Inflammation Nation was written by Floyd H. Chilton, Ph.D. and explains common inflammatory diseases and their causes. A good portion of the book is dedicated to eczema, which is dermatitis or skin inflammation. Many of those dealing with the disease could benefit from Dr. Chilton's explanation of eczema which not only dives into the "how to" but also the "whys" of the disease.
I was particularly impressed with three aspects of the book. One was his detailed explanation of the common causes of inflammation in the U.S. He presents information which points to things that most of eat, drink and do which are causing issues. If you've wondered why you've come down with eczema, then this book is for you.
Also equally as impressive was his systematical and extremely logical approach to eczema treatment. He gives you fundamental steps that you can take to reduce your overall risk for the disease, as well as steps to take rid yourself of eczema if you are already having issues. I tend to be drawn towards very practical ideas, and his book is chalk full of them.
Third, he presents a list of other issues and inflammatory diseases that are common because of the same reasons. I was particularly surprised and how often illnesses I've suffered could be related to simple, fixable issues that have put me at higher risk.
If you're looking for a great overall book on eczema inflammation and eczema treatment, then Inflammation Nation by Dr. Chilton may be the book you've been waiting to read.
Senin, 30 Oktober 2017
Senin, 23 Oktober 2017
K-12 Virtual Education - Making Sense of Online Curriculum Development & Virtual Teaching
I must say for a textbook this is a gripping read! Lynnette Porters "Developing an Online Curriculum" is in a class of its own. It is perfectly evident that a lot of thought went into the building of this very practical text. If you are a teacher or are planning to have anything to do with online education you must give this one a go! Porter methodically takes you on a journey behind the scenes in Online Education. Understanding the thought process behind creating online curriculum helps you develop an appreciation for the lengthy process of online delivery from creation to teaching and learning.
So much will be learned in the arena of online learning in the next 20 years. We will inevitably be in a very different place but I do believe that many of the core ideas raised in Porters book will stand the test of time.
"Interaction and socialization are keys to effective online education."
Incredibly throughout her book she references how to best deliver the materials you create. This focus is of course so very important as creating content that is not practical and has no benefit for the learner is a waste of time. Her emphasis on creating social and interactive online experiences shoes her dedication to effective teaching practices.
Porters text is not a boring regurgitation of technical verbage!. Her use of straightforward language makes this text a hugely user friendly guide! She offers tools to enable successful online teaching practice. She covers everything from teachers roles, learning styles, online communications, facilitating chat rooms, class projects and more. Her detailed sections on teacher student communications would benefit any teacher online or otherwise.
I have developed online classrooms and I found this book to be an absolute gem. It really had me understand all that I must encompass in my own online teaching practice to successfully and effectively share knowledge.
Often textbooks covering specialist subjects become an ego trip for the author. It is entirely refreshing to see experts understanding that everyone would like the opportunity to use the information they are sharing! Thanks Lynette for keeping it real and useful.
So much will be learned in the arena of online learning in the next 20 years. We will inevitably be in a very different place but I do believe that many of the core ideas raised in Porters book will stand the test of time.
"Interaction and socialization are keys to effective online education."
Incredibly throughout her book she references how to best deliver the materials you create. This focus is of course so very important as creating content that is not practical and has no benefit for the learner is a waste of time. Her emphasis on creating social and interactive online experiences shoes her dedication to effective teaching practices.
Porters text is not a boring regurgitation of technical verbage!. Her use of straightforward language makes this text a hugely user friendly guide! She offers tools to enable successful online teaching practice. She covers everything from teachers roles, learning styles, online communications, facilitating chat rooms, class projects and more. Her detailed sections on teacher student communications would benefit any teacher online or otherwise.
I have developed online classrooms and I found this book to be an absolute gem. It really had me understand all that I must encompass in my own online teaching practice to successfully and effectively share knowledge.
Often textbooks covering specialist subjects become an ego trip for the author. It is entirely refreshing to see experts understanding that everyone would like the opportunity to use the information they are sharing! Thanks Lynette for keeping it real and useful.
Senin, 16 Oktober 2017
How to Sell Your Comic Books From the 50's and 60's
FLAME ON!
With the recent interest by hollywood in comic books from the 50's and 60's and 70's and with the blockbuster box office hits like "Spiderman", "The X-men", "The Hulk", "The Punisher" and "The Fantastic Four", just to name a few, comic buyers and collectors have been frantically looking for the best way to get there comics to the market place. One of the main reasons for this renewed interest is that there's a whole new generation buyers that are just beginning to take notice of all things old. Have you noticed all the teenagers that have "found" The Beatles?
So, every collector knows about Comic Con and being able to sell their books to the local store or selling wholesale, retail, placing ads, trying eBay or Yahoo or even direct mail. But, EVERYONE knows about these same avenues so how do you stand out or even appear to be novel in such a saturated market? You need to know what the insiders and big players know. They aren't placing classified ads or renting booths at the local comic book show. No, they don't need to. They have systems and secrets that most comic book buyers and sellers never get in on!
It's Clobbering Time!
They know how to stop looking for buyers and actually have the buyers looking for them! Novel idea, eh? And most of them can do it anytime they feel like it. The big dogs with comic books from the 50's and 60's don't waste their time and money hanging posters on telephone poles or bulletin boards.
Well, Alan Lamont's "Comic Selling Secrets System" finally reveals just how it's done in REAL world of comic book buyers and collectors. Promoting a product that's not sold in stores he takes you through, step by step, the process that teaches you:
How to pick winners before they become "the next hot" item
Comic and Titles that you should have and KEEP
How to package even the most difficult comics to sell so the sell even faster
How to make money GIVING away comics for free
How to get people to buy comics at YOUR price
And much more...
Coming from a background where he's been collecting comic books for 21 years and ending up with over 400 boxes in his collection with 300 books per box, he relates how he got fed up with the comic cons, ads, auctions and trade shows and was ready to trash them all when he came upon a collector that knew how to move "hard to sell" collections. Now, he's taken those shared ideas and turned them into a book for the average joe collector that's frustrated trying to make his way through all the turmoil and confusion.
This is remarkable resource for anyone with comic books from the 50's and 60's and 70's that wants to capitalize on all of the excitement (and basically free advertising) being generated by the fine folks in Hollywood!
With the recent interest by hollywood in comic books from the 50's and 60's and 70's and with the blockbuster box office hits like "Spiderman", "The X-men", "The Hulk", "The Punisher" and "The Fantastic Four", just to name a few, comic buyers and collectors have been frantically looking for the best way to get there comics to the market place. One of the main reasons for this renewed interest is that there's a whole new generation buyers that are just beginning to take notice of all things old. Have you noticed all the teenagers that have "found" The Beatles?
So, every collector knows about Comic Con and being able to sell their books to the local store or selling wholesale, retail, placing ads, trying eBay or Yahoo or even direct mail. But, EVERYONE knows about these same avenues so how do you stand out or even appear to be novel in such a saturated market? You need to know what the insiders and big players know. They aren't placing classified ads or renting booths at the local comic book show. No, they don't need to. They have systems and secrets that most comic book buyers and sellers never get in on!
It's Clobbering Time!
They know how to stop looking for buyers and actually have the buyers looking for them! Novel idea, eh? And most of them can do it anytime they feel like it. The big dogs with comic books from the 50's and 60's don't waste their time and money hanging posters on telephone poles or bulletin boards.
Well, Alan Lamont's "Comic Selling Secrets System" finally reveals just how it's done in REAL world of comic book buyers and collectors. Promoting a product that's not sold in stores he takes you through, step by step, the process that teaches you:
How to pick winners before they become "the next hot" item
Comic and Titles that you should have and KEEP
How to package even the most difficult comics to sell so the sell even faster
How to make money GIVING away comics for free
How to get people to buy comics at YOUR price
And much more...
Coming from a background where he's been collecting comic books for 21 years and ending up with over 400 boxes in his collection with 300 books per box, he relates how he got fed up with the comic cons, ads, auctions and trade shows and was ready to trash them all when he came upon a collector that knew how to move "hard to sell" collections. Now, he's taken those shared ideas and turned them into a book for the average joe collector that's frustrated trying to make his way through all the turmoil and confusion.
This is remarkable resource for anyone with comic books from the 50's and 60's and 70's that wants to capitalize on all of the excitement (and basically free advertising) being generated by the fine folks in Hollywood!
Senin, 09 Oktober 2017
Basketball is in and Boy is it Time For a Little Humor
Are you looking for a book to cheer you up and make you laugh? Well, you are not alone, as a recent psychological study on the American People indicated that our population is over stressed due to this recent Global Financial Crisis. What you need is a little humor in your life, well since Basket ball is in due to the election of a basketball playing President, why not hook up with a bit laughter about the game?
May I be so bold as to recommend a very good basket ball humor book? I was fortunate enough to meet one of the authors recently during my travels. The book had me in stitches from the first page. The book is:
"Basketball Humor" by Charles Hellman and Robert Tiritilli - Self Published, LuckySports, Palm Desert, CA - $4.95 ISBN 978-0-935938-38-8
This book is a wonderfully illustrated basketball humor book that will have you on the floor laughing in no time. It is 32-pages of absolutely gut wrenching humor. Even if you are not a solid basketball player or lack the level of skills in the NBA or of our famous celebrity created President, you'll still love this book.
Indeed, it is perfect for a gift too, especially if you have basketball players in your family, all of us have at least one. I showed this book to a basketball player in our family and she absolutely loved it, she was cracking up and it was fun to see her having such a good time. She's a great basketball player and even says she can easily take on the president and beat him with one hand. Think on this.
May I be so bold as to recommend a very good basket ball humor book? I was fortunate enough to meet one of the authors recently during my travels. The book had me in stitches from the first page. The book is:
"Basketball Humor" by Charles Hellman and Robert Tiritilli - Self Published, LuckySports, Palm Desert, CA - $4.95 ISBN 978-0-935938-38-8
This book is a wonderfully illustrated basketball humor book that will have you on the floor laughing in no time. It is 32-pages of absolutely gut wrenching humor. Even if you are not a solid basketball player or lack the level of skills in the NBA or of our famous celebrity created President, you'll still love this book.
Indeed, it is perfect for a gift too, especially if you have basketball players in your family, all of us have at least one. I showed this book to a basketball player in our family and she absolutely loved it, she was cracking up and it was fun to see her having such a good time. She's a great basketball player and even says she can easily take on the president and beat him with one hand. Think on this.
Senin, 02 Oktober 2017
The Everything Homeschooling Book
Have you ever wondered how many hours a day that your child should be schooling? Or what schedule would be best for your family? Maybe you're in need of a change in the way you school to bring that excitement back again? How about those of you who are nervous about homeschooling in the teen years? Would you like a list of websites to use in your schooling? If you'd like a book about EVERYTHING, then you may want to read this book.
So just what is the answer to how many hours a day your child does need to school? "Even though most traditional school days are approximately six hours long, you and your child won't need to sit at a desk in your home for five or six hours each day. Some states may require you to keep a daily schedule and attendance record, showing that you homeschool a certain number of hours a day, 180 days a year, but the hours and days can be flexible. Chapter 8 of this book talks more about daily schedules and record keeping. On average, the time required to focus on core skills (reading, math, language arts, social studies, and science) can be broken down per age group as follows:
* Preschool and kindergarten: 30 to 60 minutes
* Elementary ages: 60 - 90 minutes
* Middle-school ages: 1 1/2 to 3 hours
* High-school ages: 2 to 4 hours
The Everything Homeschooling Book provides up-to-date information on: State homeschool departments of education, religious and secular homeschooling, sources for curriculum guidelines by grade level, packaged curriculum programs, homeschooling multiple children, and the list goes on, and on.
Senin, 25 September 2017
Introducing Technological Change Through History With Mike Mulligan
The story of Mike Mulligan and his dedicated steam shovel, fondly known as Mary Anne, are a great conversation opener for so many topics. In a bid for a contract Mike needed to prove that Mary Anne in one day was capable of doing the work of 100 hundred men in a week. As a testimony to good old hard work, Mike and Mary Anne did exactly that but created a dilemma in the process, one that has a beautiful outcome.
One of my favourite ways to use this book is to introduce the topic of technological change over time This book speaks into the history of engines and is a great starter book as you look into the industrial age right through to today's technology, particularly the development of modern communications technology. Poor Mary Anne was in direct competition with her more modern counterparts and had to prove her worth as an engine that appeared to have been superseded.
Visits to historical museums are a must for home educators using this title. Of course, no museum is the same and each has their own key exhibits. From 'cheese' museums that show items that were used in historical cheese manufacture to 'transport' museums that look at changes in travel through to 'pastoral' museums that look at historical farming equipment you can choose any one to explore technological change over time or even look at several. Then, it would be complemented by a visit to a modern equivalent. Plan into your program a trip to a cheese maker, car dealer or mechanic, or a modern farm. It would make for a great research project that compares not just the technology of each era but also the impact that this technology has on daily life for those who use it.
Another great project is to get a 'classic' car and a late model vehicle side by side with their hoods open. Then, using someone with mechanical knowledge, explore the different components of each vehicle and discuss all the extra parts in newer vehicles and design changes that have occurred in parts such as the engine. As a spin off topic, through the exploration of accessories, there could be learning directed to safety in cars. This would include discussing how seat belts, air bags, brake assistance and stability control work in a vehicle, the purpose that they serve, their effectiveness and that they as a user of transportation can keep themselves safe.
Alternate Educational Uses
This amazing book by Virginia Lee Burton opens up so many more conversations, though, then just conversation over technological change consider the following ideas.
An interesting retrospective study for older children that can come from this is on consumerism, disposable lifestyles and the waste of resources by first world nations. It can then provide a very interesting critical thinking exercise on whether it is important to care for and preserve of our possessions. This can lead to some really great hands on exercises on how to preserve different possessions. Safe storage of the products of photography, preserving timber surfaces, reupholstering and repairing furniture rather than replacing it, and researching alternate sources of household goods that are pre-loved.
Tied to this you can pull in excursions to antique stores and restoration businesses, spending the day in tuition from an upholsterer, and learning where one can source pre-loved goods both within budget, within the house's era and how to care for them. From there, some home or communication based projects can be initiated using the skills learned through these excursions. Polishing silver, restoring timber, repairing goods. Just imagine what your child could do in aid of an elderly neighbour!
Another fantastic idea is to discuss the importance of our history, not just national history, but also that of communities and that of families. Studying one's own family history and learning lessons from our elders can bring a child's life into perspective. As a teenager, many home educated children can explain why their parents are the way they are through study of the lives of their parent's parents. This opens a door to genealogy and the lives of familial ancestors a process that will reinforce learning about national and local history for those family members.
Another totally separate thread that learning could take from this wonderful book is grounded on the dilemma that Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne faced after they completed their task. (You'll need to read the book to find out what that dilemma was). Of course, this speaks into a skill that is highly sought in workplaces and is essential to the operation of a family home - planning! This brings in the opportunity to discuss the importance of planning, types of planning, how to plan, communicating your plan to others and how planning can assist in preventing dilemmas like the one that needed to be resolved in this book.
This book is a great book for a child of any age and is a great resource in the library of any parent. It has my own five star rating and I would recommend you check it out for yourself! This book crosses many societal barriers that many other titles introduce and creates a safe base to enter the topic of history with an open mind.
You can find out more about the Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and view a range of activities that complement learning from this book at [http://readplaylearn.com.au/mike-mulligan-and-his-steam-shovel]. Organic Learning's Read, Play, Learn web site has been developed on the basis that 'where there is fun learning follows'. The goal of the web site is to equip parents and teachers to demonstrate that reading books is fun and that there are plenty of stimulating activities that can complement them. Making reading enjoyable takes 99% of the sweat out of teaching literacy.
One of my favourite ways to use this book is to introduce the topic of technological change over time This book speaks into the history of engines and is a great starter book as you look into the industrial age right through to today's technology, particularly the development of modern communications technology. Poor Mary Anne was in direct competition with her more modern counterparts and had to prove her worth as an engine that appeared to have been superseded.
Visits to historical museums are a must for home educators using this title. Of course, no museum is the same and each has their own key exhibits. From 'cheese' museums that show items that were used in historical cheese manufacture to 'transport' museums that look at changes in travel through to 'pastoral' museums that look at historical farming equipment you can choose any one to explore technological change over time or even look at several. Then, it would be complemented by a visit to a modern equivalent. Plan into your program a trip to a cheese maker, car dealer or mechanic, or a modern farm. It would make for a great research project that compares not just the technology of each era but also the impact that this technology has on daily life for those who use it.
Another great project is to get a 'classic' car and a late model vehicle side by side with their hoods open. Then, using someone with mechanical knowledge, explore the different components of each vehicle and discuss all the extra parts in newer vehicles and design changes that have occurred in parts such as the engine. As a spin off topic, through the exploration of accessories, there could be learning directed to safety in cars. This would include discussing how seat belts, air bags, brake assistance and stability control work in a vehicle, the purpose that they serve, their effectiveness and that they as a user of transportation can keep themselves safe.
Alternate Educational Uses
This amazing book by Virginia Lee Burton opens up so many more conversations, though, then just conversation over technological change consider the following ideas.
An interesting retrospective study for older children that can come from this is on consumerism, disposable lifestyles and the waste of resources by first world nations. It can then provide a very interesting critical thinking exercise on whether it is important to care for and preserve of our possessions. This can lead to some really great hands on exercises on how to preserve different possessions. Safe storage of the products of photography, preserving timber surfaces, reupholstering and repairing furniture rather than replacing it, and researching alternate sources of household goods that are pre-loved.
Tied to this you can pull in excursions to antique stores and restoration businesses, spending the day in tuition from an upholsterer, and learning where one can source pre-loved goods both within budget, within the house's era and how to care for them. From there, some home or communication based projects can be initiated using the skills learned through these excursions. Polishing silver, restoring timber, repairing goods. Just imagine what your child could do in aid of an elderly neighbour!
Another fantastic idea is to discuss the importance of our history, not just national history, but also that of communities and that of families. Studying one's own family history and learning lessons from our elders can bring a child's life into perspective. As a teenager, many home educated children can explain why their parents are the way they are through study of the lives of their parent's parents. This opens a door to genealogy and the lives of familial ancestors a process that will reinforce learning about national and local history for those family members.
Another totally separate thread that learning could take from this wonderful book is grounded on the dilemma that Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne faced after they completed their task. (You'll need to read the book to find out what that dilemma was). Of course, this speaks into a skill that is highly sought in workplaces and is essential to the operation of a family home - planning! This brings in the opportunity to discuss the importance of planning, types of planning, how to plan, communicating your plan to others and how planning can assist in preventing dilemmas like the one that needed to be resolved in this book.
This book is a great book for a child of any age and is a great resource in the library of any parent. It has my own five star rating and I would recommend you check it out for yourself! This book crosses many societal barriers that many other titles introduce and creates a safe base to enter the topic of history with an open mind.
You can find out more about the Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and view a range of activities that complement learning from this book at [http://readplaylearn.com.au/mike-mulligan-and-his-steam-shovel]. Organic Learning's Read, Play, Learn web site has been developed on the basis that 'where there is fun learning follows'. The goal of the web site is to equip parents and teachers to demonstrate that reading books is fun and that there are plenty of stimulating activities that can complement them. Making reading enjoyable takes 99% of the sweat out of teaching literacy.
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