Virtual Education

The concept of small teaching is simple: Small and strategic changes have enormous power to improve student learning. Instructors face unique and specific challenges when teaching an online course. This book offers small teaching strategies that will positively impact the online classroom.

The Neuroscience of Learning: How Brain Science and AI Can Elevate Your Learning What if you could learn faster, retain information more effectively, and unlock hidden potential within your mind? In The Neuroscience of Learning, discover the groundbreaking science behind how we learn and the practical applications that can make us all better learners. Blending leading-edge neuroscience with everyday insights, this book offers a transmutative look at how our brains function during learning, the influence of emotions and motivation, and the remarkable ways our brains’ neuroplasticity allows...

He left to seek a future. Can he escape his past to find his fortune? El Salvador, 1979. Young Toño has grand ambitions. But as the second son of a poor farmer, he sees little hope of taking over the family business. And when he catches his secret girlfriend cavorting with her ex at the carnival, he decides the path to riches lies north of the border. Arriving in LA single and desperate for money, Toño works under the table while cohabitating with his fellow immigrants, hoping to earn enough to help his family and attract the right woman. But when his illegal status always results in ...

Want to pass the New York State Driver's Permit Test the first time? "New York State Driver's License Practice Test Questions and Study Guide" provides you with over 90 Practice Test Questions and study guides specific to the topics you will be responsible for in the NYS Driver's Manual. "New York State Driver's License Practice Test Questions and Study Guide" will: Cover all the topics required by NYS DMV that will be covered on your permit test Provide 90 practice questions similar in fashion to the ones you will see on your permit test Provide a 20 question final exam similar ...

Learn the foundational values, beliefs, and principles that uphold and guide effective educational leaders and their schools. Cultivate and sustain a positive culture within your academic community that effectively articulates your vision and purpose for academic instruction, curriculum, assessment, and achievement. Align and direct staff and teachers to collaborate to accomplish annual objectives. Plan and provide meaningful professional development to improve instructional strategies and increase student achievement. Assist teachers to clarify school and classroom instructional goals, ...

🏆 #1 New Release in Computers & Technology Education 🏆 #1 New Release in Curricula Agentic AI is already here—reshaping classrooms, leadership, and learning. This isn’t about the future—it’s happening now. Agentic AI doesn't just generate text like a chatbot, it reasons, plans, and acts with autonomy—making decisions, adapting in real time, and collaborating with teachers and students in ways no previous system could. The question isn't if AI in education will change, it's whether you’ll lead that change—or be left behind by it. 🧭 In this powerful, urgent guide for ...

Master NICU certification with confidence—and elevate your clinical edge at the bedside. Certification and Core Review for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing is the ultimate, exam-focused guide designed specifically for working NICU nurses preparing for the RNC-NIC or CCRN-Neonatal exam. With targeted content, strategic guidance, and real-world relevance, this book helps you not only pass your test—but truly refine your clinical judgment and critical care expertise. This isn’t just another review book padded with fluff and recycled questions. It’s a clinically accurate, high-yield, and...

The new 3rd edition of this highly valued and popular textbook offers updated behavior change models, theories and essential healthy lifestyle information with the biometric data coaches need to know. Also included: comprehensive, actionable lessons for the key competencies needed for the NBHWC exam; new guidelines for group coaching, a vastly improved index; coaching templates for doing intake sessions, initial meetings, ongoing sessions, motivational interviewing, and for closing the coaching relationship; client agreement forms; and several types of Wellness Wheels for use with clients. ...

Godly parents and educators ponder how they can practically help their child turn from being a foolish youth to becoming a wise lover of Christ (Proverbs 1:22-23). Though no parent can transform a child’s spiritual heart, all believing parents are called to discipline their children in wisdom so that God can convert them to be wise (Proverbs 1:8; 13:1). In fact, godly discipline and wisdom should be viewed as inseparable (e.g., Proverbs 1:2; 7-8). Sadly, the beauty and unmatched benefit of biblical discipline has become so perverted by unbiblical and secular influence that not only is ...

Are you a law student struggling to master Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code? You're in the right place with this comprehensive review quiz book! With over 50 thought-provoking questions, this book will test your understanding of the UCC's provisions on secured transactions, including security interests in personal property, perfection and priority rules, and debtor default and enforcement remedies. Each question is designed to challenge your knowledge and analytical skills, making this book an ideal study aid for your final exams and the bar exam. So why wait? Grab your copy today ...

Navigating the intricate world of psychiatric medications can be overwhelming. "Pharmacology Mnemonics for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner" offers a groundbreaking tool to simplify and enhance the learning of psychiatric pharmacology through effective mnemonics. This essential guide systematically unfolds the complexities of psychiatric medications across eight detailed chapters, each focused on a different class of medications or clinical considerations: Chapter 1: Basics of Psychiatric Medications - Get to grips with brain chemistry, drug classifications, and pharmacokinetics using ...

A new historical romance from the bestselling author of the Regency Goddesses Series. When heiress Miss Daphne Jones finds herself married to the wrong brother – the black-sheep son of the Duke of Burlington – she has little idea that her groom will promptly disappear after the wedding, and that she'll become a duchess and a widow before her seventeenth birthday. Seven years later, the young and somewhat eccentric duchess has found contentment in taking care of her two younger sisters, Isadora and Emmaline, her absentminded brother-in-law, and an ever-growing menagerie of pets. The only...

Ace the Certified Nursing Assistant Exam with confidence in just weeks, even if you've been out of school for years! Are you struggling to find a study guide that's truly comprehensive and easy to understand? Have you tried other materials only to find them lacking or out-of-date? Do you wish for a resource that can offer both thorough knowledge and practical strategies to reduce test anxiety? If any of these resonate with you, then you're in the right place. CNA Ultimate Study Guide 2025 - 2026 is meticulously crafted to ensure your success in passing the CNA exam and stepping confidently ...

Human Trafficking is the social justice issue of our time. It is happening in every corner of the United States, but few know how to recognize and report incidents of human trafficking. Traffickers are targeting OUR children, in their own backyard, school, mall, and digital device. Through this book, you will discover the dynamics of human trafficking and how to appropriately respond. You will also get real-life examples of human trafficking, in its different forms, and easy-to-implement solutions for individuals, families, groups, and communities.

“Valley of Horrors.” “Free Love Camp.” “Torture School.” The headlines were everywhere—outrageous, sensational, and sometimes true. In the chaotic churn of the 1960s and ’70s, one radical school dared to do what no institution had done before: accept the students nobody else wanted and teach them like they mattered. That school was Green Valley, and this is the true story of how it changed—and shattered—lives. Founded by the fiercely unconventional Reverend George von Hilsheimer, Green Valley School became a lightning rod for controversy. What began as a “free school...

The temptation to sin and lure of the forbidden can be impossible to ignore. Rebecca Beiler's recent sexual urges are at odds with her strict religious upbringing. Married at 17 to a sexually repressed man who left her a widow, at age 26 she now finds herself yearning to be taken hard by hot men with chiseled bodies. When an indiscretion with a neighbor leads to a six-month expulsion from her community, Rebecca attempts to purge herself of her sinful desires by giving into them, in full. Unfortunately, each new intoxicating encounter only intensifies her cravings — intense lustful ...

How much further would many of us be if we were given the chance as children to follow our interests and have a headstart toward our life's passion? Unschoolers are insane! That was Karla's first thought when she began to investigate this phenomenon that soon became her family's passion. This lifestyle as unschoolers has encouraged discovery and creativity as they live and learn through life. Take a glimpse into this family's transition from a rigid and dry homeschool into a completely interest-led and enjoyable journey. You will get first-hand experience, tips and strategies to help your ...

The Fundamental Five: The Formula for Quality Instruction, shares with teachers and school leaders the five practices that every teacher can, and should, use to dramatically improve instuctional rigor and relevance, and student performance. E. Don Brown, a past president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals states, "In a time when both institutions and individuals in education are universally being challenged to ‘do more with less,’ we find two fresh new voices [Cain and Laird] ready to take the challenge by delving into the idea that it is the small changes in ...

The authors designed this resource book for educator preparation programs, aspiring school principals, and other educators serving in leadership roles. This book will provide the candidates who take the TExES Principal as Instructional Leader (268) exam and the Performance Assessment for School Leaders (368) the opportunity to: ● apply the knowledge and skills described in the competencies and priority statements of the exam; integrate their mindsets, knowledge, and skills around the research-based best practices; learn about the content assessed in the TExES framework; understand the ...

A new and expanded edition of one of the decade’s most influential education books. “The bible of the maker movement in schools” includes new coverage of the BBC micro:bit, Scratch, littleBits, Hummingbird robotics, equity issues, and lessons from schools around the world. In this practical guide, Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager provide K-12 educators with the how, why, and cool stuff that supports making in the classroom, library, makerspace, or anywhere learners learn. Join the maker movement and transform education! There’s a technological and creative revolution underway. ...