Archive for 'Teaching + Education' Category
what is the usability of a website?
23 May 2008People commit the common mistake of confusing usability with accessibility. Usability and accessibility are completely different, but one is regarded as less important when compared to the other.
Writing Effective (and Requisite) Essay Openers
21 May 2008When we write for college courses, we write for an audience other than ourselves. And it’s an audience of more than onethe professor who assigned the piece. A good way to think of (and never forget) audience is to imagine we are writing the assignment for a popular magazine that sits in multiple copies […]
You Have Submitted Your Applications - Now What?
14 May 2008Submitting a college application, or several, is an achievement. You
should allow yourself to celebrate and feel proud of your accomplishments before you get your admission results. However, waiting to hear from the colleges can be anxiety provoking. It can be so difficult to acknowledge that at this point the decisions are largely out […]
California Certified Legal Assistant (CLA)
23 April 2008California’s top 100 professions include legal assistants or paralegals. Amazingly paralegals are expected grow faster than average in comparison to paralegals in the other US states and to all other occupations within California.
Learn How To Learn
22 April 2008As a home schooler, teaching our children how to learn should be
a primary goal. Learning is more than facts and figures. It
involves the ability to think, analyze, and use the thought
process. In short, to know how to learn and how to apply the
knowledge to everything.
Who said this? “The end goal of any society as it […]
Federal PLUS Loans
7 April 2008As a student entering college, it is very unlikely that you have a few spare checks lying around that you can cash and magically use to pay for college. Most college-aged students, ranging from late teens through mid-twenties, have no line of credit and cannot receive much money in loans if they need to do […]