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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964</id><updated>2023-11-16T03:03:29.839-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lawrence G. Miller</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-3028176956249492287</id><published>2018-11-06T07:50:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2018-11-06T07:50:46.277-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Am Taking a Stand on Plastic Pollution</title><content type='html'>Disposable plastic is only in your hands for a moment, but it piles up forever in our ocean, rivers, and lakes.&amp;nbsp; Recent studies have shown an incredible increase in microplastic in our water supplies and in humans.&amp;nbsp; These are very tiny pieces of plastic that have broken off but will never degrade.&lt;br /&gt;
  2. &lt;br /&gt;
  3. Our family has done recycling for years.&amp;nbsp; But recently, we have become even more vigilant about recycling every bit of plastic that we find coming through our daily lives.&amp;nbsp; One of the culprits - plastic straws.&amp;nbsp; We recently purchased sets of stainless steel straws for home use.&amp;nbsp; They work great and just need to be washed and reused. When we eat out, we politely let they server know that we don&#39;t use straws.&lt;br /&gt;
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  5. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSsae9RUZdwJ3cXKo8DhQOeZGgA-Fm9Ci-GhHSwZ-j-gIZIQKXYe7p4VwFsRumrb9fL6DUvUjeerqJOY04IUcEebj67HIBxPRpTRcyYxy9EDzwstN8HZEIQhK2LERDfv-hJPzeF7flxU/s1600/Sea_turtle_with_plastic.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;530&quot; data-original-width=&quot;825&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSsae9RUZdwJ3cXKo8DhQOeZGgA-Fm9Ci-GhHSwZ-j-gIZIQKXYe7p4VwFsRumrb9fL6DUvUjeerqJOY04IUcEebj67HIBxPRpTRcyYxy9EDzwstN8HZEIQhK2LERDfv-hJPzeF7flxU/s320/Sea_turtle_with_plastic.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The impact of straws upon animal life is bad and getting worse.&amp;nbsp; Sea animals eat straws as they look like a food source.&amp;nbsp; Obviously, ingested straws do not decompose and create blockages that kill sea turtles, fish, sea mammals,&lt;br /&gt;
  6. and more.&amp;nbsp; In general, man-made plastic is devastating the biosphere.&lt;br /&gt;
  7. &lt;br /&gt;
  8. Join me in halting the ubiquitous and unnecessary use of plastic drinking straws.&amp;nbsp; We have joined in a project called &lt;a href=&quot;https://pledge.ourhands.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;First Step&lt;/a&gt; who promotes a no straw approach where you simply pledge to skip the straws you don’t need.&lt;br /&gt;
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  11. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/3028176956249492287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2018/11/i-am-taking-stand-on-plastic-pollution.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3028176956249492287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3028176956249492287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2018/11/i-am-taking-stand-on-plastic-pollution.html' title='I Am Taking a Stand on Plastic Pollution'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSsae9RUZdwJ3cXKo8DhQOeZGgA-Fm9Ci-GhHSwZ-j-gIZIQKXYe7p4VwFsRumrb9fL6DUvUjeerqJOY04IUcEebj67HIBxPRpTRcyYxy9EDzwstN8HZEIQhK2LERDfv-hJPzeF7flxU/s72-c/Sea_turtle_with_plastic.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-3294678010228707028</id><published>2016-08-07T10:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2016-08-07T10:47:08.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In Online Learning, Don’t Start with a Virtual “Syllabus Day”</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  12. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sadly, many students have
  13. come to expect that there will nothing of consequence addressed on the first
  14. day of an on-campus class.&amp;nbsp; It’s often
  15. referred to as “Syllabus Day” because that is the only content of consequence
  16. presented by the instructor.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  17. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  18. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  20. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Kevin Gannon, the Director
  21. of the Center for Excellence in Teaching &amp;amp; Learning and also Professor of
  22. History at Grand View University.&amp;nbsp; Gannon
  23. also bills himself as the “Tattooed Professor.”&amp;nbsp;
  24. Recently he penned an op-ed piece for Vitae, the online career service
  25. from the &lt;u&gt;Chronicle of Higher Education&lt;/u&gt;,
  26. entitled &lt;i&gt;The Absolute Worst Way to Start
  27. the Semester&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It is a well-crafted
  28. argument for expecting more of students and for giving them more than a
  29. ten-minute overview of the syllabus.&amp;nbsp; Gannon
  30. states:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  31. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  32. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  33. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: .5in;&quot;&gt;
  34. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;We
  35. dedicate so much time to designing our courses, planning our activities,
  36. reading up on our content, and constructing our syllabi. We ought to ensure
  37. that time was well-spent by planning a first day of class that encourages
  38. students to become engaged participants in every aspect of the course.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  39. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: .5in;&quot;&gt;
  40. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  42. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;He goes on to suggest that
  43. the first day of class encompass these points&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  44. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  45. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  46. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
  47. &lt;/div&gt;
  48. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  49. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Give the students a taste of everything they’ll be
  50. expected to do during the semester. For example, lead a discussion session if
  51. that is a central learning strategy for the class.&amp;nbsp; Or, if group-work is important, break them
  52. into groups for a simple exercise.&amp;nbsp; In
  53. other words, give students the opportunity to experience your teaching routine
  54. and model your expectations and feedback for them. Give students an immediate
  55. opportunity to do to be active learners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  56. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  57. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  58. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  59. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;2. &amp;nbsp;Show passion for the course content.&amp;nbsp; The first day is a great time for an
  60. instructor to share “the exciting, weird, intriguing, or controversial parts of
  61. the course material.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  62. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  63. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  64. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  65. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Of course the syllabus itself is a critical element of
  66. any class.&amp;nbsp; Discuss the document by
  67. directing students to the information they’ll need throughout the term. &amp;nbsp;After, check for understanding and memory
  68. using a syllabus quiz.&amp;nbsp; This first quiz will
  69. encourage students to read the syllabus thoroughly.&amp;nbsp; But it can also provide an example of the
  70. quiz format that will be used throughout the term.&amp;nbsp; Of course, a quiz on the syllabus is a
  71. relatively low-stakes assessment that allows students to build some early
  72. confidence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  73. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  74. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  75. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  76. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I wholeheartedly agree with
  77. the concepts of the Tattooed Professor.&amp;nbsp;
  78. He also recommends making an effort from that first day to learn the
  79. students by name.&amp;nbsp; (I actually create a
  80. video using my iPhone with each student telling the camera their name, their
  81. college goals, and one memorable thing that will distinguish them from other
  82. students.)&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  83. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  84. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  86. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Kevin Gannon summarizes his
  87. view of the first day on campus as: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  88. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  89. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  90. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: .5in;&quot;&gt;
  91. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Opening
  92. day presents a unique opportunity in our courses. Our students haven’t
  93. experienced anything yet, so there’s a default level of interest which we can
  94. leverage with engaged teaching and a welcoming atmosphere. The tone we choose
  95. to set and the structure of activities we design can impart a positive first
  96. impression, and might also preempt some of the more common frustrations that
  97. pop up later in the term. Sure, some students will lament the passing of
  98. Syllabus Day, but the dividends from a more substantial and engaging first day
  99. will more than offset that disappointment.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  100. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: .5in;&quot;&gt;
  101. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  103. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;These are truly important
  104. concepts and similar to strategies that I have used when I teach on
  105. campus.&amp;nbsp; Yet, I believe his thinking
  106. works just as well for online learning.&amp;nbsp;
  107. Just because we teach online does not mean that instructors are missing
  108. similar opportunities to connect with their students, to set expectations, and
  109. to create a sense of curiosity and interest for the course topic.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  110. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  111. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  113. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Here are four suggestions
  114. for incorporating Gannon’s thinking in online learning.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  115. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  116. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  117. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  118. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 1. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Create a learning experience around the syllabus.&amp;nbsp; In addition to the benefits mentioned from Gannon,
  119. informing students and measuring via a simple quiz means that the students can
  120. legitimately be considered “active students.”&amp;nbsp;
  121. This is significant as the students who receive Federal financial aid
  122. such as a Pell Grant must be documented as active in each class.&amp;nbsp; For years, I have created a one-question
  123. syllabus quiz.&amp;nbsp; That question is a yes or
  124. no response to: “I have read and understand the syllabus for this class and
  125. agree to be an active student.” Of course it is possible to use a more extensive
  126. quiz if desired.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  127. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  128. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  129. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  130. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;2. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Use the flipped class approach and create a killer
  131. introductory video featuring you in which you talk about the importance of the
  132. subject.&amp;nbsp; You could also talk about your
  133. own pathway to teaching this class.&amp;nbsp;
  134. Express your passion for teaching, for the subject and for students,
  135. especially the ones in this particular class.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  136. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  137. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  138. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  139. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; 3. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;You may also need to create or discover videos that will
  140. train the students in the use of the college’s Learning Management System (LMS).&amp;nbsp; Don’t assume that students know how to use
  141. discussions, journals, or turn in their homework.&amp;nbsp; I create the first discussion be asking each
  142. student to provide a little biographical thumbnail.&amp;nbsp; This semester, I will be asking them to
  143. submit a short video that will be shared with all students in my section.&amp;nbsp; I believe that this will create some sense of
  144. a group and put names with faces. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  145. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  146. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  147. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  148. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;4.&lt;span style=&quot;font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;4. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;You could also divide the class into groups if this is
  149. something that you commit to.&amp;nbsp; Group
  150. learning is powerful, and most LMS platforms will make it fairly simple to
  151. do.&amp;nbsp; The groups can work together on
  152. projects throughout the term.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  153. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  154. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  156. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;One final consideration is
  157. that the first week or so of a term may be a time of exploration for many college students.&amp;nbsp; They use the first week as a
  158. time to “shop around” for classes. That makes it especially important to give
  159. them a clear and engaging introduction to the course that reflects your overall
  160. teaching style and the course’s material.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  161. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  162. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  165. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Yes, in a sense there really
  166. is not a first day like you would have on campus.&amp;nbsp; Online learning would be more like the first
  167. week.&amp;nbsp; But, you definitely can create the
  168. positive first impression, set expectations for the students, and allay fears
  169. about the technology immediately using many of the same principles that produce
  170. engaged learning in a traditional classroom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  171. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  172. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  173. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  174. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  175. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This post appeared on &lt;a href=&quot;http://thelearnersway.net/ideas/2016/8/7/in-online-learning-dont-start-with-a-virtual-syllabus-day&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Learner&#39;s Way&lt;/a&gt;, created by&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Nigel Coutts of the Redlands School in Sydney Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  176. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  178. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPHhFGRAmGJuiNV4HRl-g7qNAXVCO3BhlsR6hI5zC6zzs81iiRsWs3HC0J2u45tdnTfJd7FdzzuXHjMW277BA8ZjVJcA0KlH6OR9Ermo96jjVLa676pIQCmqxliudbUE1rXCEvDBf9Yc/s1600/Redlands_School%252C_Sydney_logo.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;66&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPHhFGRAmGJuiNV4HRl-g7qNAXVCO3BhlsR6hI5zC6zzs81iiRsWs3HC0J2u45tdnTfJd7FdzzuXHjMW277BA8ZjVJcA0KlH6OR9Ermo96jjVLa676pIQCmqxliudbUE1rXCEvDBf9Yc/s200/Redlands_School%252C_Sydney_logo.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  179. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/3294678010228707028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2016/08/in-online-learning-dont-start-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3294678010228707028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3294678010228707028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2016/08/in-online-learning-dont-start-with.html' title='In Online Learning, Don’t Start with a Virtual “Syllabus Day”'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPHhFGRAmGJuiNV4HRl-g7qNAXVCO3BhlsR6hI5zC6zzs81iiRsWs3HC0J2u45tdnTfJd7FdzzuXHjMW277BA8ZjVJcA0KlH6OR9Ermo96jjVLa676pIQCmqxliudbUE1rXCEvDBf9Yc/s72-c/Redlands_School%252C_Sydney_logo.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-3194409086287584532</id><published>2016-03-14T13:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2016-03-14T13:13:59.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tennessee&#39;s  Outcomes-Based Funding  Approach Showing Signs of Success</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;1naqk-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;
  180. &lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;1naqk-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; position: relative;&quot;&gt;
  181. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideJ29Q1fUQYcJ5uRySwOvqAXcJ9w4Ez_Y5TEpkvV14vIdTvkcIHmX0M6s4tM0Pt7tgiQweWqIxVrldA1jZQG38Tz2tdhcX6_iEDwhQaQ85jbibrhra6-5vCSsAhGgHTQXgW8ET-c24NM/s1600/Chattanooga+State+Community+College+04072011+02.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;131&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideJ29Q1fUQYcJ5uRySwOvqAXcJ9w4Ez_Y5TEpkvV14vIdTvkcIHmX0M6s4tM0Pt7tgiQweWqIxVrldA1jZQG38Tz2tdhcX6_iEDwhQaQ85jbibrhra6-5vCSsAhGgHTQXgW8ET-c24NM/s200/Chattanooga+State+Community+College+04072011+02.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;1naqk-0-0&quot;&gt;Tennessee implemented Outcomes-Based Funding several years ago.  I applauded the change from funding allocations that were tied heavily to enrollment growth.  When I worked at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;_5u8u&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;1naqk-1-0&quot; spellcheck=&quot;false&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #dce6f8;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;1naqk-1-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot;&gt;Chattanooga State Community College&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;1naqk-2-0&quot;&gt; in the 90s, the only date we cared about was the 14th day of the fall semester - census day.  The new formula rewards degree completion.  While it is not a perfect system, it is conceptually an improvement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  182. &lt;/div&gt;
  183. &lt;div class=&quot;&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;ei2th-0-0&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;
  184. &lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;ei2th-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; position: relative;&quot;&gt;
  185. &lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;ei2th-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now we have indications that the outcomes focus is paying off.  The Lumina Foundation has released preliminary results of their study of the Tennessee program.  It shows:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  188. &lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;9ql28-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; position: relative;&quot;&gt;
  189. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBdo9CkfjP9QW5Tu9hbeCB6DZaQjSgCY35TcTynO_zVkLx02G4H50w7FnHO1iRoIUSG9VgOabX27v1Q43BhLpzcICiRR26S6ycjbeFFgJf8LSJ4p1gmq5OUCc4_e9CHf2ke9R3SBVPm8/s1600/Luimina_Foundation_logo.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;117&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBdo9CkfjP9QW5Tu9hbeCB6DZaQjSgCY35TcTynO_zVkLx02G4H50w7FnHO1iRoIUSG9VgOabX27v1Q43BhLpzcICiRR26S6ycjbeFFgJf8LSJ4p1gmq5OUCc4_e9CHf2ke9R3SBVPm8/s320/Luimina_Foundation_logo.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;9ql28-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bachelor’s degrees awarded have increased by 3.4 percent annually since initial formula implementation, compared to 2.5 % annual growth prior to formula implementation. Other states have also had faster growth in bachelor’s degree completion in recent years, consistent with underlying demographic trends, so it is too early to confidently attribute the results to the formula alone.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  192. &lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;6mf0g-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; position: relative;&quot;&gt;
  193. &lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;6mf0g-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Associate degrees have increased by 6.3 % annually since initial formula implementation, significantly faster than the 2.8 % average growth rate prior to implementation.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  196. &lt;div class=&quot;_1mf _1mj&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;ci2c5-0-0&quot; style=&quot;direction: ltr; position: relative;&quot;&gt;
  197. &lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;ci2c5-0-0&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Certificates in Tennessee show strong growth since formula implementation that appears clearly linked to the new funding policy, with 174 % total growth in short-term and 27 % average &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;growth in long-term certificate awards. The “certificate” category is much more flexible than degrees, so institutions have greater scope to create programs very quickly or to define completion of certain existing groups of courses as a certificate award.  Tennessee has refined its standards for which certificates &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;can be counted to limit opportunities for “gaming” the formula and to make sure that certificates have genuine academic and economic value for students.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  199. &lt;b style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjhyphenhyphen8QEL6qdCvRY32Q8ogC3tLNrZRuXh8Gw3Kl9M0iwR-Od6qDOBMyG7R6SyPVRfrebaxy1OwxA5tQ0Ox22U7x5I3KAy4XS2HfLMk5ntCj61NWgzSvGtKHZVsRBjz7zgGHwvAA8I2b8I/s1600/TN+Achieves.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjhyphenhyphen8QEL6qdCvRY32Q8ogC3tLNrZRuXh8Gw3Kl9M0iwR-Od6qDOBMyG7R6SyPVRfrebaxy1OwxA5tQ0Ox22U7x5I3KAy4XS2HfLMk5ntCj61NWgzSvGtKHZVsRBjz7zgGHwvAA8I2b8I/s1600/TN+Achieves.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  203. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/3194409086287584532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2016/03/tennessees-outcomes-based-funding.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3194409086287584532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3194409086287584532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2016/03/tennessees-outcomes-based-funding.html' title='Tennessee&#39;s  Outcomes-Based Funding  Approach Showing Signs of Success'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideJ29Q1fUQYcJ5uRySwOvqAXcJ9w4Ez_Y5TEpkvV14vIdTvkcIHmX0M6s4tM0Pt7tgiQweWqIxVrldA1jZQG38Tz2tdhcX6_iEDwhQaQ85jbibrhra6-5vCSsAhGgHTQXgW8ET-c24NM/s72-c/Chattanooga+State+Community+College+04072011+02.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-3133551518543855205</id><published>2015-07-14T13:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-14T13:08:58.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Read my POV Column in Community College Week</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I wrote&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1236269254&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ccweek.com/article-4623-six-reasons-your-community-college-needs-a-social-media-strategy-and-not-just-a-facebook-page.html&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Six Reasons Your Community College Needs A Social Media Strategy&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1236269255&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and Not Just a Facebook Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt; to encourage two-year institutions to develop a comprehensive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  206. &lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt;strategy or plan to fully use social media channels to engage with students and other&amp;nbsp;constituents. &amp;nbsp;I have developed an online course for Snead State &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; line-height: 50px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  207. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit86_e71DFc41xyOzpaaasZDsFAGwSO7VRjc7dmDVoFG2ICN3cj2-sk643KdbuCmRAF0Yfo7JZe-Sc_MgBBXsyo_BOfAmb70HQhcW290TFOJhPrJA1Fv3rsnOEPMQGJ1ENYIJuUAXGmgU/s1600/SSCC+banner.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit86_e71DFc41xyOzpaaasZDsFAGwSO7VRjc7dmDVoFG2ICN3cj2-sk643KdbuCmRAF0Yfo7JZe-Sc_MgBBXsyo_BOfAmb70HQhcW290TFOJhPrJA1Fv3rsnOEPMQGJ1ENYIJuUAXGmgU/s1600/SSCC+banner.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  208. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt;Community College (AL) for their new certificate program in Social Media. &amp;nbsp;To make that happen, I have researched and explored a wide variety of material on techniques and best practices to maximize the impact of&amp;nbsp;social&amp;nbsp;media channels such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Facebook&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt;, Twitter, &lt;/span&gt;LinkedIn&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Pinterest&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 50px;&quot;&gt; and more. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/3133551518543855205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2015/07/read-my-pov-column-in-community-college.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3133551518543855205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3133551518543855205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2015/07/read-my-pov-column-in-community-college.html' title='Read my POV Column in Community College Week'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq-IfYQzjmief12vCIsxEhzudPqxQIpx5b7XEbrY7IfBIPSoI-KtJQNwWFqt0PVOe0Y32nlOx5AKlo2k47RIZQ_HvytgHv0Hs4_miBMjGbhcRYP7I-rvMyJcM83kBg_I5ggTHHUuSocY/s72-c/CC_Week_masthead.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-159092769912011077</id><published>2015-02-10T07:44:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2015-02-10T08:05:12.485-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Will Community Colleges Exist as We Know Them?</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  209. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;One of my greatest fears is that American community,
  210. technical and junior colleges may well disappear.&amp;nbsp; 2-year higher education is probably the
  211. single greatest American contribution to the world of higher learning.&amp;nbsp; One only needs to look at the plethora of
  212. such institutions that have &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  213. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTIIWGCf8eK24LFXzCEPiTbBICpZ9ruIvNtb_5VnEty21GvNiCtWFGaojn_dPpx8GntQymyaQ25pWvcYxzlGSieMNDQeApcA9cbm7olP-zEoHp_q7eB7smsVukW0H1QUaUgE2Nl74WWs/s1600/Shasta_College_Logo.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTIIWGCf8eK24LFXzCEPiTbBICpZ9ruIvNtb_5VnEty21GvNiCtWFGaojn_dPpx8GntQymyaQ25pWvcYxzlGSieMNDQeApcA9cbm7olP-zEoHp_q7eB7smsVukW0H1QUaUgE2Nl74WWs/s1600/Shasta_College_Logo.png&quot; height=&quot;77&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  214. undergone name changes to eliminate the term “community from their name to see the effort to be more like 4-year institutions.. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  215. &lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  216. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  217. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICWcWEsWRuOBy2S6HLrp6r-VrgVrEw2qonLjjSLd8Qh0MKcb1vyb_kSopaMNWm7R1NAFtqj1xEZcPI6o6lbniMwNdj9zTeH4jFYQlBGP4pqEndLTrV6JxOdJyxzWiDGkGfI1x6c2VI6w/s1600/Lone_Star_College_Logo.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICWcWEsWRuOBy2S6HLrp6r-VrgVrEw2qonLjjSLd8Qh0MKcb1vyb_kSopaMNWm7R1NAFtqj1xEZcPI6o6lbniMwNdj9zTeH4jFYQlBGP4pqEndLTrV6JxOdJyxzWiDGkGfI1x6c2VI6w/s1600/Lone_Star_College_Logo.png&quot; height=&quot;74&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  218. The other disturbing trend is the notion that community
  219. colleges offer bachelor’s degrees. &amp;nbsp;This is a slippery slope and could lead to the eventual demise of true community colleges. &amp;nbsp;Perhaps this can be done is a way that allows 2-year colleges to retain their distinctive and important role, but I have my doubts.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Chronicle
  220. of Higher Education&lt;/i&gt; has a great opinion piece from Rob Jenkins.&amp;nbsp; Rob is one of the most insightful voices &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  221. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGTztYnOTKOdugdsZkmoFQHjmR80YKXD5wqiYasink8YOCC__jo0b_HCSK-6IAQ4w81f7egcddwAJ_TUhzIn9NeEnVM9QLj_rpFJuvw1E96IaetiGGtiRX_VdnbIMoNYUxxo-wVmDNbU/s1600/Rob_Jenkins.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGTztYnOTKOdugdsZkmoFQHjmR80YKXD5wqiYasink8YOCC__jo0b_HCSK-6IAQ4w81f7egcddwAJ_TUhzIn9NeEnVM9QLj_rpFJuvw1E96IaetiGGtiRX_VdnbIMoNYUxxo-wVmDNbU/s1600/Rob_Jenkins.png&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; width=&quot;142&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  222. for
  223. higher education, especially for community colleges.&amp;nbsp;
  224. He is an associate professor of English at Georgia Perimeter College and
  225. author of &lt;i&gt;Building a Career in America&#39;s
  226. Community Colleges&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
  227. &lt;div&gt;
  228. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  229. &lt;div&gt;
  230. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Read Rob&#39;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 18.3999996185303px;&quot;&gt;article&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.15em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The &#39;Middle of the End&#39; for Community Colleges?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chronicle.com/article/The-Middle-of-the-End-for/172183?cid=megamenu&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 115%;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  235. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/159092769912011077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2015/02/will-community-colleges-exist-as-we.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/159092769912011077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/159092769912011077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2015/02/will-community-colleges-exist-as-we.html' title='Will Community Colleges Exist as We Know Them?'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTIIWGCf8eK24LFXzCEPiTbBICpZ9ruIvNtb_5VnEty21GvNiCtWFGaojn_dPpx8GntQymyaQ25pWvcYxzlGSieMNDQeApcA9cbm7olP-zEoHp_q7eB7smsVukW0H1QUaUgE2Nl74WWs/s72-c/Shasta_College_Logo.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-5103863709238045583</id><published>2014-05-02T15:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-05-02T15:21:51.151-07:00</updated><title type='text'>7 Great Blogs to Follow About Community Colleges</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
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  239. Success&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  279. author, host, and consultant who Blogs about helping students break the cycles
  280. of poverty through education. Her book &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Community College Success&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; was
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  288. of a Community College Dean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  295. writes &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Confessions of a Community College Dean&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; He is a long-time Blogger for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.insidehighered.com/#sthash.xCeZSaDw.dpbs&quot;&gt;Inside Higher Ed&lt;/a&gt;
  296. who writes from the perspective of an academic leader.&amp;nbsp; Reed&#39;s book, &quot;Confessions of a Community
  297. College Administrator,&quot; is published by Jossey-Bass. Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@deandad&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  345. develop and use open educational resources, open textbooks, and open courseware
  346. to expand access to higher education and improve teaching and learning. The
  347. Blog is curated by Una Daly, a faculty member at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.foothill.edu/index.php&quot;&gt;Foothill College&lt;/a&gt; in California. Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@unatdaly&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  391. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Focused upon the First Year Composition course and other
  392. intro English courses, this Blog is open to contributors who want to add their
  393. voice to this community site. Many of the posts are curated by Holly Pappas, a writing
  394. teacher at Bristol Community College in Massachusetts. Twitter: @hapappas&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  401. Librarians at Two-Year Colleges&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  420. news, promote discussion of relevant issues and serve as a visible development
  421. vehicle for two-year college libraries. Primary curator of this Blog is Julie
  422. Cornett, Assistant Professor and Librarian at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cerrocoso.edu/&quot;&gt;Cerro Coso Community College&lt;/a&gt; in
  423. California.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Twitter: @frontlib&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  434. Sandbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  453. from the Instructional Design Services department at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mccneb.edu/&quot;&gt;Metropolitan Community College&lt;/a&gt; in Omaha, Nebraska.&amp;nbsp; It supports faculty use of
  454. educational technologies and learning strategies. Twitter:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/MCCIDS&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f5f8fa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #66757f; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u-linkcomplex-target&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f5f8fa; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #66757f; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MCCIDS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  461. and Support (LETS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  482. Academic Technology Department to provide an informative and useful resource
  483. for faculty, staff, and other interested parties. Lance Eaton, Coordinator of
  484. Instructional Design provides a growing pool of resources, recommendations,
  485. tools, and material for educational purposes. Twitter: @leaton01&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  491. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I am fascinated with 3-D printing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  493. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  495. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;In 2004, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nmc.org/&quot;&gt;The NMC: The New Media
  496. Consortium&lt;/a&gt; created its first edition of its signature publication, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project&quot;&gt;The
  497. Horizon Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I was fortunate
  498. enough to have been a member of that publication’s editorial panel and can
  499. clearly recall the discussion we had around RAPID PROTOTYPING – a technology we
  500. now think of as 3-D printing.&amp;nbsp; The panel
  501. recognized that a growing number of colleges and &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  502. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  503. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhJGkwi62J2MSoQvGr2QprqJTu6ZZ9-busQlCfBksEdwVoAHB0ieWeK-pFVBuSH3HT67ioibHrtYy-CQhZP9RSiljcvACqNgukpcZ_KKaFhHp4bUOwmCun8EQcEHfCVWaofW5p3Lb6Gc/s1600/NMC+GHorizon+Report+2004+cover.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhJGkwi62J2MSoQvGr2QprqJTu6ZZ9-busQlCfBksEdwVoAHB0ieWeK-pFVBuSH3HT67ioibHrtYy-CQhZP9RSiljcvACqNgukpcZ_KKaFhHp4bUOwmCun8EQcEHfCVWaofW5p3Lb6Gc/s200/NMC+GHorizon+Report+2004+cover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;169&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  504. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;universities were
  505. experimenting with rapid prototyping for fast and cost-efficient creation of
  506. models and parts.&amp;nbsp; The 2004 &lt;i&gt;Horizon Report&lt;/i&gt; projected that the
  507. availability of 3-D printers would spread once the price of the units came
  508. done.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  510. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The recently published 2014 &lt;i&gt;Horizon Report&lt;/i&gt; identifies 3D printing as a “Technology to Watch”
  511. with a time-to-adoption projection of two to three years. &amp;nbsp;It describes the technology this way:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  513. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  515. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Known in industrial circles as rapid prototyping, 3D printing
  516. refers to technologies that construct physical objects from three-dimensional
  517. (3D) digital content such as 3D modeling software, computer-aided design (CAD)
  518. tools, computer-aided tomography (CAT), and X-ray crystallography. A 3D printer
  519. builds a tangible model or prototype from the electronic file, one layer at a
  520. time, through an extrusion-like process using plastics and other flexible
  521. materials, or an inkjet-like process to spray a bonding agent onto a very thin layer
  522. of fixable powder. The deposits created by the machine can be applied very
  523. accurately to build an object from the bottom up, layer by layer, with
  524. resolutions that, even in the least expensive machines, are more than
  525. sufficient to express a large amount of detail. The process even accommodates
  526. moving parts within the object. Using different materials and bonding agents,
  527. color can be applied, and parts can be rendered in plastic, resin, or metal.
  528. This technology is commonly used in manufacturing to build prototypes of almost
  529. any object (scaled to fit the printer, of course) that can be conveyed in three
  530. dimensions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  532. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ten years later, the current NMC panel is even more
  533. enthusiastic about the technology.&amp;nbsp; And,
  534. there are scads &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  535. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  536. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhUnwapw3pD-EXkrz84oKrBIinedLn0vJeY7RPXFHXxqqoXIuwnTJnlTl5QGLlfHNknFn-qhg5d2FXVMlljSEs3IpVMFvrKytmTMfdmyPjwBpbT7K5uC7_ioE2TcU6ZTVDosJfiHUqKo/s1600/NMC+GHorizon+Report+2014+cover.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhUnwapw3pD-EXkrz84oKrBIinedLn0vJeY7RPXFHXxqqoXIuwnTJnlTl5QGLlfHNknFn-qhg5d2FXVMlljSEs3IpVMFvrKytmTMfdmyPjwBpbT7K5uC7_ioE2TcU6ZTVDosJfiHUqKo/s200/NMC+GHorizon+Report+2014+cover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;196&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  537. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;of examples of how it is being used regularly in educational
  538. settings – both formal and informal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  540. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  542. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_mzZWXvoXLkILuCZp_p5ja78ZhoWrykezD0TCEtux5cEBC0Oo534SJ50KtacA8lGUU5V4paVUh3il4y-TfugYRHzU2kGp-oKqqy_1wELkSNh1Vi90LjSwX6ptWzUYwVFR_4K05vQb3I/s1600/Nooga+logo.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;37&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_mzZWXvoXLkILuCZp_p5ja78ZhoWrykezD0TCEtux5cEBC0Oo534SJ50KtacA8lGUU5V4paVUh3il4y-TfugYRHzU2kGp-oKqqy_1wELkSNh1Vi90LjSwX6ptWzUYwVFR_4K05vQb3I/s200/Nooga+logo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I can affirm that this technology is here now – at least in
  543. Chattanooga.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://chattlibrary.org/4th-floor&quot;&gt;Chattanooga Public Library 4th floor &lt;/a&gt;has
  544. a 3-D printer that is available for use to members of the public.&amp;nbsp; I used this device to make my first 3-D
  545. object – a very small figure of Totoro, the iconic &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  547. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyryqtW7WzIj29ZPL_T8WTEXPb5jzQpN9hmqXJDiY6a12pL1_blKDxEyPlQGe-zu2cSRO5-Yap6eckGwLx8OSLXhj-A-HS_IRdagLuahVSPc6DSCv4f25TYXohJInfC088XH4k0NImO7Q/s1600/3D+Printing%252C+Chattanooga+Public+Library+01.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyryqtW7WzIj29ZPL_T8WTEXPb5jzQpN9hmqXJDiY6a12pL1_blKDxEyPlQGe-zu2cSRO5-Yap6eckGwLx8OSLXhj-A-HS_IRdagLuahVSPc6DSCv4f25TYXohJInfC088XH4k0NImO7Q/s320/3D+Printing%252C+Chattanooga+Public+Library+01.jpg&quot; width=&quot;264&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  548. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;anime character.&amp;nbsp; They have since added a second printer with
  549. the capacity to produce larger objects.&amp;nbsp;
  550. You can read a story - &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nooga.com/162286/the-boundless-possibilities-of-3-d-printing/&quot;&gt;The
  551. Boundless Possibilities of 3-D Printing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &amp;nbsp;- on how Chattanooga has embraced 3-D printing
  552. in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nooga.com/&quot;&gt;Nooga.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;,
  553. a local news website focusing on business, government and lifestyle in the
  554. Chattanooga area.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  556. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  558. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA5Q4yJ9IZt_sHKMerL-EAGE6BYJEbwTvyEcx3msrtrh_gEo_kxiuXW3M1ePhOIJglVqFn3SBL1qf-1uH9Ozy9GZx6u26quDnUs_IC56mZIqBu0K18H5m-GZMtDsVfYHFKRYrgVSthiA/s1600/campus+Technology+logo.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;61&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA5Q4yJ9IZt_sHKMerL-EAGE6BYJEbwTvyEcx3msrtrh_gEo_kxiuXW3M1ePhOIJglVqFn3SBL1qf-1uH9Ozy9GZx6u26quDnUs_IC56mZIqBu0K18H5m-GZMtDsVfYHFKRYrgVSthiA/s200/campus+Technology+logo.jpg&quot; title=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;You should also read a recent article in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://campustechnology.com/Home.aspx&quot;&gt;Campus Technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;,
  559. one of my favorite publications - &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2013/12/04/Print-Your-Own-3D-Learning-Objects.aspx?Page=1&quot;&gt;Print
  560. Your Own 3D Learning Objects&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The
  561. article describes how faculty and students at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ung.edu/&quot;&gt;University
  562. of North Georgia&lt;/a&gt; are using 3D printing to create low-cost orthotics and
  563. assistive devices for disabled children and other applications of this “disruptive
  564. technology.” This article also provides some resources for those interested in learning
  565. more about 3-D printing in education.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  566. &lt;div style=&quot;background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;&quot;&gt;
  567. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  568. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 9pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  569. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-autocad/overview&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Autodesk AutoCAD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: commercial 3D modeling software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  570. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-maya/overview&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Autodesk Maya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: commercial 3D animation software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  571. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blender.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Blender&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: free, open source
  572. 3D creation software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  573. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solidworks.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Dassault Systems SolidWorks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:
  574. commercial software for engineering design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  575. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sketchup.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Trimble SketchUp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: a
  576. commercial design program that includes 3D modeling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  577. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;&quot;&gt;Trimble SketchUp
  578. Make&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: a free 3D drawing tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  579. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  580. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8pt;&quot;&gt;Printer
  581. Options -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hobbyist 3D Printers (sub-$3,000)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  582. &lt;b style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.afinia.com/3d-printers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Afinia H-Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  583. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 9pt 0in;&quot;&gt;
  584. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;
  585. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://deezmaker.com/store/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Deezmaker Bukobot 8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  586. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;
  587. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MakerBot Replicator 2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  588. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;
  589. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pp3dp.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personal Portable 3D Printer (PP3DP) UP! mini&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  590. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;
  591. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.seemecnc.com/ORION-3D-Printer_c39.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;SeeMeCNC Orion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  592. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;
  593. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.solidoodle.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Solidoodle Cube 3D Printers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  594. &lt;div style=&quot;line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;
  595. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ultimaker.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ultimaker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  606. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegimyyo_w6AXG_mo0Jck0GqXQrN2JsWSkNcobXWN5c_keThw_cjzzjmM2qFjgAoUlxck_nYiSN9mjwT6AJOBAsNhFWlWA55_69I3OZCpS4J9gCKV2h7Wwd5i57GULJ9DHEKHRh1Ww428/s1600/9473705858_ae88772565.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegimyyo_w6AXG_mo0Jck0GqXQrN2JsWSkNcobXWN5c_keThw_cjzzjmM2qFjgAoUlxck_nYiSN9mjwT6AJOBAsNhFWlWA55_69I3OZCpS4J9gCKV2h7Wwd5i57GULJ9DHEKHRh1Ww428/s320/9473705858_ae88772565.jpg&quot; width=&quot;230&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  607. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Rotate the camera to make a vertical composition&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  608. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  609. photograph that makes you subject more prominent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. &amp;nbsp;Move in closer.&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;Standing too far away from your subject diminishes the impact of your&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;photograph.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. &amp;nbsp;Use the “Rule of Thirds.”&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;Avoid putting your subject in the dead center of your image. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  610. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
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  612. &amp;nbsp;If you&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;divide the image re into &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  613. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM3TLo15b1yIofqMQDR8qyrKkwSo6sj0hqd_bGNRdFLoTLbu41VVWqttfMKP3Gbv_FD5EZt9p2RtoP054ZXuASTRz5SwEe01f1quxh-5CHtyHHrQG5rVTYFWtXBgDsUUdc1Fx6g6u-6E/s1600/2612607224_10b97cf03f_z.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM3TLo15b1yIofqMQDR8qyrKkwSo6sj0hqd_bGNRdFLoTLbu41VVWqttfMKP3Gbv_FD5EZt9p2RtoP054ZXuASTRz5SwEe01f1quxh-5CHtyHHrQG5rVTYFWtXBgDsUUdc1Fx6g6u-6E/s320/2612607224_10b97cf03f_z.jpg&quot; width=&quot;279&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  614. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Avoid &quot;centering,&quot; create interest&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  616. thirds horizontally and vertically, placing your subject close to the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;intersection of the lines creates a far more interesting photography.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. &amp;nbsp;Take lots of photos.&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;With digital photography, there is no reason to take only one of two&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;shots. &amp;nbsp;Especially when you have people in the photo, take several of the same pose. &amp;nbsp;You will&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;be surprised to see that there are small differences &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  617. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGf2B2-Or1s3nUNHm2gWjp6pAEYC6yzaTK_NGHEf6D2jl0ngsnnKGIU2RoD_ZsMQfd2dMNinZuebTt1jgjatZS8MjC9GvW2DsvDMuJ5gNO8MSAL9iG_Lf0DlSYWmNTPK-wBA2mMz4H0E/s1600/9511996903_626132b471_z.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;223&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGf2B2-Or1s3nUNHm2gWjp6pAEYC6yzaTK_NGHEf6D2jl0ngsnnKGIU2RoD_ZsMQfd2dMNinZuebTt1jgjatZS8MjC9GvW2DsvDMuJ5gNO8MSAL9iG_Lf0DlSYWmNTPK-wBA2mMz4H0E/s320/9511996903_626132b471_z.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  618. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Taking several shots can &quot;capture the moment&quot;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  620. that will make one of these the “keeper.” &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Delete the rest. &amp;nbsp;Also, often great photographs &quot;capture&amp;nbsp;the moment&quot; and taking multiple shots will let you select that moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. &amp;nbsp;Move.&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;Do not stay in the same place and fire off a bunch of shots. &amp;nbsp;Move closer and move from&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;side to side. &amp;nbsp;If you have a series of photographs and they are all from the same spot, with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;same background, they will be boring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. &amp;nbsp;Watch the background.&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;Even a well-composed photograph can be made worthless if there are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;poles or &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  621. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Lg2_Jj00LgrfTKc3_t6i60MwElXP0PP0cOBtdGWAaGIi0dHAywua6JAWZ4AzTclTk_1sicllUNnlMal6fsu_GsU8BV_6s1JZbwfiCMAbLaSbTqObGT2X070H7flqtww7rYNA9Q7n5KY/s1600/9279436397_95701af516.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;212&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Lg2_Jj00LgrfTKc3_t6i60MwElXP0PP0cOBtdGWAaGIi0dHAywua6JAWZ4AzTclTk_1sicllUNnlMal6fsu_GsU8BV_6s1JZbwfiCMAbLaSbTqObGT2X070H7flqtww7rYNA9Q7n5KY/s320/9279436397_95701af516.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  622. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Contrasting, soft background enhances subject&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  624. trees coming out of the subject’s head. &amp;nbsp;Try to find a neutral, uncluttered background&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;where the contrast of that background and the subject will make the subject “pop.” &amp;nbsp;Also, avoid&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;having the sun or extreme brightness behind your subject.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  625. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. &amp;nbsp;Hold steady.&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;A blurry photograph is usually not what you want. &amp;nbsp;Hold your camera steady. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Practice pushing your camera’s shutter button with a smooth, steady pressure. &amp;nbsp;Sometimes you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;will need to consider a camera support such as a tripod or monopod.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  626. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. &amp;nbsp;Shoot at the proper level &amp;amp; angle.&lt;/b&gt; &amp;nbsp;Bend down if your subject is lower, such as a child or a pet. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Shooting at an extreme angle of up or down can be an effect you want, but &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  627. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXBwauAKf9Mf-M8Jk3wWI84F-GJV4td5X1iHGZnx4MYiPQBXdX03laxs1dwiAgZvtahLxcQK2a518pShFu9JE3A0ZMtHzqo_n0CS9rAqpwQhjC31QxneN4BQiKyfTXG3zzJTh2bzhJF4/s1600/Cory.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXBwauAKf9Mf-M8Jk3wWI84F-GJV4td5X1iHGZnx4MYiPQBXdX03laxs1dwiAgZvtahLxcQK2a518pShFu9JE3A0ZMtHzqo_n0CS9rAqpwQhjC31QxneN4BQiKyfTXG3zzJTh2bzhJF4/s320/Cory.jpg&quot; width=&quot;260&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  628. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Bend down&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  629. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  630. in most cases, get to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;the eye level of a subject.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  631. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. &amp;nbsp;Use lines, angles, and framing. &lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lines and angles are powerful visual elements; they can direct&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;the viewer’s eye to &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  632. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfYKTN7NTUanzO_Ilhv2Xq3dza-pie67MwaTGgqizsO7Figx6Mh7YsqgxhmkrLH3w-gFT3bR95uvsbmsp4woiX-aAb1VkIZf_7xJTbCzIpgecYYVBk_gOiErP50Tqp8PUfPbs5fr8VUA/s1600/341924662_e99f2ce7bf_m.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfYKTN7NTUanzO_Ilhv2Xq3dza-pie67MwaTGgqizsO7Figx6Mh7YsqgxhmkrLH3w-gFT3bR95uvsbmsp4woiX-aAb1VkIZf_7xJTbCzIpgecYYVBk_gOiErP50Tqp8PUfPbs5fr8VUA/s1600/341924662_e99f2ce7bf_m.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  633. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Opening in wall as a frame&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  634. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  635. your subject. &amp;nbsp;Also, consider suing some element of the environment to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;frame a photo. &amp;nbsp;For example, a bit of a tree branch can make the subject stand out and have&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;perspective.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;10. &amp;nbsp;Learn as much as you can about your camera&lt;/b&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Even the simple “point and shoot” models have&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;controls that will make you a better photographer if you know how to use them. &amp;nbsp;One example&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;is ISO setting. &amp;nbsp;This lets you adjust the sensitivity of your camera to light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  636. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  637. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Try these ides and see what people say about your talents as a photographer!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  638. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/4527074755294562686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/09/10-things-that-will-make-you-better.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4527074755294562686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4527074755294562686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/09/10-things-that-will-make-you-better.html' title='10 Things that Will Make You a Better Photographer – Guaranteed'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegimyyo_w6AXG_mo0Jck0GqXQrN2JsWSkNcobXWN5c_keThw_cjzzjmM2qFjgAoUlxck_nYiSN9mjwT6AJOBAsNhFWlWA55_69I3OZCpS4J9gCKV2h7Wwd5i57GULJ9DHEKHRh1Ww428/s72-c/9473705858_ae88772565.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-4561982013431396781</id><published>2013-08-09T16:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-08-09T16:20:53.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One Laptop Per Child – Where Can this Take Us?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  639. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  640. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://one.laptop.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;One
  641. Laptop Per Child (OLPC)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has a mission – to empower the world&#39;s
  642. poorest children through education.&amp;nbsp; The
  643. primary methodology is to provide every child with a laptop computer to help
  644. them learn.&amp;nbsp; Yes, every child – in the
  645. world!&amp;nbsp; The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  646. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  647. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66dE26tsWzQkBK8wGpGkyfca17i1RgPs7AVUAHD712FRmOcfPKau6GV5LZ7_aePUVpihflVi6GBSl0GuBhA8W9J_6XleMVKcncWs0180ZjpBdSX4Co2eOhKpoCt1jd0IVYOCvs4beifs/s1600/OLPC_01_Guinea+copy.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;333&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66dE26tsWzQkBK8wGpGkyfca17i1RgPs7AVUAHD712FRmOcfPKau6GV5LZ7_aePUVpihflVi6GBSl0GuBhA8W9J_6XleMVKcncWs0180ZjpBdSX4Co2eOhKpoCt1jd0IVYOCvs4beifs/s400/OLPC_01_Guinea+copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  648. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;good news is that this is
  649. happening right now. &amp;nbsp;According to the
  650. project website, worldwide over 2.4 million children and teachers have XO&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;laptops.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  652. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  653. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  654. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&quot; name=&quot;h.gjdgxs&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;OLPC is a project managed by the One
  655. Laptop per Child Association (OLPCA) with support from its partner the OLPC Foundation
  656. (OLPCF).&amp;nbsp; Both are U.S. non-profit
  657. organizations set up to oversee the creation of affordable educational devices
  658. for use primarily in the developing world.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  660. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  662. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnJa1mIxU7rkHIUHmAEE4fCNmK9dFdTetlZrgHhHXt4ByJFOXlxRDpwVddu4zxFvW6Y7zs0ZX1kucozJ1zvxrTd_T7Ft-KyQwaWJCEKakRe_QRB5Cb2Bw59pCwxYUs4yk2LvxUjOoS80/s1600/OLPC_XO_laptop+copy.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;305&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnJa1mIxU7rkHIUHmAEE4fCNmK9dFdTetlZrgHhHXt4ByJFOXlxRDpwVddu4zxFvW6Y7zs0ZX1kucozJ1zvxrTd_T7Ft-KyQwaWJCEKakRe_QRB5Cb2Bw59pCwxYUs4yk2LvxUjOoS80/s320/OLPC_XO_laptop+copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  663. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  664. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The XO-1 laptop itself, perhaps more aptly called a
  665. “subnotebook,” is manufactured for OLPC by &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta_Computer&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Quanta
  666. Computer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a Taiwanese company that is the largest manufacturer of
  667. notebook computers in the world with Apple, HP, and Dell among its
  668. customers.&amp;nbsp; The XO-1 is designed as a
  669. rugged, low-power device using flash memory with a variant of Red Hat Fedora
  670. Linux as their operating system.&amp;nbsp; The
  671. devices use WiFi “mesh networking” and operate with multiple machines
  672. wirelessly connected to a router or other access point.&amp;nbsp; There is a more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  673. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  674. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRllEDuAne-DD1xet7Hy-V6_9Nnakq-gYvV1h98ZcHvQcbZzMz_IanAIW-u1nsBEzvbk8f1ezdV_7_aWo6fI2f6VFbyhIITCOuaBVyFCahtxGA8iV3OQQjZJO4J5GVKjxRPRcgNrdvxjU/s1600/OLPC_New_Guinea_2+copy.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;211&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRllEDuAne-DD1xet7Hy-V6_9Nnakq-gYvV1h98ZcHvQcbZzMz_IanAIW-u1nsBEzvbk8f1ezdV_7_aWo6fI2f6VFbyhIITCOuaBVyFCahtxGA8iV3OQQjZJO4J5GVKjxRPRcgNrdvxjU/s320/OLPC_New_Guinea_2+copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  675. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt; current XO-4 version that is
  676. in use and a tablet version using Android OS ready for sale at some WalMart stores for $150.&amp;nbsp; It is likely that the project
  677. will shift its focus toward more tablet distribution.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  679. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  681. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Dive into some of the press covering the OLPC effort and you
  682. will find some truly amazing stories.&amp;nbsp;
  683. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.laptop.org/2013/07/05/sameer-verma-from-usf-takes-olpc-to-armenia-and-nagorno-karabakh/#.UgT0vKJwqSo&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Armenia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.laptop.org/2013/05/23/more-than-3000-xo-to-student-and-teachers-in-ciudad-sandino-nicaragua/#.UgT1xqJwqSo&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Nicaragua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130807006244/en/Government-Uruguay-Distribute-Laptop-Child-Designed-XO&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Uruguay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the impact of these devices is already
  684. profound for those communities where they are deployed.&amp;nbsp; The effort in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/one-laptop-per-child-grants-tablets-to-the-children-of-uruguay/26011&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Uruguay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is actually the first instance where a
  685. national government has committed to universal distribution in its nation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  686. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  687. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  688. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  689. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;It makes you wonder what we could do in the United States
  690. with a commitment to provide One Laptop Per Child here at home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  691. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  692. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5rKaLesBB17yoa06Z57K6QPmm7ZvR6LfjRNMv7pUnSVz3JxldPiqVlxO83nzDDtllqHC3gGyqa4ULhjrcx9JyDounE9DYRqtgntxEyy3Jg1tx9QSQrsUOPptLqLIR_lFXb_mmyA8jHk/s1600/OLPC_Map+copy.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;379&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5rKaLesBB17yoa06Z57K6QPmm7ZvR6LfjRNMv7pUnSVz3JxldPiqVlxO83nzDDtllqHC3gGyqa4ULhjrcx9JyDounE9DYRqtgntxEyy3Jg1tx9QSQrsUOPptLqLIR_lFXb_mmyA8jHk/s640/OLPC_Map+copy.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  693. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Distribution of OLPC devices&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  694. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  695. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  696. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  697. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/4561982013431396781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-laptop-per-child-where-can-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4561982013431396781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4561982013431396781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-laptop-per-child-where-can-this.html' title='One Laptop Per Child – Where Can this Take Us?'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66dE26tsWzQkBK8wGpGkyfca17i1RgPs7AVUAHD712FRmOcfPKau6GV5LZ7_aePUVpihflVi6GBSl0GuBhA8W9J_6XleMVKcncWs0180ZjpBdSX4Co2eOhKpoCt1jd0IVYOCvs4beifs/s72-c/OLPC_01_Guinea+copy.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-3990950966564047942</id><published>2013-07-26T19:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-07-26T19:28:44.757-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My New Educational Hero - Finland</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  698. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  699. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Congratulations Finland - you are leading the world in
  700. educational attainment and efficiency.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  702. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  704. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbHmLmYkURDtJctAyRXXeVEdi5hZptIexm9RKErAUIacejd4-iEGjGpnOyyJdIZdDrEJb96Mt5TSq-d8-cESP-3Y6trqGqG4aF6lcLQg7oVE_K1UpKL3mSwaroL2oJ1kCU2fAD0kpOIQ/s1600/Finland_Flag.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbHmLmYkURDtJctAyRXXeVEdi5hZptIexm9RKErAUIacejd4-iEGjGpnOyyJdIZdDrEJb96Mt5TSq-d8-cESP-3Y6trqGqG4aF6lcLQg7oVE_K1UpKL3mSwaroL2oJ1kCU2fAD0kpOIQ/s320/Finland_Flag.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  706. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Finland, with a population of 5.4 million (a million less
  707. that the state of Tennessee), spends about $10 billion annually on education.&amp;nbsp; That puts them among a group of 12 countries
  708. compared in an Infographic created by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://rossieronline.usc.edu/about/usc-rossier-school-of-education/&quot;&gt;Rossier
  709. School of Education at the University of Southern California&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The
  710. United States lays out $809.6 billion per year.&amp;nbsp; On a per student basis, The US spending tops
  711. the dozen countries with $7,743 compared to Finland’s fifth place $5,653 per
  712. student.&amp;nbsp; Yet, Finland has a 100%
  713. literacy rate and the highest rank for both math and science scores. The US is 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; ranked in Math
  714. scores and 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in Science.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  718. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Take a look at the Infographic &lt;a href=&quot;http://rossieronline.usc.edu/u-s-education-versus-the-world-infographic/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The first thing that jumps out is the huge
  719. difference there is in spending by the United States compared to the other
  720. 11.&amp;nbsp; On a total spending basis, our
  721. annual output of $809.6 billion dwarfs the next country – Japan with $160.5
  722. billion.&amp;nbsp; This reminds me so much of
  723. healthcare where the US spends much more than anyone else, yet our health
  724. outcomes, like those of education, are not so hot.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  728. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;It is a complex issue to unravel the multiple failings of
  729. the United States in education.&amp;nbsp; One
  730. thing I do know, however -&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I want to learn
  731. more about Finland’s education system.&amp;nbsp;
  732. They must be doing some things very well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  736. &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Thanks to Edudemic for leading me to the Rossier Infographic -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edudemic.com%2F2013%2F07%2Fhow-12-countries-spend-education-money-and-if-it-makes-a-difference%2F?gname=classroom20&quot;&gt;How 12 Countries Spend Education Money (And If It Makes A Difference)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  743. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/3990950966564047942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-new-educational-hero-finland.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3990950966564047942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3990950966564047942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-new-educational-hero-finland.html' title='My New Educational Hero - Finland'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbHmLmYkURDtJctAyRXXeVEdi5hZptIexm9RKErAUIacejd4-iEGjGpnOyyJdIZdDrEJb96Mt5TSq-d8-cESP-3Y6trqGqG4aF6lcLQg7oVE_K1UpKL3mSwaroL2oJ1kCU2fAD0kpOIQ/s72-c/Finland_Flag.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-2272755488624896483</id><published>2013-07-25T12:14:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2013-07-25T12:27:19.642-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rob Jenkins Weighs in On MOOCs - And He is Right</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;One of the best writers for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Chronicle of Higher Education&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://robjenkins.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rob Jenkins&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;He really makes sense most all of the time. &amp;nbsp;Perhaps this is due in part to the fact that he is a an actual faculty member at a community college (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gpc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Georgia Perimeter College&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  744. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  747. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFLlKbWOscNQRa8CA2kiSA5-MnizkV8FknFSy6Hc-BlquOYAxdFr7ztb8bRX9W5iF8Rc2uURmVAAZPc_OQoEgm01nObvecBjnwieWODIvgGLDnSNYqral8nugV_vw42dc1fDri5mCjC8/s1600/Rob+Jenkins.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFLlKbWOscNQRa8CA2kiSA5-MnizkV8FknFSy6Hc-BlquOYAxdFr7ztb8bRX9W5iF8Rc2uURmVAAZPc_OQoEgm01nObvecBjnwieWODIvgGLDnSNYqral8nugV_vw42dc1fDri5mCjC8/s320/Rob+Jenkins.jpg&quot; width=&quot;310&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  748. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;In a recent article in the Chronicle titled&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.15em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Is-Driving-the-Online/140505/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Who Is Driving the Online Locomotive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Rob voices a healthy skepticism&amp;nbsp;about the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) phenomena. &amp;nbsp;I encourage you to read his entire column, but his summation is telling. &amp;nbsp;He warns that &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;the only way to slow it down is for enough of us to refuse to get on board and instead line the tracks, signaling &#39;proceed with caution&#39; with all our might.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  749. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  750. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;I know there are some good things that will develop from MOOCs, not the least of which is that it has spawned discussion about broader issues with learning and learning online. &amp;nbsp;However, I am personally concerned about &lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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  754. fundamental issues concerning educational quality, expectations, and outcome. &amp;nbsp;In addition, there is an element of control by mega-universities (or their consortia) and by corporate entities that rubs me the wrong way. &amp;nbsp;Finally, for the students at community, technical and&amp;nbsp;junior&amp;nbsp;colleges, we know that they typically do better with traditional classroom courses than online. &amp;nbsp;So why would we want to put them in a MOOC with 70,000 other students?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  755. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  756. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I am trying to keep an open mind on MOOCs. &amp;nbsp;In fact, I will be enrolling in a MOOC offered by Harvard next month. &amp;nbsp;I want to have that student perspective.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  757. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  758. &lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 30px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I am with Rob Jenkins - we need to proceed with caution. &amp;nbsp;Time will tell who is driving this train.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/2272755488624896483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/07/rob-jenkins-weighs-in-on-moocs-and-he.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2272755488624896483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2272755488624896483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/07/rob-jenkins-weighs-in-on-moocs-and-he.html' title='Rob Jenkins Weighs in On MOOCs - And He is Right'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFLlKbWOscNQRa8CA2kiSA5-MnizkV8FknFSy6Hc-BlquOYAxdFr7ztb8bRX9W5iF8Rc2uURmVAAZPc_OQoEgm01nObvecBjnwieWODIvgGLDnSNYqral8nugV_vw42dc1fDri5mCjC8/s72-c/Rob+Jenkins.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-2435658263901476526</id><published>2013-06-25T18:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-25T18:18:27.245-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Associate Degree Program Requirements Typically Top 60 Credits</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  759. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The reasons for the low graduation rate for most community college students are multiple, but a recent study,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;conducted last year for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.completecollege.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Complete College America&lt;/a&gt; and reported in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.insidehighered.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Issues in Higher Education&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;blames credit hour expansion as a primary cause.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  760. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  761. The study found that &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;half of the community colleges surveyed did not have a single program limited to 60 credits, including general education degrees and those aimed at students who transfer to four-year institutions.&quot; &amp;nbsp;The assumption is that the added credit hour requirements that most two-year degree programs have is a&amp;nbsp;deterrent&amp;nbsp;to graduation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  766. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I am not sure that I buy this&amp;nbsp;argument.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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  768. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  771. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;One only has to look at healthcare programs, especially nursing, to see that there is something else beyond simply numbers of credits at play. &amp;nbsp;Associate degree nursing programs typically require 70 or more credits hours for graduation. &amp;nbsp;Yet, these programs almost always have a very high completion rate - often in excess of 90% graduate in nursing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  775. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Granted, it is not unusual for students at two-year colleges to take way more than two years to&amp;nbsp;complete&amp;nbsp;a degree. &amp;nbsp;Some of the most recognized obstacles include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  776. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  778. &lt;ul&gt;
  779. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Most community college students must take&amp;nbsp;remedial&amp;nbsp;or development courses, especially in math. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  780. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Students in these colleges often do not seek advising, or perhaps they get bad advice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  781. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;It is common for students to change majors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  782. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Most students at two-year schools work, often full-time&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  783. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The part-time student attitude is also influenced by family obligations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  784. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Many of these students fail to recognize that completing their Associate degree is in their best interest - they transfer out without completion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  787. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  788. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I agree that community, technical and junior colleges should not add credit hour requirements that extend the time to graduation - for the most part. &amp;nbsp;I am also a huge fan of certificate programs that are &quot;nested&quot; within an Associate degree. &amp;nbsp;This is a great way to &quot;ladder&quot; the progress of students, especially in career and technical programs. &amp;nbsp;15 - 20 credit hours can add up to a certificate, which means a form of completion that is often under-appreciated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  791. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/17/associate-degree-program-requirements-typically-top-60-credits#.Ub9HfX7R-90.blogger&quot;&gt;Associate degree program requirements typically top 60 credits | Inside Higher Ed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  792. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/2435658263901476526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/associate-degree-program-requirements.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2435658263901476526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2435658263901476526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/associate-degree-program-requirements.html' title='Associate Degree Program Requirements Typically Top 60 Credits'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-4461606735250608313</id><published>2013-06-14T03:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-14T03:53:14.361-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I think this is an important step in grappling with what students need to learn in this century. Too much of our educational systems is still&amp;nbsp;focused&amp;nbsp;upon old skill sets that will not have relevance in the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  793. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  794. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  795. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  796. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFExKJ8wjOSayVkc3reva4YCz6qwMu8o0Aq4d1aFK4OGw0njfA_awHU9NNb2sJOfyP92sDd3RlN2JpCCA7YRctEKYoj3NzrMDvCfWpVz60SmYxvi_kEHv3EehlGZEM3spEs7aVSSm-lA/s1600/Framework+for+21st+century+skills.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;468&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFExKJ8wjOSayVkc3reva4YCz6qwMu8o0Aq4d1aFK4OGw0njfA_awHU9NNb2sJOfyP92sDd3RlN2JpCCA7YRctEKYoj3NzrMDvCfWpVz60SmYxvi_kEHv3EehlGZEM3spEs7aVSSm-lA/s640/Framework+for+21st+century+skills.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  797. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  798. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  799. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The basic framework includes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  800. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  801. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  802. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.4em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  803. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/57&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Core Subjects (the 3 Rs) and 21st Century Themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/57&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  804. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  805. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.4em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  806. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/60&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Learning and Innovation Skills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  807. &lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  808. &lt;li style=&quot;background-image: url(http://www.p21.org/templates/system/images/bullet-default.png); background-position: 18px 0.8em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 30px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/262&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Creativity and Innovation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  809. &lt;li style=&quot;background-image: url(http://www.p21.org/templates/system/images/bullet-default.png); background-position: 18px 0.8em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 30px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/260&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Critical Thinking and Problem Solving&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  810. &lt;li style=&quot;background-image: url(http://www.p21.org/templates/system/images/bullet-default.png); background-position: 18px 0.8em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 30px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/261&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Communication and Collaboration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  811. &lt;/ul&gt;
  812. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.4em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  813. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/61&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Information, Media and Technology Skills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  814. &lt;ul style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0.4em 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  815. &lt;li style=&quot;background-image: url(http://www.p21.org/templates/system/images/bullet-default.png); background-position: 18px 0.8em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 30px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/264&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Information Literacy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  816. &lt;li style=&quot;background-image: url(http://www.p21.org/templates/system/images/bullet-default.png); background-position: 18px 0.8em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 30px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/349&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Media Literacy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  817. &lt;li style=&quot;background-image: url(http://www.p21.org/templates/system/images/bullet-default.png); background-position: 18px 0.8em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 30px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/350&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;ICT Literacy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  818. &lt;/ul&gt;
  819. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.4em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  820. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/266&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #a8100d; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Life and Career Skills&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  821. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  822. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Source: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  823. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  824. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p21.org%2Foverview%2Fskills-framework?gname=classroom20&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Framework for 21st Century Learning - The Partnership for 21st Century Skills | Diigo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/4461606735250608313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/framework-for-21st-century-learning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4461606735250608313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4461606735250608313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/framework-for-21st-century-learning.html' title='Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFExKJ8wjOSayVkc3reva4YCz6qwMu8o0Aq4d1aFK4OGw0njfA_awHU9NNb2sJOfyP92sDd3RlN2JpCCA7YRctEKYoj3NzrMDvCfWpVz60SmYxvi_kEHv3EehlGZEM3spEs7aVSSm-lA/s72-c/Framework+for+21st+century+skills.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-2317810429807916369</id><published>2013-06-02T11:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-02T11:03:39.254-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In the Digital Age, What Becomes of the Library? </title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This is a thoughtful article that addresses a vexing question - what is the library to be in the digital age?&amp;nbsp; Clearly, the era of the library as a repository of physical books has some value, but with information accessible through digital formats, the role for the library must change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  825. &lt;br /&gt;
  826. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  827. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIybu7_HRRQ1jGPDtdi7YhYBlR3DSPFrNBu3KOcBBoCLjYywRSYvNI2ISGiF0ndwMHsqHZSNSWbYpZbJ9bEb4SxGpbWLLe_FJ-d10Yu7FhlbRCPsIqgxjVjmFy-RR9CHFKSDIH6oxvFA/s1600/Clark+Library,+Lockhart+TX+01_4726745840_l.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;214&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIybu7_HRRQ1jGPDtdi7YhYBlR3DSPFrNBu3KOcBBoCLjYywRSYvNI2ISGiF0ndwMHsqHZSNSWbYpZbJ9bEb4SxGpbWLLe_FJ-d10Yu7FhlbRCPsIqgxjVjmFy-RR9CHFKSDIH6oxvFA/s320/Clark+Library,+Lockhart+TX+01_4726745840_l.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  828. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Clark Library, Lockhart TX&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  829. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  830. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A couple of years ago, I was the Chief Academic Officer at a community college that had a large collection of bound volumes.&amp;nbsp; The problem was, nobody used them.&amp;nbsp; I could randomly select book after book and see that actual circulation (check out) of the books almost never happened.&amp;nbsp; The college had a situation the required us to occupy the library building for other purposes.&amp;nbsp; We developed a process for the faculty to select the books that they wanted to retain.&amp;nbsp; We held the other volumes in storage for over a year, then we recycled the culled books and bound periodicals.&amp;nbsp; The collection was reduced by over 25,000 volumes.&amp;nbsp; There were no complaints.&amp;nbsp; Today, this college has recreated the library as a gathering place and a source of assistance in obtaining information - mostly online.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  831. &lt;br /&gt;
  832. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;For public libraries, the situation is a bit different.&amp;nbsp; One of the most important assets of a public library is the provision of freely distributed books for children.&amp;nbsp; The access to reading material provided, especially for low-income families, is very important.&amp;nbsp; Yes, the public libraries also face the digital dilemma - how to remain relevant in the information age.&amp;nbsp; The article below covers many of the important issues.&amp;nbsp; I especially like the comment of Youth Services Librarian and blogger Louise Capizzo who states, &quot;Ask yourself what you want to see in your library. Talk to your  librarian. Then, advocate for those changes. You are to blame if your  library doesn’t have what you want.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  833. &lt;br /&gt;
  834. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Good advice. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mind/Shift&lt;/a&gt;, a collaboration between &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  835. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;NPR and San Francisco public media station KQED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  836. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  837. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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  839. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;51&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSuGv6mbKei8jEMEB3S6AY8q5HLLSOihxUhyDBU1I8ISiTr6w4hBbg-Q4G6JVNhfTG5M23AEunn_iH2HpFVfpixdMSBw1HfhAHpJAL5ts7sH1n2u5OagvXfPPVEViDARfOkR3k8FaIkY/s320/MindShift.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  842. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/in-the-digital-age-what-becomes-of-the-library/&quot;&gt;In the Digital Age, What Becomes of the Library? | MindShift&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/2317810429807916369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-digital-age-what-becomes-of-library.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2317810429807916369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2317810429807916369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-digital-age-what-becomes-of-library.html' title='In the Digital Age, What Becomes of the Library? '/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIybu7_HRRQ1jGPDtdi7YhYBlR3DSPFrNBu3KOcBBoCLjYywRSYvNI2ISGiF0ndwMHsqHZSNSWbYpZbJ9bEb4SxGpbWLLe_FJ-d10Yu7FhlbRCPsIqgxjVjmFy-RR9CHFKSDIH6oxvFA/s72-c/Clark+Library,+Lockhart+TX+01_4726745840_l.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-3968143427807346664</id><published>2013-06-01T12:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-01T12:04:09.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>10 Education Startups To Keep Your Eye On from Edudemic</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edudemic.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Edudemic&lt;/a&gt; is o wonderful source for great content related to Educational Technology.&amp;nbsp; In just a couple of years, Edudemic has become one of the most visited Websites around for &quot;tools, tips, resources, visuals, and guest posts from dozens of authors  around the world.&quot;&amp;nbsp; Teachers at all levels will benefit from their material.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  845. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;89&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQBaq-mZwQvCh0ZrpC95rEQgUVOzmScGA4kUUI05XvG6KHiqQjnxpUde-Xdov6dC7kPqrWSTP9E2CDAn6xrzNhfUdGJjZNjpN4a25lqxy7CuXzNoNbcXG12-RB-5W03vR-oo2oRyybxA/s320/Edudemic.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1936629220&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1936629221&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  847. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edudemic.com/2013/05/10-education-startups-to-keep-your-eye-on/&quot;&gt;10 Education Startups To Keep Your Eye On | Edudemic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/3968143427807346664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/10-education-startups-to-keep-your-eye.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3968143427807346664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/3968143427807346664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/06/10-education-startups-to-keep-your-eye.html' title='10 Education Startups To Keep Your Eye On from Edudemic'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQBaq-mZwQvCh0ZrpC95rEQgUVOzmScGA4kUUI05XvG6KHiqQjnxpUde-Xdov6dC7kPqrWSTP9E2CDAn6xrzNhfUdGJjZNjpN4a25lqxy7CuXzNoNbcXG12-RB-5W03vR-oo2oRyybxA/s72-c/Edudemic.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-2330845688918915773</id><published>2013-05-30T18:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-30T18:15:02.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My New Status</title><content type='html'>&lt;h5 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
  848. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbDLK-BlByeL0-XcjjbgR4LUMOC8TEXimckW5ZBJLxhR7N7xzMdkmSwZkbsVhPg7MQ7LLH5z0rrBdNoChpC-i__lb07Csquk_tTGKSu3SbX8iw_Eoz86KdVgKgP_rwlBFNs-YF_S8m2A/s1600/LGM+in+SSCC+Tee.jpg.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;197&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbDLK-BlByeL0-XcjjbgR4LUMOC8TEXimckW5ZBJLxhR7N7xzMdkmSwZkbsVhPg7MQ7LLH5z0rrBdNoChpC-i__lb07Csquk_tTGKSu3SbX8iw_Eoz86KdVgKgP_rwlBFNs-YF_S8m2A/s200/LGM+in+SSCC+Tee.jpg.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;As
  849. of May 31, I am officially retired from my position as the Director at
  850. the National Institute for Staff &amp;amp; Organizational Development at the
  851. University of Texas in Austin.  I really appreciate the opportunity to
  852. work with the great NISOD Team.  Thanks also to Dr. Juan Gonzalez,
  853. Professor Norma Cantu and Dean Manuel Justiz, as well as the faculty at
  854. the College of Education..&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The next chapter of my life will be less complex, but I still will be active with teaching, consulting, writing and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
  855. &lt;h5 class=&quot;uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1,&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}&quot;&gt;
  856. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;I am very happy to be back with the family in Chattanooga.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
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  858. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;messageBody&quot; data-ft=&quot;{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;userContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1484682825&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1484682826&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;
  859. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/2330845688918915773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-new-status.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2330845688918915773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2330845688918915773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-new-status.html' title='My New Status'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbDLK-BlByeL0-XcjjbgR4LUMOC8TEXimckW5ZBJLxhR7N7xzMdkmSwZkbsVhPg7MQ7LLH5z0rrBdNoChpC-i__lb07Csquk_tTGKSu3SbX8iw_Eoz86KdVgKgP_rwlBFNs-YF_S8m2A/s72-c/LGM+in+SSCC+Tee.jpg.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-1062742938039449752</id><published>2013-05-30T13:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-30T13:26:25.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Completion begins and ends in the classroom by Terry O’Banion</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A great column - Excerpts from &lt;a class=&quot;ms-rteStyle-Italics-Bold&quot; href=&quot;http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Publications/Pages/Product.aspx?Product_Id=628860&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Academic Advising: The Key to Student Success&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;ms-rteStyle-Italics&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; edited by Terry O’Banion.&amp;nbsp; Supporting data from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ccsse.org/center/&quot;&gt;Center for Community College Student Engagement &lt;/a&gt;(CCCSE)  shows that the keys to successful completion use these principles of good practice:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  860. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol class=&quot;ms-rteStyle-Bold&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Encourage student-faculty contact.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  861. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Encourage cooperation among students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  862. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Encourage active learning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  863. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Give prompt feedback.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  864. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Emphasize time on task.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  865. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Communicate high expectations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  866. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Respect diverse talents and ways of learning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  867. &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  868. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_USPGh9M-3Eh7T9qTz5L-oJFff6LiUmOH2997wesugOBnHQCyi4UXGMv83q1A7YNbHQ_bFCV-qneMltwf8j_-Ga8ctmNflsAOv3Y1JsUvxPQv7GyjMuZAVOcpdwxbkpwPPApYflhOkk/s1600/CC_Times_Logo.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;141&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_USPGh9M-3Eh7T9qTz5L-oJFff6LiUmOH2997wesugOBnHQCyi4UXGMv83q1A7YNbHQ_bFCV-qneMltwf8j_-Ga8ctmNflsAOv3Y1JsUvxPQv7GyjMuZAVOcpdwxbkpwPPApYflhOkk/s320/CC_Times_Logo.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  869. &lt;br /&gt;
  870. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Campus-Issues/Completion-begins-and-ends-in-the-classroom.aspx&quot;&gt;Completion begins and ends in the classroom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/1062742938039449752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/completion-begins-and-ends-in-classroom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/1062742938039449752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/1062742938039449752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/completion-begins-and-ends-in-classroom.html' title='Completion begins and ends in the classroom by Terry O’Banion'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_USPGh9M-3Eh7T9qTz5L-oJFff6LiUmOH2997wesugOBnHQCyi4UXGMv83q1A7YNbHQ_bFCV-qneMltwf8j_-Ga8ctmNflsAOv3Y1JsUvxPQv7GyjMuZAVOcpdwxbkpwPPApYflhOkk/s72-c/CC_Times_Logo.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-4154376746293237417</id><published>2013-05-30T09:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-30T09:24:10.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NISOD Conference Honors Bumphus, Looks at Issues at Community Colleges - Higher Education</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This story is from &lt;a href=&quot;http://diverseeducation.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Diverse Issues in Higher Education&lt;/a&gt; and describes some of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nisod.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NISOD International Conference on Teaching &amp;amp; Leadership Excellence&lt;/a&gt; (held May 26-29 in Austin TX).&amp;nbsp; Walter Bumphus, President and CEO of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Pages/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Association of Community Colleges&lt;/a&gt;, was honored with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Diverse Champions Award.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  871. &lt;br /&gt;
  872. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv4oyIi7EIrlqsW4yWQPpxV3Fl3kwzUU8LuwKPJd6P6ZubcVnt7pRDHSQzbiXekwysyzeuWQmvP2kM4q2LRthxtPoChP8_6aoTxO9O4NYW5McgoyAPHqGW2Qde9fPJDAWpyY8yALdj7k/s1600/Diverse_Issues.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;91&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv4oyIi7EIrlqsW4yWQPpxV3Fl3kwzUU8LuwKPJd6P6ZubcVnt7pRDHSQzbiXekwysyzeuWQmvP2kM4q2LRthxtPoChP8_6aoTxO9O4NYW5McgoyAPHqGW2Qde9fPJDAWpyY8yALdj7k/s320/Diverse_Issues.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  873. &lt;br /&gt;
  874. &lt;br /&gt;
  875. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diverseeducation.com/article/53526/#&quot;&gt;NISOD Conference Honors Bumphus; Looks at Issues at Community Colleges - Higher Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/4154376746293237417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/nisod-conference-honors-bumphus-looks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4154376746293237417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4154376746293237417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/nisod-conference-honors-bumphus-looks.html' title='NISOD Conference Honors Bumphus, Looks at Issues at Community Colleges - Higher Education'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv4oyIi7EIrlqsW4yWQPpxV3Fl3kwzUU8LuwKPJd6P6ZubcVnt7pRDHSQzbiXekwysyzeuWQmvP2kM4q2LRthxtPoChP8_6aoTxO9O4NYW5McgoyAPHqGW2Qde9fPJDAWpyY8yALdj7k/s72-c/Diverse_Issues.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-8274413745861226302</id><published>2013-05-29T19:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-29T19:31:23.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mapping with Google = A Free Online Course</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I just signed up for a free online course from Google on both Google Maps and Google Earth. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  876. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  877. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The course will be available June 10.&amp;nbsp; The self-paced course &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;features video and text tutorials and the curriculum includes:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  878. &lt;div class=&quot;gcb-main&quot;&gt;          &lt;div class=&quot;gcb-nav&quot; id=&quot;gcb-nav-y&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot;&gt;            &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                  Unit 1 - Course Overview&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  879. &lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                  Unit 2 - Google Maps&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  880. &lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                  Unit 3 - Google Maps Engine Lite&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  881. &lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                         Project Google Maps                       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  882. &lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                  Unit 4 - Google Earth Basics&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  883. &lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                         Project Google Earth                       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  884. &lt;li&gt;                       &lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;                        &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;progress-empty&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                  Unit 5 - Google Earth Extras&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  885. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy22Wc8R1cqkg6umXkiWPSJzaDI38HCIJPRAOE8H520h2yUKREqoqOxRmZVXuzX5KR9wpz49Yig1fMFBwPEFIekzdZs0DnFh330asv9LU-bjhAHQ0Y9HmlKDP2Or4osd0s7HupfwctJhY/s1600/Google_Maps_Education.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;61&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy22Wc8R1cqkg6umXkiWPSJzaDI38HCIJPRAOE8H520h2yUKREqoqOxRmZVXuzX5KR9wpz49Yig1fMFBwPEFIekzdZs0DnFh330asv9LU-bjhAHQ0Y9HmlKDP2Or4osd0s7HupfwctJhY/s320/Google_Maps_Education.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;top_content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;                       &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  886. &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  887. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mapping.withgoogle.com/course&quot;&gt;Mapping with Google - Course&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/8274413745861226302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/mapping-with-google-free-online-course.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/8274413745861226302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/8274413745861226302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/mapping-with-google-free-online-course.html' title='Mapping with Google = A Free Online Course'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy22Wc8R1cqkg6umXkiWPSJzaDI38HCIJPRAOE8H520h2yUKREqoqOxRmZVXuzX5KR9wpz49Yig1fMFBwPEFIekzdZs0DnFh330asv9LU-bjhAHQ0Y9HmlKDP2Or4osd0s7HupfwctJhY/s72-c/Google_Maps_Education.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-7365103069475327009</id><published>2013-05-29T15:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-29T15:59:55.998-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ASCD Express 8.17 - Games: A Model of Effective Assessment</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Gamificatuion - it is time to take games seriously.&amp;nbsp; Here is a brief reflection upon the value of learning from games.&amp;nbsp; They conclude that &quot;we can borrow from game design to improve classroom assessment practices.&quot;&amp;nbsp; That and much more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  888. &lt;br /&gt;
  889. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;From &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;the&lt;b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, or &lt;b&gt;ASCD&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  890. &lt;br /&gt;
  891. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5-ac0SPpD0DS9AgfB_RadbMvv_2Rq4ZDNVN8Z-vhaFpHZJsbWSKkhMSnze9NAoPDvHTZvfCD0Yj__N6xGjEAf9vBek7So2CMIgldVR5R3UZkSZRdCQrXAxukfEAqH7tY9mBXOAKQPtQ/s1600/ASCD+Logo.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;101&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5-ac0SPpD0DS9AgfB_RadbMvv_2Rq4ZDNVN8Z-vhaFpHZJsbWSKkhMSnze9NAoPDvHTZvfCD0Yj__N6xGjEAf9vBek7So2CMIgldVR5R3UZkSZRdCQrXAxukfEAqH7tY9mBXOAKQPtQ/s200/ASCD+Logo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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  894. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol8/817-miller.aspx#.UaYhWSfEgrI.blogger&quot;&gt;ASCD Express 8.17 - Games: A Model of Effective Assessment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/7365103069475327009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/ascd-express-817-games-model-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/7365103069475327009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/7365103069475327009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/ascd-express-817-games-model-of.html' title='ASCD Express 8.17 - Games: A Model of Effective Assessment'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5-ac0SPpD0DS9AgfB_RadbMvv_2Rq4ZDNVN8Z-vhaFpHZJsbWSKkhMSnze9NAoPDvHTZvfCD0Yj__N6xGjEAf9vBek7So2CMIgldVR5R3UZkSZRdCQrXAxukfEAqH7tY9mBXOAKQPtQ/s72-c/ASCD+Logo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-8582152578016314534</id><published>2013-05-29T11:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-29T11:25:54.382-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chattanooga, Tennessee - Best Place to Live in America?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I am proud to make Chattanooga my home.&amp;nbsp; What a dramatic shift over the past twenty years.&amp;nbsp; When I first visited Chattanooga in early 1991 on a scouting trip, my first though was, &quot;what will I tell my family?&quot;&amp;nbsp; Downtown was bleak, even a little scary.&amp;nbsp; Restaurants were few and of little variety. And, the scenic beauty was marred by inattention to access and relic foundries and scrapyards. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  895. &lt;br /&gt;
  896. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;So what happened?&amp;nbsp; I have to give a lot of credit to local leadership - including some old money families who were willing to invest in their city&#39;s future.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  897. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  898. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Chattanooga is not perfect - we need to do a great deal with public schools, jobs, and public transportation.&amp;nbsp; But, to even be considered as a great city is indicative of progress in the right direction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  900. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://holeinthedonut.com/2013/05/23/chattanooga-best-place-to-live-in-america/&quot;&gt;Chattanooga, Tennessee - Best Place to Live in America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/8582152578016314534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/chattanooga-tennessee-best-place-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/8582152578016314534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/8582152578016314534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/chattanooga-tennessee-best-place-to.html' title='Chattanooga, Tennessee - Best Place to Live in America?'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-4322984597717479894</id><published>2013-05-28T15:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-28T15:13:06.594-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chart Gizmo – Online Chart Builder | Teach Amazing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This came from  Mark Brumley&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://teachamazing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Teach Amazing!&lt;/a&gt; Website - a wonderful source for good ideas about many things related to educational technology and learning.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  901. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://teachamazing.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BLhKKDNGbuItNNQkwunUo7YDRR058_tBv5KJ-S_ieqpd-45c8C2JPYzkPXNZpqMEOFoOQ7kY9nvL1VMHwwClgesXNDkLyJPE530n3VW1zdcdfz3ZjCrdLCq3IoRHo7KECm_Ch0h2M3Y/s320/Teach_Amazing.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  902. &lt;br /&gt;
  903. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://teachamazing.com/chart-gizmo-online-chart-builder/&quot;&gt;Chart Gizmo – Online Chart Builder | Teach Amazing!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/4322984597717479894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/chart-gizmo-online-chart-builder-teach.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4322984597717479894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/4322984597717479894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/chart-gizmo-online-chart-builder-teach.html' title='Chart Gizmo – Online Chart Builder | Teach Amazing!'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BLhKKDNGbuItNNQkwunUo7YDRR058_tBv5KJ-S_ieqpd-45c8C2JPYzkPXNZpqMEOFoOQ7kY9nvL1VMHwwClgesXNDkLyJPE530n3VW1zdcdfz3ZjCrdLCq3IoRHo7KECm_Ch0h2M3Y/s72-c/Teach_Amazing.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-78123998895510870</id><published>2013-05-28T12:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-28T12:03:32.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>5 Great Mapping Tools to Use in the Classroom</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;As one who teaches Geography, I found this to be useful.&amp;nbsp; Of course we have Google Earth, but here are some other great interactive tools for students to get involved in learning through maps.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  905. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;From&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  907. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fractuslearning.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JZNysiil_E7gBpOTxO6g0Fk_z80-90YZkqVFkmUj33wufCciCcDL1IdGdwciKEgjK0UMOdvEHbWSf3OP-N6ke620GSAt0yLNkbEmOtuwu2zBQ70tJ7fw1QuJWtkasYSxLqoURb4H0go/s1600/Fractus+Learning_edited-1.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  910. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fractuslearning.com/2013/05/27/mapping-tools-classroom/&quot;&gt;5 Great Mapping Tools to Use in the Classroom&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/78123998895510870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/5-great-mapping-tools-to-use-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/78123998895510870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/78123998895510870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/5-great-mapping-tools-to-use-in.html' title='5 Great Mapping Tools to Use in the Classroom'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JZNysiil_E7gBpOTxO6g0Fk_z80-90YZkqVFkmUj33wufCciCcDL1IdGdwciKEgjK0UMOdvEHbWSf3OP-N6ke620GSAt0yLNkbEmOtuwu2zBQ70tJ7fw1QuJWtkasYSxLqoURb4H0go/s72-c/Fractus+Learning_edited-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587615481180439964.post-2723314568693840832</id><published>2013-05-28T08:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-05-28T08:32:09.199-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Nice Story Featuring John Wood Community College</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Read full story here&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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  912. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whig.com/story/22435384/2013/05/28/more-students-finding-higher-education-career-can-start-at-community-college-level&quot;&gt;More students finding higher education career can start at commu - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois &amp;amp; Missouri News, Sports&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/feeds/2723314568693840832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-nice-story-featuring-john-wood.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2723314568693840832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7587615481180439964/posts/default/2723314568693840832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lawrencegmiller.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-nice-story-featuring-john-wood.html' title='A Nice Story Featuring John Wood Community College'/><author><name>JFK Club Review</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04208001249475725200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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