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October 20 , 2011                        http://www.lib.virginia.edu/education/news/archive.shtml Vol. 5, No. 10
     

Image of a globe with buildings and vegetation sticking out all around the globe floating in a blue sky with white clouds. Image released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user spdorsey. GIS WORKSHOP
TOPIC: Making Maps Online with GeoCommons
DATE: Tuesday, October 25
TIME: 2pm - 3:00pm
LOCATION: Alderman Library Electronic Classroom
DESCRIPTION: GeoCommons is a free online alternative to ArcGIS or Google Fusion Tables for mapping and analyzing your data. We’ll walk through the steps to upload data, make a map, and use the new GeoIQ analysis tools. If you prefer Mac or PC, Firefox, Chrome, or IE, you’ll learn to use new tools to make and share your maps with the world.
INSTRUCTORS: Chris Gist and Kelly Johnston
No registration is required.

 

Cover of the Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning, Volume II NEW HANDBOOK
TITLE: Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning, Volume II
LOCATION: The CLIC's handbook section is- located on shelves to the left when you enter the CLIC
CALL NUMBER: P 118.2 .H359 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You can digitize and scan chapters from this handbook for free. See the listing, "Digitize an Article" in the right column of this newsletter.

 

Cover of the Handbook of Special Education, 2011 edition NEW HANDBOOK
TITLE: Handbook of Special Education
LOCATION: The CLIC's handbook section is located on shelves to the left when you enter the CLIC.
CALL NUMBER: LC 3965 .H262 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You can digitize and scan chapters from this handbook for free. See the listing, Digitize an Article in the right column.

 

Education Week Teacher PD Sourcebook Fall 2011 logo ED WEEK SOURCEBOOK
Education Week’s Fall 2011 edition of the Teacher PD Sourcebook is now available online! This issue's theme, Reaching All Students, focuses on strategies for maximizing potential in learners with diverse needs. This edition of Teacher PD Sourcebook provides effective strategies for educators who work with high-needs students—specifically those who have learning disabilities, limited English, or who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

 

National Center on Education and the Economy logo REFERENCE REPORT
Increasingly, researchers are turning to the lower cost option of using state assessments for measures of student achievement. This NCEE Reference Report, Estimating the Impacts of Educational Interventions Using State Tests or Study-Administered Tests, identifies and describes factors that could affect the precision of impact estimates when evaluations use state assessments instead of study-administered tests. The study is based on data from three randomized controlled trials.

Among the findings, the authors found that the impact estimates based on state assessments were not significantly different from the impact estimates based on study-administered standardized tests. However, they found significant differences in the precision of the impact estimates from models that used different combinations of the two types of tests to provide pre-test scores and post-test scores.

 

Cover of the Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2009. NCES REPORT
Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2009, updates a series of NCES reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. The report includes national and regional population estimates for the percentage of students who dropped out of high school between 2008 and 2009, the percentage of young people who were dropouts in 2009, and the percentage of young people who were not in high school and had some form of high school credential in 2009. Data are presented by a number of characteristics including race/ethnicity, sex, and age. Annual data for these population estimates are provided for the 1972-2009 period. Information about the high school class of 2009 is also presented in the form of on-time graduation rates from public high schools.


 

  

The image, which shows many branching dots and resembles a quarter view of a dandilion, was released under a Creative Commons license by Flickr user maisonbisson. SOFTWARE WORKSHOP
TOPIC: NVivo
DATE: Wednesday, October 26
TIME: 2pm - 3pm
WHERE: The CLIC, Ruffner Hall, room 302
DESCRIPTION: This workshop will explore principles and techniques of qualitative analysis using NVivo from QSR International.
INSTRUCTOR: Nancy Kechner
No registration is required.

 

Education Pioneers logo WORKSHOP
TOPIC: Education Pioneers -Education Leadership Development Fellowships
DATE: Wednesday, October 26
TIME: 12pm - 1pm
LOCATION: In the CLIC, 3rd floor of Ruffner Hall
DESCRIPTION: A representative from Education Pioneers, a national nonprofit focusing on educational leadership development, will present a session on the Fellowship programs available from this group.
FACILITATOR: Hilary Kerner
No registration is required.

 

Save Money: Use the Scan to Email technology in the CLIC DIGITIZE AN ARTICLE
Use the "Digital Sender" machine in the CLIC's computing lab to 1) convert a photocopied article or document to digital format, or 2) scan a chapter from a book and convert it to digital format. This latter option will come in handy if you want to make a free digital copy of an article in one of the handbooks in the CLIC.

IMPORTANT DIGITIZING TIP: When you use this machine, you are asked to enter an email address in the TO: and FROM: lines. The address must be a UVA email address. In addition, you must enter text in the SUBJECT line for the machine to function properly. Step-by-step Instructions are attached to the machine.

Copyright Remember that scanning documents is regulated by the same copyright laws as photocopying documents.

 

Exploration School logo SUMMER TEACHING JOBS
TOPIC: Exploration School Summer Programs Information Session
DATE: Thursday, October 27
TIME: 5pm - 6:30pm
LOCATION: In the CLIC, 3rd floor of Ruffner Hall
DESCRIPTION:  A representative from Exploration Summer Programs will provide an informational session on the teaching and administrative positions available at each of their summer programs for qualified graduate students from all academic disciplines.
FACILITATOR: Hilary Kerner
No registration is required.

 

Logo for the Rutgers University Camden campus. CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Rutgers University-Camden Childhood Studies Graduate Student Organization (GSO) invites submissions for paper presentations for its second formal graduate student conference, Visions & Voices, to be held May 21-22, 2012 at the Camden, New Jersey campus. Graduate students from all disciplines who are engaged in research relating to children and childhood are encouraged to submit proposals.

Submit a 250-word abstract plus cover letter with name, current level of graduate study, affiliated university, and email address to childgso@camden.rutgers.edu. Include the words "conference abstract" in subject line, and include your name only on the cover letter .

Deadline: December 15, 2011. Accepted presenters will receive notification by February 1, 2012.

 

Discovering Differences RESERVE THE DATE
MOVIE: “Crash,” Class and Race – Exploring Diversity
DATE: November 3
TIME: 7pm to 9pm
WHERE: The CLIC, Ruffner Hall, room 302
DESCRIPTION: Join us as we view and discuss this provocative, 2006 Best Picture Oscar winner about intersecting lives in Los Angeles.
FACILITATOR: Dr. Diane Whaley

 

Education Services Newsletter NEWSLETTER
Click here to read the current and previous issues of the Education Services newsletter produced by the CLIC librarians, Kay Buchanan and Carole Lohman to support your digital scholarship and research.