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5 hours ago ago from Lisa Gold: Research Maven

Back in April, I wrote a long post titled I'm shocked to discover there's gambling in this casino about Project Information Literacy's February 2009 report, Finding Context: What Today's College Students Say About Conducting Research in the Digital Age. In my post I was somewhat snarky about the report, as you can see from this excerpt: Surely it isn’t a surprise that: * Students always procrastinate and are looking for quick and ...

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23 hours ago ago from The Wheatley Chronicle

By: Sarah Danielle Lorimor Many of us were likely relieved when we finished college and shut our textbooks once and for all. Depending on our chosen course of study, perhaps we were most relieved to finish that biology course or that literature class, or perhaps we were ecstatic to no longer solve trigonometry problems every night. But as university students graduate this winter and upcoming spring and begin their employment search, it's ...

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12 hours ago ago from Dirk+Weiss

It seems in the last few weeks, the topic of mobile devices and college students has come to my attention frequently. There has been quite a bit of discussion online and on college campuses about the distraction factor of student cell phone usage (i.e. texting, instead of listening to the instructor). The first wave came from an email I received from the department chair at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. His email was ...

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12 hours ago ago from Career Change 50

The purpose of this study was to explore what career planning and placement services are currently offered at four online, degree-granting institutions in the United States. This study examined what distance education administrators perceive as ideal career planning and placement services for their online degree-seeking students. Finally, this study examined the obstacles in moving from what is offered to what is ideal. The goal of this study ...

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6 hours ago ago from Copperhill Outfitters

How many times has your child told you that night that they need a poster for a project that is due tomorrow and you have to run to the store at 7pm? What about the permission slip for a field trip that to get signed the night before and now you find yourself rushing to the school that morning to sign it? Don't worry. You are not the only parent going through this! The biggest problem most students have is a lack of organizational skills. ...

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7 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Video game teaches NY students fiscal skills ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A new video game designed to help New York students learn to manage their money tries to make the dullness of balancing a checkbook look more like the thrill of driving for a touchdown. The game tests high school and college students' fiscal skills in an online simulation based on the rules of the NFL. Students can score first downs, gain yardage and score points by answering ...

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1 hour, 3 minutes ago ago from ZDNet Blogs

On CBS MoneyWatch: Deal or no deal? 8 lousy BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Education Christopher Dawson Get ZDNet Education via: Mobile RSS Email Alerts Bios: Christopher s Bio December 14th, 2009 Is an unlocked Google phone finally the phone for schools? Posted by Christopher Dawson @ 8:28 pm Categories: Education Technology Tags: Google Inc. , School , Phone , Telecom ...

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6 hours ago ago from Media General - WSPA.com

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