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Inspiration 2015 Engagement

Inspiration 2015 Weekly Planner: Inspiration-whatever, whoever moves the human mind to produce creative thought or to exert greater effort. A family member, a friend, a leader, religion, nature, or the written word can inspire an individual to greater heights. The lush photography and inspirational passages in this 16-month (Sep 2014-Dec 2015) weekly engagement calendar are sure to provide joy and rejuvenate the spirit. This Wire-O bound calendar measures 6″ x 7.75″ and features full-color images alongside planner pages for each week of the year. It begins with a 16-month calendarium and ends with a full-year calendarium of the upcoming year and several pages for personal notes. With a durable cover and handy pocket, the engagement calendar is perfect to carry with you wherever you go.

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Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration

Brighten up any room with fun, contemporary, and functional projects exploding with sensational color! Fresh Quilting presents 21 brilliant designs featuring quilt artist Malka Dubrawsky’s intoxicating colors and unexpected palettes.

Learn to create beautiful and lively pieces for you and your home–from modern quilts and fun pillows to flirty bags and scarves. In addition to clear directions and step-by-step illustrations for machine-sewn patchwork and quilted projects, Fresh Quilting includes a detailed section of techniques from basic piecing, cutting, and measuring methods to more advanced techniques such as inserting zippers into pillow backs and using bias binding to finish a quilt. Throughout Fresh Quilting, Malka will teach you how to adventurously and confidently mix colors and prints. You’ll be inspired to infuse your own brilliant palettes into each project and discover just how irresistible and beautiful contemporary quilting can be!

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Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age: Inspiration for All Levels and Literacies

Storytelling, story analysis, report writing, persuasive writing, discussing literature, vocabulary- no matter what language arts topic youre addressing, this book will provide you with dozens of activity ideas using a wide range of technologies. Each activity in this book is tagged with a recommended level, main technologies used, and literacy covered, and all are aligned to the NETSS and Common Core State Standards. You can easily adapt the majority of the activities for any level with minor modifications, including for students with special needs and English language learners.

More than 20 activity ideas addressing all grade levels and many literacies, activities are aligned to the NETSS and Common Core State Standards

Grounded Designs for Online and Hybrid Learning
The quality of the e-learning materials and experiences offered online varies greatly. Few educators have the time and training to learn the new technologies necessary to facilitate e-learning, and even fewer receive the resources required to rethink their coursework and redesign their instructional materials. This three-book series, Grounded Designs for Online and Hybrid Learning, is written primarily for educators and instructional designers creating online and hybrid learning environments. Regardless of your underlying educational values and beliefs, grounded design provides practical methods that you can follow in a variety of settings.

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the trusted source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy and leadership for innovation. ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education. Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET), and ISTE’s annual conference (formerly known as the National Educational Computing Conference, or NECC), ISTE represents more than 100,000 professionals worldwide. We support our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of transforming education.

Some of the areas in which we publish are:
-Web. 2.0 in the classroom-RSS, podcasts, and more
-National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
-Professional development for educators and administrators
-Integrating technology into the classroom and curriculum
-Safe practices for the Internet and technology
-Educational technology for parents

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Disney Recipes: From Animation to Inspiration

From short movies to full-length feature films, characters from the great Disney movies are often seen sipping soups, consuming cakes, or sampling any number of gastronomic delights. One hundred and one delectable recipes, based on favorite food scenes from the films and created by award-winning American chef Ira Meyer, are collected in this colorfully illustrated cookbook. Savor Snow White’s Gooseberry Pie, Ariel’s Bouillabaisse, or spaghetti and meatballs from Lady and the Tramp. Disney Recipes is a treat for the entire family, with easy-to-follow instructions that include tips for how to involve kids in the preparation. Sprinkled throughout with original artwork and beautiful stills from the movies, this is one tasty treat.

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Dries Van Noten

Dries Van Noten is an icon of Antwerp Fashion. Being part of the Antwerp 6, he became prominent in the international fashion world by the end of the eighties. Described by the NY Times as “one of fashion’s most cerebral designers”, he won the International Award of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2008.

This volume shows the range and diversity of his collections to date, revealing his sources of inspiration, using a range of creative mediums (paintings, fashion, photography, music, personal photographs) to illustrate this and really get inside the mind of the fashion designer, from concept to construction.

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Inspiration for Songwriters: Tips and Tricks to Unlocking the Muse

“Inspiration for Songwriters: Tips and Tricks to Unlocking the Muse” is not your typical book about songwriting. It does not explain how to write, publish, pitch, promote or record your next song. There are already dozens of songwriting books covering those subjects. What “Inspiration for Songwriters” provides is something few other songwriting books offer, and in our humble opinion, does it much better than the few similar titles on the market. It provides thousands of inspirational ideas that could very well be the seeds to your next song! All in all, “Inspiration for Songwriters: Tips and Tricks to Unlocking the Muse” includes over 2000 titles, tips, tricks and other ideas that will inspire you to create song after song.

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Divine Inspiration: Through The Eyes Of An Optimist

Divine Inspiration: Through The Eyes Of An Optimist is a book of notes filled with spiritual inspiration that leads to poetry, revealing my inner spiritual guidance to enlightened spirituality, female encounters, largely projected male and female behaviors, male and female harmony, and political education. In Divine Inspiration: Through The Eyes Of An optimist, I present my inner Father to Son relationship, giving insight on my deepest emotions and everyday map quest. In this book, I attempt to display words of encouragement, primarily designed for those who struggle finding their identities. Much focus and emphasis are placed on the development of the Black consciousness and our thriving journey to transcend our circumstances through higher learning, truth and discovery. Likewise, through my collective personal writings, I wish to bring into the light my inner most darkest secrets; opening up the doors to my inner being and my relentless journey toward knowledge of self.

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The Adventures in Mixed Media Art: Inspiration, Techniques and Projects for Painting, Collage and More

Your artful adventure begins here!

Are you inspired by mixed-media art but don’t know how to begin to create your own? Adventures in Mixed Media Art is the ultimate guidebook for beginning your mixed-media adventure!

Starting with a few motivational readings, not only will you harness the creative energy you already have, you’ll also learn how to keep that energy flowing for years to come as you figure out what sparks your fire. Then it’s time to jump right in by creating an art journal using guided mixed-media techniques. This journal will be the ideal place to practice your hand lettering, and basic painting and collage techniques. When you’re ready, you’ll move outside the journal to create canvas paintings, collages and assemblage pieces. Along the way you’ll discover techniques for repurposing the pieces that don’t turn out exactly as planned. After you create and refine your signature style, you’ll find collaborative projects that will help you encourage others to Create Mixed Media!20 mixed-media projects from your favorite books by artists such as Dina Wakley, Mary Beth Shaw, The Journal Fodder Junkies and moreLearn techniques such as hand lettering, embossing, mark making, mixed-media portrait painting and moreUpcycle your less-than-stellar pieces into pieces you’ll be proud to display!

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Insights and Inspirations from Reggio Emilia: Stories of Teachers and Children from North America

The Reggio Emilia Approach to early childhood education is transforming how our children learn. This famed method puts the natural development of children, their close relationship with their environment, and the practice of documenting every step of the learning process at the center of its philosophy. Here, in words and images from classrooms across North America, is the Reggio Emilia learning experience, explored, discussed, and evaluated from the perspectives of educators, scholars, and policy makers. It’s a celebration of 30 years of innovative work in America, with an introduction to the city and schools of Reggio Emilia and a description of the values and principles at the core of this educational system.

 

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