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With EKG technician training you will get a solid job

Written on January 11, 2012 – 2:20 pm | by admin

With an EKG technician training there are many opportunities out there once you have the certification. ECG stands for electrocardiogram, a test in which the technician needs to collect the patient data that will be used by physicians for analysis. It also includes ultrasound. It’s really an interesting job because you feel like you help people manage their disease and also, if you like making friends, you can have a lot because patients come in and out of the hospitals and clinics and they never run out.

These are some intangible rewards you could gain by pursuing this field. There are no age boundaries for the ECG technician, as long as you have the capacity and skills to handle and manage the task. Read more…

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Chaotic scene for parents following Cummings Middle School shooting

Written on January 11, 2012 – 1:06 pm | by Imogen Fahey

The scene outside Cummings Middle School in Brownsville was chaotic earlier wednesday morning after reports of a fatal shooting on campus.

Police blocked roads and parents desperately trying to figure out what was happening and if their children were ok.

But inside the classroom, many students tell us their experienced teachers helped to keep them calm and safe.

“My teacher turned of the lights and locked the door,” said Rudy Sandoval. “Everybody got to the ground.”

Sandoval, a 6th grader, says  she was nervous but thanks to her teacher she didn’t feel she was in danger.

A parent said although it was a long agonizing wait to see her child after the shooting, she feels teachers did their job to keep the students safe.

“I believe so,” said Dina Coronado. “They seem to be well organized. We didn’t see a lot of chaos outside.”

Teachers we spoke to said they were just doing their job but are trained to always “expect the unexpected.”

  

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Tax break for students sought in Calif. bill

Written on January 10, 2012 – 12:46 pm | by Christopher Tulloch

As tuition steadily climbs at California’s public universities, low-income students turn to financial aid for help and high-income students to the family bank account.

But middle-class students, who do not qualify for financial aid, often have nowhere to turn and simply don’t enroll.

A state lawmaker is hoping that a tax break of up to $500 per year for each student from a family earning $80,001 to $140,000 would help.

“It won’t cover their entire costs, but it’s a positive step in the right direction to put more cash in the pockets of the working middle class,” said Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose, who introduced AB1441 to benefit students at the University of California, California State University and the state’s community colleges.

If signed into law, the bill would allow a tax credit of up to $500 a year for each eligible student for such college expenses as tuition, fees, books and school equipment. Students could receive no more than $2,000 in credits over the course of their education, and the bill itself would expire after 2016.

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Joel Naatus – We Need More Teacher-Centered Solutions in ICT for Literacy

Written on January 2, 2012 – 12:02 am | by Imogen Fahey

I’m not convinced that the challenge of promoting literacy ICT is a market failure, a human constraint, or a technological constraint. It’s a bit more nuanced than that. The tech capabilities are there, teachers will use good literacy tools, and the market exists. But what is lacking is the connection between all three of these things.

What I’ve observed during my short time in this whole ICT realm is that people who design ICT tools for literacy have never really gotten into the brain of a child learning to read and have probably never taught a child to read. I think what we need are more teacher-centered solutions in ICT. We need to mimic what REAL human beings already do well while teaching our children. And we need to make it as simple and as useful as possible.

Teaching a child to read is no easy task.

What continually amazes me is that the more years I spend teaching, the more styles of reading acquisition I see with children. One o

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Jumpstart your career search in 2012 with the help of the RCPL

Written on January 1, 2012 – 9:59 pm | by Christopher Tulloch

COLUMBIA — With the new year comes new hope that unemployment will continue its decline, and the economy will continue to improve in the Palmetto State.  The Richland County Public Library, in an effort to help the issue locally offers the Job Center, a free service offering advice on resume building, interviewing, and other job search skills.

Job Center Readiness Trainer Lori Cook says that although unemployment continues to decline from its record high of 11 percent to 9.9 percent in November, it is still a large jump from the 6.5 percent reported in 2008.

Among the various job training services offered by the Job Center, Cook says that the Library is offering a free seminar called “Jumpstart Your Career,” on Wednesday January 4 from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm at the main branch on Assembly Street.

“Our goal is to be inspiring, informative, and interactive,” says Cook, who also points out that the seminar, as with all the services at the job center are free, and open to the public.  She does point out that registration is required, however, and can be made by calling 803.929.3401.

The Job Center offers to those unemployed or under employed include free classes in computers, interview skills, and other important areas in the job search.

The RCPL Job Center is open to the public, at no charge, and a membership is not required.   Information can be found at the library website, or by calling 803.929.3401.

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Open Sourcing Textbooks

Written on December 31, 2011 – 4:24 pm | by Matthew Hovell

For each college student, textbook costs garner a sizable portion of education related expenses. Whether the student enrolls in an online learning courses or a traditional classroom environment, each student must acquire the textbook to complete the course successfully. Decreases in financial aide and other funding may affect how many students can afford their textbooks which could lead to a decline in students’ success in the classroom. According to a case study conducted by John Hilton III and David Wiley entitled Open Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability:A Case Study of Flat World Knowledge, Hilton and Wiley researched this open source textbook company in its beta phase to see if students would welcome open source e-textbooks and if this model could be sustained.

In this article published in The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Hilton and Wiley noted that students who were offered the open source textbooks option took advantage of this free textbook more than students who bought the book.

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