An example of Digital Commons impact (Manila student uses info from EDH thesis)

I recently received this request from a student at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila asking permission to use a questionnaire from a thesis:
From: Shaira Mae Martinez [mailto:smbm18r@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 12:00 PM
To: Myers, Kim
Subject: Request Letter for Questionnaire in Project‐ Based Learning and its Effect on Motivation In the Adolescent
Mathematics Classroom
Dear Sir/Madame,
Greetings from the people's university!
I am a senior student of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and I'm currently taking up Bachelor of Secondary
Education major in Mathematics. I am writing an action research entitled “A Comparison between Audio‐visual aids and
Mathematical Activity as a Pedagogical Tool in Promoting Students' Learning” as a requirement for my subject Math71.
For this reason, I am asking in your good office a permission to use your questionnaires in the study which is entitled as
"Project‐ Based Learning and its Effect on Motivation In the Adolescent Mathematics Classroom" in my action research.
Rest assure that this will only be used for research purposes.
I’m hoping for your positive immediate response. Thank you and God Bless.
Sincerely,
Shaira Mae B. Martinez

I worked with the Education department, who was eventually able to tell me that she (Pamela Beres) was a teacher in the Kendall School District. A thorough search of their website revealed one email address, which gave me a clue to the protocol, and I sent the request off. Almost immediately I received an affirmative response, and was able to forward it on.

Mapping locations

Two things happened this week that lead to an "aha" moment. First, I was posting a new Goldberg Scholarship entry in Digital Commons (http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/goldberg/) and thought "wouldn't it be nice to have a map showing all the places the students have interned at?", and then I happened to look down at my desk and noticed the DC+GLUG Attendee List, and the diversity of locations contained there, and a similar thought occurred to me. So I dashed a note off to Lauren, and we're going to try it at the article level. If I want a series level map, I will have to send her a .kml file which they can update annually.