Mankato (Minnesota)

A virtual world at the fingertips: Assessment measures [The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.]

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 22--Darin Doherty is building a field trip. Armed with a laptop, digital camera and a little grant money, the St. Peter School District teacher is on a mission to create a virtual experience...

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Key elements remain in Black Friday child care: An opportunity to say thanks

MANKATO, Nov 22, 2009 (The Free Press - For two years, Donna Robbins organized her "Day After Thanksgiving Daycare" for military families. The idea was that Robbins and her volunteers would give the kids a few hours of fun...

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The digital classroom: Potential still largely untapped in today's schools

Nov 22, 2009 (The Free Press - Gus Allore remembers well the first day with his very own cell phone. Allore now has a Blackberry, from which he surfs the Internet and checks his Facebook account several times day. For their...

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'Ladybug' a welcome addition at Loyola: Class more efficient

Nov 22, 2009 (The Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Mankato Loyola elementary teachers are building new ways to access technology. As part of an effort to put the school on the forefront of...

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Science stimulus

X-ray diffractometer for geology 2009-11-20 By Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio [broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN, 11/20/2009] St. Paul, Minn. — Nothing excites a scientist like the prospect of starting new...

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Nov. 19: Learning activities

Minnesota State Mankato education students will exhibit new learning activities for young children as part of “Imagine the Amazing,” an educational event for youngsters on Thursday, Nov. 19, at Madison East Center.

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Special effort

2009-11-18 By Dan Linehan, Free Press Staff Writer [published in The Free Press, Mankato, MN, 11/18/2009] From college students to refugees, the U.S. Census Bureau has a name for people who are difficult to count:...

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HERS graduate

Debra Schulz, assistant registrar at Minnesota State University, Mankato, recently graduated from the 2009 HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at the University of Denver in Colorado.

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Smash Palace on KMSU

KMSU 89.7 FM will interview Steve Butler, lead vocalist and guitarist for pop group Smash Palace, between 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. The station also will broadcast songs from the group's newest CD, “Everybody Comes...

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Nov. 19: Good Thunder

Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Good Thunder Reading Series wraps up its fall programming when it hosts alumni poets Edward Micus, Connie Colwell Miller and Christina Olson in a day-long residency Thursday, Nov. 19. The...

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