Tuesday, September 21, 2010

How to Find Right Blogs

There are several search engines like Technocrati,BlogPulse and Blogcatalog but spotting the right blogs related to a specific topic  remains difficult.The new feature introduced by Google in its blog search.and it has introduced a feature called "Homepages" meant for helping us easily find blogs related to required topic.Blog search feature by google helps us to find the relevant topic 

TWITTER As an Expert Search

Besides being an effective communication/information dissemination tool,Twitter helps us to find subject experts. Listorious and Google Lab's 'Follow Finder' are two tools for that purpose and another means to discover people knowledgeable in a particular subject via the Twitter Network, the new expert search offer from the real-time search service    Topsy 

Monday, September 20, 2010

Young Indians Communicators Forum(YICF) Launched

he Young Indian Communicators' Forum (YICOF) announced its launch in Hyderabad in the month of July at HICC at a press conference. This forum aims to function as a Centre For Excellence for growing professionals and students in the mass communications industry.

YICOF, a Ybrants initiative, is set to be a place for young intellectuals to put forth their words of excellence, quench their thirst for knowledge, flaunt their passion, and reach out to faces, places and organisations that need the perfect touch of nascent proficiency.

To associate and serve, experts from various communication fields have joined hands with YICOF.

The Young Indian Communicators' Forum is exclusive to working professionals and students from the fields of Corporate Communications, Media, Advertising, Brand Management, Marketing, Event Management, Film-making, Risk Management, Public Management, Business Management and other media/mass-communication related stream of practice or knowledge.

Membership is open only for members of ages 18 to 35.

Addressing the press conference, National President Aishwarya said, "there has been a huge gap between the experts and growing professionals and students of communication for the past few decades. YICOF will now bridge the gap and get them closer. YICOF is like a gurukul where learning, sharing and practising will be the only policy."

Secretary General and aspiring film-maker Maharshi said, "YICOF is a pool of resources, and the place that amateurs like me - who would otherwise keep waiting in long queues to establish contacts with big shots in the industry - would like to be a part of. YICOF is a promising shelter."

The forum will expand in all major cities in India, and each city's forum will be headed by either a student or a young professional.

The maximum allowed age limit of members is 35 years. This clause has been put up in order to give the youngsters their space.

You can contact Aishwarya, National President, at 92915-48289/098739-11275 or Maharshi, Secretary General, at 9293774155 for further details.

Video released to guide TOEFL aspirants

The video provides an accurate snapshot of what students can expect during the test administration 

Educational Testing Services (ETS) has released a new video to familiarize English language learners with the TOEFL Testing process.

The six minute video walks students through the "test day" experience and previews the identification requirements, check in procedures , security protocols, and testing sequence to increase awareness of the testing process.

The video provides an accurate snap shot of what students can  expect during the test administration.In addition to the new test taker video, a comprehensive collection of TOEFL test preparation materials are available at little or no charge to students to make studying for the TOEFL test easier than ever.The available resources include TOEFL GO ANYWHERE website:

visit the website : TOEFL  for details

Saturday, September 18, 2010

English Language Resources For Teachers

·                                create a mad lib that you can send your students in order to teach them the parts of speech
·                                 encourage your students to practise their writing by asking them to contribute to a fun neverending story
·                                 download our popular 101 Tips on Writing Essays, Articles, and Other Documents (pdf.gif 299kb)
·                                 read advanced texts on writing and teaching better English
·                                 read articles on grammar and other English subjects
·                                 find free word games
·                                 learn and share teaching tips in our forums
·                                 find tools on teaching English as a second language
·                                 find software that helps students to write better English

JOB SEAERCH PORTAL FOR TEACHERS

EDUNEST

It is difficult to for youth who come from remote rural underprivileged sections having little exposure to outside world to realize their career goal.we have job portal like monster and naukri but not a dedicated vertical exclusively for teacher aspirants so www.edunest.org is packed with features that helps any body wishing to land in teachers post

Friday, September 17, 2010

Course in psychological counselling


The Hyderabad Academy of Psychology is conducting a six month Certificate Course in Psychological Counselling (Basic) from October 14.
The course offers a chance for students to learn specific counselling skills and gain theoretical background needed for being a psychological counsellor.
The course is designed to be equally distributed between theory and practical skills.
To aid in the development of counsellors, supervision by trained psychologists/counsellors is provided to ensure the all round development. Since training in counselling is inadequate without practical application, students of the course will be placed at different sites (schools, NGOs, colleges or clinics) and clinical supervision will be provided apart from classes twice per week.
Focus on basics
The course will focus on the basics of psychology, human development, personality and abnormal behaviour, theories of counselling, suicide prevention and crisis intervention.
Skill training
It will also consist of practical skill training achieved through role-plays, experiential learning, lectures and demonstrations, and other learning techniques. Clinical supervision (one-on-one meeting with supervisors) will be conducted once per week.
This is a compulsory part of the coursework, says Dr. Diana Monteiro, Director, HAP.
Evening classes
Classes will be held on a weekday and weekend evening for three hours each and the course fee is Rs. 22,000. The amount also includes course materials, internship fees, supervision and certificate fees upon successful completion of the course in psychological counselling.
More information can be had on 94939-75140 or 040-32578899 or 90002-34262.