Online University Lowdown

Greetings! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. We have selected 7 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy reading these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Matthew Paulson presents What To Do When You’re About to Graduate posted at Getting Green. What are you going to do after you graduate? You need to find a way to be productive. No matter what your parents gave you up until now, money doesn’t come free in the world. You’ll need to find a way to start making some money.

Jeremy Aldrich presents Other virtual worlds posted at Global Citizenship in a Virtual World. Virtual worlds are a hot topic. Which ones show the best promise for educational purposes?

Lucynda Riley presents This is why my son is Homeschooled posted at Quietly Into the Night. In the name of student achievement, more teachers must follow stricter rules about what – and sometimes how they teach. In some places, they stay almost literally on the same page.

John Wesley presents The 3 Grades of Thinking posted at Pick the Brain. Grade-Three thought is often full of unconscious prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy. It will lecture on disinterested purity while its neck is being remorselessly twisted towards a skirt. Technically, it is about as proficient as most businessmen’s golf, as honest as most politicians’ intentions, or –to come near my own preoccupation — as coherent as most books that get written.

Andreas Engvig presents Apes, Speedy Learners, and new Brain Fitness Channel posted at Brain Health Blog. How learning is important to reach our goals…and how apes and humans seem closer than we thought.

Ted Reimers presents How to Prepare for College posted at College Tips. Going to College for your first time can be an enlightening but challenging task. Students need to be focused and take college seriously when it comes to school work, as it does not compare to high school. A tough work load, a busy schedule and moving away from the parents house are just some of the stresses of going off to college.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Working Memory Training from a pediatrician perspective, focused on attention deficits posted at Brain Training Blog. An interview with one of the pioneers of working memory training, and a related discussion on the implications for health and education.

That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Online Education. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 30 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.

Greetings! Welcome to the 5th edition of the Festival of Good Books. We have received 9 posts for this edition. I hope our readers will enjoy reading these. Here are the posts in the order they were received.

Todd presents Summer reading in chemistry posted at ChemJerk. Popular science nonfiction should be a part of every high school science curriculum. Why? Read on…

Aspeth presents Recommended Reading posted at Twelve Years Of Being Annoyed By Chloe Sevigny. Finally, an author that writes about historic events in an incredibly readable tone! I’ve recently come across some of Simon Winchester’s novels and am thoroughly impressed with his body of work, and cannot recommend these books highly enough.

GrrlScientist presents Peterson Reference Guides: Gulls of the Americas posted at Living the Scientific Life. this is the definitive reference work that teaches the art and skill of identifying gull species that occur throughout the America.

John presents Review: Lang Elliott on the Songs of Insects and Birds posted at A DC Birding Blog. "The Songs of Insects introduces the songs of seventy-seven species, from four insect families. It includes many examples of crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, and cicadas. While some species may be found across the continent, most insects described in the book are from the eastern and central United States. A compact disk with multiple examples of each song accompanies the text."

Ungraspable presents Savvy Writer: Book Review: Stephen King’s On Writing posted at Savvy Writer. A major part of the book covers King’s life – from childhood to when he started writing On Writing in the year of 2000.

Summer presents Environmentally friendly kid’s books posted at Mommy Babble. The Wartville Wizard is a hilarious book for younger kids that teaches a great lesson. And people get covered in trash, that alone made my sons giggle for hours then beg me to read it again.

Hakim Abdullah presents The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi posted at Hakim Abdullah. The Zaytuna Institute formerly of Hayward, CA has developed a class of publications called the Curriculum Series. This genre is a much needed gathering, translation and exposition of the classic works of the traditional Islamic scholars.

Scott presents Harry Potter’s Guide to the People You Meet in College posted at College and Finance. The Harry Potter books have a variety of interesting characters in them. In college, you’ll meet a lot of interesting people as well who resemble many Harry Potter characters.

Jon Swift presents Jonah Goldberg’s Shining posted at Jon Swift. Most of Goldberg’s ideas could be expressed much more economically, not to mention entertainingly, by using LOLcats, an Internet meme where pictures of cats and other cute animals are captioned with grammatically challenged prose.

That concludes the 5th edition of the Festival of Good Books. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 28 July 2007. You can submit your posts here.