Archives: 2011 March 24

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-24

Mar 24

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Blogs in higher education – some ideas about their benefits and downsides – University of Venus – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/h55AeX #
Creating Academic 'Dream Teams' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/e9lSPM #
Graduates Without Degrees – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/etezPb #
Comparing Online Programs – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/h6yfFZ #
You Probably Shouldn't Teach Online if … – On Hiring – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fQTenC #
Children’s Lives at the Turn of the Twentieth Century – New Primary Source Set – For Teachers (Library of Congress) http://hoki.es/hTt8xq #
Political Cartoons in U.S. History – New Primary Source Set – For Teachers (Library of Congress) http://hoki.es/gHgjYc #
New Guide Offers Assessment Tips for the Classroom | Edutopia http://hoki.es/fohTkm #
Information About the Web Writing Style Guide Writing Sprint | Writing Spaces http://hoki.es/fx1ou3 #
Google's Cloud Connect Links Microsoft Office and GoogleDocs Together – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/hzH8wS #
the essay is dead; long live the essay | digital digs: http://hoki.es/gKru4u #
When Critical Pedagogy Gets Ugly « crossing borders http://hoki.es/fAk56N #
Beyond Textbooks: Chegg Adds Course Selection and Homework Help | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/hTkUNp #
Overthinking the Meaning of Drop-Down Menus | Wired Magazine http://hoki.es/huUNtP #
Wikipedia Beautifier Kills Clutter, Makes the Online Encyclopedia More Readable | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/hyQpDA #
Reader's Almanac: Helen Vendler at 13: “I learned Dickinson’s poems in the bad old versions” http://hoki.es/i7qA43 #
Study Measures Twitter's Effect on Student Engagement – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/fFyJ3U #
A Room Without A View: NPR Photographer Frames Japan's Wreckage : The Picture Show : NPR http://hoki.es/eaj8f2 (framing as a strategy) #
The Lady Gaga Divide: Pop Culture in the Classroom – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/e9f9J6 #
BBC News – BBC survey reveals snapshot of UK schoolchildren http://hoki.es/gAZPH1 #
Top 10 Web Tools for Teachers | Harvard Education Letter 27.2 (March/April 2011): http://hoki.es/hAKdkB #
Out of the Ivory Tower: Translating Academic Research into Public Policy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eZjf9l #
Plotting a Library: A science-fiction fan takes on the task of mapping the genre – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dLrcn3 #
ABC’s and PhD’s: Avatars – academic and otherwise – Mama PhD – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fwGKmH #
The NYTimes Paywall, the Book Review, and Amazon's Future – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/gGyH7R #
Hand-Crafted Digital Texts – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fgQX5X #
Can You Own a Color? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/g1Da3Y #
Textbook Renter Chegg Becomes More Social – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hviKVR #
BTW, English, the gnarliest language of all, is a survivor : At Large : The Martha's Vineyard Times http://hoki.es/fv9v9f #