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Month: April 2020

Where Were You When xxxxx Happened? Living Through a Historical Moment

Where Were You When xxxxx Happened? Living Through a Historical Moment

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Do you remember where you were/what you were doing when the following events occurred? The Twin Towers-9/11 disaster The Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded Hostages were taken from the Iranian Embassy Watergate The Kennedy Assassination I could go on and on.  The point is – these were defining moments in many of our memories.  For the most part, they revolved around tragedy or something “bad” that happened in our lives – or as a “benchmark” of our collective history.  That’s how…

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The Video Conference: Tips for Success

The Video Conference: Tips for Success

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With more and more folks working from home during the pandemic, I have to be honest – it’s about time some of you learned some basic etiquette and common sense when it comes to video conference calls.  Now I realize that this technology is new to some of you, but still – there are some basics you need to understand before displaying your mug on that important phone call with the company president or key client. Be On Time (and…

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Staying at Home During the Pandemic: Filling the Hours

Staying at Home During the Pandemic: Filling the Hours

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As the weeks drag on and our forced home confinement continues, I find that the family is going deeper and deeper down the well of madness when it comes to home projects and chores. Oh, at first, it started out as the normal stuff.  Our days were filled with adjusting to working from home,  participating in online classes, family dinners (with a full table), and evenings spent perusing the collected video catalogs of Netflix, Hulu, and Disney +. Projects that…

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Distance Learning: It’s a New Age of Education

Distance Learning: It’s a New Age of Education

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Sometimes, changes in a system come about organically over time.  After a while, you forget how they even came into being.  At other times, a system has change suddenly thrust upon it, altering it dramatically and quickly, like a thunderbolt. Our education system is currently undergoing such a change. Over the years, technology tools have been slowly introduced to enhance and help both teachers and students create new learning opportunities.  Remember the overhead projector?  The whiteboard? How about those gripping…

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