We went to the movies last night (have you seen Walk the Line? – I got bored in places and yet the lasting impressions today are powerful) and during the trailers we saw the ad for a car company using the theme “OK-breaking the mould”. We love ads that challenge the brain a bit. Normally my comment is “Yes but will you remember what the product was?” and usually we don’t. But this time, I haven’t forgotten the flash of Honda. Was it because my son muttered, “Who would have thought – Honda?” Who knows, but long shall they reign these ads with a little bit of brain power involved.
Eye contact is a wonderful tool to convey sincerity.
It is also useful to help you to stay aware of how the audience is reacting to you.
Stay aware and adapt by changing your presentation style and content to keep their attention and interest.
Seaweek 2006 – 5-10 March 2006
http://www.mesa.edu.au/seaweek2006/sponsors/decs.asp
education.au limited http://www.educationau.edu.au, in partnership with the Marine Education Society of Australasia (MESA) and the South Australian Department Of Education & Children’s Services (DECS) will utilise the services of DECS Centra virtual classroom technology to educate schoolchildren across Australia about the themes in Seaweek 2006 by delivering ‘live’ innovative and experience-based learning events.
Teachers can register online now for the opportunity for their students to interact in a live online environment using the latest long distance education technology.
You can find more educational news items posted in Ed Lib News, an ezine for teachers and teacher-librarians.
Also included are updates to these pages.
Internet Research
Human Rights writing
Disabilities – Teaching
Australian places
Maths
Genre Writing
Behaviour Management
Water
Thinking skills
Learning Centres
Art
Personal Management
Workplace
10 Tips for Young Professionals About the ‘Real’ World
Your Business
Subject lines: 15 rules to write them right
Your own Super Niche
Email
Are you kidding me? This is serious! Or, what psychologists have to say about writing e-mail
Personal wellbeing
There are very timely and relevant articles at Nutrition Action Health letter . This is just one example….
Special Feature
Hook, Line and Cheerios: Which Health Claims are More Marketing than Science? (Acrobat 460Kb)
Site update:
New: Speech making success Tip
New Public speaking Article
New Meeting success Tip
Ed Lib News was released this week. Amongst other things is lists updates to web pages for teachers.
These are pages listing useful sites for teachers. So those updated over the last fortnight were:
Heroes and heroines
Antarctica
Countries
Biography
Early childhood
Reading
Computers & ICTs
Water
Human Body
Clip art
Rowan of Rin
PowerPoint
Ed Lib News was released this week. Amongst other things is lists updates to web pages for teachers.
These are pages listing useful sites for teachers. So those updated over the last fortnight were:
Heroes and heroines
Antarctica
Countries
Biography
Early childhood
Reading
Computers & ICTs
Water
Human Body
Clip art
Rowan of Rin
PowerPoint
Communication pages update … new tips in Speech making and Meetings and two new articles Plant small changes, harvest big results about improving conversation skills and a leadership article Look Up to Those Beneath.
I have added material to the Libraries pages of the website.
Ideas to Share:
Web 2.0: Building the New Library
Patron Choice
Add AIM presence to your blog or website
News Bytes
Optimizing Technology in Libraries: Communication, Collaboration & Community
H.W. Wilson’s Book Review Digest Turns 100
Open Content Alliance Expands Rapidly; Reveals Operational Details
Library Marketing Ideas
The Gaming Invasion
Free Resources: The Redesigned International Children’s Digital Library Web Site
The latest Communication Points ezine has gone out. The contents were:
1. Speech making Success Tip
2. Article: Plant small changes, harvest big results
3. Article: Look Up to Those Beneath You
4. Meeting Success Tip
You can read it online