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MONDAY MORNING MAILING
February 20, 2006
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- Important Announcements for ALL Students
- * New HGSE Website: Submissions Requested!
- Announcements & Reminders
- * How to submit an announcement to MMM
- * Last chance for student organization recognition
- * Environmental Education conference presentation proposal submission
- * ALANA Journal call for submissions and prizes
- * Report on toiletries & cosmetic collection
- * Recycling kudos for GSE
- Events, Presentations, & Workshops
- * This week's job talks
- * Free children's dental exams - Feb. 21
- * How Should We Teach the Theory of Evolution? - Feb. 22
- * Rights on the Line: Vigilantes on the Border - Feb. 23
- * Student Research Conference and International Forum - Feb. 24
- * Rebuilding Lives: Education in Human Crises - Feb. 24
- * IDEA Party at Hoffa's! - Feb. 24
- * Guided tour of the Black Heritage Trail - Feb. 25
- * Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading - Mar. 1
- * Alumni of Color Conference - Mar. 3-4
- * ALANA Open mic - Mar. 3
- * Learning with Virtual Peers - Mar. 3
- * Education and Catastrophe: Communities of Color Responding and Moving Forward - Mar. 3
- * From Research to the Classroom: A Publisher's Perspective - Mar. 6
- * Taylor Branch: America in the King Years - Mar. 6
- * Jeanne S. Chall Lecture and Award Presentation - Mar. 7
- * Community Organizing and School Reform - Mar. 9
- * HGSE Reception at AERA: Save the date - Apr. 10
- * Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business - Apr. 17
- * Do Your Betas Need Hats? Learn How to Use Microsoft Equation to Report Statistics
- * APA Exposed: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format But Were Afraid to Ask!
- * EndNote Basics
- * Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
- Clubs, Organizations, & Committees
- * Weekly Yoga sessions start this week!
- * Language and Literacy Club - Feb. 23
- * Phi Delta Kappa - Feb. 28
- Job & Volunteer Opportunities
- * Internship at the Institute for Learning and Development
- * Development Internship at ResearchILD
- * After-school club volunteering opportunity
- * $10 for participation in creative cognition study
- Links to archived Monday Morning Mailings
- * February 13, 2006
- * February 6, 2006
- * January 30, 2006
- * January 23, 2006
- * January 16, 2006
- * January 9, 2006
- * December 19, 2005
- * December 12, 2005
- * December 5, 2005
- * November 28, 2005
- * November 21, 2005
- * November 14, 2005
- * November 7, 2005
- * October 31, 2005
- * October 24, 2005
- * October 17, 2005
- * October 10, 2005
QUICK LINKS
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS
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New HGSE Website: Submissions Requested!
HGSE is revamping its website to be launched soon, and one of the new elements will be a page that highlights what current and former HGSE students are doing in the School, in the community and in the world. The SGA Academics Committee is currently collecting ideas for these spotlights. If you know a current, or former, HGSE student (including yourself) who…
* has an inspiring story to tell about their experiences in education
* is conducting notable research as part of their degree program or in the field
* is involved in a social action project to bring about change in education
* has just been hired to an interesting position in the field
We want to know about it!
To submit an idea for consideration, please check with that person to make sure he/she is agreeable (if it someone other than yourself) and then email Shannon Houston, VP Academics, (houstosh@gse.harvard.edu) with a brief summary of what that person is doing and why it should be highlighted on the website. Ideas will initially be reviewed by the Academics Committee, and selected spotlights will be forwarded to the HGSE Director of Communications, Michael Rodman, for final review.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS
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How to submit an announcement to MMM
To submit an announcement to the Monday Morning Mailing, please e-mail the text and the title (which we will use as the e-mail link) to sga@gse.harvard.edu by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before it is to appear. Your title should be to the point and should include any pressing deadlines. We request that you make your announcement as brief as possible and direct interested students to an e-mail address, phone number, or web site through which they can obtain more detailed information.
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Last chance for student organization recognition
Student organizations requesting SGA recognition for the remainder of the academic year must complete all requirements by Wednesday, March 1. In addition to the paperwork involved, at least one member of the group must complete a 90 minute training/information session. Time is running out. There are no exceptions. Contact Tina_Hansar@harvard.edu for information.
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Environmental Education conference presentation proposal submission
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) will be holding its annual conference in S. Paul, MN, October 9-4, 2006. Anyone interested in joining me to submit a research presentation proposal for either the pre-conference research symposium or the main conference? Three people with similar interests can submit together. For info about the conference, go to www.naaee.org. If interested in submitting with me, contact Julie Broussard at taylorju@gse.harvard.edu. Proposal submission deadline is February 22, so act quickly!
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ALANA Journal call for submissions and prizes
ALANA Journal 2006, WE ARE THE RIVER - Call for Submissions
CLASS OF 2006 !
Leave your footprints in the snow … in the sand …
on the path that leads to The River.
We Are The River . . .
Let the waters ebb and flow as they speak of our struggles,
our survival, our triumphs,
our laughs and smiles,
our blood sweat and tears wrung from us
on Appian Way .
Come to The River,
The 2006 ALANA Anthology, WE ARE THE RIVER, is accepting
poetry, narratives, fiction, drama, visual art in all genre (including colour), in English and all languages spoken here – especially bilingual entries.
Submissions are due by on or before Wednesday, the Ides (15th) of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs and/or request an email receiving address.
THEME: Any that encompass, stem, or flow from who we are, from issues of diversity, culture, and related experiences of HGSE students.
Submissions are by on or before Wednesday, the Ides (15th) of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs and/or request an email receiving address.
ALSO, seeking COVER ART in the river or water motif (from any culture). A plus if it incorporates the subject/theme (culture and diversity). Our design concept is for a wraparound cover (front and back). DUE by Friday, the 3rd of March, 2006.
Submissions for the Journal pages are due by on or before Wednesday, the Ides (15th) of March, 2006. Hand-deliver to the Office of Student Affairs and/or request an email receiving address.
Please utilize 12-point font, and double-spacing except for poetry. Poems are limited to two pages; other writings are limited to 1400 words. Electronic images must be submitted in jpeg format.
Feel free to contact Lolita Paiewonsky at : lp_edm2005@yahoo.com; any ALANA Journal Board; or the friendly OSA Staff.
We will be waiting for you. . . at The River:
The 2006 ALANA Anthology Editorial Board:
Lolita Paiewonsky, Kelly Kim, Jacqui Lopez, Kathryn Bethea.
The ALANA Journal 2006, WE ARE THE RIVER, announces
PRIZES for winning Artwork to celebrate the Journal’s 7th Anniversary!
At a minimum, there will be two monetary prizes awarded in two competitions:
The Cover Art – preferably in colour; and the visual art in all genre submitted for the journal pages (10-15 pages of visual art are anticipated). The sums of the prizes will be announced.
Please See our full CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for specifications.
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Report on toiletries & cosmetic collection
Thanks to everyone who contributed new and gently used cosmetics for the Cambridge Family Shelter. The Ed School contributed a total of 250 pounds! We outpaced every other collection point with the exception of Holyoke Center. Wonder what conclusions one can draw?
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Recycling kudos for GSE
News in the February 7 newsletter from the Harvard University recycling office: so far this fiscal year there are 6 faculties at the university which have recycled over 50% of their waste and the Ed School is one of them. This can't happen without everyone pitching in. Thank you EVERYONE. (Other faculties: Continuing Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Graduate School of Design, Harvard College Libraries, and the Radcliffe Institute)
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EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, & WORKSHOPS
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Free children's dental exams - Feb. 21
A HEALTHY SMILE IS ALWAYS IN STYLE- Tues. Feb. 21st (8-5:00)
In celebration of Children's Dental Health Month, Harvard University Dental Service will offer FREE dental examinations (no x-rays) to children in the Harvard community who are between the ages of 2-15. This day event is offered to children who have not previously seen a HUHS dentist. Walk in - no appointment is needed. The Dental Service is located on the 1st floor of HUHS, Holyoke Center. For information, contact 617.495.2063, option #3.
(Tues. Feb 21st from 8-5:00pm on the 1st floor of HUHS, Holyoke Ctr.)
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How Should We Teach the Theory of Evolution? - Feb. 22
Wednesday February 22, 2006
6:00-7:30 PM
Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall
The teaching of Darwin’s theory evolution has been a contentious issue in the United States for at least 80 years. In this forum, we ask how that theory is, and should be, taught. Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, will provide historical background on the reception and teaching of Darwin’s theory. Richard Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz Research Professor at Harvard University, will discuss how evolution should, ideally, be taught. Andrew Shtulman, teaching fellow in psychology at Harvard University, will describe obstacles to the understanding of Darwin’s theory ? even among undergraduates who endorse it. Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, will consider the challenges that face teachers of evolution. This discussion will be moderated by Paul Harris, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu.
All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Rights on the Line: Vigilantes on the Border - Feb. 23
Screening and Discussion with
Film Co-Director & Producer
Ray Ybarra
Stanford Law –ACLU Racial Justice Fellow
Legal Observer Organizer
Thursday, February 23, 2006
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Larsen Hall Room G08
This film explores what is happening on the US/Mexico border following the Minuteman project-an armed vigilante group which has grown exponentially since last April. See how it is affecting immigrant families and children, and the impact it is having on policies across the country.
Snacks and beverages will be provided
For more information call 480-720-4000
Sponsored by: Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Comunidad Latina, Dean’s Diversity Innovation Fund, Student Government Association Diversity Committee, Concilio Latino, and the Harvard Graduate Council
http://www.witness.org/option,com_rightsalert/Itemid,178/task,story/alert_id,43/
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Student Research Conference and International Forum - Feb. 24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th
The 11th annual HGSE Student Research Conference (9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
and the 23rd annual International Forum (5:00-7:30 p.m.).
Please sign in at the Gutman Library entrance. Free and open to the public, no pre-registration required: please tell your friends and colleagues to join us! Support your friends and classmates who are presenting!
The conference will showcase the research of over 150 graduate students here and elsewhere.
The International Forum, in the Gutman Conference Center, will bring a panel of experts in the provision of education during natural and manmade disasters to speak about "Rebuilding Lives: Education in Human Crises."
Reception follows in Gutman Library at 7:00 p.m..
For a full program of the whole day visit http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~src_web/srcif2006/index.html
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Rebuilding Lives: Education in Human Crises - Feb. 24
Free, open to the public, no pre-registration required:
The International Forum at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is an annual, student-organized panel whose topic is determined each year according to student interest.
WHEN: Friday, February 24th, from 5:00 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A reception will follow immediately in Gutman Library. The building is handicap accessible.
WHERE: the Gutman Conference Center
Panelists:
Daniel Toole
Director of the Office of Emergency Programs for UNICEF, NY
He is responsible for ensuring UNICEF's global response to both natural and manmade emergencies and disasters. He previously served as UNICEF's country representative in both Rwanda and Mali.
Allison Anderson
Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies (INEE)
She is the Focal Point on Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, based at the International Rescue Committee.
Myron Belfer
Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Senior Associate in Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital
He is currently seconded to the World Health Organization in Geneva as Senior Consultant for Child and Adolescent Mental Health,working on the development of a global plan for child and adolescent mental health.
Dana Burde
Associate Research Scholar, Saltzmann Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Program on Forced Migration and Health at Columbia University
She conducts research in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan, and teaches courses on education in emergencies and education for social reconstruction.
Karim Thomas
MBA Candidate, Harvard Business School and Co-Founder of SPARKS International
SPARKS established the first independent school in Afghanistan after the collapse of the Taliban regime.
MODERATOR: Neha Jhalani, Ed.M. Student, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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IDEA Party at Hoffa's! - Feb. 24
Looking for a great way to kick back after the Student Research Conference? Look no further! Come party with a purpose at IDEA’s Party at Hoffa’s to support mudslide relief efforts in Panabaj, Guatemala. Tickets will be pre-sold from Feb 22-Feb 24 from 9-4 at Gutman Library (HGSE) for $8, and at the door for $10. Prices include a free drink, admission, and a donation. If you would like to buy a ticket at the pre-sale price but cannot make it to the HGSE location, then please email timmonde@gse.harvard.edu and we will hold a ticket for you at the discounted price.
When: Feb 24th, 9pm-1am
What: IDEA’s Party at Hoffa’s
114 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-354-5300
Why: To raise donations to support mudslide relief efforts in Panabaj, Guatemala
Who: All Harvard graduate students and friends
Got Questions? Contact Debbie Timmons at timmonde@gse.harvard.edu
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Guided tour of the Black Heritage Trail - Feb. 25
Saturday February 25, 2006
Opportunity to learn about Boston's African-American history with a guided tour of the Black Heritage Trail in Boston!
Sponsored by the Black Student Union, ALANA, Student Government Association and the Office of Student Affairs
Join HGSE students on a 1.6 mile walking tour with the Boston African American National Historic Site, the largest collection of historic sites in the country relating to the life of the free African American community prior to the Civil War. The tour includes visits to the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill, both built in the early 1800's, and located in what once was the heart of Boston's 19th-century African American community.
Meet at HGSE in the Read House student lounge at 11 a.m. Coffee, bagels and donuts will be available, courtesy of OSA. Tour begins in Boston at 12 p.m. by the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, near the State House, and lasts about an hour and a half. Remember to wear comfortable walking shoes and warm clothing!
There is a maximum number of 30 for the tour, so please RSVP to osa@gse.harvard.edu, if you would like to attend. If you have any questions, contact Laura Arena, in the Office of Student Affairs (617-495-8035; email: arenala@gse.harvard.edu).
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Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading - Mar. 1
Catherine Snow will deliver a talk on "Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading."
When: Wednesday, March 1, 1-2pm
Location: Eliot Lyman
Abstract: Improving reading outcomes will require BOTH teachers with more and better information about literacy development AND better organizational structures for teachers to work in. I will present conclusions from the book Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading, produced by a National Academy of Education Committee, that address the literacy knowledge base teachers need, possible ways of staging access to that knowledge, and alternative ways of thinking about teacher careers so that knowledge they have is most helpful to students.
Please feel free to contact taingva@gse.harvard.edu with questions.
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Alumni of Color Conference - Mar. 3-4
Last week to register at regular price! Registration fees increase to $35 on February 26th. Visit the AOCC table between 10 and 2 in the Gutman Library Lobby any day this week to register or register online at http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~aocc/ !
Would you like to:
-Learn how HGSE alumni are bringing education theory and practice together in the classroom?
-Hear about research HGSE alumni are doing?
-Network with HGSE alumni for jobs?
Then our conference is the place for you!
The Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Fourth Annual Alumni of Color Conference is March 3rd and 4th. This year’s theme is Growth, Strength, and Action: Honoring Our Commitment to Individuals and Communities of Color. Conference highlights include featured panels on Youth Action Research and Building Community Through Action Philanthropy, an Askwith Forum on Education and Catastrophe, and a Saturday Plenary on Preparing Educators. Our keynote speaker is John H. Jackson (Ed.D., 2000), Chief Policy Officer of the NAACP.
The registration fee for students is $25, and includes 2 days of amazing conference workshops and panels, a Friday night social event, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and a Saturday night banquet dinner, keynote address, and dancing at the Hotel Marlowe (an $80 value).
For more information about our conference, please visit our website at http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~aocc/
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ALANA Open mic - Mar. 3
OPEN-MIC! The ALANA Journal 2006, WE ARE THE RIVER, announces an open-mic and program on Friday, the 3rd of March, 2006, in Conroy Commons, as part of the Alumni of Colour 2006 Friday evening social. Time and more details will be provided in the MMM on 27 February 2006. Please mark your calendars and come to share your musical and lyrical talents. Affiliation with ALANA or related groups is not required. Open to the entire GSE community.
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Learning with Virtual Peers - Mar. 3
Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at HGSE
Seminar series, Spring 2006
TIE seminars are open to all members of Harvard University and to the interested public.
Learning with Virtual Peers
Justine Cassell, Northwestern University
Friday, March 3
Seminar 11 am - 1 pm in Gutman G-05, and reception 3:30 - 4:30 pm in Eliot Lyman
Formerly a member of the MIT Media Lab, Justine Cassell is now Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern, where she continues to do research on understanding natural forms of communication, and then creating technological tools for those forms of communication and linguistic expression to flourish in the digital world. Many of the important things children learn, especially in the early years of school, they learn informally from peers. Professor Cassell will present her research on creating virtual peers as online role models, and show footage of interaction between real and virtual children.
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Education and Catastrophe: Communities of Color Responding and Moving Forward - Mar. 3
Askwith Education Forum
Friday, March 3
6:00-7:30 PM
What is a catastrophe? Is it a one-time, horrific event that changes a community’s daily life? Is it a long-range series of events that consistently undermines a community’s ability to pursue its goals? Is a catastrophic event generated by natural occurrences or human action? Or is it all of these things? Panelists will discuss how they understand and define catastrophe. Specific attention will be drawn to events affecting individuals and communities of color and will include any occurrence that has affected a community’s ability to drive the education of its members. Panelists will share their experiences and ideas about what kinds of responses to catastrophe communities of color have developed and can be created in order to ensure the continuity of education and community well-being. Speakers will include Sandy Grande, Associate Professor of Education at Connecticut College, and Peter Nien-Chu Kiang, Professor of Education at UMass Boston. Others to be announced. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will provide the introduction. Robert Peterkin, Francis Keppel Senior Lecturer on Educational Policy and Administration, will moderate. This forum is being held in conjunction with the annual Alumni of Color Conference. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall.
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From Research to the Classroom: A Publisher's Perspective
Margery Mayer, President, Scholastic Education
Monday, March 6
Seminar 3 - 5 pm and reception 5 - 6:30 pm in Eliot Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall
Open to the Public
Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, has created some of the most successful and well-researched learning programs now in use in schools. Margery Mayer, the President of Scholastic Education, oversees all of Scholastic's classroom-oriented products, including curriculum materials for students, teacher materials, and teacher professional development. Mayer will describe how she works with leading academic figures to translate literacy research into commercial print and media products. She promises a revealing glimpse into the educational publishing industry.
Co-sponsored by the HGSE Language and Literacy and Technology, Innovation, and Education programs.
www.gse.harvard.edu/tie
www.gse.harvard.edu/langlit
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Taylor Branch: America in the King Years - Mar. 6
Pulitzer Prize-winning author TAYLOR BRANCH discusses
AT CANAAN'S EDGE: America in the King Years, 1965-1968
7:00 p.m., Monday, March 6, 2006
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street (Harvard Square)
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tickets are required for this program. Call Cambridge Forum at 617-495-2727 to reserve a free ticket. Tickets are also available from Harvard Book Store for $3.
Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch discusses the final years of Martin Luther King Jr's life when King and America stood "at Canaan's edge." In the third and final volume of his three-part biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968, Branch paints a vivid picture of American society in the mid-20th century. As the war in Vietnam and social unrest at home began to fray the nation's optimism and faith in the future, King sought to expand the Civil Rights Movement into protests of the war and calls for broader social and economic justice. Within a few short years, his commanding and prophetic voice was silenced. How ready was America in 1965 to hear King's message? Are we any closer to achieving his dream today, four decades after his assassination?
Taylor Branch is the best-selling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize) and Pillar of Fire, the second volume of the trilogy covering the years 1963-1965. He has won nearly every major literary award for his trilogy including the National Book Critics Circle Award and Best Book of the Year from The New York Times Book Review, the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times. The author of two other non-fiction books and a novel, he is a former staff member of The Washington Monthly, Harper's and Esquire.
Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public. Open discussion, moderated by Dr. Preston Williams of Harvard Divinity School, follows the presentation. Copies of Branch's book will be for sale at the event which is co-sponsored by the Harvard Book Store. Events are taped and edited for public radio broadcast throughout the nation. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting 617-495-2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting our website at www.cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the WGBH Forum Network.
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Jeanne S. Chall Lecture and Award Presentation - Mar. 7
Tuesday, March 7
5:30-7:00 PM
Andrew Biemiller, former director of the Master’s Program in Child Study and Education at the University of Toronto, will present the second annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture, Words Worth Teaching and Where They Came From. Biemiller’s current research involves vocabulary development identifying specific vocabulary needed during the elementary years, analysis of developmental factors in vocabulary development, and testing new teaching methods for promoting vocabulary and language development in both primary and junior grades. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will provide an introduction to the lecture. A reception, and presentation of the Jeanne S. Chall Doctoral Student Research Award to Margaret Pierce, will follow. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. Gutman Conference Center.
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Community Organizing and School Reform - Mar. 9
Askwith Education Forum
Thursday, March 9
6:00-7:30 PM
This forum will focus on community organizing as a strategy to build civic participation and power in low income communities and as a powerful force for change in urban schools. Ernesto Cortés, Jr., Director of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation, will speak about forging broad-based and multiracial alliances for social change. He will discuss his work as founder of Alliance Schools, the nation's largest community-based school reform network, bringing public schools into the organizing process as centers for democratic life. Drawing upon her work, Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor in Educational Equity at UCLA and Director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education & Access, will discuss the role that academics and researchers can play as collaborators with community and youth organizations to build a new movement for educational equity and justice. Karen Mapp, Lecturer on Education at HGSE and former deputy superintendent of Family and Community Engagement for the Boston Public Schools, will serve as a respondent. This discussion will be moderated by Mark Warren, Associate Professor of Education, HGSE. This forum is co-sponsored by the doctoral concentration in Culture, Communities, and Education. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall.
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HGSE Reception at AERA: Save the date - Apr. 10
HGSE Reception at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
If you are planning to attend the AERA annual meeting in San Francisco from April 7-11, please be sure to join us for the Harvard Graduate School of Education reception! Mingle and meet HGSE faculty, students, alumni, and friends. Kathleen McCartney, Acting Dean and Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development, will host.
Monday April 10, 7:00-8:30 PM
Hotel Nikko, Golden Gate Room
For information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme@gse.harvard.edu.
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Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business - Apr. 17
Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at HGSE
Seminar series, Spring 2006
TIE seminars are open to all members of Harvard University and to the interested public.
Educational Entrepreneurship: Assessment, Technology, and Business
Larry Berger, CEO and co-founder, Wireless Generation
Monday, April 17, 2 - 4 pm in Longfellow 319
Wireless Generation markets "handheld-to-Web" technology for assessing young children's reading skills. A more complete description of the company and its products is available on the Web, at www.wirelessgeneration.com. Larry Berger will focus on entrepreneurship in new media, and on the challenge of dealing with reading standards and assessment procedures in 48 different states.
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Do Your Betas Need Hats? Learn How to Use Microsoft Equation to Report Statistics
Are you tired of trying to madly pencil the hats on your Betas before you turn in your papers? Do you want the statistical information in your papers, proposals, or theses to look polished and professional? If so, come to this one-hour workshop and learn the easy and fast way to create statistical symbols and equations.
Location: Gutman 302 - No Sign-Up Required
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:30am – 12:30pm
Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Questions? Research Services 495-3421 or reference.gse.harvard.edu
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APA Exposed: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format But Were Afraid to Ask!
Presenter: Wendy Mages
Do you know the correct way to format citations, quotations, or references? Do you know the correct typeface, font size, and margin width? This painless one-hour workshop provides a quick and easy way to learn the fundamentals necessary for successfully formatting your research papers at HGSE.
February 22nd, Wednesday
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Special Collections – Ground Floor, Gutman Library
February 23rd, Thursday
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Special Collections – Ground Floor, Gutman Library
March 3rd, Friday
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Special Collections – Ground Floor, Gutman Library
Questions? Contact the Gutman Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)
WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN
NO SIGNUP REQUIRED
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EndNote Basics
EndNote is a software program for storing and managing bibliographic references. With it, you can create your own database of references, including ones you import from library catalogs and online databases. These can include links to full text when available. Use EndNote to sort, search, and format references, and to insert them into Word documents to create in-text citations and reference lists automatically. Note: Students usually purchase EndNote to work on long-term research projects, such as a dissertation or comprehensive literature review.
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to create an EndNote library and add records to it. You’ll be able to search and sort those references and use EndNote’s Cite While You Write feature to insert them into a Word document. You’ll know how to set preferences, what EndNote filters and connection files are, how to find and install these for HOLLIS Catalog, and how to import/export references from Harvard’s e-resources into EndNote.
Both sessions are 1 1/2 hours
No sign-up necessary
March 16, Thursday
11am – 12:30pm
April 13th, Thursday
10am -11:30am
LOCATION: G302 – Third Floor Gutman Library
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)
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Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
Learn about and learn how to use a group of EBSCO journal article databases (ERIC, Education Abstracts, and Academic Search Premier) that are major resources for education researchers.
At the end of this workshop, you will understand the content, strengths, and weaknesses of these three databases. You will also be able to find articles by specific authors, search efficiently and effectively for topics, print, download or email yourself full text (when available), and set up your own personal folder on the EBSCO server to store citations and searches.
February 23rd, Thursday
11am – noon
March 3rd, Friday
11am – noon
March 16th, Thursday
2pm – 3pm
April 14th, Friday
11am – noon
April 25th, Tuesday
11am – noon
LOCATION: G302 – Third Floor Gutman Library
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk (617-495-3421)
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CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, & COMMITTEES
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Weekly Yoga sessions start this week!
The sessions will take place in Gutman Conference Center, every Tuesday, from 2:00 to 2:30 pm.
Contact gardunan@gse.harvard.edu for more information.
Sponsored by the SGA Health and Wellness Committee.
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Language and Literacy Club - Feb. 23
Join the Language and Literacy Club for an informal discussion with Catherine Snow on Thursday, February 23 at 1PM in the Literacy Lab (ground floor of Larsen). If you have any questions for Professor Snow for the discussion, please email Jennifer Gallaspy @ jgailg01@hotmail.com by TUESDAY. Refreshments will be served.
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Phi Delta Kappa - Feb. 28
Greetings Future HGSE Kappans,
We are looking forward to our Phi Delta Kappa Focus Group on Tuesday, February 28 in Larsen 212 from 4-6. This is a room change from my last email to you. Please join us in this open discussion. We are looking forward to meeting you. There will be refreshments. Also if you were able to download the PDK application (two pages), and you want to join this honorary educational association please bring the application along with your Statement of Educational Philosophy, and a check for $85 for dues, $15 of which are for the Harvard Chapter and $70 for International, payable to Harvard PDK, to the meeting. PDK applications and brochures are also available in the Students Affairs office, Larsen 101.
The Phi Delta Kappa Annual Initiation will be held on Wednesday, April 5 in the Eliot-Lyman Room, Longfellow Hall, from 3:30-5:30. This again is a slight change in time due to university constraints. Honor Cords will be available for those you are initiated. We are hoping to have Phi Delta Kappa International President, Dr. Jo Ann Fujioka speak to us. Refreshments.
If you wish to send me the completed application please mail it to me at P.O. Box 1367, W. Chatham, MA 02669. If you have any questions please email me or call me at 508-945-8752.
The Executive Board is looking forward to meeting you with anticipation.
Best Regards, Roseann E. Stephens, Ph.D., VP Membership
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JOB & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Internship at the Institute for Learning and Development
The Institute for Learning and Development (ILD) is a clinical organization that is committed to helping children and adults with learning and attentional difficulties. ILD provides a variety of clinically-applied and research-based opportunities for graduate interns. Interns observe and participate in the assessment process and learn how to evaluate student profiles. Interns are also actively involved in the ongoing research projects at ResearchILD. For more information, please visit our website at www.ildlex.org and contact Lynn Meltzer (lmeltzer@ildlex.org) or Kalyani Krishnan (srikal2000@yahoo.com) at (781)861-3711.
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Development Internship at ResearchILD
ResearchILD, a not-for-profit research and educational organization, seeks an intern to assist the Executive Director and the Coordinator of Development. The intern will have the opportunity to work on projects related to development, public relations, external communications, media relations and special events. ResearchILD focuses on the development, evaluation and promotion of strategies for successful learning and teaching. For more information, please visit our website at www.ildlex.org and contact Lynn Meltzer (lmeltzer@ildlex.org) or Edith Gregory (egregory@researchild.org) at 781-861-3711.
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After-school club volunteering opportunity
Here's is a great volunteering opportunity for someone who would want to work with kids on a weekly basis. The club is looking for at least one or two more graduate students who can attend the club as well as help plan weekly activities.
HELPING THE WORLD AFTERSCHOOL CLUB
FOCUS: Students will develop an understanding that there is a bigger world out there with people in need. We will study how there are social injustices in the world (e.g. poverty, racism, etc.) and discuss what we can DO about them. Students will be empowered to be thankful for the resources and the things they have in their lives – and then use what they have and know to make a positive difference in the world. Students will make posters to raise awareness, write letters, and take action steps to help those in need.
The club's focus last semester was Hunger/Shelter. Along with participating in a Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive, we had a "hunger banquet," acted out different skits related to hunger, and discussed shelters, using pictures, stories, and excursions outside to help.
AGE GROUP: 3rd / 4th graders
# in GROUP: 8 - 10 students
TIME: weekly, Wed. most likely
3:00 – 4:00pm
Contact Info:
Petra Kim – petra_kim@hotmail.com, 617-596-5722
Gary Sing – gcsing@fas.harvard.edu, 919-423-1084
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$10 for participation in creative cognition study
I’m looking for participants for a study on creative cognition ? though I need people with a wide range of creative abilities (a lot or a little!) for the experiment to be successful. The total time involved will be an hour, and participants will receive $10. Participants must be 18-30 years old and be native English speakers.
The test itself is fairly interesting, and anyone interested in seeing how creativity is studied empirically may enjoy participating.
Please contact me if you are interested in participating or would like more information. I greatly appreciate it.
Finally, in addition to the $10 payment, you will receive $3 for each other participant you refer to me.
Many thanks,
Carlo Cerruti
cerrutca@gse.harvard.edu
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Please e-mail sga@gse.harvard.edu with submissions, comments, suggestions, or questions.