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  1. I wonder what sort of score the public bioinformatics databases would get from the U of I's accessibility rating program.
  2. U of I free tool evaluates web site accessibility re: use of headings, keyboard support, and layout issues. http://tinyurl.com/auehto
  3. Teachers! A great bioethics read: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by @RebeccaSkloot Free copies for a short time. http://bit.ly/3wZBj0
  4. College instructors don't have to be criminals. Students can rent journal articles for 99 cents from http://www.deepdyve.com.
  5. Going beyond teenagers and Napster: scientists and medical professionals illegally swap journal articles. http://tinyurl.com/yd6fnmk
  6. Fewer than 40% of students who start college, finish within 6 years. #ATE conference
  7. Lots of new reforms to the student loan program. Trying to cut the large number of students getting "loans" via credit cards. - M. Kanter
  8. Time to plan for a new K20 curriculum that trains more students in science, technology, math, and engineering. Martha Kanter
  9. 90 million Americans have little or no college. - Martha Kanter, ATE conference.
  10. Martha Kanter- . A high school student drops out every 26 seconds.
  11. Martha Kanter- Only 40% of Americans have a two or four year degree.
  12. Two thirds of people of color ate educated at community colleges.- Dr. Martha Kanter, US undersecretary of Education
  13. ATE conference in DC. Since many community college students have degrees, schools have renamed offerings - "post-baccalaureate" programs.
  14. RT @bio_link Catch our biotech education presentation, Thurs, Oct. 21st, 2:45-5pm, the Palladian room, Omni Shoreham hotel, Washington, DC
  15. RT @toraks wife to programmer: "Buy a stick of butter. If they have eggs, bring 10" He's back w/10 sticks of butter & says "They had eggs"
  16. Next week I'll be at the NSF Advanced Technology Education conference in Washington DC. Will any of you be attending?
  17. Genes and thinking: a cool series of workshops for teachers http://ff.im/-9OAnE
  18. @richmeisel I didn't think of that. I routinely install the developer tools whenever I get a new laptop or upgrade to a new OS.
  19. @richmeisel @digitalbio open the terminal window first. Then type make and the file name.
  20. Heads up folks! The NCBI has a new beta home page. Will it be beta than before? Time will tell. http://preview.ncbi.nlm.nih...