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Annual Conference 2013: Change Roadmap | ALA Connect

Annual Conference 2013: Change Roadmap | ALA Connect | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it

The attached document is the result of a collaborative process involving staff from across the Association -- including the executive directors of ALA Divisions, staff liaisons to the Round Tables and various ALA committees, as well as ALA Conference Services; and, with the guidance of the ALA Conference Committee. Feedback posted to this page will be read by members of the ALA Conference Committee and others. You are invited to join the discussion.

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Nathan Deal escapes GOP rebuke over Common Core

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Gov. Nathan Deal owes Seth Harp a basket of flowers. Or at least a thank-you note.
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Marine, dog reunited in surprise ceremony

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What It Takes to Become an All Project-Based School | MindShift

What It Takes to Become an All Project-Based School | MindShift | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
In many schools, project-based learning happens in isolated cases: in certain teachers' classrooms here and there, or in the contexts of specific subjects. Bu
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Best-paying jobs are in the medical field

Best-paying jobs are in the medical field | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
You’d think chief executive officers would have the highest-paying jobs given the buzz their annual compensation packages attract each year, but when it comes to average annual pay, CEOs take a back seat to anesthesiologists.
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My Academic Metamorphosis

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Four years of anguish intense enough to induce a fugue state was enough for this would-be professor.
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Too Much Helicopter Parenting

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Certain forms of help can dilute the recipients’ sense of accountability for their own success. Support, don’t substitute.
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15 Things You Need To Know About The #NewGooglePlus

15 Things You Need To Know About The #NewGooglePlus | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Getting The Most From The #NewGooglePlus
This week, at the Google I/O 2013 conference, Google announced many exciting changes for various parts of it's platform(...)
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Critical and Digital Pedagogies: a Virtual Unconference | Commons | HYBRID PEDAGOGY

Critical and Digital Pedagogies: a Virtual Unconference | Commons | HYBRID PEDAGOGY | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Hybrid Pedagogy is an academic and networked journal of learning, teaching, and technology that combines the strands of critical pedagogy and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses of technology and digital media in education.
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A Team Approach to Get Students College Ready

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A group called Blue Engine that places recent college graduates as full-time teaching assistants in a few public high schools is showing promising results.
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Sports concussions concern MDs, spur research

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Girls may suffer fewer concussion than boys, but the effects can last longer.
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Scenes From the South | Garden and Gun

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Scenes from the South, a show at New York's Howard Greenberg Gallery, features seventy-five years of photographs from Dixie
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Reimagining Children’s Museums: Conference notes « bradlarson.com

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Sharing the work at your arts-incubating library (Part 1) | Library as Incubator Project

Sharing the work at your arts-incubating library (Part 1) | Library as Incubator Project | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
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Google I/O Reflection | The Thinking Stick

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Temporary Tattoos May Put You at Risk

Temporary Tattoos May Put You at Risk | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Are temporary tattoos just a little harmless fun? Not necessarily, say FDA experts. Learn the potential dangers of temporary tattoos made with henna ink and how they have sent many people to the emergency room.
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In Texas, Obama lauds 'New Tech' high school. Model for the future? (+video)

In Texas, Obama lauds 'New Tech' high school. Model for the future? (+video) | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Kicking off his 'Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour' in Texas, Obama met with students at Manor New Tech High School, where he stressed the importance of STEM careers for the US economy.
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Cobb school’s 2013-14 budget to mean furloughs, fewer teachers

Cobb school’s 2013-14 budget to mean furloughs, fewer teachers | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Cobb County’s school board approved a 2013-14 budget Thursday night that will result in five furlough days for all employees, the loss of 182 teachers through attrition and a slimmer central administration staff.
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5 Things You Can Do Today to Make Yourself More Creative, And Productive, Tomorrow

5 Things You Can Do Today to Make Yourself More Creative, And Productive, Tomorrow | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
As we’ve noted here before, Simon Rich is a mind bogglingly prolific creative force. At 29, he’s built a body of work that includes screenplays, novels, magazine articles, short stories and Saturday Night Live sketches.
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Letters to a Young Librarian: Not What I Expected, by Brenna Henry

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VIDEO: Family Bibles come in for repairs at library workshop

People lined up to get their books repaired Wednesday at the Athens-Clarke County Library's annual Book Bindery Day.
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Now You Can Send Money Via Email With Google Wallet

Now You Can Send Money Via Email With Google Wallet | Buffy Hamilton's Unquiet Commonplace "Book" | Scoop.it
Are you a U.S resident over 18 with a Gmail account You are Well this one's for you.
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Home Library Key to Academic Success

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Will your child finish college? The answer may be as close as your bookshelves, or lack thereof.
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Poverty as a Childhood Disease

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More doctors are growing concerned about the effects of childhood poverty in an age when income inequality is increasing and social mobility is declining.
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Conference « Jolle@UGA

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Maker Materials Symbaloo Mix

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"About this webmix : A mix of different sites and organizations that sell materials you can use to stock your makerspace"

 

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