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Overhauling Computer Science Education - 1 views

Overhauling Computer Science Education http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/12/05/Overhauling-Computer-Science-Education.aspx?Page=1 Students from elementary school through college are learnin...

problem solving computational thinking and abstract reasoning computer science education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 22 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Save Our Schools Conference and Clippings - 0 views

A few clippings. The Save Our Schools March http://www.washingtonpost.com/local By Valerie Strauss "I don't know where I would be today if my teachers' job security was based on how I performed o...

Paul Gorski Save Schools Rally Diane Ravitz Alfie Kohn teachers Tired Teacher Blog Answersheet White House Invitation to our Leaders

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Steve Jobs on Technology and School Reform - 1 views

by larrycuban The untimely loss of 56 year-old Steve Jobs and the obituaries that followed reminded me of what he told interviewers about technology and school reform. Jobs recorded these inter...

technology education curriculum Larry Cuban's blog problems in feeding curiousity

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Welcoming Mobile: More Districts Are Rewriting Acceptable Use Policies - 1 views

Hotmail Active View Innovation in ISD 199 ( at the Site_ Play video Inver Grove Heights Community Schools has been nationally recognized for the innovative use of technology in the classroom thro...

CoSn Mobile Learning Internet access technology

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Into the Driver's Seat - 1 views

http://www.scoop.it/t/into-the-driver-s-seat/p/856007214/information-literacy-digital-learning-environments-judy-salpeter Information Literacy | Digital Learning Environments| Judy Salpeter...

Information Literacy digital learning environments. judy saltpeter

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The Storytelling Project Model: A Theoretical Framework for Critical Examination of Rac... - 2 views

The Storytelling Project Model: A Theoretical Framework for Critical Examination of Racism Through the Arts http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=15787 by Lee Anne Bell & Rosemarie...

Story telling project model race and racism multiracial community comfort zone color blindness

started by Bonnie Sutton on 08 Jun 12 no follow-up yet

Teachers give a gold star to a free-for-all education camp | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05... - 0 views

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Posted on Mon, May. 30, 2011 Teachers give a gold star to a free-for-all education camp By Adrienne Lu Inquirer Staff Writer For many teachers, the phrase professional development conjures up mandatory, snooze-inducing, school-sponsored lectures. EdCamp, an "unconference" for educators that was conceived in the Philadelphia region last year, was designed to be the exact opposite: the free events are participant-driven and attendance is strictly voluntary.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Posted on Mon, May. 30, 2011 Teachers give a gold star to a free-for-all education camp By Adrienne Lu Inquirer Staff Writer For many teachers, the phrase professional development conjures up mandatory, snooze-inducing, school-sponsored lectures. EdCamp, an "unconference" for educators that was conceived in the Philadelphia region last year, was designed to be the exact opposite: the free events are participant-driven and attendance is strictly voluntary.</div>

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Reauthorization of ESEA - 1 views

By Alyson Klein A long-stalled, bipartisan rewrite of the widely-disparaged No Child Left Behind Act approved by the Senate education committee on Thursday faces steep political hurdles, with opp...

technology scrapping of ayp well rounded education halt to federally directed interventions

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The facts that school reformers ignore - 1 views

By Valerie Strauss http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-facts-that-school-reformers-ignore/2012/01/23/gIQABWQRMQ_blog.html This was written by Richard Rothstein, a research...

The Answer Sheet Ed Reform

started by Bonnie Sutton on 24 Jan 12 no follow-up yet

Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) Program - 1 views

8:42am Dec 21 Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) Program Do you know a high school junior that is extremely intelligent and hard working? Has this student been re...

Minority student challenging program free at MIT. application for a STEM

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Dracula, Chapter 10 - 0 views

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Dracula Coursera fantasysf Unit3

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  confinement theme ~ includes knowledge as well as bodies, women, infection
  
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"The good husbandman tell you so then because he knows, but not till then
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When I described Lucy's symptoms, the same as before, but infinitely more marked, he looked very grave, but said nothing.
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spiritual pathology,
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She was ghastly, chalkily pale.
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Her breathing was painful to see or hear.
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I would give the last drop of blood in my body for her."
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She wants blood, and blood she must have or die
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transfusion of blood, to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins
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of blood so pure
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the narrow black velvet band which she seems always to wear round her throat, buckled with an old diamond buckle
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deep hiss of indrawn breath
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What do you make of that mark on her throat?"
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There was no sign of disease, but the edges were white and worn looking, as if by some trituration. It at once occurred to me that that this wound, or whatever it was, might be the means of that manifest loss of blood.
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The opiate worked itself off towards dusk, and she waked naturally.
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looked at me gratefully whenever I caught her eye
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You do not want to sleep?"
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"Afraid to go to sleep! Why so? It is the boon we all crave for."
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"Ah, not if you were like me, if sleep was to you a presage of horror!"
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All this weakness comes to me in sleep,
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"But, my dear girl, you may sleep tonight. I am here watching you, and I can promise that nothing will happen." "Ah, I can trust you!" she said.
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All night long I watched by her. She never stirred, but slept on and on in a deep, tranquil, life-giving, health-giving sleep.
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It was dark when I was able to inquire about my zoophagous patient.
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I lay on the sofa, and forgot all about everything.
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Somehow Arthur feels very, very close to me.
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DR. SEWARD'S DIARY 10 September.--I was conscious of the Professor's hand on my head, and started awake all in a second. That is one of the things that we learn in an asylum, at any rate.
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There on the bed, seemingly in a swoon, lay poor Lucy, more horribly white and wan-looking than ever.
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the faint seemed to merge subtly into the narcotic sleep.
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how Lucy had made such a retrograde movement, and how she could have been drained of so much blood with no sign any where to show for it
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"Now you go home, and eat much and drink enough. Make yourself strong. I stay here tonight, and I shall sit up with little miss myself.
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In the hall two of the maids came to me, and asked if they or either of them might not sit up with Miss Lucy.
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For over and over again have I seen similar instances of woman's kindness.
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waiting for sleep. It is coming.
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11 September.--This afternoon I went over to Hillingham. Found Van Helsing in excellent spirits, and Lucy much better.
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"No trifling with me! I never jest! There is grim purpose in what I do, and I warn you that you do not thwart me.
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No telling to others that make so inquisitive questions.
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  more confinement of information ~ characters are also always saying don't tell, don't say anything about. etc. Also the effect of Victorian reticence it to sequester knowledge and information
  
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you always have a reason for what you do, but this certainly puzzles me. It is well we have no sceptic here, or he would say that you were working some spell to keep out an evil spirit."
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we left the house in my fly,
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Tonight I can sleep in peace, and sleep I want,
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remembering my own confidence two nights before and with the baneful result, felt awe and vague terror
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weakness that made me hesitate to tell it to my friend
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A Brief Future of Computing - 0 views

Dr Francis Wray looks back over the history of HPC and gives his insight into what can be said about systems in the future. Introduction Over the past 30 years, computing has come to play a signi...

University of Edinborough Dr. Francis Wray HPC History computing supercomputing

started by Bonnie Sutton on 22 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

The Physics of Animation - 4 views

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/physicsanimation.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51 Miles O'Brien, Science Nation Correspondent Ann Kellan, Science Nation Producer The best animators k...

started by Bonnie Sutton on 13 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

BBC News - Cinema subtitle glasses give promise to deaf film fans - 0 views

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BBC cinema subtitle glasses captioning accessibility Satchell

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Claude Almansi on 25 Aug 11

"25 August 2011 Last updated at 02:17 GMT Help People who are deaf or hard of hearing have long complained that going to watch a film can be an unsatisfactory experience, with subtitled films on at unsociable times and often suffering from technical problems. But a solution could soon available in the form of special glasses which allow the wearer to see subtitles directly in front of their eyes, giving them the freedom of choice afforded to hearing people. Graham Satchell reports."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"25 August 2011 Last updated at 02:17 GMT Help People who are deaf or hard of hearing have long complained that going to watch a film can be an unsatisfactory experience, with subtitled films on at unsociable times and often suffering from technical problems. But a solution could soon available in the form of special glasses which allow the wearer to see subtitles directly in front of their eyes, giving them the freedom of choice afforded to hearing people. Graham Satchell reports."</div>

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Chemistry Now - 1 views

Chemistry Now http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/chemistry-now Chemistry Now is an NBC Learn Special Collection that reveals how chemistry contributes to everyday life, with lesson plans fr...

scientific America of fall color Origami dlearning the ocean dispersants. how Chemistry contributes to daily life nobel Efforts bucky balls and Graphene

started by Bonnie Sutton on 18 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Keeping Special Ed in Proportion - 1 views

Keeping Special Ed in Proportion Experts say improvements in school instructional cultures can keep some struggling minority kids out of special education. http://www.edweek.org/tsb/article...

school instructional culturesVictims of remediation special ed in proportion racial achievement gaps African-American and Hispanic students education programs. educational equity disproportional statistical representation minorities

started by Bonnie Sutton on 12 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Making Schools Work - 1 views

OPINION By DAVID L. KIRP Making Schools Work http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/opinion/sunday/integration-worked-why-have-we-rejected-it.html?ref=education AMID the ceaseless and cac...

Segregation integration transforming schools Brown vs Board of education

started by Bonnie Sutton on 23 May 12 no follow-up yet

MIT Will Offer Certificates to Outside Students Who Take Its Online Courses - 2 views

December 19, 2011 By Marc Parry Millions of learners have enjoyed the free lecture videos and other course materials published online through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseW...

OPEN SOURCE ONLINE COURSES COURSE WARE

started by Bonnie Sutton on 20 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Technology Cannot Disrupt Education from the Top Down - 2 views

Technology Cannot Disrupt Education From The Top Down Patrick Gibbon Education http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/18/education-technology-disrupt/ Editor's note: Guest contributor Patrick Gibbo...

education technology topdown disruptive

started by Bonnie Sutton on 19 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda - 1 views

Teach for America: Liberal mission helps conservative agenda http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/teach-for-america-liberal-mission-helps-conservative-agenda/2011/12/25/gIQApoVZHP...

Teach for America Liberal mission Education reform Andrew Hartman unionized teachers DC Schools wendy Kopp Michelle Rhee

started by Bonnie Sutton on 27 Dec 11 no follow-up yet

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