Sentences with phrase «cushing academy»

Interview — Dr. James Tracy, headmaster of Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., describes his secondary school's commitment to 21st Century education and how it led naturally to a radical move to a nearly all - digital school library.

Comments — Ann Miner's link to Seattle Channel interview by Nancy Pearl with Paul Collins that wandered into a Kindle discussion at about 22 minutes (iTunes podcast link); Craig Scarberry's recommendation of the excellent Books on the Nightstand podcast; Jean Remple on OCTO covers (more on covers here and here); Ann Miner with a good idea for Amazon; Marcy MacKenzie on a meetup with Bob Cope; an Amazon PR spokesman confirms the Facebook post stating that «a better way to organize your Kindle libraries» is coming; Jim Jones links to the Cushing Academy of Canada - Sony Reader style; Tom Lichty links to a charming coming - of - Kindle - age column by Margie Boulé in The Oregonian; Kevin Warner, a new Kindle owner from Down Under; Len Charnoff's tutorial video on Inkmesh; audio comments from Pastor Mark Pierce of Church Requel and Bob Lee.

What do you think of schools, like Cushing Academy in Massachusetts, that are getting rid of books in favor of digital - only libraries?

I don't know what factors caused the people at the Cushing Academy to consider such a drastic step.

Clockwise from far right, students Salma Makkar, Thomas Pacheco, Cameron Akers and Jennifer Tonti talk with teacher Nancy Boyle, center, in Cushing Academy's new bookless library.

Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Massachusetts has been in the vanguard of this transition since 2009, when it announced its plans for a «bookless» library.

The Cushing Academy, a New England co-ed prep school founded in 1865, is phasing out its library's 20,000 books and spending nearly $ 500,000 on a new digital «learning center».

«Sid's more of the John Cena, he's the face of the franchise,» said Yandle, who, like Cena, is a Cushing Academy alum.

Not exact matches

DeFranco's Gym at The Onnit Academy opens doors to the public this month, combining the world famous performance training methods responsible for producing top NFL and WWE stars like Brian Cushing and Triple H (Paul...

«More than 90 percent of dogs with Cushing's disease have a benign pituitary gland tumor,» explains Dr. Grognet, who also operates the ACE Academy for Canine Educators.