Kristeen Bullwinkle's Blog (11)

CEHD Reads

Please join us in reading A Lesson Before Dying, which earned the National Book Critics Circle Award, and join our college for a number of related events. CEHD Reads We are eager to share the ways that we, as a college, make a difference through… Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on September 23, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Learning to read begins with the earliest language development

Professor Scott McConnell (educational psychology) has created tools that allow any childcare provider or educator to assess each child's progress in the development needed to become a successful reader. [continue reading ResearchWorks] Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on January 30, 2009 at 10:44am — No Comments

Transforming teaching for immigrant adolescents

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Associate professor Martha Bigelow's (curriculum and instruction) extensive engagement with the local Somali community has informed her research, leading to discoveries concerning second-language acquisition by learners with limited native print literacy and the role of social capital for immigrants in school settings. [continue reading… Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on January 8, 2009 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Article: Autism in 100 words

For those of you who attended Saturday Scholars, I thought you might be interested in this article. Autism in 100 words http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/10/autism_in_100_words.html Mind Hacks is a fun blog to follow. I highly recommend it. Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on October 2, 2008 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Teens and social networks

Teens and social networks University of Minnesota professor Christine Greenhow talks about politics on teen's favorite social networking sites. Twin Cities Live To view: http://twincitieslive.com/article/day/S20080903.shtml?cat=10699&v=182392 Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on October 1, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Sat. Scholars Presentation: Will You Be My Friend?

View it at http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dgxxb32c_236fbgsw3gz. It's a large file so you might have to wait before more than the first page loads. Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on September 28, 2008 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

President Bob Bruininks on higher ed in election

U of M President Bob Bruininks on higher ed in election University of Minnesota President Bruininks discusses the candidates' higher education policies. C-SPAN To view: rtsp://video1.c-span.org/archive/c08/c08_wj083008_bruininks.rm [RealPlayer] Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on September 2, 2008 at 11:13am — No Comments

Giving via social networking

Several sites allow you to create your own badge to promote giving to your favorite organizations. I just created one. Now I need to find a good photo to use for it. If you can't view it, click here to go directly to my CEHDConnect blog.

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Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on July 29, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

The benefits of early childhood education

Have you seen the Education Week article about Arthur Reynolds' research? Check out Long-Term Economic Payoff Seen From Early-Childhood Education. Spending on children now to save so many future costs sounds good to me. The article doesn't mention how even Art Rolnick, the vice president for research at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve is convinced. The College's Center for Early Education and Development and the… Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on June 6, 2008 at 11:20am — No Comments

another Principal of the Year!

Congratulations to Kelly Callahan, a former social studies undergrad, for her latest award: 2008 High School State Principal of the Year for New Mexico. We don't keep a list of winners from every state, but you can view a listing of Minnesota Teacher of the Year recipients. We also have many recipients of the Minnesota Principal and Superintendent of the Year Awards… Continue

Added by Kristeen Bullwinkle on May 27, 2008 at 10:12am — No Comments