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You Are Failing Your Students
EduSophia Blog 14 May 2011 | 8:36 pm
shareShare this on:Much of the American educational system is about improving outcomes, often by focusing on results from some form of standardized test. If students are found to be underperforming on some measure, school improvement plans, smaller class sizes, financial[…]
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Professional Underdevelopment
EduSophia Blog 7 May 2011 | 9:08 am
shareShare this on:For many schools and school districts, the concept of professional development very much follows the “sage on the stage” model. An outside professional arrives at the school and dispenses invaluable wisdom, and teachers sit and absorb these immense[…]
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Online Libraries: Are You Checked Out?
EduSophia Blog 9 Apr 2011 | 10:53 am
shareShare this on:In 2009, Cushing Academy created a huge ruckus within the library community by announcing that it was eliminating the vast majority of its print collection and “going digital” with its collection. Certain individuals and institutions praised the innovation. […]
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The Inerrant Word of . . . Wikipedia?
EduSophia Blog 12 Mar 2011 | 4:18 pm
shareShare this on:An interesting blog post by Wayne Bivens-Tatum, a Philosophy and Religion Librarian at Princeton University, compared the authorship of the Bible to Wikipedia, a collaboratively-authored encyclopedia. Both works are the result of a myriad of authors, though, depending[…]
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Digital Textbooks: Is Steve Jobs the Next Gutenberg?
EduSophia Blog 20 Feb 2011 | 8:23 pm
shareShare this on:When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid 1400’s, he fundamentally changed the way that information was accessed. Prior to his invention, the creation of books was largely the work of monks, who painstakingly copied them[…]
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