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5.000 CyberLearning Scholarships

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On 3 December 2012, the National Education Foundation (NEF) CyberLearning, has announced that the initiative to provide 100% tuition scholarships to a 5,000 low and middle income individuals will be given to individuals seeking to advance their 21st century job skills.

NEF, the national non-profit leader in IT and Business online education, the winner of the Global Digital Literacy Champion Award contributes in bridging the IT and digital divides accessible. U.S. Department of Labour is supporting this initiative.

In the U.S. there are 13 million people looking for jobs and 3 million jobs looking for qualified skilled people, so this will contribute in balancing the discrepancies.

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How to succeed as an online college student?

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Everyone always talks about the way that online education is changing the way that people learn, but you—the student—need to develop a unique set of skills in order to make the courses you do take online worthwhile. The technology, the setting and amount of effort you have to put in to succeed really are different when your course is taking place primarily in a virtual classroom. Some of these might seem obvious, but these tips might just save you this semester.

Choose the right program.

This can be hard to do ahead of time, but with a little research you can find out what type of career you really want and what educational path you need to take to get there. It’s discouraging and stressful to try and succeed in a bunch of classes that you aren’t well-suited for. Find a degree program that will give you the career options, earnings potential and life satisfaction that you know you want. Planning is the path to happiness.
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Brave new learning

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The technology is transforming the traditional classroom, blackboards, chalks and brick-thick textbooks are being replaced by tablet computers and classrooms with virtual learning rooms. Worldwide governments are advancing electronic learning in local schools by rolling out pilot schemes and granting funds, maximizing the benefits of e-learning.

Ambient Insight, has researched the e-learning, and has established that inquiry-based learning paves the way to a successful future for students in a digital economy. Student – centered scheme is becoming a global trend.

Apart from the new and interesting modes of learning, another important aspect in this industry is the level of earning. According to the report from Ambient Insight it is estimated that that the world’s e-learning market will be worth US$49.6 billion by 2014 and that Asia will be the fastest-growing region.
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Brilliant outdoor games with kids

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“Build an amazing volcano in the backyard with the kids this spring or go outside to preserve a wonderful spiderweb.”

There is no doubt that spring time is outdoor time! This is the right time to do simply brilliant things with your child outdoors and have fun yourself.

In the direction of helping you find the most amusing things with you the Kids Activities Blog has been established. It is a website created by two moms, who collectively have 9 children, Rachel Miller and Holly Homer from June Cleaver Nirvana. Their daily goal to inspire parents and teachers to play with kids and inspire them to do fun and entertaining things, it is interactive website that publishes simple things to do with kids on a twice a day basis. Kids Activities Blog is a really great tool for moms and teachers to find kid-friendly activities that create memories and sneak learning into the fun.

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Manage attention problems in 15 steps

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It is needless to say that the attention is needed in every segment of our lives, but when you have startegies in enhancing attention and managing attention problems your learning is more productive and you achieve better results.

The listing below is by no means exhaustive, but it is rather meant as a place to begin. There is no doubt that the best resources for strategies are the creative, inventive minds of enlightened assessment professionals, teachers and parents, in partnership with the students they serve. Only, together they can create multiple alternative strategies.
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