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Reasons To Have A Tablet In Class
A couple weeks ago I wrote about a couple good reasons to have internet access in the classroom. Well, this time you just need a computer. Often you may be in a discussion, or just taking in a lecture,...
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Coming back strangers
The flight from London to Charlotte is nine hours long. Nine hours is a long time in an economy seat, especially when the person in front of you decides to recline her seat. But that’s nothing compared...
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New Mission Statement Should Include Faculty
This editorial appeared in The Geneva Cabinet, Volume 135, Issue 17, February 17, 2012. What’s in an image? Over the last year, Public Relations has been phasing in a new branding scheme, “Accept the...
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Continuing Education: Business, Art, Fitness… and Divination?
The continuing education market is a wonderful thing. For under a hundred dollars, one can take non-credit courses ranging from day-long seminars on how to start a business franchise to eight week...
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How can school be life, how can work be life?
Students’ illustration of life in high school, from http://saxifrageschool.tumblr.com/ The writer of the Saxifrage School blog wrote a post about the seeming disconnect between school and real life....
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City mice, country mice, and suburban mousetraps.
Last week I was talking with a friend who had moved “to the country” just a few years ago, having lived previously in one of the small cities nestled in the Western Pennsylvania hills. He and his...
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Parent charged with assaulting police while asking question at school forum
When there are only four Google results for a news event, and one of those results is Glen Beck’s The Blaze, well, you’d be right to be skeptical. But according to the Baltimore Sun, a Maryland parent...
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Who decides what’s religious?
There’s an interesting story from RNS on the debate going on in India over whether yoga is or isn’t a religious practice. According to the article, some, particularly Christians and Muslims, are wary...
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“The Homeschool Apostates”
An article on homeschool graduates rebelling against their fundamentalist upbringings was brought to my attention by fellow homeschool grad Dave Ketter. The article presents a strongly negative view on...
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Part II of Good Reasons to have Internet in Class
The first reason is because Google Maps is useful in the classroom. The second reason to have Internet access in the classroom is because that way you can do something other than sleep through class....
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