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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-11

Nov 11

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• With a little help from students, St. Tammany Parish teachers try to keep up with the digital age | NOLA.com http://hoki.es/90ND6K #
• 9 most subversive children’s books ever written – Books – TODAYshow.com http://hoki.es/9Q7vai #
• Borders Taps Chegg To Power Textbook Rentals Platform | TechCrunch » http://hoki.es/d8VEwv #
• Encouraging Deep Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cYOqUo #
• Audio: Wired Magazine Co-Founder's Tech Advice for Academics – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/bI8iod #
• Community Colleges Must Focus on Quality of Learning, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/c3ZudJ #
• Social Books Hopes to Make E-Reading Communal – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/att4jk #
• E-Books to Join The New York Times Best-Seller List – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aiWa5F #
• Email Writing Values: Keep it Relevant | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/aGcSkr #
• If You Begin a Sentence with Well, There's a Good Chance You're Lying | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/auxDSU #
• Search for Creative Commons Licensed Media at CC Search http://hoki.es/cLwtI4 #
• Kurt Vonnegut's Tips for Writing Fiction | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/bL3A1Q #
• Ten steps for better media literacy skills | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews.com http://hoki.es/bKcZFV #
• Will Your Local Library Lend E-Books? (Or Can They?) | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/cseo2z #
• The exclamation point revisited – chicagotribune.com http://hoki.es/d69tdo #
• Father sues district over reading about slavery | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/9i2D4l #
• Tuition Protest in London Turns Violent – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/bEBfOB #
• Mobiles ring changes for oral Irish exam – Latest News, Education – Independent.ie http://hoki.es/bJmjtn #
• U.S. Releases National Ed-Tech Action Plan | Education Week: http://hoki.es/dnBbke #
• Your Child Left Behind – Magazine – The Atlantic http://hoki.es/bJRWL2 #
• "Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography about Language" on Rogers Creations http://hoki.es/bZYwpb #
• On Flaubert’s 'Madame Poetry' – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cL6hSG #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-10

Nov 10

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• What is Plagiarism, and Is it Always Bad? | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/dmhfAI #
• Mr. Administrator, Tear Down This Firewall! | Teacher Magazine: http://hoki.es/8YgnYb #
• College Students Don't Know How To Research, Study Shows | Huffington Post » http://hoki.es/c0IuMT #
• Reader's Almanac: Kristallnacht in the writings of Arthur Miller and Philip Roth http://hoki.es/dtqyAc #
• Playing around with documentaries | spiked http://hoki.es/c5ZruI #
• State of the Blogosphere 2010 Introduction – Technorati Blogging http://hoki.es/d7tLbN #
• Sex, Drugs More Common In Hyper-Texting Teens – KMGH Denver http://hoki.es/crGS6y (that's lots of texting, not actual hypertext) #
• Too Nice to Land a Job – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/di6BBg –Research finds "communal" or "emotive" words turn off search committees #
• Teaching Online Professors … Online – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/aTHTnj #
• Critical Intellectuals on Writing – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/bvtNwV #
• Can the Kno Tablet Make the E-Textbook Grade? | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/aPOanB #
• Free Speech on Facebook an Employee Right, Federal Agency Says | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/dtJF7s #
• Focus on Native American Heritage | NCTE Inbox Blog: http://hoki.es/dbTgYM #
• Project to map Internet goes national – CollegiateTimes.com http://hoki.es/bE9MPm #
• Love Of Words Brings Child, Poet Billy Collins Together : NPR http://hoki.es/djnhdk #
• Cooks Source: ‘We Will Now List All Sources,’ Get Permission | WBUR http://hoki.es/9mHuHM #
• Popular culture classes teach students connections between modern life, literature, art | Central Michigan Life http://hoki.es/b4KnkH #
• Experts Search for Best Content to Train Teachers | Education Week: http://hoki.es/9UwNTf #
• Media literacy in the classroom and community | Philadelphia Public School Notebook http://hoki.es/axXMwB #
• Seniors wrap their minds around Joyce's 'Ulysses' | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/10/2010 http://hoki.es/djZTTL #
• Students Lack Basic Research Skills, Study Finds – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cag7ly #
• Getting Your Work Done With Social Media: the Sprint – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ahSHt9 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-09

Nov 09

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• iPad Competition? Kno Offers Tablet Computer for Schools – TIME http://hoki.es/8Yyf5U #
• Broadband usage growing, but income, education, & socio-economic factors still play role in access »
  msnbc.com http://hoki.es/9bFtqJ #
• Bullying happening more often virtually than in person, researcher says | Chattanooga Times Free Press http://hoki.es/c35hox #
• Downsized schools raise bar, but not all reach it – The Denver Post http://hoki.es/bHsm28 #
• Interactive Children’s Books – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aB0umY #
• A Busy Community College Layers Up the Semester – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cL8ltE #
• Undocumented and Unsung—Growing worldwide dependence on part-time faculty – The World View – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/c3U745 #
• Review of “appropriate workload” for adjunct professors means less hours for faculty – NashuaTelegraph.com http://hoki.es/c6PWQ3 #
• Technology and the Completion Agenda – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cG7rDF #
• Getting to Know You: Just Don't Use Facebook – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dwvAPi #
• Email Writing Values: Concision, Concision, Concision | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/9cOuFF #
• Internet turns Cooks Source plagiarism into worldwide debate – St. Petersburg Times http://hoki.es/c9Zud9 #
• The 10 Best Parents in Children's Literature | Strollerderby » http://hoki.es/9K2Afe #
• In the Schools: In 'To Be Heard,' Poetry as Survival – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aXWoME #
• The Woe-Is-Us Books, by Stanley Fish – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/axLYS4 #
• English classes at library attracting more and more participants – Decorah Newspapers – Decorah, IA http://hoki.es/cIE34Y #
• Writers' Bootcamp: Writing Collaboratively – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/blLvg3 #
• Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/bU5rpA #
• Liars and Lying: Teaching Students How to Tell When a Text May Be Misleading or Lying » Bedford Bits: http://hoki.es/bFdjvu #
• Paying for technology hinders move to 21st century classrooms | SeacoastOnline.com http://hoki.es/97TEU7 #
• Homework Hotline a Resource for Students – Potomac, MD Patch http://hoki.es/b8Y1TZ #
• Virtual community college filling need | The Clarion-Ledger http://hoki.es/aqpZLJ #
• Mandatory cyber learning expands – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://hoki.es/bRCRjM #
• Nashville, Rutherford school-issued mini-laptops let more kids log in | tennessean.com | The Tennessean http://hoki.es/cgLyaC #
• Must we have the digital vs. print battle? | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/97HDfc #
• With iPods, Kearns High students touch education’s future | The Salt Lake Tribune http://hoki.es/anD2a4 #
• Is There Anything New to Say About Melville? – PageView – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/aHuDqt #
• Career Advice: 30 Days Until Finals – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/9UIQ3Y #
• Harnessing Social Media – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cDIMcc #
• Is There Any Reward for Constant Curricular Change – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/d7Pu9o #
• Does Academic Freedom Protect Holocaust Deniers? – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/95UWAX #
• eBook Sales to Hit $1 Billion By Year's End, $3 Billion by 2015 | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/aPbFqK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-08

Nov 08

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Ripped from the Headlines: How to Turn Current Events into Real-World Projects | Edutopia http://hoki.es/9tFhbu #
• Forget About Perfect Grammar and Just Write Well | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/9B2rZq #
• Email Writing Values: Clarity Is Key | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/8Z0ZMB #
• First, Think Inside The Box: On Creative Thinking | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/dpCwqj #
• First, Think Inside The Box: On Creative Thinking | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/dpCwqj #
• Show Me the Money: A Realistic Guide to Finding and Receiving Grants » High School Bits – http://hoki.es/dCAdVr #
• MN Poetry: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "We Leave Tonight…" | Minnesota Public Radio http://hoki.es/anBv1d #
• E-books beg the question: Does poetry need paper? – The Independent Collegian http://hoki.es/c9TXu8 #
• A Muggle's Dream: Quidditch As A NCAA Sport : NPR http://hoki.es/b8kWrw #
• 'The Anthology Of Rap': Lyrics As Poetry : NPR http://hoki.es/anuua2 #
• Plagiarism 101: Cooks Source and the Internet response | Adventures in IT – InfoWorld http://hoki.es/b49rDh #
• Psi-ber plagiarism | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/9F2V2p #
• Chomsky: If language exists, so does ‘universal grammar’ | The Daily Free Press http://hoki.es/cQEbh1 #
• Hacker Makes the Fifth of November One to Remember – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cDXSl2 #
• Connellsville students learn the art of 'writing dangerously' – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://hoki.es/dhDcZR #
• Robert Frost in Methuen: Not just a swinger of birches – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/9Us1UT #
• Failure to educate: Churning out illiterate students who pass predictable standard tests – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/csYZYP #
• 'Find x' and other unusual college essay questions | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/d04y6l #
• Washington's 2-year colleges out to beat high cost of textbooks | Seattle Times Newspaper » http://hoki.es/cZKUBa #
• College leaders work to increase interest in humanities – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/bxVWY6 #
• Die-In Rally Against Bullying on College Campuses | Stony Brook Independent http://hoki.es/9b7h59 #
• Technology Teachers Are Thankful For | Scholastic's Top Teaching » http://hoki.es/duXTKn #
• Homework Helpers Focus Students’ Attention: Like a Monitor More Than a Tutor – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aHkwEK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-07

Nov 07

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• 38 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed | Mashable » http://hoki.es/cYKD2X #
• Among Benefits For Walmart Workers: A Degree : NPR http://hoki.es/aUwlXX #
• Howard Rheingold Speaks on Credibility of Online Information and Social Media | Critical Thinkers » http://hoki.es/c7E6xT #
• A 'Stealth Assessment' Turns to Video Games to Measure Thinking Skills – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/aAOmWr #
• The Nonprofit Approach to Online Education – US News and World Report http://hoki.es/a0JCF7 #
• Mark Twain still relevant 100 years postmortem – Courant.com http://hoki.es/d5w9hg #
• First-graders use Facebook as a learning tool » Daily Nonpareil Online > Council Bluffs > http://hoki.es/dAetCD #
• 3,500 students navigate virtual classrooms at 3 Texas public online schools | Dallas Morning News: http://hoki.es/a39Et1 #
• In Efforts to End Bullying, Some See ‘Hidden Homosexual Agenda’ – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/dAULBP #

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Trying Out Some Tasty Blackbird Pie

Nov 07

By Traci Gardnersocial media block quotation, twitter 3 Comments

I immediately liked the name of the new WordPress plug-in, Blackbird Pie. The nursery rhyme popped right into my head: Four and Twenty Black Birds, Baked in a Pie.

The plug-in makes this, essentially a jazzy block quotation:

[blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/#!/tengrrl/status/1348769496965120"]

You include the URL and get a very nice looking presentation of the Tweet that you are writing about. Twitter is behind the functionality, and you can create the links the old fashioned way at Twitter Media’s Blackbird Pie. The WordPress plug-in simplifies things by making it a matter of clicking the blackbird button when you’re in the Visual editing tab for your post.

One of the coolest features of the plug-in is the Search. Know you want to refer to someone’s Tweet, but don’t have the URL handy? Use the search in the plug-in to load up that person’s recent comments and just click the one you want.

Nice and slick. Only problem is it’s not working for me if I use a new Twitter link. You have to delete the #! from the Tweet’s URL to make it work properly.  It’s a minor bug though, and since I know how to fix it, I think I’ll keep the plug-in.

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-06

Nov 06

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Conroy's 'Reading Life': A Search For Safe Harbors : NPR http://hoki.es/bjksk8 #
• Teachers: Please stop prohibiting the use of Wikipedia | ZDNet http://hoki.es/b1uyuc #
• U. of California Readies Its For-Credit Online-Course Venture – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/deELvX #
• 71 Presidents Pledge to Improve Their Colleges' Teaching and Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/bOCBLD #
• The Rise of the 'Edupunk' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/bqAXpf #
• When Social Media Is Irrelevant – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/ckMK7O #
• Getting an education in merits of learning over the Internet – latimes.com http://hoki.es/bL0SKV #
• Editor: Books need more diversity – Kansas State Collegian – News http://hoki.es/dpGeZ7 #
• Prize Is Created for Gay Literature for Young Readers – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aG73iN #
• Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books – Eating Our Words http://hoki.es/cBe815 #
• Putting the 'Humanities' in 'Digital Humanities' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/aPHPk8 #
• Technology tools expand learning, but what's the future of the online info students create | The Leaf Chronicle http://hoki.es/bEyrRz #
• Universities add open eBooks to iTunes U | eCampus News http://hoki.es/dzjaDw #
• Next generation learning: use of video and audio diaries to improve students' learning | guardian.co.uk http://hoki.es/dachTa #
• What can Texas Hold ‘Em Teach Me About Technology? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/9fmCga #
• 7 Ways College Has Improved Since 91 – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/a3awJ6 #
• Days of Wrath: America is angry now. Higher education bears some of the blame – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9qZkHn #
• YouTube U. Beats YouSnooze Through – Online Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/boqCh6 #
• Online Learning Is Growing on Campus – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/9oVn3c #
• Girl Scouts Research Shows How Social Networking Impacts Girls' Self Image | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/bXweND #
• Ten of the best zoos in literature | The Guardian http://hoki.es/dtb9VS #
• A Pulitzer Prize Winning Author's Take On the World's First Computer | Gizmodo » http://hoki.es/aLy57c #
• Quiz: Sedition in Literature | guardian.co.uk http://hoki.es/97nyb4 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-05

Nov 05

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Feast Your Eyes On The World's Most Beautiful Grammar Book | BOOKTRYST: http://hoki.es/bw8jhJ #
• Students Are Not Products And Teachers Are Not Social Engineers : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR http://hoki.es/cfobPs #
• My Love Affair with TED (.com) | Edutopia http://hoki.es/btNEoL #
• Teaching Writing in the Digital Age – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/bRAeSI #
• Dipity for the Political Thought classroom? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cajBIc #
• Group Work that Works (Even in Large Classes!) – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9RVt8R #
• Going Clubbing: Student Group – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/a2PuLk #
• English Department Unveils New Themed Courses to Spread Love of Literature | UVA Today » http://hoki.es/9YhwxJ #
• Professor explores monsters in literature | The Daily Evergreen Online – http://hoki.es/b5sHgN #
• The Invisible Curriculum – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/awnwBL #
• U. of California Readies Its For-Credit Online-Course Venture – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/blDr1A #
• The Comforts of "Grading Jail" – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/d3CdHy #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-04

Nov 04

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Shrinking Your Email Signature – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9NjzSi #
• Breaking Out of Grading Jail – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9pFlLI #
• Valuing Your History: Using Story Corps with Students | Top Teaching from Scholastic » http://hoki.es/cE2rNx #
• 2011 E-Anthology – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/cotUTz #
• Songs in the Key of Lit: Ways to Use Music to Study Literature – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/b4BUu7 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-03

Nov 03

By Traci Gardnernews Comments Off

• Mark Twain had a love connection with Dallas teacher | Dallas-Fort Worth News http://hoki.es/aQuZwH #
• Ted Sorensen's Legacy for Writers – Newsweek http://hoki.es/9y2f7s #
• Why so many bright kids fail to launch in college | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/bmG950 #
• App of the Week: iDrakula » YALSA: http://hoki.es/b0yOTE #
• Professors Shore Up Wikipedia Entries on Public Policy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dxiTt4 #
• In Downturn, More Return to College Without Basic Computer Skills – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/c709Do #
• Gamifying Homework – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/976tg0 #
• Part-Timers Increase on Campuses, Education Dept. Reports – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/bSIt0x #
• Plan Ahead to Avoid the Post-Thanksgiving Crunch – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/cLcITZ #
• Read and Write Graphic Novels! Yes, Graphic Novels Are Literature! | Top Teaching http://hoki.es/ajz06A #
• Internet2's New Leader Outlines Vision for Superfast Education Networks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/b7kz7S #
• Smallest College Endowments Perform Best, Study Finds – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/9OY7e9 #
• Arizona Bans Affirmative Action – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/bmqO0S #

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