#learningcommons

[wadegriffith]

North Richland Middle School that I photographed for PBK was designed to support 1,000 students in three “small learning communities”. Each grade has it’s own “SLC” which includes an administration / teacher suite and collaboration spaces. The Learning Commons, a two-story indoor area that opens up to an outdoor reading courtyard, serves as the center of activity for the campus and showcases a Maker Space prominently located near the entrance.

@ Wade Griffith Photography 2019

[dominifer]

YOU GUYS READY FOR THIS COSTUME???

Loyegaté the wendigo is (almost) all finished. He attracted much attention at the costume competition and all around campus today. Creepy boy. Low and behold... this is all wire, paper, faux fur, and a whole lot of super glue. Crazy, right?  

Hey, if you like this costume, you should help me win the costume competition! Find my costume entry @mytcclibrary and @learningcommons on Instagram and drop a like! Otherwise, definitely go see the other amazing costumes there! 

[wevuxmag]

LEARNING COMMONS AT HKU

LEARNING COMMONS AT HKU #architecture #architettura #architetturadinterni #atelier #ateliernunoarchitects

Designing for a school is also designing for the future of education. With the recent multiplication of teaching channels, learning now goes far beyond the classroom and the library. It has become a total experience that requires flexible, welcoming spaces adapted to all forms of engagement. This was Atelier Nuno Architects ambition for the 7,000-square-foot Learning Commons on the campus of HKU’…

[sangklp]

Did you know we have an origami station? Come on in and fold your worries into some beautiful art #origami #learningcommons #paperart #librarywci https://t.co/aIifZQvVoJ https://www.youtube.com/c/lifesang

[newnationofstarz]

@DHMSLibrary: Lots of ELA creativity in the library yesterday--making memes, creating artistic book quotes, green screening scenes from books, and building settings. #makerspace #learningcommons @DekalbEla @librarian30228 https://t.co/Xo6ph7NA0z

[inessentialanthropologist]

reprise: discussion paper notes

since it seems like some found these pointers difficult to unearth down the blog, here they are at the top of the list. even if you have read them once already, it is probably worth your time to read them again.

The following suggestions and format guidelines supplement the information available in your syllabus about the discussion papers: Talk over your ideas with your classmates. If you are still unsure whether you’re on the right track, run your ideas by me before it’s too late. Proof-read your work. Again. Get someone you know writes well to help you revise your work. Go to a writing center. campus resources include:

*  Library and Learning Commons: http://www.seattleu.edu/learningcommons/ *  Writing Center: http://www.seattleu.edu/writingcenter/ The Writing Center employs undergraduate writing consultants who assist students at all stages of the writing process. Consultants will help students begin writing tasks, organize and develop first drafts, and revise and edit later drafts. *  Research Services: http://www.seattleu.edu/library/services/research/ Need help finding research?  Save time by starting with your Research Services Librarians. We are eager to help you at any stage of the research process.  Contact us if you need help brainstorming keywords, using our databases, finding articles and books or sorting through the information you find on the Internet. Students can receive help in person, by chat, phone, or email, or by scheduling a research consultation. *  ‘Writer’  (http://app.writer.pearsonhighered.com/writer)  is a web site and online tool that combines the typical content of a composition handbook, style guides for major publication formats (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), and a set of resources to help students organize and improve their research and writing. It includes tutorials on key writing issues (everything from the idea generation process to whether to use a colon or semicolon).  It is a web-based system, and students can access it from anywhere they can access the internet (including from their smart phones). Use a dictionary. The OED is preferred for etymology and comprehensiveness, but Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition) is the American standard. It also contains grammar, punctuation, and style notes. The dictionary is to sharpen and clarify your own understanding; don’t quote the definitions. Read Strunk and White’s Elements of Style. For yet more detail and the ultimate authority, read The Chicago Manual of Style—anthropologists follow the author-date citation format. It is a good idea to support your argument with citations from the texts. A basic citation looks like this: (Benedict 1934). Note there is no punctuation between author and date. If the specific concept referenced is discussed on a particular page: (Lévi-Strauss 1992 [1955]: 384). The date of original publication can go in square brackets if a more recent publication date would lead to misunderstanding. If you are quoting a specific passage: “culture is public because meaning is” (Geertz 1973: 12). Most of your citations will look like this. Note that the punctuation comes AFTER the parenthetical citation, which comes after the close quote marks. Note also that the portion of the sentence outside the quotes has to agree grammatically with the quoted material. It also must be an accurate transcription: double-check what you are quoting to ensure you aren’t misrepresenting the author. Article titles and book chapters are in quotation marks; book and film titles are either underlined or italicized—choose one and be consistent. Do not cite the title of a book if you only read one chapter from that book; your citation should reference what you read.  Use care in how you talk about core concepts from the course. For example, it may be common enough in casual speech to make a statement like “our culture says that everybody wants to be rich.” But does a “culture” really speak? This is a personification of an abstract concept, and it’s inappropriate in formal writing (perhaps you will even become convinced that it is inappropriate in informal practice). Give some thought to what you have learned about what culture is and is not, according to different authors we have read. Some conventions of form: Double-space your paper.  (1.5 spacing is often acceptable, as long as there is space for marking comments and edits) Don’t use a cover sheet or a separate cover. Don’t use right-justification (i.e., don’t make the right margin even). I am a visual person and it makes me unhappy, and when I am reading lots of papers, every little bit of happiness is precious.  Write your name on the back of the paper only. You don’t need to add a separate sheet of paper. It is a good idea to include your student number in the header or footer of the paper, in case pages get separated.

You do not need to add a bibliography or references list for sources which are on the syllabus. if you cite something else, you do need to provide a full reference. Remember that ‘due in class, at the beginning of class’ means in class, printed on paper. Digital submission is not normally accepted. If something exceptional happens, it is better to turn in a paper by email than not at all, but you will still normally be required to submit the (same) paper on actual paper asap. But talk with me, and we will work it out. Any paper submitted electronically should be in PDF format. Do not submit papers to me in word format. Refer back to the syllabus for the basic parameters of the assignment. Remember, you are expressing and critiquing the authors’ arguments, not their personalities, and not your opinions about the subjects. Be specific, be clear, be concise. Ordinarily, neither the authors’ nor your own ‘beliefs’ should be central to the paper; we are discussing something advanced in argument, not secreted inside anybody’s head.  Some diacritical marks and abbreviations you may encounter on your papers: NAS/R.O. = not a sentence/run-on sentence NAW = not a word WW/WC = wrong word/word choice gram = usage/grammar unc = unclear red = redundant awk = awkward sp = spelling those little squiggles drawn off punctuation marks = remove that mark anything else that is unclear, please do ask me.

[enronsingh]

Imagine walking into a space filled with books, fiction, non-fiction, comics, manga, How To Guides, only pictures, only words, computers, tablets, discussion tables, Chromebooks, people, happiness, passion, fantasy, adventure, mystery, the unknown, the oh so familiar. Everything you can imagine, and more. All of this can be found in your school library! 

[writerscramponheart]

We Are Survivors Friends Supporting this Strong group victims to Victors. #haikuphoto #learningcommons #Marywood

[lc-studyblr]

It’s necessary to stay nourished during a study session in the Learning Commons.

[sangklp]

Student interns work on starting off our #origami crane display project! #BHScreates #makerspace #staytuned #Library #LearningCommons https://t.co/WdvES4Co41 https://www.youtube.com/c/lifesang

[marvenfrench]

!! With so much thoughts wondering about my 4 year F21 Birthday marriage & return to College after a hiatus #VIPStudFate really needed a @LearningCommons balance ball chair

[muwebteam]

[enronsingh]

Literacy, technology, and instructional design; these are the goals Teacher Librarians have for the Learning Commons at their school. Imagine the possibilities... 

[utlibraries]

Stephen Littrell is Head of Access Services for the Libraries, and an avid fan of the Hipstamatic digital photo app, which allows users to customize mobile-native photography using a variety of lens, film and flash filtering options, creating images with a nostalgic feel. 

Littrell recently used his digital photography skills to coax some subtle beauty from the otherwise drab, dusty and cluttered construction space that will soon be the new Learning Commons at the Perry-Castañeda Library (opening fall 2015).

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