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Are you writing your first novel and need tips on how to get published?  I just came across this great blog called The Book Designer with tons of tips to get self published.

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NaNoWriMo is about at the midway point and the library is having a party write-a-thon tonight at 7pm.  Computers will be reserved for patrons to stop by and add to their novels. Coffee, drinks,cookies and chips will be provided for all. Please add the Final party to your calendar.  It is scheduled for November 30 at 7pm.There is still time to join the group of writers. Visit the NaNoWriMo

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posted by Eric Dillalogue, Asst. Director Starting September 28th, the FKCC Library will be open from 10 am to 10 pm on Wednesdays. Mr. Noded. Open Late. 2006. Digital image. Flickr. Web. 21 September 2011. We hope our "night owl" patrons will find the later hours convenient for doing homework, performing research, or just having a space to study.  We're working on a few events as well,

FKCC Librarynoreply@blogger.com05901 College Rd, Key West, FL 33040, USA24.5824547 -81.7442519-12.938102299999997 -141.5098769 62.103011699999996 -21.978626899999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992398953034493584.post-85615435607560796782011-08-15T10:12:00.000-07:002011-08-15T10:12:18.105-07:00

Stop by the FKCC New York Times Best Seller Display and pick up one of the titles below.  Click on the title to read a review posted on Amazon.com. If you would like to reserve the book go to our library's online catalog, OPAC and enter your library card number and your PIN (the last 4-digits of your ss#) and the book will be held for you to pick up at our Key West campus or we can ship it to

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What resource do you turn to when you have a question?  For many people (including librarians) the answer is: Google.  The Internet has given us all the ability to enter a few keywords, press search, and instantly have several web pages available with potential answers.  Google recently came out with a new tool to help everyone hone their search skills: Google a Day. The premise is simple: a

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Assistant Director The FKCC Library will be closed on Tuesday, August 2nd, and Wednesday, August 3rd, for staff training.  This only affects the Library, however, and other areas of the school will still be open those days.   We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  If you need any research assistance while the Library is closed, please use the Ask a

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It is with great sadness that we report Florence M. Miller's passing at the age of 90.  As you may know, her work is currently on display at the FKCC Library Gallery and a video of her attending her show's opening reception is available here. Miller, a long-time resident of Key West, had been an active member of the FKCC community.  She taught art classes, served on the Art Gallery board, and

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A psychologist at Columbia University, Betsy Sparrow, recently co-published a provocative research article in the journal Science. Titled, Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips, Sparrow along with two other colleagues (Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Daniel M. Wegner of Harvard University) carried out research to analyze

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Assistant Directore Here are the new items added to the FKCC library collection in June 2011.  Please click the blog title to open the full post to see the list. If you are interested in one of the items, follow the links on the titles to see their current availability. Against All Enemies by Tom Clancy The Reader's Advisory Handbook by Moyer & Stover The

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Posted from the News Release by Amber Ernst-Leonard July 2011 update:  The Florence M. Miller exhibit, Silver Jubilee, is a tremendous success!  We are very lucky to have Ms. Miller's beautiful art grace the library's gallery space.  Here is a video of the reception we held on June 23, 2011: ---- Florida Keys Community College’s Library Gallery will exhibit “Silver Jubilee,” a 50-piece show

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Assistant DirectorLibrary will close early on Thursday, June 30th.  Our hours will be 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.  We apologize for any inconvenience. As a reminder, the Library and many of the administrative offices are closed on Fridays until July 8th.  All Friday classes will continue to meet, however.  Also, the entire FKCC campus is closed on Monday, July 4th for the

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Assistant Director The FKCC Library needs feedback on how we can better serve you.  Our Summer 2011 survey runs from today (June 13th) until August 18th.  The online version is available through this link: Summer 2011 Survey.  Or you can stop by the Circulation Desk for a paper copy. "80011_domesday" image used courtesy of ClipartETC, from Myers, Philip V.N. (1905).

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Assistant Director National Academies Press (NAP) - which includes publications from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council - recently announced that more than 4,000 of their titles are now available as free PDF downloads. Topics range from Biology & Life Sciences to

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Assistant DirectorWe unfortunately have to close the Library early on Thursday, June 9th.  Our hours will be 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.  We apologize for this inconvenience. As a reminder, the Library and many of the administrative offices are closed on Fridays until July 8th.  All Friday classes will continue to meet, however.  The Library's next open day will be Monday,

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Library SpecialistWould you like to read a book we don’t have in the Library? Or do you need a journal article that isn’t available in full-text in our databases? The answer: Interlibrary Loan! "50012_library" image used courtesy of ClipartETC, from Foster, E.D. (1921). The American educator. Chicago: Ralph Durham Co. Interlibrary Loan (usually shortened to ILL

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Library Specialist Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (n.d.) ant.19231. Aztec calendar stone. Mexico. [Photograph] Retrieved from http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/Record/2244103/Holdings#tabnav. Beginning May 27th, the FKCC Library (and other areas of student services at the College) will be closed on Fridays.  Scheduled classes and events will still take place

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Library Specialist If you haven't seen it already, our catalog page has undergone a thorough transformation. The new catalog features a much cleaner interface and a more unified search capability, ala-Google.  Officially, this new interface is called Primo Central and it is a "discovery tool," meaning it can find relevant items from a variety of resources and

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Library Specialist There is a special joy every librarian experiences when a box filled with new library materials arrives. A mix of intellectual curiosity and Christmas-morning anticipation fills the air, punctuated by backroom squeals of excitement. Of course, the librarians at FKCC are always professional, so there was limited squealing. This week we received new

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Library Specialist McNaughton, the company we use to obtain the newest releases and popular authors, has recently shipped a new batch of books.  If you are looking for an excellent read, make sure you take a look at the new arrivals shelf across from the circulation desk. Below is a list of the new McNaughton books added to our collection, with links to the library

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Posted by Eric Dillalogue, Library Specialist Nobody can go backward and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending Maria Robinson Like so many other things in life, the Florida Keys Community College Library has undergone significant changes. Since the last posting to this blog, the Library has seen several staff members leave for new opportunities, new members

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Welcome to this blog from the FKCC Library. Our goal is to provide you with the latest news related to education in community colleges and beyond.Note: if you click on a link for the Chronicle of Higher Education (or any other publication) that requires a password or a fee, check with the Library and we'll get that article for you!

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Chronicle - StudentsNovember 11, 2010Community Colleges Must Focus on Quality of Learning, Report SaysBy Sara LipkaIncreasing college completion is meaningless unless certificates and degrees represent real learning, which community colleges must work harder to ensure, says a report released on Thursday by the Center for Community College Student Engagement.While national education goals

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From Chronuicle's CurriculumNovember 7, 2010At a Busy Community College, a Short, Intense Semester Joins the Normal OneBy Paige ChapmanApproximately 1,600 Salt Lake Community College students headed back to the classroom for the first day of classes on October 19. That's when the 34,000-student college, Utah's largest public institution, started its new academic calendar: a condensed eight-week

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From the Chronicle's Wired CampusGamifying HomeworkNovember 3, 2010By Jason B. Jones"If the success of sites like Gowalla, Foursquare, and other game-like forms of social media tells us much, it’s that people will do *anything* for a virtual badge. The attempt to capitalize on this behavior has been called gamification, since it borrows some of the reward structures of game mechanics and applies

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From the Chronicle's Wired CampusIn Downturn, More Return to College Without Basic Computer SkillsNovember 3, 2010By Marc Parry"Orlando, Fla.—Online education can help laid-off workers learn new skills. But before they can even dream about getting a degree, some must clear a much more basic hurdle: learning how to use a computer.This lack of basic computer knowledge is an increasingly common

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We have a new FKCC Library database!Associates Program Source PlusThis database is targeted for the two year and community colleges. It features: fields such as alcohol & drug abuse counseling, biotechnology, computer & data processing, cosmetology, electrical technology, fashion design, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, interior design, law enforcement & criminal justice,

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From Community College TimesOct 7, 2010Collaborations can help contain costs, improve student successCommentaryBy Sandra DeCastroEditor’s note: This article is part of an occasional series by members of the American Association of Community Colleges’ Corporate Council.Collaboration is the process of two or more entities working together to accomplish a shared purpose or mutual objective.

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From The American Association of Community Colleges:White House Summit on Community CollegesCommunity Colleges Issues Brief"In preparation for the White House Summit on Community Colleges, AACC prepared a brief about community college issues. Click here to download the brief in PDF format."Full story: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/AboutCC/whsummit/Pages/default.aspxFor more information: http://

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Check out the Inside Higher Education web site. They have a section called InFocus: Community Colleges.http://www.insidehighered.com/news/focus/community_colleges

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Chronicle ProfHackerJuly 15, 2010Six Ways to Make Adjuncting More Effective and FulfillingBy Brian Croxall"Last week The Chronicle reported in "Tenure, RIP" that by 2007, "the proportion of college instructors who are tenured or on the tenure track plummeted...to 31 percent." Lower in this article, "Professors who talked to The Chronicle" speculate that the proportion of tenure or tenure-track

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Chronicle Higher Education - Wired CampusJune 23, 2010Center Releases New Guide to Navigating Copyright LawBy Sophia LiCommunications scholars often fret over the legal nuances of using copyrighted material in their research, says Pat Aufderheide, a professor of communication at American University and director of its Center for Social Media. Ms. Aufderheide and Peter A. Jaszi, a law professor at

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Chronicle Wired CampusJune 21, 2010Online Learning May Slightly Hurt Student PerformanceBy Sophia LiNo clear winner emerges in the contest between online learning and live instruction, according to the findings of a recent study led by David N. Figlio, a professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University. The study found that students who watched lectures online instead of

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Chronicle Wired CampusMay 19, 2010Google Wave Has Officially Opened Its DoorsBy Jill LasterGoogle Wave has switched from an invitation-only offering to one open to all interested users, the popular service announced Wednesday.Full story

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Chronicle - Wired CampusMay 18, 2010Students at U. of Florida Use Facebook to Find TutorsBy Mary Helen MillerAt the University of Florida, a Facebook application lets students be choosy when looking for tutors.The application, Tutor Matching Service, lets students search for tutors by subject, class, or tutor name. They can see ratings and comments on tutors, when tutors are available, and how

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Chronicle - the TickerApril 7, 2010As Colleges Switch to Online Course Evaluations, Students Stop Filling Them OutColleges thought they were enhancing efficiency when they moved their course evaluations online, but an unintended consequence of the shift to evaluations not filled out in class is that students started skipping them altogether, The Boston Globe reported today. According to the Globe

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Chronicle Wired CampusApril 14, 2010Twitter Makes It Into the Historical RecordBy Jennifer HowardAre you on Twitter? That tweet you sent this morning about what your cat ate for breakfast is now part of history. The Library of Congress announced today—first via its Twitter feed—that it will archive all public tweets posted since Twitter went live in March 2006."That's a LOT of tweets, by the way:

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April 13, 2010Chronicle Wired CampusDistance Education's Rate of Growth Doubles at Community CollegeBy Mary Helen MillerDistance education is growing quickly at community colleges, according to the results of a study published by the Instructional Technology Council. For the 2008-9 academic year, enrollment in distance learning at community colleges grew 22 percent over the 2007-8 academic year,

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Chronicle - Wired CampusMarch 26, 2010Students Retain Information in Print-Like Formats BetterBy Jill LasterA study at Arizona State University has found that students had lower reading comprehension of scrolling online material than they did of print-like versions.The report, "To Scroll or Not to Scroll: Scrolling, Working Memory Capacity, and Comprehending Complex Texts," described how two

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Chronicle - TWEEDMarch 25, 2010Going Green to Stay Out of the RedDuring tough financial times colleges will do whatever it takes to survive — even if that means something as drastic as changing the default font on the campus e-mail system.Diane Blohowiak, director of computing at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, said in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio that the university had

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Chronicle - Wired CampusMarch 23, 2010, 04:09 PM ETColleges Automate Process of Responding to Copyright-Violation NotificationsBy Jeff YoungSome colleges get hundreds of e-mail messages a month from music, movie, and book publishers notifying them that a student or professor is illegally sharing copyrighted material over the campus network. Colleges are required to look into each alleged

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Chronicle - Government newsMarch 21, 2010House Approves Student-Loan BillBy Paul BaskenWashingtonThe U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation late Sunday that would expand health-insurance coverage for Americans and end the bank-based system of distributing federally subsidized student loans.The bill, HR 4872, approved on a vote of 220 to 211, was controversial nationwide largely

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Wired CampusMarch 19, 2010, 09:00 AM ETHow Interactive Technology Can Help Minority Students LearnBy Mary Helen MillerFrom his experience teaching at a historically black university, James L. Ellenson says that interactive technology can help engage minority students. Mr. Ellenson, an adjunct associate professor of chemistry at North Carolina Central University, will deliver a lecture on the

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The Chronicle of High Education - GovernmentMarch 19, 2010Final Student-Loan Bill Offers Aid to Colleges and StudentsBy Paul BaskenWashingtonCongressional Democrats and the Obama administration on Thursday outlined their final agreement on legislation to overhaul the government's student-loan system, with the savings providing annual inflation-adjusted increases in the Pell Grant and billions of

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Education WeekPublished Online: February 22, 2010Obama Plan Would Tie Title I to College-Career StandardsBy Alyson KleinPresident Barack Obama told the nation’s governors Monday that he would like to make funding for districts under Title I—the flagship program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—contingent on states’ adoption of reading and math standards that prepare students for

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Community College TimesTesting students for online readinessBy Carisa Chappell, Published February 16, 2010While online learning is fast becoming a popular option for students, it’s not for everyone.In addition to the skills required to succeed in traditional classroom courses, online students must be self-motivated, disciplined and good independent learners. Prior to enrolling in an online

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Community College TimesEnrollments, new needs stretch student servicesBy CARISA CHAPPELL,Published November 22, 2009As the needs of community college students become more complex, student services have become vital in assisting them to improve academically, professionally and personally. Students needing assistance with filling out financial aid forms, finding jobs or locating special services

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Chronicle Wired CampusFebruary 5, 2010, 02:23 PM ETUniversity Puts Researchers on YouTube to Stir Commercial InterestBy Jill LasterStephen Kinsey wanted to find a more personal way to connect inventors at his university tobusinesses that might be interested in their creations.So he let researchers do the talking, explaining their work in videos on a YouTube channel created at the University of

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January 21, 2010Chronicle of Higher EducationScout Tufankjian, Polaris, for the chronicleVincent DeGennaro Jr. treats an earthquake victim in a tent hospital set up at the Port-au-Prince airport by the U. of Miami. A medical resident at Columbia U., he graduated from Miami's medical school, which has longstanding ties in Haiti and sent immediate help.By Andrea FullerBrian W. Loggie, a professor

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Community College TimesPublished January 11, 2010To see how enrollment caps, the economy and the growing reputation of community colleges are prompting more traditional college-age students to enroll at public two-year colleges, look at Seminole State College of Florida (SSCF).In the 1999-2000 academic year, students ages 18-24 comprised 34 percent of the college’s headcount. In 2008-09, they

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Want to keep up with the latest news from the Chronicle of Higher Education, but short on time? Find them at Twitter http://twitter.com/chronicle.

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Chronicle of Higher Education Wired CampusJanuary 04, 2010, 10:00 AM ETHow to Teach With Google WaveBy Marc ParryIf you're wondering what use Google's new Wave tool might have for teaching, one online-learning leader has an answer: combining classes from different colleges.Think of it like bringing in a guest speaker. But with Wave, which is like e-mail but live and jazzed up with multimedia

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Chronicle of Higher EducationJanuary 4, 2010American Colleges Lag in Meeting Labor NeedsBy Karin FischerDespite calls to more closely link higher education with job needs in the United States, American colleges are only "moderately responsive" to changes in the labor markets, according to a new working paper by three economists.The study, whose preliminary results were presented on Monday at the

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Wired CampusNovember 09, 2009, 10:00 AM ETSecond Life Duty Now Required for Penn State's Online AdvisersBy Marc ParryDenver -- Plenty of colleges have a presence in Second Life. Pennsylvania State University is taking that a step further. Academic advisers at the university’s online campus are now required to be available for meetings with students in the virtual world every week, a Penn State

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Chronicle Higher EducationOctober 22, 2009Online College Access Comes at a High Price for Students, Survey SaysBy Marc ParryOnline programs are expanding access to education, but a survey reveals new details about the cost of that access, suggesting that students enrolled in online programs may pay higher fees than their on-campus counterparts.The report found that, at nearly half of the 182

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Chronicle Higher EducationOctober 18, 2009A 'Chronicle' survey of part-timers in Chicago provides insight into their motivations and concerns.By Audrey Williams JuneThey don't make much money, they don't have health benefits, and they don't have job security. So why do adjuncts keep showing up to teach in college classrooms semester after semester, year after year?The Chronicle went to Chicago to

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Wired CampusOctober 15, 2009, 02:45 PM ETOpen Access to Research Is Inevitable, Libraries Are ToldBy Jennifer HowardWASHINGTON, D.C. Public access to research is "inevitable," but it will be a slog to get to it. That was the takeaway message of a panel on the role libraries can play in supporting current and future public-access moves. The panel was part of the program at the membership meeting

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The NY TImesSeptember 27, 2009The Way We Live NowThe College CalculationBy DAVID LEONHARDTThe most subversive question about higher education has always been whether the college makes the student or the student makes the college. Sure, Harvard graduates make more money than graduates of just about any other college. And most community-college students will end up making far less than graduates of

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September 24, 2009State Directors of Community Colleges See Bleak Financial Times AheadBy Jennifer GonzalezState directors of community colleges in half of the states expect to face midyear reductions in their state appropriations, according to survey results being released on Thursday of members of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges.The community-college directors also

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Chronilce Higher EducationAug 24, 2009By Marc BejaS. Craig WatkinsThe Chronicle spoke with S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV, and film at the University of Texas at Austin, about the new age of social networking and media, and what it means for the classroom of the future. His soon-to-be-published book, The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites,

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The Chronicle of Higher Education-Community CollegesBy Rob JenkinsThe first time I ever taught a college class, nearly 25 years ago, I was convinced that, at any moment, one of my students was going to stand up and expose me as a fraud.Of course, I had good reason to worry: As a brand-new graduate assistant, I was a fraud, as Henry Adams reminded us all recently in his thought-provoking essay, "

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Chronicle of Higher EducationJuly 27, 2009Lessons From a Freshman YearBy James M. LangThis past spring, on the last day of class in my "Introduction to Literature" course, I held a review session for the final exam. We had spent the semester digesting the standard diet of fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as reading a novel and watching a film. The final exam would require the students to write

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The FKCC Library would like to make computer and internet use more user friendly for residents of Monroe County. We have a survey to help us with this. It should take only 2-5 minutes of your time. The survey is available online from the Library’s home page at http://library.fkcc.edu or a print version is available in the Library. Thank you for your help!Library Staff

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The following copyright resources were developed by ALA’s (American Library Association) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). As stated by the OITP, "... two latest tools also include functionality that can help users or institutions manage their use of copyrighted materials by allowing individuals to describe, share and keep a record of their intended use". Visit the OITP web site

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From US News & World Report10 Tips for the First-Year Experience CourseJuly 08, 2009 01:44 PM ET Jacobs, Lynn F. , Hyman, Jeremy S.One of the hottest new things at college is the first-year experience course — a one-semester course that matches the very best faculty of the school with an engaging and relevant subject of study — all in a small- group and friendly atmosphere. Some schools focus

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Chronicle Wired CampusJuly 6, 2009Textbook Lending Grows in PopularityWhile textbook-rental companies have been around for a few years, it seems they have been growing in popularity with each college semester.Chegg is one of these companies. A company officer said that the company took in more than $10-million in revenue in 2008, The New York Times reported, and that Chegg took in as much this

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The ChronicleJune 29, 2009Is Your College Obsolete? So much learning now takes place online, including faculty office hours, study groups, and lectures. What extra value are you going to need to offer to bring the students of the future to your college? Read the new report, "The College of 2020: Students," from Chronicle Research Services. Click here to read the free executive summary

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From Chronicle Wired CommunityJune 25, 2009Should Definitions of Cheating Change in the Age of Texting?"Over at The Chronicle’s Brainstorm blogs, Mark Bauerlein raised some interesting questions this week about students’ views of cheating.Mr. Bauerlein, a professor of English at Emory University, points to a new survey showing that about half of students have used their cellphones or other

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From Chronicle Wired CampusJune 23, 2009'Twitterature': Tweeting Classics on the Web"It isn’t uncommon to find literature rendered in the style of Twitter’s trademarked 140-character blasts. But it’s rare for such tweets to make their way into print.Yet that’s the concept behind a new book penned by two rising University of Chicago sophomores, titled Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books, Now

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Chronicle Wired CampusJune 19, 2009"The Online 'Attrition Puzzle': New Study Revisits Dropout DebateOnline students are much more likely to drop out of courses than their campus-based peers, according to a new study that confirms earlier research on what has been a longstanding concern in the distance-education industry."Full Story

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Chronicle Wired CampusJune 10, 2009Forget about making up stories about sick relatives. There’s a new way to get around homework deadlines by sending professors corrupted documents, buying a student extra time because the professor will likely blame computer errors and take hours or days to ask for a new version. There are, however, ways to identify the frauds.Full story

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From: http://peoplesbudget.state.fl.us/Highlights/education/education_home.aspxSuccess for Every Studentand Providing the Best Education in the Nation "Governor Crist is committed to providing every student in Florida with the best educational opportunities in the nation. Investing today in the educational success of Florida’s children is a vital step toward securing the state’s socioeconomic

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May 29, 2009Just released from the National Center for Education Statistics:The Condition of Education 2009The Condition of Education 2009 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 46 indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant

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Chronicle Wired CampusMay 12, 2009Physicist Set to Unveil 'WolframAlpha' Web Site, a New Kind of Research HelperWhat if you could ask your encyclopedia to not only spit out facts, but to perform an analysis with those facts or compute the answers to a math problem for you? A free Web site set to go live this month promises to do just that, potentially becoming a virtual research assistant for

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Chronicle Higher Ed - Today's News5/1/09By SARA LIPKA Higher education traffics in reputations. To thrive as an institution means keeping up with competitors while setting yourself apart. But as good as colleges have become at building brands, the game is shifting to social media, where there is perpetual motion and little control.Image gains importance in admissions season, and this one's a

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Chronicle - Wired CampusApril 28, 2009St. Louis — Gail Weatherly has gotten phone calls from women near tears over their situations.They’re taking care of kids. They can’t afford child care. They can’t make it to regular classes. And they don’t know about online learning, said Ms. Weatherly, distance-education coordinator at Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, Tex.Ms. Weatherly

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U.S. News & World ReportHow the Recession Is Changing Students' College PlansApril 08, 2009 01:00 PM ET Eddy Ramírez Permanent Link PrintA recent survey found that the recession is forcing more than 70 percent of prospective college students to alter their plans for the upcoming school year, sometimes in drastic ways. When asked how their college plans might change, 53 percent of students said

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Chronicle Wired CampusApril 14, 2009As the number of online-learning students increases at the nation’s community colleges, so do the challenges of providing them with good online instruction and providing faculty members with the tools to deliver it. That’s the message in the results of a new survey of community colleges.The survey shows that enrollments in online courses shot up in 2008, by

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Chronicle Higher educationFrom the issue dated April 3, 2009The Complicated Task of Simplifying Student AidThe U.S. Education Department examines 2 ways to make it easier for families to applyBy KELLY FIELDThe first time Kathy Peterson saw the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the six-page form that the government uses to assess student need, she felt overwhelmed."I just kept going from

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The Wired CampusMarch 27, 2009YouTube Creates New Section to Highlight College ContentMore than 100 colleges have set up channels on YouTube, and this week the popular video service unveiled a new section that brings together all of that campus content in one area.It had been difficult to find college lectures on YouTube, since they are generally far less popular than the site’s humorous and

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Chronicle of Higher Education - The Chronicle ReviewMarch 24, 2009The Fate of the Humanities ArticleMuch of the concern about humanities publishing has focused on books. Books remain key, since in many fields of the humanities publication of a book (or two) remains a criterion for tenure. The principal challenges here are the capacity of academic presses to publish enough books to satisfy the

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From the Chronicle Higher Education - Community CollegesMarch 27, 2009Adjunct InspirationAs community colleges rely more heavily on part-timers, some try new strategies to improve teachingBy KATHERINE MANGANCypress, Tex.On a recent Wednesday evening, 15 adjunct instructors and a full-time professor are sitting around a table in a classroom at Lone Star College-CyFair, trading teaching tips and

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SENSE Releases 2008 National ReportThe 2008 SENSE National Report, Imagine Success: Engaging Entering Students (PDF), is now available.This year’s SENSE report focuses on the need for major redesign of college practices in order to more successfully engage entering students. Given today’s unprecedented economic challenges, community and technical colleges across the country are caught in the

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Chroincle Wired CampusMarch 6, 2009San Francisco — Facebook announced new features on its Web site on Wednesday that will allow colleges and other organizations to create a centralized public profile and publish a live stream of announcements for their followers.The changes expand the tools available to college administrators to communicate with students, alumni, and others who have Facebook

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From Chronicle of Higher Education - Information TechnologyMarch 6, 2009 IssueMinute-long talks find success at a community collegeBy DAVID SHIEHTake a 60-minute lecture. Cut the excess verbiage, do away with most of the details, and pare it down to key concepts and themes.What's left? A "microlecture" over in as few as 60 seconds. A course designer for San Juan College, a community college in

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Chronicle of Higher EducationWired campusFebruary 25, 2009An experiment this semester at Houston Community College compares two sections of the same course, one in which students are given iPhones and another in which students use old-fashioned PC’s to view course materials online. The question: Will students with the smart phones spend more time watching course videos and interacting with peers

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Chronicle - Today's NewsTuesday, February 17, 2009Community Colleges See Stimulus Bill as Bonanza for Their StudentsBy MEGAN ECKSTEINCommunity colleges are touting the economic-stimulus bill as a big win for their job-training programs, which under the mammoth legislation would be eligible for billions of dollars in grants.The bill, which President Obama is expected to sign today, would also

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Chronicle of Higher Education - News BlogFebruary 10, 2009Financial and Psychic Costs of College Slow Community-College Students' ProgressA new report suggests that students at two-year institutions learn more slowly than those in four-year programs because higher education exacts greater financial and psychic costs from people in community colleges.The report, “The Other College: Retention and

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Chronicle - Wired CampusFebruary 13, 2009YouTube 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

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Education WeekPublished Online: February 12, 2009Stimulus Bill Provides Some $100 Billion for EducationBy Alyson Klein and Michele McNeilAfter days of tense negotiations, congressional leaders hope to begin voting as early as Friday on a nearly $800 billion economic-stimulus bill that would provide some $100 billion for education.The compromise measure includes money to help local school

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Chroincle NewsWednesday, January 28, 2009Stimulus Bill Would Make Millions of Students Newly Eligible for Tuition Tax CreditBy KELLY FIELD Almost four million low- and middle-income students would become eligible for a tuition tax break under economic-stimulus legislation before Congress, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The House of Representatives is

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Chronicle - News BlogJanuary 19, 2009 Community colleges are increasingly concerned about the large number of students who require remedial education and never make it into college-level classes. And a new study confirms what some have long suspected: Many students don’t even attempt to take remedial classes. Among the 250,000 participants in the study, 36 percent of those referred to

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Inside Higher EducationJan. 16WASHINGTON — As colleges and students around the country struggle with the effects of the worldwide economic downturn, help appears to be on the way from the nation’s capital. And plenty of it, to judge from a draft of a massive, $825 billion stimulus package released by Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives Thursday.For more information: http://

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After four months of spirited discussion, the EDUCAUSE teaching and learning community has voted on the, “Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009.” The final list for 2009, ranked by popularity, includes:1. Creating learning environments that promote active learning, critical thinking, collaborative learning, and knowledge creation. 2. Developing 21st-century literacies among students and

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The principal purpose of the Report for the Florida Community College System is to provide timely, accurate, and comparative information about the system, sometimes referred to as the "Community College Fact Book," this report is intended for use by people who are interested in community college education in Florida. Available online at:http://www.fldoe.org/arm/cctcmis/pubs/factbook/

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Can You Afford to Keep All Your Students?A new report from Chronicle Research Services shows that more students than usual asked for more financial aid this fall as family wealth disappears and student loans are harder to get. Not all colleges can meet the increased need. Read more about it in "Financial Uncertainty and the Admissions Class of Fall 2008." See the free executive summary.http://

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A news item from the Chronicle last month, but still of interest...November 19, 2008Boston College Will Stop Offering New Students E-Mail AccountsMany students don’t even want a college e-mail address these days because they already have well-established digital identities before they arrive on campus. That’s the conclusion that officials at Boston College came to in a recent review of their

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From Chronicle of Higher Education(December 12, 2008)By JOSH KELLER Berkeley, Calif.Faculty members at community colleges can improve the success of basic-skills instruction—specifically, math and literacy—by taking a more active role in reshaping curriculum and recording data to measure student progress, says a report presented on Thursday by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of

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From Chronicle of Higher Education - Wired CampusDecember 2, 2008New Site Adds Financial Incentive to Good GradesSome people raise money for every mile they run in a long-distance race. Now two brothers, Michael and Matthew Kopko, have developed a Web site called GradeFund that applies this “marathon model” to helping students raise money for college.The site enables students to create online

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From Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired CampusNovember 12, 2008Universities See Double-Digit Increase in Online Enrollment, Study FindsOnline enrollment at universities nationwide increased more than 12 percent in 2007 over the previous year, and the majority of college officials agree that competition for online students is increasing, according to the 2008 Sloan Survey of Online Learning.

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From Chronicle of Higher EducationNovember 12, 2008Universities in Japan and Canada unveiled courses by cellphone last year, and now, in the midst of National Distance Learning Week, the United States has too.The Louisiana Community and Technical College System yesterday announced the creation of LCTCSOnline, a new program built in collaboration with AT&T and Pearson Custom Solutions, a branch of

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