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From the issue dated July 24, 2009
COLLEGE 2.0
When Computers Leave Classrooms, So Does Boredom

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

College leaders usually brag about their tech-filled "smart" classrooms, but a dean at Southern Methodist University is proudly removing computers from lecture halls. José A. Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, has challenged his colleagues to "teach naked" — by which he means, sans machines.

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This is reposted from my blog: http://principalcowart.blogspot.com

Cooperation: is the process of working or acting together, which can be accomplished by both intentional and non-intentional agents. In its simplest form it involves things working in harmony, side by side, while in its more complicated forms, it can involve something as complex as the inner workings of a human being or even the social patterns of a nation. It is the alternative to working separately in competition.

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I have a paper due Tuesday on the importance of school culture, climate, and morale. I feel strongly that morale is the root of culture and climate. My schools morale completely changed when a new administrator was hired. My first six years of teaching were consumed with positive school morale and in one swift change the schools postive morale was picked apart by new administration until none was left. I feel though that in my classroom, as the leader, I had to keep up my morale to be successful… Continue