September 2007 - Posts
I want to invest in others. Being able to give money to those that need it is great. There is only one obstacle that is stopping me from this goal - I'm not rich. My luck! Not having enough money stops me from investing in others! Kiva (kiva.org) allows
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Want to volunteer and teach English as a Second Language? I started Classrooms Without Walls to provide ESL lessons to anyone who wants to learn English free of charge. It doesn’t matter if they are from Asia, South America, the United States, etc. In
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My job requires me to write. I write computer documentation, some marketing materials, business-related documents, and correspond with business people throughout Asia. The most important rule for writing is to know your audience! In real estate, the three
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I had fun teaching my last class and my students had fun learning. The class focused on reading and pronouncing dollars and cents amounts. For example, my students have problems pronouncing $123.19 and $123.90. Nineteen and ninety sound similar, especially
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Teaching online is a very popular concept. I use it to teach English as a Second Language. Skype or any Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) program is essential. Most instant messenging programs (YahooIM, MSN Messenger, etc.) offer this functionality.
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It is interesting. I happened to write about the elderly and found this interesting article about a 95-year old blogger. Click here to read her blog .
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One of the best aspects of writing a blog is the feedback that readers share with me. I want to share with you a website that one of my readers shared with me - www.goamericaforseniorcitizens.org. This site provides some interesting facts. It also shows
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This past Saturday, I took my dad and a cousin to another cousin’s Bat Mitzvah. My dad is 84 and I believe that my cousin is about 89. As we drove through the different towns and cities on the way to the temple, my dad and cousin pointed out the different
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Students learn at different levels. It doesn’t matter if you are a child or an adult. Some students in one school year may gain two grades of Math skills while they may need two years to earn one year of English skills. I think it makes more sense to
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I read an interesting article in Fast Company , a business magazine. It discussed corporate involvement in public schools. It featured a new high school in West Philadelphia, Philadelphia's School of the Future. Click here to read the complete article.
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This semester my main responsibility is to teach both my ESL students and my online students the four types of writing, narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive. I placed some examples on the blog that my students use. Click here to continue
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I received an email today from Gala University to teach ESL online. I'm not familiar with them, but I'm in the process of learning about them. I thought I'd share the link with you. It shows how online education is becoming more popular and illustrates
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The quote that begins Chapter 3, pg 27, illustrates the importance of education and the poverty that exists in many parts of the world. "Tell us, if there were one thing we could do for your village, what would it be?" "With all respect, Sahib, you have
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I put together a website for my Classrooms Without Walls project. This is my "using Skype to teach the world English as a Second Language" project. If you have a minute, I'd appreciate if you take a look at it. Share this post: Email It | Bookmark It
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In a previous post I discussed how I was using Skype to teach people in other countries English as a Second Language. Although I believe I'll create a 501c non-profit to grow this concept, I was curious to see if people would pay for this service. I have
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I always like to know a bit about the authors of books I read. The author of Three Cups of Tea is Greg Mortenson . He is the co-founder of the Central Asian Institute that in their own words, " promote(s) and provide(s) community-based education and literacy
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I started reading Three Cups of Tea . As expected, its a good read! The first thing that comes to mind as I read this book (and that came to mind when I read Leaving Microsoft to Change the World ) is how little is necessary to live. It makes you think
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I believe the Internet is an excellent medium to help people across the globe. In my past entries, I talked about how I am using the Internet to teach English as a Second Language to people from different countries. I also mentioned that I'm seriously
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