books about: assisted     books:       Some Dreams Come True: A Journey Through Infertility12 reviews Robin Lee PublishAmerica, 2004 A true representation! This journal is very open and honest. I couldn't stop reading once I started it! The author does a wonderful job of capturing the rollercoaster ups and downs of trying to conceive a child. There are a lot of emotions, both good and bad, that go along with this process and they are all shared within this journal. Financial and social struggles are also seen along the way. This journal is a ...             Choosing Assisted Reproduction: Social, Emotional & Ethical Considerations10 reviews Susan Cooper, Ellen Sarasohn Glazer Perspectives Press (IN), 1998 Don't start infertility treatment until you read this! I can't believe that anyone let me start the process of infertility treatment (beyond the clomid stage) without telling me to read this. I found it on my own when having to decide whether my only chance to have a child, egg donation, was right for my husband and myself. I only WISH someone had told me about it sooner. It would have helped me think about all of "this" in a not so crazy ...             Brief Encounters: A Dictionary of Briefs and Phrases for Court Reporting8 reviews White-Boucke Publishing, 1995 EXTREMELY USEFUL This book is great!! I am a court reporting student. I wish I had bought this book when I first started school. It would have saved me much time. There are several options for the words, and even if they are not your theory, it can give you an idea of how to brief the word according to your own theory. I use this book almost daily in practice, and my speed has increased 40 WPM in two months. ...             Corporate E-Learning: An Inside View of IBM's Solutions7 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 For both corporate trainers and educators While this book focuses on e-learning (electronic learning) as a powerful tool for corporate training, there are many insights and recommendations that could be useful for professional educators in high school, college, and adult education programs. As both a business executive and college teacher, I found ideas throughout the book that could expand both the reach and effectiveness of my ...             Making Sense of Online Learning: A Guide for Beginners and the Truly Skeptical8 reviews Patti Shank, Amy Sitze Pfeiffer, 2004 E-learning for Dummies? The audience for this book is the person who wants to take their first step into traditional online learning. And by traditional, I mean self-contained courses and the management systems that support them (as opposed to deeper simulations or integration with knowledge management or ERP or CRM systems, etc., etc.,) For these people, the tone, the content, and the sympathy are dead on. Before ...             Wish I'd Known That... Tips for Taking Technology to College8 reviews Diane S. Kendall, Merle Marsh CSP Books, 2002 What a relief! Someone else has thought this through!! This is exactly what we need to think about as we prepare our high school senior for technology at college. In the laptop vs. desktop debate, this handy, informative books lays out the pros and cons. It's perfect for those of us who will either have to transport equipment a few thousand miles or decide to buy it on site. I heartily recommend this book for any parents preparing to buy ...             Whale Song: A Novel47 reviews Cheryl Kaye Tardif Kunati Inc., 2007 An engrossing, powerful story Only child, star in her parent's crown, Sarah's fairytale life takes a startling and sad turn. Whale Song is beautifully written, and though not an action novel, it is a page turner. The novel is emotionally evocative (I shed tears for Sarah and her companions) but there are many, many heartwarming and encouraging aspects. You quickly become embroiled in the narrator's life, and Sarah's voice ...             Creating Life Against the Odds: The Journey from Infertility to Parenthood10 reviews FACOG Ilona Laszlo Higgins MD Xlibris Corporation, 2006 highly recommended! this book is enormously helpful to anyone who is considering her fertility options. dr higgins gives a thoughful, truthful review of all the things that we need to consider before going ahead w/making a decision. also, as a mother through egg donation herself, as well as an OB, she has a perspective which i have not found anywhere else. this book is truly like no other. highly recommended!             Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas8 reviews Seymour A. Papert Basic Books, 1993 EIGHT STARS -- A Breakthrough in Natural Learning This is the best book I have ever read on how to assist people to learn for themselves. Papert began his work by collaborating with Jean Piaget, and then applied those perspectives in a self-programming language designed to help children learn math and physics. Papert explains Piaget's work and provides case studies of how the programming language, LOGO, can help. He provides a wonderful ...             Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint7 reviews Jane Bozarth Pfeiffer, 2008 Excellent for trainers in general not just for PowerPoint users. I agree with everything the other reviewers have said to date. This well-written book (lots of active voice) is useful to anyone involved in training; chapter 2 takes Bloom's taxonomy to a very realtistc and pragmatic level that guides the reader to the most appropriate learning activities. I just finished a master program in distance education and I wish I had had this book in school. Bozarth's ...             Best Ideas for Teaching with Technology6 reviews Justin Reich, Thomas Daccord M.E.Sharpe, 2008 Outstanding Resource If you are a teacher or educator looking to develop ideas to utilize technology into your classroom this is a must have book. There are 10 chapters ranging from Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Multimedia to Class Management. Each chapter features one or two tools with specific directions (simply written) on how to use the tool as well as hundred's of web site's that are relevant to ...             Michael Allen's Guide to E-Learning7 reviews Michael Allen Wiley, 2002 This book directly applies to your work! Dr. Allen is a champion of learner-centric design - and has written a refreshingly reader-centric book about the topic. He understands that learning is an "internal, personal, and ultimately individual act." His words reveal his passions and opinions in such an authentic manner that you can quickly understand his perspective, and extract points of meaning that can directly apply to your work. As ...             Government Assisted Housing: Professional Strategies for Site Managers (Institute of Real Estate Management ...7 reviews Glenn L. French Institute of Real Estate Management, 1996 The bible for affordable housing!!! An excellent handbook for the endless challenges encountered in the affordable housing field. Clear,concise and easy to read. The author has obviously handled these situations in the past and has thankfully provided a tool for housing managers everywhere to use now and for years to come. A must for any property manager's library!             The Kids That ECOT Taught: The Pioneers of America's E-Schooling Revolution6 reviews Bill Lager EOS, 2002 Fantastic Read!! I am currently a student enrolled in the ECOT High School and I when I discovered this book I was excited to read it. I quickly bought myself a copy and couldn't put it down!! I think that more ECOT students need to read this book--it will really open your eyes and show you just how much work went into starting this school. ECOT has been wonderful for me because of my medical situation and I ...             The E-Learning Question and Answer Book: A Survival Guide for Trainers and Business Managers7 reviews AMACOM/American Management Association, 2003 How to make the most from an online learning environment Allan Henderson's E-LEARNING tells how to make the most from an online learning environment. From budgeting costs for e-learning to supporting employees who respond to e-learning opportunities, this is packed with interviews with experts plus examples of e-learning in sales, legal training and HR. An exciting survey.             Computer-Based Instruction: Methods and Development5 reviews Stephen M. Alessi, Stanley R. Trollip Prentice Hall College Div, 1991 This is a MUST for CBT and WBT developers This book should be on the shelf of very instructional designer and course developer responsible for creating computer-based training or web-based training. The book stands out for three important reasons: (1) if offers concrete directions regarding how to develop instruction at the lesson level; (2) the recommendations are based on research findings and when research findings are ...             Multimedia for Learning: Methods and Development (3rd Edition)6 reviews Stephen M. Alessi, Stanley R. Trollip Allyn & Bacon, 2000 Excellent breadth and and depth of coverage This is an excellent text in terms of coverage and pacing. If you are interested in human-computer interaction, this is a 'must have' text. What astonished me about this book is that it covered more issues in HCI than many dedicated user interface design books. The text admirably blends practical considerations with theoretical concerns and trends. It strongly focuses on motivational issues ...             Literacy in the Cyberage6 reviews Richard W. Burniske Corwin Press, 2001 Thought provoking and practical I attended two of the author's presentations at the EARCOS conference in Bangkok recently and found them both thought-provoking and practical. The same is true of this book, which I purchased at the book fair. It's a treasure trove of learning activities that teachers can use to teach students about more than just "how" to use technology. As an IB history teacher I was especially impressed with ...             Macromedia MX eLearning: Advanced Training from the Source7 reviews Jeffrey Bardzell Macromedia Press, 2002 Professor Says, "A+" I'm an assoc. prof. of New Testament currently working to produce an interactive web workbook for teaching/learning skills for New Testament interpretation. I want to give students practice developing close reading skills rather than ask them simply to drill content. For a couple of years, I have had a dream for such a site, and I felt sure it was buildable, but didn't know how. I care enough ...             Recycling Jimmy7 reviews Andy Tilley Kunati Inc., 2007 A thoroughly modern, uniquely brilliant dark comedy A lot goes through your mind when you're precariously dangling upside down from a bridge - blood mostly, but also plenty of vivid insights. You might suddenly, by way of example, realize that your fiancé wasn't all that to begin with and that your best friend is really pretty annoying, so who cares if you caught the two of them sharing a morning-after kiss, and why in the world did you ever set ...              search for books beginners, computer-based, computers, considerations, development, dictionary, e-learning, e-schooling, elearning, emotional, encounters, government, infertility, institute, instruction, macromedia, management, mindstorms, monographs, multimedia, parenthood, powerpoint, professional, reproduction, revolution, schooling, skeptical, solutions, strategies, technology books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Aiakidenmythos und epeirotisches Konigtum: Der Weg einer hellenischen ... we recommend An engrossing, powerful story home  impressum - about us