Revisiting iplaymathgames.com
We reviewed iplaymathgames.com back in March this year. They have made some great updates to their site and have now converted most of the content to free content.
from their homepage
WHY ARE THE ONLINE MATH GAMES FREE?
- Because, let's face it, that's what people want. Don't you get frustrated when you search for a game on fractions, the Google search takes you there and you find out that you have to pay for it, buy something else or sift through a bunch of surveys and advertising before you get this "free" math game or activity?
- Market data suggests that there are 1,500,000 teachers in the U.S. associated with math and that these teachers spend an average of $50 per year on games like IPlayMathGames.com offers. Add home school parents to that number and it more than doubles. So making these games free is IPlayMathGames.com's own little economic stimulus program that doesn't cost the American taxpayer one cent!
They still offer hard-copy versions of their content through their website and Amazon.com store.
LSOTM: Snowprofessor.com – How-To Snowboard Videos
Today we visit Snow Professor
http://www.snowprofessor.com/
http://www.snowprofessor.com/
Snow Professor is a sister/brother combo that provides videos that will teach you how to snowboard. From the beginners basics to more complex tricks and methods for advanced riders. Along with the videos are great scripts that will not only make you a better snowboarder, but may cause you to laugh a couple times.
They offer all of their videos free of charge. Also on the site are equipment reviews and links to websites where you can get all of your gear for cheap.
Jill and Rick are both certified instructors with plenty of credentials.
- Rick's Certification: AASI Level III, Freestyle Accreditation, Children’s Accreditation, appointed to the Central Division Ed Staff, elected to the Central Division Board of Directors
- Jill's Certification: AASI Level II
We love it!
Content is very fresh. They are adding new videos almost weekly. Videos are high quality so you can view the details over and over if you haven't quite gotten the moves/steps down yet.
Since the videos are online, it does allow you to improve without the use of an instructor and taking lessons in person. But perhaps improvements from watching their videos will inspire snowboarders to get out and take more snowboarding lessons to get even better.
So stop reading this review and start watching their vids already!!!
http://www.snowprofessor.com
What? How do you boardslide a funbox? Watch this video and you'll find out!
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2009 Student PICK Nomination!
Got an email today that we've been chosen as a Student PICK Nominee for the 2009 Student PICK Awards. Very cool.
Your website, Book a Lesson, has been chosen as a 2009 Student PICK Nominee. The first annual Student PICK Awards featured 1000 top websites for college students that have been narrowed down to 100 Student PICK Nominees, and Book a Lesson is one of them! Our awards team surveyed over 200,000 college students across the U.S. asking them to evaluate the top 1000 websites and choose their favorites. All sites were rated on a scale of 1-10 in 5 categories including: Ease of Use, Range of Tools Available, Real-Life Application, The Site's Perceived Intentions, and Overall Opinion of the Site. You are receiving this email because your site scored in the top 10% of the class!
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We look forward to working with you to determine the top 25 college student websites online!
Best Regards,
The Student PICK Awards Team
VOTE FOR US!!! in the "Homework, Reference and Work Sites" category
Homework, Reference, & Work Sites:
Jessica Simpson wants golf lessons from Tiger
And we want 1,000,000 instructors using Book a Lesson.
In Touch Weekly reports that
"Jessica is taking it seriously. She even asked if Tiger Woods would give her some pointers, but he’s been busy with his new baby."
http://www.popcrunch.com/jessica-simpson-golf-lessons-from-tiger-woods/
Google Checkout fees are updated…
Starting May 5th 2009, Google will implement a tiered structure to their fees for using Google Checkout.
How does this affect you? If you do more than $100,000 a month in Google Checkout sales, you actually win a little bit as long as they are larger transactions. % drops from 2% to 1.9% but transaction fee is now $0.30 instead of $0.20
Have no fear if you are a new user. We are offering a free 180-day trial for our instructors to have unlimited access to our booking features.
LSOTM: Fitness in Arizona – Core Fitness Concepts
Today we visit Core Fitness Concepts
http://www.corefitnessconcepts.com/
Core Fitness Concepts is a personal training company. They service the Paradise Valley, Arcadia, Biltmore and Scottsdale areas in Arizona. They offer personal training in 3 forms.
- 1-on-1 Training
- Partner Training
- Small Group Training
They offer a free consultation to see how they might help you with your fitness goals and set them if you don't have any yet!
Don't have a partner? Join the Free Agent list and they will work to find you a workout partner.
Nutrition is a big part of your overall fitness. Core Fitness Concepts offers a page of nutritional information and links to more information.
Fitness is such an important piece of living a healthy and satisfying life. Core Fitness Concepts offers services that you just cant find at the big box facilities. Group training with your friends is also a great way to motivate yourself to improve your fitness levels. Accountability with a partner or group will help keep you on track!
The shopping cart uses the PayPal.com service so you can have confidence in making a secure purchase.
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LSOTM: iplaymathgames.com, March 5th 2009
Today we visit iplaymathgames.com
http://www.iplaymathgames.com/
Like yesterday with Swing Mentors, iplaymathgames.com is a great resource that allows you, your child or your students to improve skills while away from a teacher/tutor. They offer simple downloads of worksheets/workbooks as well as hard copies that they will ship you.
Their offerings are for ages 4-18 in the following skills:
- addition/subtraction
- multiplication/division
- fractions/decimals/percents
- algebra/long division
- measurement
- graphing/exponents
- problem solving
- puzzles and games
- geometry
- probability/logic reasoning
- numeration/counting/patterns
You can get a couple free downloads by signing up with your email address. Free Download here.
Worksheets/workbooks are available via downloadable PDF files (Adobe Acrobat) and some are available as hard copy books that you can get shipped. They are continuing to add to their library of options for you
Currently they offer 25 workbooks and approximately 300 downloadable worksheets. The price of the workbooks range from $9-$21 and the worksheets are sold for $0.99 each.
They also offer a Math Mail newsletter to stay current on their products and promotions.
Our take is that if you are a tutor, teacher or a parent, this is the place for you! Math can be hard to explain and using games as a method of teaching meets kids where they are at. iplaymathgames.com will help the student get ahead in class, test preperation! Math can make many students nervous or scared of the subject, these products can help change that mindset and show students that math can be doable & fun!
The shopping cart uses the Shopify.com service so you can have confidence in making a secure purchase.
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Lesson Site of the Moment, March 4th 2009
We're going to be featuring a new site of the moment because sometimes daily isn't enough and sometimes daily is just too much.
Today we visit SwingMentors.com, "Golf Made Easy"
http://www.swingmentors.com/
Whats great about Swing Mentors is the availability of great lessons when you want them. They offer videos to purchase for download to your laptop/computer as well as downloading to iPod/iPhone with a few simple instructions.
They offer videos from 4 golf instructors
Currently they offer 60+ videos for purchase starting at $3.00 and up.
Payment by credit cards via PayPal.
Our take is that resources like those found on swingmentors.com are a great additional asset to taking lessons. Any kind of education will help improve your skills and thee offerings of swingmentors.com are very portable and easy to use and checkup on whenever you wish. They continue to add to their inventory of videos so you wont run out of ways to improve your game!
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why should you take lessons?
Because we cant fix ourselves. Most of you probably have heard of Tiger Woods. if you haven't, I am surprised you found the Internet. But he's the best golfer in the world and he takes lessons.
That means all of us who aren't as good as Tiger should take lessons if we want to improve on what we do.
http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/myshot_gd0505
Its something that the majority of people struggle with, accepting help, or admitting they cannot figure it out alone. But once you get over that hump and realize lessons are a great thing, improvement is just a short time away!
In golf particularly, you can spend a lot of money in greens fees to play, but not playing well can be frustrating and make those hundreds of dollars spent feel like a waste. Spending some money on lessons and practice can dramatically increase the pleasure of the on-course experience.
Whatever the category of sports/music/education you wish to improve, remember that lessons are a good thing and you wont be the only one taking them!
Twittering about Lessons
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- http://tinyurl.com/292vcp5
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- English Lessons at EverythingEnglish.org: "Learn English Online for $28.00.
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