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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-30

Jun 30

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Sabbatical Diary: What They Are and How to Apply for One – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mbMRPJ #
• Ever Been Rejected by Poetry Magazine? You're in Very Good Company | PBS NewsHour | PBS http://hoki.es/kdo68Q #
• Is Copyright Needed To Stop Plagiarism? | Techdirt http://hoki.es/jciiDS #
• Turnitin Transforms the Writing Process for Secondary Education Instructors & Students – PR Newswire – sacbee.com http://hoki.es/l7wIwH #
• Good Grammar and SEO Copywriting: It’s a Matter of Trust http://hoki.es/j7HrhU #
• Using Open Space Technology to Organize Meetings and Unconferences – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/murlA5 #
• Create Choose Your Own Adventure YouTube Videos | Free Technology for Teachers: http://hoki.es/kMjUOg #
• APA Style Blog: Capitalization After Colons http://hoki.es/iD93Gu #
• Going, Going, And Gone?: No, The Oxford Comma Is Safe … For Now : Monkey See : NPR http://hoki.es/lstzQo #
• 'Papa' Hemingway still casts a long shadow – USATODAY.com http://hoki.es/loBRjt #
• Tuition Comparison Site Begun by Education Department – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/mmDnkY #
• How Different Age Groups Interact Online (infographic) | Community 102 » http://hoki.es/lRcVbT #
• The History of the English Language in Ten Animated Minutes | Open Culture http://hoki.es/ltgd19 #
• Fantastic BBC Footage of J.R.R. Tolkien in 1968 | Open Culture http://hoki.es/kbanem #
• 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Lecture Your Students — Smart Classroom Management http://hoki.es/keN8D7 #
• The Wrong Message in Academically Adrift – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/jdwNt4 #
• How the Education Department Plans to Support the Switch to Digital: 4 New Initiatives | MindShift http://hoki.es/iBvmUH #
• Digital Handwriting With a Smartpen or Stylus – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/m99L3l #
• Liberal-Arts Colleges Venture Into Unlikely Territory: Online Courses – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ioLRaW #
• Blind Florida State U. Students Sue Over E-Learning Systems – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/iSGmjJ #
• A Gateway to Great Books on Your Phone – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ksNVZ1 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-29

Jun 29

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Upgrade Your Photo Chops With ‘Assignment Wired’ | Raw File http://hoki.es/mDC9u3 #
• Young Adults With Only High-School Diplomas Take Dim View of College, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kIhCJv #
• Handling the "No, I'm not off this summer" conversation – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mLuSZD #
• Book lovers are listening to literature as never before – KansasCity.com http://hoki.es/mOw944 #
• Showing, Not Telling: Prezi & Omeka – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/imdI9g #
• Be Silly, Have Fun, and Write! | GradHacker http://hoki.es/jQjXFc #
• Students Speak Up With More Demand for Online Ed. – Digital Education – Education Week http://hoki.es/lKypHX #
• Twitter For Newsrooms!? Twitter *Is* A Newsroom | TechCrunch » http://hoki.es/lvP3gr #
• ASCD Inservice: Petroglyphs to Pie Charts: Getting Started with Infographics http://hoki.es/jJcga5 #
• The Most Important Thing to Learn in College … – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kSAow2 (would you guess the ellipsis?) #
• How to Justify Our Paychecks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kGVq4z #
• Asian-American & Pacific Islander Students Not Monolithically Successful, Report Says – Chronicle of Higher Ed http://hoki.es/k9P3lo #
• As Mobile Devices Multiply, Some Colleges Turn Away From Building Campus Apps – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ky2YMi #
• Blackboard in 2015 – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/kxtJOB #
• View from Across the Bargaining Table – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/lX06fN #adjuncts #
• 'Times' Ticks On: The NY Times plans to continue its slow advance into the realm of higher ed – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/mDuEiO #
• The Ethics of Anonymity (on the ethics of the nom de plume in the Internet age) – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/j8ttUp #
• Guest Lecturing: Etiquette and Indiscretions – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/lmakYN #
• Black Colleges Still Play a Vital Role in Education – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/lEBtSI #
• Plagiarism, Process, and the Point – Confessions of a Community College Dean – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/jvEfyB #
• Fueling Creativity: A new approach to literary criticism looks at the history of energy sources – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/modqnF #
• Learning to Read / The Academic Minute / Audio – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/lpMkHv #
• News: Dealing With Depressed or Dangerous Students – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/l5Zsde #
• Whose Agenda? Study raises questions about why students think gay professors are biased – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/jAFcLN #
• Plan to Restructure British Higher Ed – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/mogAaG #
• Duke U. Wins Grant to Overhaul Undergraduate Humanities Education – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/jcKDae #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-28

Jun 28

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• An English professor laments Twitter's effect on his students' writing, a fusion of "slivers" http://nie.mn/iNlmkl RT @ChrisBoese @NiemanLab #
• The Unintended Humor of Google's New Search Page – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/k7wF5C #
• Google Introduces Facebook Competitor, Emphasizing Privacy – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/jAcjX4 #
• The Child in Children's Book Author Tomi Ungerer Remains Undimmed – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/kRAs7y #
• Google’s New Suite of Social Tools: Google+ | Smarterware http://hoki.es/jzThHR #
• Film Espouses the 'Power' of Writing – Teaching Now – Education Week Teacher http://hoki.es/jkzrfq #
• Is the student customer always right? | BBC News -http://hoki.es/k7vHXs #
• When Teaching Goes Past Your Bedtime – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ij3Kt8 #
• Reader's Almanac: A controversial Pulitzer Prize brings Edith Wharton and Sinclair Lewis together http://hoki.es/iPzjwD #
• iPad Impresses in Oklahoma State Trial – HackCollege – Student-Powered Lifehacking http://hoki.es/lCeNU7 #
• Haiku Diem – A Year of Writing Daily Poetry http://hoki.es/kGrmam #
• Official Google Blog: The J. Paul Getty Museum collection comes alive with Google Goggles http://hoki.es/lrtg4T #
• Gurdon: My 'Reprehensible' Take on Teen Literature – WSJ.com http://hoki.es/kTfbFb #
• A Complex Web: Teacher-Student Relationships – THE DAILY RIFF – http://hoki.es/moRPKC #
• Why US schools are embracing ebooks and iPads | BBC News – http://hoki.es/jidsGJ #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-27

Jun 27

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• The Poetry Society: are things going from bad to verse? | Books | The Guardian http://hoki.es/mfCTo0 #
• Vintage Ad Sexism « HOW TO BE A RETRONAUT http://hoki.es/krkeJN #
• 'That's Racist!' How A Serious Accusation Became A Commonplace Quip : Monkey See : NPR http://hoki.es/lKagAy #
• Is Google Playing Fair With Its Search Results? : NPR http://hoki.es/mibxJf #
• Supreme Court: Violent Video Games No Different from Literature – The Bay Citizen http://hoki.es/jaYliV #
• Introducing PressForward | Dan Cohen's Digital Humanities Blog » http://hoki.es/k5qBqG #
• Everything is Interesting – Aphorisms and Paradoxes http://hoki.es/mbAP6O /via @ncarbone #
• E-Reader Ownership Doubled in 6 Months, Growing Faster than Tablets http://hoki.es/kAnEwM #
• How to Beat the 3 Types of Writer’s Block | Copyblogger http://hoki.es/ipPHDT #
• 5 Reasons to Blog Anonymously (and 5 Reasons Not To) http://hoki.es/k6ZBfv #
• Using E-Books to Sell More Print Versions – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/jNqfdC #
• Internet literacy, computer skills, new opportunities: Sometimes it all starts with learning to double-click http://hoki.es/l30Wyh #
• The (big) business of ed tech | ZDNet http://hoki.es/kDFf5V #
• Mobile Devices in Classroom Give English Learners a Leg Up – New America Media http://hoki.es/lFxckl #
• On my 3rd Twitter birthday: 7 reasons Twitter is central to my life | Trends in the Living Networks http://hoki.es/loGWFe #
• Social media & learning – note taking on steroids | Donald Clark Plan B: http://hoki.es/iKGEUF #
• The Science of Social Timing (Infographic)  | Digital Buzz Blog http://hoki.es/lUQm01 #
• Curb Kids' Media Habits To Fight Obesity : Shots – Health Blog : NPR http://hoki.es/j8QQLW #
• Super-short writing assignment » What Story Would You Tell On Jeopardy? : NPR http://hoki.es/j7Ce9A #
• Pupil's game helps with English grammar teaching | BBC News – http://hoki.es/lU8PyD #
• Creative Writing Prompts Inspired by the Seasons | Writing Forward http://hoki.es/mDHDtI #
• 10 Creative Bar Code Designs [PICS] http://hoki.es/m4qlDS #
• 7 Tips for Better Twitter Chats http://hoki.es/ldPKUn #
• Do We Really Want Digital Textbooks? – Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson – http://hoki.es/jNwnxY #
• Achievement gap for Hispanic students hasn't narrowed in 20 years – CSMonitor.com http://hoki.es/iXDyXQ #
• What Exactly Can You Learn on a Mobile Phone? Part II | KQED MindShift http://hoki.es/mCmJ2r #
• What Exactly Can You Learn on a Mobile Phone? | KQED MindShift http://hoki.es/lnfEx7 #
• Why Women Have an Advantage in Technology – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/iTcPvR #
• 17 Signs Your Classroom is Behind the Times – SimpleK12 http://hoki.es/l6bGau #
• Academic Publisher Steps Up Efforts to Stop Piracy of Its Online Products – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kUSJek #
• How Californians (with cell phones) Might be Closing the Digital Divide | MindShift http://hoki.es/ksYtQR #
• An Interview Without Words: Illustrator Shaun Tan Draws Conclusions – SPIEGEL ONLINE – http://hoki.es/j8GSmR #
• Book etiquette | Gothenburg Times » http://hoki.es/liMcGm #
• QuickWire: Providence Equity Is Near Deal to Buy Blackboard, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kecAm9 #
• Lifetime access to up-to-date info—is this the future of the textbook? http://hoki.es/iHTgnG #
• The Quest for Collaboration in Study Abroad – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/lWtJQZ #
• Google's War on Nonsense – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/mdqvzN #
• Is This The Tipping Point For E-Books & Libraries? http://hoki.es/k83EYl #
• Companies Erect In-House Social Networks – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/lMMNuc #
• Grammar? That's something a little bird told us: Finches master rules of sentence construction | Mail Online http://hoki.es/kQMc7U #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-26

Jun 26

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Why we spell (on spelling bees for adults) – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/lpvIZy #
• On the Benefits of Lectures – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/msdMeh #
• George Orwell’s 1984: A Visual History | Flavorwire » http://hoki.es/mMPXlM #
• Global Web Index, a map of Internet use (and the digital divides) » http://hoki.es/mqbZd7 #
• Got Twitter? What's Your Influence Score – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/iCKQGJ #
• The Saga of Sister Kiki (by David Brooks) – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/lMwEri #

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Reading, Writing, Eating

Jun 26

By Traci GardnerBedford Bits, classroom activity, composition, Literature assignments, food writing Comments Off

Alyssa Rosenberg wrote about Food in Fiction and How Cooking Brings You Closer to Characters this week in The Atlantic. The article asks readers to think about how cooking and eating the same foods as fictional characters strengthens the connection between reader and the text.

Rosenberg describes some lemon cakes she made as a connection to Sansa, a character the books by George R.R. Martin that are the basis of HBO’s Game of Throne:

The cakes weren’t anything like I’d imagined from reading about them in the book—they were spongier and less sweet, and hard to imagine as a dreamed-of delicacy. But they were delicious, a powerful visceral connection to the people on screen and the world in which they live.

Such connections between reader and text reminded me of the potential writing about food has in the composition classroom. Jay Dolmage has written two entries this year that include assignments and discussion ideas. Take a look back at Writing About Food and Food Rules for ways you can connect with students just as Rosenberg connects with those fictional characters.

This post is the introduction from the Bits Flashback for June 26. Read the rest of the post on Facebook.

[Photo: Lemon Cake by Charles Haynes, on Flickr]

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-25

Jun 25

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Why the quality of literature matters – CSMonitor.com http://hoki.es/iZkcUZ #
• Write stuff: The workshop that shapes American literature – CSMonitor.com http://hoki.es/lwj8fZ (Iowa Writer's Workshop) #
• Can College Be Homeschooled? | New American » http://hoki.es/l3Rb5a #
• Read all the comp/rhet & college news from this week in my "News from Tengrrl" Paper.li ▸ http://t.co/jffdUyB #
• The Rise and Fall of Pseudonyms – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/kFtUrr #
• The Impact of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' » Book Review – Mightier Than the Sword – By David S. Reynolds – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/l1Ewez #
• The web is not print – stop making magazines that flip – Student Affairs and Technology – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/kpd8Os #
• Blog U.: Why Big EDU Publishers and Small EdTech Companies Need Each Other – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/jpx7nc #
• 'Now You See It' (Interview asks "Are our brains cut out for the Internet age?") – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/kuP5Om #
• In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/lazl8F #
• iPad apps take old literature to new levels – The Washington Post http://hoki.es/lehknB #
• Teens may favor texting, but take on challenge of writing summer novels | The Tennessean http://hoki.es/kuX5Xs #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-24

Jun 24

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Experience Some of ISTE Without Being There | Free Technology for Teachers: http://hoki.es/mODzTZ #
• New Report Describes How to Cut College Costs Through Greater Efficiencies – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/inmMlN #
• ‘Selling’ Digital Humanities to your committee | GradHacker http://hoki.es/lQ2mPr #
• Google steps up its game with larger Edu Apps inboxes | ZDNet http://hoki.es/kNXMVC #
• Students cd use Twitter as a debate forum also » Republican Presidential Candidates To Participate in Twitter Debate http://hoki.es/mIGIdd #
• Kansas State Librarian Argues Consortium Owns, Not Licenses, Content from OverDrive http://hoki.es/iIl4l6 #
• .@mrsalander Hmm. Original link: http://www.salon.com/life/since_you_asked/?story=/mwt/col/tenn/2011/06/23/real_life_work_shock in reply to mrsalander #
• Can I still become a professor? (I would go to grad school, but where would I teach?) – Salon.com http://hoki.es/iUClVU #
• J.K. Rowling's Next Chapter: A Transfiguration Spell on the Publishing Industry http://hoki.es/l2vBJj #
• Un-College? | QUEST Community Science Blog – KQED http://hoki.es/m2FJZF #
• California State U. Report Warns of Accessibility Issues in Google Services – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kYbhgw #
• 'The Bully Project' Finds Its Moment : Monkey See : NPR http://hoki.es/mJCaU7 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-23

Jun 23

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• #engchat Twitter Chat with Purpose? | Bud the Teacher http://hoki.es/m6afGE #
• Digital technology changes boundaries of students' free speech rights | Fort Worth Star-Telegram » http://hoki.es/mB0Ssh #
• The Power of the Backchannel Discussion: Todaysmeet.com | tweenteacher.com » http://hoki.es/lKqHfP #
• Women Still Don't 'Get' LinkedIn, Says LinkedIn – (asserts women are less social) » The Atlantic Wire http://hoki.es/lFuHEN #
• Academic Bait-and-Switch, Part 14 (on teaching students to write and to think – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mqkv5j #
• 'Little Janie Q' Meets the Roberts Court (on civil rights & class action suits) – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/iqmJlk #
• Going to GPA? British unis consider shift from "degree classification" to American-style grade average – IHE http://hoki.es/m4HsQg #
• An interactive tool for determining copyright and photocopying rules » Section 108 Spinner http://hoki.es/jNNdLB #
• ala11 Photo Scavenger Hunt | ALA Connect http://hoki.es/kQft0p –a fun way to get everyone photographing your event! #
• Google signs up British Library to books project | Reuters http://hoki.es/iqw3qd #
• Roger Ebert's the Latest Victim of Facebook's #Censorship Problem – The Atlantic Wire http://hoki.es/kOP2hO #
• Food in Fiction: How Cooking Brings You Closer to the Characters – Alyssa Rosenberg – The Atlantic http://hoki.es/ij07Mt #
• Electronic Teaming for Singletons in a PLC – The Tempered Radical http://hoki.es/jWEABb #
• Low-tech alternatives to clickers – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/m6pulI #
• Summer PD: Five Fundamentals for Creating a Positive Writing Atmosphere | Edutopia http://hoki.es/j0VGms #
• Tuition Increases 4.6% at Private Colleges, While Student Aid Grows 7% – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kixRpU #
• Digital Book Publishing Models to the Rescue | Epicenter | Wired.com http://hoki.es/jp2UHz #
• ‘Harry Potter’ Series to Be Sold as E-Books – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/mhOF5L #
• Reader's Almanac: James Weldon Johnson hires Clarence Darrow for the landmark 1925 Sweet murder trial http://hoki.es/kspMOr #
• Audiobook offering 2 free audio books per week geared toward teen / YA genre » NOOK Deals http://hoki.es/m4rfq1 #
• The Flipped Class Revealed – THE DAILY RIFF – http://hoki.es/lo0mWp #
• How to Turn Your iPad into a Touchable Second Monitor – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mfNGey #
• Schools Blend Computers With Classroom Learning : NPR http://hoki.es/itX0mq #
• At UC-San Diego, First-Generation Students Get Help From Retired Professors – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mxbOo2 #
• How worldwide is the World Wide Web? – Click, BBC – BBC World Service Programmes » http://hoki.es/mf8Kof #
• We Must Overhaul College Writing | The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy http://hoki.es/lPaNE4 #
• Calling the Clicker Vote – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/lESxI2 #
• Facebook Comments Protected, School Board Told | TheLedger.com http://hoki.es/mhCz9P #
• Professor Gives Phone Booth Gets a Digital Makeover – Mobiledia http://hoki.es/ltH7CW #
• Blogs Elbow Up to Journal Status in New Academic-Publishing Venture – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/jithX7 #
• Darwin Library, Now Online, Reveals Mind of 19th-Century Naturalist – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/lqmOmy #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-22

Jun 22

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Are You Ready to Flip? – THE DAILY RIFF – http://hoki.es/mnxOgr (more on Flipped classes) #
• Monica Edinger: Along Came a Spider: Michael Sims' The Story of Charlotte's Web http://hoki.es/kWhsHL #
• Show and Tell: Creating Memorable Presentations – University of Venus – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/mvgTWR #
• Ask the Administrator: Mandatory Workshops for Adjuncts? – Confessions of a Community College Dean – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/iuRbNI #
• Borrowed Gravitas: using a university e-mail account for non-university purposes – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/kipzMg #
• Counseling in an 'Error-Averse' Culture – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/lQJRgp #
• The Ten Most Expensive College Courses Covering Bizarre And Crazy Topics » http://hoki.es/itZyNr #
• U. of Illinois at Springfield Offers New 'Massive Open Online Course' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/jM55Ky #
• How to Use Barcodes at Conferences (and Why You Might Want To) – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/k6mqqS #
• BBC News – The rise of the indie e-book author http://hoki.es/ipbN6e #
• Academics and Colleges Split Their Personalities for Social Media – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/k9gxcK #
• Come Meet the Author but Be Prepared to Open Your Wallet: Independent Bookstores Charge for Author Events: NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ksYDPh #
• Many From A-Rated N.Y.C. Schools Need Help at CUNY – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/kKOx66 #

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