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Professor Forrest Helvie, Norwalk Community College, Independent Reading Project

By Marjane Satrapi. New York: Pantheon, Books (2003). "An intelligent and outspoken only child, Satrapi--the daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor--bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country."

By Richard Evan Schwartz. Natick, Mass.: A.K. Peters, 2010. Children's book "presents the concepts of prime numbers and factoring in a novel and colorful way." -Richard Evan Schwartz

This is the book that the NPR piece, recommended by R.A., discusses.

By Jeffrey R. Young, in Technology (College 2.0), The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 27 2011. A variety of ways that college students are seeking "relevant" education outside of the classroom, some of which are more technology-reliant than others. The article cites the National Survey of Student Engagement (Indiana University) and states that "four of the eight 'high-impact' learning activities identified required no classroom time at all...."

Looks closely at learning outside of the classroom.

Online Games in different subjects (including math and English) "For each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger."

5 pages from a 48 page study skills booklet.

By Charles Leadbeater. This is the web page for the We-think project, and includes downloads for chapters 1-3, as well as links to other materials related to the book (including an early draft).

By Terrie E. Moffitt, Louise Arseneault, Daniel Belsky, Nigel Dickson, Robert J. Hancox, HonaLee Harrington,Renate Houts, Richie Poulton, Brent W. Roberts, Stephen Ross, Malcolm R. Sears, W. Murray Thomson,and Avshalom Caspi in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), 2011, vol 108 (7), pp 2639-2640. Full-text PDF is available from this page.

A website "written, drawn, and coded by Matthew Inman" and made up of comics, quizzes, and stories.

Produced by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Division of Information Technology at LaGuardia Community College, part of The City University of new York. September 2010. Includes profiles of the student body (general and entering students), enrollment profile, and demographics about degrees earned.

By Tom Stoppard, published by Samuel French, 1993. This is the worldcat record, which will direct you to other editions and formats, as well as help you to find Arcadia in a library near you.

On YouTube, posted July 2007. Episode 1 of Def Poetry Jam. Mali's poem looks at the role of the teacher. For related work by Taylor Mali, follow the mali tag.

Based at Indiana University, "NSSE annually collects information at hundreds of four-year colleges and universities about student participation in programs and activities that institutions provide for their learning and personal development." According to NSSE, student engagement represents both "the amount of time and effort students put into their studies" and "how the institution deploys its resources and organizes the curriculum."

By Jack Stripling in Leadership & Governance column, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 2011. All sitting presidents (except recently hired Donald J. Laackman) of the City Colleges of Chicago "will be forced to reapply for their jobs if they want to keep them,and they must commit to achieving higher student-success rates if they are reappointed...." According to the article, "just 7 percent of City College students who require remediation go on to earn a degree...."

Media Advisory announcing a news conference to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Marisa mentioned that she and Liz were going to watch the streaming news conference.

From BBC Four on YouTube, posted November 26, 2010. Visualization to illustrate statistics.

Shared by K.P. in January coffeeklatch. She suggests that it could be used to introduce the idea of graphing in an algebra class.

Presented by NADE (National Association for Developmental Education), this resource page includes articles, books, and a listing of national centers and websites.

By Liz Dwyer in the Education section on the site Good, January 7, 2011. This post points to Mashable's list of 100-plus online resources.

R.A. recommends the website GOOD. She says "it captures the new and edgy in a variety of areas."

On YouTube. Animated video about an uninterested student talking to teacher.

Shared by K.S. in December coffeeklatch, "a little end of semester humor"

By Jim Shelton and John Easton of the U.S. Education Department. The authors blogged as part of the National Journal's Expert Blogs - Education area. In the initial post, Shelton and Easton post some questions about effective innovation. In the comments section (24 posted as of 4/1/10), others in the field respond.