New Villages – New Courses
Dec 1st, 2009 | By admin | Category: Front Page
New Millennium Education consists of four villages, the Art Design Village, the Teaching the Reluctant Learner Village, the Video Production Village , and the Health Care Village. In this article, we provide a list of the courses/descriptions with links to more detailed information. Many courses are now open for registration. Please provide your email address for each village to receive more information about course registration schedules for that village.
Art Design Courses
| Developing that “great idea” for a graphic design project |
| Ron Plante |
| Many of us with a creative bent have a “third eye” that allows us to give birth to a great idea. We’re often asked to create a brochure, flyer, or poster for our club or organization or family event. How about you small business owners? You can’t afford to hire a professional designer just yet. Most amateur designers will fire up their computer, launch a program (usually the wrong one) and type all the text. Then, they start moving things around and altering the look of some until they stumble on something that looks pretty good. No plan, no idea, and usually, they end up with a spaghetti supper poster that looks strangely similar to a wedding invitation they saw and liked. There is a logical, step-by-step procedure to follow. Learn to brainstorm an idea, create thumbnails and rough sketches, and develop ideas based on a plan. Visual design starts with visual thinking, using your third eye. Learn to exercise the right side of your brain and develop the mind-to-hand skills necessary in professional design. |
| This course is intended to nominally require six hours to complete over three weeks. See the Developing that “great idea” for a graphic design project course outline for more detailed information. |
Registration is now open for this course.
| To enroll, click the “Register Now” button. Be sure to click “Return to New Millennium Education, LLC” after you pay to set your login and password. |
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| $86 |
| The Next Step – Make your “Great Idea” Digital |
| Jenifer Swanson Dexter |
| After you’ve come up with that “Great Idea” it’s time to launch Adobe Illustrator. This course takes off where ArtDes1 leaves off. Yes, begin by doing the unplugged steps, but, in today’s design world, we must make that great idea digital. You’ll learn the proper way to translate the refined roughs into a “Comp”, a Comprehensive Rough that says to a client, “this is what it’ll look like.” |
| This course is intended to nominally require six hours to complete over three weeks. See the Next Step – Make your “Great Idea” Digital course outline for more detailed information. |
| Opens in February
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| $86 |
| Drawing is Seeing – Draw what you see, not what you’ve imagined. |
| Ron Plante |
| What happens when someone sits in the den and tries to draw a tree? There’s no tree to look at, so they draw their “idea” of a tree or their memory of the same tree that they’ve drawn since childhood. Now what would happen if you went to your backyard and looked at your favorite tree? You notice the peeling bark, the knothole where your nephew broke off a branch. You’re now seeing the tree and understanding it; you’re not just drawing the concept of some tree. Every little bend, branch, and knothole defines that tree. Draw a dog from memory. Now sketch your sleeping dog while looking at him. Compare the two drawings. |
| This course is intended to nominally require six hours to complete over three weeks. See the Drawing is Seeing course outline for more detailed information. |
| Opens in March
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| $86 |
Health Care Courses
| Coronary Artery Disease |
| Dr. Tom Bennett |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction presents information and gives you the opportunity to ask questions such as: What is heart disease? What are the most common heart disease symptoms? How can I prevent heart disease or decrease my heart disease risk? What is congestive heart failure and how does it relate to coronary artery disease? What are the options for treatment? What is heart bypass surgery? |
| This course is intended to nominally require two hours to complete over one week. See the Coronary Artery Disease course outline for more detailed information. |
Registration is now open for this course.
| To enroll, click the “Register Now” button. Be sure to click “Return to New Millennium Education, LLC” after you pay to set your login and password. |
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| $29 |
| Diabetes |
| Dr. Tom Bennett |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction presents information and gives you the opportunity to ask questions such as: What is diabetes? What are the most common symptoms of diabetes? Are there different types of diabetes? How are child onset and adult onset diabetes different? How does blood sugar level or high blood sugar relate to diabetes? What is the treatment for diabetes? What are the causes of diabetes? Is there a link between diabetes and diet? |
| This course is intended to nominally require two hours to complete over one week. See the Diabetes course outline for more detailed information. |
Registration is now open for this course.
| To enroll, click the “Register Now” button. Be sure to click “Return to New Millennium Education, LLC” after you pay to set your login and password. |
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| $29 |
Teaching the Reluctant Learner Courses
| How do you know you have a reluctant learner? |
| Ellen Stowers |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction is intended for both parents and teachers. It presents information and gives you the opportunity to ask questions such as: How do you define a “reluctant learner”? What are the most common behaviors that suggest you have a reluctant learner? Which behaviors are most likely to be problematic to the reluctant learner, the class, and the teacher? Can we tell if the problem can be resolved quickly or if it will be a long-term problem? Which problems are most apt to seriously interfere with learning? |
| This course is intended to nominally require two hours to complete over one week. See the Teaching the Reluctant Learner Village site for more detailed information. |
Registration is now open for this course.
| To enroll, click the “Register Now” button. Be sure to click “Return to New Millennium Education, LLC” after you pay to set your login and password. |
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| $29 |
| Strategies for dealing with the reluctant learner |
| Ellen Stowers and Alice Beyrent |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction is intended for both parents and teachers. It presents information and gives you the opportunity to ask questions such as: What do I need to understand to help my reluctant learner? Why is it important that we look at the whole child? What are the normal stress points I can expect? What are some normal responses to those stress points? What are the complications in this development process? What are the developmental domains in education and how do they impact my reluctant learner? What are some of the most common theories of education that can help all of us understand young people? (Learning Styles, Bloom, and Maslow) How does discipline fit into this development process? |
| This course is intended to nominally require two hours to complete over one week. See the Teaching the Reluctant Learner Village site for more detailed information. |
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Registration is now open for this course.
| To enroll, click the “Register Now” button. Be sure to click “Return to New Millennium Education, LLC” after you pay to set your login and password. |
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| $58 |
| Advocating for the reluctant learner |
| Ellen Stowers |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction is intended for both parents and teachers. It presents information on discerning and abiding by confidentiality parameters according to FERPA regulations, discerning what is and is not appropriate documentation, who should be privy to it, who should and control it. It helps you understand when and why an intervention may be appropriate and who should be involved in it. |
| This course is intended to nominally require two hours to complete over one week. See the Teaching the Reluctant Learner Village site for more detailed information. |
| Opens in March
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| $29 |
Video Production Courses
| Video Pre-Production |
| Joe Tombarello |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction presents information and gives you the opportunity to ask questions such as: How do I properly start a video project? How do I formulate a vision and write a script? How can I prepare my production for where I want to have it viewed? Individual consulting will be provided on project ideas. |
| This course is intended to nominally require four hours to complete over two weeks See the Video Pre-Production course outline for more detailed information. |
| Opens in February
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| $57 |
| Video Production |
| Joe Tombarello |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction presents information and gives you the opportunity to work with the instructor on these topics: Finished scripts will now be analyzed and streamlined for practicality; Music video and storyboard example: seeing a production in reverse; Storyboarding begins; Composition: Rule of Thirds; Preparing for your specific production process; Critique of produced materials; Introduction to video editing concepts; Individual consulting will be provided on each project. |
| This course is intended to nominally require four hours to complete over two weeks See the Video Production course outline for more detailed information. |
| Opens in March
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| $57 |
| Video Post-Production |
| Joe Tombarello |
| This instructor-led, online course with personal student/instructor interaction presents information and gives you the opportunity to work with the instructor on these topics: constructive critique of your produced materials and suggestions for improvement; advanced editing techniques and tricks for your particular project; adding sound effects and selecting music; how to output to your chosen viewing platform. |
| This course is intended to nominally require four hours to complete over two weeks See the Video Post-Production course outline for more detailed information. |
| Opens in April
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| $57 |