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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-06

Feb 06

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• 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

Feb 05

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• 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

Feb 04

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• 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

Feb 04

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• 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

Feb 03

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• '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

Feb 02

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• 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

Feb 02

By Traci Gardner21st century literacy, classroom activity twitter Comments Off

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.

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-01

Feb 01

By Traci Gardnerjournal, news Comments Off

• When Scholars Weigh Publication Options, Tradition Counts – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dDmP5x #
• Current Crop of E-Readers Compared: iPad vs. the Rest – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/9mRs0s #
• Prolificacy in the life of Nikki Giovanni: reading, writing, living – The Frederick News-Post Online http://bit.ly/aeV4m0 #
• For writer T.C. Boyle, literature is a show – STLtoday.com http://bit.ly/bgPtJ2 #
• Students failing because of Twitter, texting and no grammar teaching – The Canadian Press: http://bit.ly/bIGoAx #
• Blind student wins computer aid for bar exam | San Francisco Chronicle http://bit.ly/cR3IiP –potential implications for other tests? #
• Raise High the P.R. Blitz – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bnlOZn –commentary on coverage of J. D. Salinger's life and death #

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