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Note shift in NCATE accreditation to make the authentic or clinical training central; the classroom should supplement the authentic. There is also an emphasis on bringing change or transformation to the world.

The writing was also often associated with accomplishing an immediate, concrete goal, such as organizing a group of people or accomplishing a political end, says Paul M. Rogers, one of the study's authors. The immediacy might help explain why students stayed so engaged, he says.

Lobstermen collect data Lobstermen collect eMOLT data by attaching temperature and salinity probes to their lobster traps. The probes measure water temperature and salinity while the traps sit on the bottom. When the traps are brought in, the temperature and salinity data from the probes are downloaded to a computer. eMOLT data is available over the internet This website is a collaborative effort between GoMOOS and eMOLT to bring you environmental data collected by both of these programs. The Internet mapping tool found on this site allows you to see the location of GoMOOS and NOAA buoys and the approximate location of the eMOLT sites. We do not show the exact location of the eMOLT sites in order to keep these lobster trapping sites confidential. Using the map, you can select the data you are interested in and then create a graph to view the data.

"Google has made a fortune by understanding what makes people happy when they're looking for advertising and online search, but it still feels it needs to know more. Its latest solution: fund grants so that the best and brightest of the academic world explore the areas it's interested in."

Maybe they can support a Theater and Dance program

17 states, including Nevada, Texas and Washington, have allowed community colleges to award associate's and bachelor's degrees, and in some, the community colleges have become four-year institutions. Others states are considering community college baccalaureates. Ms. Coleman [a B.A. student] now recommends the [community] college to family members. "It's much cheaper, the teachers are good, you can do it in the evening while you work, and everyone's very helpful," she said.

One of the biggest challenges for a document management system built on SharePoint is scaling lists.  There is actually quite a bit of knowledge spread across the help files, technet documentation, in whitepapers and on blogs… but it's still quite difficult to navigate this challenge.

A list of arguments against SharePoint as a file server with rebuttals from an MS SharePoint developer. The benefits Joel points to are real, but his handwaving about "it does require training" actually helps the other side of the argument..

OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. Learn more about us. If you would like edit access, would be interested in helping out, or want your lab website hosted on OpenWetWare, please join us.

Somehow, I can relate to this. My wife is often upset at me because I read interesting things and tell her all about it. Sometimes, just to be nice--she pretends to listen. Or, I read or talk to her while she sleeps. This all helps me articulate. I find my most creative works of writing when I am writing email to someone... Some people I write to a lot--pages and pages and I highly doubt they read it. But this really helps me to articulate.

"But I can't help but think the new software represents the triumph of hope over experience. Drupal looks great in theory: It's a powerful way to govern a Web site that is born out of the collective efforts of the community. In practice, it tends to be a bit of a mess."

Noew that the White House has launched its new Drupal-based site, a Slate columnist weighs in on Drupal's negatives.

As we work with CLA, perhaps inviting Careers Services to join as independent reviewers will help the effort

What seems to be missing here is inclusion of employers directly into the learning community. If professors "aren't sure how what they teach applies in the nonacademic world", get somebody directly involved who is, as one voice in the conversation, anyway. Of course this will be challenging to the professoriate, but it could also be revitalizing.

"Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file. Stop printing and start skimming."

"The wiki crops up in many companies' internal discussions about process improvements and efficient collaboration, but it is often shot down because so few people have exposure to good models of what a really successful business wiki can do. Ars is here to help with a practical introduction based on real-world examples."

Here's a repository in the making, and argument we have been making.

"America is slowly coming out of the Recession of 2007-only to find itself on a collision course with the future: not enough Americans are completing college . . . By 2018, we will need 22 million new workers with college degrees-but will fall short of that number by at least 3 million postsecondary degrees . . . At a time when every job is precious, this shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers."