Today 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 [...]
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August 30, 2010
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Fall Semester, 2010
By Jason W. Dean in Education, Librarianship, Library, Library Science, Personal, School, Updates
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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Conclusion of Summer School
By Jason W. Dean in Library Science, Personal, School, UpdatesRemember when you were in High School, and the term “summer school” had strongly negative connotations? It’s where the bad kids went – and the good kids were threatened with it if they didn’t “get their act together.” Well, I never wanted to go to summer school in high school, but I confess to you [...]
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, [...]
July 20, 2010
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Evenings at Cook Children’s Hospital
By Jen Dean in Fort Worth, Medical School, Medicine, PersonalAs most of you know, I am a Child Life volunteer at Cook Children’s Hospital. However, many of you have asked what exactly I do during my evenings at the hospital. For those of you that are curious, here is a brief synopsis.
