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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-29

Feb 29

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Rebooting the Academy: 12 Tech Innovators – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/PxtvVU3n #
• Elsevier Backs Off RWA Support; Still Opposes Mandated Open Access http://t.co/7CP6f3sy #
• Most Students Don’t Use Social Media to Study http://t.co/kAFOldYt #
• Midwestern colleges launch campuses built on public-private collaboration | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/8R8L546o #
• Using a WordPress Multisite Network for Class Web Pages – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/PTuGlJUY #
• Software Evangelist Wants to Put Learning-Management Software in the Cloud – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/prcgIcLo #
• Self-Described 'EduPunk' Says Colleges Should Abandon Course-Management Systems – Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/S7Ort8FV #
• What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School 2.0 – Manage Your Career – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Kw8d1X9o #
• A Third of Students Transfer Before Graduating – Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/L4Zr0tpo #
• Talking About Teaching Failures | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/MY80ekw5 #
• More on What Counts in HigherEd | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/2bFeASG0 #
• Dear Reviewers, A word? (Essay offers guide to those who review journal submissions) | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/OH5w9IXC #
• Young Women Often Trendsetters in Vocal Patterns – NYTimes http://t.co/2TDfzxl0 #
• Dr. Seuss’s birthday: Calling all poets – The Style Blog – The Washington Post http://t.co/gpdSpMhl #
• Who decides what gets sold in the bookstore? – The Domino Project http://t.co/4wDpqO8g #
• Is Grad School Worth It? Use This Calculator To Find Out http://t.co/cxwhZQU9 #
• BBC News – What if you got paid to play games at work? http://t.co/ewYSFMWw #
• What's hiding behind the buzzwords in job ads? – Fortune Management http://t.co/1FzZLHgA #
• Games: A Textbook for Digital Best Practices: 2 new initiatives from the White House http://t.co/7MTNQDsV #
• Election 2012: Teaching Ideas and Resources – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/ywHE8sYi #
• Promoting Talks and Calendar Events with the Events Made Easy Plugin – ProfHacker – Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/7yOBj6nU #
• Textbook Renter's Spinoff May Help College Stores Lower Prices – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/cE3GvaUu #
• My latest blog post » Dr. Seuss in the Composition Classroom: http://t.co/klNPwePX #
• My (Oops! I Mean, the Author's) Fight for Pronouns – SchoolBook http://t.co/82UbHcHR #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-28

Feb 28

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• First-graders use Twitter to learn typing, reading, writing – Chicago Tribune http://t.co/avuU3lcf #
• What Is Creative Writing Anyway? | Stephanie Vanderslice: http://t.co/AnKZKUQk #
• Why textbooks don’t work and hurt schools – Class Struggle – The Washington Post http://t.co/LtEExF4o #
• College-Stores Association and Amazon Settle Dispute Over Book Prices – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/u6GymudN #
• inReads Interview with Walter Dean Myers – inReads http://t.co/YrCesWQi #
• Using a WordPress Multisite Network for Class Web Pages – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/laJiLOfU #
• infoGraphic: Future Uses of Libraries – inReads http://t.co/akPJ3q25 #
• The Perils of Perfectionism | GradHacker http://t.co/vBFV8zpL #
• A Fish Is to a Catholic as … – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/3lGyZd9R #
• Essentials: Big-Screen Adaptations http://t.co/4DgOi8b3 #
• Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom | Edutopia http://t.co/6S5dEwn0 #
• Jan Berenstain Dies at 88 – Created Berenstain Bears – NYTimes http://t.co/rsn4ISee #
• Why journalists need to link | Felix Salmon http://t.co/bhaN5Mg5 –on the debates over attribution & documentation in online journalism #
• My post for the Ink’d In newsletter: Grammar and Punctuation Memes http://t.co/xb0t1h1B #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-27

Feb 27

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Disruptive Student Behavior: The Entitled Students – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/eab81pAW #
• Dmitri Nabokov, Steward of His Father’s Literary Legacy, Dies at 77 – NYTimes http://t.co/2XjdcxDp #
• For the Poet Wallace Stevens, Hartford Was an Unlikely Muse – NYTimes http://t.co/U043cyYs #

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Mmm. Wisconsin Swiss Melt!

Feb 26

By Traci Gardnerjournal Comments Off

No news posts today. I’m on the road home from Columbus.

Had a great time at the Stampin’ Up Regional yesterday. So many ideas and so many wonderful swaps! I love that Stampin’ Up folks are so interested in sharing ideas. I have a great basketful of examples to inspire me now.

Just as exciting, on the way home I got my first Wisconsin Swiss Melt in years. Mmmm. The news can wait while I enjoy this tasty treat. I’ll catch up tomorrow.

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-25

Feb 25

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Warhol's Assailant Left Another Mark, on a Library Book – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/70g9rRer #
• Writer vs. Fact-Checker: This Time, It's Personal – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/bmXKdjBV #
• Hot Dog! 'Comments on Etymology' – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/TH5v6Hvd #
• Reader's Almanac: Love it? Hate it? “There is no middle ground.” 400 years of diaries about New York http://t.co/gSPg1YKp #
• How to Motivate Learning: Alternatives to Rewards | Edutopia http://t.co/3CkYTCHQ #
• Opinion: College is about free speech, not stamping out rights | USA TODAY College http://t.co/2ewXfe5K #
• Accidental Activist Collects National Data on Adjuncts' Working Conditions – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/gAIVVwyD #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-24

Feb 24

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Hey Girl, I Made This Meme For You | viz. http://t.co/626Bf9nC #
• How to Get Started with PaperCritic (and Why You'd Want To) – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/kFdExYmm #
• Enhanced e-books: truly moving literature | TechCentral http://t.co/hwUiFRX7 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-23

Feb 23

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• France Drops ‘Mademoiselle’ From Official Use – NYTimes http://t.co/gYUXYQ69 #
• White House Outlines Online Privacy Guidelines – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/EIHzLLHe #
• Student and Teacher Evaluations: Drowning in Data? – THE DAILY RIFF http://t.co/bes8X08J #
• Legitimate This! – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/JaTs3hdG (on language politics) #
• E-Textbook Vendor Sues Publisher for Ending Licensing Agreement – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/nH4k3aCa #
• A Hero’s Journey for the 21st Century | Edutopia http://t.co/UJuBVr3a #
• College Readiness: Reading Critically | Edutopia http://t.co/gYbiknNn #
• Backup Google Documents with Insync – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/OWZuwPn4 #
• Flipping out? What you need to know about the Flipped Classroom | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/Vhb3lmFx #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-22

Feb 22

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• African American Oral Histories Cataloged in The HistoryMakers Digital Archive – National Writing Project http://t.co/MxsHbUPl #
• Lights, Camera . . . Engagement! Three Great Tools for Classroom Video | Edutopia http://t.co/F4dlYByf #
• Reformatting Confucius with Regular Expressions – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/gK3CgLou #
• The Active Class » Blog Archive » New Peer Instruction Network: Find other clicker users and connect http://t.co/LSbWBOo5 #
• When a book becomes part of our culture http://t.co/AHFZzHwT –interesting question for students to explore #
• Reader's Almanac: Arthur Goldwag on the perplexing prejudices of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain http://t.co/q4y7kDj5 #
• Conducting Your Midterm Evaluations Publicly with Google Docs – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/IsOPvTnj #
• The Pros and Cons of the Three-Point-Five Essay « UofL Writing Center http://t.co/Crv2U0km #
• Chris Bliss: Comedy is translation (explores challenge of communication & how comedy opens paths) | Video on TED http://t.co/QNKWleV6 #
• What Facebook Says About Your Potential Job Performance http://t.co/VQ90jBml #
• Lasell College wants to improve adjunct pay | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/8oA5Uw0z #
• Charts and Diagrams Drawn by Famous Authors | Flavorwire » http://t.co/5fLcPzYR #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-21

Feb 21

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Student success courses catch on, slowly, at community colleges | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/C8o5xGYm #
• Pinterest Will Let Web Publishers Opt Out With Code http://t.co/NmLyMzBU #
• BBC News – Pinterest – hot new network or another Quora? http://t.co/GUDVmkcv #
• Writing Is a Practical Skill – The Atlantic http://t.co/tJhYOK2B #
• Shall I Drive This Writer Crazy? A Copy Editor Decides – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/bprzHOf4 #
• Tech Tip: Interactive Romance Novels? – inReads http://t.co/hJ9ad7Yx #
• Page to Screen: Academy Award Nominees, #1 The Invention of Hugo Cabret – inReads http://t.co/rZkE0gsw #
• iPad Screencasting: Educreations and Explain Everything – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/3oUdGWKS #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-02-20

Feb 20

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Between You and I, I Didn't Just Make a Mistake – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/b5bRGQd5 #
• Five Best Professional Nameplate Sites http://t.co/qolJaDye / share with your prof comm students #
• High schools add to reading lists | http://t.co/83mVL571 http://t.co/QkyGNIJs #
• transnational literate lives in digital times: about http://t.co/2F6FpLgU #
• Academic publisher Elsevier hit with growing boycott – Technology & Science – CBC News http://t.co/rCOqruo1 #

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