When ninth-graders at St. Andrew’s School, a private boarding school in Middletown, Delaware, sat down last year to take the school’s College Work and Readiness Assessment (CWRA), they faced the sort of problems that often stump city officials and administrators, but rarely show up on standardized tests, such as how to manage traffic congestion caused by population growth.
Students were given research reports, budgets, and other documents to help draft their answers, and they were expected to demonstrate proficiency in subjects like reading and math as well as mastery of broader and more sophisticated skills like evaluating and analyzing information and thinking creatively about how to apply information to real-world problems. Ninth Graders? Do we do this in Connecticut?
Source: Educator Sector
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
New Book: Politics in Music
Politics in Music: Music and Political Transformation From Beethoven to Hip-Hop by Courtney Brown
ML3916.B76 2007
"This book is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of the growing role of political activism in music. Starting with Beethoven's politics and the political battles in Germany to exploit Beethoven's legacy, Brown explores the growing understanding of the political power of music as shown in the nationalist fervor of Verdi, the philosophical and political goals of Wagner and Bob Marley, the legacy of the union struggles of Joe Hill, the 60's era of protest music embodied by Bob Dylan, and on to the modern juggernaut of hip-hop. There are so many interesting facets of music history presented here that are never discussed in traditional music study programs. An easy and engaging read, the book shows clearly the theme of political awareness that has developed in modern music. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding where music is today and where it will be heading in the future."
— Albert Ahlstrom, D.M.A. (from The Juilliard School), Director of Music, Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
The book is in the Goodwin Library now.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sample APA Research Paper
Click here for a copy of a research paper in APA format titled "Can Medication Cure Obesity in Children?" This is a research paper written by Luisa Mirano, a student in a psychology class. The assignment was to write a review of the literature paper documented with APA style citations and references. This sample research paper was published in The Bedford Handbook by Diana Hacker. The library staff is prepared to help you with research and the APA format.
American Diabetes Month
November is American Diabetes Month®, a time to bring even greater awareness and attention to the seriousness of diabetes, its deadly complications, and the importance of proper diabetes control. This year, the American Diabetes Association is asking the American public, "Why should you care about diabetes?"
Throughout the month, the American Diabetes Association will conduct activities – and encourage others across the country – to get involved in efforts to raise awareness about diabetes and its serious complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and blindness.
Source: American Diabetes Association
Throughout the month, the American Diabetes Association will conduct activities – and encourage others across the country – to get involved in efforts to raise awareness about diabetes and its serious complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and blindness.
Source: American Diabetes Association
Friday, November 07, 2008
Blog Readers Get New Books First
Some New Books in the Library
Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
Film as Social Practice by Graeme Turner
Short Guide to Writing About Psychology by Dana Dunn
Birthday Party & The Room: Plays by Harold Pinter
The Widow of Eastwick by John Updike
Cultural Resistance Reader edited by Stephne Duncombe
Joe Orton Complete Plays
DIY The Rise of LO-FI Culture by Amy Spencer
Politics in Music by Courtney Brown
Amerioa on Film Benshoff and Griffin
Saved by Edward Bond
Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago
Ccoming soon: The Post-Modern American World by Fareed Zakaria
Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
Film as Social Practice by Graeme Turner
Short Guide to Writing About Psychology by Dana Dunn
Birthday Party & The Room: Plays by Harold Pinter
The Widow of Eastwick by John Updike
Cultural Resistance Reader edited by Stephne Duncombe
Joe Orton Complete Plays
DIY The Rise of LO-FI Culture by Amy Spencer
Politics in Music by Courtney Brown
Amerioa on Film Benshoff and Griffin
Saved by Edward Bond
Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago
Ccoming soon: The Post-Modern American World by Fareed Zakaria
Thursday, November 06, 2008
The Lancet has Relaunched
Welcome to your new online resource for The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Oncology, and The Lancet Neurology. In addition to the Lancet journals' medical news, research, review, and opinion, the new site, The Lancet Global Health Network, offers more functionality and features and will continue to expand in the coming months. The Lancet is the British medical journal available in full text on several of our subscription databases.
Listen to Richard Horton and Harriet Bell introducing the new website in the launch podcast. (mp3, 10:27 mins, 9.57Mb) The directions are on the Lancet page.
Source: The Lancet
Listen to Richard Horton and Harriet Bell introducing the new website in the launch podcast. (mp3, 10:27 mins, 9.57Mb) The directions are on the Lancet page.
Source: The Lancet
Taking Notes: Evernote
Here is a look at a new (to me) Web 2.0 tool that has the potential to help students do better in school, collaborate with their fellow students, and save them time
Evernote is a great note taking application, but that only scratches the surface of what it can do. If you are in a lecture, for example, you can also take a picture of the blackboard with your phone, upload it to the Evernote server, and thanks to Evernote's clever OCR algorithms, even pictures of handwritten notes become instantly searchable.
You can also use it to bookmark web pages and write down your own lecture notes. Best of all, you can use a web app, a Windows or Mac desktop app, or a Windows Mobile and iPhone app, all of which seamlessly synch with each other, so that your notes are always up to date.
Source: Evernote
Evernote is a great note taking application, but that only scratches the surface of what it can do. If you are in a lecture, for example, you can also take a picture of the blackboard with your phone, upload it to the Evernote server, and thanks to Evernote's clever OCR algorithms, even pictures of handwritten notes become instantly searchable.
You can also use it to bookmark web pages and write down your own lecture notes. Best of all, you can use a web app, a Windows or Mac desktop app, or a Windows Mobile and iPhone app, all of which seamlessly synch with each other, so that your notes are always up to date.
Source: Evernote
Google's RSS Feed
Google’s been the lone hold out among major search engines on RSS but the company quietly enabled feeds for web search results this week. The offering is pretty limited and frustrating, you have to go through Google Alerts to get an obscure RSS URL, but ReadWriteWeb offers a tutorial and some strategic advice in this post.
Web search RSS is useful for being alerted whenever search results for your keywords or link have changed; subscribing to at least a few searches will let you know when Google users are seeing something new in the first few pages of search results for Goodwin College, for example.
Source: ReadWriteWeb
Web search RSS is useful for being alerted whenever search results for your keywords or link have changed; subscribing to at least a few searches will let you know when Google users are seeing something new in the first few pages of search results for Goodwin College, for example.
Source: ReadWriteWeb
USA.gov--Presidential Election 2008
USA.gov now offers a new page on the presidential election. You’ll find information about President-elect Barack Obama, inauguration day (January 20, 2009), and the 2008election. It also has biographies of President- and Vice President-Elect Obama and Biden, and their wives.
Source: USA.gov
Source: USA.gov
New Dog for the White House
Sasha and Malia," Obama said in his victory speech at Chicago's Grant Park, "I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House."
Harry Truman once said, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” But presidents have kept an unusual assortment of animals other than dogs and cats, according to CNN this morning. Thomas Jefferson kept two grizzly bears in a cage on the White House lawn, while John Quincy Adams is said to have let his alligator use a bathtub inside. Calvin Coolidge walked his raccoons on a leash. Theodore Roosevelt's sons escorted their pet pony onto the White House elevator to cheer up a sick sibling. And perhaps the strangest of all: Martin Van Buren briefly owned two tiger cubs, a gift from the Sultan of Oman. Some of us remember Nixon’s Checkers speech and Lyndon Johnson lifting his beagles by their ears. I wonder what kind of dog the Obama girls will have--a Bichon maybe?
New Directions for Youth Development
The fall issue of this journal, New Directions for Youth Development, is just in at the library. The topic for the articles in this issue is "Youth, Violence, and Social Disintegration." This volume examines violent behavior and addresses these questions in an international context. The theoretical framework for all of the articles is the theory of disintegration.
Reminder: Reference Help Any Time
InfoAnyTime is a real-time, web-based reference service that provides live librarians to assist Goodwin students and faculty in finding information to support research. When the library is closed or you cannot get here, InfoAnyTime connects to a professional librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sessions are conducted via online chat, using pushing and co-browsing technology to display information found on the web and in the iCONN databases. Anyone with a web browser can access the service - there is no special software required. You can access InfoAnyTime from the library page.
Nursing 210 Students: Critical Thinking Study Guide
The library does have the Critical Thinking Study Guide to accompany Medical-Surgical Nursing by Ignatavicius & Workman. The book is on reserve to be used in the library.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Wharton Experience Online for Business Students
The Wharton School of Pennsylvania gives us free access to knowledge@Wharton, the school's online business journal that includes:
--analysis of current business trends
--interviews with industry leaders and Wharton faculty
--articles based on the most recent business research
--conference overviews, book reviews, and links to relevant content
--searchable database of over 1,500 articles and research abstracts
--analysis of current business trends
--interviews with industry leaders and Wharton faculty
--articles based on the most recent business research
--conference overviews, book reviews, and links to relevant content
--searchable database of over 1,500 articles and research abstracts
Assessing 21st Century Skills
Finding ways to assess 21st century learning skills should top the list of education technology priorities for the next Administration and Congress, according to the more than 500 school leaders that responded to a survey issued yesterday by the National School Boards Association at the organization’s annual technology and learning conference, T+L.
More than 50 percent of the district leaders surveyed agreed that their top education technology priority for the new Administration and Congress should be assessing 21st century skills. An additional 43 percent called for supporting increased professional development around educational technology, while 38 percent wanted an increased focus on S.T.E. M. subject areas (science, technology, engineering, and math).
Read the survey.
More than 50 percent of the district leaders surveyed agreed that their top education technology priority for the new Administration and Congress should be assessing 21st century skills. An additional 43 percent called for supporting increased professional development around educational technology, while 38 percent wanted an increased focus on S.T.E. M. subject areas (science, technology, engineering, and math).
Read the survey.
Round and Round
"Athletics tracks are always run anticlockwise. Does this favour particular runners? Races could surely be run either way, so why never clockwise?" Please comment!!
Source: Peter Hallberg, Stockholm, Sweden from The Last Word
Image: Image: dlritter, stock.xchng
Psychology Articles
The library subscribes to PsycARTICLES, a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. It doesn't get any better than that for psychology students! Here is the list of journals in the database.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
A Poem for Election Day
Here is Langston Hughes poem, "Let America be America Again"
This poem was online today in Worldchanging,a solutions-based online magazine that works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. The editors say plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. The motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. Another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.
Source: Worldchanging
This poem was online today in Worldchanging,a solutions-based online magazine that works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. The editors say plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. The motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. Another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.
Source: Worldchanging
New E-Book of Essays
Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future by Cory Doctorow
"The Internet’s favorite high-tech culture maven is celebrated with the first collection of his infamous articles, essays, and polemics. He leads off with a mutinous talk given at Microsoft on digital rights management, insisting that they stop treating their customers as criminals. Readers will discover how America chose Happy Meal toys over copyright, why Facebook is taking a faceplant, how the Internet is basically just a giant Xerox machine, why Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and how to enjoy free e-books.
Practicing what he preaches, all of the author’s books, including this one, are simultaneously released in print and on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their reuse and sharing."
Source: Regina Schroeder in Booklist
"The Internet’s favorite high-tech culture maven is celebrated with the first collection of his infamous articles, essays, and polemics. He leads off with a mutinous talk given at Microsoft on digital rights management, insisting that they stop treating their customers as criminals. Readers will discover how America chose Happy Meal toys over copyright, why Facebook is taking a faceplant, how the Internet is basically just a giant Xerox machine, why Wikipedia is a poor cousin of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and how to enjoy free e-books.
Practicing what he preaches, all of the author’s books, including this one, are simultaneously released in print and on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their reuse and sharing."
Source: Regina Schroeder in Booklist
Resource of the Week
United National Audiovisual Library of International Law
The Audiovisual Library is a unique, multimedia resource which provides the United Nations with the unprecedented capacity to provide high quality international law training and research materials to an unlimited number of recipients on a global level. The Audiovisual Library consists of three pillars: (1) the Historic Archives containing documents and audiovisual materials relating to the negotiation and adoption of significant legal instruments under the auspices of the United Nations and related agencies since 1945; (2) the Lecture Series featuring a permanent collection of lectures on virtually every subject of international law given by leading international law scholars and practitioners from different countries and legal systems; and (3) the Research Library providing an on-line international law library with links to treaties, jurisprudence, publications and documents, scholarly writings and research guides. The Audiovisual Library is available to all individuals and institutions around the world for free via the Internet.
This is a very rich resource, but there is plenty of helpful information on how to access the content — for example, this detailed page on what is in the Historical Archives and how to navigate this section of the site. Topics included here: Criminal Law, Decolonization, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, Disarmament, Education / Science / Culture, Environmental Law, Health, Human Rights, International Economic Law, International Organizations, Law of Outer Space, Law of the Sea, Law of Treaties, Peace and Security, Refugees and Stateless Persons, Succession of States.
Source: United Nations Blog
The Audiovisual Library is a unique, multimedia resource which provides the United Nations with the unprecedented capacity to provide high quality international law training and research materials to an unlimited number of recipients on a global level. The Audiovisual Library consists of three pillars: (1) the Historic Archives containing documents and audiovisual materials relating to the negotiation and adoption of significant legal instruments under the auspices of the United Nations and related agencies since 1945; (2) the Lecture Series featuring a permanent collection of lectures on virtually every subject of international law given by leading international law scholars and practitioners from different countries and legal systems; and (3) the Research Library providing an on-line international law library with links to treaties, jurisprudence, publications and documents, scholarly writings and research guides. The Audiovisual Library is available to all individuals and institutions around the world for free via the Internet.
This is a very rich resource, but there is plenty of helpful information on how to access the content — for example, this detailed page on what is in the Historical Archives and how to navigate this section of the site. Topics included here: Criminal Law, Decolonization, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, Disarmament, Education / Science / Culture, Environmental Law, Health, Human Rights, International Economic Law, International Organizations, Law of Outer Space, Law of the Sea, Law of Treaties, Peace and Security, Refugees and Stateless Persons, Succession of States.
Source: United Nations Blog
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