Non-Trad Students

A page of tweets for nontraditional students

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:27:00 PST

This posting is for my readers who do not go on Twitter. I have a page there for nontraditional students. It is at this address: @nontrads (click to go there). I post websites, links, newsgroups,...

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10 Study Tips for nontraditional students

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:00 PDT

You have your book open. You also have the TV on. Can you study or not? Some people say yes, that they CAN study with the television on. I personally CAN study with the TV on, but writing...

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The ANTSHE Nontraditional Student Conference 2010

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:20:00 PDT

Is your college nontrad group part of ANTSHE? If you are a college nontraditional student group, you may want to join. ANTSHE is the Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education....

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North Carolina offers an NTSO program

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:10:00 PDT

I am really happy to be adding an NTSO (Nontraditional Student Organization) to the North Carolina State Page today. It is located here: http://www.ncat.edu/~evenings/ntso.htm at A T and T State...

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Forming a Nontraditional Student group

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:46:00 PDT

Are you going to trade school, community college, getting your GED, or attending college? A great idea is to join a Nontraditional Student Group. You can share ideas, parenting tips, stories, and...

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Hot Topic: Cheating and the Nontraditional Student

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:07:00 PDT

You are taking a test. You notice another student has placed a notebook under his or her desk. It is sticking out and seems to have notes on it. Do you tell the teacher? Another student takes...

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Nontraditional Housing - who wants to stay on campus?

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:49:00 PDT

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/ / CC BY 2.0 To the dorm or not to the dorm? It used to be that some colleges and universities offered family housing. Many did not. Nowadays, with the...

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Some professors speak out!

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:35:00 PDT

Some REALLY funny twitters by college professors... You are REALLY going to like these. Plus, it is fun looking at things from a PROFESSOR'S point of view. This is a group of professors really...

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It's a dog's life for people with SOME online degrees...

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:09:00 PDT

Rishona, from the Yahoo Nontrads group, posted this recently. It is SO cute I wanted to share it here too. I'm sure some of you may have heard of these kinds of schools, often called Diploma...

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Are you a LOST TV show fan?

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:47:00 PDT

GREAT NEWS FOR LOST TV SHOW FANS! I am a LOST TV show fan. I just love this show. I am sure that I am not alone. I have the feeling that there are more nontraditional students out there who also...

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Through her mother's eyes...

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:44:00 PDT

Seeing College through her Mother’s Eyes… This story is so cute – a mother and her daughter are going to college at the same time – and at the same place! The daughter was not so sure she would...

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The Edublog Companion sites - a great resource!

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:47:00 PDT

The Edublog Companion Sites There are three sites that are all connected: (1) The Edublogger site, http://pdonaghy.blogspot.com/ , (2) the International Edubloggers Directory,...

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The Good Stuff - The Nontraditional Student page at the Federal Aid page (US)

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:48:00 PDT

The Good Stuff - quality websites to help nontraditional students... Here is a great site that points to other quality sites. Because it is made by the Federal Government (US) you can trust it. It...

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Good Luck This Fall! By Toni Washington Bradley

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:56:00 PDT

The following is a post by Toni Washington Bradley. I liked reading this so much today that I asked her if I could post it here. She said yes! Thank you, Toni! Good Luck This Fallby Toni...

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Neat Nontraditional Student information from Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:51:00 PDT

Nontraditional Student information from Twitter I am @nontrads on Twitter. Sometimes I re-tweet other people's tweets (RT) and sometimes I put my original content, links, websites, or sayings on...

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A funny New Zealand video - The Adult Student

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:00:00 PDT

This is hilarious. Of course, it is totally untrue! Adult students do NOT always live with their mothers, for instance, and most do NOT own a sub-machine gun. This is a fun video from Studentville in...

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Great resources I have found on Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:53:00 PDT

I have found some GREAT resources on Twitter that are VERY helpful for nontraditional students. Here are two of the best Twitter names, blogs, and websites that I have found there. Look for more...

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Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas!

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:25:00 PDT

I've been meaning to post this great contest on here since, well, FOREVER. It's the TRAVEL CHANNEL SWEEPSTAKES. I have entered it a LOT, but so far haven't won. But, you never know. Maybe one...

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Backup, backup, backup!

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:40:00 PDT

JUST SAYING... Do you have important work you care about on your computer? Back it up. Put it on a disk, use your old Zip drive, or even put it online at an online backup site. I use My Other...

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Five Ways for Nontraditional Students to Get Connected...

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:00:00 PDT

A big "hi" today goes out to nontraditional students, people learning about nontraditional students, and people THINKING about becoming nontraditional students. More and more nontraditional...

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New pages on the Nontrad site - and ideas for more

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:15:00 PDT

NEW PAGES on the Nontrad site NEW: Find out what YOU are good atNEW: Why go back to school? andNEW: Making Friends at your new school Just click on the links above to check them out at the...

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Time to get Squidoo-ing

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:43:00 PDT

I think I'll get going more on my Squidoo pages. I already have a nontraditional student Squidoo page plus one on making friends. If you happen to have time, pay them a visit for me, rate them,...

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Free Online Courses for Nontraditional Students

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:20:00 PDT

By Karen Schweitzer In 2007, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began publishing educational materials from the school's courses online. This led to a great movement in open...

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Discrimination? You decide.

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:49:00 PDT

I read a story about an older college student recently on the Yahoo Nontrad Group. He is going back to college to be a physical therapy assistant. Seems he was told he can't stay in the dormitory on...

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Great news from the U.S. House! (Brush up on literary skills...)

noreply@blogger.com (E. Sheppard) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:26:00 PDT

There is super great news that the House of Representatives has passed a new bill which includes money for nontraditional students going back to (high) school who need to take courses in basic...

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