@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-11
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | news | No Comments
- Engaging Students with History: The Power of Slave Narratives | Edutopia http://bit.ly/cbQvja #
- “Winterim” Program Gives Young Pennsylvania Writers Creative Outlet – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/aABypU #NWP #
- Texts for proposed common core standards – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/9bI8C3 #
- Excerpts from National Governors and states proposal on education standards – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/9D6a0v #
- Why Coder Barbie Is Good for Women in Tech | Mashable http://bit.ly/99sPR1 #
- Digital Natives? Naive! – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/aAt925 #
- Many Nations Passing U.S. In Education, Expert Says – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9teymH #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-09
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | news | No Comments
- Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees – Monkey See Blog : NPR http://bit.ly/bC47KN (via Debra Navratil on FB) #
- COOLEST College Courses (PHOTOS) | Huffington Post http://bit.ly/a2nnvS (How about Learning from YouTube, or Philosophy and Star Trek?) #
- Moving Toward the Paperless Institute – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/aGKKD8 #NWP #
- The 11 Commandments of Corporate Tweeting | The Big Money http://bit.ly/b5xvIm –Fodder for Prof Comm class discussion? #
- FBI taps Web as most-wanted list turns 60 | Houston Chronicle http://bit.ly/9JCSq8 #
- Online Teaching Advice for Matt Wasowski – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bILSAA (Response to last week's "Switching Sides" article) #
- New Jersey Court Keeps Adjunct's Suit Alive: Quick Takes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cwHA2u #
- The Community College Spinoff – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9ZMOFo #
- Moving to Scale – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9hTQ5S –On the need to "embrace 'transformational change'" #
- Unwelcome 'Help' from the Feds – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/ad0hr7 #
- New Battleground for Publishers – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aR9Gyu #
- Using Discourse Analysis to Improve Classroom Interaction – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/dChgPU #
- Web Standards for E-books | A List Apart: http://bit.ly/aiPZnT #
- The NYT Needs to Learn the Value of the Link – GigaOM http://bit.ly/cB1My0 #
- Will college become a luxury for the few? – CNN.com http://bit.ly/bABcz4 #
- Stop mangling the English language – Spartan Daily | http://bit.ly/b7AKHW #
- The Creepy Treehouse Problem – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/aPWuPq #
- Students irate at Cuccinelli over gay-rights policies – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/bOOdDo #
- Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/8ZjE9V #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-08
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | news | No Comments
- Literature for Real – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cpbTCG #
- For the Liberal Arts, Rhetoric Is Not Enough – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cEQOuC –SUBSCRIBER ONLY unfortunately #
- A 'Race to the Top' for Higher Education? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bW4ySP #
- What Darwin's Doubters Get Wrong – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/crmeAF #
- One-Third of Faculty Members See Dip in Their Salaries – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aFZAgV #
- Superman … in My Classroom? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9tjEau #
- DeadHeads and Retweeters: Crowdsourcing Influence – ReadWriteStart http://bit.ly/cD6eJ4 #
- Hey, ‘Friend,’ Do You ‘Like’ My Sad Story? – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/d1PDMr #
- Scrivener, Scrivening, Scriverastic – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/d1CsYY –review and how-to's for Mac word processor Scrivener #
- Canadian University Suspends Student for Anti-Semitic and Hate Blogging – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dCYikL #
- North Carolina State U. Shares Campus History via New Smartphone Service – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cknIXq #
- Who Will Hire Me? Creating 21st-Century Résumés – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9PVgpS #
- For international women's day, a photo gallery of women in literature: http://todayspictures.slate.com/20100308/ (from Donna Reiss via FB) #
- On July 1, 2010, CLEP will launch two new exams: College Composition and College Composition Modular | http://bit.ly/aqm122 #
- Tapscott on Changing Pedagogy for the Net Generation | ASCD Inservice: http://bit.ly/9h3ipv #
- Why one-size-fits-all education doesn’t work – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/9zzAB6 #
- The N-Word – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cq2MoU -on the firing of Towson's Allen Zaruba #
- Challenges of Twitter and Plato – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c3f7MN #
- Going Need Blind – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aYI5Iz –Hamilton's decision to ignore financial need in admissions decisions #
- What Now for Student Aid Bill? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a9tvyd #
- Salaries Fell for 32.6% of Faculty – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a2hFtb #
- Second Life's virtual money can become real-life cash – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/94FBzd #
- Schools Matter: The "Teachers Are Built" Non-School of Thought http://bit.ly/d250g5 #
- Save Water-Damaged Books, Docs, and Photos by Putting Them in the Freezer – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/czkpBY #
- Studies show cheating, plagiarism no more prevalent online than in traditional classrooms | Billings Gazette | http://bit.ly/ai1xLn #
- Quiz: Spring in literature | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/d41MWU #
- U of L course sees law through lens of literature | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal http://bit.ly/aalxXi #
- Young adult lit comes of age – latimes.com http://bit.ly/bJeDgt #
- Keeping It Real: Conflict, convention, and Chang-Rae Lee’s "The Surrendered" | The New Yorker http://bit.ly/avVgQ8 #
- What Is a Lecture For, Anyway? – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/9WKQ8F #
- Writing a garden – Petaluma 360 – http://bit.ly/cvLGTc #
- Student Arrested for Having Fake Dynamite for Theater Class – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/alrIjC #
- Student Accused by Professor of Being FBI Informant Brought Gun to Class for Presentation – Chronicle of Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a8gdQd #
- Keeping it Fresh: Raising Class Energy with Games, Music, & Debate | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/aS3bLF #
- Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights laws – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/dtwavu #
- Why subsidize wealthy college kids? – CNN.com http://bit.ly/c050Sy #
- Class Struggle – Help schools use non-fiction books | The Washington Post http://bit.ly/9Nho60 #
- College Acts to Disregard Fiscal Need in Admissions – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/auZsm5 #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-07
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- On The Media: "Search and Destroy" | http://bit.ly/a5SFZv –on China's human-flesh search engine #
- Yearbooks disappearing for the Facebook generation | eCampus News http://bit.ly/arUszV #
- Princeton students, professors give Kindle mixed grades | eCampus News http://bit.ly/cQa6Pk #
- Don’t Overreact to Your Social Media Mistakes | Social Media Today | http://bit.ly/ckoCsE –Useful advice as students engage online #
- How to Keep Your Readers Coming Back to Your Blog | Social Media Examiner http://bit.ly/bTtV64 #
- Switching Sides – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/98dxCY -a technology enthusiast's experience with teaching online #
- Grades on the Rise – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9d3YYc -on grade inflation #
- Different Paths to Full Professor – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cW8q0C –Is great teaching might be as worthy as great research? #
- March on Everywhere! – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bM4oRZ –student activism and protests #
- Generaciones' Narratives | Computers and Composition Digital Press http://bit.ly/cep6r6 #
- Learning “Just in Case” versus “Just in Time” – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/dxoHLI #
- Paper Rater Analyzes and Improves Your Writing – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/ccEd7R #
- Schools left in the dust on social media highway | Zanesville Times Recorder http://bit.ly/ccCn2o #
- Children will learn poetry and monarchs of England by heart under Tory plans | Mail Online http://bit.ly/9abZgL #
- Inspiration vs. Plagiarism | Columns – Student Newspaper of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland – http://bit.ly/9W0Lth #
- Who's still biased? – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/bMVqv5 #
- Sale seeks to keep newspapers in classes http://bit.ly/al6Q6v #
- The lasting popularity of Alice in Wonderland-related products – latimes.com http://bit.ly/ajjTuT #
- Ten of the best bells in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/aqJa9x #
- Is this the end of Holocaust literature? | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/9OLcsK "Should the Holocaust's place in Jewish literature change?" #
- Jews and Animals, A Very Modern Story – Forward.com http://bit.ly/drCtYM (includes discussion of American-Yiddish Children's literature) #
- Nonfiction gains classroom footing | delmarvanow.com | The Daily Times http://bit.ly/dwy0qF #
- 'Harry Potter' tops NEA's book series poll | TheTandD.com | http://bit.ly/dxge3d #
- Digital Rights Management – YALSA » http://bit.ly/cHqrwG ("a comic about why DRM doesn’t work") #
- Attorney General Tells Virginia Colleges to Drop Gay-Rights Protections – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9yG6YC #
- Women's History Month Resources from the Library of Congress – http://bit.ly/aMeBtK #
- The Google Book Search Case: March Madness Edition – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aJv41K #
- Mischievous Law Prof + Texting Students = Media Frenzy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/93FscH #
- Ten Ways to Teach the Oscars – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aob4eI #
- Los Angeles Teachers Suspended Over Role Model Choice – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/crh0ss (Lesson: Don't choose OJ, Rodman, or RuPaul) #
- Sunday Routine – For Rebecca Stead, a Day to Recharge the Brain’s Batteries – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aGaJo6 #
- Building a Better Teacher – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bSBVyQ #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-04
Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- Harvard Library Releases Online Collection on Reading – Library Journal http://bit.ly/ciKvnQ #
- Library Groups Join in Filing Motion on Copyright Appeal – Library Journal http://bit.ly/aiTFRJ #
- YouTube Turns on Automatic Captioning for All Videos | ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/bKlYnC #
- Plagiarism + Mixing + the “New Paradigm Defense” = Teachable Moment http://bit.ly/a8suGq #
- Grade Inflation Pumps Up GPA's by 0.1 per Decade, Scholars Find – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/941sbU #
- Classics Professor Requires Latin Students to Play Ancient Roman Roles Online – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bLHfC5 #
- Why we protest education cuts – CNN.com http://bit.ly/aljpTE #
- What’s Your Reading History? Reflecting on the Self as Reader – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ccl2WT #
- In California, a Day of Protests Over Education Budget Cuts – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cZR8mM #
- College Degrees Without Going to Class – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ah3YWZ #
- Time for "Extending the CCC Conversation" with Doug Hesse and Cindy Selfe!!! http://bit.ly/91F0Zl #
- What 'Gen X' Faculty Want – Quick Takes: – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9vIKLc #
- Fighting a Copyright Charge – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9YaLpu #
- A Conversation with Martin Scorsese: The Importance of Visual Literacy | Edutopia http://bit.ly/ayUtLa #
- To Write, Draw – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9HB0rw #
- Bad Advice, No Advice – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b4yz2h Counseling HS students receive doesn't help them enroll in college. #
- Not So Private Professors – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9Bxpo6 (on prof fired over Facebook venting) #
- Layoffs Without 'Financial Exigency' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cP78D0 #
- NJ Middle School Students Chart Academic Paths – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/at3Bgl (charting academic path with electronic portfolios) #
- Journalism Schools to the Rescue? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bIblnM #
- State of Humanities Departments – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cyzrVm #
- The 'Prior Learning' Edge – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9DP9GJ #
- Bilton on ABC: Dos and Don’ts of Digital Etiquette – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b8mO5I #
- 5 Easy Ways to Learn Grammar With The New York Times – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/am0sbc #
- Towson U. Defends Firing of Adjunct Who Used Racist Term to Describe His Status – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9tXfsb #
- Professor at a Chinese University Is Punished for Plagiarizing a Test – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dnaJxR #
- Students, professors to protest education cutbacks – CNN.com http://bit.ly/9OlBM0 #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-03
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- Federal budget threatens national writing programs | JG-TC.com http://bit.ly/dyxdlw #
- Leading Scholar’s U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dalUI0 #
- Stories Make It Personal | NCTE Inbox Blog: http://bit.ly/b73PNx #
- Education Secretary: "Education is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time" | Cynthia Gordy | Huffington Post http://bit.ly/9A2PeH #
- How a famous Dartmouth grad became Dr. Seuss – WCAX.COM – http://bit.ly/afyTKB #
- Degrees Female Undergrads Want – Forbes.com http://bit.ly/cWqI26 #
- Report: Md., Va., D.C. slow on 'college readiness' | Washingrton Post http://bit.ly/aExrff #
- My B.A. in English | idsnews.com | Indiana Daily Student | http://bit.ly/aDj5gt #
- Objectionable Content | YALSA » http://bit.ly/bPPrid (dealing with book complaints) #
- Book Review: iLiteracy and Learning: Reflections on Writing, Reading, and Society/i – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/bx7O6Q #
- As Grants Run Out, Universities Pony Up Cash for OpenCourseWare – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/b7Sssg #
- British Universities Object to Having to Monitor Open Wireless Networks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9c35kb #
- Barry Hannah, Darkly Comic Writer, Dies at 67 – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dcgDED #
- Graduates Fault Advice of Guidance Counselors – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9o9Zt9 #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-01
Monday, March 1st, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- Making the Case for iPad E-Book Prices – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/avEmUo #
- Let's celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and the importance of reading to a child | Richmond Times-Dispatch http://bit.ly/cnsxiz #
- Duncan Is Urged to Act on Colleges' Restrictive Credit-Transfer Policies – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/agaS3t #
- Students Worry About iPhone Addiction – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9OQhyc #
- Writing Project Inspires New York Times Writer – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/bOFDh0 #
- Study Shows Promise of 'Prior Learning' in Fostering Academic Success – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cfDBUV #
- Survey Finds Slack Standards at Magazine Web Sites – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bsx5l0 #
- TV star LeVar Burton visits with Liberty Middle students via Skype | The News Herald http://bit.ly/bbq9Hg #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-28
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aqw8p2 #
- The Demise Of Standard English – The Philadelphia Bulletin http://bit.ly/am6d7M #
- Humanities must not suffer unduly when the axe falls | The Observer http://bit.ly/bTjR6K #
- Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cKhhlJ #
- The Count – So Far, E-Books Aren’t Making Sales Waves – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dh4Qhh #
- The Free-Appropriation Writer – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bCfg9U #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-27
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- VA acts to limit use of exam for special-ed students – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/cE778z "The effort . . . targets 'portfolio' tests" #
- Do paywalls hurt social news? | SmartBlog On Social Media http://bit.ly/9dH1dW #
- SeaWorld training attack exposes social media risks – OrlandoSentinel.com http://bit.ly/cu1rbJ "We may never talk as Shamu again" #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-26
Friday, February 26th, 2010 | journal, news | No Comments
- Music in Schools Celebration Is Also About Writing – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/dikxOl #
- When It Comes to Content, Amazon’s Kindle Won’t Be Undersold – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cwdScK #
- East Stroudsburg U. Suspends Professor for Facebook Posts – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aaKRAz #
- How to Relax and Ace Your College Midterms – US News and World Report http://bit.ly/9pjjEc #
- Podcasts | YALSA » http://bit.ly/arjmkf –classroom activity described #
- Key Letter by Descartes, Lost for 170 Years, Turns Up at Haverford – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9xOeN3 #
- Looking Glass for the Mind: 350 Years of Books for Children (an online exhibit) | http://bit.ly/bgxvpH -via The Scout Report #
- Encouraging Critical Thinking Online | Intute – http://bit.ly/dszWvK -via The Scout Report "two teaching units for classroom settings" #
- Outreach to Gay Applicants – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aexD0g #
- Protesters Receive Coy Embrace – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cEZMSF #
- Common Sense Raises Issues at B&N – Publishers Weekly http://bit.ly/92g1do #
- Experts Offer Predictions Regarding Internet as of 2020 – Library Journal http://bit.ly/bfh0Pz #
- GUEST OPINION: In defense of school librarians | PressDemocrat.com http://bit.ly/8XnYSE #
- Photoshop and Photography: When Is It Real? – Pogue's Posts Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dutQrH #
- Perfect Your Presentation by Kidnapping Random Slides – Powerpoint – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/czlygs #
- A Lenten quiz on hunger in literature | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/c5yw7S #
- Mark Twain meets Super Mario on Nintendo's e-reader game player | Los Angeles Times http://bit.ly/dc90k5 #
- 'The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson' by Jerome Charyn (Book Review) latimes.com http://bit.ly/95i2Ud #
- Neil deGrasse Tyson On Science Literacy, Curiosity, Education, And Being 'In Your Face' – Monkey See Blog : NPR http://bit.ly/cSBoKD #
- Will Second Life Upgrade Help Virtual Classrooms? – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/c8SHT1 #
- Poetry for the Mind's Joy – Poetry (Library of Congress) http://bit.ly/bOBIH1 (Includes Community College Poetry Contest) #
- Online courses can reduce the costly sting of college – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/a7o8iZ #
- Great ‘Read-Alouds’ From The New York Times – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aXUe9a #
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- Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bcz1F6
- Engaging Students with History: The Power of Slave Narratives | Edutopia http://bit.ly/cbQvja
- “Winterim” Program Gives Young Pennsylvania Writers Creative Outlet - National Writing Project http://bit.ly/aABypU #NWP
- Texts for proposed common core standards - washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/9bI8C3
- Excerpts from National Governors and states proposal on education standards - washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/9D6a0v
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