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12 May 09

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

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23 Apr 09

The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap on America’s Schools

McKinsey's report, The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap
in America's Schools, examines
the dimensions and economic
impact of the education
achievement gap. While much controversy exists on the
causes of the gap and on what
the nation should do to address
it, the full range of the
achievement gap's character and
consequences has been
poorly understood.

This report examines the dimensions of four distinct gaps in education: (1) between the United States and other nations, (2) between black and Latino students and white students, (3) between students of different income levels, and (4) between similar students schooled in different systems or regions.

The report finds that the underutilization of human potential as reflected in the achievement gap is extremely costly. Existing gaps impose the economic equivalent of a permanent national recession—one substantially larger than the deep recession the country is currently experiencing. For individuals, avoidable shortfalls in academic achievement impose heavy and often tragic consequences via lower earnings, poor health, and higher rates of

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Op-Ed Columnist - Swimming Without a Suit - NYTimes.com

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: April 21, 2009

Speaking of financial crises and how they can expose weak companies and weak countries, Warren Buffett once famously quipped that “only when the tide goes out do you find out who is not wearing a bathing suit.” So true. But what’s really unnerving is that America appears to be one of those countries that has been swimming buck naked — in more ways than one

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06 Apr 09

TED: Ideas worth spreading

  • Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers
07 Jan 09

Quality Matters

  • Quality Matters (QM) is a faculty-centered, peer review process designed to certify the quality of online courses and online components. Sponsored by MarylandOnline, Inc, Quality Matters has generated widespread interest and received national recognition for its peer-based approach to quality assurance and continuous improvement in online education. Originating from a FIPSE grant, Quality Matters is now a self-supporting organization offering institutional subscriptions and a range of fee-based services including Quality Matters-managed course reviews and an array of trainings.
25 Nov 08

11/25/08 Magna Online Seminar

  • Getting Started with Student Learning Assessment
29 Oct 08

Factors Affecting Faculty Members’ Decision to Teach or Not to Teach Online in Higher Education

  • Abstract

    This study identified the important factors influencing faculty members’ decision to use or not to use any form of online course management applications (OCMA) in higher education. A polynomial logistic analysis led to a statistical-artifact hypothesis: factors did exist that correlated faculty members’ technology adoption decisions. Motivational factors such as Self-efficacy or Philosophy had a strong impact on the probability of using OCMA relative to the reference category of the non-use of OCMA; Teaching experience or Peer-pressure or Class-innovation had no impact; Time was shown not to be a factor. Additionally, this study suggested specific ways in which administrators might play an important role in supporting faculty members’ decisions toward online education. This study was guided by four research questions. It examined six hypothesized independent factors. A random sample of four hundred teaching faculty members in the University of Maine was invited to participate via print surveys.
28 Oct 08

Education Week: Transcript: Education and the Next President

  • This text is being provided in a rough draft format by Caption First, Inc.Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) is provided in order to facilitate communication accessibility and may not be a totally verbatim record of the proceedings.

Education Week: Webcast: Education and the Next President

  • “Education and the Next President,” a live debate that took place at Teachers College, Columbia University, between Linda Darling-Hammond, education adviser to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama, and Lisa Graham Keegan, education adviser to Republican nominee John McCain. The event was exclusively Webcast by edweek.org.
24 Oct 08

Bilingual program gives Brockton students a leg up - The Boston Globe

  • Sharing languages, students gain an edge
    English, Spanish speakers learn from one another at Brockton school

    By L.E. Crowley, Globe Correspondent | October 23, 2008
15 Oct 08

Rubric for Online Discussion Board Participation

  • Asynchronous discussion enhances learning as you share your ideas, perspectives, and experiences with the class. You develop and refine your thoughts through the writing process, plus broaden your classmates’ understanding of the course content. Use the following feedback to improve the quality of your discussion contributions.

Beyond Google & Yahoo: Search Engine Alternatives

  • Beyond Google & Yahoo: Search Engine Alternatives

    Beyond the popular search engines there are alternative ways to approach searching the internet.

Internet Archive: About IA

  • The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections.

engage - transforming teaching and learning through technology

  • Technology holds the potential to revolutionize teaching and learning. At DoIT, we’re continuing UW-Madison’s proud, forward - thinking tradition.

    Through the Engage program, we’re partnering with innovative instructors to transform higher education by exploring, evaluating and disseminating best practices for teaching and learning with technology.

A Newbie's Guide to Flock | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET

  • What is Flock and why should you use it?

    Flock is essentially Firefox with a handful of highly focused extensions built in to let you connect with social services like Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and others. We think Flock 1.0, which is now in public beta, offers a fantastic browsing experience that brings you the best of Firefox with a few tweaks that prove to be exceptionally helpful. For Web newbies out there, Flock's offering provides an easy way to manage and monitor profiles, media uploads, and communications with all your social networks while continuing to browse other sites like you would in any old browser.

Find a time, schedule group meetings, conference calls, virtual meetings, events

  • Find a time for your meeting - anytime, anywhere!

    Based on a patent-pending scheduling engine, ScheduleOnce is a simple Web 2.0 service that helps you find a time for your meeting with absolute accuracy across all time zones and daylight saving changes.

    Schedule group meetings, conference calls or any type of event. ScheduleOnce does not require registration, is completely web-based and free!

Format APA, MLA, Turabian, Chicago Style, footnotes, bibliography, table of contents

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    Search the world's libraries in seconds with EazyLibrary and access your database - anywhere with EazyDatabase. Search by author, title, keyword, ISBN, or containing paper for any reference you or anyone else have ever entered, and add it to your paper in one click. Save tons of research
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