Course: How to break bad news

This is a short course developed by Watch Well Cast
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See more videos at their YouTube channel

When you have to break bad news, here are the steps...

You can get the materials here
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Download this worksheet at http://goo.gl/I7bfF

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Course: How to prepare for college or university (a course for high school students, including tips form High Tech High and SAT and ACT test prep)

Hello,
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Your child is in high school. Here are suggestions.

Create a digital portfolio showing important projects and essays that your child has produced.

Create a YouTube channel with videos of your child explaining or doing something related to a passion or interest.   What makes your child special?  Show us.  What does your child enjoy?  What interests drive your child?  

Phone Apps:   If you find other apps, suggest them to Steve at (954) 646 8246

Duolingo: Get more languages in your head.   

Math Workout for faster mental processing.  

Spread the Words SAT:  for a larger vocabulary.  Just learn to recognize these words (“is it positive or negative?  What is a similar word?  “The dog _______ the car.    The __________  cat ate quickly.”  Is it a verb or a noun?   “voracious”   What kind of sentence do I use for this word?   FreeVocabulary.com

Join the “one click club.”  www.oneClickClub.blogspot.com   Thank you for participating.

You can send questions to Steve at SteveEnglishTeacher@gmail.com.   

Help make teaching more interesting,   Click: SiSePuedeLearning.com and TransformTeaching.org Thank you!  

How to get free test prep help:  (1) Go to MajorTests.com.   (2) Take photos of difficult problems.  (3)  Send the photos to (954) 646 8246 or email to SteveEnglishTeacher@gmail.com.  (4) Get the reply.   

Link to SAT Test Prep  www.FloridaTestPrep.com
MajorTests.com

Link to Spread the Words SAT app
Link to Math Workout

Link to Top Ten Chess apps

Course: What should I read every day? Every week? Every month?

Every day
NYTimes.com
LATimes.com
WashingtonPost.com
CNN.com


Every week
Economist

Every month
National Geographic
Discover Magazine


Every 2 months
Psychology Today

Course: Grammar and Word Use

You can become a GRAMMARIAN and a SPEECH WRITER and a columnist.  Why not learn to blog?  Take "Grammar and Word Use" and find the power of the "right phrase."

http://www.shefinds.com/2015/this-new-app-helps-women-stop-saying-sorry-and-just-in-emails/

NEW WORD APP



EXCERPT from the review

Just Not Sorry will underline self-demeaning phrases in red like “I’m no expert” and qualifying words like “actually.” If you hover over the underlined words, explanatory quotes will pop up from powerful women. Slate writer Christina Cauterucci explains in her article that the “app relieves women of a bit of the sizable burden of realigning their subconscious word choices though the hover-over explanations could be tweaked to read as more encouraging than blame-y.”   Since last night, 5,000 people have downloaded this Chrome extension. Amazing!

What makes our school special?

We offer the "Private School Experience"

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Digital Portfolio (showing your best work, like Michelangelo) and Projects
A Thought for the Day.  Spend the day thinking about an important idea.  ThoughtForTheDay.blogspot.com
http://athoughtoftheday.blogspot.com/
Phone apps to learn languages and open doors
Math Workout for speed
Lateral Thinking Puzzles for agility
Spread the Words SAT app for depth

Teacher's mobile phone (call 954 646 8246 -- go ahead, try it now)
Give three vocabulary words every day from FreeVocabulary.com
FloridaTestPrep.com for test prep
Mentoring to unfold you as a young adult and "Guidelines for Conduct"

Course: Games of Strategy to Build your Brain

These games build skills
chess   planning, rapid decision making.  sometimes it is better to make a quick wrong move than to take five minutes to choose the best move.  If you are moving, even when making a wrong move, you are alive and engaged.

backgammon:  calculating risk

dominos:  collaboration, paying attention, estimating the odds.

Here are some materials to get started for each of these games of strategy

chess  
Videos  How Cast    Guide
Ebooks  700 traps
PDF from Exeter

backgammon
Videos
Ebooks   College worksheet    The Rules    Official rules  
STRATEGIES

dominos

Videos    Tips  Mario 1   Mario 2   Mario 3    Mario 4   
Ebooks   Strategies   Dominos

Recommendations provided by Mario Llorente

Checkers?  Okay, but the skill building is greater in Chess.

Sudoku?  Videogames? Okay, but the repetitive nature of hunting for a number will eventually turn into a routine.   Dr. Daniel Amen makes it clear:  blood flows to the brain when we are learning new rules and using new information.   IF we call on old "routines" to solve a problem, then it's no longer a challenge and there is less flow of blood to the brain.

Video Simulations?  Yes.  See the COURSE on Brain Building with Video Simulations  >> Click Here <<   

Two Techniques: ANTeaters and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

This post is part of the core curriculum at Weekend School.  You are encouraged to read it or watch these videos to get started...
ANTs and ANTeaters  (the NIH summary of Dr. Amen's technique)

Replace ugly negative thoughts with positive thoughts

Dr. Amen's approach

 Other videos available at the WellCast Youtube Channel

12 tips for a healthy brain

click here

EFT (described by Dr. Mercola)

Article 1 (mentioned in video)
What to Say While Tapping: How to Pick Effective EFT Tapping Phrases

Article 2 (mentioned in video)









CLICK HERE

Sources
http://eft.mercola.com/

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-article-good-tapping-phrases.html

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-article-when-eft-does-not-seem-to-work.html

http://www.eft-alive.com/eft-article-when-eft-does-not-seem-to-work.html

https://www.youtube.com/user/watchwellcast/videos

See more at http://www.eft-alive.com


See the Wellcast YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/watchwellcast/videos

POSTURE: Mercola's recommendations

http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/01/11/proper-sitting.aspx


CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE, too

Go Here

Course: Acting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sII9sBG94mk

Tom Hanks auditions for Forrest Gump

remarkable....

auditioning for the role...

What can you learn from these auditions?  

Do you want to learn how to make an audition tape?   

How do you know what you will look like on video if you have never put yourself in the position of "being a character"? 

If you want to go on "American Idol" or a similar talent search show, are you ready?

Get ready with this course of imitation.  We learn by imitating and then we can find our own individual voices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElAJd3Kkgj0&list=UU-0aI4OHKplWyuflDMOkbzw&feature=iv&src_vid=sII9sBG94mk&annotation_id=annotation_1771899099

de Niro auditions for Godfather (Vito Corleone)

Hugh Laurie (the character he plays is narcissistic... Dr. House)

Can you immerse yourself into a character?

Can you "become" someone else?   Learn how in this course of "dissembling."  You can assemble pieces of people you have imitated in the past and create a new persona (mask).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3X5xCORNTk&list=UU-0aI4OHKplWyuflDMOkbzw&index=29

Can you read these lines like de Niro read them?   Go ahead, sign up and become Vito Corleone.

Course: Elements of Video Editing.

INTRODUCTION from hometheater.about.com

Video editing is both an Artistic and Technical process in which a collection of video material (footage) is compiled and altered from its original form to create a new version.

The artistic process of video editing consists of deciding what elements to retain, delete, or combine from various sources so that they come together in an organized, logical, and visually pleasing manner.

The technical process of video editing consists of copying the various elements onto a single video tape (or CD Rom, or other media) for final viewing or distribution.

Video Editing: Cutting on Similar Elements - Steve's Digicams

www.steves-digicams.com/.../video-editing-cutting-on-similar-elements.h...

A technique to transition from scene to scene in video editing is cutting on similarelements, also called a match cut. This kind of cut takes two shots that have ...

Easy video editing, photo editing software | Adobe Elements ...

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Video & movie making software | Adobe Premiere Elements ...

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Adobe Systems

Adobe Premiere Elements 14 software helps you create stunning movies with easy-to-use editing options. Learn more.

Elements of Video Editing - eDoc Bundle | Videomaker.com

www.videomaker.com/.../elements-of-video-editin...

Videomaker Magazine

Professional video editors do much more than simply edit together footage to tell a cohesive story. They are the fixers of problems. Whether it a technical ...

Film editing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_editing

Wikipedia

The film editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to ... These temporary elements are usually replaced with more refined finalelements by the sound, ..... Teoría y Práctica de la Edición en video.

Concepts and Tools for Basic Video Editing - Home Theater

hometheater.about.com › ... › Video Editing Basics and Products

The artistic process of video editing consists of deciding what elements to retain, delete, or combine from various sources so that they come together in an  ...

Course: Movie Making

Elements of movie making

Elements of Film Making - Video Film

www.filmclass.net/ElementsFilm.htm

Since filmmaking is a unique art form, it has its own set of elements and principles.Film making combines theater, music and visual art. Early filmmakers would ...

Top 10 Elements of Film Making - List Dose

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Top 10 Elements of Film Making. Article by Sirisha Akshintala, July 1, 2013. Film is a colloid art of storytelling. Visuals play an important role in our lives.

Elements of Cinema – A Student's Guide to the ...

www.elementsofcinema.com/

A Student's Guide to the Fundamentals of Filmmaking.

Important Elements of Filmmaking Too Often Overlooked ...

crmstudios.com/important-elements-filmmaking-often-overlooked/

Important Elements of Filmmaking Too Often Overlooked. Posted on March 28, 2014. In this world of giant screen TVs and over-the-top digital imagery (now ...

Top 5 Films: Top 5 Most Important Elements in Movies

top5movielists.blogspot.com/.../top-5-most-important-elements-in-movie...

Sep 16, 2012 - If a movie successfully combines all these elements, it will probably be a ... Sometimes it doesn't depend on the moviemakers, but how you  ...

Filmmaking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmmaking

Wikipedia

Filmmaking involves a number of discrete stages including an initial story, idea, ...Production—The raw elements for the film are recorded during the film shoot.

Moviemaking - Boy Scouts of America

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Boy Scouts of America

Moviemaking is a way to tell stories visually through the art and science of motion ...Discuss and demonstrate the proper elements of a good motion picture.