Posted by LibeRaCe on April 30, 2008
The Health and Safety Executive has a dedicated ‘Myth of the Month’ page, which helps to reveal the truth behind all the recent stories in the news like children being banned from playing conkers if they don’t have goggles and chrsitmas decorations being too dangerous for the workplace!
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 29, 2008
The British Nutrition Foundation have uploaded episode 1 of a podcast all about healthy eating and nutrition on YouTube for young people and students.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 24, 2008
The Professionals: European Academy of Business in Society , Institute of Association Management, Association of Project Management, The Business Management Association , Association of Business Executives , International Professional Managers Association, National Bursars Association, Communications Management Association , Association of Business Schools , Chartered Management Institute , Institute of Management Services,
News/Blogs : BBC Business, Reuters , Financial Times , Business in Wales , Business Blogs.
Resources/Revision: The Times 100 , Times Educational – Business Studies, BBC Learning Business Studies , Global & Ethical Business, S-Cool Business , Business Stusies Online Games ,biz-ed topics , Intute Business & Management , HR Management , Learndirect Business.
Glossaries : Project Management, Organizational Learning, Business Terms , Intute Business.
Journals: Management Accounting, Management Int. Review, Management Today, Workforce Management and many more available through ATHENS for Llandrillo Students.
Career Advice: Worksmart , Learndirect , Inside Careers.
Learn more about this subject in the Library at shelf number 658.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 23, 2008
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 21, 2008
The Professionals: Royal Photographic Society, Disabled Photographer’s Society, Association of Photographers, Master Photographers Asssociation, British Press Photographers Association,Irish Photographers Website , Welsh Photographic Alliance, Photographic Alliance of Great Britain, WomenPhotographers , British Association of Picture Libraries, Picture Research Association.
News and discussion: F8andbethere, blogs, Digital Photography news, BBC In Pictures.
Business: Intellectual Copyright , Short Guide to Photographers Rights, Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines , Promoting your work.
Journals: British Journal of Photography, Photography Monthly, Amateaur Photographer, National Geographic , Professional Photographer .
Inspiration: Wellcome Collection, Intute:Photography, Magnum , Cartier-Bresson, National Media Museum, Fox-Talbot Museum, Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year, BUBL:Photography, Online Tutorials.
Share : Photo.net, Flickr, Dropshots.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 18, 2008
The real stories from behind the headlines
Tutors are encouraged to use these links as a “Thought for the Day” or to start a class discussion…..
Issue 18th April 2008
- Ecuador Bus Crash: Five young British women have died in a coach crash in Ecuador. They were gap year students and had already spent two weeks at a Spanish language school in Quito as part of their adventure trip.Police said a lorry crashed into the side of the bus.Do students regard it as a random accident that could have happened anywhere? Will it change the way they look at gap year travel?
- Massive food price increases could reverse recent reductions in poverty worldwide the World Bank reports. The doubling of food prices over the last three years could push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty.Violent protests have been linked to the soaring cost of food staples such as rice, wheat, beans and cooking oil.Rising prices have been blamed on increased world demand, poor harvests in some areas, and an increase in the growing of crops for bio-fuels.
- The high court has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office was wrong to drop a major investigation into allegations of corruption in arms deals. Lawyers, accountants and police had been investigating alleged bribes paid by BAE Systems relating to military aircraft contracts with Saudi Arabia worth £43 billion. The inquiry was dropped in December 2006 amid fears that it could damage national security.
- Children’s choice of musical instruments is largely determined by their sex, according to researchers who looked at instruments played by nearly half a million children. They found that most harps, flutes, fifes, piccolos, clarinets, oboes and violins were played by girls. Boys were far more likely to play the electric guitar, bass guitar, tuba, trombone or drums.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 16, 2008
The Library Blog Homepage now includes an RSS feed for the most recent additions to the new library del.icio.us account: del.icio.us/llandrillo_library . Access our favourites menu from any computer, anywhere in the world.
We hope that by the end of the week there will be over 500 links to useful resources online – each one checked by a librarian for suitability.
You need a del.icio.us account to access and bookmark these resources – why not add us to your network? Go to www.del.icio.us.comand click on register, pick a user name & password, click OK. Its that easy!
You can also email or reply to a post with some useful links you’ve found yourself. Share the wealth! Your friendly library staff will also be adding links to sites they love…..
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 11, 2008
Interested in American current affairs and maybe even 20th Century US History?
Get access to the archives of the New York Times online.
Free article access from years 1851-1922 and from 1987-present .
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 10, 2008
A new way to interact with our students:
TeacherTube went live in 2007 and so far has 15,000 free to view instructional videos created by and for teachers. It includes featured videos, that are rated by viewers. Some of the diverse subjects covered include photography, maths, physics, English, French grammar. A keyword search box provides links to suitable videos. The US slant and some distracting advertisements may limit its appeal, but the range of subjects and alternative teaching ideas available make it a useful resource.
Another US based website called SchoolTube contains videos that have been created by students with the help of tutors on a wide range of subjects. Each video is screened by a qualified teacher using school district best practice before it is made available on the site. Videos are arranged by subject heading to the left of the page. The site also works in partnership with the Student Television Network (STN), a group of journalism teachers that share their expertise to create quality videos.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 9, 2008
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