Lifelong Learning Topics

Visualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data. When data is large or abstract, visualization can help make the data easier to read or understand. There are visualization tools for search, music, networks, online communities, and almost anything else you can think of. Whether you want a desktop application or a web-based tool, there are many specific tools are available on the web that let you visualize all kinds of data.

We'll be having a Charlie Brown thanksgiving all over again.

"Children are one of people’s favourite subjects to photograph, but like any subject they present their own photographic challenges. Let’s take a look at a few ways to get the best possible results with photographing children in outdoor conditions."

Booming Boomers - 08/21/2012...

A new report by Nielsen, the “Most Valuable Generation,” in collaboration with BoomAgers, shows that in five years, 50% of the U.S. population will be 50+. These consumers spend close to 50% of all CPG dollars yet less than 5% of advertising is geared towards them. These high potential consumers have been largely unaddressed by marketers and advertisers since they started to age out of the popular 18-49 cohort.

In the next five years, Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are set to control 70% of the disposable income in the U.S., and they stand to inherit $15 trillion in the next 20 years. As they age out of the work force, 67% of Boomers plan to spend more time on their hobbies and interests, moving from a life of making money to one that is spending money....

Just getting a job in this economy is difficult enough. Getting one with a liberal arts degree is simply masochistic. Don't spend half a decade and thousands of dollars only to join the rest of the English majors busking in a subway.

Every week, I have the opportunity to engage in amazing conversations with students. Each time, I walk away thinking about how truly smart kids are. I am blown away by their thoughtfulness, insight, and potential. In this weeks lesson with first graders we talked about power of curiosity, and more specifically the power we hold as learners when we know how to ask the right question. .

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, located in Salisbury, North Carolina seeks applicants for aSimulation and Game Development Instructor (online-adjunct).

Position Summary:

The adjunct SGD online instructor is employed to provide instruction in a distance education setting on a semester contract basis. The instructor is to provide quality instruction to students for SGD 113. Adjunct instructors are NOT guaranteed employment past the terms outlined in the employment contract. Under the management of the Program Chair, supervised by the Academic Dean, the adjunct instructor’s responsibilities include but are not limited to preparing for instruction and teaching SGD 113 – SGD Programming – for the Spring 2013 semester, for maintaining the class records and for submitting all required documents for the course in a timely manner.