Stop Losing Your TV Remote

Attach a small strip of velcro to the side of your
television set, and another small strip to the back of
your remote control.

When you're done using the remote for the day, just stick
it to the side of the TV. You'll know exactly where it is
tomorrow.

Source: www.getorganizednow.com

Creating Time Pockets

A time pocket is a specific length of time within yourday, or week, that is set aside to do something. Here aretwo examples of how you can use time pockets in yourlife:

A) You're waiting for some extra time to magically comeinto your life to begin learning how to speak French.That time never seems to arrive. By the way, it neverwill--unless you make that time. So, you set up a'French Time Pocket' from 8:00 to 9:00pm on Mondays andFridays and you use this time to begin learning French.Nothing except a major emergency should interfere withyour French Time Pocket, and within a few weeks, youshould begin to have a beginners French vocabulary.

B) You love to surf the net, but you're spending threehours each night doing so and you can't get anything elsedone. The dishes are piling in the sink, the laundry isoverflowing and the dust bunnies have taken over yourfurniture. Get everything back in control by schedulingan 'Internet Time Pocket' of 10:00 to 10:30 each night.That will give you 210 minutes per week to surf the net,but you'll also have plenty of time to catch up on yourcleaning.

Whether you are NOT spending enough time doing something,or you're spending TOO MUCH time doing something,creating time pockets in your life can help.

Soruce: www.getorganizednow.com

AIM

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too
high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

*Michelangelo

Came across these links on Science. I'm yet to explore.

http://whyfiles.org/interactives/index.html

http://weequest.info/science.htm

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is
not an act, but a habit." -- Aristotle

Preparing feed back form

From Anupama G on TWIN - 17th June, 2003

Hi,

Here are a few questions that some of our team members have come up with that could form part of a training session feedback form. They include questions eliciting feedback on the session, the trainer and the actual presentation. Various rating parameters are used for different types of questions, some of them being:
Completely, Partially, Not at All
Excellent, Very Good, Good, Satisfactory, Poor

Understanding the scenarios in which your trainees will work after having attended the training is important. Based on this, you can provide multiple choices to your trainees to answer specific questions. The more granular and specific you make the feedback form, the more useful results will you get.

Session Feedback
1.Were the objectives of this course clear?
2.Has the course fulfilled its stated objectives?
3.List out topics that must be covered in greater depth.
4.List out topics that must be covered more briefly.
5.List out any suggestions that you may have to improve the course.
6.List out any topics that you may have noticed lacking in the course.
7.Were you encouraged to ask questions?
8.Were all your questions answered satisfactorily?
9.If your answer to question 8 was No, was a date and time communicated to you, by when your queries would be answered?
10.Did the session encourage group participation?
11.Was the group participation moderated effectively?

Course/Material Feedback
1.Does the course material clearly bring out the concepts described during the presentation?
2.Are the concepts brought out through sufficient examples?
3.Are the assignments: Just right, Too difficult, Too easy
4.Are the handouts relevant to the course?
5.Was this session useful to you?
6.Can you work independently on a project based on the information / concepts explained in this session?
7.If your answer to question 5 was No, in which areas do you think you require assistance?
8.Can you work independently after going through the course material and spending some more time understanding the concepts? If yes, how much time would you require?
9.Any further comments/suggestions.

Presenter Feedback
1.Articulation skills
2.Flow of topics
3.Time management
4.Ability to troubleshoot
5.Ability to initiate class participation
6.Any further comments/suggestions

Presentation Feedback
1.Did the presentation achieve its objectives?
2.Did the presentation exceed its time?
3.Rate the quality of the presentation in terms of:
Language
Aesthetics
Sound quality (microphone)
4.Did the presentation equipment pose any problems?

What other sessions would complement this training?

Hope this helps,
Anu

Quote: Kindness

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind
can see."

*Mark Twain {1835-1910 American Writer & Humorist}

An interesting link:

How everyday things are made

http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/

Quote on Love

"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each
other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

*Antoine de Saint-Exupery {1900-1944 French Poet}

Algebra related link:

http://internet4classrooms.com/gateway_algebra.htm

Six honest serving men
-Rudyard Kipling

I keep six honest serving men.
They taught me all I knew.
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

I send them over land and sea,
I send them East and West,
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.

I let them rest from nine to five,
For I am busy then,
As well at breakfast, lunch and tea,
For they are hungry men.

But different folk have different views,
I know a person small,
She keeps ten million serving men,
Who get no rest at all!
She sends them abroad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes:
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!

Interesting Site

www.answerbag.com

Answerbag is a user-generated collection of frequently asked questions. It is built and moderated by users – you can look for answers, post answers, or post questions.


Spoonerism link

http://www.fun-with-words.com/spoon_history.html



23 Hours to a Great Marketing Plan
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,270382,00.html


Geography Link
http://www.gwhat.org/

School furniture link
http://www.allschoolsupplies.com/clasdes.html


Tool to identify broken html links
http://linkchecker.sourceforge.net/

Paddle boat kit
http://www.netfysh.com/prods/prod_ip16.html

http://www.kazootoys.com/crafpadboatr.html


Shape puzzles
http://gallerycrafts.com/puzzles.htm

Magnetism activity
http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/01-027/k-4_1.pdf

Science kits
http://www.kelvin.com/sci_activities.html

http://www.hallbar.com/sciencekits.html

http://www.smv.org/pubs/PSSolutionsPaddle.pdf

http://www.teachersonly.com/twc1.htm

http://www.teachersonly.com/twc.list.htm#p1

http://www.pack1421.org/hovercraft/personal-hovercraft-cd_balloon.htm


JPEG Compression


For Jpeg compression try this amazing Jpeg Optimizer. It's way better than
Photoshop...

http://www.xat.com/jpeg_optimizer/jpeg_optimizer.shtml

Download file [1.31mb]
http://www.xatech.com/jpopt3.exe

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~rapidproto/students/tuanl/project1/concept1.htm

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~rapidproto/students/tuanl/project1/concept3.htm

Balloon Racer
http://www.funforalltoys.com/products/just_for_fun_8/balloon_racer/balloon_racer.html


Diode types
LED
Photo diodes
Zener
Schottky diodes


HCI Course details

http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/~anirudha/it_604.htm


Skype launches free conference calling

Skype today announced the world's first P2P Internet telephony conference
calling feature. Skype conference calling allows up to five friends to chat
together on one call. The new feature is very easy to use and like regular
Skype calls they are free, unlimited and excellent quality. Making a
conference call has never been easier, cheaper or so much fun. . For more
details visit.....

http://skype.com/


Elevator Speech

http://www.succeedinginbusiness.com/catalog/ElevatorSpeech-pop.shtml

http://www.craigspeaks.com/elevator_speech.html

http://www.avnmembers.co.uk/knowledgebase/Business/elevatorspeech.htm

http://www.businessknowhow.com/money/elevator.htm

Free Screen Capturing Tool

http://www.gimp.org


PowerPoint Tutorials

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tutorials/ew_ppt.htm

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tutorials/PowerPoint.ppt



PowerPoint and Education
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppedu.html


PowerPoint in Maths Education
http://www.ceres.k12.ca.us/iweb/lessons/Monica's%20Math/

Lessons with PowerPoint
http://www.ceres.k12.ca.us/iweb/lessons/
http://www.2july.co.uk/powerpoint.htm#GCSE Mathematics

Math Links
http://www.2july.co.uk/links.htm



Learning on the Fly: On-Line Tutorials Teach It All!

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr158.shtml


A collection of Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias:

http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/hyperref.html


Add/change/remove standard security in the PDF documents.

Download this trial version and add/change/remove security settings.

http://www.perfectdownloads.com/business-finance/helpdesk-remote-pc/profpdf-protection-manager.htm

Glossaries

www.glossarist.com


HTML TO PDF

PDF995 available at www.pdf995.com

HTMLDOC
http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/software.php

Word Counter
http://www.wordcounter.com/


Wordcounter ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text.
Use this to see what words you overuse (is everything a "solution" for you?)
or maybe just to find some keywords from a document.

Frame Maker Resources

http://docsys.web.cern.ch/docsys/framemaker/gettingstarted.html

Interesting Links

www.geminfo.org

http://www.youramazingbrain.org.uk/asp/search.asp


FAQ page can contain 'what-if-I' and 'how-do-I' questions.


Training Manuals and Presentations

http://www.loyola.edu/tsc/training/documents.html


A History of the Internet

http://www.loyola.edu/tsc/training/documents/presentations/History_of_Internet.pps


An Introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web

http://www.loyola.edu/tsc/training/documents/presentations/Introduction_to_WWW.pps


Metadata: seven tips for writing better keywords

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2004/nt_2004_03_01_keywords.htm

English Resource: Phonogram

http://www.janbrett.com/phonograms/phonogram_fc_main.htm

Random Test Generator-pro

http://www.hirtlesoftware.com/p_rtgpro.htm

Quiz/Test softwares

http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Educational/Teachers_Help/Test_Authoring/?il=1

Free software in Education and Teachinghttp://www.ofset.org/freeduc/

Free Quiz Program

http://bcrc.bio.umass.edu/projects/duck/

MS Word tip

When setting style for second line for numbering.

Go to format, numbering, customize, indent at..enter the no which is the entry at..
format, paragraph, tabs..

Flip-over

http://aesop.creighton.edu/jcupub/FlipOvers2.jpg


Coverting PowerPoint to Flash presentation

http://articulateglobal.com/presenter.html

Extract

Articulate Presenter lets non-technical users create rich-media presentations by integrating narration and interactivity with a standard PowerPoint® file. At the press of the button, your presentation is transformed to a compelling Flash experience.

Why I Blog my Postgrad Course

Dan Saffer is pursing a master's degree in interaction design at Carnegie Mellon and he blogs his course. Read more at

http://www.elearningpost.com/features/archives/002351.asp

Added 'Comments' feature.

Visit www.powerbullet.com

Extract:
Create a slick animated Flash presentation by typing, clicking and dragging. Drop in sounds and images from other sources. Paste in formatted text from other applications.

Free Quiz creating application (web based)

Extract from:
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/index.jsp


QuizStar is a FREE web-based program!

NEW QuizStar is based on teacher comments and suggestions from the past four years. We are committed to developing resources that help educators use the power of the Internet in teaching and learning.

Extract from:

http://www.campussource.de/org/

CampusSource

Aim of this initiative, which is funded by the Ministry of Science and Research of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), is to set up cooperative processes for the development of software systems and modules as well as the creation and operation of an infrastructure for computer and network based teaching and learning at universities. The efforts of single university projects will be brought together and the Open Source platforms as technical requirement of a virtual university will be provided for use and further development to everyone interested.


You need to register to download any software

Quiz creator - Freeware

http://www.sofotex.com/cgi-bin/ls/page.cgi?page=download&link=10972

Extract:
Quiz-Buddy Lite Publisher's Description:
Quiz-Buddy Lite - a learning and test-preparation tool.It is a free version of a more sophisticated Quiz-Buddy.The program comes with quizzes for learningMultiplication and State Capitals.Learning is accomplished through answering a number of multiple-choice questions.Quiz-Buddy Lite can be successfully used even by small children, as long as they know their way around the computer.Quiz-Buddy Lite is free for personal use.

Free education software: Ray's Letters and Numbers

Extract:
Ray's Letters and Numbers Publisher's Description:
Free, fun to use educational software for children aged 3-6. A great way to teach the alphabet, numbers, counting, simple spelling, keyboard skills and much more. Simple, entertaining, educational games which your child will want to play again and again.

http://www.sofotex.com/Rays-Letters-and-Numbers-download_L7715.html

http://guir.berkeley.edu/courses/cs198/papers/mediaeq.pdf

http://guir.berkeley.edu/courses/cs198/papers/mediaeq.pdf

Guide to Grammer and Writing

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

How to edit an Index

http://www.stc.org/48thConf/postconf/WE7N_How_to_Edit_an_Index.pdf

Indexing resources

www.bayside-indexing.com

www.i-torque.us

Resource Link

SCORM training http://www.readygo.com/aicc/
Web course builder tutorials http://www.readygo.com/wcb_english/index.htm
EBusiness Q & A guide http://www.readygo.com/eb_english/index.htm
Elearning center library index http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/index.html
British American English http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html
Vnu download sessions http://www.pqhp.com/vnu/
techLEARNING.com Technology &
Learning - The Resource for
Education Technology http://techlearning.com/pdq/archives.jhtml
Common errors in English http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Resource	Link
SCORM training	http://www.readygo.com/aicc/
Web course builder tutorials	http://www.readygo.com/wcb_english/index.htm
EBusiness Q & A guide	http://www.readygo.com/eb_english/index.htm
Elearning center library index	http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/index.html
British American English	http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html
Vnu download sessions	http://www.pqhp.com/vnu/
techLEARNING.com  Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology	http://techlearning.com/pdq/archives.jhtml
Common errors in English	http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

Resource	Link
SCORM training	http://www.readygo.com/aicc/
Web course builder tutorials	http://www.readygo.com/wcb_english/index.htm
EBusiness Q & A guide	http://www.readygo.com/eb_english/index.htm
Elearning center library index	http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/index.html
British American English	http://www.bg-map.com/us-uk.html
Vnu download sessions	http://www.pqhp.com/vnu/
techLEARNING.com  Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology	http://techlearning.com/pdq/archives.jhtml
Common errors in English	http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome."*William James {1842-1910 American Psychologist & Author}

"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!*Dwight Eisenhower {1890-1969 34th US President

"A goal is created three times. First as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take action towards its achievement."*Gary Ryan Blair {The Goals Guy}

"When someone attaches unkindness to criticism, she's angry.Angry people need to criticize as an outlet for their anger.That's why you must reject unkind criticism. Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish."*Barbara Sher {American Author}

"Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all."*Brian Tracy {American Trainer, Speaker, Author & Businessman}

"When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.*Brian S. Wesbury {American Economist & Author}

"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."*Nathaniel Hawthorne {1804-1864 American Novelist}

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming,is the only end in life."*Robert Louis Stevenson {1850-1894 Scottish Author & Poet}

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in orderto enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, witha finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrichthe world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."*Woodrow Wilson {1856-1924 28th US President}

"The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time."*Abraham Lincoln {1809-1865, 16th US President}

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."*Calvin Coolidge 1872-1933 {13th US President}

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You cantell whether a man is wise by his questions."*Naguib Mahfouz {Egyptian Writer and Nobel Prize winner}

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."*Henry Ford {1863-1947 American Industrialist}

"The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed."*Lloyd Jones {1899-1981 Welsh Theologian}

"The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."*Adam Smith {1723-1790 Scottish Economist}

"Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance."*Brian Tracy {American Trainer, Speaker, Author & Businessman}

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. *Socrates, philosopher (469?-399 BCE)

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance."*Confucius {551?-479 BC Chinese Philosopher}

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice;it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."*William Jennings Bryan {1860-1925 American Politician}

"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."*Walter Bagehot {1826-1877 British Economist}

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points outhow the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds couldhave done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actuallyin the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood;who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again;who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spendshimself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end thetriumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, atleast fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall neverbe with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory ordefeat."*Theodore Roosevelt

"I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purelypersonal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimousaccord in truth or belief, and a harmony of purpose, rather thanof personality. I am weary of personality. Let us be easy andimpersonal .... trying to create a new life, a new common life,a new complete tree of life from the roots that are within us."*DH Lawrence {1885-1930 British Author}

"We have the power to choose and to exercise that power withoutgiving control of it to situations. We cannot change anythingbut our own perspective and response, yet in that changing wechange the world around us by becoming an instrument of insightand awareness."*Gail Pursell Elliott, "The Dignity and Respect Lady"

"Whatever you do in life, echoes thru eternity."*Maximus {From the movie Gladiator}

"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."*Henry Ford

"Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal valueslike love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underliesand gives reality to all other virtues and personal values.Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Withoutcourage our fidelity becomes conformism.*Rollo May

"When you engage in systematic, purposeful action, using andstretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help butfeel positive and confident about yourself."*Brian Tracy {American Trainer, Speaker, Author & Businessman}

"If you are not going to be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need have you for tomorrow?"*Rabbi Nahman of Breslov

"Technology will never replace teachers, but teachers who use technology will replace those who do not"
There is no security on this Earth. There is only Opportunity.Douglas McArthur

"Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches"ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory."*Herbert Kaufman

Knowledge is what remains when the learning stops.
Learning is the best wealth; it is easy to carry, thieves cannot steal it, and tyrants cannot seize it; neither fire nor water can destroy it; and far from decreasing, it increases by giving.~ Naladiyar

"Content creators are the engine that drives value in the information life cycle."*Barry Schaeffer, on XML-Doc
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. -John Morley, statesman and writer (1838-1923)

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."*Helen Keller {1880-1968 American Blind/Deaf Author & Motivator}

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."*Sydney J. Harris {1917-1986 American Journalist & Author}

"It is not enough to have great qualities, we should also have the management of them."*Francois de La Rochefoucald {1613-1680 French Writer}

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."· Anais Nin·
Words form the thread on which we string our experiences. -Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)
There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible.-Marcel Proust, novelist (1871-1922)

In solitude, when we are least alone. -Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door. -Henry Ward Beecher, preacher and writer (1813-1887)

"There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence"*Vince Lombardi {1913-1970 American Football Coach}

'Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.'- Albert Einstein-

"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying."*Francis Bacon {1561-1626 English Philosopher}

Battling the Six Evil Geniuses of Essay Writing

Charles King, Georgetown University

http://www.apsanet.org/PS/march98/king.cfm

American Political Science Association (APSA)

Death by PowerPoint

"http://www.businessworldindia.com/Dec1503/invogue.asp

"Trainers need to stop confusing the activity with the goal. People get very locked in on the means, rather than the end. Learning and performance are the goals."

Gloria Gery

Open source LMS links:

http://www.edtechpost.ca/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EdTechPost/OpenSourceCourseManagementSystems

www.moodle.com