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“More than half of the university’s 56,000 students will take an online or...”
– The Chronicle of Higher Education on campus life at the University of Central Florida.
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Google Election Center - Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday
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“Nearly 60 percent of survey respondents from public universities who use eMail...”
– Higher ed still prefers Gmail over competitors | eCampus News (via world-shaker)
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Minimalist Profile? Facebook Knows About You, Too →
You think you’re so clever. You think you’re gaming the system. You hardly put any information on Facebook anyway—you just use it to lurk and occasionally “poke” people—so how can Facebook be mining data, targeting ads, or making money off you at all? Think again. via infoneer-pulse
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Search Twitter Using Google →
I’m sad hashtags.org died - this was my favourite place to go searching for hashtags.  Now, the alternative is google’s, which hasn’t been updated since 2007.
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“When students pay more for new textbooks than tuition in a year, then...”
– Rand S. Spiwak, executive vice president at Daytona State talks about saving students money by forcing a switch to ebooks.
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How should I eat?
More excerpts from Michael Pollan’s Food Rules:      Eat less.      Stop eating before you’re full.      Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.      Consult your gut.      Eat slowly.      “The banquet is in the first bite”      Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it.      Buy smaller plates and glasses.      Serve a proper portion and don’t go back for seconds....
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“Studies have shown that assiduous instrument training from an early age can help...”
– Hearing the Music, Honing the Mind: Scientific American - Why we shouldn’t be cutting music classes for our kids. (via jtotheizzoe)
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Buying Junk Food With Plastic →
When we pay in plastic, credit or debit, we’re more likely to buy unhealthy food, according to research in the forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research by professors Manoj Thomas of Cornell University, Kalpesh Kaushik Desai of State University of New York, Binghamton and doctoral candidate Satheeshkumar Seenivasan of SUNY, Buffalo. Does the mode of payment make a difference when it comes to...
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Nov 10 FREE Event | Building a Bully-Free...
Building a Bully-Free Community: How NOT to be a Bystander Nov 10, 2010      —Free— Country Springs Hotel, 2810 Golf Road, Pewaukee, WI A morning session, from 9 a.m. to noon, is aimed at teams of students from public and private school fifth through eighth grades. They’ll hear strategies to defuse and reduce bullying and then will create preliminary plans to carry the message...
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21st Century Education Stars ACTION FIGURES!
Him: So... Who put Sir Ken Robinson in my mailbox?
Her: Sir Ken Robinson is in your mailbox!!!? Are they making 21st Century Education Stars Action Figures?!!!
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Hey Teach, Get off the Facebook: School Bans... →
We have a similar policy related only to current students, but I don’t understand a ban on graduated alums (former students)?  This article unfortunately doesn’t link to the ruling in Norton, MA.
Oct 27th
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“I think my favorite part about coffee is the smell of the grounds. So tempting...”
– Roll_initiative via the interwebs
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Something I hate to hear! →
Have you ever heard a parent say, “I was never really good at __________ in school either.”? We have to be okay with our kids being smarter than us. It has to be okay when they reach your aspirations and go even higher. It is not always easy to lay down and let our children boost higher from our backs. via thingsforteachers
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10 Actions ALL Parents Can Take to Help Eliminate... →
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I’m trying Voki, for the first time.  Using the text from my previous post today, I dialed into the on-screen number and recorded my message over the phone. I think this is a neat idea to add to a teacher’s blog - not for full instruction but perhaps to reiterate key concepts, give directions to a task in your moodle class, or even convey conflicting viewpoints on a topic you...
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“So, this is the ring that my father gave to my mother…”
– Another wonderful StoryCorps story, listen to Michael and Deb here.
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“An Overhead projector is technology that is over 60 years old.”
– tomwhitby via the interwebs However, an interactive whiteboard is the same without support and training.
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