MaryAnn Fitzgerald's Public Library

Interesting introduction (along with all of its companion quizzes) to the skill of extracting keywords from natural-language questions. Not sure how effective it is in actually teaching the skill - there are probably multiple right answers, but it never really tells you what you did wrong.

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13 Jul 09

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Educational Technology Center - University of Georgia

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Useful site! - mfitzger on 2009-07-13

Agenda: EDIT 6300

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Technology and the Modern Media Center

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28 Dec 08

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The Real Cost of Windows Vista - Should I Wait for Windows 7?
The Real Cost of Windows Vista - Should I Wait for Windows 7?
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13 Dec 08

Yarmulke crochet pattern.

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06 Nov 08

Planner: EDIT 6300

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Davis, S.K. (2004).
Harnessing the power of parent volunteers. Knowledge Quest 33 (1), 30-31. [persistent
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08 Oct 08

ALA | AASL Position Statement on the Confidentiality of Library Records

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6300 information ethics confidentiality

records held in libraries which connect specific individuals with specific resources, programs or services, are confidential and not to be used for purposes other than routine record keeping:
children and youth have the same rights to privacy as adults.
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- Libraries whose record keeping systems reveal the names of use
- Confidentiality extends to "information sought or received, and materials consulted, borrowed, acquired," and includes database search records, interlibrary loan records, and other personally identifiable uses of library materials, facilities, or services.
- court order
- except pursuant to such process, order, or subpoena
- Last Revised: November 8, 2006

21 Aug 08

The Trouble with The Gold Standard: School Libraries & Research - 10/1/2007 - School Library Journal

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Carol Gordon
anecdotal evidence
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- Anecdotal evidence often drives our decisions about what works
- randomized controlled trials
- random sampling
- Why isn’t gold-standard research used to establish the effectiveness of all instructional interventions, including the school library’s influence on student achievement? That’s what the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) would like to know.
- You won’t find school library impact studies
- DOE’s What Works Clearinghouse
- The issue isn’t whether the gold standard generates the most reliable evidence. It’s whether it is the only way to determine what works.
- large samples
- healthy funding
- since students aren’t always placed randomly in classes or aren’t placed randomly enough to ensure that the classes are statistically equal.
- And some of those variables—such as scheduling, diverse administrative and teaching styles, access to resources, and school climate—simply defy control.
- Can it be that educational research is more complex, and less understood, than medical research?
- Researchers choose their methodologies based on the kinds of questions they are investigating. There’s little disagreement that the quality of educational research needs to get better. According to the prevailing view among policymakers, educational progress won’t be made until we have research in hand to guide our decisions.
- social science
- Likewise an educational researcher asks, “How do people learn?” as a prerequisite to determining what works. The appropriate methodology for such investigations is qualitative, and data is collected through observation, journaling, or other means.
- Montessori
- Piaget
- Dewey’
- Kuhlthau’s
- The generalizability of this research is in its cumulative effect:
- No matter how rigorous gold-standard research is, when applied to educational research, it’s not the silver bullet that’s going to lead us to the “right” answer.

19 May 08

Alternative uses of wood from storm damage - Native Plant Guide

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