Deal of the Day Sites- Do they make you spend “More” for “Less”

Deal of the Day Sites- Do they make you spend “More” for “Less” The Article looks at the pros and cons of the “one deal a day”, “deal of the day” or “discount deal” sites and the behavioural patterns of customers

Deal of the day, one deal a day or bargain websites are increasingly becoming popular and a hot discussion amongst family and friends (well next to Facebook posts!) for dinners, outings, vacations, gadgets or even for a haircut. The reason for a huge success of these websites can be attributed primarily for the following reasons

Now the lop side of things, most of these websites grip their customer, and why not, it’s great value. In fact, the generous freebies are for the loyalty and repeat business that they achieve. To add fuel to the fire, you get to use your credit card and maybe also the revolver effect of it! Most of the times a customer may end up buying stuff they may not in their normal courses of their lives for e.g. that off hand “mini vacation” or that multiple vouchers of sushi…etc.

To sum it up these discount deals are a great concept once it’s not overdone by customers. It may help if a customer thinks for a moment before hitting the “Buy” button if they really want that deal or can be avoided without a pinch of difference on their lives.

Gurome’s Quant Blog Series – Advanced Topics: Ratio and Proportion A59

The answer to the DS question we posted yesterday on Advanced Topics: Ratio and Proportion is explained as follows:

Explanation:

 

Let the number of trainers in the particular course be N and the number of trainees be n.

We need to determine the maximum possible value of n such that N/n > 8/81.

 

(1)  By knowing the number of courses at the training center, we come to know nothing about the maximum possible value of n in the particular course; NOT sufficient.

 

(2)  The particular course has 15 trainers implies that N = 15.

We need to determine the maximum value of n such that 15/n > 8/81.

This means that n < (15 × 81)/8

Writing as a mixed fraction, n < 151 7/8

Since n is an integer, the maximum possible value of n is 151; SUFFICIENT.

The correct answer is B; statement 2 alone is sufficient.

Aug 25, Grade 2 (with songs, videos, games & activities)

  Here, we have a collection of songs, videos, games, activities and worksheets that are suitable for Grade 2.

 

 

Learn Phonics

Review Short and Long Vowels
from Grade 1

Consonant Digraphs
ch-, sh-, th-, and wh-

Consonant Digraphs
ch-, sh-, th-, and wh-

Vowel Digraphs

Ee Words

Oo Words

Phonics Games for Kids
Lots of games to help you learn the consonant sounds, the vowel sounds

Grammar for Kids

What are Nouns?
Proper Nouns and Common Nouns
Plural Nouns

Adjectives
Comparative & Superlative

Punctuations
Question Marks, Periods,
Exclamations

What are Verbs?
Verbs Flash Cards

Grammar Games for Kids
Games that help you learn about nouns, adjectives, punctuations, verbs and much more.

 

Numbers

Review Numbers and Skip Counting from Grade 1

Even and Odd Numbers

Even and Odd Numbers
Videos and songs to learn about odd and even numbers

Even and Odd Numbers
Worksheets (Numbers up to 10)

Even and Odd Numbers
Worksheets (Nimbers up to 100)

Even and Odd Numbers
Worksheets (Nimbers up to 1000)

Even and Odd Number Games
Games to test your knowledge of even and odd numbers

Ordinal Numbers

Ordinal Numbers
Videos to learn about ordinal numbers

 

Ordinal Numbers
Worksheets (first to tenth)

Ordinal Numbers
Worksheets (eleventh to thirtieth)

Place Values

Place Values
Songs and videos on place values

Place Value Worksheets (1)
Place Value Worksheets (2)
(up to ten’s place)

Place Value Worksheets (1)
Place Value Worksheets (2)
(up to hundred’s place)

Place Value Worksheets (1)
Place Value Worksheets (2)
(up to thousand’s place)

Form the largest or smallest number (given 3 digits)

Form the largest or smallest number (given 4 digits)

Place Value Games
Lots of games to help you learn more about the number system and place values

Compare Numbers

Comparing Numbers Videos
Aligator Greater than
Greater than & less than sign
Comparing numbers to each other

Compare Numbers 1
Worksheets (Less than 10)
Compare Numbers 2
Worksheets (Less than 100)
Compare Numbers 3
Worrksheets (Less than 1000)

Bill’s Wishes
Help make Bill’s wish come true by choosing the correct comparison operator.

Alligator’s Lunch
Learn how to use the greater than and less than symbols with Allie the alligator.

Number Compare
Compare using the greater than and less than symbols.

Greater than and less than
Everybody gets confused with their greater than > and less than < signs. Here is a small game to help you remember which is which.

Roman Numerals (I, V, X, L)

Roman Numerals Videos

Roman Numerals Conversion Worksheets

Roman to Arabic
(Largest symbol – L) Worksheets

Arabic to Roman
(Largest symbol – L) Worksheets

Roman Numerals Games
Lots of games to help you learn the Roman Numerals

Estimation and Rounding

Rounding Numbers
(videos)

Rounding Games
Estimation and Rounding Games

Rounding Worksheets
to the nearest 10

Rounding Worksheets
to the nearest 100

Rounding Worksheets
to the nearest 1,000

Rounding Worksheets
mixed – 10, 100, 1,000

 

 

Addition

Videos

Addition
without Regrouping or Carry

Additon
with Regrouping or Carry

Addition using the Partial Sums Method (New Math Addition)

Addition using the Partial Sums Method (More examples)

Addition Skills (Worksheets)

Addition (sum up to 10)

Addition (sum up to 18)

Addition without regrouping or carry

2 digits + 1 digit

2 digits + 2 digits

3 digits + 2 digits

3 digits + 3 digits

Addition with regrouping or carry

1 digit + 1 digit

2 digits + 1 digit

2 digits + 2 digits

3 digits + 2 digits

3 digits + 3 digits

 

Adding three numbers (1-digit)

Adding three numbers (2-digits)

Adding three numbers (3-digits)

 

Addition Games
Lots of Addition Games to increase your addittion skills while having fun.

 

 

Subtraction

Videos

Subtraction without Borrowing

Subtraction with Borrowing

Subtraction Skills (Worksheets)

Subtracting Two Numbers
(Minuend up to 10)

Subtracting Two Numbers
(Minuend up to 18)

Subtraction without borrowing

2 digits – 1 digit

2 digits – 2 digits

3 digits – 2 digits

3 digits – 3 digits

Subtraction with borrowing

2 digits – 1 digit

2 digits – 2 digits

3 digits – 2 digits

3 digits – 3 digits

Subtraction Games
Lots of fun games that will improve your subtraction skills

Mixed Operations

Addition and Subtraction Games

Da Numba
Welcome to the world of Da’ Numba where a quick eye and a sharp mind will get you very far! Just add, subtract and react to the falling tiles. The game gets more challenging when some of the blocks have negative numbers on them.The game starts slow then gets faster as you move through the levels.

Math 101
Play Math 101 game and get to beat the other school kids at Math and show the teacher who is good at addition and subtraction.

Double Digits
Improve your math skills by adding or subtracting the double-digit numbers.

Math Attack II
Form equations from the numbers and operations. Test your mind with this game. You need to be fast and smart to beat the time!

More Addition and Subtraction Games

Number Sentence Worksheets

Number Sentence (+, –, =)
Number Sentence (plus, minus, equals, not equals)

Introduction to Multiplication

Multiplication as Repeated Addition
Videos to learn Multiplication as repeated addition

Multiplication Times Table (Videos)

Multiplication Table 2

Multiplication Table 3

Multiplication Table 4

Multiplication Table 5

Multiplication Table 6

Multiplication Table 7

Multiplication Table 8

Multiplication Table 9

Multiplication Table 10, 11 & 12

Learn Math Table
for 2, 6,4, 7, 9 using patterns

Multiplication Facts (In Order) Worksheets

Multiplication Facts for 1

Multiplication Facts for 2

Multiplication Facts for 3

Multiplication Facts for 4

Multiplication Facts for 5

Multiplication Facts for 6

Multiplication Facts for 7

Multiplication Facts for 8

Multiplication Facts for 9

Multiplication Facts for 10

Multiplication Facts (Not In Order) Worksheets

Multiplication Facts for 1

Multiplication Facts for 2

Multiplication Facts for 3

Multiplication Facts for 4

Multiplication Facts for 5

Multiplication Facts for 6

Multiplication Facts for 7

Multiplication Facts for 8

Multiplication Facts for 9

Multiplication Facts for 10

Mixed Multiplication Facts
(1 to 10)

Multiplication Games
Lots of games to improve your multiplication skills

Fractions

Fractions
(Songs and Videos)

Equivalent Fractions
(Videos)

Fractions in Words
(Worksheets)

Equivalent Fractions
(Worksheets)

Fraction Games
Games to help you learn about fractions, equivalent fractions and more.

Money

Change Maker Game
Get as much money in your piggy bank as possible, by figuring out the correct change. 4 difficulty levels.

Money Master Game
How good are your money handling skills? How fast can you give change?

Counting Change
Match groups of coins with their amounts.

More Money Games
Lots of Money Games.
Practise and have fun.

Time

Revison
Days of the Week,
Months of the Year,
The Fours Seasons and
Telling Time from Grade 1

Match the Time
Match the digital time to the analog time.

Giraffe Dash
Key in the digital time from the analog clock as fast as you can to win the race.

What time will it be?
Work out the answer to find out what time it will be.

Learning Elapsed Time
Move the hand of the clock to get the elapsed time

More Time Games
Telling Time
Analog & Digital Clocks
Elapsed Time

Data and Graphs

Graphs
What is a graph?
Drawing Graphs
Plotting Graphs

Bugs in the system
To clear a room of bugs, drag the bugs to the bar graph

Making Bar Graphs
Follow the given instructions to make a bar graph

Let’s Graph
Make a pictograph from the given data

Line Graphs
Jake takes a poll to find out how many soft drinks his classmates drink each day. The results are drawn in the table. Drag the red points until the line shows the data in the table.

More Data and Graph Games
More Games on Bar Graphs, Pictographs and Line Graphs

Measurement

Measuring
Length and Weight Revision
from Grade 1

Taking Measures – Weight
Which metric unit of weight is appropriate?

Taking Measures – Length
Which metric unit of length is appropriate?

Taking Measures – Capacity
Which metric unit of capacity is appropriate?

Units of Measures
Help Jack to decide which unit of measurements to use and to read mass, length and volume of objects. (Metric)

Conversion of Customary Units
Inches to Feet
Convert Inches to Feet
Yards to Feet
Convert Yards to Feet
Cups to Quarts
Convert Cups to Quarts

Conversion of Metric Units
Metric Length (cm and m)
Metric Volume
Metric Weight
Ruler Game (cm and m)

More Measurement Games
More games to help you learn cusomary and metric units

Geometry

Shapes

2-D shapes
Songs to learn about 2D or plane shapes
Learn some common shapes, what they are called, and how they are drawn
Shapes for kids. Circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, diamond, pentagon, hexagon, star, trapezoid.

3D shapes
Songs to learn about 3D or solid shapes
Distinguish between 2d shapes and 3d shapes
Edges Faces & Vertices

Guess the Shape I
Guess the 2-dimensional shape

Shape Store
Drag the correct shapes onto the picture and then make it move.  

Guess the Shape II
Guess the 3-dimensional shape

2D and 3D Shapes Game
Sort the shapes into 2D (flat) and 3D (solid). Shapes included are triangle, rectangle, square, circle, pyramid, cube, cuboid, cone and cylinder. 

Symmetry

Symmetry
Videos to learn about symmetry

Reflective Symmetry in Shapes
Explore the reflective symmetry in shapes

Symmetry Sort
Sort the shapes according to their properties of reflective symmetry

Symmetry Game
Give the number of lines of symmetry of each shape

Geometry Tranformations

Flip, Slide and Turn
Learn Flip, Slide and Turn with songs and dance
A first grade lesson in geometry

Alphabet Transformation
See the alphabets flip, slide and turn

Icy Slides, Flips and Turns
Determine whether the transfrormation is a slide, flip or turn

RoboPacker
Fit the robots into the suitcase. You may need to slide, flip or turn the robots to fit.

Perimeter and Area

Perimeter & Area
Songs and Videos

Perimeter Practice
Adam Ant helps you to find the perimeter.

Shape Excavator
Calculate the perimeter and area of a rectangle.

Shape Explorer
Learn the concepts of perimeter and area

Area and Perimeter 
of Rectangles (Worksheets)

Area and Perimeter
of Rectangles (Worksheets)

Area and Perimeter 
of Rectangles (Worksheets)

More Perimeter & Area Games
More games for you to learn about perimeter and area

Probability

Probability
Video to explain when to use –
Certain, Likely, Unlikely, and Impossible

Probability
Suitable for Grade 2. Select from Certain, Probable, Unlikely and Impossible.

Probability Bag
Pulling objects from a bag. Choose from certain, Impossible, Likely, Unlikely, Equally Likely.

Probability
Random ball picking machine. This game will test your probability knowledge

More Probability Games
Learn more about the concepts of probability

 

Games

Addition Games
Addition and Subtraction Games
Even and Odd Number Games
Multiplication Games
Place Value Games
Rounding Games

Reading and Literacy Games

Activities

The Domino Game – Matching and Adding Numbers
Place Value Game – Getting the Largest Number
Number Comparisons – Which is the Largest Number?

 

 

Get a Boost, Give a Leg Up

When you hear the word “intern,” what comes to mind?  If a mental image of someone wearing a lab coat and a stethoscope pops into your head, this post is for you.  As the job market has tightened, we’ve seen an uptick in the number of students interested in unpaid library internships.  What’s the bottom line?  It’s been a win-win situation for students or recent grads and for our department.  In addition, the newest librarian on our staff did an extensive internship in grad school, which was key to our hiring her.  Based on our experiences, internships add value all the way around.

If you’ve never worked with an intern, you may wonder what an internship looks like.  If it’s for credit, there will be requirements from the student’s college or university.  Typically, this would include the total number of hours to be worked, the types of duties that can or can’t be included, and whether or not your library needs to provide a job description.  While fewer restrictions will likely increase the benefit to the library, take time to assess the initial list of requirements even if it seems lengthy.  Chances are some of the “requirements” are procedures you would have followed anyway.  If it is an informal, not-for-credit internship, find out what the candidate needs or wants to gain from the experience, what skills or talents he or she has, and how that matches with the list of projects in your department’s wish-we-could-get-to pile.

Our current intern, Jennifer, (pictured below) is a recent library school grad who has been working 12 hours per week for us.  So far she has waded through a big chunk of a collection management project, wrangled kids and families in the Summer Reading booth, served as a program assistant and guest program presenter, and begun a project that will connect parents with story time and  reading-readiness concepts.  What has that done for Jennifer?  Her resumé now states that she has used an ILS, is familiar with a vendor database, and has had hands-on experience with kids, both individually and in groups of 50.  She also has an enthusiastic LinkedIn endorsement from me, fodder for her online portfolio, and staff to use as references.  That’s no small thing for someone transitioning to a new career.

If you’re sold on the idea, use networking to start looking for your first (or next) intern.  A children’s literature professor at a nearby college or university is a great first contact.  If there’s no nearby school, don’t give up hope: online students do internships, too.  Try placing an ad on the “employment” section of your library’s website or wherever you post job openings.  Make sure your director and HR department know you’re looking, because often they will receive letters from job-seeking candidates who might consider interning, instead.  The downside is small and the potential benefits are terrific, so take a first step toward mentoring an intern today.

IELTS Speaking test in Bosnia – August 2011

Below are the Speaking questions that our friend N remembered after her IELTS exam in Bosnia:

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your name? – Where are you from? – Do you work or study? – Where do you work? – What study do you do? – Did you learn science in your school?

Cue Card

Talk about the recent news in media that made an impression on you. Please say

- Whom was it about? – What happened? – Why did you remember it?

Discussion

- What is your vision of the future media? – What kinds of media do you know? – What is the main difference between TV and radio news?

Enrollment up in Abilene, area schools

Nellie Doneva/Reporter-News Courtney Gann shows lab equipment to students in the pre-AP chemistry class at ATEMS Friday.

Nellie Doneva/Reporter-News The Academy of Technology, Engineering, Math and Science has enrolled more students this year overall. Students move between classes or go to lunch Friday.

Nellie Doneva/Reporter-News Students wait for the bell at end of the digital interactive media class at ATEMS Friday.

The first week of school has wrapped up for Abilene and surrounding towns, giving school officials a chance to look at preliminary attendance numbers.

In Abilene and surrounding cities, most school districts reported higher enrollment at the end of the first week compared to the end of one week a year ago.

Day five enrollment in the Abilene Independent School District this year totaled 16,925, compared to 16,819 last year.

The district reported increases in elementary students, middle school students and special programs, with a small dip in high school enrollment. Special programs include pre-K, early childhood centers and some special education alternative programs.

District officials expect numbers to fluctuate in the first few weeks with more accurate numbers available in a couple months.

On Oct. 28, a snapshot enrollment number will be recorded for UIL classifications. AISD spokesman Phil Ashby said the snapshot number will be the official enrollment for the biennial UIL high school reclassification.

Mark Gabehart, AISD chief technology officer, said the Texas Education Agency collects more than 90 pieces of information from the Oct. 28 snapshot, including number of campuses, number of students, dropout rates, TAKS scores, college admission testing and dropout rates.

Although the snapshot number is used for UIL classification, it is average daily attendance that is used to determine state funding. Each district uses an average that is updated and reported throughout the year for funding purposes.

Abilene’s Academy of Technology, Engineering, Math and Science was one of the AISD campuses to see an increase in students. The academy opened two years ago. Although enrollment for upperclassmen has remained constant, the number of ninth-graders at the academy jumped from 80 to 100 between this year and last, said Director John Martinez.

“Our goal is to continue to put kids in seats and we would be happy to have between 100 and 125 per grade level,” Martinez said. “Our classes are not as full as others in the district and we definitely want to alleviate that problem that parents are worried about having too many students in a class.”

Wylie ISD saw little change between the end of this week and the end of the first week last year. Enrollment Friday was 3,346, three students more than this time last year, according to Superintendent Joey Light.

Merkel ISD Superintendent Bill Hood said enrollment is up in his district — 1,171 this year, compared to 1,099 a year ago.

The Clyde CISD administrative office confirmed Friday that its attendance numbers are slightly down — 1,436 this year, compared to 1,488 on the fifth day of class a year ago.

Superintendent Glenn Coles said Hawley ISD enrollment numbers are down now — 696 students this year, compared to 733 a year ago.

Jim Ned CISD, which is currently working with an interim superintendent, will not have numbers to release until the end of next week.