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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-31

Mar 31

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Infographic: The Digital Classroom | HackCollege http://t.co/Ni3VTTvv #
• On the Rules of Literary Fiction for Men and Women – NYTimes http://t.co/8VY6Gx8P #
• 30 Poems You Can Write for National Poetry Month: http://t.co/yX214lSq #
• Professor's 'Enemies' Plug-In for Facebook Goes Viral – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/EiAFJu0V #
• Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://t.co/BiOv9ltY /via @profhacker #
• 16 Reasons Librarians are Still Extremely Important http://t.co/26q76Nqo #
• A New Community and Resources for Games for Learning | Edutopia http://t.co/LPAgdJfr #
• Reader's Almanac: Alice Fahs on how Kate Carew tricked Mark Twain into an interview http://t.co/8t4j317c #
• The 5 most common PowerPoint mistakes http://t.co/OOIHOyAo #
• Language Purity? Woof! – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/wZpQQIUw #
• Professor Hopes to Support Free Course With Kickstarter, the 'Crowd Funding' Site – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/h8FIL6sJ #
• Obama Administration Pledges $200-Million for Data Projects – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/XHqXcWHZ #
• The Active Class » Clickers: Weighing multiple choice v.s. alphanumeric http://t.co/d4cCI5u1 #
• Quantifying the (Academic) Self – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/ZVzcQTbh #
• YALSA » Pinterest & Copyright Concerns http://t.co/fkqMHMaI #
• Disruptive Student Behavior: Do You Really Know What You'd Do? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/KbnDR9rH #
• Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76 – NYTimes http://t.co/fqFzF34W #
• Commenters in a Silly Tizzy Over Testing Topic Ban – SchoolBook http://t.co/GGiPfp8i #

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30 Poems You Can Write for National Poetry Month

Mar 31

By Traci GardnerLiterature, poetry, ReadWriteThink acrostic, diamante, found poem, free verse, haiku, headline poem, parallel poem, parody, sonnet, two-voice poetry Comments Off

April is National Poetry Month, sponsored by Academy of American Poets and other poetry organizations. Last year, we posted thirty poetry activities, one for each day of the month of April—and the good news is that we’ve got an updated poem-a-day activity for you this year too!

Each day has a link to a different kind of poetry writing, either a specific poetic form, like sonnets or acrostics, or poetry focused on a particular topic, like seasonal haiku or color poems. The materials range in grade levels, but can usually be adapted for any age (even college students).

So here’s the challenge for you and students: I found a different poem for every day of the month. How many different poems can you write? And remember that even if you don’t have time in class to write a poem each day, these poetry activities will work any day of the year!

Cross-posted to the NCTE Community ReadWriteThink.org Group and the Reading and Language Arts Group on the Thinkfinity Community.

[Photo: Magnetic Fridge Poetry by Minimalist Photography, on Flickr]

@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-30

Mar 30

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• APA Style Blog: Jr., Sr., and Other Suffixes in APA Style http://t.co/qYS6ySUo #
• New U.S. Research Will Aim at Flood of Digital Data – NYTimes http://t.co/mAUSFaHI #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-29

Mar 29

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• William Blake in Airportland – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/XBfGYaLp #
• Bringing Up a Young Reader on E-Books – NYTimes http://t.co/SInAQeuA #
• Boston Professor Uses Frequent Feedback From Class as Teaching Aide – NYTimes http://t.co/JVa1Aodj #
• Adrienne Rich, feminist poet who wrote of politics and lesbian identity, dies at 82 – The Washington Post http://t.co/NVrQuzX0 #
• How to Bring Screenwriting into the Classroom | Edutopia http://t.co/PTwJoZVq #
• Day of Digital Humanities 2012 – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/KIOV0T8r #
• Belief and Lazy Consensus: Focusing on Governance – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/SGTBKxAZ #
• The Course Proposal: A How-To Guide for Grads | GradHacker http://t.co/cJyI84eG #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-28

Mar 28

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/TCnj3zkc #
• Beyond Student Engagement: Achieving a State of Flow | Edutopia http://t.co/ZnwNTFO8 #
• Use Pinterest to Promote Your Library Programs And Services http://t.co/LToez0Eh #
• Post Quotes & Text to Pinterest from Anywhere http://t.co/R7jyyY8q #
• A Tour of High-Quality Open Education Resources (OER) for Writing | Edutopia http://t.co/sNpxexVW #
• 'Pottermore' Breaks All the Rules for publishing ebooks | Wired » http://t.co/0jsqe27V #
• Are You a Difficult Writer? – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/dA6RIOUx #
• The LectureFail Project – (newly updated) – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/v3A0V4ov #
• College 2.0: 'Social-Media Blasphemy': An Academic Adds 'Enemy' Feature to Facebook – Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/mKdNxnGg #
• Blackboard Speaks Out on Open Source Move — THE Journal http://t.co/b1B3Cbjz #
• So My Students Can Eat: Profile of hunger in higher ed | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/9EO9Q0xk #
• "A Test You Need to Fail": A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students | http://t.co/y8jhlgov #
• Are You a Press or Are You a Library? An Interview with NYU's Monica McCormick – ProfHacker – CHE http://t.co/P5iqvAqg #
• Page to Screen: The Hunger Games – inReads http://t.co/MT8PZZJ9 #
• New weekly show for K12 educators | ZDNet http://t.co/kotZM9O6 #
• Blackboard buys Moodlerooms…And no, this isn't an early April Fools | ZDNet http://t.co/31qq2fmF #
• Explore Mandela’s archives online | Official Google Blog http://t.co/HoqdqIt4 #
• Analyzing Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing for VideoCentral: Film » YouTube http://t.co/6gZZxVks #
• War On Words: NYC Dept. Of Education Wants 50 'Forbidden' Words Banned From Standardized Tests « CBS New York http://t.co/dhO9fOyY #
• Does A Chocolate Habit Help Keep You Lean? : The Salt : NPR http://t.co/n1kWUM6o #
• Blackboard buys Moodlerooms, creates open-source division | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/gBA6t21D #
• Newspaper op-ed sets off debate over faculty workload and faculty bashing | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/AkayfWEC #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-27

Mar 27

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• A Picture of Language – NYTimes » http://t.co/g97z7ojZ -on sentence diagramming #
• Blackboard Buys 2 Leading Supporters of Open-Source Competitor Moodle – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/KpAAdJFX #
• Feature on Multimedia Reading: Personal Learning Environments http://t.co/lYC8nzLo #
• The Grammar of Happiness: An Interview with Daniel Everett – Boing Boing http://t.co/TbceGXqy #
• Despite Policy Changes, Pinterest Still Doesn't Comply With DMCA http://t.co/glhv1hYf #
• What Do I Do When My Employer Wants to be Too Social? http://t.co/8Y6CTCFY #
• 2012 Poem in Your Pocket Day – National Writing Project http://t.co/8Zht6Mf5 #
• Six Tips for Teaching Social and Emotional Skills After School | Edutopia http://t.co/mr83FFA1 #
• Reader's Almanac: The deaths of Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin: meaningful or misleading? http://t.co/2V1vb7E8 #
• The null set: People choosing games, social connection over ebooks on tablets/ereaders – The Domino Project http://t.co/TT211GKG #
• Writing Center Myths « UofL Writing Center http://t.co/echOsmfB #
• Tech Tip: E-Books vs. Books – The Battle Rages – inReads http://t.co/ylgKQRDr #
• Grad School Guilt | GradHacker http://t.co/EF6G9M9q #
• BBCNews: Back to the future of computer sci (children no longer equipped w/necessary computer development skills) http://t.co/xOyoLN6U #
• BBC News – Classrooms ruled by pupils or teachers? http://t.co/JnQIaTqB #
• BBC News – Oxford launches free interactive course book http://t.co/Aqo9wyOD #
• BBC News – Parents ignore computer game restrictions, says ATL union http://t.co/FTvldJYx #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-26

Mar 26

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• The Blind Spot (or Is It Blind-Spot?) – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/aCMadV74 #
• Pinterest Basics for Bloggers : @ProBlogger http://t.co/jkIItfKF #
• Avalanches of Words, Sifted and Sorted by Software – NYTimes » http://t.co/cFZN0FaA #
• The Rise of Visual Storytelling In Marketing : @ProBlogger http://t.co/rw0WeGlm #
• Pinterest Will Make It Easier To Report Copyright Violations http://t.co/nPxpg11M #
• Seeing Through New Media: Accounting for Personal Experience in Professional Spaces http://t.co/dSZjgidv #
• The Role of the Rhetorician in Videogame Research | Not Your Mama's Gamer http://t.co/PkZGC3a0 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-25

Mar 25

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Why Talk Therapy Is on the Wane and Writing Workshops Are on the Rise – NYTimes http://t.co/cCqC7m0n #
• What are the top literary fistfights? | Books | TheGuardian http://t.co/xkZAnRIu #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-24

Mar 24

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Hunger Games Mania in the Classroom « YA Book Bridges http://t.co/1ItjSj1x #
• Tweet A Poem For Tell Me More : NPR http://t.co/WaVcUH68 #
• How Should We Test Students' College Educations? : NPR http://t.co/Dd3fvjPw #
• 10 things to remember about social learning (& the use of social media for learning) | http://t.co/awpJLEon #
• Beyond the Textbook http://t.co/q0XURCP9 /via @profhacker #
• The existential despair of teaching – The Aporetic http://t.co/zgfeGbfo /via @profhacker #
• Celebrating Women in Technology | Edutopia http://t.co/vaz7Cc1u #
• How do you, NTT Faculty, pay your rent? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/w54zg4ay #
• The Twists of Fate That Can Mean Everything To An Untogether Student – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/xrYCTtvL #
• Citing a Tweet (It’s Not Just for Twits) – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/hBYG9645 #
• Gates Foundation Names Interim Leader for Postsecondary-Success Strategy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/MmMTCJKd #
• BBC News – Schools 'too often asked to make up for wider failings' http://t.co/6JQpr0KR #
• Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time | Video on TED http://t.co/9v5Zs8qs #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-03-23

Mar 23

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Teacher turns lessons into ‘Games' | wsoctvDOTcom http://t.co/7ixofs09 #
• Connecting with Connected Learning | NWP Digital Is http://t.co/31CGRHHA (my latest post) #
• Why Instagrams Are The New Polaroids http://t.co/bRlj5uQH #
• Four Strategies to Spark Curiosity via Student Questioning | Edutopia http://t.co/ATuEYKU6 #
• Teachers Pin With Their Students http://t.co/TUkKWb3v #
• Forking Your Syllabus – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/6oMSLaEU #
• Time for Mimi Ito: Translation, Triggers, & Transitions: What does it take to connect interests to achievement? http://t.co/0X2QbqqI #nwp #
• APA Style Blog: Citing an Edition of a Book in APA Style http://t.co/4ASZjdib #

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