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Topic:  March 2010 Health Care Reform Laws (political, moral, ethical)
Format: Unbiased, balanced pro/con format website that collects & presents both sides of issues
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

If you’re tired of wading through the rants of biased bloggers and media talkers, ProCon.org is ready to help you get the facts about the March 2010 US federal health care reform laws. So educate yourself and obtain some solid, unbiased, self-study material about this important landmark legislation. Read the rest of this entry »

Kids complaining about nothing to do this summer? Then this collection of posts from The Best Free Training (originally published last December) may be worth a second look:

The First Annual Kid Stuff Collection

This is a PDF file containing 62 reviews and articles (more than 140 pages!) focusing on free training and educational resources for kids of all ages, from pre-school through college. Reviews include “hot links” so you can click & go directly to the resource’s website. Categories in this collection include:

• Fine Arts – 10
• Basic Computer Skills – 9
• Research Skills – 4
• General Learning Tools – 8
• Science – 6
• Math & Accounting – 4
• Writing & Languages – 7
• Brain Games & Challenges – 4
• Total Number of Reviews: 62 !!
• See full Table of Contents.
• Download Free Gift: First Annual Kid Stuff Collection (Approx. 1.5 MB PDF File*)
• * Requires free Adobe Reader… Click to download free Adobe Reader.

ENJOY!!

Topic: Overviews of technology-related topics, finance, and more
Format: Website featuring ultra-brief (under 5 minutes!) videos that are uniquely animated, fun, and filled with big ideas.
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

So how much content can you cram into 5 minutes (or less) of video…. and still have powerful, clear explanations? You can see for yourself at the amazing Common Craft website! It’s recently been completely reworked and has a great, easy-to-use new interface.

If you want tight (and fun) little explanations of all sorts of complex topics, then you gotta check this site. And if you are a video producer or a trainer, you need to see what these guys are up to! They set the bar very high indeed for quick, clean, efficient, and effective training tools!

I’m a big fan of Common Craft and have reviewed several Common Craft videos on this blog in recent months. And they are all amazing, fun, and information-packed.

You’ll find links to my past reviews, as well as a complete list of all Common Craft videos available at the website, below:

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Topic: Financial literacy, financial planning, debt management, investment, retirement funding, college funding
Format: Website with articles, audios, links to other resources, and worksheets
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

In these tough financial times, it might be a good idea to stop, go back to basics, and apply some fundamental financial management tools and techniques to your family’s finances. This great free resource from Bankrate.com will guide your through this potentially confusing process with articles on the basics, worksheets to apply to your unique situation, audios, and links to related web resources.

From the website:  “Bankrate’s Guide to Financial Literacy will shine a spotlight on 18 personal finance topics essential for financial success.”

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Hurry! These gifts will be gone by the end of the 2008 Holiday Season!

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Topic: Economics resources available on the web for students and researchers
Format: Tutorial website with text explanations, annotated links, a “link basket” to create a personalized list of links to investigate, and quiz.
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

The Internet Economist’s Tour the Best of the Web for Economics tutorial is a powerful annotated collection of economics-oriented websites that will help you “dig deeper” into unfolding economic issues that matter to you. Though it is published by British scholars, American and international economics resources are well-represented.

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Topic: Fundamentals of a free market economy, as advocated by Smith at the dawn of the industrial revolution
Format: Online textbook, critique and analysis, and/or MP3 downloads of the text in audio form
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

More chaos in our financial markets means it may be a good time to calm down with one of the great classics that shaped the U.S. economy: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith. In this review, we share at least four free resources with which you can conduct your own self-study of this important work.

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