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literature contest reading books

shared by Kim Breuninger on 07 Oct 10 - Cached

Kim Breuninger on 07 Oct 10

First and foremost, LAL is a writing contest for young readers in grades 4 - 12. How has an author's work--novel, nonfiction, poetry--changed your view of the world or yourself? That's the LAL writing challenge. Don't write a book report, we tell our young readers. The author already wrote the book and knows what it is about. What the author does not know is how YOU responded to his or her work. Write about that--your personal reader's response!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">First and foremost, LAL is a writing contest for young readers in grades 4 - 12. How has an author's work--novel, nonfiction, poetry--changed your view of the world or yourself? That's the LAL writing challenge. Don't write a book report, we tell our young readers. The author already wrote the book and knows what it is about. What the author does not know is how YOU responded to his or her work. Write about that--your personal reader's response! </div>

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Office of Educational Technology (OET) - 0 views

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educational edtech technology DOE

shared by Kim Breuninger on 07 Mar 10 - Cached

Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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online learning research DOE

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A Reporter at Large: Brain Gain: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - 0 views

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shared by Laura Mikowychok on 24 Apr 09 - Cached

But in recent years Adderall and Ritalin, another stimulant, have been adopted as cognitive enhancers: drugs that high-functioning, overcommitted people take to become higher-functioning and more overcommitted. (Such use is “off label,” meaning that it does not have the approval of either the drug’s manufacturer or the Food and Drug Administration.) College campuses have become laboratories for experimentation with neuroenhancement
- Laura Mikowychok on 24 Apr 09
  
  This article was interesting to me because in an interview with the author, she stated that these drugs enhance cognition in more logical, left-brained skills, and decrease creative thinking. Clearly, students feel that the skills they are being challenged to remember, retain, and perform best in are those left-brain subject areas, rather than being challenged in the arts, communication, and creativity.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article was interesting to me because in an interview with the author, she stated that these drugs enhance cognition in more logical, left-brained skills, and decrease creative thinking. Clearly, students feel that the skills they are being challenged to remember, retain, and perform best in are those left-brain subject areas, rather than being challenged in the arts, communication, and creativity.</div>
  
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