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| VIDEOS FOR SMALL SCHOOLS -- Find out how to use DVDs and CDs to explain the benefits of a small school: CDsForParents.com ebooks -- every student could have 600 books on one CD -- cost of the CD: 50 cents. Digital Letter to Parents on DVD (send a DVD to Parents, filled with interviews with your school's teachers and mentors on video) -- useful for communicating with parents who don't read the school's letter diligently. What to do during the next hurricane or when school is out of session? Give every student a "Get Ahead" booklet -- cost: $1.20 each. Add $5 for the DVD. |
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| Mentors On Video uses podcasts from interesting radio shows |
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| Invite Steve to speak to your PARENTS group |
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| FREE CDs for the audience |
| FREE CDs for the audience |
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-- For most Parents Meetings, Steve speaks at no charge. Many parents are becoming savvy users of computers – but they don’t know about ebooks and digital audio. MP3 is more than just hip-hop, rock and rap. Book Steve McCrea to give parents something extra. The parents can take home podcasts on CDs and the “Get Ahead Book” for their children. FAX THIS FORM TO 1+ 954-463-0310 (*51 to start fax) Reserve time for Steve McCrea to speak on your next cruise. Date of the parents' meeting: _________ _____________________________ Name of your organization _________________________________________ Contact Person (You) (Your Title) ________________________________________ ______________________________________ Address City State ZIP _______________________________________ _______________________________________ PHONE Email TOPICS INCLUDE: ___ Put Something Educational On Your Child's iPod. Many schools ban digital listening devices and CD players -- but professors at many universities distribute their lectures on audio recordings. Your child can be ready for college and learn via podcasts. Confused about the vocabulary of podcasting? Not after this animated lecture that shows you how to put educational audio recordings next to those rap and rock music files on your child's iPod. FREE: The On The Media CD from onthemedia.org, a set of podcasts that analyze the news (from Public Radio International). ___ The New Three Rs – Steve describes the program that began in Providence, Rhode Island and spread Rigor, Relating and Relevance to thousands of schools. Learn your role in the new paradigm. The presentation includes a showing of Steve’s documentary. FREE: “In Praise of Small Schools,” a booklet that describes the benefits of subdividing large schools. ___ Get Ahead with the Get Ahead CD. No school? Is your child finished with homework? Just ten more minutes -- the Free CD guides the student to web sites where the lessons of this week find a wider use. FREE: A CD with the 44-page “Get Ahead” text file ___ Why Wait For Detroit? Steve describes three ways to use an alternative to gasoline. ___ The Electronic Library: Steve describes Project Gutenberg and the philosophy of Michael Hart, the project's founder. The talk includes a discussion of the Gutenberg CD, which every participant will receive. FREE: 600 books on one CD ___ Famous Speeches on the Internet -- Bring Churchill, Roosevelt and Eisenhower to Life on your child's computer! It took Steve 45 hours to find these famous speeches, including Churchill's inspiring "Finest Hour" talk to the nation of Great Britain. We've all heard of FDR's fireside chats, but what did they sound like? This talk lets you practice using a CD with mpeg audio files. FREE: Each participant receives a FREE CD filled with mp3 files available on free web sites. The demo does not need computers, since a step-by-step visual presentation is included. All of these workshops/talks include a free CD for each member of the audience. The audience leaves with the feeling that they have a role to play in spreading the use of electronic books and podcasts to children. Each CD can be copied freely -- in fact, the Gutenberg Project aims to distribute 200 million ebooks each year through users of its free CD that holds 600 ebooks. Help your school become part of the eBook revolution -- book Steve McCrea to speak on your next cruise. TEL 954.646.8246 CDsForParents.com mistermath@comcast.net “Parents have a lot on their plates and many of them have missed the revolution of the electronic book,” observes Steve McCrea, educational specialist. “It’s up to principals to get involved – Just hand this CD to the parents in your school and they’ll find a child who will know what to do next.” PHOTO: NBC6, South Florida Today show, June 26, 2006 >>>>>>>>>>>> Steve’s Electric Car Yes, there are alternatives to gasoline. Steve McCrea draws on his work experience at the U.S. Department of Energy and 20,000 miles of driving on propane and battery power. His book, Why Wait For Detroit? Drive an Electric Car Today? is the starting point for his lecture on the options that the savvy car owner has. |
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| The Free Ebooks CD (Summer Reading) was featured on NBC6 June 26, 2006 |
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| Buy the latest ebooks at Young At Art Museum in Davie, Fla. |