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Cambridge Primary Computing Learner’s Book Stage 2
This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Help learners develop essential computing skills with an approach that uses real-life examples, reinforces key vocabulary and provides opportunities to learn, practise and apply throughout.
– Encourage learners to become confident in working with information and ideas of their own and those of others with discussion tasks, as well as with What can you do? panels at the end of each unit for self-assessment.
– Provide a clear pathway through the learning objectives with Practise tasks in each unit, as well as Go further and Challenge yourself! panels with questions designed to support differentiation.
– Recap and activate learners’ prior knowledge with Do you remember? activities and introduce new computing skills with Learn and Practise tasks.Contents
How to use this book
Term 1
Unit 1 Be a game developer
Unit 2 Be a data analyst
Unit 3 Computers and their functions
Term 2
Unit 4 Be an animator
Unit 5 Devices and networks
Unit 6 Be a designer
Unit 7 Be a data scientist
Term 3
Unit 8 Be an artist
Unit 9 Connected and sharing
Unit 10 Be a storyteller
Unit 11 Computers and robotsGlossary
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The Business of Woodworking: A simple and effective guide to the art of running a business in the Woodworking Trade
THE ONLY BOOK IN THE WORLD FOR WOODWORKERS WHO WANT TO DOUBLE THEIR PROFITS AND START EARNING THE MONEY THEY DESERVE!If you have, or are currently employed and plan on starting a business in woodworking, then you have probably been told that it is an occupation that you choose through the love of the Job rather than income potential. ITS BULLSHIT!
In this Book you will learn..
- THE SECRET BEHIND THE MYTH THAT WOODWORKING IS NOT PROFITABLE
- WHY SO MANY BUSINESSES FAIL AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROSPER
- HOW TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY WITH A FIRE IN YOUR BELLY AND GET SHIT DONE (THIS ONES A GAME CHANGER)
- HOW TO CUT DOWN YOUR WORKING HOURS WHILST EARNING MORE SO THAT YOU CAN SPEND MORE TIME DOING THE THINGS YOU WANT WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
- PRICING AND HOW TO BUILD AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM SO THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF YOU HAVE UNDERPRICED EVER AGAIN.
- THE 1 THING YOU MUST MASTER IF YOU ARE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL AND THRIVING BUSINESS
- THE COMMON MISTAKES THAT SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE MAKING AND HOW YOU CAN AVOID THEM SO THAT YOU DO NOT BURN YOURSELF OUT AND FAIL
- THE UGLY TRUTH OF WHY SO MANY MEN SUFFER FROM STRESS AND DEPRESSION DUE TO WORK AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO OVERCOME OR AVOID IT
- HOW TO START LOOKING FORWARD TO SUBMITTING YOUR TAX RETURN… NO SERIOUSLY!… AND TAKING CONTROL OF YOU FINANCES SO YOU CAN START TAKING A PROFIT INSTANTLY
- THE 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO INCREASE YOUR SALES AND STAND HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE YOUR COMPETITION EVEN IF YOU HATE SELLING
- HOW TO BECOME RECESSION PROOF!!!!!!!
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The Art of War for Language Learners: A Bilingual Chinese-English Modern Edition of China’s Greatest Classic: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (孙子兵法) Full Book
Get ready to uncover the mysteries of Chinese language and culture with Sun Tzu’s renowned masterpiece, The Art of War for Language Learners. This all-encompassing book not only provides a contemporary approach to Chinese language learning but also delivers invaluable insights and timeless wisdom from China’s most celebrated classic.
This book contains a total of 13 chapters with expanded learning content, written and translated purposely for modern Chinese language learners. Each chapter is structured to guide and assist your learning whilst making your learning journey entertaining and memorable. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced learner, this book offers two versions of the text to cater to your language proficiency level. Learn and enjoy with:
- Bilingual version with Simplified Chinese, pinyin and English
- Chinese-only version of the text for self-assessment
- Key Vocabulary list to help you to learn and review
- Interactive discussions to help you to reflect
- Famous Chinese idioms, proverbs and quotes explained in classical Chinese and modern Chinese
With this book, you will not only master the Chinese language but also gain valuable lessons for success in life.
Whether you are a student, business professional, or a Chinese culture enthusiast, this book serves you as the ultimate guide to unlocking the mysteries of the Chinese language and culture, providing a deep understanding and enriching learning experience. So be ready to:
- Strengthen and expand your essential Chinese vocabulary to an intermediate/advanced level.
- Delve into the most modern and updated bilingual version of Sun Tzu’s Art of War in both Chinese and English.
- Discover influential Chinese wisdom and philosophies that have shaped Chinese history and culture.
- Explore powerful Chinese tactics and leadership strategies that can be applied in various areas of life.
- Master witty Chinese idioms and proverbs to impress your teachers and peers.
- Gain powerful Chinese cultural knowledge and insights
Special Bonus: MP3 audio files can be downloaded and are also available on the YouTube playlist, making it easy for you to practice your listening and speaking skills.
This book will serve as your best friend in this exciting Chinese learning adventure.
Be bold, dream big, and believe in yourself!
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Money Skills for Smart Teens: The Complete Money Management Guide to Learning Everything They Don’t Teach You in School: Budgeting, Saving & Investing + Expense Tracking…
⭐ EXCLUSIVE TO THIS BOOK: 2 SPECIAL EXTRAS ⭐
1. Expense Tracking Spreadsheet
2. Quiz to improve his money management skills
Is your teenager about to step into the world of finances and feels completely unprepared?
Are you genuinely worried that the vital money skills they truly need won’t be covered in their school curriculum?
Your concerns are justified, and that’s why we’ve got the perfect solution for you!
Introducing “Money Skills for Teens: The Complete Guide to Learning Everything They Don’t Teach You in School.”
This book isn’t just a guide; it’s a transformational tool designed to empower your teen with the indispensable financial wisdom that paves the way for a triumphant future.
- Budgeting Made Simple: From tracking expenses to setting up a budget, your teen will master the art of managing money effectively.
- The Power of Saving: Teach your teen the importance of saving, setting financial goals, and preparing for their future.
- Introduction to Investing: Unlock the secrets of investing, compounding interest, and building wealth over time.
- Real-World Financial Skills: Prepare your teen for the realities of financial independence, teaching them to make smart choices and avoid common money mistakes.
- Empower Your Teen: Give your teenager the confidence to navigate financial challenges, make informed decisions, and secure a stable financial future.
- Expense Tracking Spreadsheet: This book includes a valuable expense tracking spreadsheet, making it easy for your teen to monitor their spending and make informed financial decisions.
With “Money Skills for Teens,” your teenager will be armed with the knowledge and skills they need to make sound financial decisions throughout their life.
Don’t let your teen enter the world of money unprepared.
The button below isn’t just an ordinary “Add to Cart” button – it’s an investment in your teen’s future.
Click now and gift your teen the ultimate advantage!
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National 4 Computing Science: Improve skills and knowledge (Bright Red Study Guides)
Improve your skills and knowledge with the National 4 Computing Science Study Guide from BrightRED Publishing
From the authors of the bestselling National 5 and Higher Study Guides, this guide will give you all the tools you need to succeed at National 4. In this Study Guide, you will find:- Helpful advice and tips on the course, including on the Assignment.
- Don’t Forget features with helpful hints on key points.
- Things to Do and Think About sections which provide you with plenty of opportunities to put your knowledge into practice.
Contents:
- Software Design and Development
- Information System Design and Development
- The Assignment
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Cambridge Lower Secondary Computing 7 Student’s Book
This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education
Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, building on students’ existing computing skills and experience whilst demonstrating new concepts, with practice opportunities to ensure progression.
– Recap and activate students’ prior knowledge with ‘Do you remember?’ panels and introduce more advanced skills with ‘Challenge yourself!’ tasks.
– Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge creatively with engaging end of unit projects that apply skills and concepts in a range of different contexts.
– Develop computational thinking with an emphasis on broadening understanding throughout the activities.
– Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout.Contents
Introduction
1 Block it out: Moving from blocks to text
2 Decomposing problems: Creating a smart solution
3 Connections are made: Accessing the Internet
4 The power of data: Using data modelling
5 Living with AI: Digital data
6 Software development: Planning and prototyping
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Cambridge Lower Secondary Computing 8 Student’s Book
This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, building on students’ existing computing skills and experience whilst demonstrating new concepts, with practice opportunities to ensure progression.
– Recap and activate students’ prior knowledge with ‘Do you remember?’ panels and introduce more advanced skills with ‘Challenge yourself!’ tasks.
– Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge creatively with engaging end of unit projects that apply skills and concepts in a range of different contexts.
– Develop computational thinking with an emphasis on broadening understanding throughout the activities.
– Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout.Contents
Introduction
1 TeenTech: Network structure and security
2 It’s all in the planning: Pseudocode and algorithms
3 Let’s talk technology: What’s going on inside
4 Testing conditions: Developing games
5 Click and collect: Data collection and validation
6 Iterating through a solution: software design and development
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Arabic Picture Dictionary: Learn 1,500 Arabic Words and Phrases (Includes Online Audio)
A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning Arabic–whether you’re 5 or 100!This illustrated dictionary presents the 1,500 most useful Arabic words and sentences that beginning learners need to know. The vocabulary is organized into 38 thematic sections. Each section presents 25-35 words and 5-8 sentences demonstrating their usage. Every word and sentence is given in the Arabic script along with a Romanized equivalent to help you pronounce it correctly–along with the English meaning.
Richly illustrated with over 700 color photographs, this useful language tool includes an introduction to the Arabic script and pronunciation as well as an English-Arabic index for quick reference. Free online recordings by native Arabic speakers are available for all the vocabulary and sentences, so students can learn their correct pronunciation!
This colorful picture dictionary includes:
- Hundreds of color photographs
- 1,500 Arabic words and phrases
- 38 different topics–from social media and WiFi to paying and counting
- Example sentences showing how the words are used
- Companion online audio recordings by native Arabic speakers of all the vocabulary and sentences
- An introduction to Arabic pronunciation and grammar
- An index to allow you to quickly look up words
Arabic Picture Dictionary makes language learning more fun than traditional phrasebooks. This resource is perfect for beginners of all ages–curious kids, visual learners and future travelers.
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Learning Theories Simplified: …and how to apply them to teaching
Are you struggling to get your head around John Dewey’s educational pragmatism? What exactly is Jean Piaget saying about cognitive development? Maybe you’re running out of time and patience making sense of Carol Dweck’s mindsets? Have you reached breaking point reading Daniel T. Willingham on educational neuroscience?
Written for busy teachers, trainers, managers and students, this ′dip-in, dip-out′ guide makes theories of learning accessible and practical. It explores 130 classic and contemporary learning theorists in an easy-to-use, bite-sized format with clear relevant illustrations on how each theory will benefit teaching and learning.
Each model or theory is explained in less than 350 words, followed by a ′how to use it′ section.
What′s new to this edition:
- A new early childhood theorists section
- A new communication theories section
- Additional ‘on trend’ theorists throughout
- New ‘critical view’ features added to each entry.
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American Sign Language For Dummies with Online Videos (For Dummies (Lifestyle))
Grasp the rich culture and language of the Deaf communityTo see people use American Sign Language (ASL) to share ideas is remarkable and fascinating to watch. Now, you have a chance to enter the wonderful world of sign language. American Sign Language For Dummies offers you an easy-to-access introduction so you can get your hands wet with ASL, whether you’re new to the language or looking for a great refresher.
Used predominantly in the United States, ASL provides the Deaf community with the ability to acquire and develop language and communication skills by utilizing facial expressions and body movements to convey and process linguistic information. With American Sign Language For Dummies, the complex visual-spatial and linguistic principles that form the basis for ASL are broken down, making this a great resource for friends, colleagues, students, education personnel, and parents of Deaf children.
- Grasp the various ways ASL is communicated
- Get up to speed on the latest technological advancements assisting the Deaf
- Understand how cultural background and regionalism can affect communication
- Follow the instructions in the book to access bonus videos online and practice signing along with an instructor
If you want to get acquainted with Deaf culture and understand what it’s like to be part of a special community with a unique shared and celebrated history and language, American Sign Language For Dummies gets you up to speed on ASL fast.
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Social Media for Academics
Social media has become an inescapable part of academic life. It has the power to transform scholarly communication and offers new opportunities to publish and publicise your work, to network in your discipline and beyond and to engage the public. However, to do so successfully requires a careful understanding of best practice, the risks, rewards and what it can mean to put your professional identity online.Inside you′ll find practical guidance and thoughtful insight on how to approach the opportunities and challenges that social media presents in ways that can be satisfying and sustainable as an academic. The guide has been updated throughout to reflect changes in social media and digital thinking since the last edition, including:
- The dark side of social media – from Trump to harassment
- Emerging forms of multimedia engagement – and how to use to your advantage
- Auditing your online identity – the why and how
- Taking time out – how to do a social media sabbatical.
Visit Mark′s blog for more insights and discussion on social media academic practice.
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£21.80Social Media for Academics
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Computing and ICT in the Primary School: From pedagogy to practice
Now fully updated to reflect recent changes in the curriculum, Computing and ICT in the Primary School encourages teachers, and pupils, to realise the potential of a full range of ICT and computing resources.
Tackling computing head on, this book enables trainee and experienced teachers to better understand what computing is and how to use ICT effectively in teaching and learning. It is not a ‘how to’ guide or a collection of lesson plans, but instead balances research-based theory with everyday experiences, challenging readers to understand teaching methods and how they translate into a range of suitable teaching and learning strategies using ICT.
This book offers primary teachers the knowledge, skills and confidence to plan, teach and assess creatively to enhance learning across the whole curriculum. This second edition includes updates of all chapters and completely new chapters on:
• mobile technologies
• social media, and
• modern foreign languages.
Gary Beauchamp places theory and practice hand in hand, providing a uniquely relatable resource based on his own teaching practice, classroom experience and research. This text is crucial reading for both serving teachers and those in training on undergraduate and PGCE courses, Education Studies courses and MA (Ed) programmes.
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The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook
The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook is an evidence-based program that uses treatments including motivational enhancement, cognitive-behavioral therapy, skills training, medication, and 12-step facilitation. This workbook walks clients through self-reflective activities and exercises meant to help them recognize the underlying motivations and causes of their gambling addiction and to learn the tools necessary for recovery. The Third Edition of this workbook includes coverage of all 12 steps of recovery. Chapters focused on honesty and relapse prevention as well as a personal recovery plan contribute to client success.About the Author
Robert R. Perkinson is the clinical director of Keystone Treatment Center in Canton, South Dakota. He is a licensed psychologist; licensed marriage & family therapist; internationally certified alcohol and drug counselor; and a nationally certified gambling counselor and supervisor. In addition to the best-selling The Gambling Addiction Client Workbook, Third Edition, Dr. Perkinson is the author of The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Client Workbook, Third Edition and Chemical Dependency Counseling: A Practical Guide, Fifth Edition.
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Linguistic Coping Strategies in Sign Language Interpreting (Studies in Interpretation Book 14)
This ground-breaking work, originally published 15 years ago, continues to serve as the primary reference on the theories of omission potential and translational contact in sign language interpreting. In the book, noted scholar Jemina Napier explores the linguistic coping strategies of interpreters by drawing on her own study of the interpretation of a university lecture from English into Australian Sign Language (Auslan). A new preface by the author provides perspective on the importance of the work and how it fits within the scholarship of interpretation studies.The concept of strategic omissions is explored here as a tool that is consciously used by interpreters as a coping strategy. Instead of being a mistake, omitting part of the source language can actually be part of an active decision-making process that allows the interpreter to convey the correct meaning when faced with challenges. For the first time, Napier found that omission potential existed within every interpretation and, furthermore, she proposed a new taxonomy of five different conscious and unconscious omission types. Her findings also indicate that Auslan/English interpreters use both a free and literal interpretation approach, but that those who use a free approach occasionally switch to a literal approach as a linguistic coping strategy to provide access to English terminology. Both coping strategies help negotiate the demands of interpretation, whether it be lack of subject-matter expertise, dealing with dense material, or the context of the situation.
Napier also analyzes the interpreters’ reflections on their decision-making processes as well as the university students’ perceptions and preferences of their interpreters’ linguistic choices and styles. Linguistic Coping Strategies in Sign Language Interpreting is a foundational text in interpretation studies that can be applied to interpreting in different contexts and to interpreter training.
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Visual Persuasion: The Role of Images in Advertising
“Paul Messaris is an extremely thoughtful commentator on the world of visuals. He has studied advertising visuals for many years and his insights are always stimulating and sometimes, even controversial. This book makes an important contribution to the literature in two fields: visual communication and advertising. I recommend it for faculty and students as well as professionals in the advertising field.”
–Sandra Moriarty, Professor University of Colorado
“With an informal writing style and examples both thoughtful and illustrative, Paul Messaris in his Visual Persuasion leads the reader through the often complex field of visual literacy related to advertising images with high style and intellect. When so much information is conveyed through quickly edited and carefully controlled mass media images, Visual Persuasion is a vital book toward understanding the impact on individuals, cultures, and society of persuasive visual messages.”
–Paul Martin Lester, Ph.D, Author of Visual Communication with Messages
“A smartly reasoned and elegantly written treatment of visual argumentation authored by one of America′s most respected authorities on visual communication. “
–James Lull
The pictures in TV commercials, magazine ads, and other forms of advertising often convey meanings that cannot be expressed as well, or at all, through words or music. Visual Persuasion is an exploration of these unique aspects of advertising. By virtue of their ability to simulate the appearance of the physical world, pictures can become surrogate objects of desire or other emotions which ads subsequently associate with products. By exploiting viewers′ assumptions of a direct, automatic connection between photography and reality, images can serve as proof of advertising claims. Because of the implicit nature of visual argumentation and the relative lack of social accountability that images enjoy in comparison with words, pictures can be used to make advertising claims that would be unacceptable if they were spelled out verbally. Using these characteristics of visual persuasion as a starting point, this important book analyzes a variety of commercial, political, and social-issue advertisements. A separate chapter examines the role of pictures in cross-cultural advertising. Visual Persuasion is recommended for upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in communication and media studies. It also contains insights that will be valuable to students in courses in cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, and advertising.
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Advertising Creative: Strategy, Copy, and Design
Advertising Creative, Sixth Edition gets right to the point of advertising by stressing key principles and practical information students and working professionals can use. Drawing on personal experience as award-winning experts in creative advertising, this new edition offers real-world insights on cutting-edge topics, including global, social media, business-to-business, in-house, and small agency advertising. In the new edition, authors Tom Altstiel, Jean Grow, Dan Augustine, and Joanna Jenkins take a deeper dive into the exploration of digital technology and its implications for the industry, as they expose the pervasive changes experienced across the global advertising landscape. Their most important revelation of all is the identification of the three qualities that will define the future leaders of this industry: Be a risk taker. Understand technology. Live for ideas. The latest edition addresses some of the key issues impacting our industry today, such as diversity in the workplace, international advertising, and design in the digital age.Read more
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