Why Tech Hasn’t Helped (Yet) As someone who came to education after ten years in the tech world, I am an ardent user of and cheerleader for technology in life. But after fifteen years working in schools, and reading the research literature on technology use in education, I’ve noticed several patterns that suggest that we have not yet figured out how—or even if—technology helps kids learn.
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Steve Peha responded to Closing The Digital Gap on September 2, 2010 06:32 PM
Advances in technology open the door to myriad new ways of delivering and personalizing education. The recently launched Digital Learning Council and other groups are working to translate powerful ideas about technology and education to powerful results in the classroom. A minority of schools, such as School of One , are already taking advantage of technology to provide innovative instruction models
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Whether you’ve worked hard all semester but just couldn’t make the grade or slacked off and didn’t do well because of your own laziness, failing a class is never fun and can leave many students upset and unsure of what their next move should be. After all, a failing grade can take a big toll on a GPA and if classes are only offered certain semesters could put plans for graduation on time on hold. So what should you do if you’ve really dropped the ball and failed one of your courses
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What to Do When You’ve Failed a Class
Peter writes: Yesterday I was on a job interview at an electronics company. The first half of the interview was going well, until the female head of development who interviewed me caught me off guard with an idiotic off-the-wall question: “How many gas stations do think there are in [name of nearest city]?” I thought for a while and then took a chance and answered “20 stations” (the real answer was 70)
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Interview Question Was a Case Question, Not a Stupid One
Donna writes: I have been a call-center supervisor and am eager to start a new job and career with a new employer. I have applied for a couple of job opportunites for case-management or customer-service roles that do not involve supervison and are not in a call-center environment.
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Addressing Career Change in Cover Letter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Steve Dubey AS Bookstore 530-898-4498 Associated Students Bookstore Partners with Online Textbook Rental Company The Associated Students Bookstore, California State University, Chico, is adding a new service for students by partnering with Chegg®, an online textbook rental company that has become the number one source for college textbook rentals. CSU, Chico’s Associated Students Bookstore is one of only eight college bookstores in the nation to have been selected by Chegg to participate in this test pilot program
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Please join us for a special Sciences Library Open House. This is your chance to see all that the Sciences Library has to offer, while enjoying some sweet treats and refreshments! Sciences Library Open House Tuesday, August 31 1:00 – 3:00pm Sciences Library – 120 Iowa Ave (across from Joe’s Place) Specifically, come check out the Books, Journals, Reference and Reserve for Biological Sciences, Geosciences, Physics & Astronomy AND Reference and Reserve for Chemistry and Psychology! Please contact Kari Kozak ( kari-kozak@uiowa.edu or 5-3024) or Leo Clougherty ( leo-clougherty@uiowa.edu or 5-3083) for more information and/or view the attached flyer. Hope to see you there!
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Sciences Library Open House, Aug 31
We left a comment on Rick Esenberg’s blog that we think deserves posting here about the “Ground Zero Mosque” (actually a Muslim community center that includes a mosque). We are all for property rights, so we think you can do anything you want with property you own unless you cause palpable harm to somebody — reducing their property values, for example
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On the “Ground Zero Mosque”
Veronica writes: After a month of working in what I thought was my dream job, I can honestly say this is the biggest mistake of my life. My dream job is a nightmare. Just last Friday I asked a question about why were doing something a certain way and the boss exploded! He stormed out of the room, came back in pointed his finger in my face and told me I was stupid, that he never wanted to hire me in the first place, and that he would find some way to get me fired.
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Explaining a Very Short-Term Job
This is what I get in my email every day… a Google Alert on the work “layoffs”: I wonder about those 2,000 employees for the Royal Bank of Scott (RBS), or the 130 employees of USA Today… did they see the writing on the wall? Did they ignore it, like I did? Or were they busy working hard, plunking on their keyboard trying to prove their value so their name wouldn’t end up on the list?
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How to Prepare for a Layoff
With August temperatures in Northern California peaking in the 90s and even 100-degree range, the California Department of Public Health is urging all residents, including health professionals like Bay Area LVN s, to promote and practice cautionary measures during periods or extreme heat. The state agency provides an extensive series of tips for pet owners, seniors and other residents, such as Sacramento LVN s, to help treat and combat the effects of high temperatures. Its “Be Prepared California” website recommends valuable heat-safety practices like: 1) Remaining in cool indoor environments that, if possible, maintain colder temperatures through air conditioners
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California Department of Public Health Offers Important Tips for Avoiding Heat-Related Illnesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2010 Kathleen McPartland 530-898-4260 Bob Pentzer Retired Faculty Association 530-893-0507 Chico Performances Heads Retired Faculty Agenda The inaugural 2010-2011 meeting of the California State University, Chico Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association will be Thursday, Sept. 9 and will include an overview of this year’s campus visiting performing artists by Dan DeWayne, director of Chico Performances.
Working as a group can be hard– there always seems to be someone who just doesn’t quite pull their weight or really contribute to the group. Whether you’re the one who resents the slacker or you’re the slacker yourself, group work can be a bit cumbersome when people have differing ideas about how much work to do, how to do it and who should complete it. Of course, working as a group does come with an upside too, as you get instant feedback and support when working on your project.
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Making Group Projects Work
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Globe University Celebrates 125 Years of Providing Career-Focused Education Congressman John Kline congratulates university for its distinguished community involvement in students’ education Woodbury, Minn.
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Globe University Celebrates 125 Years of Providing Career-Focused Education
This week, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement: J Street applauds the decision by John Hagee Ministries to discontinue its support and funding for the Israeli non-profit Im Tirtzu. John Hagee Ministries and J Street may disagree on a number of issues, but we see eye-to-eye when it comes to Im Tirtzu’s mission and tactics, including its attack on Naomi Chazan and the New Israel Fund and its recent call for a boycott of Ben-Gurion University
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J Street Applauds John Hagee Ministries’ Decision to Discontinue Support for Im Tirtzu
First Annual Big Red Marching Machine Band Auction 5:30 p.m., Saturday, September 11, 2010 Marriott Hotel 201 Broadway Avenue Normal, Illinois 61761 Join us for an evening to support the Big Red Marching Machine Band at Illinois State University. The evening will include: - Dinner with fellow band supporters - A silent and live auction of unique and exciting items to support the band. - A tribute to our special guest, Founder of the Big Red Marching Machine, “Grand Puba Tuba” Ed Livingston.
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Strike Up the Band
August 26, 1920 marks the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote. But the campaign for women’s suffrage began long before that and the story of Iowa women reflects the stories of women across the country.
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Celebrate 90 years of "Votes for Women", Aug 26
When anyone who works with the vascular plants of Iowa—researchers, conservationists, teachers, agricultural specialists, horticulturists, gardeners—have needed information about the state’s plants, they have turned to Lawrence Eiler and Dean Roosa’s The Vascular Plants of Iowa: An Annotated Checklist and Natural History . This meticulously researched volume was first published by the University of Iowa Press in 1994.
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Vascular Plants of Iowa is newest addition to the Iowa Digital Library
Physician-scientist Peter Agre’s biggest research contribution to date is his discovery of aquaporins, the proteins that regulate and facilitate the transport of water molecules across cell membranes. Aquaporins are important in physiological processes such as kidney concentration and spinal fluid…
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From the Nobel Prize to Third World Medicine: An Interview With Peter Agre