The Lighter Side of Teaching

Author: Aaron Bacall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632200287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
A sense of humor is essential for effective teaching! As educators, we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with these lighthearted cartoons that all teachers can relate to. Whether used as materials for staff development meetings or as an individual break in a busy day, this collection of whimsical glimpses at teaching will provide a moment to laugh and add a little levity—and poignancy—to your workday. Taking aim at students, parents, administrators, and teachers alike, these cartoons are intended to amuse, inspire, and reveal the simple truths and quirky aspects of education that are all around us. They are ideal for: • Staff training days • Conference presentations • Classroom lectures • Community meetings • Internal communications …and they will continue reminding us that we can laugh at almost anything!

The Lighter Side of Yoga

Author: Mike Nevitt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781595801098
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
From the sloppy guy who farts during yoga class to Zoom yoga participants sneaking wine and cheese off camera to the "how many challenges can you do in one month" challenge to those people who just can't help keeping one eye open during meditation sessions, The Lighter Side of Yoga pokes fun at the entire yoga and mindfulness industry through Mike Nevitt's biting, satiric comics. The cartoons utilize humor, irony, and exaggeration to ridicule the falseness and egoistic motivations that can exist in the mind/body/spirit groups and yoga communities. The true-to-life situations are based on Nevitt's experiences and observations as a full-time yoga and meditation teacher for over twenty-five years. Yoga and mindfulness practitioners will laugh and smile knowingly as they recognize the all-too-familiar scenarios which Nevitt skewers throughout the book.

The Lighter Side of EMS

Author: Steve Berry
Publisher: Jems
ISBN: 9781455726998
Category : Emergency medical personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A compilation of humorous columns by the author which first appeared in JEMS, a journal of emergency medical services.

The Lighter Side

Author: Brett Younger
Publisher: Nurturing Faith Incorporated
ISBN: 9781938514029
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The Lighter Side is a collection of humorous, yet meaningful observations about life and faith, including "Windshield Wiper Wisdom," "The Young and the Waistless, the Old and the Beautiful," and "The Joy of Sox." "With his trademark self-deprecating humor and insights that are at once pastoral and prophetic, Brett Younger's columns are Grady Nutt Meets Dave Barry Meets Zephaniah." -Julie Pennington-Russell, Senior Pastor First Baptist Church, Decatur, GA. "Throughout my life, I have found that the ability to see a bit of humor in even the most difficult of circumstances has been a 'grace gift' that has stood me in good stead. Anne Lamott calls laughter 'carbonated holiness.' I am delighted to have Brett's 'humorously holy' ramblings gathered into one spirit-lifting volume." -Clarissa Stirckland, Networking Specialist, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship "Brett Younger is one the funniest people I know. And, he's a Baptist preacher. Now that's funny." -Bert Montgomery, Author, Teacher, Minister "Brett Younger reminds me of the late, great Grady Nutt. He's a witty humorist who deploys laughter in service of divine insight. Just when you think you're guffawing at his insanely imaginative observations, you realize you're staring straight into God's own truth." -Marv Knox, Editor, Baptist Standard

Center of the Universe

Author: Bill Johnson
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN: 0768490502
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Center of the Universe—A Look at Life From the Lighter Side are slices of life from a pastor to his congregation that mixes real concern with real humor. From tales about fly-fishing and an uncontrollable hunting dog to a revival in Africa and healing the homeless, this compilation of 93 stories brings smiles as well as profound insight. With a very casual style and voice, the author relates directly with the reader as a personal friend, committed to sharing valuable lessons he learned on the lighter side of life.

Discipline Without Stress® Punishments Or Rewards

Author: Marvin Marshall
Publisher: Piper Press
ISBN: 1935636898
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 219

Book Description
This second edition has the same content as the first edition but includes testimonials and additional submissions from teachers and parents. The Discipline without Stress® Teaching Model is used around the world. The non-coercive (yet non-permissive) approach to promoting responsible behaviour and motivation for learning is totally different from current approaches that use rewards for appropriate behaviour and coercive threats and punishments. The book can be used across the entire teaching spectrum -- in small childcare centres to large high schools and in rural, suburban and urban schools. It can be used in any home or youth setting.

Teaching at Its Best

Author: Linda B. Nilson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470612363
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
Teaching at Its Best This third edition of the best-selling handbook offers faculty at all levels an essential toolbox of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises, all of which can be implemented immediately. This thoroughly revised edition includes the newest portrait of the Millennial student; current research from cognitive psychology; a focus on outcomes maps; the latest legal options on copyright issues; and how to best use new technology including wikis, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and clickers. Entirely new chapters include subjects such as matching teaching methods with learning outcomes, inquiry-guided learning, and using visuals to teach, and new sections address Felder and Silverman's Index of Learning Styles, SCALE-UP classrooms, multiple true-false test items, and much more. Praise for the Third Edition of Teaching at Its BestEveryone veterans as well as novices will profit from reading Teaching at Its Best, for it provides both theory and practical suggestions for handling all of the problems one encounters in teaching classes varying in size, ability, and motivation." Wilbert McKeachie, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching TipsThis new edition of Dr. Nilson's book, with its completely updated material and several new topics, is an even more powerful collection of ideas and tools than the last. What a great resource, especially for beginning teachers but also for us veterans!" L. Dee Fink, author, Creating Significant Learning ExperiencesThis third edition of Teaching at Its Best is successful at weaving the latest research on teaching and learning into what was already a thorough exploration of each topic. New information on how we learn, how students develop, and innovations in instructional strategies complement the solid foundation established in the first two editions." Marilla D. Svinicki, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching Tips

Academia Obscura

Author: Glen Wright
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783523425
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
If you think the groves of academe are all stuffiness, elbow patches and greying old men... think again. Academia Obscura is an irreverent glimpse inside the ivory tower, exposing the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of university life. Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the weird and wonderful world of scholarly social media, and rats in underpants. Procrastinating PhD student Glen Wright invites you to peruse his cabinet of curiosities and discover what academics get up to when no one's looking. Welcome to the hidden silly side of higher education.

Stinkin' Thinkin' Stinks

Author: Bill King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935752431
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
What would happen if negative thoughts and actions smelled bad? If they STANK? Would we notice them more? Would we be less inclined to indulge in them? Attributing bad smells to our negative thoughts, actions, and attitudes, in STINKIN' THINKIN' STINKS Bill King provides both young readers and their older friends with techniques to recognize, deal with, and mitigate the negativity that holds so many of us back. Readers will: Become aware of negative thought patterns. Discover ways to eliminate negative thinking. Learn how to avoid a negative pack mentality. Access the positive in life. Develop techniques for dealing with negative people and situations. Embrace positivity as their dominant way of thinking. Full of fun activities designed to provide kids with real tools for changing negative habits, STINKIN' THINKIN' STINKS offers a cool new approach to exterminating negativity while inviting YOU to change YOUR LIFE! STINKIN' THINKIN' STINKS will inspire discussion, introspection, and change in readers of all ages.

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

Author: Robert Bryce
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 161039206X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and myriad other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Utilizing on-the-ground reporting from Ottawa to Panama City and Pittsburgh to Bakersfield, Bryce shows how we have, for centuries, been pushing for Smaller Faster solutions to our problems. From the vacuum tube, mass-produced fertilizer, and the printing press to mobile phones, nanotech, and advanced drill rigs, Bryce demonstrates how cutting-edge companies and breakthrough technologies have created a world in which people are living longer, freer, healthier, lives than at any time in human history. The push toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is happening across multiple sectors. Bryce profiles innovative individuals and companies, from long-established ones like Ford and Intel to upstarts like Aquion Energy and Khan Academy. And he zeroes in on the energy industry, proving that the future belongs to the high power density sources that can provide the enormous quantities of energy the world demands. The tools we need to save the planet aren't to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. This is the time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper.