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Greetings,

 Greetings,

As you write and post articles for preview and publication, please remember to check on the following before posting:

1. Make sure that titles have the first letter capitalized (i.e November Article Formats.")

2. When you create a new section, make sure that you include a "Title" for each section.

3. Article lengths are 300-500 words , so if you have longer articles (i.e 600-750 words), you can create two articles within the required length format (i.e. then you get two articles from a longer article).

4. Please remember to complete the SEO section for each article.

5. Please use spellcheck and check for grammatical errors before uploading.

6. Please write articles that are relevant and pertinent to the SpEd hub (articles on Business and Gardening are not relevant unless you're writing about the "Business of Educating Students with Disabilities" or "Using Gardening Ideas to Help Students in Special Education Learn About Science."

7. In addition, articles must be original and not rewrites or reworks of someone else's publication. All articles will undergo additional plagiarism research via Brighthub after my preview and upload. Writers who have plagiarized work will be immediately removed from the hub via Brighthub, articles will be removed and contracts will become null and void.

Thanks and happy writing. You can contact me anytime if you have questions. I am glad to have each of you on-board.

Barbara

 Greetings,

For the record, you are all winners in producing a plethora of wonderful articles that will continue to inspire and inform a global world. I thank each of you.

For the October 2008 contest, there is one official winner who contributed the greatest number of articles to the SpEd hub during the month of October. Anne Vize is the top article writers for October 2008. Way to go Anne for a job well done. Congratulations to you. You will receive your Amazon Gift Certificate via email next week.

The November contest is on with the top two writers for the month getting gift certificates just in time for December's holiday shopping. Let the writing begin........................

Barbara

 Greetings,

Thank you writers for an incredible October 2008 that included a wealth of Education Technology-SpEd articles. I will send another email announcing the two October winners of the gift certificates. November will feature another contest and more prizes. The November topics are "Student Learning Styles" and "Teacher Instructional Practices." Of course, you can always contribute articles of interest (relevant to SpEd please). Remember original articles only....have fun...let's make November even better than October because there will be three top writers celebrated in November.

Welcome new writers...you can start writing now...looking forward to reading and publishing your articles. Thank you to all hub writers...great job and a great team.

Barbara

Greetings Writers,

Recently, we have had to deal with writers who are contributing articles that have major copyright infringements and are in general plagiarized. Please if you're going to write for this hub or any hub, come to the table with original articles that you have created from the inner constructs of your cognizant capacity of creativity.

Writers who are caught plagiarizing articles will be immediately discontinued as writers for the hub and your contract will become null and void. I have included an article link below written by Tracy at Brighthub dealing with plagiarism and copyright issues for your reading pleasure.

Thank you writers and remember, "Keep it Original and Real." I do appreciated your hard work and original article contributions.

Barbara

http://www.brighthub.com/community/writers/articles/12645.aspx

Greetings,

October has been a great month for writers contributing a diversity of articles to the Education-Sped Hub. In a week, I will announce the top two winners writing the most articles for the hub during the month of October. Remember to keep the articles coming and original in content. Also, welcome new writers to the hub...I will post November's hot topics on the 1st along with the winners of the October contest.

Thank you all...................

Barbara

 Greetings,

The October Writing Competition is off to a great start with writers, Anjuain and Sukhjitsandhu leading the team in number of articles published so far.

The Education Technology/SpEd hub has a diversity of talented writers who have not yet contributed to the article publication, so I encourage you to write and upload for publication. I welcome your work and talent. Keep up the good work all....

Barbara

 Greetings,

Congratulations to Sukhjitsandu and Victoria for being the top two writers in the Education Technology-Special Education hub for the month of September. You both will be awarded gift certificates from Amazon next week.

The writing contest for October is on and congratulations Anne for writing the 1st article to begin the month of October. Anne was our third busiest writer for the hub, so watch out writers, Anne may be in the top two during the month of October...go for it Anne.

To all writers in the hub, October is a wonderful month of writing and sharing your expertise with a global world that welcomes what you have to share. There will be two top writers vying for gift certifcates during the month of October, so let the writing competition begin. Welcome new writers to the hub and the October writing competition. Thank you all for the wonderful articles you wrote for the September hub publication. Remember to keep the articles original and spell-checked before you submit for preview. Thanks.

Barbara

 Greetings,

The October 2008 topics for the hub are "Study Skills and Instruction" and "Technology Tools for Teachers in the Classroom." Of course you are always welcome to write on any relevant topics for the hub each month. I will continue an ongoing writer's contest for the top two writers during the month of October.

As September comes to a close, the top two writers have produced some incredible articles and their names will be announced on Oct. 1. Remember, two more days to go before the top two writers are announced for the month of September. Good job to all of the writers who contributed to the hub in September and during previous months. Thank you all.

Barbara

 Greetings All Writers,

September's topic for the hub is twofold: Instructional Strategies and Assessments and Technology in Instruction and Content. We are continuing the theme of Instruction in the classroom for students with disabilities. You are free each month to contribute articles on your specialities to the hub.

This month, there will be 2 Winners and 2 Gift Certificates for the writers who contribute the most articles to the hub during the month of September. Congratulations to Mayflor who was the August 2008 winner with 10 articles contributed to the hub for August. The writing starts today, so start uploading now...have fun and thank you all.

Barbara

 Greetings,

Congratulations Mayflor, you are the August winner of contributing the greatest number of articles to the Education Technology Hub. Way to go! I will send your $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com via your email this week. Again, congratulations. The September hub contest will feature prizes for the top two writers contributing the most articles to the hub, so start writing on the topics of "Instructional Strategies and Assessment" and "Technology in Instruction and Content" for students with disabilities in the classroom. Thanks Mayflor and thanks to all writers in the hub for your August article contributions.

Barbara

Greetings,

So far, Mayflor is leading with the greatest # of articles (10) written for the August Writing Competiton. There's still time (5 days 8/27-31) to submit your articles and win the August competition. Way to go Mayflor!

Barbara

 Greetings,

We are half way into the month of August and I would like to challenge the writing team to an article writing competition during the next two weeks that will not increase your revenue sharing, but also increase your exposure.

I actually use the educational hub with students in my graduate education classes, so your articles will not only be read, but your revenues will increase due to increased readership. So starting today, 8/16/08 let the writing competition begin. I will post the winner on September 1st and the prize.

Barbara

 Greetings Writing Community,

I hope your writing on the August 2008 topic of instruction in the classroom is productive and profiling a diversity of instructional methods for providing educational access and success for students with disabilities. I will preview and upload all of your articles promptly to maximize reader access and maximize your revenue sharing goals, so happy writing and I'm looking forward to reading and pubilshing your articles. Remember to complete the optimization form provided by Brighthub, so that your articles can be accessed from a higher number of search engines for maximum exposure and greater earnings. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to drop me a line. Thanks....

Barbara

 Greetings to All and Welcome to New Writers.

The August 2008 topic for articles will be "Teaching Students with Special Needs: Instructional Strategies for the Classroom." Thank you all for the hard work on July's topic of "Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities."

Barbara