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How can technology help you save money during tough times?
Given the state of the world’s economy, people are looking to reduce costs any way they can. While technology may seem like an expense (in terms of buying computers and peripherals or mobile phones), there are actually many ways in which using technology can help you save — for example, using a webcam instead of a landline phone. How do you think technology can help you reduce costs during this recession?
Thanks to everyone for their excellent suggestions on how to save money by embracing technology. While I was pleasantly surprised at the large number of answers, I recognize the global economy is top-of-mind for many and these responses offered many clever ways to take the pressure off your wallet.
A thrifty mother, Jennifer H, offered some great tips like saving money by visiting online coupon sites (and shared a few of her favourite Canadian ones). In some cases you can print out the coupons, but to save money on ink and paper, many will mail coupons to your home based on what products you buy.
She also talked about using the PC to chat with friends and family around the world, including live video chats via an inexpensive webcam and free instant messaging software such as Yahoo! Instant Messenger or Skype, instead of paying long distance telephone rates. Not only is IM & email faster than mailing a letter or photos, but Jennifer adds an eco-friendly reason: it wastes paper.
While wrapping up, Jennifer says she felt having both a landline and mobile phone was both costly and redundant, and so she has decided to cancel the former in order to save money during these tough times. This is becoming a popular trend in Canada (anecdotally, I haven’t used my landline in ages).
Thank you again for all the great answers I received on this question!
- Marc Saltzman
Having internet access allows you to email family and friends and use live chat instead of mailing letters which wastes paper or instead of using a phone.
You can go to coupon saving sites and get different coupons. www.save.ca is one site. And you can go to this site at the beginning of every week and pick different products to get coupons for.
I save on diapers for my daughter by joining huggies site. They mail me coupons for money off the purchase of huggies wipes and diapers.
www.flyermall.com is a site that you can go to to view the flyers for grocery stores and clothing stores, places like that. That way you can see what deals are on in that store and save more money instead of going to the store.
I always make a list of what I NEED at the grocery store and a what I WANT list. I always get the NEEDS first and if I have enough money left over, I get the WANTS last.
Also, if you have a cell phone instead of a home phone, you can always stay in contact with people instead of missing calls for important things like job interviews and such. I have a cell phone and home phone but am getting rid of the home phone. That will save me just over $35 a month. Money that I can put towards more things for my daughter.
Is teaching in Australia very different from teaching in England?
I have left teaching in England behind because of the red tape and the beaurocratic crap. I have been in Australia for 4 months now and have realised I am not qualified to do anything else but teach. Having said that I am missing the job (more so the children) now. Can anybody help me with this question?
A very worried pomm.
I think you’ll find the beaurocratic crap and red tape is thriving here as well. Just add poor pay for the work done as well.
But if you love teaching give it a go here in oz.
What were the new military technologies and strategies of 18th century warfare?
What were the new military technologies and strategies of 18th century warfare? Who made up the bulk of the soldiers and officers? Describe (1) one example of a political war of the period.
the soldiers are equipped with new flintlock rifles which is safer than the matchlock rifles,new military formations to make the firepower more effective,heavier artillery to terrify on every soldier it hits, the weapons have longer range than the past centuries making it deadlier.
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Are computer games and the internet to blame for the ever decreasing standard of literacy among children?
A recent poll shows that UK children dropped from 3rd in the world to 19th in terms of literacy? Why is this?
Blaming technology for decreasing literature is a cop-out. Last I checked, using the internet involves a lot of reading. I would venture a guess that the average child with regular internet access reads more content than a child twenty years ago each day. They just read fewer books printed on paper.
Computer games probably contribute to obesity, but not likely to illiteracy, since they take the place of outdoor play.
The fault lies with schools, parents, societal values and social messages.
educational standards have declined. This is no ones fault but the schools. (Not the teachers, but the schools as a whole.)
Parents, especially low income parents, have to work more, and spend less time reading to their young children. And the parents are often not terribly literate to start with. A recent study in the US found that less than 50% of Americans read for recreation. I imagine the figures in the UK are similar.
Society does not value intellectual pursuits. Society values money and power. While literacy and money and power are certainly connected, that is not always the message that comes across.
And there is the social messages that children get. When one knows that they will end up working in the factory just like their dad, there is far less incentive to pursue their studies.
define educational technology?
what is the importance of media to educational technology
The main importance is that the students we teach today will be using these things in their everyday working lives and we are preparing them for the future. Incorporating ICT technology should be a natural extension to the classroom and not some set up artificial way of teaching using computers. Using all the technologies with ease means we can get trough more, motivate the students and utilise the experts (as in the students who have been using it since before they could walk and talk) in the classroom. educational technology is providing students with the means to learn and extend their knowledge and skills, it may result in a paper pen essay or a powerpoint presentation. It my be an oral presentation using powerpoint presentation and digital camera pictures creating a short film with Moviemaker. Technology is part of it not the be all and end all.
What education is required to become an elementary school teacher?
I am doing a report on my career of choice, a second grade teacher. I am having a bit of difficulty finding a website or even a straight out answer to my question "What education is required to become an elementary school teacher?"
Citations would be appreciated.
you go to college for 4 years and get a bachelor degree in education. some states make you take a test before they will give you certification. you practice teach before you graduate college to learn how to put your lessons to work in a classroom. it’s an apprentice level job. some teachers get their master’s degree, but mostly just the administrators of the school have that.
How to turn a standard classroom into a world war 1/2 trench?
Hi, i have a open day at my school and my history teacher has asked me to turn a classroom into a trench, how can i do this. I saw Wildern school do the same but i don’t know how exactly i should do it, or what to use. Please could you help ASAP seeing it is this wednesday.
you need to bring sandbags, barbed wire, and machine guns to make a trench.
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