Urdu is a Central Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. It is the national language and one of the two official languages (the other being English) of Pakistan. Being spoken in five Indian states, it is also one of the official languages of India. Its vocabulary developed under Persian, Arabic, Turkic and Sanskrit. In modern times Urdu vocabulary has been significantly influenced by Punjabi and even English. Urdu was mainly developed in western Uttar Pradesh, India, but began taking shape during the Delhi Sultanate as well as Mughal Empire (1526–1858) in the Indian Subcontinent.
Language scholars independently categorize Urdu as a standardised register of Hindustani termed the standard dialect Khariboli. The grammatical description in this article concerns this standard Urdu. In general, the term "Urdu" can encompass dialects of Hindustani other than the standardised versions. The original language of the Mughals had been Turkic, but after their arrival in South Asia, they came to adopt Persian and later Urdu.
The word Urdu is believed to be derived from the Turkic or Mongolian word 'Ordu', which means army encampment. It was initially called Zabān-e-Ordu-e-Mu'alla "language of the Exalted Camp" (in Persian) and later just Urdu. It obtained its name from Urdu Bazar, i.e. encampment (Urdu in Turkic) market, the market near the Red Fort in the walled city of Delhi.
Standard Urdu has approximately the twentieth largest population of native speakers, among all languages.
Urdu is often contrasted with Hindi, another standardised form of Hindustani. The main differences between the two are that Standard Urdu is conventionally written in Nastaliq calligraphy style of the Perso-Arabic script and draws vocabulary more heavily from Persian and Arabic, while Standard Hindi is conventionally written in Devanāgarī and draws vocabulary from Sanskrit comparatively more heavily.Most linguists nonetheless consider Urdu and Hindi to be two standardized forms of the same language; however, others classify them separately due to sociolinguistic differences.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Computer speech synthesis software for education
Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware. A text-to-speech (TTS) system converts normal language text into speech.
Most of the text-to-speech software can read text-based files with natural voices using various voice engines. The text-to-speech voice engine on Vista is Microsoft Anna, and Microsoft Sam on the Windows XP. Vista users can hear a very clear voice of Anna, and the voice quality of Microsoft Anna is much better than that of Microsoft Sam.
The speech synthesis Windows program called narrator has been shipped with Windows2000, Windows XP and Vista. It reads text files and converts speech into wave and mp3 files, users can import generated audio files to portable devices, and listen to them while walking, jogging or commuting to work.
Speech synthesis has been a vital assistive technology tool and its application in this area is significant and widespread, now commonly used by people with dyslexia and other reading difficulties as well as by pre-literate youngsters. Meanwhile, speech synthesis applications and gadgets are language learning tools.
Speech synthesis techniques are now also used in entertainment productions such as games, anime and similar, and widely used in telecommunication products too.
Most of the text-to-speech software can read text-based files with natural voices using various voice engines. The text-to-speech voice engine on Vista is Microsoft Anna, and Microsoft Sam on the Windows XP. Vista users can hear a very clear voice of Anna, and the voice quality of Microsoft Anna is much better than that of Microsoft Sam.
The speech synthesis Windows program called narrator has been shipped with Windows2000, Windows XP and Vista. It reads text files and converts speech into wave and mp3 files, users can import generated audio files to portable devices, and listen to them while walking, jogging or commuting to work.
Speech synthesis has been a vital assistive technology tool and its application in this area is significant and widespread, now commonly used by people with dyslexia and other reading difficulties as well as by pre-literate youngsters. Meanwhile, speech synthesis applications and gadgets are language learning tools.
Speech synthesis techniques are now also used in entertainment productions such as games, anime and similar, and widely used in telecommunication products too.
The time bomb that is science in British schools
“Recently my stepdaughter was at the end of an English lesson and the teacher asked what she had next. When mathematics was mentioned, the teacher indicated that maths was a tough subject and not really what a person doing English should be studying.” This anecdote from Professor Peter Main, director of education and science at the Institute of Physics (IOP), points to the existence of a worryingly archaic attitude in British schools.
The perception that ‘boys do maths and science, and girls do humanities and arts’ is one that most people would scoff at today, but research into the options chosen by boys and girls at 13 suggests that gender-stereotyping still exists in schools and is narrowing the career options of thousands of teenagers.
Worryingly, recent tests have shown that that teenage girls in Britain are lagging further behind boys in science than anywhere else in the Western World. A study of 57 nations by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysed the results of tests taken by around 20 million 15-year-olds. It found that boys in Britain were 10 points ahead of girls in science, a bigger margin than most of the participating countries, apart from Indonesia and Chile.
In the UK, girls are ahead of boys in the Double Award for science, but this is due to the popularity of biology and chemistry. It’s physics that appears to be the problem. Since the 1980s, the numbers of pupils choosing to study physics has fallen from 45,000 to 29,000 and girls, in particular, are gravitating towards other subjects.
The long-term effect of this brain-drain could be profound, as Professor Main makes clear when he asks, “Where are the engineers of the future to come from?”
“When you look at the challenges we face, from climate change and energy security to an ageing population… we need more of the next generation of school and university leavers to be scientifically trained,” says Professor Main.
The brain drain conundrum
There are those educationalists who would propound the theory that girls’ and boys’ brains are hardwired differently and hence boys naturally gravitate towards blowing things up or dismantling engines and putting them back together again. If this is so, why are girls lagging behind in science in the UK and the problem is not so acute elsewhere? It’s a conundrum that is baffling scientists, ironically.
There’s a plethora of government-backed schemes to usher girls into science – and many good role models to offer inspiration – but experts like Professor Main believe that the people behind these schemes are missing a trick.
The IOP has collated research into the reasons why girls might feel alienated from the physics lab. According to Professor Main, it’s down to a “complex mix of psychology, sociology and peer group pressure”.
The IOP report Girls in the Physics Classroom (Murphy and Whitelegg, 2006) highlighted the following key findings:
*Girls are more likely than boys to value the social context in which tasks are placed in defining a problem.
*Typical secondary physics tends not to be concerned with the social context at all.
*There’s a generally held belief among teachers and pupils that physics is ‘difficult’ and this is off-putting.
*A lack of success in the subject increases the ‘sense of inadequacy’, something that girls seem feel more than boys.
*Males are more likely than females to rate themselves as successful learners in maths and science.
*There is a lack knowledge of the range of science-related careers.
Teachers make all the difference
Girls respond better when they have a supportive, attentive physics teacher, which comes as no surprise. However, Girls in the Physics Classroom revealed several worrying trends about science teaching and gender.
It appears that teachers expect boys to do better than girls in science and physics, and in science classes, teachers tend to give more attention to boys as a group than girls….
Take a deep breath. Clearly there is much work to do in order to boost girls’ confidence and make physics more engaging and relevant to them. So, how do schools begin to address these issues?
“Within the school, two factors seem to be very important,” says Professor Main. “The first is that teachers are aware that different things are important to girls and boys; for girls, context can be important and they seem to be more sensitive to a poor classroom experience.
“The second factor is the culture of the school. The schools that encourage most girls to study physics post-16 are those that have a positive, ‘can-do’ culture.”
The IOP has prepared a series of recommendations for teachers on how to make physics teaching more engaging for girls, and has CD Roms and videos available via Teachers TV to make physics more attractive to girls (for more details, see panel below).
“Take risks in the classroom”
Many science teachers are already trying to introduce change. William Austen, a science teacher at Summer Fields, a prep school in Oxfordshire, says, “Science is about blowing things up and cutting things up and boys have always just seemed to take to it more naturally than girls. I don’t think that it is a gender specific subject anymore, though.
“In the past, the subject has been taught very poorly, but it should be the easiest subject to teach. The key is practical work, rather than textbooks. Give demonstrations with bangs and smells. There are endless possibilities and you have to take risks.”
Excursions and creative approaches have helped to ‘modernise’ science teaching at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire. “Science is a very high profile subject at the school,” says head of physics Lorraine Paine.
“We have made it more exciting by organising trips to the large Hadron collider at Geneva. We went before the machine was fired up and were able to stand in the tunnel miles under the earth, which you can’t do now. I still refer to it when teaching and the students were so fired up on their return that it is very much in conversation. We are taking the students to Houston next year, prior to the remaining space shuttle missions.” Wycliffe also organises ‘mock murders’ where students have to carry out DNA tests to find the murderer.
It sounds fascinating but will other schools be able to match this level of inspiration in physics with threats of budget-squeezing in the state sector and pressure on independent schools to watch their housekeeping? Perhaps the question is: can we afford not to?
The perception that ‘boys do maths and science, and girls do humanities and arts’ is one that most people would scoff at today, but research into the options chosen by boys and girls at 13 suggests that gender-stereotyping still exists in schools and is narrowing the career options of thousands of teenagers.
Worryingly, recent tests have shown that that teenage girls in Britain are lagging further behind boys in science than anywhere else in the Western World. A study of 57 nations by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) analysed the results of tests taken by around 20 million 15-year-olds. It found that boys in Britain were 10 points ahead of girls in science, a bigger margin than most of the participating countries, apart from Indonesia and Chile.
In the UK, girls are ahead of boys in the Double Award for science, but this is due to the popularity of biology and chemistry. It’s physics that appears to be the problem. Since the 1980s, the numbers of pupils choosing to study physics has fallen from 45,000 to 29,000 and girls, in particular, are gravitating towards other subjects.
The long-term effect of this brain-drain could be profound, as Professor Main makes clear when he asks, “Where are the engineers of the future to come from?”
“When you look at the challenges we face, from climate change and energy security to an ageing population… we need more of the next generation of school and university leavers to be scientifically trained,” says Professor Main.
The brain drain conundrum
There are those educationalists who would propound the theory that girls’ and boys’ brains are hardwired differently and hence boys naturally gravitate towards blowing things up or dismantling engines and putting them back together again. If this is so, why are girls lagging behind in science in the UK and the problem is not so acute elsewhere? It’s a conundrum that is baffling scientists, ironically.
There’s a plethora of government-backed schemes to usher girls into science – and many good role models to offer inspiration – but experts like Professor Main believe that the people behind these schemes are missing a trick.
The IOP has collated research into the reasons why girls might feel alienated from the physics lab. According to Professor Main, it’s down to a “complex mix of psychology, sociology and peer group pressure”.
The IOP report Girls in the Physics Classroom (Murphy and Whitelegg, 2006) highlighted the following key findings:
*Girls are more likely than boys to value the social context in which tasks are placed in defining a problem.
*Typical secondary physics tends not to be concerned with the social context at all.
*There’s a generally held belief among teachers and pupils that physics is ‘difficult’ and this is off-putting.
*A lack of success in the subject increases the ‘sense of inadequacy’, something that girls seem feel more than boys.
*Males are more likely than females to rate themselves as successful learners in maths and science.
*There is a lack knowledge of the range of science-related careers.
Teachers make all the difference
Girls respond better when they have a supportive, attentive physics teacher, which comes as no surprise. However, Girls in the Physics Classroom revealed several worrying trends about science teaching and gender.
It appears that teachers expect boys to do better than girls in science and physics, and in science classes, teachers tend to give more attention to boys as a group than girls….
Take a deep breath. Clearly there is much work to do in order to boost girls’ confidence and make physics more engaging and relevant to them. So, how do schools begin to address these issues?
“Within the school, two factors seem to be very important,” says Professor Main. “The first is that teachers are aware that different things are important to girls and boys; for girls, context can be important and they seem to be more sensitive to a poor classroom experience.
“The second factor is the culture of the school. The schools that encourage most girls to study physics post-16 are those that have a positive, ‘can-do’ culture.”
The IOP has prepared a series of recommendations for teachers on how to make physics teaching more engaging for girls, and has CD Roms and videos available via Teachers TV to make physics more attractive to girls (for more details, see panel below).
“Take risks in the classroom”
Many science teachers are already trying to introduce change. William Austen, a science teacher at Summer Fields, a prep school in Oxfordshire, says, “Science is about blowing things up and cutting things up and boys have always just seemed to take to it more naturally than girls. I don’t think that it is a gender specific subject anymore, though.
“In the past, the subject has been taught very poorly, but it should be the easiest subject to teach. The key is practical work, rather than textbooks. Give demonstrations with bangs and smells. There are endless possibilities and you have to take risks.”
Excursions and creative approaches have helped to ‘modernise’ science teaching at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire. “Science is a very high profile subject at the school,” says head of physics Lorraine Paine.
“We have made it more exciting by organising trips to the large Hadron collider at Geneva. We went before the machine was fired up and were able to stand in the tunnel miles under the earth, which you can’t do now. I still refer to it when teaching and the students were so fired up on their return that it is very much in conversation. We are taking the students to Houston next year, prior to the remaining space shuttle missions.” Wycliffe also organises ‘mock murders’ where students have to carry out DNA tests to find the murderer.
It sounds fascinating but will other schools be able to match this level of inspiration in physics with threats of budget-squeezing in the state sector and pressure on independent schools to watch their housekeeping? Perhaps the question is: can we afford not to?
Attending a Tempe Arizona HVAC School Has Many Benefits
Attending a Tempe Arizona H VAC School Has Many Benefits
This popularity is one of the benefits of attending a Tempe Air Conditioning College. The state is known for its HVAC schools and Tempe has some of the best.
Tempe, Arizona, Has Great Options When It Comes to H VAC Schools
The schools in Arizona are known to be on the very cutting edge of technology. The more knowledge you have in the field, the more services you can offer to clients once you complete your training. This state of the art technology training is a huge plus and another reason to think about attending Tempe, Arizona H VAC schools.
In addition, one of the primary reasons students decide to go to H VAC school is the ease is getting a job after they complete their training. In many cases, the better schools, of which the HVAC schools in Tempe are included, help you find your first job. These jobs often have great pay scales and start the student off right in their new career.
Of course, once you have gone through a H VAC training program you don't necessarily have to go work for someone else. You have the ability to start your own H VAC company and work for yourself which is very appealing for many people. You will be trained well enough to stand on your own feet and run your own business, if that is your choice.
Another benefit of attending a Tempe Electrical College is the possibility of getting financing through the schools themselves for your schooling. Many times they will finance your education and only request repayment after you have been out of school for a certain amount of months.
Contact a few Tempe, Arizona, H VAC Schools for More Program Information
All in all, there is no downside to attending a Tempe, Arizona H VAC school. You will learn a trade, get placed in a job and have a career. It's worth looking into if you are interested in this type of field.
This popularity is one of the benefits of attending a Tempe Air Conditioning College. The state is known for its HVAC schools and Tempe has some of the best.
Tempe, Arizona, Has Great Options When It Comes to H VAC Schools
The schools in Arizona are known to be on the very cutting edge of technology. The more knowledge you have in the field, the more services you can offer to clients once you complete your training. This state of the art technology training is a huge plus and another reason to think about attending Tempe, Arizona H VAC schools.
In addition, one of the primary reasons students decide to go to H VAC school is the ease is getting a job after they complete their training. In many cases, the better schools, of which the HVAC schools in Tempe are included, help you find your first job. These jobs often have great pay scales and start the student off right in their new career.
Of course, once you have gone through a H VAC training program you don't necessarily have to go work for someone else. You have the ability to start your own H VAC company and work for yourself which is very appealing for many people. You will be trained well enough to stand on your own feet and run your own business, if that is your choice.
Another benefit of attending a Tempe Electrical College is the possibility of getting financing through the schools themselves for your schooling. Many times they will finance your education and only request repayment after you have been out of school for a certain amount of months.
Contact a few Tempe, Arizona, H VAC Schools for More Program Information
All in all, there is no downside to attending a Tempe, Arizona H VAC school. You will learn a trade, get placed in a job and have a career. It's worth looking into if you are interested in this type of field.
Benefits of Attending a California Air Conditioning School
California air conditioning schools give them both the theoretical information and the hands-on experience that they will need to make sure they are properly trained for their future in the HVAC industry.
Orange County Air Conditioning Schools
An Orange County Air Conditioning School provides people the education using the latest in technologies that many HVAC companies are looking for. As the field grows there will be more opportunities for someone trained in programs that improve their skills by giving them in-depth hands on experience and the tools they need to grow in the industry. These air conditioning schools offer programs that meet or exceed all the requirements needed for success in the HVAC industry. Students who have this kind of training get the job done, they are confident and have the skill needed to successfully complete any job that comes their way.
San Diego Air Condition Programs
There are many important benefits to a San Diego Air Conditioning Program that help the student to succeed in their chosen field. Many schools that are available will help the student by offering them financial aid services, so that they are able to attend school without the added stress of where the money will come from. They get professionals in the field of air conditioning to teach them about the ins and outs of HVAC, who have had experience as a specialist in their fields. These air conditioning schools offer their classes in fully equipped facilities and laboratories that ensure that their hands on experience are realistic. Additionally, once the student has completed their training they will find that their schools will assist them in finding the right company to work for. Training in California air conditioning schools will allow you to succeed in the world of HVAC and give you the experience to stay ahead of the competition.
Orange County Air Conditioning Schools
An Orange County Air Conditioning School provides people the education using the latest in technologies that many HVAC companies are looking for. As the field grows there will be more opportunities for someone trained in programs that improve their skills by giving them in-depth hands on experience and the tools they need to grow in the industry. These air conditioning schools offer programs that meet or exceed all the requirements needed for success in the HVAC industry. Students who have this kind of training get the job done, they are confident and have the skill needed to successfully complete any job that comes their way.
San Diego Air Condition Programs
There are many important benefits to a San Diego Air Conditioning Program that help the student to succeed in their chosen field. Many schools that are available will help the student by offering them financial aid services, so that they are able to attend school without the added stress of where the money will come from. They get professionals in the field of air conditioning to teach them about the ins and outs of HVAC, who have had experience as a specialist in their fields. These air conditioning schools offer their classes in fully equipped facilities and laboratories that ensure that their hands on experience are realistic. Additionally, once the student has completed their training they will find that their schools will assist them in finding the right company to work for. Training in California air conditioning schools will allow you to succeed in the world of HVAC and give you the experience to stay ahead of the competition.
Management and Media Science Education in India–Boom Time for Students
Wise men are intrigued by the way the education system in India has been transforming itself through the ages —from the days of yore, when knowledge rested only with the sages and was handed down to a select few by word-of-mouth to the present times when a spurt in the number of educational institutions, both government-funded and private, has spread knowledge to all nooks and crannies of this vast country. This revolutionary change has come about exclusively to cater to the changing needs of the society, the job market, and the demands of the students to stay afloat in these competitive times.
Apart from extending the reach of education, the educational institutions have also introduced new curricula to help students know, understand, and thus function effectively in the varied emerging and flourishing professions. Business Management and Administration and the Media Sciences are two such emerging fields. The top-notch educational institutions in India offering programs in these fields know the specific requirements of these two industries from their workforce.
The Business Administration and Management courses being offered imbibe the business learning that has evolved through the years and this includes foreseeing and forecasting business trends, identifying viable business solutions, being able to feel the pulse and respond to the demands of clients, and the best practices of running an organization. Aside of the technical skills required to start or manage a business, the goal of these management education programs is also to inculcate in the students an urge to “make things happen,” the ability to integrate and apply knowledge garnered from different fields, and cultivate an open mind that is receptive to new influences and ideas.
Mass media in the present times change form almost continuously and visionaries are never too late to tap into their hidden potential. Mass media thus functions as a means of communication and keeping in touch, a vehicle of marketing, a platform to raise issues and concerns that affect global communities, and an educational resource. To reap the benefits offered by the mass media, you need to be well conversant in the language that it speaks. Mass Communication courses and Media Science programs strive to impart this knowledge to the students. Students are taught to speak the language, understand the science and the technical know-how that drives these media, and how best to use the many forms to one’s benefit.
Apart from extending the reach of education, the educational institutions have also introduced new curricula to help students know, understand, and thus function effectively in the varied emerging and flourishing professions. Business Management and Administration and the Media Sciences are two such emerging fields. The top-notch educational institutions in India offering programs in these fields know the specific requirements of these two industries from their workforce.
The Business Administration and Management courses being offered imbibe the business learning that has evolved through the years and this includes foreseeing and forecasting business trends, identifying viable business solutions, being able to feel the pulse and respond to the demands of clients, and the best practices of running an organization. Aside of the technical skills required to start or manage a business, the goal of these management education programs is also to inculcate in the students an urge to “make things happen,” the ability to integrate and apply knowledge garnered from different fields, and cultivate an open mind that is receptive to new influences and ideas.
Mass media in the present times change form almost continuously and visionaries are never too late to tap into their hidden potential. Mass media thus functions as a means of communication and keeping in touch, a vehicle of marketing, a platform to raise issues and concerns that affect global communities, and an educational resource. To reap the benefits offered by the mass media, you need to be well conversant in the language that it speaks. Mass Communication courses and Media Science programs strive to impart this knowledge to the students. Students are taught to speak the language, understand the science and the technical know-how that drives these media, and how best to use the many forms to one’s benefit.
Friday, July 30, 2010
LEARN FRENCH - A great learning Experience
It is great to learn a second language and if the language in question is French then it can be very exciting. However you need to understand the methods that can produce better results. It is always advisable to learn a language in the country of its origin or where that particular language is spoken. This is because as you immerse yourself in the language and culture you gain real proficiency in that language. So if you are interested to learn the French language then France is the best place for you. To put it simply learn French in France. This diverse and fascinating country is known for its rich cultural heritage and exquisite cuisine.
Learning a language requires involvement beyond memorizing grammatical structures or vocabulary. If you want to speak fluent French you must communicate with people who speak that language. As you get accustomed to speaking and listening to native French speakers in real-life situations you gradually gain mastery over the language and within a short time become fluent too. So come and learn French in France and experience the thrill of this fantastic country.
Youngsters who are keen to learn foreign languages usually participate in summer camps particularly summer camp France or summer camp Italy if they want to learn French or Italian as it provides them an opportunity to meet people of their age from these countries. Summer camps encourage peer bonding and enriches language learning abilities.
You can find French language schools all throughout France and you can choose one according to your preferred location. If you want to seriously pursue a course to learn it then nothing can be better than taking up a course offered by ESL. ESL which stands for Ecole Suisse de Langues runs language schools all over France. These language schools are not like the ones that you come across everyday because here the approach is something that is unique and innovative.
ESL French course is designed in such a way that with a little effort on your part you would be able to master the language. The USP of this course lies in its brilliant faculties and innovative teaching tools backed by great infrastructure and other modern amenities. Moreover the study centre is located amidst scenic surroundings. When you enroll here you mingle with such like minded people who are passionate about French. You learn by sharing and communicating with people who instantly connects with you and learning becomes much more enjoyable and enriching. You get the opportunity to know about different cultures as you mix up with students belonging to various age groups, qualification, profession and race. On the other hand you are constantly assisted in your endeavor by the ESL members.
Learning a language requires involvement beyond memorizing grammatical structures or vocabulary. If you want to speak fluent French you must communicate with people who speak that language. As you get accustomed to speaking and listening to native French speakers in real-life situations you gradually gain mastery over the language and within a short time become fluent too. So come and learn French in France and experience the thrill of this fantastic country.
Youngsters who are keen to learn foreign languages usually participate in summer camps particularly summer camp France or summer camp Italy if they want to learn French or Italian as it provides them an opportunity to meet people of their age from these countries. Summer camps encourage peer bonding and enriches language learning abilities.
You can find French language schools all throughout France and you can choose one according to your preferred location. If you want to seriously pursue a course to learn it then nothing can be better than taking up a course offered by ESL. ESL which stands for Ecole Suisse de Langues runs language schools all over France. These language schools are not like the ones that you come across everyday because here the approach is something that is unique and innovative.
ESL French course is designed in such a way that with a little effort on your part you would be able to master the language. The USP of this course lies in its brilliant faculties and innovative teaching tools backed by great infrastructure and other modern amenities. Moreover the study centre is located amidst scenic surroundings. When you enroll here you mingle with such like minded people who are passionate about French. You learn by sharing and communicating with people who instantly connects with you and learning becomes much more enjoyable and enriching. You get the opportunity to know about different cultures as you mix up with students belonging to various age groups, qualification, profession and race. On the other hand you are constantly assisted in your endeavor by the ESL members.
Online Classrooms vs. Traditional Classrooms – What Are The Facts?
Today with the help of Internet, one can easily obtain the college degree. There is a big debate whether online classrooms are beneficial or not. In this regard, there are many people who argue that online classrooms are very good. But on the other hand, many people are against these virtual classes. Undoubtedly, online classrooms are more flexible as compared to other conservative type of education.
Online Education is a very flexible and convenient method of learning that allows us to access course content from any place any time with the help of Internet. This mode of learning also enables a student to choose his program from a wide variety of schools and programs. Through a Virtual Classroom,, a student can connect with top-notch professors and guest lecturers from all over the world and can ask his queries. By enrolling in Online Education, an individual can also save his time and money too. It is advantageous for those students who are shy and can not ask their doubts from the teachers. Here, they can find various features such as chat, discussion forums, blogs etc where they can ask anything to their teachers. These students can also contact with their classmates through message boards, instant messaging and email. Online education is considered as less expensive as compared to other courses. But there are many schools and colleges that subsidize their campus operations with their Online Courses. A student, who joins virtual classroom, can save his money for parking, eating at the cafeteria, usage of vending machines and much more.
On the other hand, most of students found traditional classroom most convenient because they think that it is better to learn when listening to someone speak instead of just reading online. College education also helps us in developing our skills in reasoning, reflection, tolerance and communication. With the help of these skills, we can easily resolve the conflicts as well as can solve crisis that may occur in the course of a personal or professional life. College education can help a student in understanding the viewpoints of other people.
In short, we can say that there are a lot of advantages of virtual education and traditional classrooms. So before joining any course, you should consider all the aspects of both courses.
Online Education is a very flexible and convenient method of learning that allows us to access course content from any place any time with the help of Internet. This mode of learning also enables a student to choose his program from a wide variety of schools and programs. Through a Virtual Classroom,, a student can connect with top-notch professors and guest lecturers from all over the world and can ask his queries. By enrolling in Online Education, an individual can also save his time and money too. It is advantageous for those students who are shy and can not ask their doubts from the teachers. Here, they can find various features such as chat, discussion forums, blogs etc where they can ask anything to their teachers. These students can also contact with their classmates through message boards, instant messaging and email. Online education is considered as less expensive as compared to other courses. But there are many schools and colleges that subsidize their campus operations with their Online Courses. A student, who joins virtual classroom, can save his money for parking, eating at the cafeteria, usage of vending machines and much more.
On the other hand, most of students found traditional classroom most convenient because they think that it is better to learn when listening to someone speak instead of just reading online. College education also helps us in developing our skills in reasoning, reflection, tolerance and communication. With the help of these skills, we can easily resolve the conflicts as well as can solve crisis that may occur in the course of a personal or professional life. College education can help a student in understanding the viewpoints of other people.
In short, we can say that there are a lot of advantages of virtual education and traditional classrooms. So before joining any course, you should consider all the aspects of both courses.
How do Quizzes Bring High-efficiency Teaching?
How do Quizzes Bring High-efficiency Teaching? We, teachers, with our own infinite wisdom, teach and cultivate students. As one of our teachers' teaching methods, quizzing always plays an important role on teaching. For example, we make quizzes to measure students' learning performance, improve our teaching strategies and get better teaching effects. There are some quizzes that teachers can make to bring high efficiency on our teaching:
1. Personality quiz — Know more about our students
As we all are aware that knowing the students' psychology is the premise to perform an excellent teaching scheme. Well, a personality quiz about students' habits, character, interest, etc. may do a favor for us. By analyzing the test results, we can understand students' likes and dislikes, to take better and more suitable teaching strategies. On the basis of knowing students, we will have special strategies for - different students when we implement a teaching plan. Then the whole process of teaching scheme may be carried out smoothly.
2. Pre-class quiz — Prepare a good teaching scheme
Usually, making a pre-class quiz for the coming class will be effective for our teachers, especially the new unexperienced teachers. The quiz results will distinctly show us how much students have known about the coming class and how we should prepare a high-quality class with clear primary and secondary teaching plan.
3. After-class quiz — Know the teaching effects
When finishing a class, teachers have to get feedback on the class from students. An after-class quiz will provide great help to our teachers. From the quiz results, we may find students have uneven levels on mastering the previous class. The next step we need to do is to summarize our own defects and merits of teaching, making appropriate adjustment on teaching scheme for a more effective class.
4. Funny quiz — Make an attractive class
It is certainly advantageous for students knowing more extracurriculum knowledge, such as the World Cup, famous writers, basketball stars, etc. During class, we teachers consciously integrate some funny quizzes with teaching plan. Because the class is not a simply poor but colorful class with particular attractive content, students will have much more interest in the class.
All the quizzes we referred, personality quiz, pre-class quiz, after-class quiz and funny quiz can be tested in two different forms: paper-based quiz and online quiz.
Normally, we make paper quizzes with many complicated steps: editing questions, typesetting, printing tests, organizing taking tests, collecting and grading quizzes, collecting statistic data and analyzing the results, etc. But for the online quizzes, we can easily build them with professional quiz maker software like Wondershare QuizCreator Making online quiz, we just need to create quizzes with multimedia and post them online. Then students will take the online quiz via Internet at anywhere anytime and the system that comes with Quiz Creator can collect the quiz results automatically.
It is such an effective, highly functional and convenient way to conduct almost every test we teachers can imagine, why not we take full use of the quizzes to get more high-quality education?
1. Personality quiz — Know more about our students
As we all are aware that knowing the students' psychology is the premise to perform an excellent teaching scheme. Well, a personality quiz about students' habits, character, interest, etc. may do a favor for us. By analyzing the test results, we can understand students' likes and dislikes, to take better and more suitable teaching strategies. On the basis of knowing students, we will have special strategies for - different students when we implement a teaching plan. Then the whole process of teaching scheme may be carried out smoothly.
2. Pre-class quiz — Prepare a good teaching scheme
Usually, making a pre-class quiz for the coming class will be effective for our teachers, especially the new unexperienced teachers. The quiz results will distinctly show us how much students have known about the coming class and how we should prepare a high-quality class with clear primary and secondary teaching plan.
3. After-class quiz — Know the teaching effects
When finishing a class, teachers have to get feedback on the class from students. An after-class quiz will provide great help to our teachers. From the quiz results, we may find students have uneven levels on mastering the previous class. The next step we need to do is to summarize our own defects and merits of teaching, making appropriate adjustment on teaching scheme for a more effective class.
4. Funny quiz — Make an attractive class
It is certainly advantageous for students knowing more extracurriculum knowledge, such as the World Cup, famous writers, basketball stars, etc. During class, we teachers consciously integrate some funny quizzes with teaching plan. Because the class is not a simply poor but colorful class with particular attractive content, students will have much more interest in the class.
All the quizzes we referred, personality quiz, pre-class quiz, after-class quiz and funny quiz can be tested in two different forms: paper-based quiz and online quiz.
Normally, we make paper quizzes with many complicated steps: editing questions, typesetting, printing tests, organizing taking tests, collecting and grading quizzes, collecting statistic data and analyzing the results, etc. But for the online quizzes, we can easily build them with professional quiz maker software like Wondershare QuizCreator Making online quiz, we just need to create quizzes with multimedia and post them online. Then students will take the online quiz via Internet at anywhere anytime and the system that comes with Quiz Creator can collect the quiz results automatically.
It is such an effective, highly functional and convenient way to conduct almost every test we teachers can imagine, why not we take full use of the quizzes to get more high-quality education?
Six Ways and Your Literature Dissertation Review is Done
So, let us first discuss what a literature dissertation review is, it is a summary or register of all the used resources that is related to your dissertation project main theme. Here, we are giving away six surefire ways to that will take you through the difficult process of literature dissertation review stage.
You have to use evidence to prove your credibility:
I won’t be wrong if I say that your dissertation review is just like academic research writing. Make sure your interpretation of the used sources is back up totally with the proofs and evidences so that it may enhance your credibility. This will also increase the interest of the reader for he may like the way you are proving your point.
Be very specific in selecting the points:
You need to be very specific while choosing the important points in each source to highlight in the review. Why I am stressing on being selective is because the type of information you will be selecting should directly link up with the literature reviews focus or the main idea. Be it, methodological, thematic or chronological.
Use quotes where necessary otherwise avoid them:
The basic nature of the literature dissertations doesn’t allow the use of detailed quotes and in-depth discussion from the text. So, use it where necessary otherwise try to avoid it as much as possible. Some short quotes that are related to the topic can be used here and there; though if you want to stress on a particular point, but if you really want to use the quotes then ask your instructor.
Remember to synthesize and summarize your sources:
You should summarize and synthesize each and every source at the end of every paragraph and throughout your literature review. This will help to create a better understanding for the reader.
Keep and maintain your own voice:
Literature review usually presents other ideas as well, so here you need to concentrate and maintain your own voice in order to keep it in centre.
Be very cautious when you are paraphrasing:
Often people don’t care while writing and fall under the category of plagiarism. This should be avoided as much as possible. One should be very careful while presenting someone else’s ideas, it should be his moral and ethical responsibility to define the idea in his own words clearly that doesn’t create any problem for you and the real author.
You have to use evidence to prove your credibility:
I won’t be wrong if I say that your dissertation review is just like academic research writing. Make sure your interpretation of the used sources is back up totally with the proofs and evidences so that it may enhance your credibility. This will also increase the interest of the reader for he may like the way you are proving your point.
Be very specific in selecting the points:
You need to be very specific while choosing the important points in each source to highlight in the review. Why I am stressing on being selective is because the type of information you will be selecting should directly link up with the literature reviews focus or the main idea. Be it, methodological, thematic or chronological.
Use quotes where necessary otherwise avoid them:
The basic nature of the literature dissertations doesn’t allow the use of detailed quotes and in-depth discussion from the text. So, use it where necessary otherwise try to avoid it as much as possible. Some short quotes that are related to the topic can be used here and there; though if you want to stress on a particular point, but if you really want to use the quotes then ask your instructor.
Remember to synthesize and summarize your sources:
You should summarize and synthesize each and every source at the end of every paragraph and throughout your literature review. This will help to create a better understanding for the reader.
Keep and maintain your own voice:
Literature review usually presents other ideas as well, so here you need to concentrate and maintain your own voice in order to keep it in centre.
Be very cautious when you are paraphrasing:
Often people don’t care while writing and fall under the category of plagiarism. This should be avoided as much as possible. One should be very careful while presenting someone else’s ideas, it should be his moral and ethical responsibility to define the idea in his own words clearly that doesn’t create any problem for you and the real author.
Online Education – The Best Way to Update Knowledge
But after getting a job, we feel that we should update our knowledge for getting any higher position in our company. We don’t want to leave our job for updating our knowledge. But thanks to advanced Internet technology, there are so many online colleges and universities available that are perfect for working professionals. In the past, we have to attend evening classes after coming back from office. But now we can attend online classes at the comfort of our convenience. These classes are available anywhere anytime.
Online Education is a viable option for updating our knowledge and for earning a degree. So you don’t worry for your busy schedule and can attend your classes at 24x7. These Online Classes can open new paths of education and career for everyone. They are specially designed for work around as per our time schedule. In most of the classes, we can attend lectures or assignments whenever we log onto our computer. Here, we can learn at our pace. If somebody is a fast learner, he can go ahead and continue his learning. Furthermore, Online Education also offers good selection of great online education degree programs that we hardly find in tradition schools and colleges.
Classontheweb is one of the premier online education portals that imparts education by using animations for easy learning of complex concepts of Science, Maths and Social sciences for class I to class XII of TN matriculation, State board and CBSE Board. This site also offers career enhancement programs for college students that would permit the students to enhance their careers at college time.
Online Education is a viable option for updating our knowledge and for earning a degree. So you don’t worry for your busy schedule and can attend your classes at 24x7. These Online Classes can open new paths of education and career for everyone. They are specially designed for work around as per our time schedule. In most of the classes, we can attend lectures or assignments whenever we log onto our computer. Here, we can learn at our pace. If somebody is a fast learner, he can go ahead and continue his learning. Furthermore, Online Education also offers good selection of great online education degree programs that we hardly find in tradition schools and colleges.
Classontheweb is one of the premier online education portals that imparts education by using animations for easy learning of complex concepts of Science, Maths and Social sciences for class I to class XII of TN matriculation, State board and CBSE Board. This site also offers career enhancement programs for college students that would permit the students to enhance their careers at college time.
Educational Equipment
Parents make every effort to send them to the best kindergartens, the best primary school, middle schools and universities, and when they are young, they may be send to various training schools to nurse their abilities on singing, dancing, painting, calculating and so on. All these are because of the significance of education, as the saying goes “knowledge is power.”
Today parents pay more attention to the pre-school education, so that educational equipments are largely welcomed by parents and children. Educational equipments are a general name for kinds of entertainment equipments used for kids’ education. As education itself is a large field, educational equipments also contain may types of equipments, as mathematics educational equipments, painting educational equipments, athletics educational equipments, and music educational equipments, to name a few.
Number and counting is the basal skills for kids to get. Mathematics educational equipments can make numbers learning be easy and take great pleasure into learning. In this kind of educational equipments, products are of different styles, colors and shapes. The most common educational equipments is the numbers carts. But this kind of mathematics educational equipments may be too simple and boring. Nowadays, there are intelligence-enlightening number rods, number board educational equipments, number blocks educational equipments, and hanging numbers beads educational equipments. The educational equipments for letters learning and alphabet learning are of the same samples.
Painting educational equipments are those educational equipments used for painting. The basal painting educational equipments are blackboards. Today blackboards are not restricted to be black; they can also be white and green. Besides, some blackboards are double sets. They can be used by two children at the same time.
Athletics educational equipments are those educational equipments for sports. This kind of educational equipments is often appearing to be small and light. Different from the real equipments set on the playground, athletics educational equipments are more of entertainment than of competition. The purpose of athletics educational equipments is to let kids get preparatory concept of various sports. Athletics educational equipments include plastic basketball frames, football nets, yellow boll-playing equipments, ball-playing tunnels and so on.
Music educational equipments are the educational equipments that are used for music teaching. They are usually small and smart for they are not designed for music composition but for primary music notion. In this field, there are rock drum, multicolor balls, kids jingle bells, etc.
Today parents pay more attention to the pre-school education, so that educational equipments are largely welcomed by parents and children. Educational equipments are a general name for kinds of entertainment equipments used for kids’ education. As education itself is a large field, educational equipments also contain may types of equipments, as mathematics educational equipments, painting educational equipments, athletics educational equipments, and music educational equipments, to name a few.
Number and counting is the basal skills for kids to get. Mathematics educational equipments can make numbers learning be easy and take great pleasure into learning. In this kind of educational equipments, products are of different styles, colors and shapes. The most common educational equipments is the numbers carts. But this kind of mathematics educational equipments may be too simple and boring. Nowadays, there are intelligence-enlightening number rods, number board educational equipments, number blocks educational equipments, and hanging numbers beads educational equipments. The educational equipments for letters learning and alphabet learning are of the same samples.
Painting educational equipments are those educational equipments used for painting. The basal painting educational equipments are blackboards. Today blackboards are not restricted to be black; they can also be white and green. Besides, some blackboards are double sets. They can be used by two children at the same time.
Athletics educational equipments are those educational equipments for sports. This kind of educational equipments is often appearing to be small and light. Different from the real equipments set on the playground, athletics educational equipments are more of entertainment than of competition. The purpose of athletics educational equipments is to let kids get preparatory concept of various sports. Athletics educational equipments include plastic basketball frames, football nets, yellow boll-playing equipments, ball-playing tunnels and so on.
Music educational equipments are the educational equipments that are used for music teaching. They are usually small and smart for they are not designed for music composition but for primary music notion. In this field, there are rock drum, multicolor balls, kids jingle bells, etc.
Portfolio Development by Haris
The portfolio inclusions start as early as your first project during your animation studies and it continues till your final diploma film. It’s very important for a person who is an absolute fresher in terms of animation as a career to have a good portfolio to your advantage.
Portfolio does not always mean for a job, it may also mean getting admission into a better college for higher studies into animation. Portfolio may be of different types. It may be hardcore paperback or it may be a digital one depends on the requirements of the company or the college.
The most important detail of preparing your portfolio for a job is to remember to give yourself plenty of time and have fun with it. It is almost impossible to create quality work if you are nervous and under a time constraint. Don't wait until the last minute, and make enough work so you can edit together the best portfolio for each job you plan to apply to.
Portfolio development is a very logical process. Since you always start with your first project it also means that you do not include anything and everything. It means to put your best projects forward and include only the best so that it always works with your advantage.
Portfolio making should be a very thoughtful process and not a hasty one. Thinking what to put should not be a nerve wrecking experience. It is best to show your work to a lot of people before you finally insert it into your portfolio.
It should also be noted that it is not advisable to send your portfolio on mails. It should only be on hard copy or soft copy and handed over personally only to avoid any kind of copyright infringement. You can make your portfolio around various topics such as 3D Architecture , Character Animation,3D Industrial Design , Renderings , Interactive 3D , Video Production , Special Effects , Prototype Animation , Medical 3D , Custom Web Design. It helps if you follow a flow of projects starting from the basic to the advanced and then finally an entire caricature of the final product showing that you have advanced from the basics and it also helps in evaluating you well.
Portfolio does not always mean for a job, it may also mean getting admission into a better college for higher studies into animation. Portfolio may be of different types. It may be hardcore paperback or it may be a digital one depends on the requirements of the company or the college.
The most important detail of preparing your portfolio for a job is to remember to give yourself plenty of time and have fun with it. It is almost impossible to create quality work if you are nervous and under a time constraint. Don't wait until the last minute, and make enough work so you can edit together the best portfolio for each job you plan to apply to.
Portfolio development is a very logical process. Since you always start with your first project it also means that you do not include anything and everything. It means to put your best projects forward and include only the best so that it always works with your advantage.
Portfolio making should be a very thoughtful process and not a hasty one. Thinking what to put should not be a nerve wrecking experience. It is best to show your work to a lot of people before you finally insert it into your portfolio.
It should also be noted that it is not advisable to send your portfolio on mails. It should only be on hard copy or soft copy and handed over personally only to avoid any kind of copyright infringement. You can make your portfolio around various topics such as 3D Architecture , Character Animation,3D Industrial Design , Renderings , Interactive 3D , Video Production , Special Effects , Prototype Animation , Medical 3D , Custom Web Design. It helps if you follow a flow of projects starting from the basic to the advanced and then finally an entire caricature of the final product showing that you have advanced from the basics and it also helps in evaluating you well.
Online MBA in India
Indian education system has undergone the massive inspections to rectify and correct the existing problems for the sake of reforming the entire zone. Not only the traditional study program has been brought under the scanner, but the off-beat mode of learning has also been reviewed. The major area of focus in the latter category has been on the online MBA in India. The online education is a growing field with a horde of merits. It is a sort of distance learning model with the add-on features. Let us delve into the study of the quality and future prosperity of online MBA in India.
Online MBA in India - A brief history: At present India is witnessing a massive splurge in the number of the students who aspire for clutching the higher education. Improved research division with all its renovated facilities is making the clarion call to the ambitious students to continue the higher studies. The students are more interested in management courses. This desire may have emanated from the fact that they believe management program unveils the path of savoring success quickly and easily. But this notion should not be encouraged to persist as the success can never be easily earned. The online MBA in India is the newly discovered path to climb up the ladder to achieve success. The common model of learning is not sufficient to meet the surging demand for the would-be managers. So the distance learning education came into existence and online facility has provided the off-campus program a perpetual entity. Online MBA in India is standing tall on strength of efficiently and intellectually weaved strings of communication that easily and invisibly permeate through the length and breadth of the globe defying the geographical boundary.
Online MBA in India – Cynics’ reports: The cynics have always been gravely skeptical of imparting education in absence of any face-to-face interaction. If the abolition of the stringent measures is an allurement for the professionals then the lack of enough practical focus is the shortcoming of the online MBA in India. An aspiring manager needs to assimilate knowledge and apply it in the practical field with a high degree of accuracy. Moreover, in a developing country like India, internet is not a pervasive facet. It has only reached to a tiny section of the massive population. Proper channelizing of the communication mediums to groom and guide the registered students of online MBA in India can only capable of drowning the vociferous voices of the cynics
Online MBA in India - A brief history: At present India is witnessing a massive splurge in the number of the students who aspire for clutching the higher education. Improved research division with all its renovated facilities is making the clarion call to the ambitious students to continue the higher studies. The students are more interested in management courses. This desire may have emanated from the fact that they believe management program unveils the path of savoring success quickly and easily. But this notion should not be encouraged to persist as the success can never be easily earned. The online MBA in India is the newly discovered path to climb up the ladder to achieve success. The common model of learning is not sufficient to meet the surging demand for the would-be managers. So the distance learning education came into existence and online facility has provided the off-campus program a perpetual entity. Online MBA in India is standing tall on strength of efficiently and intellectually weaved strings of communication that easily and invisibly permeate through the length and breadth of the globe defying the geographical boundary.
Online MBA in India – Cynics’ reports: The cynics have always been gravely skeptical of imparting education in absence of any face-to-face interaction. If the abolition of the stringent measures is an allurement for the professionals then the lack of enough practical focus is the shortcoming of the online MBA in India. An aspiring manager needs to assimilate knowledge and apply it in the practical field with a high degree of accuracy. Moreover, in a developing country like India, internet is not a pervasive facet. It has only reached to a tiny section of the massive population. Proper channelizing of the communication mediums to groom and guide the registered students of online MBA in India can only capable of drowning the vociferous voices of the cynics
Management and Media Science Education in India–Boom Time for Students
Wise men are intrigued by the way the education system in India has been transforming itself through the ages —from the days of yore, when knowledge rested only with the sages and was handed down to a select few by word-of-mouth to the present times when a spurt in the number of educational institutions, both government-funded and private, has spread knowledge to all nooks and crannies of this vast country. This revolutionary change has come about exclusively to cater to the changing needs of the society, the job market, and the demands of the students to stay afloat in these competitive times.
Apart from extending the reach of education, the educational institutions have also introduced new curricula to help students know, understand, and thus function effectively in the varied emerging and flourishing professions. Business Management and Administration and the Media Sciences are two such emerging fields. The top-notch educational institutions in India offering programs in these fields know the specific requirements of these two industries from their workforce.
The Business Administration and Management courses being offered imbibe the business learning that has evolved through the years and this includes foreseeing and forecasting business trends, identifying viable business solutions, being able to feel the pulse and respond to the demands of clients, and the best practices of running an organization. Aside of the technical skills required to start or manage a business, the goal of these management education programs is also to inculcate in the students an urge to “make things happen,” the ability to integrate and apply knowledge garnered from different fields, and cultivate an open mind that is receptive to new influences and ideas.
Mass media in the present times change form almost continuously and visionaries are never too late to tap into their hidden potential. Mass media thus functions as a means of communication and keeping in touch, a vehicle of marketing, a platform to raise issues and concerns that affect global communities, and an educational resource. To reap the benefits offered by the mass media, you need to be well conversant in the language that it speaks. Mass Communication courses and Media Science programs strive to impart this knowledge to the students. Students are taught to speak the language, understand the science and the technical know-how that drives these media, and how best to use the many forms to one’s benefit.
Apart from extending the reach of education, the educational institutions have also introduced new curricula to help students know, understand, and thus function effectively in the varied emerging and flourishing professions. Business Management and Administration and the Media Sciences are two such emerging fields. The top-notch educational institutions in India offering programs in these fields know the specific requirements of these two industries from their workforce.
The Business Administration and Management courses being offered imbibe the business learning that has evolved through the years and this includes foreseeing and forecasting business trends, identifying viable business solutions, being able to feel the pulse and respond to the demands of clients, and the best practices of running an organization. Aside of the technical skills required to start or manage a business, the goal of these management education programs is also to inculcate in the students an urge to “make things happen,” the ability to integrate and apply knowledge garnered from different fields, and cultivate an open mind that is receptive to new influences and ideas.
Mass media in the present times change form almost continuously and visionaries are never too late to tap into their hidden potential. Mass media thus functions as a means of communication and keeping in touch, a vehicle of marketing, a platform to raise issues and concerns that affect global communities, and an educational resource. To reap the benefits offered by the mass media, you need to be well conversant in the language that it speaks. Mass Communication courses and Media Science programs strive to impart this knowledge to the students. Students are taught to speak the language, understand the science and the technical know-how that drives these media, and how best to use the many forms to one’s benefit.
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