Learn Spanish Faster With Free Online Tutors

Learn Spanish Faster With Free Online TutorsFree online Spanish tutors are not only available on the internet. They are also readily available on the top-learning sites like YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Quora, Textbookleap, and Yomaru.The best part about these top sites is that you don't need to register with them to access their courses. All you need to do is log in and find out what free online Spanish tutors are there. Once you get familiar with the best options, you can start to look for the one that suits your learning style the best.When it comes to learning a foreign language, you can either teach yourself or you can also choose to use an online program that will help you learn a lot more quickly. Online programs are usually much cheaper because there's no need to pay a person to teach you. They also come with access to more audio and video files than the usual classroom.However, if you want to learn to use an online course, you will have to pay for it too. That's why the top si tes also offer one or more of these online programs for free. So if you want to be able to learn the foreign language quickly, you should consider using one of these resources.The reason why many people tend to choose the online courses over the regular ones is because they are more affordable. If you enroll in the normal courses, it will cost you a great deal of money. Not to mention the fact that if you forget some of the lessons, it will take much longer to complete the course because you will have to start from scratch.So the choice is clear: the one that you will use to learn is just going to be more convenient, and the one that you will learn is going to be more convenient, but is going to cost you more. So choose wisely.So that concludes our discussion about the online tutors for Spanish. The only thing left for you to do now is to make sure that you find the one that you think is most convenient for you.

Dos and Donts When Encouraging a Child in His or Her Academic Endeavors

Dos and Don'ts When Encouraging a Child in His or Her Academic Endeavors Without a doubt, students flourish when they have the support and encouragement of their parents, but there are a number of ways that well-meaning parents unintentionally discourage their children. Eileen Huntington, co-founder of Huntington Learning Center says that providing children the right type and level of support can make all the difference in their motivation and self-esteem. Encouragement must be genuine and positive, and although a parents intentions might be good, certain types of comments can send the wrong message, says Huntington. She offers several dos and donts for parents when encouraging their children in school: Do celebrate progress and successes. There are subtle differences between praise, which is more of a subjective expression of approval, and encouragement, which inspires a childs self-confidence through fact-based observations. Instead of complimenting your child for earning that A, point out that his or her hard work and diligent studying paid off. Always focus on your childs efforts, which will help build your childs self-assurance and pride. Dont overreact about mistakes. Keep in mind that for every mistake your child makes, he or she has done many other things right. On a 25-question test where your child answered four wrong, you might be tempted to jump right into dissecting incorrect answers, but dont forget to congratulate your child for any successes or improvement. Also remember that mistakes are an essential part of life and learning. Do believe in your child. Studies show that children do better in school when their parents and teachers expect them to and communicate those expectations to them in positive ways. Tell your child regularly that you believe in his or her ability to learn and youll always be there for support. Dont be unrealistic in your expectations. High expectations are good, but holding your child to a standard that he or she is unable or unlikely to ever reach does more harm than good. Similarly, comparing your child to another student may only cause feelings of inadequacy or embarrassment. Children generally lose motivation when they feel they have no chance of achieving parental expectations. Do give your child tools to problem solve. From an early age, children should be encouraged to attempt to solve their own problems. When a challenge ariseswhether a math problem or another dilemmayou can help your child think through solutions or next steps by asking reflective questions, soliciting ideas and encouraging your child to try out different solutions. Dont take the drivers seat on homework or projects. Giving your child too many tips and suggestions on how to solve a problem or do an assignment is not only aggravating, it tells your child that you dont trust his or her ability to do things. Step back, and give your child the chanceand the supportto attempt tasks independently. When you encourage your child the right way, you build your childs self-esteem and positive attitude. Just as importantly, you teach him or her that school takes effort and persistence. Huntington adds, Parents can make a tremendous positive impact by pointing out to their children when they are working hard and making progress. Those children will believe that learning is their responsibility, and if they also feel encouraged but not overpowered by their parents, they will be far more likely to give school their best effort and actually enjoy learning.

Tips for Boosting your High School Students Reading Comprehension

Tips for Boosting your High School Student's Reading Comprehension Tips for Boosting your High School Student's Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension is one of the most important skills high school students can develop, and it's also one of their most common weaknesses. It can't be improved overnight it requires discipline, and often that discipline starts with the parents. If you manage to improve your child's reading fluency and the amount of information that is gleaned from reading a book, he or she will be equipped with one of the most important skills for taking standardized tests, getting into college, and being proficient in a new career field. On the flip side, a struggling teen reader has poor chances of achieving high SAT skills and will quickly become discouraged. A parent only has so much influence on how well their student absorbs reading material but it's important to make the most of the opportunities you have to help. Encourage More Frequent Reading As with anything, practice makes perfect. Help your student find out what he or she likes to read whether it's sports coverage articles, fantasy novels, or biographies and have him or her read on a regular basis. When a student reads material that is on par with their reading level, they can fully understand the majority of the words and learn a few new ones. If he or she tries to read material that is too difficult for your child, they won't understand a lot of it and it will be a lost cause. Reading material that introduces a few new words here and there is the best way to build up to a higher level and improve your vocabulary. Talk About It Get interested in what your student is reading. Have him or her explain it to you. Paraphrasing content forces a reader to truly think about the meaning of what was read, and not simply focus on the fact that they completed the task. Ask questions about why a character did a certain thing or what they think is going to happen next. Develop a Strategy The time will come when the student will be assigned material that he or she finds difficult, so preparedness is important. Rereading portions of the text and breaking it down sentence-by-sentence are the most common and useful strategies. Using context clues to figure out the meaning of foreign words is also a very useful skill. In essence, teach your reader to break passages into smaller, more manageable chunks to decode meaning. Hire a Professional Sometimes, you as a parent are simply not equipped to teach your child new skills. As long as you are making the effort to foster improvement, you are doing your job. Hiring a professional reading tutor has been proven to be successful in improving grades and teaching new, useful skills.

International School of Africa Djibouti

International School of Africa â€" Djibouti International School of Africa â€" Djibouti The International School of Africa (ISA) is a PK-Grade 8 International school serving local and international families in Djibouti. The school is adding a grade level each year (9-12)with our first graduating class in 2024. Our curriculum is based on US CCSS, with the program growing into an inquiry model of teaching and learning. The school campus is a purpose built facility, with a Strategic Plan involving 4 phases; phases 1 and 2 are complete.ISAs mission is to promote academic excellence with an international focus. We are a culturally based partnership of students, parents, staff and community that strive to inspire students to become lifelong learners and critical thinkers engaged in an ever-changing society. Our vision views us as a pioneering educational community committed to academic excellence, innovative practice, community service and global citizenship for Africa. As ISA successfully progresses through the phases of the Strategic Plan, our vision is becoming reality. View our Brochure

The Making of a Video Game Easy for Everyone

The Making of a Video Game Easy for Everyone The Art of Video Games 2012 by: Blake PattersonQuote on wall: Games are a toolkit we use to create. -Henry Jenkins Wiley, who created his own video game studio called Hot Trouble, encourages all to create their own game with the help of friends. “No experience is necessary,” he said. “[You] just have to love games.” And consequently, know what you like in games â€" what works for you and what doesn’t. He said that you don’t have to be a programmer or an artist to create a game, since modern technology, and program-sharing people, have made it entirely possible to create a video game without prior knowledge. Wiley knows. With no previous programing knowledge, he made his own recognized game, “Lumpy Space Chess,” based on the Cartoon Network program “Adventure Time.” Who wants to play video games? by: JD HancockThis is Beemo, the friendly video game console from the TV series Adventure Time. Classically trained programmers are not needed for all types of video games now, thanks to the Internet. Wiley listed platforms that could be used to make games without knowing traditional game programming. They are: GameSalad, the worlds fastest game design engine where you can learn to make and publish hit games for free, with no coding; GameMaker: Studio, used for fast, cross-platform game development for non-programmers and programmers; and Flixel, a open source game-making library and coding community. Wiley also named where people with unsatisfactory art skills could obtain game art â€" not everyone is an artist â€" and a place to get game audio.   They are: OpenGameArt(.org), a place with high-quality, appropriately licensed, 2D and 3D  artwork; and Bfxr(.net) a flash-based sound generator used for game sound effects. He said there are many avenues to get involved, like game jams such as “the Global Game Jam” or “Ludum Dare.” The Art of Video Games by: Ryan Somma (Because Wikipedia can word it 10x better than a girl with no gaming knowledge can, “A game jam is a gathering of developers, artists, and other creatives over a short time during which a collective effort is made to make one or more games.” Thanks Wiki.) Wiley also said there are various meetings people can go to, to get connected to the gaming community â€" one being “Juegos Rancheros,” an independent gaming community based in Austin, Texas. “It’s the golden age of video games,” Wiley said. “Games are art, art creates culture and culture determines your life.” Go game.

2015 New Years Language Challenge Wrap-Up!

2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Wrap-Up! What a great way to welcome the New Year with the completion of the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge! The Challenge was to complete 20 hours of language lessons on italki in 6 weeks (from January 15th to February 28th) to win a reward of 400ITC! (Click here for the Official rules) Challenge Recap! We did an analysis of this Challenge and it was similar to our previous Challenges (2014 October Challenge, 2014 World Cup Challenge, 2014 New Year’s Challenge). For this year: 48% of Challengers completed the Challenge! We had Challengers came from all over the world (representing 66 countries). These were the top 5 countries participating: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Russian Federation 4. Spain 5. Canada Wow! We had over 49 languages that were learned in the Language Challenge. The 5 most popular languages that our Challengers were learning were: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Italian We also had a lot of much greater representation from our less popular languages like: ? Armenian ? Bengali ? Esperanto ? Galician ? Icelandic ? Lao ? Mongolian ? Punjabi ? Tamil ? Telugu ? Urdu ? Zhuang Other interesting tidbits: ? 71% of Challengers who submitted a Public Video Pledge completed the Challenge. Compared to the 48% that finished from all the Challengers, this really helps! ? One hardcore challenge winner completed over 100+ hours (and you know who you are). This is doing more than 2 hours of language lessons a day! Wow! ? 11.5% of our challengers were also Community Tutors or Professional Teachers on italki so many of them were not only learning but teaching during the challenge! ? 3.9% of the challengers just missed winning by 1 hour or less. Ouch. ? Planning ahead pays off! In one of our surveys, 82% of successful Challengers had already chosen a teacher (or teachers) before getting started.   They were also twice as likely to have considered their Challenge goal and mini-goals. ? Confidence is not enough. Of Challengers who told us their confidence levels, those who did not finish the language challenge were just as confident as those who did!   Plan ahead to create a structure and study habits to help you commit. ? Josie, Karthik and Aime our italki staff completed the Challenge and really improved their Chinese. They all won the reward but their bigger prize was that was they got to keep their jobs (just kidding)! Again, while it’s great that 48% of you that finished the New Year’s Challenge! We wanted congratulate all the challengers who participated. Even if you didn’t finish, we hope that this was a positive experience and it helped you kickstart your language learning for 2015! Give yourselves a big pat on the back! If you missed this Challenge, don’t worry as we’ll have future Language Challenges. See you at the next Challenge! 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Wrap-Up! What a great way to welcome the New Year with the completion of the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge! The Challenge was to complete 20 hours of language lessons on italki in 6 weeks (from January 15th to February 28th) to win a reward of 400ITC! (Click here for the Official rules) Challenge Recap! We did an analysis of this Challenge and it was similar to our previous Challenges (2014 October Challenge, 2014 World Cup Challenge, 2014 New Year’s Challenge). For this year: 48% of Challengers completed the Challenge! We had Challengers came from all over the world (representing 66 countries). These were the top 5 countries participating: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Russian Federation 4. Spain 5. Canada Wow! We had over 49 languages that were learned in the Language Challenge. The 5 most popular languages that our Challengers were learning were: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Italian We also had a lot of much greater representation from our less popular languages like: ? Armenian ? Bengali ? Esperanto ? Galician ? Icelandic ? Lao ? Mongolian ? Punjabi ? Tamil ? Telugu ? Urdu ? Zhuang Other interesting tidbits: ? 71% of Challengers who submitted a Public Video Pledge completed the Challenge. Compared to the 48% that finished from all the Challengers, this really helps! ? One hardcore challenge winner completed over 100+ hours (and you know who you are). This is doing more than 2 hours of language lessons a day! Wow! ? 11.5% of our challengers were also Community Tutors or Professional Teachers on italki so many of them were not only learning but teaching during the challenge! ? 3.9% of the challengers just missed winning by 1 hour or less. Ouch. ? Planning ahead pays off! In one of our surveys, 82% of successful Challengers had already chosen a teacher (or teachers) before getting started.   They were also twice as likely to have considered their Challenge goal and mini-goals. ? Confidence is not enough. Of Challengers who told us their confidence levels, those who did not finish the language challenge were just as confident as those who did!   Plan ahead to create a structure and study habits to help you commit. ? Josie, Karthik and Aime our italki staff completed the Challenge and really improved their Chinese. They all won the reward but their bigger prize was that was they got to keep their jobs (just kidding)! Again, while it’s great that 48% of you that finished the New Year’s Challenge! We wanted congratulate all the challengers who participated. Even if you didn’t finish, we hope that this was a positive experience and it helped you kickstart your language learning for 2015! Give yourselves a big pat on the back! If you missed this Challenge, don’t worry as we’ll have future Language Challenges. See you at the next Challenge! 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Wrap-Up! What a great way to welcome the New Year with the completion of the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge! The Challenge was to complete 20 hours of language lessons on italki in 6 weeks (from January 15th to February 28th) to win a reward of 400ITC! (Click here for the Official rules) Challenge Recap! We did an analysis of this Challenge and it was similar to our previous Challenges (2014 October Challenge, 2014 World Cup Challenge, 2014 New Year’s Challenge). For this year: 48% of Challengers completed the Challenge! We had Challengers came from all over the world (representing 66 countries). These were the top 5 countries participating: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Russian Federation 4. Spain 5. Canada Wow! We had over 49 languages that were learned in the Language Challenge. The 5 most popular languages that our Challengers were learning were: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Italian We also had a lot of much greater representation from our less popular languages like: ? Armenian ? Bengali ? Esperanto ? Galician ? Icelandic ? Lao ? Mongolian ? Punjabi ? Tamil ? Telugu ? Urdu ? Zhuang Other interesting tidbits: ? 71% of Challengers who submitted a Public Video Pledge completed the Challenge. Compared to the 48% that finished from all the Challengers, this really helps! ? One hardcore challenge winner completed over 100+ hours (and you know who you are). This is doing more than 2 hours of language lessons a day! Wow! ? 11.5% of our challengers were also Community Tutors or Professional Teachers on italki so many of them were not only learning but teaching during the challenge! ? 3.9% of the challengers just missed winning by 1 hour or less. Ouch. ? Planning ahead pays off! In one of our surveys, 82% of successful Challengers had already chosen a teacher (or teachers) before getting started.   They were also twice as likely to have considered their Challenge goal and mini-goals. ? Confidence is not enough. Of Challengers who told us their confidence levels, those who did not finish the language challenge were just as confident as those who did!   Plan ahead to create a structure and study habits to help you commit. ? Josie, Karthik and Aime our italki staff completed the Challenge and really improved their Chinese. They all won the reward but their bigger prize was that was they got to keep their jobs (just kidding)! Again, while it’s great that 48% of you that finished the New Year’s Challenge! We wanted congratulate all the challengers who participated. Even if you didn’t finish, we hope that this was a positive experience and it helped you kickstart your language learning for 2015! Give yourselves a big pat on the back! If you missed this Challenge, don’t worry as we’ll have future Language Challenges. See you at the next Challenge!

5 Types of Online Jobs for Students

5 Types of Online Jobs for Students Image via: www.pexels.com Social media manager If you’re a Facebook addict  or a Twitter fiend,  guess what: you’re qualified! Now that 78 percent of Americans have some form of a social media presence, hundreds of companies are searching for social media managers to do just that: manage their social media. As a social media manager, you will serve as the face and the voice of a company. It’s a fun way to make extra cash with a flexible schedule depending on who you work for. (Psst … This is an excellent job for all of you marketing and business majors out there.) To get started, keep an eye out on your campus’ career center page, or on LinkedIn. Companies will send out releases asking for new hires through both of these sources, if not more. If all else fails, do a simple search on Google to seek out social media jobs in your area. If you look hard enough, you are bound to find what you’re looking for. Isn’t the internet swell? Image via: www.pexels.com Freelance writer Remember how everyone told you that there’s no money in writing? Well, now you can prove them wrong! Companies seek freelance writers to produce content for their websites, including product descriptions and blog posts. Online magazines and publications, like Uloop, also seek student writers to produce articles on almost any subject! Being a freelance writer is both a simple and lucrative career that will allow you to build your writing portfolio. Published work will always look great on a resume. If being a writer isn’t necessarily your speed and you’d like to try something a little different, there’s also freelance proofreading! Students and bloggers will always need someone to double-check their work and make sure it’s in perfect shape for submission. As a freelance proofreader, you can set your own rates and provide your services! To get started, check out MediaBistro and Textbroker. Image via: www.pexels.com Online tutor Take your academic skills and turn them into cash by becoming an online tutor. You could offer your services to home-schooled students, or your fellow college students who are taking courses away from campus. Your work hours are entirely up to you and you’ll also gain experience in running your own small business. Tutoring is also a great job to have both inside and outside of the classroom. Academically, it allows you to develop your mastery of a subject and expand your knowledge. In the career world, employers will love to see your ability to work with others and teach a subject. This translates into excellent communicative and team-building skills, both of which are indispensable for the 21st-century job market! Image via: www.pexels.com Transcriptionist This position is a complete cinch and requires very little prior experience. Do you know how to type on a computer? Great! You’re almost there. Being a transcriptionist requires you to listen to audio files and type up whatever you hear. The audio files are usually dictated notes related to legal, medical, or financial matters. The position offers a variety of flexible hours and flexible workloads depending on what you can handle and how much you can take on in one sitting. According to The Penny Hoarder, being a transcriptionist can really pay off with salaries ranging from $15 to $25 per hour. While this sounds like such a simple job, be forewarned: it can quickly turn into a repetitive activity and is frustrating if the audio file quality isn’t top notch. Image via: www.pexels.com Survey taker Remember those emails that constantly clog your Spam folder about earning $500 for taking a survey? Before you hit delete, just know that some of them might be legitimate. Companies want to know about your experience with Amazon, grocery store products, movie theaters, and more. Typical price ranges are anywhere from $10 to $30 per survey. Before you go back through your email, remember to double, triple-check the source before clicking. We both don’t want you to catch a virus on your computer. We only want you to catch some greens! Give any of these online job opportunities a shot and start raking in some extra cash.