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November 11, 2009

RefWorks online training session 7pm PST

Primarily for students in the MSHE Sacramento program, tonight’s session will cover the basics quickly as needed:  exporting citations from popular education databases that do and don’t support RefWorks, creating bibliographies, etc. Then we’ll get into some finer points, such as publicly sharing bibliographies, linking attachments and using the Ref-Grab-It plugin to capture website details, and the Write-n-Cite plugin to generate in-text (parethetical) references.

Technical requirements:

The session requires a fast internet connection and an up-to-date browser. Wired connections are preferable over wireless, otherwise you may notice poor audio quality.  If you have a microphone you may participate in the conversation, but typing questions in the chat box will work too. If you plan to use the built-in mic on your laptop, then you’ll need to wear headphones so as to avoid creating feedback. Plan on joining the e-classroom 5-10 minute prior to the scheduled start time to test your connection. Those who plan to participate using their mic will need to install a tiny Acrobat plugin.

Please note that 7PM PST = 10PM EST

Here’s the link – http://goodwincollege.na4.acrobat.com/edschoolresearch/

See you online!

best,

Tim

ps – Need to schedule an online instruction session? Daytime hours are best, but evening hours can be available by arrangement. Email for details: siftar at drexel.edu

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September 30, 2009

New Postsecondary Governance Structures Database

This database is a revised version of the 1997 State Postsecondary Structures Sourcebook that was converted into an interactive database with information about the postsecondary governance structures in each state. Generate profiles of individual state postsecondary governance structures, comparisons between them, or check out a few of their predetermined reports. Published by the Education Commission of the States (www.ecs.org). It’s a good start on that MSHE510 assignment.

As a second step, find the website for your state’s agency. (The directory on the SHEEO  website has handy links to all states.) Study your agency’s website carefully. What does the “About Us” link reveal? For example, on the page for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Ed , it lists their mission statement and summary of powers.

If there is no helpful “About Us” section on your state system’s site, I recommend using the Google Advanced Search feature “Search within a site or domain” and paste in the homepage of your target state system, then use keywords such as “governance” or “powers” to come up with your answers.

As an afterthought, I noticed at the bottom of the mass.edu pages they have a “related link” to an informative section of the Massachusetts General Law that was enacted by state legislators to create their system. Wading through the legal language can help clarify any details that are not revealed on your agency’s website. If your agency doesn’t include a link to the legal statute that created them, it is possible to find via Drexel’s subscription to Lexis Nexis as I have detailed in the Higher Education Research Guide.

Lastly, I understand that you need statistics on the high school graduation rate for your chosen state. Whenever you hear “education and statistics” in the same sentence, you should think of the Federal National Center for Education Statistics website. While there are certainly other places to find this data, their report entitled “High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the US: 2007” is the definitive source that all the others will cite.  Table #12 entitled: “—Averaged freshman graduation rate of public high school students, by state: School year 2005–06″ seems right.

I’ll update this blog with a posting about your upcoming historical assignment next week.

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September 21, 2009

New Education Research Help Desk Option

Have you ever tried a new library database and wished someone could JUST SHOW YOU instead of having to figure out the navigation tricks for yourself? Well, you are in luck.

Your Education Librarian was trained this summer on a new online-meeting service called Adobe Connect. It has proved to be so friendly that I have been using it as a help-desk platform as well.

Feeling stuck? Shoot me an email or call. Within one or two clicks I can be looking at your desktop and talking your through whatever database has you stumped. Consulting sessions can be recorded and sent afterward as a link if you’d like to revisit the steps.

So go ahead! Be bold. Lose yourself in the research. Help is just a few clicks away… at THIS LINK.

Currently I’m prepared to offer this support from 9-5pm EST. But generally I’m on the web from 10-11pm EST as well, at least Sunday-Thursday nights. So feel free to schedule a consult at that hour, or just try the link above to see if I’m online. The late night hours are an unofficial experiment at this point. But if they prove popular I’ll see about formally shifting my work hours to better meet the needs of west coast and night owl students. As always, from 5-10pm EST please call the main Reference Desk to get help from our outstanding evening librarians at 1-888-278-8825 (for local calls it’s 215-895-2755)

See you online!
Best,
Tim Siftar
siftar@drexel.edu

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August 13, 2009

New Education Books

New Print Titles


Instructional-design theories and models / edited by Charles M. Reigeluth

College admissions together : it takes a family / Steven Roy Goodman, Andrea Leiman

Test anxiety & what you can do about it : a practical guide for teachers, parents, and kids / Joseph Casbarro

New Electronic Titles


Mobile technology for children: designing for interaction and learning / by Allison Druin

Moodle 1.9 for teaching 7-14 year olds  : beginner’s guide : effective e-learning for younger students, using Moodle as your classroom assistant / Mary Cooch

Protestant theology and the making of the modern German university / Thomas Albert Howard

Valley Interfaith and school reform: organizing for power in South Texas / Dennis Shirley

Citizenship and education in liberal-democratic societies: teaching for cosmopolitan values and collective identities / edited by Kevin McDonough and Walter Feinberg

Key concepts in early childhood education & care / Cathy Nutbrown
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July 29, 2009

New Education E-Books!


Teaching adolescents: educational psychology as a science of signs / Howard A. Smith

Designing online learning with Flash / David Richard Moore

Using Moodle / Jason Cole and Helen Foster

Educating the net generation: how to engage students in the 21st century / Bob Pletka

The academic’s handbook/ edited by A. Leigh DeNeef and Craufurd D. Goodwin

History of universities. Vol. XX/2, 2005  / edited by Mordechai Feingold

Common standards for K-12 education? : considering the evidence : summary of a workshop series / Alexandra Beatty, Rapporteurt

Assessing accomplished teaching : advanced-level certification programs : Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards / Milton D. Hakel, Judith Anderson Koenig, and Stuart W. Elliott, editors

Utopian pedagogy: radical experiments against neoliberal globalization / edited by Mark Coté, Richard J.F. Day and Greig de Peuter

Transitions from education to work in Europe : the integration of youth into EU labour markets / edited by Walter Müller and Markus Gangl
Catholic higher education : a culture in crisis / Melanie M. Morey, John J. Piderit
Punishing schools : fear and citizenship in American public education / William Lyons and Julie Drew
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July 14, 2009

New Education Print Books!


Differentiating instruction for at-risk students : what to do and how to do it / Rita Dunn and Andrea Honigsfeld

A mandate for playful learning in preschool : presenting the evidence / Kathy Hirsh-Pasek … [et al.]

Hugging the middle : how teachers teach in an era of testing and accountability / Larry Cuban

Increasing the competitive edge in math and science / edited by Janet S. Kettlewell and Ronald J. Henry

School choice international : exploring public-private partnerships / edited by Rajashri Chakrabarti and Paul E. Peterson

Explicit direct instruction (EDI) : the power of the well-crafted, well-taught lesson / John Hollingsworth, Silvia Ybarra

Multimedia learning / Richard E. Mayer

The American college town / Blake Gumprecht

Community colleges on the horizon : challenge, choice, or abundance / Richard Alfred … [et al.]

Making sense of social networks in schools / Terrence E. Deal, Ted Purinton, Daria Cook Waetjen ; forward by Guilbert C. Hentschke

Fulfilling the promise of the differentiated classroom : strategies and tools for responsive teaching / Carol Ann Tomlinson


International perspectives on the governance of higher education : alternative frameworks for coordination / edited by Jeroen Huisman
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July 1, 2009

New Education Print Books!


Taking sides : Clashing views on educational issues / selected, edited, and with introd. by James Wm. Noll

Opportunity lost : race and poverty in the Memphis City schools / Marcus D. Pohlmann

Ethical practices and implications in distance learning / Ugur Demiray, Ramesh C. Sharma [editors]

The Cambridge handbook of literacy / edited by David Olson, Nancy Torrance

Education : the practice and profession of teaching / Robert F. McNergney, Joanne M. McNergney

Fostering learner independence : an essential guide for K-6 educators / Roxann Rose-Duckworth, Karin Ramer ; foreword by Ron Ritchhart

The literature review : six steps to success / Lawrence A. Machi, Brenda T. McEvoy

Informed learning / by Christine Susan Bruce

Security in schools : its effect on students / Shannon Womer Phaneuf

Teaching for Understanding with technology / Martha Stone Wiske with Kristi Rennebohm Franz and Lisa Breit

Reading is funny! : motivating kids to read with riddles / Dee Anderson


Comparative education research : approaches and methods / edited by Mark Bray, Bob Adamson, Mark Mason
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June 23, 2009

New Education Print Books!


Handbook of research on adult learning and development / edited by M. Cecil Smith ; with Nancy DeFrates-Densch

Visual impact, visual teaching : using images to strengthen learning / Timothy Gangwer

Turnaround : leading stressed colleges and universities to excellence / James Martin, James E. Samels & associates

What successful teachers do : 101 research-based classroom strategies for new and veteran teachers / Neal A. Glasgow, Cathy D. Hicks

Using wikis for online collaboration : the power of the read-write Web / James A. West, Margaret L. West

The SAGE handbook of dyslexia / edited by Gavin Reid … [et al.]

Culturally responsive literacy instruction / Bob Algozzine, Dorothy J. O’Shea, Festus E. Obiakor, editors

So now you’re the superintendent! / John Eller, Howard C. Carlson

Welcome to the aquarium : a year in the lives of children / Julie Diamond

Teaching race in the twenty-first century : college teachers talk about their fears, risks, and rewards / edited by Lisa Guerrero

The student loan scam : the most oppressive debt in U.S. history, and how we can fight back / Alan Collinge

Using data to improve learning for all : a collaborative inquiry approach / Nancy Love, editor
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June 16, 2009

New Education E-Books!


Making the transition to E-learning : strategies and issues / [edited by] Mark Bullen, Diane P. Janes

Building organizational memories: will you know what you knew? / John P. Girard, editor

The history of special education: a struggle for equality in American public schools / Robert L. Osgood

The pedagogy of lifelong learning: understanding effective teaching and learning in diverse contexts / edited by Michael Osborne, Muir Houston and Nuala Toman

Race, poverty, and social justice: multidisciplinary perspectives through service learning / edited by José Z. Calderón ; foreword by Robert A. Corrigan

Digital simulations for improving education: learning through artificial teaching environments / David Gibson and Youngkyun Baek, editors

Managing diversity flashpoints in higher education / Joseph E. Garcia and Karen J. Hoelscher

Cognitive effects of multimedia learning / Robert Z. Zheng

A Dictionary of Education / Edited by Susan Wallace

Effective blended learning practices : evidence-based perspectives in ICT-facilitated education / Elizabeth Stacey and Philippa Gerbic, editor

Teaching the novel across the curriculum: a handbook for educators / edited by Colin C. Irvine

Using deliberative techniques in the English as a foreign language classroom: a manual for teachers of advanced level students / Nancy Claxton
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June 9, 2009

New Education E-Books!


Serious games: games that educate, train, and inform / David R. Michael and Sande Chen

Institutional transformation through best practices in virtual campus development : advancing e-learning policies / Mark Stansfield and Thomas Connolly, editors

Standards and special educational needs: the importance of standards of pupil achievement / Michael Farrell

Declining by degrees: higher education at risk / edited by Richard H. Hersh and John Merrow ; foreword by Tom Wolfe

Islamic identity, postcoloniality, and educational policy: schooling and ethno-religious conflict in the Southern Philippines / Jeffrey Ayala Milligan

The accelerated trainer: using accelerated learning techniques to revolutionize your training / Lex McKee

Racing Odysseus: a college president becomes a freshman again / Roger H. Martin

Missing the meaning: the development and use of print and nonprint text materials in diverse school settings / edited by Alan Peacock and Ailie Cleghorn

Methods and applications for advancing distance education technologies : international issues and solutions / Mahbubur Rahman Syed, editor

The transfer of learning: participants’ perspectives of adult education and training / Sarah Leberman, Lex McDonald and Stephanie Doyle

The view from the helm: leading the American university during an era of change / James J. Duderstadt

Revolution and pedagogy: interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives on educational foundations / edited by E. Thomas Ewing
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