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 December 11th, 2008

Below is a great homeschool resource from Stanford. It seems that more and more colleges are offering open source type classes on the Internet.
SEE programming includes one of Stanford’s most popular engineering sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford undergraduates, and seven more advanced courses in artificial [...]

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Mary Nix on April 11th, 2008

My newsreader settings include blog entries, and a blog post about free homeschooling curriculum was included in one of the alerts.  I was intrigued, because many of us like to refer new homeschooling parents to free information to ease their transition into homeschooling.
Free curriculum that spell out the process and make themselves readily accessible are [...]

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Prufrock Press recently sent a note announcing the release of The Ultimate Guide to Summer Opportunities for Teens. Their description focused on college entrance, but I think the book would also be useful for those looking for apprenticeships or mentoring opportunities.
Part of their description reads:
The Ultimate Guide to Summer Opportunities for Teens: 200 Programs [...]

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Mary Nix on September 12th, 2007

The Day After Graduation is written by Francis J. Brazeau is a how to book that explains how to apply for a job, sell a product, become financially independent and more.
There is a wonderful you message from the author on a you tube video that can be viewed here.
You can read a full description [...]

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