk9OdkE6MQ#gid=0"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLY NOW!</span></a></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.netgened.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">NetGenEd</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">  - Project based on the Horizon Report published in January each year - Deadline February 1, 2013 -</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/netgenedapply"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLY NOW!</span></a></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/k-2-building-bridges.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">K-2 'Building Bridges to Tomorrow' Project</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> -   Deadline for next project is February 15, 2013 -</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/k2flatclassroomapply"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #990000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLY NOW!</span></a></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.eracismproject.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Eracism</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - A Global Debate, A Global Community</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff9900; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Deadline for next project is February 7, 2013. There will be 2 brackets - Middle School (10-13) and High School (13+). This semester a global community will be built using the OBA platform created by the University of Oregon led by Yong Zhao.  - </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dExzMlJkcTA3cjNmZ1pCU1JmYXQ4Vmc6MA"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Apply Now</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></li></ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/flat-classroom-school-subscription.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom School Subscription</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">  Co-founders of Flat Classroom, Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, have a solution for schools who want to 'go flat' and include more classrooms and teachers in Flat Classroom Projects each year AND provide professional development opportunities for teachers. Become a Flat Classroom School!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prices for 2012-2013</span><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bronze Level - $195 for up to 100 students</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Silver Level - $495 for 1 certified teacher and up to 200 students</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gold Level - $995 for 2 certified teachers and up to 500 students</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Platinum Level - $1795 for 3 certified teachers and up to 800 students</span></li></ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Each category includes access to all projects across the full year up to the number of students noted. There are three </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/certified-teacher-program.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom Certified Teacher</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> courses/cohorts to choose from during the year.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">View our current</span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/schools.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">®</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> Schools</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the website!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/certified-teacher-program.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom Certified Teacher course</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. The next cohort will kick off in February! Come and join us or a PD experience that will not only build your PLN but transform your teaching and learning. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ANNOUNCING! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom Certified Teacher - Group discount for schools and organizations (2012-13)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$2000 - 5 certified teachers</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$3500 - 10 certified teachers</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact Flat Classroom now to tailor your professional development needs. fcp@flatclassroom.org</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. </span><a href="http://flatclassroomconference.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom Conference</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Come and join us at the Yokohama International School, March 8-10 2013 in Yokohama, Japan for this unique, challenge-based event that brings student and teachers together from across the world. We invite you to browse our </span><a href="http://flatclassroomconference.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">updated website</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and consider bringing </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/student-summit-japan.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">students</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to this life-changing opportunity. </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/leadership-workshop-japan.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Teachers</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> looking for course credit for attending this conference watch this space for important updates coming very soon. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Virtual participants</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> invited to attend also - watch this space for application form coming by the end of January! </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/register-now-japan-2013.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">REGISTRATION</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is OPEN!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. </span><a href="http://projects.flatclassroomproject.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Projects Databank</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - This is a place for Flat Classroom Certified Teachers, and others, to post their projects and attract classrooms from all over the world to participate.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We invite </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">global project designers</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to join our </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Project Databank</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> because:</span><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This wiki will be the face of each project but the real power will be in the searchable database currently being built</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom style projects are about community and networking - and we will provide this for our Flat Classroom community to thrive</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations to Aaron Maurer, </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/graduates-11-1.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom Certified teacher cohort 11-1</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></li></ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Aaron is running an incubator project, </span><a href="http://eagleeyecamera.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Bald Eagle Project</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> you must see!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. </span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/flats.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Future Learning Action Talks (F.L.A.T.s)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- We invite you to consider presenting in Blackboard Collaborate and share your global adventures and successes. An archive of past FLATS are on the website. Upcoming </span><a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/events/f-l-a-t-s-with-chris-betcher-fcp-12-2-keynoter"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">F.L.A.T.s with Australian Chris Betcher</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, the FCP 12-2 keynoter, on January 29, 10pm AEST / 6am EST USA. Topic: </span><a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/the-flat-classroom-project-taking-the-long-view"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Flat Classroom Project - Taking the Long View</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Announcing: The </span><a href="http://worldwidethinktank.wikispaces.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">World Wide Think Tank</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is a joint initiative by</span><a href="http://thinkglobalschool.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">THINK Global School</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and</span><a href="http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. It is a student initiated and student driven global student leadership forum. It was launched by students, Hannah, Yada and Paul, during a presentation at the</span><a href="http://globaleducationconference.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Global Education Conference</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, 2012. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AIMS</span><br /><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To foster leadership skills.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To encourage global conversations.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To generate change.</span></li></ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CONNECT WITH WWTT</span><br /><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Join the</span><a href="http://spotx.thinkglobalschool.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">SPOTX online community</span></a></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like the</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/WorldWideThinkTank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook page</span></a></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Complete the</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/globalstudentforum"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">online form</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to be sent further updates.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Browse the website to learn more and sign up:</span><a href="http://worldwidethinktank.wikispaces.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">WWTT website</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></li></ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please spread the word!! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#WWThinkTank</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is our hashtag - tweet it out!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Join in for the next </span><a href="http://worldwidethinktank.wikispaces.com/Online+Meetings"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">online meeting</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (week starting January 28), volunteer to be a student leader!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. </span><a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/events"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Global Events</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - We invite you to use the </span><a href="http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flat Classroom Educators network</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to advertise your global events. Make sure you keep an eye out for what is coming up!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s coming up?</span><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/meet-the-flat-classroomreg.html"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Meet the Flat Classroom</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - The next opportunity to meet Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis in an online information session will be Monday January 21, 8pm EST (January 22, 1am GMT).</span><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Mett+the+Flat+Classroom+-+January+2013&iso=20130122T12&p1=240&ah=1"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Check your location</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> for date and time.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://blogs.acpsk12.org/virtualbookclub/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Join a virtual book club</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-  A new virtual book club is being led by Kyle Dunbar @edtechdunny based on our book, ‘</span><a href="http://flatclassroombook.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">’. If you want to join, there is still time! Julie and Vicki will be coming to some of the sessions. The meetings are about discussing the concepts found in the book for flattened learning, making connections and learning from one another.</span></li><li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Projects, F.L.A.T.s and more!</span></li></ul><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions about Flat Classroom®? Please email us: </span><a href="mailto:fcp@flatclassroom.org"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">fcp@flatclassroom.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Julie Lindsay (Australia) and Vicki Davis (USA)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Directors and Co-founders, Flat Classroom®</span><br /><a href="mailto:julie@flatclassroom.org"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">julie@flatclassroom.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><a href="mailto:vicki@flatclassroom.org"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">vicki@flatclassroom.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lisa Durff: Flat Classroom Coordinator</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - </span><a href="mailto:lisa@flatclassroom.org"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">lisa@flatclassroom.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><a href="http://flatclassroomproject.net/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://flatclassroomproject.net</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/flatclassroom"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://twitter.com/flatclassroom</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hashtag: #flatclass </span>

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<br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font: italic normal normal 16px/normal arial, helvetica; text-align: left;"><span id="cbArticle_lblHeadline2">Interview with a résumé expert</span></div><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder Writer</span></b><br /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></b><br /><div style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" class="media-image" src="http://artstg.icbdr.com/sites/all/files/styles/large/public/Resume%20SEO_1.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">When you submit a résumé online, do you ever wonder where it goes, who reads it and -- if you're lucky -- how it gets picked? In today's electronic world, many companies use keyword-search software or applicant-tracking systems in their hiring process. These systems scan résumés for keywords related to the open position to find the most relevant ones for the next round. This helps companies, especially large ones, sort through a high volume of résumés quickly and efficiently.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Knowing that your résumé may meet a computer system before it meets a human, how do you get it noticed? The following Q&A with <a href="http://rpexecutiveresume.blogspot.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Ramsey Penegar</a>, executive-résumé consultant, career strategist and certified résumé writer for <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Resumes/SR_Start.aspx?cblid=scpsrnjstk1&sc_cmp1=JS_toolkit_newstellar" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">cbResume.com</a>, provides helpful tips on how to make your résumé stand out to a computer -- and a company.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Q: Now that most résumés are submitted/reviewed online, what implications does that have for how a résumé is written?</strong><br /><strong>Penegar:</strong> Now that the majority of résumés are submitted and reviewed online rather than in print, there are new things to consider in writing a résumé. Will your résumé be viewable online? Will it look the same as it did on your computer when prospective hiring managers read it? Job seekers need to keep in mind that format, keywords, search optimization and file type are all just as important as content, good grammar and correct spelling.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">I ensure that clients have two versions of their résumé. [One is] the utilitarian text version for easily posting to Internet job boards or online applications. Since the majority of businesses use Microsoft Word over other word-processing programs, send your résumé in a file format their system will open. The Microsoft Word version is formatted using universal fonts to ensure that the recipient can read the résumé.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Q: Why is it important to include keywords from the job description in a résumé?</strong><br /><strong>RP:</strong> An effective résumé has a tight focus and is targeted to the job or job types the client wishes to seek. This targeting includes keywords from the job description to improve search rates. Keywords are usually the hard skills, industry-specific qualifications and job-specific terms or phrases that employers look for in a job candidate. If your résumé doesn't have the keywords that match their job requirements, your résumé may hit the "no" pile early in the process.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Some companies search Internet job boards and résumé databases using keywords to find job candidates, while other companies use this technology to streamline their hiring process. If your résumé doesn't contain the right keywords, your résumé may be rejected even if you have all the experience and other qualifications. As a job seeker, using the right keywords in your résumé is crucial if you want to land the interview.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Q: How can you integrate keywords so they sound natural and not forced?</strong><br /><strong>RP:</strong> The best way to incorporate keywords into your résumé is by writing concise action statements regarding your achievements, skills and experience and implementing the keywords naturally within those bulleted statements. An effective résumé is <a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/get-the-job/resume/resume-focus-should-be-achievements-not-daily-tasks/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">achievement-focused, not task-based</a>. Start each statement about your career achievements with an action verb, followed by a keyword and ending with specific facts and figures resulting from your actions.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Simply creating a list or block of keywords may work to snag hits on the software seeking those words. However, if your résumé lacks a professional, aesthetically appealing look, doesn't explain why you are the ideal candidate or how you benefited your previous employers, you still won't get the interview.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Q: What types of keywords should job seekers include in their résumé?</strong><br /><strong>RP:</strong> The best keywords can be found right in the job descriptions and ads of the jobs you want to land. Evaluate 10 job postings with similar titles and make a list of the five to 10 most frequently used words throughout all of them. These are the words you should use in your cover letter and résumé.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Here is a list of general skills and qualifications to consider as keywords:</div><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Degrees or certifications</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">University or college names</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Job titles</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Product names</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Technical terms</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Industry jargon</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Job-specific buzzwords</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Company names</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Professional organizations</li><li style="margin-left: 24pt;">Technology</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Q: What are some pitfalls of relying too much on keywords?</strong><br /><strong>RP:</strong> Integrating keywords is only one important aspect of developing an effective résumé. Too many buzzwords can be overkill, and a long list of keywords on a Word document will not land you any interviews. Remember that keywords are primarily for the computer software scanning your résumé; the written content is for your human readers. Quality is of utmost importance in your résumé.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong>Q: What other ways can a job seeker get his résumé noticed by an employer?</strong><br /><strong>RP:</strong> Make certain [that] your résumé is visually appealing by using appropriate formatting and white spacing as well as correct spelling and grammar. Your résumé is more likely to be read if it's appealing to read. Don't clutter your résumé with irrelevant or outdated information and, ideally, keep it to two pages or less. College students or those with fewer than five years of experience may use a one-page résumé.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">A job search should be directed in the same manner as a <a href="http://rpexecutiveresume.blogspot.com/2009/11/job-search-resume-as-marketing-campaign.html" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">sales or marketing campaign. </a>Use all [of] your resources, connections and networks. Get your résumé into the hands of people who can help you in this quest, including friends, family, colleagues, alumni or professional association members, acquaintances at Chamber of Commerce and other business community events and job fairs. Promote your résumé online using LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and even your own professional blog. Rather than sending your résumé to a company or job posting cold, conduct research to find out the name of the person who would be most interested in your résumé, and get the résumé into her hands. Taking the time to develop and work your job-search plan will help you to achieve better results faster.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><em>Debra Auerbach is a writer and blogger for </em><a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/msn/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><em>CareerBuilder.com</em></a><em> and its job blog, </em><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>The Work Buzz</em></a><em>. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.</em></div>

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Caner Now Attacking Muslims, Calling them "Towel Heads" and "Wife Beaters" and "Living in Caves" - Tells Them to "GET SAVED AND SHAVED"

Just days after Ergun and Emir Caner were in the recording studio of apologist John Ankerberg recording a program on Muslim beliefs, Ergun Caner has decided the best way to love his Muslim brothers to Jesus, is to tweet hateful, racist remarks to his Muslim detractors.<br /><br />Below are tweets in <a href="https://twitter.com/erguncaner" target="_blank">Ergun Caner's Twitter feed</a> last night (Sunday 1/20/13), where apparently he is responding to Tweets from Muslims and bloggers.  You see, the whole issue of Caner's "decade of deceit" has resurfaced, after John Ankerberg published a ridiculous statement <a href="http://www.jashow.org/wiki/index.php?title=An_Open_Letter_from_Dr._John_Ankerberg_on_Why_I_Invited_Emir_Caner_and_Ergun_Caner_to_The_John_Ankerberg_Show" target="_blank">here</a> to defend his recent decision to invite The Caner brothers on his TV show.<br /><br />The Caners claim to have love in their hearts for Muslims - in fact Ergun says he does what he does, that he entered the Christian ministry to reach out to his fellow Muslim brothers - yet his own Twitter feed displays hate and pushes ugly stereotypes of Muslims. Hardly a way to express love.  <br /><br />But this is nothing new for Caner. As I have chronicled on this blog, he has a history of saying derogatory statements about women and minorities. He once said took a <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/04/baptist-seminary-prezs-gone-wild-cooper.html" target="_blank">swipe at Mexicans</a> saying he would adopt one if he needed his lawn cut or work on his roof. He has made multiple derogatory statements <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/04/ergun-caner-growing-up-i-learned-about.html" target="_blank">about women</a>, and <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2009/06/fbc-jax-gets-good-laugh-at-racial-and.html" target="_blank">blacks</a>; yet he still is a popular speaker to youth groups, and in fact just finished speaking at the "<a href="https://www.strengthtostand.com/" target="_blank">Strength to Stand</a>" student conference in Pigeon Forge, TN.<br /><br />Face it: Caner is the evangelical version of Lance Armstrong. He gained his notoriety based on a lie about his past, he perpetuated the lie for years and years, and finally when exposed he chose to belittle and bully people on the Internet who have tried to call him to account for his lies. The biggest difference between Caner and Armstrong is that Caner's peers have decided to embrace him and hail him as a hero, rather than defending their own profession by acknowledging the fraud from within their own ranks. Now Ankerberg is joining in and allowing it all to resurface again.<br /><br />I just wonder if Ankerberg will issue a statement now defending Caner's stereotypes of Muslims as cave-dwellers, wife-beaters, bus-bombers, and towel-head stalkers?  Or is that the idea of how Ankerberg and the Caners are reaching out to Muslims now? Apparently Caner's defenders love these racist remarks, judging from the "Retweets" and "Favorites" marked on the Tweets below.<br /><br />Perhaps that will be the subtitle to the Caner/Ankerberg TV that will air soon on Islam: "GET SAVED AND SHAVED".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlBVXP-Uacwwv8wjEmMqUeTa3CuMqhRLDdUSIil3oUtV_Abte_GKtXa2QTq6zTXW4J0GBCxqQpMTcjCLqWFY8g4A0VOLw38TOSF3jBM9ljUQX5sof3mWgqqG5gnNXgAw2fUL_Kw9dRkK_/s1600/CanerTweet-MuslimsWithFollow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlBVXP-Uacwwv8wjEmMqUeTa3CuMqhRLDdUSIil3oUtV_Abte_GKtXa2QTq6zTXW4J0GBCxqQpMTcjCLqWFY8g4A0VOLw38TOSF3jBM9ljUQX5sof3mWgqqG5gnNXgAw2fUL_Kw9dRkK_/s400/CanerTweet-MuslimsWithFollow.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksGijn2cJBSR-a6OtOvF0rfekkDXSWPHk6DMA37k0ckaCywiOtfrTlnWmg2F4QlMAgK8x9nS3-cWTvSONHQ5mS0ppQ2DEt7345S5mTPA7wUP_RubI8sLgcpAHg5OWE2Okuq_AS4p5kQ-C/s1600/CanerTweet-MuslimsWithFollow2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksGijn2cJBSR-a6OtOvF0rfekkDXSWPHk6DMA37k0ckaCywiOtfrTlnWmg2F4QlMAgK8x9nS3-cWTvSONHQ5mS0ppQ2DEt7345S5mTPA7wUP_RubI8sLgcpAHg5OWE2Okuq_AS4p5kQ-C/s400/CanerTweet-MuslimsWithFollow2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7uEhplpwyntZMBmzNTqGTLwTsPnSjiWCAEIZzcYkgQNkkEwpfJusPPRxL_gtyiSz95RlxuFNyxnjLjzDgZo-_KcFcdOwa-aRQMiYCyWgYEYIdn20J72l7oKmtVN1YfrwlOgnSe2TflGn/s1600/CanerTweet-MuslimsWithFollow3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7uEhplpwyntZMBmzNTqGTLwTsPnSjiWCAEIZzcYkgQNkkEwpfJusPPRxL_gtyiSz95RlxuFNyxnjLjzDgZo-_KcFcdOwa-aRQMiYCyWgYEYIdn20J72l7oKmtVN1YfrwlOgnSe2TflGn/s400/CanerTweet-MuslimsWithFollow3.png" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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South African teachers – a great opportunity with Adobe Youth Voices that you cannot miss!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERK2z1cb0YB5T2SGAYhEMfEyL5w2TYzfj-JZ_OkdZDxsSt_kMbwzZRz_7ThwcyFjPAhbxVmVl042xES1TdKGnzajr3aVX5hSwHsc93rKIs3cqki6BvF8OdmDnRVzU3ekFC6s7_8cWjEk/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoenIY6Jsm2651NBZ_U8CgdXefcidQ0-UCKo6cwHljtl4ELd-l5ipY4vOYaGYNHc5O8_uhQ6qxneRW1sfjGrL6Ylwnc7Cn2wYVEQceoxCQGCOIN9vIDig0xgmoIUvPxUL87hjocAU-gM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><em><br /></em><em>Submitted by Fiona Beal</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you interested in learning the inns and outs of Adobe Essentials and Adobe Premier, and then teaching a group of your learners the same programmes? You would then use these programmes to create a short movie with a message for youth. Keen to know more?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet is facilitating an Adobe Youth Voices online course which is an international course run by Adobe. The dates are February 18, 2013 - April 15, 2013. We have six places available for South African teachers to participate in this course and then complete the media projects. The online course is facilitated by two international AYV trainers across a period of 8 weeks. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWqRHZWjVTqjx6-X8Qe_yVqScWpSaee1ktvMIL8Cqb3e-yJz-0QYWREQvLc_TwqwdAARCclnc4NA4jdb7uYmJ5mhnJH6jivDfQPPWEPMt4izmKNYw7pSSVsL4kxlNOFDKG37q84FJiag/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWqRHZWjVTqjx6-X8Qe_yVqScWpSaee1ktvMIL8Cqb3e-yJz-0QYWREQvLc_TwqwdAARCclnc4NA4jdb7uYmJ5mhnJH6jivDfQPPWEPMt4izmKNYw7pSSVsL4kxlNOFDKG37q84FJiag/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="233" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Previous blogposts on the Adobe Youth Voices project</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a number of SchoolNet blogposts written about previous years in the Adobe Youth Voices project if you would like to have some background:</span><br /><br /><h5><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">1. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/schoolnets-adobe-youth-voices-programme.html" style="color: blue;">SchoolNet's Adobe Youth Voices programme sends a team to California</a> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">(18 August 2011)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">2. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-wonderful-adobe-youth-voices-media.html" style="color: blue;">A wonderful Adobe Youth Voices media opportunity for South African teachers!</a> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">(27 August 2012)<br />3<span style="color: blue;">. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/adobe-youth-voices-in-south.html">Adobe Youth Voices in South Africa–teachers, you have to join this amazing project!</a></span> (5 September 2012)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">4.</span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/congratulations-to-our-adobe-youth.html">Congratulations to our Adobe Youth Voices project winners!</a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span>(19 September 2012)</span></span></h5><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">SchoolNet’s YouTube channel</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can view some of the media that was created if you look through these posts. Our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolnetsa">SchoolNet YouTube Channel</a> also displays the media.  Here is one of last years entries:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Title</u>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkddFbwAWok&list=UUMQUq-OFDOmmsadLBYwoqFw&index=1" target="_blank">Rise of Racism and Hazardous Stereotyping</a><br /><u>Educator:</u> Maropeng TL Monareng<br /><u>Duration</u>: 7.48 minutes </span><br /><h3> </h3><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IkddFbwAWok" width="420"></iframe><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your responsibilities as a participant</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The AYV course is offered to teachers who have access to at least a laptop with connectivity who agree to:<strong><br /></strong>1. Participate in the online course   (dates of this course- February 18, 2013 - April 15, 2013)<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Teach your group of learners the skills learned through the online course<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Help your learners produce some form of media for submission to AYV international.</span><u></u><u></u> <br /><u></u><u></u> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a number of activities allocated to each week.  The course programme is attached. J The participating teachers have access to AYV forums and tutorials so that if they lack certain skills they have opportunity to learn them in addition to participating in the online course.<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdchaqTeqAhCmKA-bSd-1Mf09pS8Aq8JwvW6OhSwGlz_-grhIQgdYExl5EqYUAdz2b6MzwEopbhqtQICqmbGdtpPA_eHHZLfLSA82525-QC73MRvg3XBB7bvqQ3cJF-fepO4JZmfN-gI/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p6cgFVR5BkwUG5Tch8_NlRLKZPXPIyfmOUWO2qlqZ9i2L7-ZwOv1SiYTd0U_tAJx6U8yRc_UnU49Wz27UGOkZCcEqy72FKnfjKUJKM0ASBdmd33MvXOmr1DWvRCHurzd7AE70FBvdU4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the end of this course you will understand: </span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The philosophy of the Adobe Youth Voices program and what is expected of you, your sites and the youth you are working with as part of the program. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Models of instructional practice as they relate to working with youth and media. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The value and methodologies of youth media making. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The various media formats in which youth work can be created. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steps and strategies to facilitating effective youth media making. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Community connections and strategies for building and engaging audiences.</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>More details</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">You can download these forms here to find out more information:<br />a) <a href="https://www.box.com/s/uu3oys5q2xznc05c8y83">Educator application</a><br />b) <a href="https://www.box.com/s/y4es6jgtn4x09xq6s2gx">Information Form</a><br />c) <a href="https://www.box.com/s/r5jgvw378pmbogbmfhic" target="_blank">Course syllabus</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Why not </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> apply?</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to apply, please contact <a href="mailto:omashani@schoolnet.org.za">omashani@schoolnet.org.za</a></span></span></div>

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People I Can't Get Enough Of

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last night on Facebook, I asked for suggestions as to what to write about for today, and I received a modicum of suggestions, but none better than the one provided by Jayman.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrp8VZrOyAR4ZY6WuXUk1C-e5atc_6nHswftuao1GfJloIX4s2YykH28ALKqi7K6h8QhixAvIxITxzSisZ52dQ7jIIQvTjp5NBhFISv8Bz-rrv88Lei0XDIhSeNl9-nDhdYXvJSeMpV0/s1600/Katherine+Webb+Hot+Sexy+Nude+Super+Bowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrp8VZrOyAR4ZY6WuXUk1C-e5atc_6nHswftuao1GfJloIX4s2YykH28ALKqi7K6h8QhixAvIxITxzSisZ52dQ7jIIQvTjp5NBhFISv8Bz-rrv88Lei0XDIhSeNl9-nDhdYXvJSeMpV0/s400/Katherine+Webb+Hot+Sexy+Nude+Super+Bowl.jpg" width="311" /></a>After last week of the IWS site trumpeting posts about people and things that Jay and I have had enough of, Jayman thought that perhaps I could write about people and things of which I cannot get enough.<br /><br />Say no more Jayman, and let’s get to it!!<br /><br />First and foremost, and without hesitation…My best friend evah, the uber-lovely Schmoopster.<br /><br />Ahhhhhhh, Schmoop.  I enjoy how she never tires of making fun of me and telling me what an egotistic asshole I am, but…She never fails to impart that fact upon me without love. And well…she may be the only person I have ever known where I can just sit with her, say a nary a word all night, and consider it a good time.  I love her.<br /><br />Of course there is also the aforementioned Jayman. He is one funny fucker, and you people don’t know the half of it.  Oh the things I could tell you, but I won’t, because, well…I like him, and respect him and his love of history, because I am a history FREAK as well.  I like Jayman so much that I overlook his taste for Vienna Sausages.  Man, those are as nasty as Jayman is a sweetheart.  Uuch.<br /><br />How can I do a post about people that I cannot get enough of without mentioning Missy?  She is one hot Miss. Ha.  See what I did there?  Miss is one of my best friends ever and has the uncanny knack of offering up quotes which when taken out of context, are hilarious (see right sidebar).  And well…she’s hot.<br /><br />You know who else I can’t get enough of?  Katherine Webb.  She is so hot and talented.  I found this out the other day when my TV told me so.  She is just so super crazy good looking and knows how to work a microphone.<br /><br />I can’t wait for her insight on the Super Bowl which she will cover for <i>Inside Edition</i>.  I bet she will have it going on, and probably win a Peabody Award like Bill O’Reilly did.  She’s…that…good.<br /><br />Seriously though?<br /><br />I can’t get enough of Jon Meacham.  I love him and hate him at the same time.  He's 43, acts likes he’s 63, and has an IQ of 8,000.  He is my man crush.  I only wish he would add an “h” to the spelling of his name.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BVBhU-MOvPesxq6770PbkzY2eRxTEuqg1x7xC6PhtxJCYEGsdqXhENUJxKKe3h_6v3gr41JM8cs8QYOIixxr5UXgIGL5ntFkbIxIsS4uBMqVdZFZQuIAMcYGPJ8EFfCDDVtLVDTfpZQ/s1600/Manti+Teo+Imaginary+Girlfriend+Notre+Dame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BVBhU-MOvPesxq6770PbkzY2eRxTEuqg1x7xC6PhtxJCYEGsdqXhENUJxKKe3h_6v3gr41JM8cs8QYOIixxr5UXgIGL5ntFkbIxIsS4uBMqVdZFZQuIAMcYGPJ8EFfCDDVtLVDTfpZQ/s400/Manti+Teo+Imaginary+Girlfriend+Notre+Dame.jpg" width="337" /></a>Chrissie Hynde and Dolores O’Riordan.  If someone pulled a Manti Te’o on me and lied to me by saying that those two vixens were coming over for a three way with me, I would have a stroke due to all the blood rushing from my brain down to my naughty bits.  I listen to those two every night on You Tube.<br /><br />SPAM, Johnsonville Brats, and Hamburger Helper, they're not people, but…Love them all. You say it’s not good for me?  Maybe not, but try to tell me that when I am sopping up the residue of each with a heavily buttered Pillsbury Grands biscuit..  Uh-huh, thought so.<br /><br />Eh, there a lot of things of which I can’t get enough, but mainly, I can never have to much friendship, and I have received  a lot of that lately, especially through the recent, <i>"Schmoop Scare of Aught 12."</i>  I like it, and thank you.<br /><br />I can be one sarcastic prick, but really?  I treasure my friends, and while I can be a jerk from time to time even where my friends are involved, well…I love you guys and can't get enough of you.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank">@MattMan_IWS</a></span></i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Annnnnd...If you missed the IWS Radio Show LIVE on Saturday, you can catch all the angst ridden hilarity right c'here...</i><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4287877&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4287877&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;">Listen to <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/">internet radio</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">Im With Stupid</a> on Blog Talk Radio</div></div>

People I Can't Get Enough Of

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