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Can you function without the Internet? | The Biz Beat

How relevant is the Internet? For a large group of Americans, the answer is not so much.
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New Research Tools Kick Up Dust in Archives

New Research Tools Kick Up Dust in Archives | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Advances in technology have transformed the methods of historians and other archival researchers, a change that carries both benefits and consequences.
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Homeless teen graduates as valedictorian of high school class

Homeless teen graduates as valedictorian of high school class | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
A Clayton County teen credits hard work for becoming valedictorian of her graduating class.Chelesa Fearce, a senior at Charles Drew High School, said she was homeless for most of her high school career, even living in her mother’s car at times.
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Fan Fiction Is Finally Legitimized With Kindle Worlds

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Reading and writing fan fiction is a pastime I've enjoyed for years, and I'm not the only one: Fanfiction.net, a clearinghouse of fan fiction from across dozens of television shows, movies, and books, has millions of stories in its ever-growing...
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10 Ideas To Move Innovation Forward | The Principal of Change

10 Ideas To Move Innovation Forward | The Principal of Change | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
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W.Va.'s local-food movement a model for Appalachia

W.Va.'s local-food movement a model for Appalachia | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food.
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SLJ Reviews Information Literacy Courseware ResearchReady - The Digital Shift

SLJ Reviews Information Literacy Courseware ResearchReady - The Digital Shift | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
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Injured third-grade teacher tells of trying to protect students

Injured third-grade teacher tells of trying to protect students | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Jennifer Doan used her body to shield her students as tornado bore down on Plaza Towers Elementary School
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Oklahoma teachers who saved students called heroes

Oklahoma teachers who saved students called heroes | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
They threw themselves over their students, stayed with them for hours and carried them, bleeding, to safety.
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The Outrageous Cost of a Gene Test

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When we can sequence 20,000 genes for $1,000, why should it cost nearly $4,000 to analyze just two?
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What Our Words Tell Us

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Gradual shifts in language use over the centuries reflect tectonic shifts in culture.
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Q&A: Mimi Ito on Connected Learning for All | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning

Q&A: Mimi Ito on Connected Learning for All | Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Spotlight covers the intersections of technology and education, going behind the research to show how digital media is used in and out of classrooms to expand learning.
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New Google+: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos

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re-mediating assessment: Digital Badge Design Principles for Recognizing Learning

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2nd-grader calls 911 after waking in empty school

2nd-grader calls 911 after waking in empty school | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
A central Indiana school district is reviewing how a sleeping second-grader could have been left alone in a room for hours after school had let out.
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UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna not part of Covered California

UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna not part of Covered California | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers.
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3-D printer helps save dying baby

3-D printer helps save dying baby | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Kaiba Gionfriddo now breathes on his own, thanks to doctors trying the medical equivalent of a "Hail Mary" pass.
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Spare Me the Hype Cycle | American Libraries Magazine

Spare Me the Hype Cycle | American Libraries Magazine | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
American Libraries Magazine, the magazine of the American Library Association, delivers news and information about the library community.
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Library Journal Reviews ResearchReady | EasyBib Blog

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myliblog: Smashwords study

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To Sharpen Student Testing, Another Round of Tests

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Parents and testing skeptics say that field-test results, which have no consequences for students or teachers, turn classrooms into focus groups and add more stress to an anxiety-filled process.
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More teens flocking to Twitter as enthusiasm for Facebook wanes

More teens flocking to Twitter as enthusiasm for Facebook wanes | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is getting the youth vote.
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‘Artists in the Archives,’ at Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford

‘Artists in the Archives,’ at Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
“Artists in the Archives,” at the Greenburgh Public Library, revitalizes the antiquated card catalogs by filling them with art.
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Inspiring the Arts in a High School Library | Library as Incubator Project

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Parachute Science: A School-Age STEM Program | ALSC Blog

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Tornado Survivor Finds Dog During TV Interview

Tornado Survivor Finds Dog During TV Interview | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Miraculous stories of survival emerge after one of the strongest tornadoes in history tore through an Oklahoma suburb.
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