Teaching Without Frills
How to Write for Your Audience - Writing Video For Kids
This video will help you learn how to write for your audience in narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. You'll learn about writing style, formal and informal word choice, and tone.
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Communication Professor Reacts to Tom Cruise Interview on 60 Minutes
Communication Professor Reactions to Tom Cruise interview with 60 Minutes Australia's Peter Overton as the conversation crosses boundaries and Cruise pushes back. Was he rude or justifiably assertive?
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Stop People from Interrupting You: Verbal Tips
Practice along to learn How to Stop People from Interrupting You with these verbal tips, Dos, and Don'ts.
Curated Video
Can A Skin-Colored Tattoo Cover Up A Bad, Older Tattoo?
Permanent tattoos are created by penetrating almost half a millimeter deep into the skin. This means that these tattoos are actually “inside” the skin, so they cannot be hidden by adding a flesh-colored tattoo. This technique can also...
The Learning Depot
How to Write a Hook: 10 Ideas for Narrative, Expository, Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
A hook is a sentence or group of sentences that will capture or “hook” your reader’s interest and lure him or her to keep reading. The hook, also called the lead, will set the tone and mood for your essay and establish A hook can be a...
Curated Video
How to Write & Send Email to Teacher | Step by Step Guide for Students in GMAIL
Need to send an email to your teacher? In this video, I will show you how to write a professional and effective email to your teacher, professor, or instructor! I will give you a send-by-step guide on how to compose an email, explain...
Music Matters
Understanding The Circle of Fifths
Find out how to draw the Circle of Fifths and why it's so incredibly useful! Learn how to use the circle of fifths to work out all the major keys, all the minor keys and all their key signatures. Useful for understanding keys and key...
Science ABC
Why Some People Just Can’t Sing Well, No Matter How Hard They Try!
The element that causes some people to sing well and others to sing badly are problems with pitch accuracy, also known as intonation. Pitch can be understood as the ‘sharpness’ of a voice; the higher the pitch, the sharper and shriller...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Summer's End - 1. After the Summer Season
Discover how Dobson uses the symbol of summer’s end to explore the inevitable passage of time. The first wave of winter comes, washing away the sun-hats, surfboards and screaming children of summer. The waves ebb and flow, mirroring the...
Orkidbox
How to Paint Eyes - Watercolor & Colored Pencil (Mission Gold Pure Pigment set)
I wanted to improve my painting of faces so I am starting with painting eyes. I am hoping to eventually work my way up to faces of all types and styles. This is also a chance for me to practice mixing different skin tones. MATERIALS:...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate communication skills can transform your atmosphere.
Amor Sciendi
Canon A2 Per Tonos: The Physics of Sound
We try to understand how great musicians like Bach can play with the way sound works to create something of profound beauty. Please listen to the full Canon here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A41CITk85jk
Tarver Academy
Go Big Early - ONLINE LEARNING TIPS
In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About Going Big Early - ONLINE LEARNING TIPS
Orkidbox
Watercolor Sketch - Caramel Skintone - Diverse Women
This is a sketch done in a watercolor journal of a woman from a reference photo. We are painting and sharing about painting caramel coloured skin. I also take a sketch from pencil to ink line art to painted sketch. This is good practice...
Music Matters
What is a Tritone Substitution? - Music Theory
What is a Tritone Substitution? How do you work out a tritone substitution? How do you use one?The tritone is defined and it’s use within a Dominant 7th chord is explored. The inversion of the tritone is demonstrated as a means of...
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: George Orwell, 1984 - Theme of Individuality and Identity
What makes you, you? This lesson explores the theme of individuality and identity in George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Learn about the precious link between Winston’s memories and his identity. Watch out for the forces that threaten Winston’s...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
5 Canons of Rhetoric
The Five Canons of Rhetoric are a fantastic guide to improve your public speaking. The 5 Canons are: Invention, Arrangement, Style, Memory, and Delivery and can be used to make any presentation or speech better. 00:00 Introduction 01:09...
Music Matters
What are Messiaens Modes of Limited Transposition: Music Theory
Learn about the 7 modes of limited transposition used by Olivier Messiaen in his music. The difference between these and more common modes is explained, along with an explanation of how each mode has a particular number of possible...
Music Matters
Why the Notes E# B# Cb and Fb Really Do Exist - Music Theory
Yes, the notes E#, B#, Cb and Fb really do exist and it's important to know why. In this music theory lesson we explain the often confusing topic of enharmonic equivalents and why in music we sometimes have to call a note E# instead of...
Music Matters
Orchestration & Writing for Woodwind - The Oboe
A look at how to write for the oboe in detail. During this orchestration video you will discover the range of the Oboe, the clef it uses, how it functions as a double reed non-transposing instrument, and how to write for it in such a way...
Executive Finance
Internal Controls and Operational Integrity
This video discusses the importance of policies and procedures in organizations to ensure integrity of information and safeguard assets. It also highlights the prevalence of fraud and the need for strong internal controls to prevent and...
Curated Video
Italy, Florence - Old Sacristy in the Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of Saint Lawrence)
The structure was begun 1421 and largely complete in 1440. When finished, it was, however, quite isolated, the reason being that construction for the new building for San Lorenzo, the design for which Brunelleschi was also responsible,...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Group Leadership Skills: Part 3
Group leadership (Part 3) looks at how leaders can handle an overly talkative person. The following are 5 tips for getting at this issue especially in small group communication settings. 1. Set expectations about participation early in...
Music Matters
A Simple Guide to Modes - Music Theory
A simple guide to musical modes. Most musicians know about major and minor scales and keys. One thing that Jazz musicians and those interested in music from pre-1600 have in common is that they both know about modes. Modes existed before...