Some New Jersey eighth-graders decided to protest their shortened lunch break one-cent-at-a-time:
Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff said it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday’s
Many diploma mills give out worthless degrees based on so-called “life experience.” These fake degrees won't get you anywhere in the workplace. However, there is a legitimate way to earn credit for your life experience. First, you'll need to enroll in a regionally accredited school. Then, you'll need to prove your life experience by creating a portfolio, taking an exam, or writing a paper.
Susan Smith Nash shows how a legitimate life experience program works over on her eLearners blog:
“You must sign up for the course in how to prepare a portfolio. It's a one credit-hour course, so it is not prohibitively expensive, but it is very useful because you learn how to look for courses in the catalogue that correspond with the life experience that you have. Then, you create a presentation that documents how and where the materials correspond with the course content. You must also demonstrate knowledge, which could be through a certificate that you earned in a workshop, or by writing a paper, or creating a project.”
Check out the full post to learn how legitimate life experience credit can be earned.
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Some educators are beginning to use Twitter.com to take classroom discussions into the everyday world. Twitter allows users to post short snippets of information, which are then distributed to specified user via cell phone or website.
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published an article describing how Twitter is used by Connecticut State University instructor Jason B. Jones:
“Last semester he required the 20 students in his “Introduction to Computer-Mediated Communication” course to sign up for Twitter and to send a few messages each week as part of a writing assignment. He also invited his students to follow his own Twitter feed, in which he sometimes writes several short thoughts – not necessarily profound ones – each day. One morning, for instance, he sent out a message that read: “Reading, prepping for grad class, putting off running until it warms up a bit.” The week before, one of his messages included a link to a Web site he wanted his students to check out.The posts from students also mixed the mundane with the useful. One student Twittered that she just bought a pet rabbit. Another noted that a topic from the class was being discussed on a TV-news report.”
Some students find believe that Twitter is a useful way to stay in touch with their learning communities. Others resent the constant intrusion and the additional cell phone charges.
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Education Sector’s board of directors has named prominent education leaders Floretta Dukes McKenzie, Hosanna Mahaley Johnson, and Margaret (Macke) Raymond to the board.
Want to earn a certificate from a prestigious university? eCornell, a subsidiary of Cornell University, is currently offering online certificates in business fields such as finance, management, and human resources. Here's a blurb from the new eCornell profile over on About.com:
“The program is geared toward both mid-level professionals who want to expand their core business knowledge and executives looking to hone their strategic and managerial skills. Participants can sign up for individual courses or enroll in multi-course certificate programs.eCornell bills itself as an “online learning company” (not a “school”) and therefore maintains a pretty corporate ethos. Courses, which typically vary from about five to six hours of study over a two-week span, are designed for working professionals and can be completed at the participants' convenience. Courses are built primarily around case studies and simulated business scenarios, so the focus is on practical, everyday work situations.”
Check out the full profile to learn more about eCornell's programs, admissions requirements, and tuition costs.
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GetEducated.com recently published their list of the top 30 “best buy” online MBA programs. Here's what their online MBA program survey found:
“The survey included 168 MBA options: 62 of these offered by graduate business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The survey revealed online learners should be prepared to pay as little as $7,848 or as much as $106,400 for an AACSB accredited distance MBA. “
The survey ranked the programs by cost. The top five online MBA programs included:
1. East Carolina University (NC) – $7,848 (North Carolina) $26,064 (Others)
2. University of Houston Victoria (TX) – $8,730 (Texas) $15,570 (Others)
3. Oklahoma State University (OK) – $10,620 (Oklahoma) $21,060 (Others)
4. Texas A & M University Commerce (TX) – $11,445 (Texas); $19,785 (Others)
5. Florida Atlantic University (FL) – $11,538.8 (Florida); $37,888 (Others)
Check out the report for details on all 30 online MBA programs listed.
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Since most online colleges do not conduct on-location interviews, the admissions essay is the main way that admissions officers get to know applicants. My latest About.com article, How to Write an Online College Admissions Essay, shows how you can create an essay to impress. Here's a blurb:
“The application essay is the perfect opportunity for you to demonstrate your strengths and explain any blemishes on your record. Many colleges ask students to write a separate essay that explains what sets them apart from the crowd. If you have an assignment like that, don't be shy. Describe your many talents in a confident, non-boastful manner. If you have blemishes on your academic record such as poor grades or an expulsion, now is the time to own up to these issues. Explain any extenuating circumstances (such as dropping out due to a family tragedy). If there is no good excuse, explain what you've learned from your mistakes and why you'll never make them again. Even if you are not assigned an essay about your strengths, you can demonstrate your talents in just about any assignment. “Show” the reader what your strengths are by setting up a scene.”
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Not so long ago, Nancy “San Fran Nan” Pelosi promised that Democrats would “drain the swamp,” of Washington’s pork-barrel spending.
And now Democrat congressman John Murtha (yes, that John Murtha) of Pennsylvania has now been crowned the King of Pork by Citizens Against Government Waste: Washington, D.C. – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today announced the final results of its online
A new web 2.0 community is in the works for online teachers. The Social Media Virtual Classroom was the winner of the Knowledge-Networking Award, a grant of $61,000. The money will be used to create a website where online educators can go to discuss their work. Here's a bit about the winning idea:
“The Social Media Virtual Classroom will develop an online community for teachers and students to collaborate and contribute ideas for teaching and learning about the psychological, interpersonal, and social issues related to participatory media. This digital learning space will both feature and analyze the use of blogs, wikis, chat, instant messaging, microblogging, forums, social bookmarking and instructional screencasts for teachers and students.”
The chosen proposal was submitted by Howard Rheingold of Stanford University.
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The Unknown Administrator put a sheet of paper in each teacher’s mailbox Monday morning that had only the following statement: “Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing- the result.”That was it. Nothing more.
As always, we who work in the classroom remain puzzled….