October | 2009 | pedablogical

@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-18

October 18, 2009 by Traci Gardner

In some classrooms, books a thing of the past: Digital texts gaining favor, critics question quality | WashPost | http://bit.ly/1R2JFh #
Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1bbjKL #
A Digital Magazine Without Links Is a CD-ROM – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/4jJJP9 #
UW-Madison students test a brave, new way of reading | Wisconsin State Journal | http://bit.ly/1nkENq #
Finding Hints of Gloom in Pithy Prose (M.T.A.’s ‘Train of Thought’ Selections) – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2UDn56 #
Praising Amy Tan in San Franciso, Which Loves Its Writers – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2FBkNQ #
List ‘Em Carefully: Top 10 Songs About Writing | Consequence of Sound | http://bit.ly/4l7Qed #
UNLV researching why so many freshmen aren't ready for college – Las Vegas Sun http://bit.ly/2UCanu #
Teacher doesn't deserve attacks – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/yrLsZ #censorship #perksofbeingawallflower #
30 million Americans don't read well enough to fill out job application – The Times-Herald http://bit.ly/26kwqG #
In search of that word on the tip of your tongue – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/1O1MYI #
Butchered English? Whatever | HeraldTribune.com | http://bit.ly/3W5S2F #
Euphemism for academic dishonesty | New Bern Sun Journal http://bit.ly/4aShv7 #commentary #
Texas higher education board seeks to close gap in Latinos attending college | Dallas Morning News | http://bit.ly/1q8xez #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-17

October 17, 2009 by Traci Gardner

The Millennial Muddle: How Stereotyping Students Became an Industry – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3hfFDq #
I Know Poe (from UVA and the Edgar Allan Poe Museum) http://bit.ly/2bnWfT (Via the Scout Report) #
Miniature Book Collection from the UNT Libraries Digital Collections — http://bit.ly/31Pdl7 (via the Scout Report) #
Monastic Matrix – http://bit.ly/shWW6 – for those into medieval lit and/or women's studies (via the Scout Report) #
Holiday Book Prices Plunge, as Wal-Mart and Amazon Scuffle – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3bCxb5 #
Composing your memoir in six words for the National Day on Writing | Cleveland Plain Dealer | http://bit.ly/2RjaVm #
Jill Biden finds inspiration in students | Delawareonline.com | The News Journal http://bit.ly/3GX73g #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-16

October 16, 2009 by Traci Gardner

For social networks, it's game on – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/4amjI #
Sabbaticals and Layoffs – Confessions of a Community College Dean – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1SMAuq #commentary #
Career Advice: A Regular Writing Routine – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2W1oC7 #
The Limitations of Portfolios – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4z0fJf #commentary #
Out-of-State Dreams – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4rwIh7 #
News: University Sues Student Blogger – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/yEI0Q #
National Day of Writing to be celebrated Tuesday | Conroe Courier | http://bit.ly/22r8GP #
Literacy matters – Herald Online – http://bit.ly/4biyQ9 #
Online social networking is destroying society – The Griffon – http://bit.ly/FNrMn #
The National Day on Writing – The Anchor – http://bit.ly/2aRpL3 #
Nurturing Student Voices – Easy Reader – http://bit.ly/4gjPe2 #
Herblock! – Exhibitions – myLOC.gov (Library of Congress) http://bit.ly/1quB4T — collection of Herb Block's political cartoons online #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-15

October 15, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Does the Brain Like E-Books? – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2PYkSM #
Mocking the Holocaust – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/GViDS – when fake news goes wrong… #
Colonel Mustard Returns! – NYTimes.com | http://bit.ly/2xCaFK – the 1st board game to use cellphone text-messaging in gameplay #
How I Built a DIY Kindle | Popular Science http://bit.ly/2ntznL (via @lifehacker ) #
Google sparks e-books fight with Kindle by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech http://bit.ly/3ZzaBS #
Netbooks nurture learning | The Coloradoan, http://bit.ly/Hc7x4 #
CSPAN Visit to Blacksburg aims to improve civics education / media literacy – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/11rXp3 #
It's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club … class at Harper College | Daily Herald | http://bit.ly/4CWcNG #
The future of college may be virtual | Christian Science Monitor | http://bit.ly/4aevhF #
One in 4 SD high school grads need remedial college courses | The Daily Republic | http://bit.ly/1Lnjow #
For Hearing, Sign Language Becomes Classroom Tool – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/3ERNs0 – A system for silent classroom management #
Off the Shelf, Onto the Laptop – Libraries Try Digital Books – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/Rc4oz #
The plight of cursive writing – is it a dying art? – Collier Citizen http://bit.ly/1QVaAY #
English course analyzes children's literature at a deeper level – KentNewsNet – http://bit.ly/3i50pJ #
How the French Language Struggles in the Technology Age | Switched | http://bit.ly/3mjETp #
What Ever Happened to Good Old-Fashioned Term Papers? – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/42BrnR #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-14

October 14, 2009 by Traci Gardner

7 Keys to Hosting Successful Chats With High-Profile People | MediaShift . PBS http://bit.ly/1u8pJA #
Does your social class determine your online social network? – CNN.com http://bit.ly/1mVdhh #
How video games are good for the brain – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/4ufjin #
Big Thinkers: James Paul Gee on Grading with Games | Edutopia http://bit.ly/4j14Ex #
The New Literacy and the CMS – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3qBhvX – #commentary on the challenge of walled online 'community' #
Decentralized Work: The Final Frontier – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2DThZp – on the present/future of telecommuting #
Online Degree Program Regulation Woes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3u7G7p #
Believing in God and Evolution – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/26RW9o – Origin of the Species on secular campuses #
New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2TjNRh #
New book offers lessons from writing teacher Don Murray | SeacoastOnline.com http://bit.ly/1K2PA9 #
Study Finds Preschool Use of Educational Video and Games Prepares Low-Income Children for Kindergarten | Reuters http://bit.ly/2sdBQY #
Group's efforts putting emphasis on writing | The News-Gazette.com: http://bit.ly/1OWyKF #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-13

October 13, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Border Dispute – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cPcpf #
Stimulus for Humanities Job Market – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/VO3dU #
Correcting a Style Guide – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4cYa6a #
In Search of Evidence, and Acceptance – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/e7AmC – on for-profit unis: exploitation or access? #
From SMCEDU: 5 Steps to Make the Social Web Work for Higher Ed | ReadWriteWeb | http://bit.ly/y7w0J #
18 and Under – Texting, Surfing, Studying? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2WaIhE #
Officials at GWU Are Ranked 'Most Active' for Twitter Use – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/O63cj #
Teacher buys iPod Touches for English class | The Journal News http://bit.ly/M9baD #
Digital reading technology makes its way into UW-Madison classrooms | UW-Madison News | http://bit.ly/ADPxY #
How Community Colleges Can Reach Obama's Goals – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/15uwMd #commentary #
Facebook 'cuts college student drop-outs' | BBC NEWS | http://bit.ly/Nw5kc #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-12

October 12, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Writing about sexism in the free & open source software community – Linux Magazine Online http://bit.ly/Zyile (via Sheri Graner Ray on FB) #
The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman & The Yellow Wall-Paper | NLM | http://bit.ly/3AwcY3 (via Scout Report) #
Why Email No Longer Rules… And what that means for the way we communicate – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/1VvBl #
Dual-enrollment offers leg up | Omaha World-Herald | http://bit.ly/1nVAV8 #
UC Berkeley students stage library sit-in | San Francisco Chronicle | http://bit.ly/2rCi2c #
Whose Metrics? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/ZdZ88 – what stakeholders want may not be what educators need to measure #
News: Reforming the Humanities Ph.D. – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/vvVuW #
Barnes & Noble E-Reader Could Come Oct. 20 With Lending Options – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/AjHcv #
In Today's Viral World, Who Keeps a Civil Tongue? – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/eStFI #
Replacing ‘For Rent’ Signs With Art – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/12nM2b – maybe we could start pop-up writing centers :-) #
Writing Center to Celebrate National Day of Writing | Woodlands Online http://bit.ly/C9DZk #
Doing well, doing good and grammar http://bit.ly/17SI6w #commentary #
IPods become learning tools at Shady Hills Elementary – St. Petersburg Times http://bit.ly/zRMzE #
Caught in the college arms race, students and parents pay more and more | Penn State News http://bit.ly/3sCKC #
Countdown to college: Essay fright? Skip cliched topics, be creative – Merced Sun-Star http://bit.ly/AvABc #
Social-media sites on Web find niche in college classes | http://www.azstarnet.com | http://bit.ly/mz7oF #
Teaching Students to Sift Mountains of Data – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1cA8T9 #
Obama Becomes Japan’s English Teacher – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/sTy27 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-11

October 11, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Who Is on the Other End of Facebook? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3b9qvt #
Community-College Leaders Hear Praise and Challenge From Schwarzenegger – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/LVbkn #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-10

October 10, 2009 by Traci Gardner

The Uneducated American – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/pEQQV #editorial #
Great Article on Insidious Pedagogy – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/OKDWo #blackboard #
Remediation Worries and Successes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3PIudf #
The Social Media Maze – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aK71B #
Students set world record for reading | Standard | http://bit.ly/3ecgWf #
Effective Essay Writing | NewsDay | http://bit.ly/2uDsK #
How I got around writer's block in this week's NCTE Inbox Blog post: http://bit.ly/yIY0Z #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-08

October 8, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Tired of APA and MLA? Try The Canadian Style Guide at http://bit.ly/1a4FX1 (via @grammargirl) #
Does Effort Count? See why I've changed my answer to that question. Read my latest Bits Post: http://bit.ly/1Cumaj #
Hispanic students aspire to higher education but face barriers – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/H4eZX #
Hey, kids! Hate school? Don't tell Facebook! – Technotica- msnbc.com http://bit.ly/d9JzH #
Letting Go in the Classroom | Edutopia http://bit.ly/1hidJ0 – on constructivist teaching #
The evolving face of social networks | The Guardian http://bit.ly/3H1JXG – applying evolutionary graph theory to social networking #
Where the wonder goes – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/16gC63 – Review of Where the Wild Things Are movie #
Will Work for Beer – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/21fSKG – cliche of student working to pay tuition and getting lower grades a fiction #
Herta MÃ¼ller Wins the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/Arcz3 #
The Wise Guide : A Spirited Story | Library of Congress | http://bit.ly/4zHxKE – on ghost stories as folk tales #
The Wise Guide : Why Can't the English? | Library of Congress | http://bit.ly/3Rxmtl #
Proposed National Academic Standards Sidestep Debate – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/3G2Lrb #
How to Provide Parental Guidance on Web Video for Children – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/46WHw #
Poll finds most annoying word – ‘whatever’ – Life- msnbc.com http://bit.ly/ooGRj (via @grammargirl) #
Short Outbursts on Twitter? #Big Problem – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/JLBkm (via @dancingdivala ) #
100 ways to find out you've just won a Nobel | ABS-CBN News Online Beta http://bit.ly/eFn7n #