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The Connection is a new online community for the professional international credential evaluator. The Connection will bring together individuals from around the world to collaborate, share information, and access resources regarding admissions decisions, the determination of credential equivalencies, the articulation of professional standards, and the promotion of best practices in the field.
The online community provides a discussion forum, an events calendar, news updates, resources, and other tools and information to help credential evaluators do their jobs. We are alike. We have questions. We have answers. We write publications. We give presentations. We teach. We learn. If you are new to the field, or are a seasoned expert, we all have something to contribute.
Last month and this week we are trying a semi-break approach to school.
A while back we did a week-long focus on grammar. Each day we tackled a couple of parts of speech.
This week we are tackling geography. Five times over the course of the day I called my son or daughter to me and we went through the continent of South America. We have a nice sturdy puzzle of the continent, and to start out with we'd take all the pieces out. At first, I talked the most as they put it back together. As the day wore on, they did all the talking and I was surprised how quickly they learned the info when that's all we did.
Here are the points we covered for South America:
Columbia is the link country between Central and South America.
Brazil is the largest country.
In Brazil they speak Portuguese.
All the rest of the countries speak Spanish.
The Amazon River is in the top third of Brazil.
Bolivia is landlocked.
Paraguay is landlocked.
Chile is the long thin one.
The Andes run between Chile and Argentina.
Peru has famous ruins built by the Incans.
The Galapagos Islands are where the old land turtles live.
Antarctica is south of South America.
the Equator is (this) line.
The Atlantic is to the East.
the Pacific is to the West.
No big crazy list, but the top points for now. Next we're doing Africa, then Europe/western Europe, then the far east, and last north America (to include the 50 states).
What do you do for geography? I've heard of some memory trick books that use music, imaginative pictures of what countries are shaped like, etc, but haven't used any myself.
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The Connection is a new online community for the professional international credential evaluator. The Connection will bring together individuals from around the world to collaborate, share information, and access resources regarding admissions decisions, the determination of credential equivalencies, the articulation of professional standards, and the promotion of best practices in the field.
The online community provides a discussion forum, an events calendar, news updates, resources, and other tools and information to help credential evaluators do their jobs. We are alike. We have questions. We have answers. We write publications. We give presentations. We teach. We learn. If you are new to the field, or are a seasoned expert, we all have something to contribute.
Last month and this week we are trying a semi-break approach to school.
A while back we did a week-long focus on grammar. Each day we tackled a couple of parts of speech.
This week we are tackling geography. Five times over the course of the day I called my son or daughter to me and we went through the continent of South America. We have a nice sturdy puzzle of the continent, and to start out with we'd take all the pieces out. At first, I talked the most as they put it back together. As the day wore on, they did all the talking and I was surprised how quickly they learned the info when that's all we did.
Here are the points we covered for South America:
Columbia is the link country between Central and South America.
Brazil is the largest country.
In Brazil they speak Portuguese.
All the rest of the countries speak Spanish.
The Amazon River is in the top third of Brazil.
Bolivia is landlocked.
Paraguay is landlocked.
Chile is the long thin one.
The Andes run between Chile and Argentina.
Peru has famous ruins built by the Incans.
The Galapagos Islands are where the old land turtles live.
Antarctica is south of South America.
the Equator is (this) line.
The Atlantic is to the East.
the Pacific is to the West.
No big crazy list, but the top points for now. Next we're doing Africa, then Europe/western Europe, then the far east, and last north America (to include the 50 states).
What do you do for geography? I've heard of some memory trick books that use music, imaginative pictures of what countries are shaped like, etc, but haven't used any myself.
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Higher Education Presents: Feelin So Fly Like a Cheesehead (Official Music Video
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