Archives: 2012 January

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-31

Jan 31

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

American Rhetoric: Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century by Rank http://t.co/N008Q98S (most with mp3, PDF, & Flash versions) #
A Dead Language Dies Anew – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/HLwj32fn #
Could digital humanities to undergraduates could boost information literacy? | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/hkhwAQ0O #
The Big Reasons Indie Authors Aren't Taken Seriously http://t.co/G8vtQ8xU #
Teaching writing to the tweeting, Facebook generation can be a challenge – MywesttexasDOTcom » http://t.co/gmhuQza1 #
Frustrated by Blogger’s Block? Try this Exercise! : @ProBlogger http://t.co/z3HiqZYc #
Colleges use Turnitin to turn away plagiarists – latimesdotcom http://t.co/PXAZeKZB #
Monday Grok: Copyright — it’s only theft when it’s someone else’s work – CIO http://t.co/wqpXTyxC #
On Amazon, An Uneasy Mix Of Plagiarism And Erotica : NPR http://t.co/hjsOzOBc #
Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words' http://t.co/jK1gbHne #
Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/OUDU3CvP #
Reading is not a race: The virtues of the ‘slow reading’ movement – The Answer Sheet – The Washington Post http://t.co/KeNT8KHj #
5 questions with children's author Carole Boston Weatherford | Detroit Free Press http://t.co/Fd4H0zJS #
E-readers help teens read classics – Omahadotcom http://t.co/R7PLWiFq #
Graphic Macbeth (vol /iss 1/January 2012) http://t.co/xySk2kH8 #
Classroom Confidential: When Lectures Go Bad | HackCollege http://t.co/885wnIlQ #
Read fiction to succeed http://t.co/trr9KyD4 #
New Chat Encourages Best Practices for PBL | Edutopia http://t.co/CLTCNa12 #
Publishing Your Presentations Online | GradHacker http://t.co/1vZKgqSa #
Don’t Fear Writing. Just Write. – Rhetorical Rumination » Rhetorical Rumination http://t.co/Xkkb20xq #
NOW ONLINE: Starke-Meyerring, Paré, Artemeva, Horne, and Yousoubova: Writing in Knowledge Societies http://t.co/OcMq4EQF #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-30

Jan 30

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

'Really!?!': the Story of a Buzzword – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Dswt83Cz #
Dr. Seuss Book, ‘Mulberry Street,’ Turns 75 – NYTimes http://t.co/LHwmdIEg #
Harnessing Gaming for the Classroom – NYTimes http://t.co/mpsjxfse #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-29

Jan 29

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

'The Snowy Day': Breaking Color Barriers, Quietly : NPR http://t.co/vfUF2hoJ #
BBC News – Fiction gets technology makeover http://t.co/z4jFVBjN #
Catching Up With William Gibson – NYTimesdotcom http://t.co/JDKqHo5x #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-28

Jan 28

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

What to Write Down During a Class Lecture http://t.co/JGCeX92n #
Storytelling: A literature that predates books – Ahram Online http://t.co/Him6iosl #
Reading Classic Literature Strengthens Business Skills – Portfoliodotcom http://t.co/hxBlRaCG #
The 5 Books That Inspire the Most Tattoos « PWxyz http://t.co/wNKiVhOI #
Blogging While Female, and Why We Need a Posse | Context and Variation, Scientific American Blog Network http://t.co/tgp6OUnp #
Annotation Nation: Researching & teaching digital history as the art of annotation « http://t.co/XojCNKSq /via @profhacker #
Education Dept. Seeks Strategies to Improve College-Completion Efforts – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/lzk7tVDD #
Video of President Obama's College-Affordability Address – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/LCPXuIzr #
College Facebook Use Correlated with Low Self Esteem http://t.co/ukPfLVzr ‘They Are Happier and Having Better Lives than I Am’ #
Renegade — Henry Miller and the Making of ‘Tropic of Cancer.’ — By Frederick Turner — Book Review – NYTimes http://t.co/EeNXifzr #
Could digital humanities to undergraduates could boost information literacy? | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/LtAor4uV #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-27

Jan 27

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Traditional research papers fade from many high schools – http://t.co/yYTk9ls7 http://t.co/8HftTtI2 #
Can computers teach writing? – Class Struggle – The Washington Post http://t.co/BV2cQW72 #
Shock: Writer Avoids Mentioning Passive! – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/RlX1NXlQ #
Google+ Is Now Open To Teens, Offers New Safety Features http://t.co/L7DQ4mZU #
Digital Textbooks Go Straight From Scientists to Students | Wired Science http://t.co/dH6LvoL8 #
iPad Textbooks: Reality Less Revolutionary Than Hardware | Wired Science | http://t.co/4qoupkNt #
Emily Dickinson: The Belle of Amherst, or the Bride of Salem? – The Milford Daily News http://t.co/iINWKVkI #
Teacher's Got a Brand New Bag: Apple's new educational software & services | Innovations http://t.co/OoahUrcH #
E-readers drive students to read – Stuttgart Daily Leader http://t.co/GympfSe0 #
Rutgers Class 'Politicizing Beyonce' examines lyrics & videos in comparison to Alice Walker & Sojourner Truth: http://t.co/6eVclQQF #
Dickinson State U. Dismisses 5 Chinese Students, Citing Poor English Skills – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/mEU8URlH #
The timeless power of the Bard | Tom Slater | spiked http://t.co/JLhKg51R #
Columbia University and Mendeley Join Forces for Citation Style Language Editor – ProfHacker – http://t.co/mOWmiq0C #
Insane English copyright ruling creates ownership in the idea of a photo's composition – Boing Boing http://t.co/niCt8dR2 #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-26

Jan 26

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Dead End for a 19th-Century Linguist – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/oHanmATP #
Some Associations, Scholars Protest Bill That Would Curb Public Access to Research – Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/UJyYiU46 #
Digital or Paper? Choosing the Medium for Assignments | Ink’d In » http://t.co/DXNqau4H (my latest newsletter) #
A century of 'Poetry' | WBEZ http://t.co/HmpXBBhY #
Adjuncting and Stockholm Syndrome | The Professor Is In http://t.co/77psYtxd #
Maurice Sendak on Stephen Colbert: Literature’s favorite grump – The Washington Post http://t.co/aNbN8oBY #
NY Bill Would Make Crimes Out Of SAT Cheating http://t.co/U8ImMhmZ #
The Challenges of Digital Scholarship – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/3tIF2REe #
Digital Learning Day: Celebrating Innovative Teaching Strategies – National Writing Project http://t.co/dmnOlHks #
International Comparisons in Digital Literacy: What Can We Learn? | Edutopia http://t.co/RuFluHGs #
10 Tips for Teaching English Language Learners | Edutopia http://t.co/x0KcXDD7 #
Fair-Use Guide Hopes to Solve Librarians' VHS-Cassette Problem – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/xWBGCpr7 #
Who is a Writer? « UofL Writing Center http://t.co/9pz3x1q9 #
(Even More) Distraction-Free Writing Tools | GradHacker http://t.co/43qkMDYY #
Returning to Play at THATCamp – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/s5RAwX50 #
Guidebooks to Babylon – NYTimes » http://t.co/HtSOsdN3 #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-25

Jan 25

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

Words Work: Nitpicking grammar in the digital age – chicagotribune » http://t.co/WH60Zxy7 #
Is It Poetry, Subversion or Both? – NYTimes http://t.co/8U9GcNb9 #
Grammarics: cartoon illustrations of grammar rules » http://t.co/SUwxjQKj #
Teaching With Tablets: For Young Readers, It's Interaction vs. Distraction http://t.co/SPdiJuhu #
Responding to Electronic Editing – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/pS7nXxLr #
8 Reasons Why Students Should Blog : @ProBlogger http://t.co/eYhhI7x3 #
Good general tips about adding explanatory captions to images | Copyblogger http://t.co/XQPJo5UC #
Dear female students: Stop writing about men – Salon http://t.co/ZTxNxpcy #
iPads in class energize kids as teachers test how to use them – The Denver Post http://t.co/Q1bZ5hXI #
The Difference Between a Good Web Site and a Great Web Site – NYTimes http://t.co/DVeCnQrv #
In William Gibson's 'Distrust That Particular Flavor', the Title Says It All < PopMatters http://t.co/5MDg9iyt #
‘Downton’ Fans – The Writer Julian Fellowes Suggests a Book for You – NYTimes http://t.co/kQbIyVz8 #
Mad for ‘Downton’? Publishers Have a Reading List – NYTimes http://t.co/jvS8o3IR #
How Dr. Seuss Got His Start 'On Mulberry Street' : NPR http://t.co/9fWb1G88 #
5 Trends Behind the Growing Shift to Video Explanations | Common Craft http://t.co/uu1h7tQ9 #
What do you need to keep? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/dLQofGzF #
Watch Out, Facebook: A New Social Network Targets Alumni | MindShift http://t.co/JatGGinI #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-24

Jan 24

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

The SOPA/PIPA Blackout: Two Ecologies of Discussion | viz. http://t.co/5VxabZw1 #
Internet creates a rise in cut-and-paste plagiarism – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://t.co/lypZyt73 #
10 Surprising Facts About Novelist Stieg Larsson – http://t.co/loLYMD7D http://t.co/OtbFhpUb #
A Grammar Geek Reads the Newspaper – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/BmvV5lkv #
Writing and Teaching Habits of Mind – National Writing Project http://t.co/HeVeGn20 #
Students Need An Audience If We Expect Them To Learn How To Write – National Writing Project http://t.co/Sz2dNeU3 #
Teacher's Words That Changed My Life http://t.co/Me4lT9QD #
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children http://t.co/FmS7knKG #
How Mrs. Grady (an English teacher) Transformed Olly Neal – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/XuZAK0IV #
How Can I Learn to Take More Pleasure in My Job? http://t.co/hFTsV5Zx #
Combining Computer Games with Classroom Teaching | MindShift http://t.co/XqfQEoCI #
American Library Association announces 2012 youth media award winners | American Library Association http://t.co/5tdIvnXY #
Central Connecticut State U. Settles Professors' Gender-Bias Lawsuit – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/vwXoPLBC #
Getting Unstuck with your iPad – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/l0PzyMuS #
SOPA and PIPA; Or, If It Weren't For The Internet, We Would Have No Idea What Was Going On | viz. http://t.co/UJlFPqet #
Crowdsourcing Transcription: FromThePage and Scripto – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/XeoTazQb #
What does iBooks mean for the eBook/eTextbook industry? | ZDNet http://t.co/AlWzjRiP #

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-01-23

Jan 23

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

» in lieu of the post(s) i wanted to write | Pittsburgh PhD http://t.co/F2aM5oQt #
Who Speaks for the Words? – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/4tEdY5GX #
Sharing a Computer Screen, if Not a Classroom – NYTimes http://t.co/7CHV7UaK #
Campus Reactions to Apple's Entry Into E-Textbook Market – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/G7NxQ5mb #
Texting language seeps into schoolwork, some teachers say | Wausau Daily Herald | http://t.co/t72yFngy #
What You (Really) Need to Know – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/0ChuOi6r #