THE BEST PIECE OF SOFTWARE I’VE DOWNLOADED IN YEARS: ADBLOCK PLUS

I received the following software suggestion from Daniel Pink: “Ads on the web are kinda creepy, right? Say you visit a sports goods site looking for swim goggles, but don’t buy anything. For the next week, that jilted vendor will follow you to every other place you visit — your bank, your local newspaper, that…

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8 Tips to Master a More Paperless Life With Evernote

The original version of this article was  posted by Taylor Pipes on 22 Apr 2015 online. COMMENT When the first Earth Day was proposed at the suggestion of Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, paper was the primary means of communication and conveyance. Many things have changed since then, but today we still rely on paper…

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Hack Your Decision Making

Entrepreneur Derek Sivers simply changed the way he said yes, and he found it lead to stronger decisions and more positive commitments. His decision making processed is summed up very nicely in this one minute YouTube video:   You can also read more about Derek Sivers’ decision making process in this LifeHacker article: Changing the Way You…

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How to nail the dreaded phone interview

This is a re-post from Dan Miller’s 48 Days blog at: http://eepurl.com/blkaJb by: Dan Miller (http://www.48days.com/) Studies have shown that 90% of communication is nonverbal.  So how do you shine in the increasingly popular phone interview?  You can’t take advantage of your good looks, great wardrobe, firm handshake, eye contact, and JLo perfume.  But there…

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Fun with testing???

While some educators have a very negative attitude towards testing, some educators like the teachers at Cedar Grove Elementary School in South Carolina have decided to have some fun with preparing for ACT Aspire. Could this make a difference on the day of the test? I have always believed that the attitude of the adults…

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Students in South Carolina are “ACT-ing!”

This video is another great example of how educators can have some fun with assessment. Please check out this video created by middle school teachers Justin Goldsmith and James Hogue at Legacy Charter School in Greenville. These teachers, created a rap video with some friends from Anderson University to pump students up with lyrics like…

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Carolina Classrooms: Changes to Student Assessment

In April of 2015, South Carolina is changing the way it tests students in our public school system.  SCETV has recorded the video below with an assessment professional from the State Department of Education along with a school district representative to talk about those changes and what they mean to parents and students. More information about…

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The death of, “I don’t know how to do that!”

This is a re-post from Jon Acuff’s blog (http://acuff.me/2015/01/funeral-probably-missed/): JANUARY 20, 2015 The funeral you probably missed… Very few people came to the funeral. It was a quiet ceremony without a lot of fan fare. No one spoke at the service because we were all so glad to see it go. Death is never easy…

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FREE: MS Outlook app for iOS and Android!

If you like Outlook on your desktop or laptop computer, you have probably found the stock email and calendar programs for iOS and Android somewhat lacking. Recently, Microsoft purchased a great little app maker called Acompli (www.acompli.com/) and converted it into the mobile version of Outlook. I think it works extremely well and I would…

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