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From InfoTrac College Edition, published by Cengage Learning. This excerpt was originally in The Sundance Reader, Third Edition, Web Site by Mark Connelly.

NH used this reading (week 7, semester 3) to help her students understand argumentation.

Posted to YouTube by AssociatedPress on June 3 2009. This video, produced by Associated Press, looks at the issue of whether taxes on "unhealthy" food and drinks will help to slow sales, thus keeping people healthier (and holding health care costs in check).

NH (week 6, semester 2) used this video and a companion (also bookmarked) to help illustrate the issues that students were reading/writing about.

Posted to YouTube by NoBevandFoodTax on January 13 2011. This is a TV ad arguing against taxing food and beverages .

NH (week 6, semester 2) used this video and a companion (also bookmarked) to help illustrate the issues that students were reading/writing about.

This bell curve is uncredited and undated. From a site called SharpBrains.

NH (week 2, semester 3) used the bell curve as an illustration of Normal Distribution of a Doctor's Death Rate from a Disease as her students were reading Gawande's Better.

From a site called YoYoLipGloss, a definition and history of lip gloss. Post is not signed or dated, but there are references (incomplete) at the bottom.

LH week 14, semester 3, used this example (from a student's work) of a less-than-reputable web-based source.

Podcast of The Diane Rehm Show from October 14 2010.

LH uses this clip to show how the host and panelists attempt to define "small business."

Posted to YouTube by JayFunkY on October 28 2009.

LH links to this video in Week 11, semester 3. She is writing an essay along with her students, and she is looking at finger tutting (as seen in this video).

Posted on the blog The Lazy Way to Success by Fred Gratzon.

LH used this in Week 11, semester 3 as an example of how a writer must define his/her own terms.

By Ruby K. Payne, published by aha! Process, 4th edition, 2005.

Built by the University of Maryland, MathBench modules "iintroduce students...to the mathematical underpinnings of what they learn in introductory biology courses." There are links to the various concepts, including such topics as measurement, probability and statistics, and population dynamics. This site is an opportunity to provide "real world" examples in math class.

By Derek Bruff in The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 6, 2011. The author discusses multiple methods of sharing academic information: social bookmarking, back channels and collaborative documents.

By Josh Fischman, and part of The Chronicle (of Higher Education's) 2011 Special Report on Online Learning, published Nov 6 2011. Central Piedmont Community College developed an Online Student Portal learning system to improve retention among its students. They have had success with the system (in use 2004-2008). Now, with a Next Gen grant, they will roll the system out to 6 additional local schools to see if they can match the retention improvements. The system is based both on learning styles and on frequent intervention by students and counselors.

Op-Ed by David Brooks in the New York Times, October 31 2011. Brooks finds that the disparity between college grads and non-grads is much more glaring than that of the "1%" who are the focus of the Occupy Wall Street and similar movements. And he finds that this disparity is seen in small cities and towns all over America. Not only does he cite income disparity, but also family structure and things like health risks.

Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET), 1997, and posted to the web by the Annenberg Foundation. This series of 8 90-minute videos are now all available for free. The videos look at all aspects of assessment, with a focus on math and science. NOTE: The project is nearly 15 years old and is likely somewhat dated.

By Michael Winerip in the On Education column of the New York Times, October 23 2011. The article highlights students who have attended NYC high schools but then failed their placement tests when they arrived at CUNY community colleges. The system now offers an intensive remediation program called Start in which students focus on all 3 remediation subjects (reading, writing and math) for 5 hours/day, 5 days/week, all for a cost of $75 for the semester.

Published by the American Association of Community Colleges, October 2011. Authored by Christopher M. Mullin. You can read the Executive Summary on this page, or download the full text PDF. The report concludes that community college enrollments have gone up considerably since 2007, and that "educational attainment for all key populations is increasing at community colleges."

Based in Washington State, the stated goals of this project are: (1) "aligning standards and expectations for mathematics....(2) increasing student success in completing math requirements in high school and college....(3) building capacity of teachers and instructors to align curriculum and instruction to standards....(4) communicating math expectations to students...." The project bridges the high school/college divide.

The Learning Network Blog on NYTimes.com. For two years, students, teachers, parents and others have posted and commented on this blog. Daily lessons for subjects across curriculum based on Times content are offered. Suggestions are given for using the The Learning Network posts in the classroom. The Learning Network is accessible without a digital subscription, as are the articles linked from Learning Network posts.

By George Lorenzo, 2011. A renewed interest in community colleges is resulting in looking at driving factors for the future success. This report looks at the potential solutions proposed in papers that came out of The White House Summit on Community Colleges held on October 5, 2010. These include industry partnerships, providing a more well-rounded education with career training, better support services at community colleges,etc. Lorenzo mentions The Learn and Earn initiative, technology with online and hybrid courses, open education resources and other ways to engage students. He looks at college readiness and what Complete College America, a new nonprofit organization, advises as ways to address this shortcoming.