Category: economics
-
Options for Distributing a FREE eBook: Amazon, Apple, Smashwords and More
Last week I published a short eBook I titled, “Hopscotch Challenges: Learn to Code on an iPad!” I’m using the eBook this month with my 4th and 5th grade STEM students, as I teach them (and they also teach me) how to code using the free iPad app, Hopscotch. I couldn’t find a curriculum online…
-
Marketing Horizontal Drilling for Oil
This is a blog post that will probably make the marketing department at Continental Resources, here in Oklahoma City, happy. This afternoon as I drove my 13 year old to a theater for an evening performance, she asked, “What is horizontal drilling?” The ads by Continental like the billboard in the photo below are apparently…
-
Empowering Women Worldwide Through Creative, Handmade Designs
Today during our lunch break in Fort Wayne, Indiana (where I’m attending Library Camp 2013) I had an opportunity to meet Nicole Moore. Nicole is the director of retail operations for “Creative Women of the World,” a local nonprofit with an important mission. You’ve probably heard about organizations like Kiva which provide micro-loans to individuals…
-
Project Management Tools, Tips and Tricks (Oct 2013)
Today I had an opportunity to share a 60 minute presentation at Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma (near Tinker Air Force Base just east of the Oklahoma City metro area) about “Project Management Tools, Tips and Tricks.” My friend, Dr. Mark Tippin, was leading a second day of project management professional development training…
-
Lessons Learned as an Educational Consultant (Oct 2013)
I’ve been wanting to write this post for months, but for a variety of reasons (mainly my own perceived ignorance and lack of “expertness” on these subjects) I’ve put it off. Now, because of some reasons I’ve articulated in a bit more depth in an accompanying post I’ve shared on my Christian blog, “Eyes Right,”…
-
Seeking Funding for an Oklahoma School NCLB Left Behind
When “No Child Left Behind” legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress in 2001, ironically it left behind many homeless students in Oklahoma City because of its provisions preventing student tracking and selective school admissions. Oklahoma State Representative Joe Dorman is sponsoring legislation which could change that. Tim Willert‘s article and video in today’s Daily…
-
eBook Self-Publishing with Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer
This past Saturday (September 21, 2013) I shared a breakout session at the “Write Well, Sell Well Conference” for authors in Oklahoma City titled, “eBook Self-Publishing with Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer.” I recorded the session and synchronized that audio to my slides on SlideShare to create a SlideCast of my presentation. This means you…
-
Why I Re-priced my Mapping Media eBook from $5 to $15
This evening, after many discussions and much deliberation, I changed the price of my 2nd eBook, “Mapping Media to the Common Core: Vol I,” from $4.99 to $14.99. In this post, I’ll explain why as well as some interesting things I learned about Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing pricing rules as I submitted this price change…
-
Podcast404: Learning About the Textile Industry Through Object-Based Global Exchange
This podcast is an interview with Branson Skinner and Liz Ricketts, founders of theOR.org and a global exchange framework which helps students learn about the textile industry, sustainable textile production, and a host of global literacy issues through the object-based curriculum TheseThingsTakeTime. This interview was recorded in Washington D.C. on June 15, 2013, at the…
-
FOCU$ on Education Conference Archived Videos Online (April 2013)
If you were not able to attend the “FOCU$ on Education Conference” April 9th in Oklahoma City or at one of the six remote sites around the state of Oklahoma which connected via videoconference, you can now view archived videos of the event online. This discussion focused on the importance of funding public education reforms…