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A Percussionist's Life: Beating The Drum For Gigs
NPR - Education - Thu, 06/03/2010 - 04:01
Full-time musicians typically have to have an entrepreneurial spirit, juggling multiple opportunities to make ends meet. That's the case for Ivan Trevino, a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music, who plans to teach and perform to start paying back $60,000 in student loans.
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Categories: Teaching and Learning
In Teacher Layoffs, Seniority Rules. But Should It?
NPR - Education - Wed, 06/02/2010 - 19:41
Like many districts nationwide, Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders is facing a monster spending gap and may have to cut more than 500 teachers. But he's bound by a law to cut the last hired first. While the Cleveland Teachers Union supports this rule, Sanders and others find it frustrating -- and say it makes the process more painful.
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Categories: Teaching and Learning
School Sports Teams Face Cuts
NPR - Education - Wed, 06/02/2010 - 19:00
As states across the country cut school budgets to try to reduce large deficits, team sports are taking a hit. In New Jersey, local school districts have been forced to eliminate sports for middle schoolers and freshmen, lay off coaches, and reduce the number of games played within a season. At more affluent schools, parents are stepping in and footing the bill.
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Categories: Teaching and Learning
Installing contributed modules or plugins - MoodleDocs
Brendan's Del.icio.us - Wed, 06/02/2010 - 14:09
Module installation
To install a contributed module:
1. You must have access to the server containing Moodle. This can be direct access, through a network or to a remote server through Internet with an FTP client, you can't do it from "inside" Moodle itself. (There are many free FTP programs like FileZilla that can be used. If you use FTP, you will need to know [from the server provider] the ID and password and maybe a couple more things. Once it is setup, it's as easy as other file management.)
2. Download the zip file and unzip it to your moodle/mod directory.
3. In your browser, go to your Moodle site:
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Dream Of TV Job Remains Elusive For Montana Grad
NPR - Education - Wed, 06/02/2010 - 12:01
Dustin "Buddy" Cowart is the only member of his family to earn a college degree. He's determined to find a job in the television industry. But with $50,000 in student debt, he has to keep working at a local home improvement store to make ends meet.
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Who Needs Google? Students Still Use Phone Hotline
NPR - Education - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 21:15
Forty years ago, University of Kansas officials set up a phone-based information hotline to quell rumors after the student union was firebombed and two teens were shot and killed. Surprisingly, the hotline is still being used and averages 200 calls a day.
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Attract, Retain, and Engage the Best: Building an Inclusive IT Culture through Professional Development
Educause - Management & Leadership - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 14:06
This ECAR research bulletin explores the process of building an appreciation for diversity into the fabric of an organization through a program that employs an innovative approach to professional development. Developed for the University of Rochester IT staff, the IT Professional Development Program capitalizes on the diverse talents of an IT organization to improve human capital and create transformational collaborations.
Citation for this Work: Singhal, Samantha, with Julie Buehler and Jeffrey Carpenter. "Attract, Retain, and Engage the Best: Building an Inclusive IT Culture through Professional Development" (Research Bulletin 11, 2010). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2010, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.
Categories: Educause, Leadership
National Review: Benching The Title IX Changes
NPR - Education - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 12:27
Rolling back the 2005 Bush administration Title IX policy clarification will bench thousands athletes. Eric Pearson of the National Review says rather than offering athletics based on proportional interest, schools will be forced to cut many teams.
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Categories: Teaching and Learning
New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Open Educational Resources
Educause - Teaching and Learning - Thu, 05/27/2010 - 21:53
Open educational resources (OER) are any resources available at little or no cost that can be used for teaching, learning, or research. The term can include textbooks, course readings, and other learning content; simulations, games, and other applications; syllabi, quizzes, and assessment tools; and virtually any other educational material. Open resources are issued under a license that spells out how they can be used: Some may only be used in their original form; in other cases, resources can be modified, remixed, and redistributed.
Categories: Educause, Teaching and Learning
Tech Boot Camp
Educause - Emerging Technology - Thu, 05/27/2010 - 18:19
Each day, our inboxes and water-cooler conversations are abuzz with the "next big thing." But keeping tabs on emerging tools and their possible implications for campus can be difficult amid the rigor of our day-to-day routines. In this session, you'll learn from colleagues about emerging tools and their potential applications on campus and in your professional life. Facilitators will be positioned at stations around the room, allowing you to experience one tool or to float between discussions.
Twitter - Kristy Conger
Google Voice - Jason Hale
Google Wave - Carie Page
Google Sites - Laurie Sherrod
Mobile Learning Apps - Sandeford Julius Schaeffer, III
iPad - Michael White
Categories: Educause
Participatory Development as a New Paradigm: The Transition of Development
Brendan's Del.icio.us - Thu, 05/27/2010 - 13:17
Participation refers to involvement by local
populations in the creation, content and conduct of a program
or policy designed to change their lives. Participation requires
Participation is involvement by a
local population and, at times,
additional stakeholders in the
creation, content and conduct of a
program or policy designed to
change their lives. Built on a
belief that citizens can be trusted
to shape their own future,
participatory development uses
local decision making and
capacities to steer and define the
nature of an intervention.
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recognition and use of local capacities and avoids the imposition of priorities from the outside. It
increases the odds that a program will be on target and its results will more likely be sustainable.
Ultimately, participatory development is driven by a belief in the importance of entrusting citizens
with the responsibility to shape their own future.
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Considerations-AASCU11-09.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Brendan's Del.icio.us - Mon, 05/24/2010 - 23:06
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American Association of State Colleges and Universities | AASCU | Delivering America's Promise
Brendan's Del.icio.us - Mon, 05/24/2010 - 22:45
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YouTube - Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)
Brendan's Del.icio.us - Fri, 05/21/2010 - 15:02
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