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Asked once if he would have done things differently if he could live life over, he replied with characteristic candour: “All I can say is, I did my best. This was the job I undertook, I did my best, and I could not have done more in the circumstances. What people think of it, I have to leave to them. It is of no great consequence.
What is of consequence is I did my best. ~Lee Kuan Yew
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More Weekend Ed. Quotes
May
26
This post by Jakob Nielson, titled “How Little Do Users Read?” explains the distinction between reading (as done with books, papers, and magazines) and scanning (as done with webpages)
Nielson cites the empirical research of Harald Weinreich, Hartmut Obendorf, Eelco Herder, and Matthias Mayer in their paper, “Not Quite the Average: An Empirical Study of Web Use,”
In his insightful summary, Nielson discusses the following points regarding web scanning:
Source: “How Little Do Users Read?” by Jakob Nielson, May, 2008. From the Nielsen Norman Group Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting. Retrieved from: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/how-little-do-users-read/
See also:
How Users Read on the Web by by Jakob Nielson, October, 1997. From the Nielsen Norman Group Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting. Retrieved from: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/how-users-read-on-the-web/
May
22
“You can’t teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to know when they need to know it.” Seymour Papert, MIT mathematician, educator, computer scientist.
From Designing Digitally, Inc.: http://www.designingdigitally.com/blog/2015/03/10-fascinating-quotes-about-online-learning#ixzz3YSZTKR2M
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May
15
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. ~Charles Baudelaire
Singapore Botanic Garden Video
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May
10
“‘Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?’
‘Nothing, precious,’ she said; ‘they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children.'” – J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
Source: http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–TafzqDLE–/18s0wkrd152wfjpg.jpg
May
8
ReadWorks collected and features lessons that teach critical academic vocabulary words in the context of authentic passages with our newest collection:
May
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May
6
“A Book That Shaped Me” Essay Contest: The Library of Congress today launched its annual summer essay contest.
The “A Book That Shaped Me” Summer Writing Contest is administered as part of summer reading programs at participating public libraries in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Prizes will be awarded and top winners will be invited to present their essays during a special presentation at the Library of Congress National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The festival (www.loc.gov/bookfest) will mark its 15th anniversary since its establishment in 2001. The theme of this year’s festival is “I cannot live without books,” a famous statement by Thomas Jefferson.
Students entering 5th and 6th grades in the fall of 2015 are eligible. Essays, focused on a single book, should be one page in length and must be submitted with an entry form, in person, at participating public library locations. The deadline for entries is Friday, July 10, 2015.
More information available at this link: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-080.html
May
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