15 Great Free and Easy Survey / Polls Creation Tools for Teachers
1- Kwiqpoll This is a simple poll making tool. It does not require any registration. Just visit the homepage and start creating you poll right away. You have the choice to provide multiple choice answers. You will also be provided with a generated URL to use when sharing your polls. 2- Flisti
10 Sages With 10 Inspiring Messages
Throughout the ages there have been a few notable luminaries of humanity that have experienced a transformational harmonization initiated by the vectors of human becoming: love, beauty, and truth. We can look up to these sages for inspiration that cultivates courage, will, and determination to experience an inner transformation as well. Although there are quite a few individuals that we can look to for sage-like guidance, 10 will be focused on here, each with a message they streamed into the global mind in their own unique way. Let these words spark a shift within that will change the very way to see Reality. Thich Nhat Hanh
How to think positive
WHEN A PERSON THINKS a negative thought and tries to get rid of it, that person is thinking positively negatively. Daniel M. Wegner of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, has conducted a long string of experiments that show the futility and actual danger of trying to get rid of thoughts. In some of the experiments, Wegner told his subjects, “Try not to think about a white bear.” The subjects were then asked to say aloud everything that came to mind.
The Online Learning Blog from Study2U
Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television. Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen. Ted A conference that started in 1984 bringing together experts in technology, entertainment and design quickly grew into so much more. The conference itself is invitation only, but the website features all the talks at the conference in high res video format.
Art Crush: (365) Days of Tumblr by Aaron Christopher Judd - Art Crush
By Abby Wilcox 12 Feb 2012 @ 2:57 pm | Categorized: Art Crush, Live_Art> Every once in a while I stumble across something that pops off the screen, and today I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by (365) days of Tumblr – a Tumblr site by Canadian designer Aaron Christopher Judd. It’s a typography experiment, in which Judd has married a quote with an image, and posted on for every day of the year. The quotes are witty and sharp, and the images compelling. Enjoy our favorites!
Why Is Job Growth Tepid?
The unemployment rate has been 8.2 percent for three months now, creating concern that we are in a high-unemployment equilibrium. The unemployment rate is not a very good measure of the employment situation, because it excludes discouraged workers—persons who are not looking for a job. The number of discouraged workers actually dropped slightly in June.
A 15 Minute Mind-Hack to Massively Enhance Your Brain Power and Emotional State
Every day, scientists are discovering new benefits of meditation on your mental, emotional, and physical health. Meditation helps to balance your blood pressure, slows down aging, has pain relieving properties that are twice as effective as morphine, heightens your memory, helps you with decision making, and makes you less reactive to stress. So why is it that only approximately only 20 million Americans meditate today? For many people, the reason why they don’t meditate is because “it’s just too difficult to find a way to stop thinking.” But here’s the good news. It’s not always about clearing your mind.
How to feel better now
What makes you happy? I find directly pursuing happiness is difficult to do. Many times the things we think will make us happy fail to do so.
A Lesson on Forgiveness
The Buddha was sitting under a tree talking to his disciples when a man came and spit on his face. He wiped it off, and he asked the man, “What next? What do you want to say next?” The man was a little puzzled because he himself never expected that when you spit on somebody’s face, he will ask, “What next?”
40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind - StumbleUpon
Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. Also, check out our sister site, Thought Questions, for more photo-illustrated questions like these; and check out The Book of Questions if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com
Business Requirements Document: a High-level Review
J. DeLayne Stroud February 26, 2010 Many businesses have a process in place to assist with project management and implementation.
The 7 Laws Of Attraction
By following these 7 essential life principles and making conscious choices with your thoughts, words, and actions...you are certain to attract the same right back to you. Did you know there were 7 Laws Of Attraction? Well, it was a surprise to me. Though after I sought more information about the 7 Laws of Attraction, I found that they really are just individual elements broken down into subsets of the main Law.
31 Quotes That Will Give You Chills - Ars Spiritus
I think quotes have a powerful way of conveying an attitude to you which sometimes resonates so much that you feel ‘chills’ inside. Here’s a list of the quotes which have given me the most of these “chills”. Enjoy! Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75. —Benjamin FranklinMost people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions.
Twelve Virtues of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
by Eliezer Yudkowsky The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth.
