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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-24

Mar 24

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Blogs in higher education – some ideas about their benefits and downsides – University of Venus – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/h55AeX #
• Creating Academic 'Dream Teams' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/e9lSPM #
• Graduates Without Degrees – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/etezPb #
• Comparing Online Programs – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/h6yfFZ #
• You Probably Shouldn't Teach Online if … – On Hiring – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fQTenC #
• Children’s Lives at the Turn of the Twentieth Century – New Primary Source Set – For Teachers (Library of Congress) http://hoki.es/hTt8xq #
• Political Cartoons in U.S. History – New Primary Source Set – For Teachers (Library of Congress) http://hoki.es/gHgjYc #
• New Guide Offers Assessment Tips for the Classroom | Edutopia http://hoki.es/fohTkm #
• Information About the Web Writing Style Guide Writing Sprint | Writing Spaces http://hoki.es/fx1ou3 #
• Google's Cloud Connect Links Microsoft Office and GoogleDocs Together – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/hzH8wS #
• the essay is dead; long live the essay | digital digs: http://hoki.es/gKru4u #
• When Critical Pedagogy Gets Ugly « crossing borders http://hoki.es/fAk56N #
• Beyond Textbooks: Chegg Adds Course Selection and Homework Help | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/hTkUNp #
• Overthinking the Meaning of Drop-Down Menus | Wired Magazine http://hoki.es/huUNtP #
• Wikipedia Beautifier Kills Clutter, Makes the Online Encyclopedia More Readable | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/hyQpDA #
• Reader's Almanac: Helen Vendler at 13: “I learned Dickinson’s poems in the bad old versions” http://hoki.es/i7qA43 #
• Study Measures Twitter's Effect on Student Engagement – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/fFyJ3U #
• A Room Without A View: NPR Photographer Frames Japan's Wreckage : The Picture Show : NPR http://hoki.es/eaj8f2 (framing as a strategy) #
• The Lady Gaga Divide: Pop Culture in the Classroom – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/e9f9J6 #
• BBC News – BBC survey reveals snapshot of UK schoolchildren http://hoki.es/gAZPH1 #
• Top 10 Web Tools for Teachers | Harvard Education Letter 27.2 (March/April 2011): http://hoki.es/hAKdkB #
• Out of the Ivory Tower: Translating Academic Research into Public Policy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eZjf9l #
• Plotting a Library: A science-fiction fan takes on the task of mapping the genre – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dLrcn3 #
• ABC’s and PhD’s: Avatars – academic and otherwise – Mama PhD – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fwGKmH #
• The NYTimes Paywall, the Book Review, and Amazon's Future – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/gGyH7R #
• Hand-Crafted Digital Texts – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fgQX5X #
• Can You Own a Color? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/g1Da3Y #
• Textbook Renter Chegg Becomes More Social – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hviKVR #
• BTW, English, the gnarliest language of all, is a survivor : At Large : The Martha's Vineyard Times http://hoki.es/fv9v9f #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-23

Mar 23

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Designers, Women, and Hostility in Open Source | Smarterware http://hoki.es/g2XE2S #
• GeekDad Rant, Continued: Comics and Grammar | Wired.com http://hoki.es/hvHqae #
• Ed. Dept Asks Court to Throw Out Lawsuit Challenging New Rules – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dZxB5G #
• One English Professor's 3,200 Facebook Essays – Brainiac http://hoki.es/glP53O #
• Online Tools Help College Freshman Find Stolen Laptop – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fT73hd #
• Reader's Almanac: Kenneth Holditch remembers Tennessee Williams for his 100th birthday http://hoki.es/hcW114 #
• U.S. Must Support Teachers' Learning to Regain Educational Standing in World – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/fDur5m #
• Digital Media, Children's Learning, and Schools – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/eUjWpz #
• The Full Wiki Augments Wikipedia's Usefulness for Students – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/gG2PNF #
• Improving PowerPoint-style Presentations – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fvGJlg #
• E-Textbooks Get a Boost From Publishers – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ejjdrQ #
• Publishers Invest in Inkling, Producer of Digital Textbooks – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/evM6Hh #
• Lanyrd | the social conference directory http://hoki.es/fyxUpY #
• Top Intellectual Property Developments of 2010 | CCCC IP Caucus » http://hoki.es/fUKP26 #
• Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hCfhV5 #
• Classic literature now with added swearing, courtesy of Radio 3 | Books | The Guardian http://hoki.es/g8yhCf #
• Service That Captures Tweets for Research Restores Archiving Function – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eCl2Wx #
• More Examples of SAT 'Pop Culture' Essay Questions – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/gwYqNs #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-22

Mar 22

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• The Better Blogging Formula: Think, Do, Write " Problogger » http://hoki.es/eLLbN3 #
• How to Respond to Bad News Online | Gizmodo » http://hoki.es/frtcx0 #
• SlugBooks Finds the Cheapest Buy or Rent Prices for Textbooks http://hoki.es/hEK0IY #
• The damage of plagiarism | The News Journal | delawareonline.com http://hoki.es/egiFly #
• Syncing Applications with Dropbox – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gcz2ka #
• Pair Programming: Could Something Similar Work in the Humanities? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gy5IQe #
• Ken Doll Turns 50, and Wins New Face-Advertising – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/gkOS6J #
• On Twitter, Conservative (or Liberal) by Association – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/h1yipw #
• Giving Literature Virtual Life: Digital Humanities Boots Up on Some Campuses – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/i6Cy0p #
• Incentives Offered to Raise College Graduation Rates – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/grNVI9 #
• Academics to 'embrace Wikipedia' | BBC News – http://hoki.es/gwTXT6 #
• Early Finding of Cal State U. E-Textbook Study: Terms Matter – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gWv1xC #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-21

Mar 21

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• March 21, 2006: Twitter Takes Flight | This Day In Tech | Wired.com http://hoki.es/dKBmjt #
• James Gleick’s History of Information (Book Review) – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/dEwuC5 #
• What’s in a Name? ‘Odyssey Dawn’ Is Pentagon-Crafted Nonsense | Danger Room | Wired.com http://hoki.es/fXfnu3 #
• The Full Wiki Makes Wikipedia a Deeper, More Citable Research Tool http://hoki.es/f9jqyi #
• Students face up to the pros and cons of Facebook | theage.com.au » http://hoki.es/fwxGF8 #
• Using a Graphic Illustrator in Higher Education: Comic Life – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gPDNIO #
• What's the Secret to Effective Classroom Management? | Edutopia http://hoki.es/f5ZZ2q #
• Create Forms with File Uploads Using Dropbox Forms – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gV0nYN #
• Cartooning Crisis – Images After the Japanese Tsunami | viz. » http://hoki.es/eJJfeF #
• Reader's Almanac: Celebrate the first day of spring with a favorite poem http://hoki.es/eEX54D #
• MIT Makes Gains in Treatment of Female Professors – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dJX2p8 #
• Bill in Texas Legislature Would Protect Students & Profs Who Question Evolution – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eLI0P4 #
• Gains, and Drawbacks, for Female Professors – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hgLPhD #
• BBC World Service to sign funding deal with US state department | Media | The Guardian http://hoki.es/dIbjzZ #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-20

Mar 20

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Overview of Text Extraction Algorithms | ReadWriteHack » http://hoki.es/fFVK69 #
• Wristwatches, Reimagined (as a mobile hotspot?) – Will Young Shoppers Care? – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/egYrH7 #
• On Twitter, ‘What a Party!’ Brings an Envious ‘Enough, Already!’ – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/dFMrUm #
• Use ScraperWiki to Help Turn Web Pages Into Usable Data | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/fDBut2 #
• How to be a member of the grammar police and not get shot – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/hKqFWf #
• Teacher hits it big with e-book – TheSunNews.com http://hoki.es/f5iU85 #
• My Teacher, My Facebook Friend: Should Students and Teachers Mix Online? | TakePart – Inspiration to Action http://hoki.es/hidiwd #
• Are college students 'academically adrift?' | The Asbury Park Press | APP.com http://hoki.es/fM8dmJ #
• U. of Pennsylvania Students Build Course-Management Software – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eNcy7e #
• Teaching to the Text Message – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/f979JN #
• The Rise of Twitter Poetry – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/e274re #

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March 20–26 on ReadWriteThink

Mar 20

By Traci Gardnerclassroom activity, lesson plan, ReadWriteThink Caldecott, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, chickens, earthquake, haiku, Kate DiCamillo, nuclear energy, poetry, Robert Frost, Tennessee Williams, tsunami Comments Off

Spring is finally here. National Poetry Month is just weeks away. No matter what grade level you teach, ReadWriteThink has lesson plans and related resources to support you.

New Resources

• Answer students’ questions and discuss current events with Thinkfinity.org’s classroom resources on earthquakes & tsunamis and nuclear energy.
   
• Spring into Writing! Create a haiku about the season with the grades 3–5 lesson Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season.
   
• Need some egg-citement in your life? Then, listen in to hear about some books featuring adventurous chickens on Episode 32 of Chatting About Books: Chicken Adventures.

From the Calendar

• March 21: It’s World Poetry Day! Explore a poem by Billy Collins, create themed poetry collections, annotate favorite poems, or try your hand at acrostics, diamante, letter, or shape poems. (For grades K–12)
   
• March 22: Randolph Caldecott was born on March 22, 1846. Create a classroom literary award modeled after the Caldecott Medal (For grades K–12)
   
• March 24: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiered in New York in 1955. Introduce students to the characteristics of drama with Reader’s Theater. (For grades 5–12)
   
• March 25: Celebrate Kate DiCamillo’s birthday today. After examining the characters in one of DiCamillo’s stories, students write original short stories featuring animals as central characters. (For grades 3–6)
   
• March 26: Poet Robert Frost was born in 1874. Celebrate Frost’s birthday and his poetry by exploring his innovation in the sonnet form. (For grades 3–12)
   
• Look ahead to next week for resources on National Poetry Month and the birthdays of César Chávez, Anna Sewell, and Hans Christian Andersen.

Connecting with Other Teachers

• Want to ask questions, exchange ideas, & share resources for teaching reading & language arts? Join our Reading & Language Arts group forum.
   
• What books do you recommend to get kids laughing and learning? Share your favorites in Humor and Giggles in the Classroom.
   
• Join the discussion on Bullying and Civic Education in the Thinkfinity Community.
   
• Thinkfinity is planning to invite educational figures to discussion events. Who would you like to connect with in the Thinkfinity Community?

If you have feedback or questions about ReadWriteThink, all you have to do is contact us. Have a great week!

March Madness! Bits Flashback for March 20

Mar 20

By Traci GardnerBedford Bits, composition diversity, march madness, music, poetry, writing centers Comments Off

It’s the time of year for basketball and brackets, underdogs and dream teams, last-second miracles and heartbreaking losses.

In the classroom, why not try a March Madness Poetry Tournament? It’s an activity you can easily customize for your class. Don’t have time for all 64 participants? Just move down a level or two to the Sweet Sixteen or Elite Eight. Not teaching poetry? Focus your tournament on whatever you’re reading, viewing, or talking about in class (or out). How about a Final Four showdown among four authors you’ve studied?

Even if you aren’t following basketball, we have some slam-dunk strategies for you, all posted on Bedford Bits in the last week:

• Holly Pappas considers the challenge of student diversity in the composition classroom in One Size Does Not Fit All.
   
• High School Bits blogger MG Gannon focuses on occasion, argument, and research using Internet news sources with Rhetorical Context: Rhetoric in the Wake of the Arizona Shootings (Part 2). Read Part 1 of the series for an activity that analyzes political speeches.
   
• Andrea Lunsford explores The Importance of the Writing Center and their impact upon students’ abilities to think and write critically.
   
• Dan Martin shares his experiences with Writing About Writing pedagogy in WAW: Increasing Credibility and Course Personalization.
   
• Barclay Barrios talks about electronic tools and feedback on student work in Commenting with Word: The Basics.
   
• Traci Gardner has a solution that takes the torture out of poetry analysis in Using Pop Culture to Hook Students on Poetry.
   
• High School Bits blogger Jodi Rice suggests some strategies teachers can use them with Cool Google Tools.
   
• Susan Naomi Bernstein explains how the familiar music people love can help learners to connect to unfamiliar material in Listening to Learn.
  

A Few Extra Reminders!

• Start planning now to participate in Collaborvention 2011: A Computers & Writing Unconference. (It’s all online, so it fits your travel budget!)
   
• If you’re heading to CCCC, make sure you check out C’s the Day! CCCC – the Game? Level up through a series of quests, earn special prizes and titles, and more. Follow the game on Twitter: @csthedaygame
   
• Be sure to check out Bedford/St. Martins’ brand-new website. It has a cleaner look and feel, new navigation elements, and helpful resources that make your search for course materials quick and easy.
   
• Bedford/St. Martins’ online reference Writer’s Help has a Facebook page! Become a fan!

[Photo: March Madness by toddwickersty, on Flickr]

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-19

Mar 19

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hBkF1G #
• The Poetry of Catastrophe – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/e43ZwE #
• Budget Cuts Raise Questions About Federal Commitment to Literacy – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/f5AHVa #
• Live Blogging — Teaching College English http://hoki.es/ffvgLA #
• melaniemcbride.net » Gamification in the classroom (and how to stop it) http://hoki.es/iiR7nk #
• Disaster Pedagogy | viz. http://hoki.es/ef58Uu #
• New report details children’s media consumption | Reading Today Daily > http://hoki.es/eCkEBY #
• Image Citation and Reverse Search with TinEye – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eQzXn0 #
• Reader's Almanac: How Sam Hose’s lynching became an awakening for W.E.B. Du Bois http://hoki.es/fO29qU #
• Computer games become a class act | BBC News – http://hoki.es/eNQkVR #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-18

Mar 18

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Ebooks for Scholarly Work – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gvVWug #
• St. Patrick's Day — Mischief o' the Leprechaun | Classroom Solutions http://hoki.es/eeAn6J (PreK-K Activity) #
• EasySmileys: Add some flourish to your texts, emails, & status updates | CrackBerry.com http://hoki.es/gflZBs #
• 2011 Writing Challenge: Citizen Writer Contest (K-12) | Adolescent Literacy » http://hoki.es/hpGcDK DEADLINE: April 30 #
• Japanese poetry haiku gives online expression to devastation – The Times of India http://hoki.es/dOjUSI #
• From STEM to STREAM: Writing as an Essential Component of Science Education – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/hb3CFK #
• UCLA Administration Turned to YouTube to Respond to Controversial Student Video – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gbaQhi #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-03-17

Mar 17

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• How To Keep Reading the NY Times For Free " | Gizmodo » http://hoki.es/f9Fk4x #
• Classroom Guide: Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning | Edutopia http://hoki.es/ftnzmZ #
• 'New York Times' Paywall Will Add Costs to Some College Offerings – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/hOl8Pl #
• Classroom Environments: Does Space Make a Difference? | Edutopia http://hoki.es/hqshie #
• Twitter, Teaching, and Impersonality – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ezBmdP #
• Using Tor and VPN to get around Internet Censorship – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eDxlko #
• Plagiarism: An Administrator’s Perspective – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/f7I478 #
• Textbooks don’t make terrorists by Nick Thorne | spiked http://hoki.es/i7BWh4 #
• C's the Day! CCCC – the Game. Quest your way through the conference in Professor, Administrator, or Publisher class http://hoki.es/e4N3Xv #
• Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights | IdentityBlog – http://hoki.es/e8S0SY #
• Eighty percent of US children under five years old using the internet: new study – The Independent http://hoki.es/gIFnWn #
• Pays for Libraries to Share – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/gLpMaT #
• It’s possible, english majors – The Collegian http://hoki.es/fFR15Z #
• App of the Week: StoryCorps | YALSA » http://hoki.es/fHzRWM #
• SAT’s Reality TV Question Flummoxes Some Takers – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/fIAIe7 #
• Jonathan Harris: the Web's secret stories | Video on TED.com http://hoki.es/f9OKQz #

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