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Do Your Part: Spread the “Go Green” Message - Everything TypePad
Explains how to add green badges to various types of blogs, including now defunct Vox blogs
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Uploading image files with text to Google Docs : Uploading and exporting - Google Docs Help
Explains automated optical character recognition as it applies to image files uploaded to Google Docs
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The Case for the Virtual Classroom
Cites meta-analysis suggesting that online learners marginally out-perform face-to-face learners (1. Online Education "Doesn't Have to Suck", ¶4), and that learners from blended learning environments out-perform the lot (6. The Virtual Classroom Can Make the Physical Classroom More Effective, ¶2).
- According to the U.S. Department of Education
- students who studied in online learning environments performed modestly better than peers who were receiving face-to-face instruction
- maintaining a low student-to-teacher ratio and paying for technology means that
- the cost to the university won’t be drastically reduced
- online learning can make classroom time more effective
- The modest difference in performance between online and physical classroom learners in the meta-analysis, for instance, was larger for those students who learned through a blend of online and physical classroom conditions.
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CCCC Statement on Second Language Writing and Writers
Although this entire document focuses on N. American higher education settings (Part One, ¶1), Part Two: Guidelines for Writing and Writing-Intensive Courses will interest and hopefully inform administrators, course designers, program planners, and teachers working in other regional and perhaps even global contexts as well. Part two covers: Class Size, Assignment Design, Assessment, Textual Borrowing, Teacher Preparation, and resource provisions. Part Four: Guidelines for Teacher Preparedness will interest those involved in teacher education, or pre- and in-service teacher development. Part Six comprises an extensive bibliography for further reading.
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Lists eight (8) suggestions to help you avoid sequential organizational faults when writing instructions or presenting other information "where sequence is important" (Sequential Order, ¶1). Of particular interest are front-loading (step 1-2) and using repetition instead of back or cross-references (step 8).
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Covers "bad news" organization; includes Guide for Refusing a Request and suggests ending on a positive note.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
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