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'Whatever our current travails, we now have a literate president capable of coherent discourse, but too many other politicians are devoid of syntax and appear to have read nothing. Aggressive ignorance in aspirants to high office is another dismal consequence of the waning of authentic education.'

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'I give this advice with some trepidation because too many writing courses today teach everything but the craft of writing and are instead the vehicles of the instructor’s social and political obsessions. In the face of what I consider a dereliction of pedagogical duty, I can say only, “Buyer beware.” If your writing instructor isn’t teaching writing, get out of that class and find someone who is. '

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'This ECAR research bulletin reviews some of the basic tenets of copyright in the digital millennium. Specifically, it discusses the ways in which copyright law, fair use provisions, and the TEACH Act interact with today’s teaching and learning, especially the use of Web 2.0 tools by both faculty members and students.'

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MARSBest annotation: "Comprised of a wide range of educational resources, Discovery School is designed to make a positive impact on student learning at the primary and secondary levels. Teachers, students, and parents will find hundreds of lessons, interactive games, and brain boosters, plus a puzzlemaker tool, lesson plan library, gallery of clip art, and science fair central. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators and the classroom materials are especially useful resources for aspiring teachers. Fun, colorful, and simple to use, DiscoverySchool is a curriculum library and student learning center rolled into one."
Author/Publisher: Discovery Education
Free/Fee-based: Free
Date Reviewed: 2/13/08

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MARSBest annotation: "This free search interface allows educators and researchers across the United States to search 1.2 million educational documents, providing access to full-text of articles when available. ERIC's mission 'is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information.' Materials relevant to creating lesson plans or developing curriculum can be found using the database. Researchers intent on staying abreast of current education research will find the most up to date studies. ERIC is an invaluable source for educators and researchers alike and is beneficial for both public and academic libraries alike."
Author/Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences / U.S. Department of Education
Free/Fee-based: Free
Date reviewed: 02/07/08 Revised: 4/15/08

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MARSBest 2008 education databases ERIC

MARSBest annotation: "As the “official kids' portal for the U.S. Government,” Kids.gov offers access to more than 1,200 educational links from government and other sources. The intended audience includes both teachers and children. The homepage includes a Site of the Month and clearly labeled sections for educators, children in grades K-5, and children in grades 6-8. Within each section, there are links to 11 different categories, including Fun Stuff and academic subjects, such as math, social studies, government, and careers. Links are tailored to the appropriate age group. Government and non-government sites are clearly distinguished. This well-organized and appealing site is an excellent resource for youngsters looking for information and for teachers developing lesson plans."
Author/Publisher: Federal Citizen Information Center, U.S. General Services Administration
Free/Fee-based: Free
Date reviewed: 2/10/08

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"For those of us in ed tech, nothing here is really new, but there is a palpable frustration re. the absence of teachers’ use of very basic networked technologies. "

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Blog about technology, education, instructional design, e-learning, etc.

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"comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-use collection of more than 14,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education."

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'This isn't a complete shock, as the authors cite a study that indicated that presentations containing irrelevant pictures or sounds (we're looking at you, corporate PowerPoint templates) can also decrease student comprehension. The surprise is that animations that are intended to increase focus can be just as distracting. Note the "can" in that sentence, however-the differences between the scores of the two groups ranged from insignificant to nearly 25 percent, so it's clear that animation isn't uniformly harmful to learning, a point the authors themselves note in the discussion. '

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'But instead of relying on the predictive power of the Magic 8-Ball to respond "Outlook not so good" for writing, perhaps we should choose "Ask again later" as a better response. Nancy Bunge has noted: "Students realize that if they do not grapple with difficult, abstract texts, they will miss an important dimension of human learning and thinking."2 Does this comment represent the last gasp of a moribund print culture? Is it the desperate hope of one whose livelihood may be going the way of the farrier? Nay, let me borrow from Mark Twain: the reports of the death of writing are greatly exaggerated.'

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"While the currents and eddies of emerging technology are complex, it is clear that the Report has been following at least seven metatrends with some regularity:"

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'This initiative focuses on identifying and understanding promising emerging technologies, with the goal of applying them to the creative process and to learning. The initiative is designed to stimulate systematic thinking about the future and its possible impacts, and is a fertile source of new ideas and major projects for the organization, several of which have themselves emerged as NMC initiatives. '

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'But trying to grapple with what comes next is a deep problem. Doing so is partly a matter of science fiction, which consists, after all, of the stories we tell about the future. Doing so is also an issue of complexity, since each practice, or device, or network, or application comes embedded in a nest of other practices, or devices, or networks, or applications. Emerging technologies are a matter not only of qualitative challenge but also of sheer quantitative overload. Web 2.0, gaming, wireless and mobile devices, virtual worlds, even Web 3.0 in all its unrealized potential—each churns out new developments daily and connects with other domains to ramp up the problem still further.'

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'an independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity. We provide pros and cons on diverse controversial topics with facts and quotations from thousands of experts. Our sites are 100% free and contain no advertising. Our mission: "Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan primarily pro-con format." '

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'The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher ed

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"The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) obtains, on an annual basis, information from hundreds of four-year colleges and universities nationwide about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning

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The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.

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Wiki site for Web 2. SIG: "A Collaborative Space for Those Interested in Education and Technology"

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Educational material in government agencies' collections: primary sources, animations, photos, videos--history, literature, science, etc.

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