Brian Foley

Powerful SEO Idea to get Backlinks

Here's a really powerful SEO idea to get your website seen among people who can probably help your business grow. Go to the Google homepage and look along the left side of the page. You should see "blogs" among the choices. Click that. If you don't see... Read >

Custom Websites vs. Standard Platforms

"Custom Website" sounds like something a business owner would want from a web designer, at first glance. But that depends on what a custom website means. If it means something with a unique look and content, that makes the business stand out from the res... Read >

Oneonta NY Web Design- How can Article Marketing Help?

There are a lot of good web designers in Oneonta, New York. Most of them are trained in graphic art, or computer art. This has virtually nothing to do with marketing, though. Graphic art is only a tool. Marketing is closer to the goal of most business ... Read >

KenKen Puzzles - The New Sudoku

You many have just heard of KenKen. It's the invention of a Japanese math teacher named Tetsuya Miyamoto, who says, "I believe that if you give children good learning materials, they will think and learn and grow on their own." Imagine that! KenKen i... Read >

Multiplication by Two - How to Practice Multiplying with Playing Cards

If you want to teach a child to multiply by two, one of the easiest ways is to explain that multiplication by two is simply doubling the number. Instead of showing the child endless multiplication tables and multiplication charts, get out a deck of ca... Read >

Multiplying by Nine with the Finger Method

Can you do the nine-times tables on your fingers? When you learn how, you'll never have to stare at the multiplication tables charts for nine again. The best part is, you only need to be able to count in order to learn this! And if you practice us... Read >

Multiplication Tables - Better Ways

The best tools for manipulating digits are your hands. (You might want to read that sentence again.) Do you get the meaning? The word "manipulate" comes from the Latin world for "hand". The word "digit" comes from the Latin world for "finger". Get it?... Read >

How to Learn the Multiplication Tables - The Best Strategies

There are so many fads concerning learning the multiplication tables, that it's hard to sift through them and figure out which one makes the most sense for you, your child, or your students. There are a few things to take into consideration when you a... Read >

Times Tables - The Worst Way to Teach Multiplication

Learning the "multiplication tables" is one of the first traumas that children usually face when learning arithmetic. Ask ten elementary-school kids to tell you what, say, eight times seven is. Watch as they look up and to their left (or right) and go... Read >

How NOT to Teach Multiplication – Tricks and Lesson Plans

If teachers don't know at least ten methods of how to multiply, they shouldn't be teaching multiplication to more than nine students. It's easy and important to understand multiplication in depth if you are entrusted to teach it to young minds. And th... Read >