🤝 Tech skills in demand
Happy Monday!
We combined a list of helpful resources from @TundeTASH and @myfreelancehq
This thread entails TOP TEN (10)
🤝 Sites to learn Excel for free
🤝 Sites for online education
🤝 Sites for your career
🤝 Sites for interview preparation
Search for these on Google:
1. Microsoft Excel Help Center
2. Excel Exposure
3. Chando
4. Excel Central
5. Contextures
6. Excel Hero
7. Mr. Excel
8. Improve Your Excel
9. Excel Easy
10. Excel Jet
Search for these on Google:
1. Coursera
2. edX
3. Khan Academy
4. Udemy
5. iTunesU Free Courses
6. MIT OpenCourseWare
7. Stanford Online
8. Codecademy
9. Open Culture Online Courses
10. TED-Ed
1. LinkedIN
2. Indeed
3. Careerealism
4. Job-Hunt
5. JobBait
6. Careercloud
7. GM4JH
8. Personalbrandingblog
9. Jibberjobber
10. Neighbors-helping-neighbors
1. Ambitionbox
2. AceTheInterview
3. Geeksforgeeks
4. Leetcode
5. Gainlo
6. Careercup
7. Codercareer
8. interview
9. InterviewBest
10. Indiabix
1. Writing
2. Translation
3. Online tutoring
4. Editing and proofreading
5. Data Entry
6. Social Media Management
7. Virtual Assistant
8. Customer service
9. Transcription
10. Research
1. Amazon AWS
2. Digital Marketing
3. Copywriting
4. UI/UX designs
5. Web development
6. Cloud computing
7. Data analytics
8. Edge computing
9. Graphics designing
10. Blockchain
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When I say "anyone": needless to say, the people who are benefitting from the bias (like me) are the ones who should helping to correct it. Men in math, this is your job! Of course, it should also be dealt with at the institutional level, not just ad hoc.
OK, on to my email:
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"You may have received automated reminders about course evals this fall. I encourage you to fill the evals out. I'd be particularly grateful for written feedback about what worked for you in the class, what was difficult, & how you ultimately spent your time for this class.
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However, I don't feel comfortable just sending you an email saying: "please take the time to evaluate me". I do think student evaluations of teachers can be valuable: I have made changes to my teaching style as a direct result of comments from student teaching evaluations.
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When a teaching award is based solely on teaching evals and then only men get it. pic.twitter.com/szIBkCvTe9
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2/16
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\U0001f17b\U0001f130\U0001f17d\U0001f176\U0001f184\U0001f130\U0001f176\U0001f174 \U0001f180\U0001f184\U0001f178\U0001f189
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Sentences are in thread.
(1/3)
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2) 於世𡗉番𧡊哭唭𢆥尼歲㐌外四𨑮
3) 入良沙寢矣見昆腳烏伊四是良羅
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5) 夜久毛多都伊豆毛夜幣賀岐都麻碁微爾夜幣賀岐都久流曾能夜幣賀岐袁
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