Connect! alumni magazine
Vol. 1, No. 3, Summer 2007
Features
Online learning grows up
Students enrolled in Aaron Doering’s Online Learning Communities class sometimes meet outside, on a broad terrace whose marble balustrade borders a picturesque sea. It’s always calm here; no one ever slaps a mosquito or seeks shelter from bad weather. full story
Reading, writing, and emoticons
Remember the last new book you sat down to enjoy? The feel of the crisp, uncreased paper and the crack of the spine as you opened to chapter one? Fewer K-12 students are embracing this type of traditional literary experience. full story
Technology for all
After reading a newspaper article about Minneapolis elementary-school students who were podcasting, assistant professor David Arendale had an epiphany of sorts. “I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I’d better catch up! full story
Parenting 2.0
Online learning isn't just for students at the University of Minnesota. Parents now have access to online courses that address the important issues of campus alcohol use and financial planning for college students. full story
ARTICLES / DEPARTMENTS
Tech to the principal’s office
Dean’s message—The neighborhood structure supports collaboration and embodies our mission.
Community—Around the college neighborhoods
Compendium—Honors, transitions, in memoriam
Connecting with emeriti faculty—Pauline Boss: Charting life after loss
Colloquium—New assessments show real progress
Commencement [.pdf]—the new College of Education and Human Development celebrated its first graduating class
Continuity [.pdf]—Alumni news
Commitment [.pdf]—An update from development
Editorial information
Editor: Diane L. Cormany, 612-626-5650, dcormany@umn.edu; Art Director/Designer: Nance Longley; Photo Editor: Rebecca Noran; Writers: Antira Budd, Diane L. Cormany, Sarah Covert, Rebecca Ganzel, Raleigh Kaminsky, J. Trout Lowen, Brigitt Martin, Diane Rose, Lynn Slifer, Andrew Tellijohn; Photographers: John Brian Becker, David Hansen, Greg Helgeson, Nance Longley, Christopher Johnstone, Raleigh Kaminsky, Patrick O'Leary, Jessica Pleuss, studiotobechi, Dawn Villella
Dean & Assistant to the President: Darlyne Bailey; Associate Deans: Heidi Barajas, Mary Bents, David R. Johnson, Jean Quam; Director of Alumni Relations: Raleigh Kaminsky; Director of Development: Lynn Slifer; President, Education and Human Development Alumni Society: Adele Munsterman; President, School of Social Work Alumni Society: Sara Zoff
Connect! is published three times a year by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college. Send correspondence to the editor, 48 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
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