Continuing Ed Summer 2024

Test Preparation GRE PREPARATION – PART I

Discover powerful strategies for success in the verbal and analytical sections of the GRE. Discuss how to do your best on reading compre- hension, analogies, sentence completions, antonyms, and logical and analytical reasoning questions. Time-saving techniques for the paper- based and computer administrations of the test are also covered. GRE PREPARATION – PART II Learn a variety of useful techniques for tackling the math section of the GRE. This second course in a two-course series features a math review and techniques for tackling the quantitative comparison, discrete quantitative, and data interpretation questions that make up the math section of the GRE. Includes time-saving techniques. SAT/ACT PREP COURSE, PART 1 AND PART 2 Both the ACT and the new SAT contain verbal and math questions. Part 1 teaches all the skills students need to do well on verbal sections. Part 2 covers the skills needed to do well on the math portion. Both courses will give you pointers in time management, anxiety relief, scoring, and general standardized test-taking to achieve your best potential score. Tips, Tools, and Strategies for Teachers DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM Explore 10 practical differentiated instruction integration strategies. Each strategy is accompanied by at least three sample lessons and tips for applying them to improve learning outcomes for your students. Discover differentiated instruction strategies including interest centers, flexible grouping, cubing, and tiering. Take a look at integration across different subjects, grade levels, and learning profiles as you gain helpful knowledge on bringing differentiated instruction to your classroom. RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION: READING STRATEGIES THAT WORK Intended for reading instructors, this course teaches a research- based, proven strategy that allows you to help the struggling readers in your classroom. Discover the tools and create an intervention plan to tackle the toughest literacy problems—helping students with phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing. Singaporean students have been top mathematics performers for more than a decade. Using a layered curriculum founded on solid number sense and concrete, pictorial, and abstract computational strategies, Singaporean teachers make math purposeful, interesting, and relevant. Learn their secrets and come away knowing how to have meaningful math lessons in your classroom. SINGAPORE MATH: NUMBER SENSE AND COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES In this professional development course for teachers, you’ll get the training needed to start teaching model drawing, the powerful Singa- pore math strategy that gives word problems a visual context. Help your students start to enjoy math in a way they may never have before. TEACHING STUDENTS WITH AUTISM: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS Have you had a student who blurted out in class, screamed when someone patted his or her shoulder, or rocked back and forth in the chair? Just 20 years ago, we didn’t see students with autism in our classrooms. But today, we teach children with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome right alongside their neuro-typical peers. Reaching and teaching these students requires a delicate balancing act of understanding how their brains are wired and helping them turn challenges into opportunities in the classroom. SINGAPORE MATH STRATEGIES: MODEL DRAWING FOR GRADES 1-6

INTERMEDIATE SQL Learn to write powerful queries that perform complex searches and sorts on data, how to query multiple tables simultaneously, advanced filtering, update, insertion techniques, and how to create queries. Not suitable for Macintosh users. PC Troubleshooting and Security INTRODUCTION TO PC SECURITY Explore the vulnerability of operating systems, software, and networks. Get into the minds of hackers and crackers and develop an under- standing of the exploits they use to access your computer without your knowledge. Find out why, where and how viruses, worms, and blended threats are created. Learn a safe way to handle files and data across the Internet through a virtual private network. By the end of this course, know how to install and configure a firewall to build an impenetrable moat around your computer or network. INTRODUCTION TO PC TROUBLESHOOTING Don’t spend hard-earned money on PC repairs! Dive under the hood of your PC and discover dozens of proven measures you can take to protect your valuable electronics and irreplaceable data from disaster. Learn how to manage power problems, memory glitches, drive/file errors, and boot failure. Programming CREATING MOBILE APPS WITH HTML5 Do you want to create mobile apps that run on iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone? Sure you do! Do you want to learn five different programming languages? Of course you don’t! Discover a better way to build apps. Learn to imagine, design, build, and optimize a cross- platform mobile app using the latest HTML5 standards. The result will be a mobile app that’s fast and runs on just about any smart- phone or tablet computer. INTRODUCTION TO C++ PROGRAMMING Ideal for enthusiasts, professionals climbing the career ladder, and programmers who want to advance to object-oriented programming… learn to write programs that incorporate basic programming logic and elementary data structures, as well as Windows, forms, and object- oriented techniques. Prior programming experience not required. INTRODUCTION TO C# PROGRAMMING Learn the fundamentals of computer programming with C#, the in demand, incredibly useful programming language that incorporates the best features of Visual Basic, C++, and Java. Every lesson includes practical assignments, enabling you to put your knowledge to work right away. USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN BUSINESS Find out how to use the five most popular social media platforms— Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Pinterest—to grow and pro- mote your business. Examine ways to measure each platform’s success and find out how to automate activity to leverage the power of electronic communication.

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