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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The 2010 National Presidential Election

2010 election results out in 2 days - Smartmatic


It will only take two days or less for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to come up with the complete and accurate results of next year’s national elections, the winning bidder in the multibillion poll automation project assured on Wednesday.

“We are comfortable that within one or two days, we will have all the results for all the positions, nationwide," said Cesar Flores, sales director of Smartmatic which, along with partner Total Information Management (TIM), bagged the P11.3-billion project for the 2010 elections.

Comelec OKs 'total' gun ban for 2010 elections

Starting February 9 next year, a total gun ban will be in effect nationwide for the duration of the 2010 election campaign period, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has said.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Teaching High School Students

Teaching Tips

How to teach young children in a homeschool. Teaching tips, methods and ideas for teaching such things as spelling, creativity, English, science, writing, math in fun, creative lessons, using Bloom's Taxonomy to improve their thinking processes. It isn't hard for parents to learn the ways top teachers instruct.


Adding Humor (and Fun) to Homeschooling
Home schooling is one of the most serious responsibilities one can undertake, but that doesn't mean it must be a somber experience. Not only does humor generate enthusiasm, it increases the likelihood of retaining knowledge. By Lois Corcoran.

Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains NEW
Creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding, and remembering. Help understanding how well your child has learned these skills.

A Comparison of Different Methods & Approaches to Home Education
This article will compare some of the different methods and approaches to home education with which many of you are already familiar. Author is proponent of the Classical approach.

Effective Teaching With Games
As a homeschool mom, I used games extensively and found that with a little imagination, it is possible to teach nearly everything (at least to some extent) in a game format. By Carolyn Forte, The Link.

Flipping the Tables
When Your Children Become Your Teachers. "It's OK, Mom," said my children. "We will help you. Everyone learns at their own speed." By Sue Smith-Heavenrich, HEM J/A 03.

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Homeschooling Tips and Time Savers
Use a checklist. Use your answering machine. Simplify dinner. Learn to say, "No!"

I Think, Therefore I . . . Fill in the Blanks?
Workbooks are not teachers and are rarely an indicator of a student's ability to understand or to think beyond the literal level. By Kathryn Stout.

Learning and Doing Science
Typical science activities include observing, measuring, categorizing, asking questions, forming a hypothesis (guessing how something works), proposing solutions, trying solutions (experimenting), summarizing findings, evaluating results, recycling back to observing, and sometimes reporting.

The Moore Formula
How to teach with low stress, low cost, high success and behavior. After 55 years of teaching teachers and students, and managing education at all levels, we give you here and in The Handbook secrets of all the ages to avoid or cure burnout and failure, to bring success beyond normal hopes.

My Lesson in Semantics
Sometimes when Jorgen and Siri express their desires and goals for the day, I find myself judging whether or not they fit into any of the categories I would consider as legitimate learning. By Melanie Lien Palm , HEM J/A 04.

Myth #4 "You Need Teacher Training, Dearie"
Over the years you've developed many characteristics as a parent that transfer well and can help in your new role as homeschooling parent. By Linda Dobson

Natural Nature Learning
Our family hasn't been blessed with acres of property off in the country for our children to frolic to their hearts content. But a small city lot and many local parks have offered us tremendous opportunities for outdoor learning activities. By Deborah Taylor-Hough.

Of a Flat Universe and the Nature of Science
What children really need to know is that science is not just a series of facts. Rather, it is the ability to tell a good story, based on available evidence. And when the evidence changes, the story gets transformed along with it. by David Albert, HEM.

On killing creativity in children
If intrinsic motivation is one key to a child's creativity, the crucial element in cultivating it is time: open-ended time for the child to savor and explore a particular activity or material to make it her own. Perhaps one of the greatest crimes adults commit against a child's creativity is robbing the child of such time.

Patience
The longer you homeschool, the better you get at patiently answering the same question many times. You also get better at waiting for the answers to questions you've asked in order to make your child come to a certain conclusion. By Barbara Frank.

Stuffing Technology into the Curriculum
The choice of tools to support student learning should come after the designer has clarified learning goals and considered which strategies are most likely to produce results. By Jamie McKenzie

Teaching Tips
Children's education is extremely important, whether you are a parent who has them in school or are homeschooling or you are a teacher. Here is a gathering of tips and ideas for you to refer to time and again.

Three R's at Home
Think over your day with your child at home... How any times did your child come up with a thoughtful question, a sincere wondering, a puzzling observation? Count yourself lucky if the question count was high, for this is a treasure reserved especially for homeschoolers. By Susan and Howard Richman.

From: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/weblinks/tips.htm

Monday, January 4, 2010

Nice to Read

THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD


I dreamed I had an interview with God.
So you would like to interview me? God asked.
If you have the time I said.
God smiled. My time is eternity.
What questions do you have in mind for me?

What surprises you most about humankind?

God answered...
That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again.

That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health

That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.?

"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.

God's hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked...
As a parent, what are some of life's lessons
you want your children to learn?

To learn they cannot make anyone
love them. All they can do
is let themselves be loved.

To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.

To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness.

To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.

To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.

To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings.

To learn that two people can
look at the same thing
and see it differently.

To learn that it is not enough that they
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.

"Is there anything else
you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said,
Just know that I am here... always.

-author unknown

Teacher's Prayer I Keep With

TEACHER’S PRAYER

Lord Jesus, when you lived and worked and talked amongst men in Palestine, they called you Teacher.

Help me to remember the greatness of your work which has been given to me to do; that I work with the most precious material in the world, the mind of the youth. Help me always to remember that I am making marks upon that mind which time will never rub out.

Give me patience with those who are slow to learn, and even with those who refuse to learn. When I have to exercise discipline, help me to do so in sternness yet in love. Keep me from the sarcastic and the biting tongue, and help me always to encourage those who are doing their best, even if that best is not very good.

Help me to help my students, not only to store things in their memories, but to be able to use their minds, and to think for themselves. And amidst all the worries and the frustrations of my job, help me to remember that the future of the nation and of the world is in my hands. Amen.