| Shakira takes dancing lessons
Wanna know what was the last thing Shakira did in Mumbai? Surprise, surprise, the Colombian hottie, known for her hippy-hippy shakes, wanted to learn some Latin American dancing — the cha-cha and the samba in particular — and she did just that at 6 am on Monday, three hours before flying out of Mumbai!
Dance choreographer Sandip Soparrkar was requested to "update" her on some Latin American dance moves. "Since she had no time in her packed schedule on Sunday, she requested an half-an-hour dance lesson at 6 o'clock yesterday. And I was pleasantly shocked to find that she was dressed and ready, and had even done her warm-up before I came! That just shows her level of professionalism," says Sandip.
So, what did Shakira learn? "She knew the basic steps, but she wanted to learn some new moves.
New program aims to help students learning English
MENIFEE ---- Teaching students who come from non-English backgrounds the ABCs of, well, ABCs has always been a challenge for educators.But a new program recently begun by the Menifee Union School District aims to help teachers make major gains in educating students who are still learning English. The program provides teachers with chants, books, posters and colorful pictures, as well as suggested hand movements to go with songs, all meant to teach students the basics of English. .
Every Kid can be Van Gogh with Cool Paint
Coolsoft (Sweden) AB today announced that Cool Paint for Kids is available as a free download and trial. Cool Paint is a painting software specially designed for kids. Kids can learn drawing and image editing with more than 40 painting tools and 1000 picture materials in Cool Paint Gallery. Stockholm, Sweden (PRWEB) April 9, 2007 -- Coolsoft (Sweden) AB today announced that Cool Paint for Kids is available as a free download and trial. Cool Paint is a painting software specially designed for kids. Kids can learn drawing and image editing with more than 40 painting tools and 1,000 picture materials. It provides various kinds of paint brushes such as pencil, airbrush, watercolor brush, mark pen, crayon, and pigment tube. Besides, you can create special effects on your images and photos with many fantastic painting tools including fairy pocket, geometrical shapes, color fill, filter, and magic bar.
Starting Out
In June 1998, a small Israeli start-up that had zero revenue was sold to America Online for $407 million. That start-up was Mirabilis, the company that developed ICQ, an instant messaging computer program, which was developed by four 20-something programmers, two of whom hadn’t even finished high school. .
Study: What Colleges Want, High Schools Aren't Teaching
A new study by ACT points to a gap between what U.S. high schools are teaching in their core college preparatory courses and what colleges want incoming students to know in order for them to succeed in first-year courses. The findings of the study, a national curriculum survey completed by thousands of high school and college instructors across the country, suggest that colleges generally want all incoming students to attain in-depth understanding of a selected number of fundamental skills and knowledge in their high school courses, while high schools tend to provide less in-depth instruction of a broader range of skills and topics. .
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences looks back, forward
Cho Seung-Hui, a Virginia Tech senior and undergraduate English major, killed 33 people, including himself at his campus on April 16. Thirty of the victims were shot in the academic building, Norris Hall, while the remaining two were shot in West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory. The casualty list included students and professors. .
DVD is well suited to toddlers
With all the talk about kids and obesity, many parents want their children to learn to love exercise at a young age. This video, produced by a company called the 3 Squares, targets the youngest exercisers out there: toddlers. Now, you may think that toddlers by nature get enough exercise, with all the running around and jumping and getting into things. And that's probably true, but there is a value in teaching them exercise for exercise's sake and in learning to follow instructions. According to the 3 Squares Web site: "Studies have shown that when children are able to move in a structured and coordinated manner, they are not only more likely to become aware of their bodies and understand their actions, but are able to focus on other types of learning. This is referred to as motor planning." And that's the value of this video.
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