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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
I'm all about templates (no big surprise there!) but I was pleasantly surprised to see that Google has also decided to introduce templates to their Google docs application! "Plenty Smart!" as a character on the 70's British sitcom "Mind Your Language" used to say.
The way you get to the templates ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Thanks to everyone who keeps writing in every day! I really wish we could respond to everyone's request but right now we've been trying to focus on adding some features to the site that will (hopefully!) make it easy to use. So please bear with us and we'll do our ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
We finally have a set of certificate templates that would work well for all our teachers of foreign languages, ESL/ESOL, Limited English Proficient and English Language Learners.
Every line of text in the certificate templates are completely customizable and should work with all character sets since they are in Adobe PDF ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Every day we get emails from all over the world asking if we can design certificates with specific images, themes or titles. While I would like to be able to do every one of them it's not always possible. Sometimes our users need a certificate right away and so I ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
I like finding creative memorable ways to celebrate special occasions. I think people appreciate the thought and effort and often remember the celebration long after the date's done. I've decided to share some of what I've done over the years in hopes that it will inspire others to look for ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
I must confess I am a little addicted to a site called Smashing Magazine ever since I heard about them last year. It's quite inspiring to see the work of talented artists from all around the world. Like taking a mini museum tour online!
Check out their post on these ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Purely by accident I found a post written about MyAwardMaker.com in Italian. How exciting!
But wait...I used Babel to translate the page and realized to my utter embarrassment that while the blogger gave the site a nice review they also felt that the site be used for English language teachers only ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I don't know what it is but this past week I've been getting tons of emails from teachers about certificates they'd like us to create for their students. Many of the emails come in late at night...which makes me wonder - do teachers ever get a break?
So many of these ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I'm a big supporter of positive reinforcement. Pets, kids, adults, everyone needs it. As my co-worker said last week when I sent her a note thanking her for something "no one ever gets tired of hearing they did a good job!"
But when it comes to some kids though it can ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Yes, My Award Maker finally has a blog. I’ve really wanted to set one up for a while and thanks to Naz, we finally have one.
Heard from a teacher in the UK this week about how she had used My Award Maker to create certificates for her 2nd graders. She ...
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