Problogger.net is where bloggers worldwide go for advice and information on enhancing their blog's presence. Whether you're just starting out or have been blogging for years, these two professional bloggers show you how to turn your passion for blogging into extra revenue. This practical guide to creating and marketing a blog with the pot […]
The editors of The Huffington Post -- the most linked-to blog on the web -- offer an A-Z guide to all things blog, with information for everyone from the tech-challenged newbie looking to get a handle on this new way of communicating to the experienced blogger looking to break through the clutter of the Internet. With an introduction by Arianna Huf […]
Everybody’s doing it! And while that logic never got far with your mother, it’s a fine reason to start blogging, especially if you have a business to build or a cause to promote. Well-run blogs do more than offer an outlet for your thoughts. They’ve actually influenced everything from a company’s image to the outcome of a local election. Bec […]
While personal blogs take up much of the blogosphere, blogs are quickly gaining popularity in business as an inexpensive and amazingly effective marketing tool. It’s time for a practical book about business blogging: this is the first book to demonstrate how businesses are blogging and how you can use blogging technology to converse with your custo […]
Turn Your Blog Into Big Bucks Blogs are one of the internet's fastest-growing phenomena-and one of the best and easiest ways to make money online. Learn how to choose a topic, start a blog and attract thousands of avid readers. Then use your blog to generate income from advertisers, promotions, affiliate links and other techniques-all […]
Among more than 102,000,000 blogs, a few stand out as influential, ground-breaking, and singularly successful. These thirty bloggers, who write about everything from business trends to parenting, have been featured in Wired magazine, Popular Science, and on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, and 20/20. In one-on-one conversations with Michael A. Banks, these innovat […]
Almost overnight, blogging has become a social, political, and business force to be reckoned with. Your fellow students, workers, and competitors are joining the blogosphereand making money, influencing elections, getting hired, growing market share, and having funto the tune of 8,000 new bloggers a day. Clear Blogging sets out to answer in nont […]
If you want to give yourself a Web presence without spending a lot of time or money, a blog is your answer and this is your guide. Blogs (Web logs) are short, diary-like entries on a Web site that has a chronological, journal format. Fun or informative, but not formal, blogs are easy to set up, maintain, and update. You can share your personal, str […]
Weblogs are about reading and writing. Literacy is about reading and writing. Blogging equals literacy. How rarely does an aspect of how we live and work plug so perfectly into how we teach and learn? Reading this book will give teachers important clues not only in how to become a blogger and to make their students bloggers, but also how this new a […]
The Blogging Church offers church leaders a field manual for using the social phenomenon of blogs to connect people and build communities in a whole new way. Inside you will find the why, what, and how of blogging in the local church. Filled with illustrative examples and practical advice, the authors answer key questions learned on the frontlines […]
More than 3,000 ASL Sign Illustrations Fully Searchable Full-Color DVD Featuring Every Sign Special ASL Classifier Section Complete Index of English Synonyms for Every Sign Created by an unparalleled board of experts led by renowned ASL linguist and poet Clayton Valli, The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language represents the culminatio […]
Author: Leonard Lane Paperback: 203 pages Company: Gallaudet University Press (1990-02-01) ISBN: 093032367X List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $4.99 Used Price: $0.01
Alice Cogswell was a bright and curious child and a quick learner. She also couldn't hear. And, unfortunately, in the early nineteenth century in America, there was no way to teach deaf children. One day, though, an equally curious young man named Thomas Gallaudet, Alice's neighbor, senses Alice's intelligence and agrees to find a wa […]
As access to deaf people grows around the world, a new profession has begun to emerge as well, that of Deaf translators and interpreters (T/Is). In his new study Toward a Deaf Translation Norm, Christopher Stone explores this innovation, including its antecedents and how it is manifested in public places. Most importantly, Stone investigates whether or not a […]
The Gallaudet women’s basketball team has just defeated the number one ranked team in the country, the College of New Jersey. A reporter, not wanting to be insensitive, delicately broaches the obvious question: “How can you play so well despite your hearing impairment?” Nanette Virnig, a forward for Gallaudet, puts him at ease. “We’re not hearing i […]
A biography of the founder of the first school for the deaf in the United States who, among other accomplishments, evolved a new sign language and wrote children's books. Author: Andy Russell Bowen Hardcover: 64 pages Company: Carolrhoda Books (1995-11) ISBN: 0876148712 List Price: […]
Deaf President Now! reveals the groundswell leading up to the history-making week in 1988 when the students at Gallaudet University seized the campus and closed it down until their demands were met. To research this probing study, the authors interviewed in-depth more than 50 of the principal players.This telling book reveals the critical role played by a li […]
Despite its prominence as a world cultural center and a locus of research on deaf culture, history, education, and language for more than 150 years, Gallaudet University has only infrequently been the focal point of historical study. Eminent historians Brian H. Greenwald and John Vickrey Van Cleve have remedied this scarcity with A Fair Chance in t […]
Travelling to ALA today was more of an adventure because I had to switch trains to get there. I had never made this switch before, so to be certain I didn’t miss my stop, I crossed off each stop the train made in my schedule booklet. This worked wonderfully and I didn’t have to ask for anyone’s assistance. Actually, this is a tactic I’ve used before when tra […]
G’day Everyone.I gave room for Jamie and Robert in setting up their blog of Caption Action 2. So far they have done successfully. Even on Facebook as well. But seriously, we need more supporters and sponsors of this important bill that’s going to be decided in congress. Here’s the link to Caption Action 2 site: [link] On administrative note: First of all, […]
All.. I think it is high time to slack off on pointing fingers. Please read the POLICY tab on edsalert. The purpose of posting the warrants to focus on the nefarious practices. Clearly that has been done. However, frayed emotions are starting to creep up and I want to [...]
Dr. DonG had a recent post opposing the use of SimCom and he referred to a study in the Spring 2009 edition of Sign Language Studies to support his opinion (thanks to Don for posting the article). This study proves the obvious: that using a half language conveys half the information. In the study, participants were shown a presentation given in SimCom and t […]
The 111th Congress has already been in session since January 3, 2009 and will be in session until January 3, 2011. That means we have until January 3, 2011 to get this bill passed. Plus, other factors limit how much time we have. Why do we say this? Read below to see why!Dates of CongressOverview - 111th Congress (2009-2011)This page gives the exact dates f […]
QuickTime by: vPIP Embed (copy & paste): close vPIP_setVisible("divEmbedCode353", false); Another summer, more journal reading! I have seen a lot of research on “SimCom” (”Simultaneous Communication”), and why it is not effective because the signs get dropped or do not follow ASL grammar. […]
Ed Bosson has done it again. This week he called our attention to fraud committed by VRS agencies. On his blog, Bosson provided copies of publicly available documents from the...