Archives: 2011 September

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-30

Sep 30

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Is the internet re-writing history? | BBC News -http://hoki.es/nLte5P #
Write Way to Writing http://t.co/FckrwQnz #
U.S. culture reinforces stereotypes – UPI.com http://t.co/fYTmKbFk #
Twitter Needs Room for [Spelling] Mistakes. | OC Metro Blogs http://t.co/c7lMQkbV #
A Conversation About Creative Writing Pedagogy: Where Are We Going Next? (Part 2) – National Writing Project http://t.co/OCd9JItG #
Leaving A Trail: Beginning With the End in Mind – National Writing Project http://t.co/c4zLV5zq #
Western Kentucky University Writing Project Takes Part in the Common Core Initiative – National Writing Project http://t.co/if4s2wgr #
San Antonio Writing Project Delves into Digital Writing – National Writing Project http://t.co/sKbXl7Kf #
A Sure-Fire Approach to Improving Your Writing (and Getting Over Writer's Block) http://t.co/WaBaiqCc #
The greatest death scenes in literature | Books | guardian.co.uk http://t.co/Kea3xq5j #
150 Questions to Write or Talk About – NYTimes.com http://t.co/Dwnxof4Z #
TweetMemeFace+: Using Social Media to Promote Your Club – HackCollege – http://t.co/M1kPjQ5Z #
Princeton U. Adopts Open-Access Policy | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/wxnROTba #
Making Conscious Career Choices | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/rxzVwEVy #
[Insert Caption Here]:Teaching with a Special Collections Exhibit and Caption Writing Project, Part I | HASTAC http://t.co/wPWutW4O #
DIY: How to Change the World through Writing – inReads http://t.co/mlC7XEVJ #
Diary of a Reluctant E-Reader: Can We Get Some Price Consistency? – inReads http://t.co/N6PfxXp2 #
Lost Among Words: Journaling Uncovers the Beauty of Mundane Life – inReads http://t.co/tItTE5sI #
A Glimpse into the Digital Humanities: Mobile Shakespeare – inReads http://t.co/uAhWDItI #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-29

Sep 29

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Why I Write: A Celebration of the National Day on Writing – National Writing Project http://t.co/H0nebdfw #
Why I Write: Valerie Hobbs on Her Writing Process – National Writing Project http://t.co/4IEnHu5h #
The Essentials: Banned Books http://t.co/5fgbyp2A #
Book talks beyond words | Scholastic » http://t.co/mjB9oLaQ on Brian Selznick and graphic novels #
Higher-Ed Gadget-Watchers React to Amazon’s New ‘Kindle Fire’ Tablet – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/dg044n1F #
Teachers and Students Mark Banned Websites Awareness Day – NYTimes.com http://t.co/z5Y64Zac #
‘Fiction Ruined My Family,’ by Jeanne Darst – Review – NYTimes.com http://t.co/5qlBV7BR #
How to get your kid to be a fanatic reader – CNN.com http://t.co/UIDiNlqK #
Wikipedia Unveils Probably the Coolest QR Thing Ever Made http://t.co/DhBTYHaY #
U. of Wisconsin Professor and Administrators Clash Over Posters Called Threatening – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/grhBq6hr #
A film on education that gets it right – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post http://t.co/Osdo5IAW #
The Value of College Is: (a) Growing (b) Flat (c) Falling (d) All of the Above – Derek Thompson – The Atlantic http://t.co/R2SqoGtk #
A Guide to Facebook's Recent Changes – HackCollege – http://t.co/TMWOkdho #
Mid-Semester Course Evaluations? | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/x339OVwg #
Four Ways to Improve Faculty Senate Meetings | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/dBVD3VIq #
Google+ Hangouts: from hanging out to making it work | GradHacker http://t.co/EqXyVh3O #
Students’ Knowledge of Civil Rights History Has Deteriorated, Study Finds – NYTimes.com http://t.co/gD8MmRv6 #
The Kindle Fire will enable the next generation of 1:1 education apps | ZDNet http://t.co/bmGoMLqQ #
Wanna Live Forever? Become A Noun : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR http://t.co/71Igkjck #
Most College Students Are Part Time, and None of Them Graduate http://t.co/si9fplKZ #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-28

Sep 28

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Do E-Readers Make it Harder to Ban Books? http://t.co/x2S54FHJ #speakloudly #
Elie Wiesel, teacher and student | atl.gmnews.com | Atlanticville http://t.co/sazrcQyg #
Athletes Have Coaches. Why Not Everyone Else? : NPR http://t.co/QnsKo6Ra #
The Dialect Dialectic: Is it racist to translate a black speaker's quote into standard English? – WSJ.com http://t.co/8Hphg74J #
Teaching With Facebook | The Active Class » Blog Archive » http://t.co/1CcuaXIL #
Adobe Premier – When the tool is the skill | ZDNet http://t.co/oSsDxP5f #
New Delicious is a Bitter Disappointment http://t.co/fBc3dLbA #
My Techno-Teaching Philosophy | Meg's Road to PhD: http://t.co/xJH7wEhQ #
Delicious Relaunches to Help You Find and Create "Stacks" of Cool Stuff on the Web http://t.co/wH6JH5zj #
Meg Rosoff event cancelled over 'blasphemous' book – Telegraph http://t.co/N1OY63xX #
'Wither' the Liberal Arts College? – Miller-McCune http://t.co/LVXuwpNF #
Poll: Young People Say Online Meanness Pervasive And Serious http://t.co/ReQKHGd0 #
What's Delicious Doing Now? Making Stacks | Free Technology for Teachers: http://t.co/3TFgMwaO #
iPads and the Embarrassment Factor | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/bCOiMZQq #
‘Time Is the Enemy’ of College Completion, Report Says The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/ULHfQ0S8 #
Visualizing Censorship II | viz. http://t.co/mqiClypK #speakloudly #
Education Week: Let's Stop Teaching Writing http://t.co/uzQwN06v #
How to Play Left Field at Job Interviews: Dealing with inappropriate questions – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/fzkn1yCX #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-27

Sep 27

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Education Dept. Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit Over ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/LSUFlY0I #
HowStuffWorks "Grammar Quiz: Do You Know Your Commas?" http://t.co/DK8dJbcs #
In Someone Else's Words http://t.co/4vueCJ6w #plagiarism #
Universities now urging freshmen to consider studying the forgotten humanities | Sacramento Bee http://t.co/AqctaAbv #
Modern Grammar: Can "they" be singular? | Work Goes Strong http://t.co/UuL8z68E #
Armstrong uses writing to energize his teaching – News – Dixie Sun – Dixie State College of Utah http://t.co/G3HlIdMw #
What The Improved Google Hangouts Features Mean For Students – HackCollege – http://t.co/HD3vySXr #
Writing in Public (in the Classroom) | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/vexXK5W2 #
Game-Based Learning Units for the Everyday Teacher | Edutopia http://t.co/UZ0phYQw #
Five Tips for Creating the Problem-Free Group Project | Classroom Solutions http://t.co/7GbJfJXS #
Life Lessons Learned: The National Teachers Initiative : NPR http://t.co/8ddTqoFC #
In Arizona, Complaints That an Accent Can Hinder a Teacher’s Career – NYTimes.com http://t.co/FtlmSvUZ #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-26

Sep 26

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Litfy: Classic literature on your iPad browser http://t.co/rB9By8UF #
South Korea: Kids, Stop Studying So Hard! (Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone) – TIME http://t.co/bbACl2da #
Some oppose teaching 'In Cold Blood' at Glendale High School – latimes.com http://t.co/aavkqRRy #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-25

Sep 25

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Is American Literature Worth Reading? | UK Progressive http://t.co/HZ7rTm5s #
The Etiquette of Autographs – NYTimes.com http://t.co/D97txrsx #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-24

Sep 24

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Niagara University professor teaching students by 'tweeting' history » Niagara Gazette http://t.co/ucuEwK6B #
The Book Bench: Changing Reading Forever, Again: The New Yorker http://t.co/OR2UglQq #
Feminist Hulk Goes To (My) School: Exploring the use of Twitter as a research method | HASTAC http://t.co/F6VOC6OG #
Advice, Anyone? Teaching Plagiarism in an Open-Content Age | HASTAC http://t.co/XEEGU2M0 #
Why I Write: Timothy Ferris on Writing to Learn – National Writing Project http://t.co/7kdZo7zG #
Why I Write: Ashley Hope Perez Writes with Her Students in Mind – National Writing Project http://t.co/utVSWILd #
Merced Writing Project Prepares Students to Think Beyond "Yes" or "No" Answers – National Writing Project http://t.co/ywETaqLZ #
A Briefing on Informing Writing: The Benefits of Formative Assessment – National Writing Project http://t.co/1of6SsJh #
At a U. of Kentucky Dorm, a Live-In iPad Experience | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/VoQzzSPv #
The ProfHacker Guide to the Command Line | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/wpTjqKHs #
Recommendations for Working with Journalists | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/6eEMlJFY #
Narrating Your Professional Life: Writing the Academic Bio | GradHacker http://t.co/j7qY5uOe #
In Reversal, New York State Says It Used Erasure Analysis to Detect Cheating – NYTimes.com http://t.co/lQSwYSC2 #
Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite! | Video on TED.com http://t.co/RrQOwn72 –sketching and doodling improve comprehension, our creative thinking #
What happens when you don't have a computer? | ZDNet http://t.co/qPgp86S3 #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-23

Sep 23

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Why Cyberbullying Rhetoric Misses the Mark – NYTimes.com http://t.co/oNDD6R6P #
Associations Join Effort on College-Readiness Standards | The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/nzaUb81e #
Buzz: How to Get Students Talking-on-task | The Active Class » http://t.co/bpH6SyEb #
Faculty Governance in Difficult Times | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/aLD4Wmxu #
College admission officers checking Facebook, Kaplan survey finds | dallasnews.com http://t.co/dLUVJU4L #
Real-Time Labor-Market Data Will Help 2-Year Colleges Determine Program Needs – The Chronicle of Higher Education | http://t.co/6t5new9y #
Fear and Loathing in Graduate School – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/R7GAyr42 #
Ensuring STEM-Rich Digital Literacy Across the U.S. Digital Divide http://t.co/3peM2ZTU #
Census: Recession Turning Young Adults Into Lost Generation http://t.co/s0HiU1K6 #
New Report Projects Increased Enrollments of Women and Nontraditional Students | The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/bgiKpguJ #
Games in the Classroom (part 2) | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/80cdaC5o #
Century After It Was Banned, Place of Honor for Twain Tale: ‘Eve’s Diary’ Library – NYTimes.com http://t.co/M0DhYKDu #
10 tricks to reboot your brain – TODAY Health – TODAY.com http://t.co/vo31qzn7 #
Project prepares students to think beyond 'yes' or 'no' answers | Sacramento Bee http://t.co/HFXa0IMO #NWP #
Leave SpongeBob SquarePants alone! Now we’re warned that the popular cartoon turns kids into dimwits. | spiked http://t.co/PcfLw8rN #
Writers’ Bootcamp: Writing is (or could be) Fun! ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Bwmeoaqx #
Start the Year With Super-Easy, Tech-Savvy, Six-Word Memoirs | Top Teaching http://t.co/9JcwTrVX #
Me, Myself, and I: Expressing opinion & using 1st person | APA Style Blog: http://t.co/xZp7mpOx #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-22

Sep 22

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

The Math on Missing Class http://t.co/RQUcFxcw #
For-Profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.I.’s – NYTimes.com http://t.co/XXx6MY6A #
The Most Powerful Learning Tool A Writer Could Ever Have « Courage 2 Create http://t.co/TMFN9bNY #
How to Make Your Writing Real | Copyblogger http://t.co/Pzpm1e35 #
Google Is Not Making You Stupid : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR http://t.co/Ac08HnfF #
The Winfield Daily Courier > Archives > News > Business > Plagiarism is a big moral deal http://t.co/gX07L6Mb #
Gilbert: The magic of things that come in threes » Times Record News http://t.co/tgiwI2kz #
Universities now urging freshmen to consider studying the forgotten humanities – San Jose Mercury News http://t.co/22YppVxE #
'Get your kids off Facebook' | Byron Shire News http://t.co/aihblFuf #
Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses Taken to Task for Using Bad Spelling and Grammar In Band Names – Ultimate Classic Rock http://t.co/xV3QUKY7 #
The Best Ideas For Fixing K-12 Education – Forbes.com http://t.co/QaoBivpQ #
Dear Teacher: E-books offer way for kids to read more – Post Bulletin http://t.co/by0lQ0XT #
Smith alum discovers lost identity of Chaucer scribe – Features – The Sophian – Smith College http://t.co/zfBGkGFD #
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | Common Craft http://t.co/NzMynTF0 #
Not-Books | HASTAC http://t.co/DajSuNXi #
Why I Write: Writing about Science—A Way to Pay Attention to Nature – National Writing Project http://t.co/hKIjDCOP #
St. Mary’s U. Finds That When It Texts, Students Come | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/PQ6zLf0T #
Texting in the Classroom: Not Just a Distraction | Edutopia http://t.co/KAuxmD3g #
The Latest from Digital Humanities Questions and Answers ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/mVUxsCc5 #
Figment Provides Space for Students to Share Writing – National Writing Project http://t.co/0PvM0Y24 #
Rethinking What Scares You: Film Posters and the Cultural Construction of Fear | viz. http://t.co/6XdRKISp #
Rebelling Against Blackboard with Posterous and TinyChat | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/lkZrtxva #
Scholastica: demystifying the publishing process | GradHacker http://t.co/4hiBUxyx #
For University of Wisconsin, New Facebook Fans Pay Off – NYTimes.com http://t.co/Hq9M09m6 #
If you're using QR Codes in the classroom, today's shirt.woot.com is the perfect choice: QR Composition – http://t.co/Fe1rrI4h #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-09-21

Sep 21

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Shel Silverstein's Poems Live On In 'Every Thing' : NPR http://t.co/I2I6Iotz #
This Pig Wants To Party: Maurice Sendak's Latest : NPR http://t.co/aaLjZnIp #
Banishing Your Inner Critic | A List Apart: Articles: http://t.co/R0W10UBw #
NCTE Secondary Section: Using Prezi to teach Poetry http://t.co/oTW5nymx #
Google+ Now Available to Everyone, No Invitation Necessary http://t.co/T5X6YXny #
Plagiarism: malice or mistake? – Opinion – The DePauw http://t.co/PUg6wIlf #
5 Ways to Pick the Right College Major – US News and World Report http://t.co/8ssdzpNX #
Examining test scores a complex assignment | SignOnSanDiego.com http://t.co/dQ0OwQQt #
Teaching faculty about effective use of clickers – free webinar http://t.co/SXRGkgH0 #
New Video: QR Codes Explained by Common Craft | Common Craft http://t.co/lMluvasn #
Teaching Copyright in the Age of Computers and Mashups | Edutopia http://t.co/An4amW8g #
Using QR Codes in the Classroom | Edutopia http://t.co/vaYfWh4v #
Ten Takeaway Tips for Teaching Critical Thinking | Edutopia http://t.co/Gl90YXfy #
Twenty of My Biggest Teaching Blunders | Edutopia http://t.co/B5s8evx5 #
Curriculum, Rewired: Teachers and Students Come Together Around Innovative New Pedagogy – National Writing Project http://t.co/7t1F06IT #
Honoring Dialect and Increasing Student Performance in Standard English – National Writing Project http://t.co/87RsmPZ0 #
HathiTrust Acknowledges Flaws in Handling ‘Orphan Works’ | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/lstxILC8 #
The Simplicity of ‘Think-Pair-Share’ | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/XJhyGf23 #
How to Measure (and Improve) Students’ Digital Skills? ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/eAgXEokq #
Do You Need Your Own Website While On The Job Market? | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Mirl2qVw #
Accessibility in a Digital Age 1.3 | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/WhvdOYc9 #
Reader's Almanac: Reviewing how writers have coped with 9/11 http://t.co/Y5BevY0N #
Proposing the Use of E-readers in the Classroom | Classroom Solutions http://t.co/pwBiWG0S #
Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television | Video on TED.com http://t.co/TRZi3wnN #
Can a "gadget guy" also be an "education guy"? | ZDNet http://t.co/Mfaz9y7l #
Dear Novelists – Be Less Moses and More Cosell – NYTimes.com http://t.co/CX48WGKN #
Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity | Video on TED.com http://t.co/DMBILVTF #
BBC News – Tom Stoppard in call to protect lesser taught languages http://t.co/9UNfKjWi #
What we learned from 5 million books | Video on TED.com http://t.co/muUrPVVS #
Apologies for the unplanned hiatus. I'll resume posting today. For more info, read While I’ve Been Away http://t.co/8RrmHv3M #

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