Showing posts with label world war ii memoir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world war ii memoir. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

New Facebook Pages and Essay Preview - How to reach students in today's technology-driven world

And Then Some Publishing News

Have you seen our new Facebook pages? We've added a page for And Then Some Publishing, Edgar E. Willis' World War II memoir, Civilian in an Ill-fitting Uniform and How to Be Funny on Purpose, plus Lynne Hall's Special Delivery baby memories books.


Facebook Page: And Then Some Publishing
Website: AndThenSomePublishing.com
The library of And Then Some Publishing books, videos, and blogs.


Facebook Page: Civilian in an Ill-fitting Uniform: A Memoir of World War II
Facebook Page: How to be Funny on Purpose
Website: EdgarEWillis.com
Books by Edgar E Willis, videos series and interview, 
It's how to be funny and not for dummies including the video series "How to be Funny on Purpose." It's World War II in an unvarnished approach and shockingly truthful account with a video interview of Edgar E. Willis at 96 years old!


Facebook Page: Special Delivery: A Baby Memory Scrapbook for Boys or Girls
Website: BabyMemoriesBooks.com
Baby memories books that are a keepsake for a lifetime for you or as a gift. Theme based illustrations and text so you can add as much or as little as you want. Add comments, pictures, and special memories. Videos, Table of Contents, and page examples.


Visit And Then Some Publishing's Facebook pages and don't forget to "Like" us!

Thursday's And Then Some Essay preview:

Thursday’s essay is called, "How to reach students in today’s technology-driven world."  The point of this essay isn’t really what these two gentlemen [playing Lewis & Clark] said during their talk, it’s about what they did to make history come alive for their listeners.  In a Time magazine article entitled “History Goes Hollywood” (September 18, 2006, pp. 64-66), Nathan Thornburgh points out that schools are teaching less history, “so kids have less of an idea about what happened ...or why it matters (p. 64).” 

How to reach students in today's technology-driven world

by Richard L. Weaver II

Excerpt:

Teachers can’t dress up in costumes every day and use a wide array of props to make their points.  Daily lessons do not need to be dumbed down and the intellectually challenging assignments eliminated and replaced by vapid video presentations—less in-depth education and more seduction.   And teacher-education programs don’t need to begin offering circus training, costume designing, acting, and text messaging courses.  This is obvious.  But what is the answer?  How do educators make certain they are reaching today’s students and making the kind of impression that makes learning—knowledge acquisition—enjoyable enough to inspire a lifetime of continued interest in further learning? 



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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Looking for new charities and Civilian in an Ill-fitting Uniform Video Part 3

And Then Some Publishing News
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For two months And Then Some Publishing has been donating a portion of the proceeds of every book we publish and sold through Amazon.com to Susan G. Komen - For the Cure (to breast cancer). Our website visits have remained consistent, yet we have sold less books than ever before. 


Our question: Are people suffering from Susan G. Komen overload? There are tons of products out there with a pink ribbon and maybe you've seen enough. Maybe you're thinking... couldn't they give to other charities? Please don't read this as the work of Susan G. Komen isn't important... it is! They have been able to accomplish many great things, however it's time for us to move on.


Our Susan G. Komen charity promotion will be over this Wednesday, June 30, 2010. And Then Some Publishing believes in giving back and we will be searching for new charities to promote. Do you have a favorite charity you would like to get more notice? Leave a comment below.


On Thursday, July 1, 2010 we will be releasing the last video in the series, How to be Funny on Purpose. It's more than how to be funny. Edgar E. Willis breaks down why jokes are funny, what it takes to be funny, and how to set up jokes so they are funny. It's the anatomy of humor... And Then Some! We will let you know as soon as this video is available.

Below is Part 3 of Anthony Weaver's interview with author Edgar E. Willis about his memoir, Civilian in an I'll-fitting Uniform. Part 3 continues the discussion of the captains Edgar served under, the "Winding path to Peace," and the fact that bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and yet, the USS Alaska hadn't suffered it's only casualty of the war. Also in Part 3, at 96, Edgar reminds us with precision what was happening in the Pacific Theater, the timing and feelings of where our country was at during World War II, including the difference between enlisted men and officers.

Having trouble viewing the video? Click here and watch Part 3 of the interview with Edgar E. Willis on YouTube.





Click here to watch Part 1 of Edgar's interview on YouTube.
Click here to watch Part 2 of Edgar's interview on YouTube.


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Thursday's And Then Some Essay preview:

Thursday’s essay is called, “Self-identity is the base for everything else you do in life."  I don't know if you've ever stopped to think about the role of self-identity in your life?  In this essay, I begin by discussing two activities I used for more than 20 years in my basic, speech-communication course, to not just introduce the idea of self-identify but to actually help students develop/acquire an identity.  Then I talk briefly about its value and importance.

Self-identity is the base for everything else you do in life
by Richard L. Weaver II

Excerpt:

There is no easy path when it comes to unleashing the remarkable energy that one’s identity contains.  Finding it, however, is just a start.  As people understand their unique capacities and live according to them, they become happy being who they are.  As Ackerman writes in the final chapter of his book, “A Framework for Living,” “Consider your identity your source of life.  It makes you vibrant, wise, agile, powerful, even playful.  It is the sun within you, whose energy need never die.”


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