Google Apps Experts: How to get the most out of the new Google Forms Best Practices for Creating and Formatting FormsBefore we discuss best practices, take a moment to learn the basics. Google provides literature and resources to help you get started with understanding the basics of Google Forms. Since Google Support does a fabulous job explaining how to create forms using the new enhanced Forms, visit their page for basic how-to instructions. Once you’ve updated youself on the basics, we can move on to the best practices. 1) Google has added functionality to Forms that saves you time! You can now copy & paste a list of question responses right into your Form. 2) We are all familiar with how easy it is to collaborate with your colleagues on projects using Google Docs & Spreadsheets. To share your Form, go to ‘File’ and select ‘Share’. Now, when others are viewing the Form, you can see exactly where they are working by looking for the colored bar. 3) Next on our list of best practices is the practice of tailoring your questions.
2 Location Independent Jobs : Join Our Team or Live for Free in a Resort in the Philippines this post describes two job opportunities. The first is a full-time position and a direct report to me. We’re looking for somebody to help manage and improve our community . The second is a part-time gig. The Tropical MBA started in late 2009. I could, however, afford to pay somebody enough money to be a backpacker style traveler. Since 2009, in one way or another, we’ve sponsored over 10 “internships” (each job posting has different terms, some are not internships but jobs– please read the listings carefully). Since that time, I’ve recorded 100′s of podcasts , so it’s pretty easy to get an idea where I’m coming from. Ok. The Dynamite Circle is an online community for digital nomads and location independent entrepreneurs. We also have conferences every 6 months– this year in Berlin and Bangkok– where we all get together, enjoy talks from luminaries in our community, and (ahem) have a little bit of a party. As the DC grows, our needs continue to evolve. Good luck! So what’s the catch?
10 Wonderful Common Core Standards Cheat Sheets " The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers." You might be familiar with these goals but you probably lack resources to help you keep your learning objectives inline with Common Core State Standards. Click on any title to access the rubric. How We Make $2000 Per Guest Post Hey! Welcome to my call with Jon Morrow on how to make money through guest blogging! What Jon and I talk about in this call is THE thing that got me started so fast (I was making five figures monthly after 9 months), and THE one thing I’d advise to anyone wanting to start or improve an online business, reach more people through their blogs, or generally get more mojo out of the internet. I don’t believe in magic bullets by any means, but this is the next best thing. Call it the JBT secret sauce, if you will. And Jon is the perfect guy to teach it, given that he parlayed smart guest posting into a huge income, several very successful businesses online, and a position at Copyblogger.com — one of the biggest business blogs in the world. ALSO: Jon has an OUTSTANDING series of videos and posts that expand on this “guest blogging” stuff that you can get for free by signing up here. So listen up, enjoy, and let me know what you think! Right-click to download MP3
4 Great Online Anti-Bullying Initiatives With the explosion of the Internet into the classroom and the ever-growing confidence of our children and teenagers at navigating websites, social networks and online forums, there is every reason for teachers and parents alike to guard vigilantly against the problem of cyber bullying. But with the help of fantastic sites and initiatives like these, there’s also brilliant support out there to help us tackle it and give our students and children the tools they need to counter it too! 1. This fantastic site is great for helping teachers approach the subjects with students in the classroom, as it begins with a slideshow-style presentation of key questions and answers about cyber bullying, such as what it is and the different ways it can manifest itself. With separate sections aimed at children of different ages, the site also has specific materials appropriate for catering to young Internet users at different stages, so can be really helpful across a range of different classes. 2. 3. 4.
How to Build a Membership Site in 48 Hours EmailShare 484EmailShare So you want to build a membership site huh? Deciding to do it is the easy part! Once that decision is made there are SO many different factors that go into the actual creation of the site. Unlike a simple WordPress blog, where you can basically install and go, a membership site has MANY more components. You need to consider which membership plugin to use, how you’ll handle payments and affiliates, how to layout the site, how to deal with privacy etc. Bottom line, it can be really daunting. That said, it doesn’t have to be. First off, let’s clarify why I’d be qualified to write such a post. Last September I launched my first membership site “Overcoming the Fear of Uncertainty“. So if you’re ready for this, grab a beer, and get comfortable, because we’ve got a lot of ground to cover! Why Create a Membership Site? So before you should even do anything, you need to give some thought as to why you are creating a membership site. First Steps Survey your readers. Cookie Drop.
Concept Video Shows The Book Of The Future We are seeing a big push into interactive publishing. From iPads to Chromebooks to mobile devices … the future of books is a hot topic right now. There are places like Boundless offering free customized open source textbooks and even textbook publishers building entire iTunes U for classes. The book of the future is being written right now, it seems. In the above video, design consultancy IDEO shares their vision for the future of the book. Read more about the book over at IDEO’s official website. The team looked at how digital and analog books currently are being read, shared and collected, as well as at trends, business models and consumer behavior within related fields.
How to Become an SEO Freelancer in 48 Hours EmailShare 376EmailShare I’d like to state up front that this is the longest post I’ve ever written here at Location 180. It’s more representative of the direction I’d like to take the site in the future, and is the culmination of the last year I’ve spent becoming an seo freelancer.If you take a weekend, read the resources provided, practice with your own site(s), you’ll have enough knowledge to lay the ground work of a location independent business. I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately from people who are looking to start working for themselves. Along with questions about building a business, I’m asked frequently what business I run. If we’re going to start getting real about creating a location independent income, I’m going to have to build a little bit of credibilty. So here’s what I do: I’m an SEO Freelancer (for lack of a better term). For those of you who don’t know what SEO means, it stands for Search Engine Optimization. This is false. SEO Basics Keyword Research. Keyword Research
Guest Post - Student Accountability Program in Google Spreadsheets Several years ago, we decided to design a more comprehensive way of evaluating our students' success in our middle school. We acknowledged that grades are just one measure of how students can experience success in school. In addition, we needed a more holistic way to determine if a student should be retained or promoted to the next grade. We created the Student Accountability Program (SAP). Each category is weighted with a different point value. The SAP has changed our school. This has been a grassroots process by our staff that has evolved each year with feedback from students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Justin Vail teaches 7th grade social studies at Wabash Middle School in Wabash, Indiana.
How to Create a Product in China (And Make $100k in a Week) EmailShare 379EmailShare Last April I decided to take a trip to China and see what kinds of opportunities I could find for myself over there. I had three potential markets in mind that I wanted to explore: Wood WatchesBackpacks for the “flashpacker”Opportunities to import into China. The one I was most excited about at the time were the watches. There was a ton of potential in the market, as few people had really started looking into opportunities with making watches out of wood. I enlisted a couple friends of mine who knew more than I did about manufacturing and doing business in China, and headed to one of the world’s largest sourcing events: The Canton Fair. Here you can literally find someone to make you anything you want. So obviously there was a plethora of watch companies that will make you exactly what you were looking for. Well, for various reasons I decided it wasn’t the right time for me to start manufacturing. Enter Ryan Beltran. The difference between us? Absolutely.