Tag: field trips
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Glass and houses as curriculum?
What do whiskey and cigarettes have in common in my life? No, they’re not my coping mechanisms at the end of a stressful day. What about Kellogg’s cereal, Hershey’s chocolate, and the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing? Still stumped? As a child of the 1960’s, I toured these manufacturing facilities with my family during…
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Building academic success in a test-heavy, AI world
For many years, I took my sophomores to our local university library during their research unit. They entered, awed at the four stories of books available to them as they begin their academic writing careers. By the time they finished their instruction session and research scavenger hunt, they became intimate with databases, the electronic card catalog, academic…
