Ocean of Knowledge with Victor

 <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> My wife and daughter - Video. HOW READING CAN IMPACT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY Reading is a powerful activity that can benefit you and your family in many ways. Research shows that reading can enhance cognitive, language, and social development in children and adults. (Edwards, 2011). I have seen the positive effects of reading in my own family. My two-year-old daughter loves school and reading very much. We have been preparing her for that by buying her books and reading to her. Whenever we are reading for our personal studies, we read out loud so that she can hear and learn. Access to books prepares children for community impact and academic success. I believe that one of the greatest gifts we can give to our children is access to books. (Edwards, 2011). Reading is not only important for achievement, but a...

<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> Science Fiction Google photo      Science fiction and technology: prediction or intuition? Science fiction often depicts wrist-radios and pocket-sized computers. This does not mean that the writers foresaw these inventions, but that they imagined some possible improvements based on their current world. As Loren (2010) wrote, “Science fiction writers, circa 1950, ‘predicted’ marvels such as wrist-radios and pocket-sized computers, not because they foresaw the invention of the transistor, but because they intuitively felt that some kind of improvement would come along to shrink the bulky computers and radios of that day” (Does science fiction—yes, science fiction—suggest futures for news?) Similarly, in the year 1930, most scientists did not believe that the atomic bomb was feasible. Although phy...

<script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"></script> WHAT COMEDY IS TO ME? Like in the words of Greek philosopher, Aristotle, “The secret to humor is surprise.” (Aristotle, n.d.). Comedy is something that we don’t expect to happen, such as a frog doing disco dance, that takes us by surprise! For instance, in this video by Cheri Steinkellner, she explains how to make your writing funnier by using specific details, incongruities, and k-words. (Steinkellner, 2016, “How to make your writing funnier”, 1). Frog disco pose. Google-Photo      More on what comedy is to me:    Comedy shifts from observation to imagination. It moves from "what is" to "what if". One example of this is the question posed by Cheri Steinkellner, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, in her TED talk: "What if the nun, all of a sudden, starts doing disco da...

    <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-KK3RM426QN"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [] <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"      crossorigin="anonymous"></script> Pexels-photo   Collaborative Learning    "Collaborative learning is an educational approach to teaching and learning that involves groups, working together to solve a problem, complete a task, or create a product". Successful collaborative learning has the potential to bring out the unique strengths of each individuals in a group, while strengthening the group through teamwork, cooperation and combined effort and resources. (Uopeople, 2021). How Collaborative Learning Works?    The group should offer opportunities for a team, to work collaboratively with one ...

<script async="" crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5632014805880740"></script> Pexels-photo     IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE FICTION BY VICTOR First of all, let me define and look at the difference between fiction and non-fiction. According to Learning Easy English, a YouTube channel that teaches English language and literature, fiction "refers to plot, settings, and characters created from imagination" (Learning Easy English, 2020, "Fiction vs Nonfiction", [1](^1^)). Fiction movies or cartoons aim at captivating us. On the contrary, non-fiction is based on real people and the real life stories. Non-fiction movies or materials aim at giving us information and being educational. (Learning Easy English, 2020, "Fiction vs Nonfiction".    It is important to know that there are four main literary genres: drama, fiction, non-fictio...