Mary Nix on July 17th, 2009

Giveme20.com looks like a useful tool. They offer resources by age, discuss setting an allowance, budgets and resources for learning how to manage your money. The site is free and offers many freebies. Here’s their description.

If your child treats money like it grows on trees, or magically falls from the sky, let GiveMe20.com be [...]

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Mary Nix on June 28th, 2009

Professor: Deborah Bridges Description: Fundamentals of Public Speaking refines students’ listening and verbal/nonverbal skills, essential to effective communication. In addition to developing and delivering informative and persuasive speeches, students will assess both peer and guest speaker performances to sharpen critiquing skills. Students will further demonstrate competence in the incorporation of technology used in professional presentations.

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Mary Nix on March 19th, 2009

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Mary Nix on March 11th, 2009

Literacy Connections provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy. We recommend resources that are useful for teachers, volunteers, and directors of literacy programs. Topics include the language experience approach, phonics, word study, and the best in children’s literature.
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Mary Nix on May 19th, 2008

This book starts out telling the history of money, offers tips for a successful financial life and includes facts about money, interest rates, loans, credit cards, finance charges, predatory lending practices, preventing and resolving debt-related problems and more.
Here is part of the description from the publisher:
Debt Information For Teens explains the economic fundamentals that govern [...]

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