Tuesday, September 29, 2009

APA:Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

For FAQs click http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx

***APA's Publication Manual, 6th Edition, provides complete style guidelines and should be consulted first in all matters concerning APA Style, but these FAQs will help clarify frequent areas of confusion.

APA Tutorial: Learning APA Style Basics

Learn the basics quickly with this free tutorial:

http://www.apastyle.org/

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Open Access: Journals in Education

The AERA SIG Communication of Research has created links to open access electronic journals related to Education. Journals are scholarly and peer-reviewed and full text.
Open Access Journals in the Field of Education

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Grad Prep Academy: Preparing for doctoral Stusy in Education

Grad Prep Academy - An Initiative Focused on Preparing for Doctoral Study in Education
Penn GSE has made a serious commitment to preparing promising undergraduate scholars for admission to and success in Ph.D. programs in the field of education.
Penn GSE is seeking to identify talented undergraduates who are entering their junior year for participation in our Grad Prep Academy, a program that includes a four-day visit to the University of Pennsylvania in November 2009. We will select 10 college juniors and cover all their travel expenses, lodging, and meals. During their visit to our campus, the selected scholars will learn more about applying to and succeeding in graduate school; hear about the excellent research of our faculty; interact with our graduate students and alumni; and tour Philadelphia. Next spring, we will pay for Academy participants to take a three-month Kaplan course valued at $1,200 to prepare for the Graduate Record Exam (the GRE is required for admission to most education doctoral programs). Additionally, each Academy participant will be paired with a current Ph.D. student in education at Penn GSE or elsewhere who will offer mentoring throughout the graduate school application process, feedback on essays and other application materials, and advice on where else to apply besides Penn GSE. Lastly, Academy Scholars who apply for Fall 2011 admission to one of our Ph.D. Programs at Penn GSE will receive an application fee waiver; that deadline is December 1, 2010.
Because a master’s degree is not required for admission to Ph.D. programs at Penn GSE, our goal is to enroll as many of the Academy participants as possible in our doctoral programs in Fall 2011, the semester after completion of their undergraduate degrees. Each of our Ph.D. students is fully-funded for 4 years and supported by paid research assistantships with faculty. Academy participation in no way guarantees eventual admission to the University of Pennsylvania. If not at Penn GSE, our larger aim is for all 10 scholars to enroll in highly-selective graduate programs in education at top research universities in Fall 2011.
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR JUNIORS ONLY — those who are starting their junior year of college in Fall 2009 and anticipate earning bachelor’s degrees at the end of Spring 2011. Applications are invited from students across all majors, not just education. However, only those who have intellectual interests that are somehow related to education (the study of teaching and learning, human development, educational psychology and counseling, history of education, K-12 or higher education leadership, sociology or philosophy of education, language and literacy, educational disparities that disadvantage certain populations, education finance, research methodologies applied to education, student affairs and college student development, or K-12 or higher education policy) should apply.
All application materials must be submitted electronically (using the form below) no later than 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Friday, August 21, 2009. Each applicant will receive a decision within four weeks. Please direct all questions to the Grad Prep Academy Co-Directors, Professor Shaun R. Harper (sharper1@upenn.edu) and Penn GSE Dean Andrew C. Porter (andyp@upenn.edu)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Library Announcement:

Purchase Recommendations for Fall Session
Please submit your purchase recommendations for the fall session to your subject librarian by August 1, 2009. All re-quests are evaluated according to the Robert W. Woodruff Library Collection Development Policy. For more information, contact your subject librarian.


Renovation Updates
All books in the circulating collection are now located on the upper level
The reference collection has been relocated to the rear of the library on the main level
All Curriculum Material items may be retrieved using the new paging system only.
Library entrance has moved to rear north side of building near parking lot (off Beckwith Street)
See the Robert W. Woodruff website for more renovation details

Friday, May 1, 2009

International Children Digital Library

International Children Digital Library
A digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

Library Rennovation: Weekly Update

Below are the changes with regards to Woodruff Library collections as of Monday, April 20th:

  • Curriculum Materials Collection has been temporarily relocated to the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall. Please make use of the library’s Paging Service to access these materials (educational kits, multi-media materials, etc) http://dubois.auctr.edu. Items may be checked out and returned at the Circulation Desk on the Main Level of the library. Viewing stations are located on the Lower Level of the library.
  • Bound periodicals and journals have been moved to temporary storage in the Exhibition Hall. Library users may request items from these collections via interlibrary loan service. http://www.auctr.edu/rwwl/Home/interlibraryloan/tabid/130/Default.aspx
  • Print government documents have been boxed and placed in temporary storage. Please contact a reference librarian for assistance in locating information online.
  • The Reference Collection is in the process of being shifted to a different location. Please make use of the library’s Paging Service to access reference materials.
  • Circulating materials on the Upper Level of the library have been shifted backwards (Z-HN). Note: Once all shifting has been finished, all circulating materials will be located on the Upper Level.
  • CURRENT JOURNALS AND MICROFORMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE ON THE MAIN LEVEL FOR PUBLIC USE!

    Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of assistance to you in acquiring access to library materials and services at (404) 978 2100 0r mmundava@auctr.edu

Friday, April 17, 2009

School 2.0: Kids Go Online to Learn: With 4,400 Students, Georgia Virtual Academy Is State's Largest Public School

Online education continues to gain in popularity, but this trend is not just taking hold among college students. Though some have reservations about the idea, much younger students are now discovering the convenience and low cost of virtual learning. For more information: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=7191679&page=1

Monday, April 6, 2009

Reminder: Havard University for Low Income Students!

This is to reminder for anyone interested: Harvard expands financial aid for low- and middle-income families. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/03/30-finaid.html

Parents in families with incomes of less than $60,000 will no longer be expected to contribute to the cost of their children attending Harvard. In addition, Harvard will reduce the contributions of families with incomes between $60,000 and $80,000.

For more information, please visit http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/03/30-finaid.html or call (617) 495-1581

Monday, March 30, 2009

Curriculum Materials Center - temporarily relocating to the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall, Upper Level of the Library

In Preparation for the renovation project, The CMC -Curriculum Materials Center is temporarily being relocated to the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall on the upper level of the Library. This is with effect April 1, 2009.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database: Educational Materials

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Databasehas lesson plans that are tied to national standards in Social Studies (National Council for the Social Studies), History (National Center for History in the Schools), and Geography (National Council Geography Education). Relevant lesson plans and educational resources located on other websites have also been identified, to help educators build a broad study of the trans-Atlantic slave trade into their curriculum. http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/education/index.faces

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE).

FREE provides educators with lesson plans, primary documents, science visualizations, math challenges, literary works, paintings, music manuscripts and many other vital classroom resources. http://www.free.ed.gov/

Thursday, March 5, 2009

New From YouTube: Free Downloads of College Lectures

New From YouTube: Free Downloads of College Lectures
YouTube began testing a new feature that lets users download videos posted to the site from partner institutions — including colleges — rather than just watching the videos in a streaming format. That means people can grab lectures from Duke and Stanford Universities and several institutions in the University of California system to watch any time, with or without an Internet connection. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3615/new-from-youtube-free-downloads-of-college-lectures

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database

Please check out this new database at http://www.auctr.edu/rwwl/Home/databasesincludinggalileo/tabid/108/Default.aspx#c

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database is the most comprehensive source for PreK-12 and young adult reading materials, with over 300,000 reviews, all of which are keyword searchable. There are over 1.4 million records in the database and they are searchable by awards, prizes, best book and reading list entries. Links are included to over 100,000 authors and illustrators, with links to lesson plans. Most reading measurement programs are included. A free newsletter is also available to anyone interested.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Chilren Book Awards:Top books, videos and audiobooks for children:

For more information: http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymawrap.cfm
The following is a list of all ALA Youth Media Awards for 2009:
John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature. Neil Gaiman, author of “The Graveyard Book,” illustrated by Dave McKean and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, is the 2009 Newbery Medal winner.

Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults. “We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball,” written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group. “The Blacker the Berry,” illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is the King Illustrator Book winner.