Dear CS803 course partners,

Here are some of the documents I could get for you to read. Please read them in the sequence I am putting here.

Next week when we meet, out base of discussion would be these docs.

1. Effective Presentation Skills document

2. Oral Presentation Skills document

3. Presentation Skills Checklist.

All the best,

Tarun

Dear students,

Please download the PowerPoints dealing with the CS703 syllabus and the first unit. Also there is a document on the importance of Communication Skills.

Please right click on the link and click “Save Link As” option.

1. M.Sc. CS703 Syllabus PPT PDF

2. CS703 Unit 1.1 PPT PDF

3. A document on Communication Skill and its importance

Recently 10,000 teachers have been appointed in various primary schools of Gujarat.

This was the procedure for selection of teachers:

1. Filling up an online application form

2. Submission of documents to one of the Government centres

3. Going to Gandhinagar for district allotment

4. Visiting respective district head quarter and seeking the appointments in nearest schools

5. Collecting the appointment letters.

That’s it!

Do you think something is missing?

What is it?

Yes, there is no word or procedure called “interview”. What the government feels is – those who could score well in PTC or in BA, BEd make good teachers.

Who would agree to this assumption?

When I recall my primary schooling, no one has made a difference to me, except my parents who were keen to see me as a DOCTOR. The teachers, what can be expected from those poor guys, who become teacher because they are left with a single CHOICE?

Have your say so that something reaches to the government’s deep holed ears.

Tarun

1. Do you lose sleep over Facebook?

2. Do you spend more than an hour a day on Facebook?

3. Do you become obsessed with old loves?

4. Do you ignore work in favor of Facebook?

5. Does the thought of getting off Facebook leaves you in a cold sweat? Read the rest of this entry »

Dear friends,

watch this video to learn how you can effectively use the Camtasia Studio software for creating effective videos to use in classrooms and share online.

You can download the 30-day trial version of Camtasia from http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp.

Keep in touch,

Tarun

Dear friends,

As promised, here is a video for you on how to create and publish podcasts on MyPodcast.com.

Please let me know if you find any difficulty in using MyPodcast.com.

Watch the video here:

Fast on the feet and fast in the seat.

This might be the best way to sum up the kind of career Brian Stevens has fashioned for himself. As president and CEO of Conference Direct, a Los Angeles-based meeting- and convention-planning firm, Stevens and his company are always on the go-go-go.

Read ’5 Exciting Jobs That Pay $40K And Up!’ at Yahoo! Education

If you are thinking of continuing your education in 2010, you likely have more pressing questions on your mind than deciding what to wear on your first day of school.

The country’s harsh economic state has many of us reassessing what we want versus what we can afford, and higher education is not immune to that kind of scrutiny.

Read ‘The 2010 Education Landscape’ at Yahoo! Education

Corner an economist at a cocktail party and he or she will tell you that the recession began in December 2007 and (technically) ended around August 2009, with about 7 million jobs lost during that period.

If you ask the same economist what to expect moving forward, steel yourself for talk about the pros and cons of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and how unemployment numbers are a lagging indicator.

Read ’Top Jobs For 2010′ at Yahoo! Education

If you love math, and want to make a living working with numbers, you’re in luck. With some planning and knowledge, you can easily parlay your mastery of math into some very attractive numbers – a high salary.

The fact is that nearly every industry relies on numbers in one sense or another, whether it’s for forecasts, analysis, or research.

Read ’Jobs For Math Lovers’ at Yahoo! Education