Thursday 28 July 2011
Wednesday 27 July 2011
International School is Strong Foundation
An international school truly by the name signifies a school meant for children who may, not be in their host country or children who would like to have an exposure to a diverse international curriculum with practical based learning. Such schools also do not stress upon children learning the local language.
International schools are thus very popular among parents whose children are constantly on the move, for example children of parents working for multinational organizations, top management personnel’s, NGO’s, embassy staff etc. Although the popularity and need of such schools evolved through the above criteria, however International schools are not restricted to these sectors only. Now-a-days, with rising demands in the corporate sector, more and more students aspire to get admissions into foreign universities. Education methodology in a truly international school also increases higher education prospects as well as employment chances in foreign countries. The trend today shows that international schools in India are also becoming very popular with local residents as it gives children an opportunity to improve their language skills.
Early international schools in many countries were established by expatriates who found themselves working in various parts of the world, bringing with them children who needed to receive education that would suit their overall progress. The early international schools were set up with the help of nations having large interests in the host countries. Some of the earliest international schools were founded in the second half of 19th century. Countries like Japan, Switzerland, Turkey and UK were the pioneers in establishing international schools and curriculums.
The curriculum of most international schools is based on the country of origin and set criteria’s by the governing organization. Most of the top class international schools are accredited to reputed learning institutes either in U.S. or U.K. or Switzerland. Many international schools use curricula especially designed for international schools such as International General Certificate of Secondary Education or the International Baccalaureate, (IB) Diploma Programme and other country specific baccalaureates. The faculties at International school are usually certified by standards of their origin country. The faculties in these schools have an extra edge over the teachers of state curriculum schools as they have a larger exposure and advanced degree. However, there are always exceptions. The most common exception being that, an International School requires a teacher specifically trained for an International syllabus or for teaching a foreign language that is not common in the international schools country. Recruiting teachers for International Schools many a times has proved to be a tedious process according to international schools and this is usually done at large international job fairs where schools can interview and hire several teachers at one time.
Just like how a strong foundation is essential for a sturdy building, good education forms the basis of a child’s overall development. Choosing a good international school is thus an integral part of one’s life. What truly distinguishes a normal school from an international school are parameters like infrastructure, passionate teaching staff, teacher to children ratio less than 1:25, healthy and pollution free location and international teaching norms reflecting quality and excellence. International Schools have come a long way and evolution packed with innovation is the key process driving it.
Monday 25 July 2011
Understanding Friendship: How and Why We Make Friends
As humans, we are sociable by nature. We enjoy conversing with others and learning new ideas; we long to be accepted and understood. The friends we choose reflect some aspect of our selves - good and bad. Yet we are drawn to people, wanting to get to know them better. What do you like in a friend? Is it the person’s appearance? Character? Interests?
How We Make Friends
Young children are generally less self-conscious than adults, so they are able to approach people who seem interesting to them. They don’t discriminate, they accept people for who they are, and launch into conversation. It is only as we become more self-aware that we begin to zero in on the kinds of people we want for our friends. Typically, this happens when we reach elementary school age, when we are faced with having to academically compete with our peers.
The first thing we do upon meeting someone is say hello. First impressions are crucial - they will either make or break a friendship. Does the other person respond in a positive way? Once you get past that awkward introduction, you can gauge whether or not you might have anything in common with your new acquaintance. Other times, as with school or the workplace, you know of people, but might not feel obligated to ever do more than greet those people.
Peer Pressure Makes a Difference
We tend to follow what other people do, listening to their opinions of others, especially when we are new to an environment. After all, we want to fit in. The same thing happens if a new person enters the scene - we want to hold that person at arm’s length until we know if he or she is considered friend material by our peers or is not a threat to our reputations. Sadly, this is not the way we ought to be with newcomers, since we have all experienced being in their shoes before, and know what that feels like to be friendless.
Factor in Personal Values
Despite the pull of peer pressure, how we are raised determines our ability to get past others’ opinions of us and treat potential friends the way we want to be treated. When we are active in our places of worship, or volunteer for community causes, we can become more of a friend magnet and start to care less about what others think about us.
Being a Friend
In the end, choosing who we want as friends becomes solely our decision, not anyone else’s. Who cares if you’re made fun of because of liking someone who’s different? Our uniqueness is what draws other people to befriend in the first place. There are always going to be character flaws in others, but we have to make the choice to overlook them if we want to in turn be accepted by others. So before you decide to make a new friend, think about the kind of friend you want to be, and what is in your best interest.
How We Make Friends
Young children are generally less self-conscious than adults, so they are able to approach people who seem interesting to them. They don’t discriminate, they accept people for who they are, and launch into conversation. It is only as we become more self-aware that we begin to zero in on the kinds of people we want for our friends. Typically, this happens when we reach elementary school age, when we are faced with having to academically compete with our peers.
The first thing we do upon meeting someone is say hello. First impressions are crucial - they will either make or break a friendship. Does the other person respond in a positive way? Once you get past that awkward introduction, you can gauge whether or not you might have anything in common with your new acquaintance. Other times, as with school or the workplace, you know of people, but might not feel obligated to ever do more than greet those people.
Peer Pressure Makes a Difference
We tend to follow what other people do, listening to their opinions of others, especially when we are new to an environment. After all, we want to fit in. The same thing happens if a new person enters the scene - we want to hold that person at arm’s length until we know if he or she is considered friend material by our peers or is not a threat to our reputations. Sadly, this is not the way we ought to be with newcomers, since we have all experienced being in their shoes before, and know what that feels like to be friendless.
Factor in Personal Values
Despite the pull of peer pressure, how we are raised determines our ability to get past others’ opinions of us and treat potential friends the way we want to be treated. When we are active in our places of worship, or volunteer for community causes, we can become more of a friend magnet and start to care less about what others think about us.
Being a Friend
In the end, choosing who we want as friends becomes solely our decision, not anyone else’s. Who cares if you’re made fun of because of liking someone who’s different? Our uniqueness is what draws other people to befriend in the first place. There are always going to be character flaws in others, but we have to make the choice to overlook them if we want to in turn be accepted by others. So before you decide to make a new friend, think about the kind of friend you want to be, and what is in your best interest.
Source : http://factoidz.com
How To Find New Friends in a New School
What would you do, where would you be without some friends- listening ears, shoulders to cry on, hands to hold? Can you imagine a world without friends?
Everybody need a friend. Ironically, finding real friends, the tried-and-tested kind who sticks with you through thick and thin is quite a feat.
Are you studying in a new school where you hardly know a soul? Or are you in need of a new group to hang out with?
Here are some tips you can follow for making new friends shares from a relationship experts:
There is a difference between being a friend and being an acquaintance. According to a book author an acquaintance is someone whose name you know, who you see every now and then, who you probably have something in common with and whom you feel comfortable around. It is a person who you won’t share your life with, those actions sometimes you don’t understand because you don’t know enough about them.
Are you studying in a new school where you hardly know a soul? Or are you in need of a new group to hang out with?
Here are some tips you can follow for making new friends shares from a relationship experts:
- Smile. It’s free and easy. Smile make you seem friendly and happy, so people will come up and talk to you. Fake a confident smile even if you are scared because it is your first time meeting people.
- Be confident. Think about how fascinating you are instead of thinking how different and weird you are! The people at your new school have probably gotten bored of each other because they are all the same old friends and with not much new to report. So stop thinking of how people will think you won’t belong instead think of how much you have to offer to these people.
- Say hello. To three people everyday say hello. Try this one to anyone you recognize from standing in line or at lunch with or just anyone who crosses your path. According to a famous quote on friendship, "You’ve got to cast your net wide enough to catch as many fish as possible."
- Lunch with them. Don’t isolate yourself when you go to lunch. Find a group that looks nice and sit down with them. Just say hi to someone at the table then say, "Do you mind if I sit here with you?"
- Strike a conversation. Strike up a conversation with one new person every day. Start smiling and saying hello, then when people say "hi" make an effort to talk back, even if it is just idle chit-chat. It is still a start to a friendship because the next time you see that person, you’ve already spoken before it will be easier to chat with that person each time you meet. Do this everyday and you could potentially have thirty new friends in one month says an expert.
There is a difference between being a friend and being an acquaintance. According to a book author an acquaintance is someone whose name you know, who you see every now and then, who you probably have something in common with and whom you feel comfortable around. It is a person who you won’t share your life with, those actions sometimes you don’t understand because you don’t know enough about them.
What is a friend?
A friend is someone you love, not that you are in love with them, but you care and think about them when they are not there. The best way to deal with a friend is to ask yourself: How do I want her to react if she were in my place? After all, that is what real friendship is all about loving your friend as you love yourself
Source: http://factoidz.com
Friday 22 July 2011
How to create your own Wi-Fi hotspot
Almost all the portable gadgets we use today need to be connected to the internet. Instead of getting an individual internet connection for each of them, you can use one of them to create a personal, mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.
All your other Wi-Fi-enabled devices will then be able to connect to this hotspot and share the primary internet connection.
Apart from the practicality angle, there can be many uses for this. Your laptop can have high-speed internet connectivity on the move. Within your own network, your devices will be able to share data with each other.
And you will save quite a bit of cash at the end of the month if you share just one unlimited data plan with five other devices.
Using a Symbian Phone
Symbian Series 60 phones with Wi-Fi were actually the first to get the ability to create a Wi-Fi hotspot, using a free app called JoikuSpot Light. JoikuSpot also supports certain Samsung Symbian Series 60 phones like the Omnia HD i8910 and the Maemo-powered Nokia N900.
Well, JoikuSpot is still around (joiku.com) and has been upgraded to include support for Symbian Series 60 5th Edition (touch phones like the Nokia 5800 and 5530 Xpress Music) and the latest Symbian^3 (for phones like the Nokia C6, C7, N8 and E7).
With the Light version of JoikuSpot, you cannot name your network and the Wi-Fi hotspot that you create is unsecured, meaning that anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled device will be able to connect to it.
The Light version is also limited in the sense that it only supports basic internet protocols (not all websites will be accessible using a hotspot created by JoikuSpot Light).
Apart from that, there are no restrictions on the Light version, no time limitations and no obligation to upgrade to the paid version.
To download the Light version directly to your phone, visit joikuspot.com/light from your phone?s web browser. If you prefer to secure your Wi-Fi hotspot so that only you can access it, you can get the paid version for $12.50 from joikushop.com.
Wednesday 20 July 2011
What is a Machine ID (Computer Name) and How It Can Be Changed?
What is a Machine ID or Computer Name?
A Machine ID or Computer Name in a nutshell, is the name that a computer uses to identify itself from the other machines on a given network. There is also such a thing as a virtual name or id, but that is not the same thing as a computer name and is another lesson for another day. For example: I have a desktop computer, two laptops, a cell phone and a printer on my network. The name of my network workgrouop is Camelot. The names that identify the individual devices (Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and Galahad) on the Camelot workgroup are known as machine id’s. The name that your computer has by "default" when you buy it is basically unnecessary once you have made your purchase and can be pretty ugly and difficult to remember, so changing it to something that you will remember and that represents you and/or your company may hold some obvious attraction for you.
To take this concept one step further, let’s say that my network was the internet domain named camelot.org. The computer name or machine id will often stand as the host name of a particular machine on the network. One host or machine name might be www aka www.camelot.org, another might be lancelot, lancelot.camelot.org, etc. Often virtual host names are given to a machine within a domain so that it may use several different names on the network.
Changing Your Computer Name
Changing your computer name is generally an easy feat in Windows XP, 7 or Vista. When changing your computer name or machine ID, keep in mind that computers may have only 15 alpha-numeric characters per name(a-z and 0-9). Special characters are not allowed.
To change your computer name in:
Windows XP
From the desktop:
- Right click on My Computer
- Choose Properties.
- At the top of the screen click the Computer Name tab
- In the center click on the Change button
- Change the name in the top box
- Be sure to choose domain or workgroup and add the appropriate information
Windows 7 or Vista
From the start menu:
- Right-click on Computer.
- On the left, choose Advanced System Settings.
- On the titlebar, you should see "System Properties". Verify that you are on the Computer Name tab.
- In the center click on the Change button.
- Change the name in the top box.
- Be sure to choose domain or workgroup and add the appropriate information.
So, there you have it. Now you know just what a computer name is, what it does and how to change it to something of your liking, rather than some silly and difficult to remember default name, provided by your OEM.
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Upgrading Your Home Computer, What To Upgrade And How To Do It
Did you know that even a five year old home computer can be brought to life by just replacing some components? It’s true, and it’s quite easy too! Replacing old computer components will help make your computer respond faster, run your favorite games on a higher speed or it can lower the noise in your computer, you can also replace your hard drive so you will have more space to save files on. These are some of the computer components you can replace:
Video Card: If you’re going to replace this one you will need to thoroughly check the system requirements for your newly bought card, so you don’t end up crashing your system, especially check the required wattage, because it could be possible that your video card needs more wattage then you are currently delivering, however you can also replace the computer component which takes care of the power. You can also choose to run two video cards at once, however this requires special technology such as the ATI Crossfire Technology
How to do it: Replacing your video card is really easy, and almost anyone can do it! Usually there’s a guide included with your product that explains everything you need to do, but if you haven’t got one, here is one:
- Adding Memory: Adding memory is one of the ways to make your computer software run faster, do note that you cannot add as much memory as you want, it is possible, especially in newer machines, that you are already at the machines highest memory capacity.
How to do it: Adding memory can only be done as long as there is a free memory slot available on your computer and if your computer isn’t already at it’s maximum memory capacity, here’s a Microsoft guide:
- Replacing your monitor
If you’re still using an old CRT screen (it’s a very big monitor which is not flat at all) you might consider changing it to a more modern monitor. If you replace your monitor you could end up with a higher resolution on your computer screen, so you can display more information than on a lower resolution. Replacing your monitor can also give your computer a performance boost.
How to do it: Replacing your monitor is just as easy as connecting a SCART cable from your TV to your DVD player, connect the (usually blue or red) cable from your monitor to your computer (use a converter if necessary) and connect the plug from your monitor to an empty socket in a thing like this.
Source- http://factoidz.com/
10 Cool Tips and Tricks for Windows 7
So, you are using Windows 7? Great, isn’t it? You simply love using the new taskbar and enjoy the Libraries feature! But have you any idea that you can still do a lot with your new Windows 7 and have a wonderful time and for this you just need to learn some tips and tricks.
Here are some really cool tips and tricks that will help you make the most out of your Windows 7.
Tip 1. Using Keyboard Shortcuts
Well, you have been using your mouse in order to drag and dock the windows to the left or the right side of the screen and even for dragging it or maximizing it, but if you use the keyboard, it is much faster than the mouse. Here are some of the keyboard shortcuts:
- Win + Left Arrow to dock the window to the left side and Win + Right Arrow in order to dock it to the screen’s right side.
- Win + Up Arrow and Win + Down Arrow to get it maximized and minimized or restore.
- Win + M in order to minimize everything
- Alt + Up, Alt + Left Arrow, Alt + Right Arrow are used for moving to the parent folder, browsing Backward and Forward while going through the folders within the Explorer.
- Alt + Win + # in order to access the Jump List of program on the taskbar denoted by number ‘#’.
- Win + Home is used minimize or restore all the open windows other than the active window.
Tip 2. Using Left Mouse Button to Access the Jump Lists
One can see the Jump Lists by right clicking on a taskbar icon but it is also possible to access the Jump Lists by holding and dragging up the left mouse button. This trick is essentially beneficial for those who use laptop touchpad or touch screen, as they are not required to click any button for accessing a context menu.
Tip 3. Pinning the most Frequently Used Folders to the Taskbar
This is a great way to get quick access to all your favorite folders. You simply need to right click on your favorite folders, drag them, and pin them to Windows Explorer present on the taskbar. Now you’ll get to see them in the Jump List and get a quick access to them by simply right clicking on the Explorer.
Tip 4. Rearranging the Icons on the System Tray
You get to rearrange the icons on the taskbar the way you want it to be. You can even start entirely fresh instances as well as switch to the running one out of the first ten programs on the taskbar by simply using Win +1, Win +2, etc. You even get to rearrange the icons on the system tray. It is up to you whether you reorder them or move them out of or back in the tray. You get to control whatever you want to stay aware of as well as of those from which you need to get notified constantly.
Tip 5. Adding Folders to Favorites
It is possible to add a library or folder to the Windows Explorer’s Favorites section. If you want to add a folder, you just need to add a folder, move to it in the Explorer after that right click on the Favorites in the left navigation section and finally select the Add current location to Favorites. This way all your favorite folders become accessible in quick way in the form of File -> Save As dialogues.
Tip 6. Creating Program oriented Keyboard Shortcuts
It is possible to create program oriented keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7. You just need to Right click the program icon of any program for which you want to create keyboard shortcut. After right clicking, select the properties. Now simply select the Shortcut tab and click on the Shortcut Key, and get the keyboard shortcut set for that program.
Tip 7. Get Expanded ‘Send To’ Menu
It is the simplest of the tip or trick to try on Windows 7. You simply need to press Shift while you right click on a folder. This will get you an expanded ‘Send To’ menu.
Tip 8. Pinning the Control Panel to the Taskbar
You may think that the Control Panel can be pinned via the Start Menu or by simply using the drag and drop option but it is technically not possible. But you can still have the task done in simple steps. First of all you need to open the Control Panel first, after which you are required to right click the taskbar icon of the Control Panel to get it pinned to the taskbar. This proves very advantageous as in this way the Jump List of the Control Panel allows you to have quick access to the functions that you have recently used.
Tip 9. Using Clear Type to Adjust Screen Text
Clear Type Tuner proves the best option for bringing best look on the laptop screen or the LCD monitor. Thus you got to use it. First of all you’ll have to Run “ ~ cttune.exe` from the Start Menu search box, if you don’t like this way then go to the Control Panel Display applet. After this you simply need to select ‘Adjust ClearType Text’ from the left.
Tip 10. Adding Video to Start Menu
It is not possible to place a link to the videos on the Start Menu in Windows 7 by default. So, if you want to place a link to your videos on the Start Menu in Windows 7, simply right click on Start, and select properties and then click on customize. After this, go to the bottom of the Videos section and choose Display as a link.
Source : freesoftz.com
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