Good communicators understand the mind and the important role multi-sensory, poly-platform communication plays in effective learning environments.
Consider the variety of teaching styles, content, and learning styles in the contemporary community. Forcing the brain to accept information through any singular medium makes for a difficult course of completion. Multiple methods of sensory input yields a diverse [...]
Information Technology Services administrators plan to join with Google Apps for Education to bring students, faculty and employees the Gmail e-mail service by the end of this month, said an undergraduate member of the Student Technology Collaborative who asked to remain anonymous because of ITS policy.
Google to run Yale e-mail
If you like books and/or libraries, this collection of photos from the world’s most exquisite libraries stands second to none. After seeing the collection, the author said he was “shocked into a library induced euphoria.”
Caution: linked site slow-loading because of photos.
Enjoy.
Tough times for the higher education world. CT reflects on the innovations some campuses explore to keep enrollment afloat:
Hard Choices For Higher Ed
Think outside the book. That is what humanity did before Gutenberg and what the two-thirds world does on a daily basis today.
As we step into the digital age and all of its possibilities, we should consider what implications the digital library project has for brick-and-mortar libraries, the public interest and trust, and scholarship.
To get up [...]
On the phone with Troy Bush congratulating him for the new and exciting position he has accepted at Southern Seminary at the Billy Graham School.
Read it: SBTS appoints new Center for Urban Ministry director.
If you want to know what has been going on for the last 150 years at the largest seminary in the world, then you need to read this book. Greg Wills is a friend and a scholar. Most importantly, he is a servant of God who is passionate about preaching the gospel, teaching the Scriptures, [...]
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Amazon to Launch New Textbook Kindle for students
Christianity Today released its list of the top 10 books for the year. Also, as a bonus, the link includes previous lists from yonder-year.
Moments ago, Tim Tebow thrilled 40,000 fans by saying: “Oh, by the way, let’s do it again. I’m coming back.” Resisting the draft, Tebow explained he felt a loyalty to the university and wanted to finish strong. Urban Meyer got the message early yesterday. Read the article. Now, to quiet the USC Bloviators, we need [...]
