Posted February 10th, 2012
by Caleb Macdougall
Free cookery classes are being held to teach people how to make use of leftovers.
As well as cooking up to three recipes, people can pick up recipe cards and take home a free goody bag.
The Leicestershire Waste Partnership is hoping the classes will teach people to love their leftovers and save up to £50 a month by reducing food waste.
It is estimated that if everyone stopped throwing away food waste, the carbon that would be saved would be equal to taking one in every four cars off the road.
Sessions will be held at Brockington College, Enderby, on February 20 and 24 from 6pm to 9pm.
There will also be sessions at Loughborough College, on February 28, from 6pm to 9pm and March 6 from 6pm to 9pm.
For more information, call 0116 305 7005 or e-mail:
wasteprevention@leics.gov.uk
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Tags: Leftovers Posted in Education Info
Posted February 8th, 2012
by Caleb Macdougall
Ofsted said, in some secondaries, there were no opportunities to develop programming skills
The teaching of information and communications technology (ICT) is inadequate in a fifth of secondary schools in England, Ofsted says.
Inspectors said teachers lacked the expertise and confidence to teach more demanding topics properly.
The report said areas such as databases and programming were poorly taught, with some pupils making more progress outside lessons than in them.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said ICT teaching was “far too patchy”.
Of the 74 secondary schools visited between 2008 and 2011, achievement was good or outstanding in just 27 of the schools, satisfactory in 33 and inadequate in 14.
In 30 of the schools, nearly half of students reached the age of 16 without adequate foundation for further study or training in ICT and related subjects.
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Tags: Secondary, Secondary Schools Posted in Education Info
Posted January 25th, 2012
by Caleb Macdougall
Packt recently announced the release of Ext JS 4 First Look which is a practical step-by-step tutorial explaining the many new features of Ext JS 4 and how to use them. Written by Loiane Groner, the book is a guide to facilitate easy migration from Ext JS 3 to Ext JS 4.
Ext JS 4 is a pure JavaScript application framework that works everywhere from IE6 to Chrome 11. It enables developers to create the best cross-platform applications using nothing but a browser, and has a phenomenal API. It features expanded functionality, plugin-free charting, and a new MVC architecture making it the best Ext JS yet.
Ext JS 4 First Look starts off by introducing Ext JS 4, highlighting the differences between Ext JS 4 and the previous versions.
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Tags: Ext, Ext Js Posted in Education Info
Posted January 15th, 2012
by Caleb Macdougall
Barbara Jenkins, the deputy superintendent for Orange County schools, has withdrawn her name from the superintendent search in Palm Beach County. She was one of five candidates who applied for both the superintendent opening in Orange as well as the one in similarly-sized Palm Beach County. Orange County is looking to replace Ron Blocker, who is retiring in June after 12 years.
She withdrew from Palm Beachs search on Tuesday because she said she didnt want to jeopardize her chances in Orange County.
The Palm Beach opening attracted 22 applicants and closed Friday. The Orange search brought in 21 applications from around the country, closing Monday.
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Tags: Palm Beach, Search, Superintendent Search Posted in Education Info
Posted January 12th, 2012
by admin
One the most important things that any business professional has is his or her image. A professional image is product branding that helps draw potential new clients to a business and allows customers and vendors to develop a sense of confidence in a business professional.
When you focus on maintaining your professional image, you will start to see more business referrals for new business and a high retention rate among existing clients. One of the business tools you can use to improve your business image is email faxing with Metrofax.
Customizable Presentation
One of the ways that a good business professional retains clients is to make each client feel that he gets individual attention. Read the full post…
Tags: Email Faxing Posted in Education Info