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What a great time to be a school librarian! We have at our fingertips efficient research methods and resources along with communication toys that quickly become educational tools.
My day is never the same as the one before, and I prefer it that way.…

Interest in Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and its appli- cation to education has been substantial since the publication of Frames of Mind in 1983 and Gardner’s keynote address in early 1984, for a standing- room-only crowd at…

Natural disasters, which strike without warning and leaves limited scope of
preparedness, is a potentially traumatic event that is collectively experienced with
severe consequences. With its high news values, natural disasters gain attention of…

Facing with limited resources and human support, children in remote areas encounter
many difficulties in learning and reading with the use of modern technological
devices. To help these children experience mobile reading activities with…

Microsoft Excel has many features. To learn most of the features, it will take you months, if not weeks. In this short book, I will introduce you some commonly used and interesting features that you may need to dig into more advanced books before…

Learning is fundamentally about change – persistent change in a person’s abilities, attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, mental models, and skills. In the past, technology to support learning has been touted as offering many opportunities for dramatic…

I struggled to maintain the momentum to complete the research and write Energy
Efficiency until one day, I asked a wonderful friend, Joan Honeyfield, if she would
help me. Joan is creative, articulate, talented, and most of all a great charge…

Lurking behind every pavilion, pop-up and parasol is the dream of an escape. A removal from everyday routines, the notion of being a nomad, but not alone, moving with a mob, pitching tents, hitching caravans, new dawns over the horizon, greener…

If, one day, for some mysterious reason, all the buildings, settlements, suburbs and structures built after 1945 – especially those commonly called “modern” –
vanished from the face of the earth, would we mourn their loss? Would the…

Everyone should read this book, of course! My kid needs braces! Seriously, though, HTML is the primary communication medium of our time. Nearly everything you do—be it study, play, or work—has an online component. Understanding how these online…