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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-09

Monday, February 8th, 2010 | news | No Comments

• Weekly News Summary: Jan 30–Feb 5 | http://bit.ly/a2quvh Topics: federal funding, grade inflation, Intellectual Property, tablet computing #

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Week in Review: January 30–February 5

Monday, February 8th, 2010 | Education, WIR, news | No Comments

The “better late than never” edition of news for this week. Be sure to check out the “Assorted Extras” links to an image placeholder technique you can share with web design students and a poetry interactive.

Campus Issues

Donations have decreased at colleges across the country (Inside Higher Ed). Yale will cut staff and freeze some salaries to meet a $150 million budget gap (NYTimes). Princeton’s efforts to squash grade inflation are meeting with complaints from students (NYTimes). In a ten-year strategic plan, the president of University of New Hampshire calls for interdisciplinary collaboration and rewards for innovation to ensure the school’s future (Boston.com).

Intellectual Property Rights

UCLA has removed all copyrighted films from their course Websites because complaints of copyright violation from the Association for Information and Media Equipment (Chronicle of Higher Ed). IP rights and piracy have been at issue for centuries (Inside Higher Ed), and many universities are unsure what is and isn’t legal (Inside Higher Ed). The UCLA action has lead to speculation about the role of video projects in education (Inside Higher Ed) and emerging understandings of copyright and online streaming (Inside Higher Ed).

In a strike against a possible plagiarism mill, an Illinois court has shut down an online term paper site until it can prove ownership of the essays it sells (USA Today).

Government

Federal funding for FY2011 may fall short for Pell Grants, the Department of Labor’s Career Pathways Innovation Fund, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (Inside Higher Ed). The proposed end to the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership program could spell the end of millions of dollars in matching funds from state coffers for students (Inside Higher Ed). Lobbyists are challenging the federal plan to end government subsidies to private lenders and provide the monies to directly to students (NYTimes).

A letter from Jill Biden counters misconceptions about federally-subsidized loans and urges community colleges to offer the loans to students (Chronicle of Higher Ed).

According to a recent report, the number of nonprofit schools gaining federal funding as “Hispanic-Serving Institutions” is increasing (Inside Higher Ed).

Tablet Computing

The new iPad has inspired discussion of the tablet’s educational benefits (PCWorld), how students will respond (Nevada Sagebrush), and how the various tablets stack up (Lifehacker). Apple’s decision to use a proprietary format for ebooks on the iPad complicates things for consumers and publishers (Yahoo! News). The free Blio Reader may change expectations for ebooks, with features that duplicate layout and appearance of paper-based books (eSchoolNews). Regardless of the evolution of ebooks and tablets, author Katherine Paterson argues that we’ll still read paper-based books (NY Daily News).

Technology

Universities report increasing interest in hybrid courses, which combine online and traditional classroom experiences (eSchoolNews). A Brigham Young University experiment found that free online distance courses did not harm traditional course enrollment (Chronicle of Higher Ed).

A recent Pew Trust report finds that teens do not use Twitter or blog but their interest in social networking sites is growing (Washington Post). Regardless of teen engagement, teachers can benefit from using Twitter to connect with other teachers (Educational Leadership). For tenure purposes, however, a UC-Berkeley reports indicates professors should focus on traditional publication options (Chronicle of Higher Ed).

Assorted Extras

• 8 Easy Ways to Get Digital Natives Wild about Reading (Huffington Post)
• Dummy Image Generator (Lifehacker)
• Fun with punctuation (Boing Boing)
• “For Better for Verse” interactive shows how poetic meter works (UVA Today)
• Social Learning in the Enterprise—in 4 minutes (Jane’s Learning Pick of the Day)

Tags: distance ed, government, hybrid courses, Intellectual Property Rights, poetry, tablet computing, tenure, twitter

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-07

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | news | No Comments

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9sM6Ae #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-06

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 | news | No Comments

• Jack Block, 85, Psychologist Who Studied Children Into Adulthood – Obituary – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a1VEZL #
• Macmillan Books Return to Amazon After Dispute – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bnm1u3 #
• Masters of American literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/b3n4aO #
• Ten of the best horrid children in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/bxOuii #
• E-readers change literature | The Daily Gamecock – http://bit.ly/aTpbzi #
• Reading with Kindle | Zanesville Times Recorder http://bit.ly/acZJfO #
• Details of the devil: Concordia professor to discuss role of Satan in literature | INFORUM | Fargo, ND http://bit.ly/d7EUH3 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05

Friday, February 5th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments

• In the World of Facebook – The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/cBKJUp #
• Percy Jackson, a hero with dyslexia? – Telegraph http://bit.ly/9eCbbS #
• Video Projects, not Video Viewing – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aURnio #
• The Times Whiffs Again – CInside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cF4BsG –commentary on recent NYTimes article on adjuncting #
• The Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/avyHZb #
• University Puts Researchers on YouTube to Stir Commercial Interest – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cKqSa1 #
• Proliferation of Internet memes makes it difficult to stay current – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/b0gd5G #
• The Friday question: which classic work of literature should be turned into a game next? | Technology | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/arppLr #
• Afterglow From the MLA – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d9Cpm5 #
• Justice Department 'Reluctantly' Says Google Settlement Still Needs Work – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aAvn68 #
• Cambridge to study computer games | BBC News – http://bit.ly/9SIWd3 #
• Lobbying Imperils Overhaul of Student Loans – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cPYQ2c #
• Health stories by experts more credible than blogs | Science Daily http://bit.ly/a4rbJt –website more credible than blog (via @betajames) #
• English Majors Don't Get No Respect – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aVNOas #
• There May Be Skeletons in Your Doc's Online Profile – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/b2rrLn #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments

• Is This Headline Clear? Learning About Ambiguity and Clarity From Headlines – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cSywIV #
• Fun with punctuation | Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bjMzPG (via @danholt) #
• Mashing not Viewing – IHE http://bit.ly/coXdSl –Is debate about copyright & online streaming lagging behind new methods of teaching? #
• Course Evaluations, Years Later – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aAbexV #
• An Underappreciated $64 Million – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d6G1pN –on the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership program #
• Who's Right on Video Copyright? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9rwUXg #
• 2-Year Honors Boom – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c7M8Sg #
• Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia | BBC News – http://bit.ly/d3s3z7 #
• SMS, social media in for kids; blogging, Twitter out | ZDNet.com http://bit.ly/bX8yGR #
• Failure rate for AP tests climbing – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/d1UMYw #
• Social Learning in the Enterprise – in 4 minutes | Jane's Learning Pick of the Day: http://bit.ly/8WXajz #
• Jill Biden Nudges Community Colleges to Join Federal Student-Loan Programs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ccUFdv #
• Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey | BBC News – http://bit.ly/9kMM9Z #
• Yale Plans Staff and Research Cuts to Close $150 Million Gap – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9n7w8L #
• Social Media and Young Adults: Overview | Pew Internet & American Life Project http://bit.ly/biX1ia (via @kathyschrock) #
• UNH president says change or go under – Boston.com http://bit.ly/bou5BG (via @alogemann @jeffabernathy) #
• Does Digital Media Make Us Bad Writers? » Spotlight http://bit.ly/9VYXIA (via @budtheteacher, @skajder) #
• Divided Attention,: Scholars turn their attention to attention – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/al5vNU (via @ncarbone) #
• Destructive Pressures Undermine Educational Aspirations of Minority Males http://bit.ly/9ApiSP (via @englishcomp) report from College Board #
• 8 Easy Ways to Get Digital Natives Wild about Reading | Huffington Post | http://bit.ly/azdZkK #
• Two New School Policies: Cell Phones, iPods Okay In Classroom http://bit.ly/aCNCKW #
• Creators hope film fills gaps in history lessons – OrlandoSentinel.com http://bit.ly/b8b9xY #
• How 'Avatar' may predict the future of virtual worlds | Geek Gestalt – CNET News http://bit.ly/cU8Zrr #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments

• Is This Headline Clear? Learning About Ambiguity and Clarity From Headlines – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cSywIV #
• Fun with punctuation | Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bjMzPG (via @danholt) #
• Mashing not Viewing – IHE http://bit.ly/coXdSl –Is debate about copyright & online streaming lagging behind new methods of teaching? #
• Course Evaluations, Years Later – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aAbexV #
• An Underappreciated $64 Million – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d6G1pN –on the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership program #
• Who's Right on Video Copyright? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9rwUXg #
• 2-Year Honors Boom – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c7M8Sg #
• Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia | BBC News – http://bit.ly/d3s3z7 #
• SMS, social media in for kids; blogging, Twitter out | ZDNet.com http://bit.ly/bX8yGR #
• Failure rate for AP tests climbing – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/d1UMYw #
• Social Learning in the Enterprise – in 4 minutes | Jane's Learning Pick of the Day: http://bit.ly/8WXajz #
• Jill Biden Nudges Community Colleges to Join Federal Student-Loan Programs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ccUFdv #
• Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey | BBC News – http://bit.ly/9kMM9Z #
• Yale Plans Staff and Research Cuts to Close $150 Million Gap – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9n7w8L #
• Social Media and Young Adults: Overview | Pew Internet & American Life Project http://bit.ly/biX1ia (via @kathyschrock) #
• UNH president says change or go under – Boston.com http://bit.ly/bou5BG (via @alogemann @jeffabernathy) #
• Does Digital Media Make Us Bad Writers? » Spotlight http://bit.ly/9VYXIA (via @budtheteacher, @skajder) #
• Divided Attention,: Scholars turn their attention to attention – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/al5vNU (via @ncarbone) #
• Destructive Pressures Undermine Educational Aspirations of Minority Males http://bit.ly/9ApiSP (via @englishcomp) report from College Board #
• 8 Easy Ways to Get Digital Natives Wild about Reading | Huffington Post | http://bit.ly/azdZkK #
• Two New School Policies: Cell Phones, iPods Okay In Classroom http://bit.ly/aCNCKW #
• Creators hope film fills gaps in history lessons – OrlandoSentinel.com http://bit.ly/b8b9xY #
• How 'Avatar' may predict the future of virtual worlds | Geek Gestalt – CNET News http://bit.ly/cU8Zrr #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-03

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments

• 'Piracy' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dAgUPb –intellectual property–patent ownership, piracy of university press pubs, & Google Books #
• Contributions to Colleges Drop 12% – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b2moOt #
• Why young narrators so often sound phony | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/bFZr5U #
• In ‘Point Omega,’ Don DeLillo Creates a Vivid Small World – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a0qNtr #
• Few teenagers embracing Twitter, report finds – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/aAtDEo #
• The Twitter Train Has Left the Station – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/apaV0M #
• Students at McGill U. Band Together to Promote Wikipedia – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ab6zge #
• Life Goals Set in College Can Predict Well-Being Later On, Research Suggests – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9vRTaS #
• Dummy Image Generator Is the Lorem Ipsum of Images – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/cYK3l7 –useful for anyone teaching web design #
• U.Va. Professor Helps Students Examine Poetry 'For Better for Verse' http://bit.ly/cDFWK8 #
• 30% of Leet n00bs, Can’t rite Good Inglish, LOL! » First Thoughts | http://bit.ly/ddlkme #
• NAACP – Primary Source Set – For Teachers (Library of Congress) http://bit.ly/aAZP1o #
• Sharp Drop Is Seen in Gifts to Colleges and Universities – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/czdywy #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-02

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments

• EA's 'Dante's Inferno' and other classic literature we'd like to see as a video game | EW.com http://bit.ly/bCp8Hr #
• Schools adapt lessons to seize on New Orleans Saints' success | NOLA.com http://bit.ly/9ZVl3P (OK, not college, but the kids are cute :) #
• Hi-tech battle w/ mobile phone exam cheats | BBC News – http://bit.ly/cf5p4P –Schools buying detection equipment to catch cheats #
• University Pulls Videos From Course Sites After Copyright Challenge – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bfuwVR #
• Stanford U. Expands Deal With Google Book Search and Endorses Settlement – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dbs3Q6 #
• Free Online Courses Don't Hurt Paid Enrollment, Study Suggests – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/c1TdcG #
• We the People: Considering Howard Zinn’s Approach to History – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/chBgqe #
• Kindling the Classroom? | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/bI6RwU #
• Macmillan Books Still Mostly Absent From Amazon.com – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/dBzuHy #
• Students to Help Teachers Better Use Tech – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/bpDcVD #
• African American Authors Online (Inbox Blog) – From slave narratives to oral histories. Check out 28 different sites! http://bit.ly/a5Wua7 #
• Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning | Education Week's Digital Directions: http://bit.ly/cGSdUc #
• 'Terabithia' Author: Reading in a MySpace World | momlogic.com http://bit.ly/cDkXRY #
• Higher Education Slideshow | The Onion – America's Finest News Source http://onion.com/cTN2bg :) #
• The literary side of the Best Picture Oscar nominees | Los Angeles Times http://bit.ly/bGY3cb #
• Apple's own approach to iPad e-books could confuse – Yahoo! News http://bit.ly/attVIK #
• Howard Zinn, Philosopher – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9X2jw9 #
• Interest in hybrid courses on the rise | eSchoolNews.com http://bit.ly/aNm5ay —Mix online experience w/ traditional classroom learning #
• The Education Exception – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bTGiCY –on federal funding and possible implications for the NEH #
• Why Teachers Should Try Twitter | Educational Leadership | http://bit.ly/a7D1Hi #
• Future of eReading might not be iPad, but the free Blio ereader program | eSchoolNews.com http://bit.ly/cySHNr #
• Apple iPad vs Kindle DX: Which is Better for Education? – PCWorld http://bit.ly/clWVVL #
• Defining Moral Education – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aTWrhN #
• More Chicken News in Higher Ed – Quick Takes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/ceEohw –Why? Because I was too chicken not to include it. #
• Assessing Scholars' Values on Publication – Quick Takes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/98Y3zy #
• You Think We're Rankings-Obsessed? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bPKxWn #
• Clash Over Student Privacy – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9tZaFH #
• Google News Adds Personalized Story Tracking | ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/alLc3T –USE: Students can track research on a current event #
• PDFMyURL Saves Web Sites as PDF Files – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/bWQcGe –Possible Use: students make PDFs as they work on research projects #
• Terrible grammar? Blame Twitter. | Crunch Gear | http://bit.ly/aerhmD #
• Ruling on online term papers cites copyright questions – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/aOHAJ1 #
• Apple's iPad is no book-killer: Author says technology is a threat to reading we can overcome | NY Daily News | http://bit.ly/czEThq #
• Internet makes plagiarism a snap – The Omaha World-Herald – http://bit.ly/cONvh0 #
• New iPad may spark student interest » The Nevada Sagebrush » http://bit.ly/dC3HIx #
• Amazon vs. Macmillan: The latest round in the book wars / The Christian Science Monitor – http://bit.ly/bJK3ox #
• People Who Need People: How 11 intrepid users get the most out of social media – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/cjHKNl #
• The right online games can work in classrooms – NewsObserver.com http://bit.ly/bhKUSl #
• Student grammar failure: capability or context? | Ars Technica | http://bit.ly/8ZBEz8 #
• Make sure students will be ready for college | The Des Moines Register http://bit.ly/bWl9sz #
• Northeastern Undergraduate Starts Online Journal of Student Work – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cc7iAL #
• Celebrate Black History Month – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cUhATe #
• Twittering towards the end | Red Room http://bit.ly/abJMvR –Roger Morris discusses his decisions as he publishes a novel via Twitter #

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Why You Should Try Twitter in the Classroom

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 | 21st century literacy, classroom activity | No Comments

If you’re even slightly interested in how you might use Twitter in the classroom, take a look at William M. Ferriter’s essay “Why Teachers Should Try Twitter” from Educational Leadership.

The article explains, “For educators who use this tool to build a network of people whose Twitter messages connect to their work, Twitter becomes a constant source of new ideas to explore.” It includes some tips and how-to’s as well as a personal story on how the experience affected the author’s understanding of differentiated instruction.

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