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How to Become a Virtual Assistant (even if you have no admin experience)

We have a lot of people stop by each year looking specifically for information on how to become a virtual assistant. This term has come to encompass so many things over the years and is no longer just secretarial work. What Do Virtual Assistants Do? Both online entrepreneurs and small local businesses may have the need for remote help. The assistance needed runs the gamut and can be entry-level or require someone with special training.

If you are a beginner, here are a few in-demand services you can offer when you’re an entry-level virtual assistant: 1. Email management is an interesting skill that many would-be VAs don’t know about but are totally equipped to do. Email management, sometimes called inbox management, involves you accessing your client’s email inbox (or inboxes) and getting things sorted and organized for the client. Learn more about this skill here. 2. These tasks could include of the following: Sans titre. Sans titre. ColdFusion. Sans titre. Sans titre. It’s not necessarily easy to pick the coolest and wackiest tech stories of the year, especially when you have so much to choose from.

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Rather than trying to be all- inclusive as we have done in the past, see (here and here and here) we have tried to more “exclusive.” Sans titre. Wishing - unreal present and past by Lesson Plans Digger. Sans titre. Here is an activity I tried a couple of times with my teenage students.

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I decided to combine the test-teach-test approach with a fairly new feature of Quizlet which is Quizlet live. My students played a vital role in shaping this activity and so did my friend, Łukasz Knap who helped work out the technical kinks. Background I was looking for ways which would help me introduce some more Use of English practice into my Advanced classes. My teenage students cringed each time I produced yet another sample paper worksheet and I slowly started cringing with them. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one using the word given. You must never let anyone use your Credit Card. Under ____ let anyone else use your credit card.

At the same time, I was introduced to another Quizlet feature by my friend and fellow teacher, Łukasz. What you and your students need Procedure Step 1: Test. Sans titre. 5 Icebreakers for the first day of class is a mini collection of activities to be done with a new group of students.

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Icebreakers are a great way for the teacher to get to know the students and for the students to get to know each other. It is important to keep things light on the first day and focus on communication. On top of that, icebreakers allow the teacher to initially assess their students’ strengths and weaknesses and do a little bit of language analysis, something which is very important to tailor the course to students’ needs. Below, you can find 5 icebreakers to be done on the first day of class with adult or teenage classes, levels pre-intermediate and above. A betting game icebreaker. This was my go-to icebreaker activity this summer when I spent four weeks working with teens aged 14-17.

It works best with groups but might also be used during 1-1 lessons with teens and adults. The activity combines a tried and tested “Two truths and a lie” with the concept of any betting game. Keep reading to find out more. Preparation In order to prepare for this game, come up with three statements about yourself. The task Step 1. Sans titre. Today I’d like to share three more activities that have worked great for me as icebreakers for the first class with groups of teenage students.

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All the games help students get to know each other better and promote discovering what they have in common. #1 Two Kinds of People. Sans titre. Cette sitographie propose un ensemble de sites conçus pour apprendre l'anglais par des jeux et activités en ligne (jeux de piste, recettes de cuisine, quiz...) pour un public de jeunes adolescents.

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National Geographic for kids La rubrique Kids du site National Geographic est conçue pour les enfants et préadolescents. Elle comporte des vidéos de records du monde insolites, d'animaux en tout genre filmés dans leur environnement naturel, des quiz, des jeux en ligne, des photos. L'arborescence du site permet une sélection thématique. Des jeux scientifiques en anglais Le site canadien Science en jeu / Game for science est une plate-forme de communication et d'éducation qui fait appel à la technologie du jeu pour susciter le goût des sciences et de la découverte chez les jeunes.www.gameforscience.ca Apprendre les langues en cuisinant.

Sans titre. Sans titre. I'm sitting down on a sofa, talking to what looks like a Facetime with Deepak Chopra on a phone.

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It's not him, though. It's an animated, sometimes realistic, talking head. He asks me how I feel. I end up discussing work stress. He suggests a meditation. For a few minutes, I'm having a little session with a Deepak that doesn't exist. A few weeks later, I'm talking to actual Deepak Chopra on the phone about what I experienced. "Well, here's the reason I did it: I'm now 73 years old, and I'm in perfect health, I feel like I'm 35, but you know, the next chapter is physical death.

Deepak Chopra has explored AI frontiers before. This Digital Deepak will personalize itself based on the details we give it, which could be a lot. Chopra also sees possibilities of using his digital self to learn more about his physical self. Sans titre. AVATARS AND LIFE AFTER DEATH - Centre for Digital Business - Medium. By Marie Johnson I feel close to this story.

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As the person who led the co-creation of Nadia, the first AI powered digital human for service delivery, and created the AI powered digital human cardiac coach with Allan Johnson, I have a both a professional and personal interest in this story to share. People use videos, photos, voice recordings and letters to carry memories and messages. People set up memorials in virtual worlds, such as Second Life, for loved ones who have passed. Immortality is available now — and it’s not as science fiction predicted © Science fiction is awash with stories of humans living forever.

Immortality is available now — and it’s not as science fiction predicted ©

Lazarus Long (Robert A. Heinlein 1950s) owed his longevity to biology; a selective breeding experiment. The City and the Stars (Arthur C. Clarkes also 1950's) introduces mind uploading to a central computer; a technical solution to immortality. According to the media, both populist and scientific, science is unlikely to achieve either of these, human immortality by biology or consciousness computer upload, for decades if not centuries. However, there is another way, and it is available now — in 2018. But first, there are two main reasons for wanting longevity or immortality — egotism or altruism.

Immortality is available now — and it’s not as science fiction predicted © Sans titre. Sans titre. A laser is a device which is built on the principles of quantum mechanics to create a beam of light where all of the photons are in a coherent state — usually with the same frequency and phase.

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(Most light sources emit incoherent light, where the phase varies randomly.) Among the other effects, this means that the light from a laser is often tightly focused and does not diverge much, resulting in the traditional laser beam. How a Laser Works In simplest terms, a laser uses light to stimulate the electrons in a "gain medium" into an excited state (called optical pumping). When the electrons collapse into the lower-energy unexcited state, they emit photons. Who Developed the Laser This process is based on work by Albert Einstein in 1917 and many others. Other Types of Laser The "light" of a laser does not need to be in the visible spectrum but can be any sort of electromagnetic radiation.

To Lase? Also Known As: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, maser, optical maser. Sans titre. Sans titre. Sans titre.

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