Good day, fine readers. As promised, I am starting my second new series this week. The subject of this series is my always adorable nephew, Quinton. As many of you know, we often refer to him simply as “Q”, thus the name in the title. He is five years old and, no doubt, the apple [...]
Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
September 12, 2010
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The Adventures of Q, Chapter 1.
By Jen Dean in Adventures of Q, Education, Series
August 30, 2010
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Fall Semester, 2010
By Jason W. Dean in Education, Librarianship, Library, Library Science, Personal, School, UpdatesToday marks the beginning of my final semester as an MSLIS student at Syracuse. It is frankly a bit odd to say that, but it is true. I will have been in graduate school for about a year and a half, much shorter (it seems) than many of my fellow classmates. I hope this semester [...]
August 20, 2010
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Higher Education and Me
By Jason W. Dean in Culture, Education, SchoolAs I have mentioned in the past, I read most of my updates and such through Times for iPad and Flipboard. I recently discovered (through Flipboard) this article, which was fascinating to me: Meritocrats, by Tony Judt Though not explicitly mentioned in the title, this post was all about the merits and purposes of higher [...]
August 16, 2010
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The Dirty Dozen and The Clean 15.
By Jen Dean in Education, Food/Recipes, HealthReaders, today I have some very useful knowledge for each of you. In fact, the knowledge I am about to impart on each of you is about to printed and placed upon our refrigerator here at home. Yes, it is that useful. And that important.
August 14, 2010
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A New Way to Learn.
By Jen Dean in Apple, Education, iPad, Medical School, School, Science, TechnologyI read something very exciting today. Beginning this year, incoming students at Stanford University will receive iPads as part of a trial program to lessen the burden of books and other materials. Jason and I have discussed the integration of iPads into the classroom at length with friends over the past several months. In fact, [...]
