Archive for May, 2007

07-05-14

Tags:Computing Research
Book Burro  sit on the old gum tree, via Duke Library’s Libraryhacks.
 

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07-05-14

Tags:Computing mysql programming scripting web 2.0 REST API [Link: Wikipedia to follow] is a style of using HTTP requests that adheres AND extents the original visiton of the Web, where contents of web pages can be changed with GET, POST, and other requests. REST expands the command set by extending not the […]

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07-05-10

Tags:Computing Some Google Modules are useful. And you may want to plug them in your blogs or webpages. By design they are simply XML files, and iGoogle servers translate them into HTML that you can see on your browser. You can’t use them directly.
But here’s a work around:
gmodules.com, an application server for iGoogle.com and google […]

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07-05-10

Tags: I remember having come across a version of this before, but why can’t I find any corroboration on the web? Something wrong with the story? 
University of Pennsylvania - myUlist
After Mark Twain was quoted in the newspaper for, "Some members of Congress are sons of bitches," many Congressmen demanded a formal apology. Mark Twain came […]

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07-05-10

Tags:Teaching

Two days before graduation, this is a fitting paper to read — if you have access to this journal, that is.  

Sand-Jensen, KajHow to write consistently boring scientific literature.Oikos 116 (5), 723-727.doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15674.x

Fig. 1  "Congratulations, you are now capable of writing technical, impersonal and boring papers like myself […]

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07-05-09

Tags:Education NCLB reading Teaching KENNEDY REPORT ON READING FIRST INVESTIGATION can be found here.
May 9, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released a detailed report regarding the conflicts of interest found within the Reading First program. Kennedy […]

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07-05-09

Tags: In my case, the answer is 1.
Today I was searching on a completely irrelevant topic and my eyes was caught by a familiar face. She’s a personal friend at Champaign-Urbana. 
Chu Research Group
In case you wonder what I was searching for … "research groups", that’s all. I am heading the effort to revamp our […]

">What’s the chance of stumbling on a long lost friend on the internet?
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07-05-07

Tags:Education psychology reading Research
Special Collections at Harvard Graduate School of Education Library has several special collections on education history:
 
 
Special Collections include:

Historical Textbooks Collection
Public School Reports
Private School Catalogs
History of Education and Teacher Training Collection
Action for Children’s Television Collection
Other manuscript and book collections

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