Save Unity College

Early Tuesday morning as I perused the numerous work emails needing my attention, my department head came into the office and asked if I had heard about Brian Urlacher’s recent comments; that it was all over the radio.

Being a suburbanite of Chicago, one very interested in happenings in the sports world (at youth through elite levels), and one who has a vested interest in those happenings based on my forthcoming book Becoming a True Champion, needless to say, my department head certainly sparked my interest.

I said “no, not yet” in answer to his question if I had heard anything. He pr

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Need an easy way to make a point data file within ArcGIS Online, doing data entry within the map? This five-minute video (silent but annotated) shows how to turn a simple two-line text file into a way to add data points with attributes to your map.

Generally, mapping and classifying a set of points with attributes is easier to do by generating your complete data table as a spreadsheet first, and then mapping the completed spreadsheet, but sometimes you need a different workflow. (If you are reconstructing data from a field trip or outing after the fact, this is one way to do it.) The movie shows how you can start with a small data set, and expand the number of records over time, and classify them.

Last week really reminded me of how much I miss being in the classroom. Two all-day workshops with a mix of students and adults. Lots of good learning going on. It was wonderful to see people “getting it” and learning some new things. I need to get in front of more students more often. A lot of links to share this week. The first one is the big one.

Time Running Our for Proposals for the CSIT Conference This message is brought to you by the CSTA member listserv.

The proposal submission deadline for the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) 12th Annual Computer Science & Information Technology Conference is January 31, 2012. The CS&IT 2012 Program Committee seeks proposal submissions related to the practice of teaching and learning computer science and information technology in K–12. Proposals will be accepted for one-hour presentations or panels and for three-hour workshops. All p

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Muskegon-area leaders were consulted. Funding options were discussed. The community and economic impact was considered.

After a series of meetings this fall, a Muskegon Community College committee examining how the college should expand now has a recommendation for MCC’s board of trustees: be transformative.

The committee consisting of MCC officials and community leaders ranging from Muskegon County Administrator Bonnie Hammersley to Paul Billings, President of 103.7 The Beat is recommending that the college pursue all three, and not just one, of its proposed capital improvement projects: a science addition, a health education addition, and a creative and performing arts facility, possibly in downtown Muskegon.

MCC should go big, Judy Hayner, executive director of the Muskegon Museum of Art, said at one of the committees meetings.

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