Continuing Ed Summer 2024

TEACHING STUDENTS WITH ADHD Discover practical ways to help children with ADHD control their behavior and succeed in school. Learn from the real experts… the children themselves. Discover how Kristi controls her behavior and how Wanda handles boredom. See how Adam jump-starts his thought processes, how Harry satisfies his need to move without bothering his teacher, and how Darren aces his homework. TEACHING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES Whether you’re already in the classroom, studying for the Praxis Special Education exam, or getting ready to work with students, this course prepares you to empower your learning disabled kids. Learn to successfully meet their diverse needs and discover easy, practical, and creative strategies that help your struggling students find their light bulb moments. TEACHING MATH: GRADES 4-6 Get your students excited about math. Learn easy, inexpensive, and creative strategies to help them conquer fractions, multiplication, division, and more. This course helps new teachers–and seasoned pros–reinvent their math teaching. SOLVING CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS Why do some teachers enjoy peaceful, orderly classrooms while other teachers face daily discipline battles? Many teachers have not been taught the secrets to solving discipline problems. Discover those secrets and a step-by-step approach to effective, positive classroom discipline. Teachers continually rate this course as one Are you a new teacher anxious about entering your first classroom? Whether you’re already teaching, a newly credentialed graduate, or a substitute looking to transition to full-time, you can learn all the time- tested tools, tips, and tricks needed to make your early years in the classroom a breeze. Web Page/Website Design CREATING WEB PAGES Learn the fundamentals of web design. Plan the content, structure, and layout; create pages full of neatly formatted text; build links between the pages and to other sites; and add color, backgrounds, graphics, tables, hot buttons, and animation. Discover how to secure the best possible location in search engine listings and no- or low-cost web marketing strategies. Information shared about how to save time with a HTML authoring program. INTRODUCTION TO CSS3 AND HTML5 Learn to create state-of-the-art websites using modern CSS3 and HTML5 techniques. Take your existing HTML skills to the next level and start building sites like the pros. If you want to survive and excel in the fast-paced world of web publishing, you need to keep up with ever-evolving standards. The new standard for web developers is to use CSS3 and HTML5. INTRODUCTION TO PHP AND MYSQL Learn how to create an interactive website, allowing visitors to post and retrieve information provided by you or your site’s visitors. Learn how to create dynamic web pages using the PHP programming language and the MySQL database server. Writing BEGINNING WRITER’S WORKSHOP of the most valuable they have ever taken. SURVIVAL KIT FOR NEW TEACHERS Do you dream of writing creatively? Get a taste of the writing life, improve your skills, and discover new ways to stretch your creative muscles. This isn’t school as you know it. It’s an in-depth writing experience filled with challenging hands-on exercises, expert advice, and plenty of direct support and encouragement.

BECOMING A GRANT WRITING CONSULTANT Good grant writing consultants are always in demand. Use your creative writing skills and basic knowledge of grant writing to build a lucrative consulting business that can make a difference in the quality of thousands of lives. BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED Taught by a published author, this course demonstrates how to get your books and articles published. Discover powerful shortcuts to get published, learn how to properly format manuscripts, write irresistible query letters, and identify publishers who want your work. INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET WRITING MARKETS While some traditional markets for writers have vanished, others have appeared on the horizon—many on the Internet. Explore how to sell e-zine articles; write for webzines and blogs; sell manuscripts to an e-publisher; and self-publish your own e-book or a traditional book using print-on-demand publishing. PUBLISH AND SELL YOUR E-BOOKS Did you know that e-books now outsell print books, and self-pub- lished authors regularly make The New York Times bestseller lists? Don’t wait for a traditional publisher to discover your talent. Learn how to use free tools to publish and sell e-books through the world’s largest online bookstores. TECHNICAL WRITING Explore the well-paying field of technical writing. Learn to translate complex information into easily understood language and study technical writing conventions, interviewing skills, desktop publishing, graphics, templates, and more. Also, gain tips on how to enter this growing industry. THE KEYS TO EFFECTIVE EDITING Ask any published writer, and you’ll hear that a good editor isn’t just helpful, but essential. Designed for all levels of writers and editors, explore the fundamentals of editing and recent professional advances that may be applied to both fiction and nonfiction writing. WRITERIFIC: CREATIVITY TRAINING FOR WRITERS Overcome the fear of the blank page and transform your visions into the written word. Gain tips and tricks from the toolbox of a published writer. Whether you’re hoping to write a novel, nonfiction book, memoir, short story or article, this course will liberate your imagination. WRITING ESSENTIALS Master the essentials of writing in order to excel at business communications, express yourself clearly online, and take your creative literary talents to a new level. Hands-on activities help you put your powerful new skills to use right away.

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