Do You Love Food? - Then Maybe Opening a Restaurant is Not Such a Crazy Idea

Written by Howard Schwartz


The day care industry is expanding. There are now more than 100,000 licensed child-care centers and 250,000 licensed family day care homes acrossrepparttar United States.

The market for day care increases every year asrepparttar 142076 working mother in society increasingly return to work to contribute financially torepparttar 142077 ongoing household expenses. Day care centers have now proven to be a lucrative niche for owner operators, especially those who have purchased franchises. The day care industry is expanding. There are now more than 100,000 licensed child-care centers and 250,000 licensed family day care homes acrossrepparttar 142078 United States.

An overall increase in professionalism has helped to enhancerepparttar 142079 reputation ofrepparttar 142080 child care and day care field. Only 20-30 years ago, child care was a cottage industry operating out of remodeled houses, granny flats or small business shop fronts. Early centers were essentially baby-sitting facilities. Today's day care centers, frequently part of regional or national chains, are larger and more professionally run. Because parents want their children to get educational services, many centers require that their caregivers have early childhood education degrees. The day care industry is regulated by state law, and sometimes also by county or city, andrepparttar 142081 regulations vary widely by state.

How Web Conferencing Provides Educational Opportunities

Written by John Simpson


Many colleges have been expanding their curriculums overrepparttar last decade to include online classes and web conferences have played a significant role.

A feature that only requires an Internet connection to access, a web conference allows instructors to interact with their students by lecture, discussion or question and answer. Whiteboards can be employed through web conferencing, as can slideshows, allowingrepparttar 142075 instructor to demonstrate examples or share graphics that illustrate their point.

While many online classes also utilize web pages, message boards and emails,repparttar 142076 web conference allows for a lecture period and if a student is 'absent,' they can replayrepparttar 142077 lesson.

Also, with web conferences, lectures can be 'recorded' and attached onrepparttar 142078 syllabus page for viewing asrepparttar 142079 students achieve that part ofrepparttar 142080 semester. This not only allows more freedom forrepparttar 142081 instructor, but also for students with regard to flexible enrollment.

Online college courses allow more people than ever to haverepparttar 142082 college experience. Freed fromrepparttar 142083 obligation of committing two or three hours a week to a physical classroom (not including drive time) lets everyone from full time employees to full time parents take advantage ofrepparttar 142084 opportunities for higher education.

Technology has a way to breed progress and nowhere is that statement more visible than inrepparttar 142085 utilization of web conferences in online courses.

Online courses are not for every student, because they require a certain amount of self-motivation and drive. They also require thatrepparttar 142086 students work to completion withoutrepparttar 142087 pressure of physically presenting themselves week after week.

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