Monday, August 31, 2009
Parenting
Don't Bailout on Your Family Because of the Tough Economy
As our current economic crisis puts a strain on more families, it may be time for a Parenting Stimulus Package to keep our homes a nurturing place for our children. There is hopeful news for families. There are free or low cost, simple ways to make life easier and improve your relationship with your children.Find out more...
Web Safety
The valuable information on this page will help you with some of your concerns when it comes to internet safety for your children. To help you understand the dangers of the internet, please take a look at the following articles about gaming systems and personal web pages. You will also be able to view video clips about social networks.Find out more...Parenting...
Creative Mathematics
Teaching Primary Mathematics using calculator: Multiplication
by KidMultiply (KidMultiply).
When teaching kids to multiply, use a calculator to help them learn to "skip count".
For example, when learning the seven times tables, you would give students a calculator and have them type 7.
The whole class responds chorally, "7 times one equals 7".
Then everyone types " + 7 = " into the calculator. And the calculator reads "14." The kids all say, "Seven times two equals 14."
Then hit the equals key again. The calculator shows 21. The kids all say, "Seven times three equals 21."
They hit equals again and the calculator shows twenty-eight. And so on.
This is a great lesson because:
1. It teaches kids that multiplication is really repeated addition.
2. It teaches them to skip count to find multiples.
3. It can be done to teach students to multiply by any factor.
by KidMultiply (KidMultiply).
When teaching kids to multiply, use a calculator to help them learn to "skip count".
For example, when learning the seven times tables, you would give students a calculator and have them type 7.
The whole class responds chorally, "7 times one equals 7".
Then everyone types " + 7 = " into the calculator. And the calculator reads "14." The kids all say, "Seven times two equals 14."
Then hit the equals key again. The calculator shows 21. The kids all say, "Seven times three equals 21."
They hit equals again and the calculator shows twenty-eight. And so on.
This is a great lesson because:
1. It teaches kids that multiplication is really repeated addition.
2. It teaches them to skip count to find multiples.
3. It can be done to teach students to multiply by any factor.
Health
Precautions only way to contain H1N1 flu
With no vaccine for the H1N1 flu, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures, a Dutch researcher said.
Johannes Brug, director of the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam and colleagues wrote in a special editorial in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine said that there are three key parameters that convince people to take precautions against a pandemic.
"Firstly, they need to be aware of the risk to them. Secondly, they need to believe that effective protective actions are available and have confidence in them," the authors said in a statement. "Lastly, communications about risk need to be carefully managed so that they express the actual risk accurately to prevent mass scares."
The authors review the importance of risk perception and show that for people to voluntarily take precautionary actions, it is essential that they are aware of and understand the risk.
"Risk communication messages that are not comprehended by the public at risk, or communication of conflicting risk messages will result in lack of precautionary actions, as will communications from a non-trustworthy source," the researchers wrote.
"However, risk communication messages are sometimes very quickly adopted by the media, possibly leading to an 'amplification' of risk information that may lead to unnecessary mass scares and unnecessary or ineffective precautionary action."
With no vaccine for the H1N1 flu, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures, a Dutch researcher said.
Johannes Brug, director of the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam and colleagues wrote in a special editorial in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine said that there are three key parameters that convince people to take precautions against a pandemic.
"Firstly, they need to be aware of the risk to them. Secondly, they need to believe that effective protective actions are available and have confidence in them," the authors said in a statement. "Lastly, communications about risk need to be carefully managed so that they express the actual risk accurately to prevent mass scares."
The authors review the importance of risk perception and show that for people to voluntarily take precautionary actions, it is essential that they are aware of and understand the risk.
"Risk communication messages that are not comprehended by the public at risk, or communication of conflicting risk messages will result in lack of precautionary actions, as will communications from a non-trustworthy source," the researchers wrote.
"However, risk communication messages are sometimes very quickly adopted by the media, possibly leading to an 'amplification' of risk information that may lead to unnecessary mass scares and unnecessary or ineffective precautionary action."
Education
Education in its broadest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another through institutions.
Teachers in such institutions direct the education of students and might draw on many subjects, including reading, writing, mathematics, science and history. This process is sometimes called schooling when referring to the education of youth. Teachers in specialized professions such as astrophysics, law, or zoology may teach only a certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is also education in fields for those who want specific vocational skills, such as those required to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education possible at the informal level, e.g., at museums and libraries, with the Internet, and in life experience.
The right to education has been described as a basic human right: since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At world level, the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13.
Teachers in such institutions direct the education of students and might draw on many subjects, including reading, writing, mathematics, science and history. This process is sometimes called schooling when referring to the education of youth. Teachers in specialized professions such as astrophysics, law, or zoology may teach only a certain subject, usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is also education in fields for those who want specific vocational skills, such as those required to be a pilot. In addition there is an array of education possible at the informal level, e.g., at museums and libraries, with the Internet, and in life experience.
The right to education has been described as a basic human right: since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At world level, the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13.
Family
My family and I just came back from a trip to Melbourne. The trip was very interesting and I learnt a lot from this trip, from culture, to education system. The food is also yummy, many variety food from different nations.
Melbourne is a city filled with creativity, everyway from street, to bus, to tram, to train -> everywhere..
We enjoyed the trip very much.......
Australia, we will meet u again!
Melbourne is a city filled with creativity, everyway from street, to bus, to tram, to train -> everywhere..
We enjoyed the trip very much.......
Australia, we will meet u again!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
ANALISIS ITEM
Kelas Kreatif Matematik pada hari ini sungguh menarik. Saya telah belajar membina blog sendiri. Ia sungguh menyeronokkan. Saya ingin mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada Encik Ariston kerana menyumbangkan masanya dalam mengajar kami.
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