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Eclectic Birdie - who has written 52 posts on Education Online - Online Degrees, Career Training, Continuing Education News & Articles by IEducationblogs.com.

"Eclectic Birdie" holds a BA in history and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction. She has been teaching for eight years, including instruction of grades three through twelve, education classes and tutoring for all ages. She has a passion for education and is looking forward to returning to school for an advanced degree in comparative religion.

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Health Programs: Health Care Management Degree

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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There are numerous health programs for people to choose from if they are interested in working the field of health care. Many people think of health care as being performed by doctors and nurses and the occasional technician. However, without managers, and file clerks, and payment processors the entire health care system would not be [...]

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Education Degree: What is an Instructional Technology Degree?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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There are so many education degree possibilities offered that future teachers often don’t know where to begin. When I was looking into educational programs it was after I had completed a bachelor’s degree in history and the options were completely overwhelming to me so I decided on a nice safe curriculum and instruction degree. It [...]

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Forensics Degree: Benefits of Earning Your Computer Forensics Degree Online

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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When most people consider a career in criminal justice they think of the high profile, or even glamorous, jobs of being a police officer, detective, or lawyer. The truth, however, is that there are numerous positions that are necessary for the legal process to work. Because of some newish television shows, forensics and subsequently a [...]

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Economics Degree: Benefits of Earning Your Accounting Degree Online

Monday, January 11, 2010

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There are many bachelor’s programs that offer students considering and economics degree numerous choices. As I’ve mentioned before I’m a huge fan on earning your degree online because of how much easier arranging your schedule can be. The benefits of earning your accounting degree online are just as plentiful as the benefits I received earning [...]

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Art Programs: Web Design Degree

Friday, January 8, 2010

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I have mentioned before that many of my former students absolutely loved the art programs offered by our school. Not only that, but they were eager to get to high school where there was an even wider selection of art programs available. Understand, however, that we do live in a rural area and when I [...]

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Education Programs: Online Special Education Degree

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Most teachers come to the field with a bachelor’s degree in general education. Sure, some have a specialty such as special education, but often it is a more generalized degree. Sometimes it is a degree in the field they will be teaching in but not in education, and they must continue to take teacher education [...]

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Degree in Health Care Management: How Do I Become a Health Care Administrator?

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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I have never once had a student wonder, during our discussions on college and careers, “how do I become a health care administrator?” I think there are several reasons for this.
First, in eighth grade it isn’t a job description one is likely to know about unless there are family members or friends in the industry. [...]

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Liberal Arts Programs: Political Science Online Degree

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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When I was in high school, most teachers and students thought that my interest in political science and history was kind of odd. Once I started college, I found out that bias kind of went along with most of the liberal arts programs, like they weren’t real programs and I wasn’t doing real work. That [...]

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Science Programs: Basic Medical Science Programs

Monday, January 4, 2010

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While I’ve always found science interesting, in an intellectual and theoretical kind of way, I’ve never been a science geek. In fact, my least favorite/most horrific scholastic experience involved my high school biology class. In that class, I was forced to be in a roomful of dead frogs and to participate in cutting my own [...]

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Software Engineering Degree or Programming Degree

Friday, January 1, 2010

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How many students have I had that were complete computer geeks? I use that term affectionately, of course, because my husband is a huge computer geek and I am absolutely in love with him. These students of mine would spend hours doing any kind of homework that required them to be on the computer, but [...]

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