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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-30

November 30, 2009 by Traci Gardner

From Web 2.0 to School 2.0: Tales from the Field | Ohio Resource Center AdLIT In Perspective Magazine » http://bit.ly/89fOPO #
The Cure for Twilight | YALSA » http://bit.ly/5bT9NI #
Youth sink teeth into 'Twilight' tales :: Post-Tribune http://bit.ly/85c5VM #
'Twilight' offensive to literature lovers and true writers – The Charleston Gazette – http://bit.ly/6Bojmh #
Mexican Pacheco wins Cervantes literary award (The Associated Press): http://bit.ly/8EtNc4 #
Are Tweets Literature? Rick Moody Thinks They Can Be – Speakeasy – WSJ http://bit.ly/8GC6Rn #
‘Paper mill’ plagiarism leads to suit – The Badger Herald: http://bit.ly/8wWTHI #
Regents' Professor speaks students' language | ASU News http://bit.ly/4V49Qo #
The excellent grammar of Tiger Woods | Michael Tomasky | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/5JzX0j #
Should the National Council of Teachers of English win its own Doublespeak award? http://bit.ly/8mSjbc (via @englishcomp ) #
Multiple Measures:The Next Generation of Testing | Educational Leadership: http://bit.ly/705FdA #
Learning the lessons of the Holocaust | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – http://bit.ly/6U9hVZ #
Traditional children's holiday books — with a twist | StarTribune.com http://bit.ly/4sAUUl #
The Uninsured Adjunct – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6a1NfK –on health care in higher ed #
Access to What? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5DC8SH –on limiting enrollments at community colleges #
Teaching in the Plague Year – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8dalud #
At What Cost? A successful academic faces lifelong debt – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4NZro7 #
Community College, With a Laugh Track – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5hqJQj #
Theatre and Drama in Shakespeare's Age Goes Digital – Media-Newswire.com – http://bit.ly/5qjRbH #
YALSA on MacArthur Foundation's What Kids Learn When They Create w/Digital Media Video – http://bit.ly/4QGamf — #
Too Much Reading? Try Listening Instead – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6DtVqb #
The joy of reading | Odessa American – http://bit.ly/7aDXJI –If you want to get students to read a book, just make it into a movie. #
College-bound students seek teachers' write stuff | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com http://bit.ly/8Pyajm #
Grading Papers Is Hell (But It Doesn’t Have To Be) | The CUNY Advocate – http://bit.ly/4G9Tbu #
High school students share their beliefs – Peoria, IL – pjstar.com http://bit.ly/7qlqUJ #
'My Access' helps students write | StandardNET — http://bit.ly/87cm7A #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-29

November 29, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Neil Gaiman Asks: Heard Any Good Books Lately? : NPR http://bit.ly/73oZne –on audiobooks and reading #
Cartoonist Turns his Pen to Novel Writing in The Charity of Ebenezer Scrooge – Salem-News.Com http://bit.ly/7y876H #
Tricky Math of the Heart – Alice Munro’s ‘Too Much Happiness’ – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7vMQRN #
Helping students reach Grade 13 – The Richmond Register – http://bit.ly/5DCA9R #
Young adult novels create turmoil, challenges at high school – Kentucky.com http://bit.ly/83Mrq5 #
Learning for the sake of learning | StarTribune.com http://bit.ly/7hfeea –Augsburg College non-graded, integrated term course #
It's college essay crunch time at CU-Boulder – Boulder Daily Camera http://bit.ly/76Ciif #
Book Review – 'Yours Ever – People and Their Letters,' by Thomas Mallon – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4xtpdZ #
Montreal Educator Declines Top NCTE Teaching Award | PRLog.org | http://bit.ly/5SpFFk #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-26

November 26, 2009 by Traci Gardner

MacArthur Foundation launches $2 mil grant program to spur new educational uses for digital media | eSchoolNews http://bit.ly/7r1Kir #
'The Cusp of Every Bibliomaniac's Dream' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8RDk2q –on the curious state of 'out of print' books #
Unnatural Enemies – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6Y5Q9g –on protests on the Berkeley campus #
Texting and education | KXNet.com North Dakota News http://bit.ly/4Xcawd #
No Longer a Civil Rights Footnote, Claudette Colvin – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7TzCIH (on National Book Award Winner 4 Young People’s Lit) #
Bloomberg Ties Test Scores to Teacher Tenure – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6Aqfwf #
For exuberant young writers, 10,000 words is an easy goal | Star-Telegram.com http://bit.ly/6R9Bdw #
When to Specialize? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8q0Mk8 –New study reports that waiting may actually result in better career choices. #
The New Writing Pedagogy | District Administrator | http://bit.ly/8Lk4ct #
'Virtual graduation' for students – BBC News – http://bit.ly/6dKUP5 –ceremony to take place in Second Life #
Domestic violence lessons: are they a step too far? – BBC News – http://bit.ly/4G6XTN #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-25

November 25, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Twilight’s Underlying Chastity Message – The Philadelphia Bulletin http://bit.ly/8awhjJ #
Study says teens believe lying and cheating required to succeed | rgj.com | The Reno Gazette-Journal http://bit.ly/6TnOtm #
Giant of literature, Yang Xianyi, dies at 94 http://bit.ly/7mCCFO #
Is Texting Ruining the English Language – KIFI – Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Jackson WY – http://bit.ly/5F9S5j #
Yes, No or Maybe? Social networking issues get discussion at North Marion | Canby Herald | http://bit.ly/4Nx1t2 #
Rutgers introduces courses to explore 'big picture' issues | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com http://bit.ly/4SOlf6 #
The Future of Journalism – The Atlantic – http://bit.ly/891VRN #
Canada Needs National Standard for Its Universities and Colleges, Says Report – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4FzXaN #
Tech Is all the Talk at NCTE – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6qYPWz #
U. of Texas System Signs Up With Password-Streamlining Service – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7Qnupp #
Barnes & Noble Says Nook Reader Is Not Ideal for E-Textbooks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5u9lVF #
Twilight and Abusive Relationships | YALSA » http://bit.ly/5rBAEz #
All Things Google: Lost a paper you wrote? GMail to the rescue! | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/7yVI1m #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-24

November 24, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Maurice Sendak: Call of the Wild -The Independent http://bit.ly/6UZI61 -Truth is that growing up can be painful As its author knows #
Audible.com Thanksgiving FREE Audiobooks Giveaway http://bit.ly/8YooG0 (via @brasst) #
World's first album of Twitter music available now | PhysOrg.com http://bit.ly/8geOz3 #
What the web is teaching our brains – The Independent http://bit.ly/70KCuc #
Facebook friend turns into Big Brother | LaCrosse Tribune | http://bit.ly/8joav9 –police use Facebook photos to find underage drinkers #
Mobile Devices in the Classroom | District Administration | http://bit.ly/8xr6IC #
Ed Tech Outside the U.S. – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5Mo7pA #
Assessing NSSE – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7K11Vb –commentary on student engagement survey #
The Bank of Academic Credit – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8VRvob #
Another Increase for Early Decision – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5BMK6P #
Obama Touts TV and Video Games as Teachers of Math and Science Skills – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5QouHR #
How a Hacker Attack Could Alter the Climate Debate – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/73Mh5x #
Poll: 17 percent of students say they have cheated | The Brown Daily Herald – http://bit.ly/605o4X #
Permit me to praise some teachers who deserve it – AnnArbor.com http://bit.ly/4uFbV7 –Reflections on NCTE Convention & some great teachers #
Two authors' goal is to 'educate' new teachers | Baltimore Sun | http://bit.ly/7tyEdo #
Revised Google Book deal disappoints many | eSchoolNews | http://bit.ly/8MCzyk #
‘Precious’ Ignites a Debate on the Black Narrative – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4Sh0md #
A Slate contest: Can you write like Sarah Palin? – – Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/6uC3VZ #
True poetry fans 'love' Dante's Inferno game | Destructoid – Visceral: http://bit.ly/4sIb1B #
Just so you know – professors know when you plagiarize – U of Georgia – redandblack.com – http://bit.ly/5jrC9V #
National Geographic Channel has a curious brand of grammar — latimes.com http://bit.ly/5b7bS7 #
Specialists work to raise reading skills | The Post and Courier – Charleston SC newspaper http://bit.ly/8sVrTL #
Education Program Targets Overlooked Population: Prisoners | Maine Public Broadcasting | http://bit.ly/6n72fj #
The Challenges of being a New Faculty Member (first semester) | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/7CQxq8 #
Case of the purloined term paper; when work is resold – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/8UubB5 #
Veterans of War Practice Writing About It in N.Y.U. Program – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8QLtLi #creativewriting #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-23

November 23, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Students getting creative with iPod touch at North Rowan High | Salisbury Post http://bit.ly/3x6aTd (via @kathyschrock ) #
Are you a `meformer' or an `informer' on Twitter? – MiamiHerald.com http://bit.ly/5LRHOK #
A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8Sj4Mp #
Putting Local Journalism at the Core of Higher Education | Peter M. Shane on The Huffington Post | http://bit.ly/7iZmCx #
iDevelopment: iPods being used for educational purposes | Montrose Daily Press | http://bit.ly/5arYZr #
White House Pushes Science and Math Education – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7mFxUE #
Texminator Arcade Game Adds Competitive Edge to Texting – Texting – Gizmodo http://bit.ly/8vDWJf #
Where to Start if You Want to Be a Rhodes Scholar – US News and World Report http://bit.ly/4vdpgC #
Alternate-reality games flourish at the grassroots | Geek Gestalt – CNET News http://bit.ly/6JZVIn #
Reading books not on the list | pal-item.com | Palladium-Item http://bit.ly/8litcE #
PLAGIARISM, HIGH AND LOW – University Diaries – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6sMBV9 #
Views: (Skilled) Self-Presentation – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8iOdag — on teaching public speaking and presentation #
Link by Link – I.B.M. Uses Employee-Sourcing for Translation Tool, n.Fluent – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/89bGfJ #
Think inside the box — Times Union – Albany NY : http://bit.ly/65E3Gg –on quarantining student essays to avoid #H1N1 #
The Little Professor: Stardate 2378: A Starfleet Captain challenges a final grade http://bit.ly/4ULAe5 (via ProfHacker.com) #
Shouldn't the evaluating get evaluated? – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/7UDB77 #
'Becoming Americans': Immigrant writing http://bit.ly/5oHHY0 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-22

November 22, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Replicating famous foods from literature : The Tartan Online : http://bit.ly/6ED2wF #
The Grammar “Rules”: Prescription, Description, and the Quest for a Middle Ground | Psychology Today http://bit.ly/62nYuS #
Teacher 'suspended over 9/11 creative writing task' – Telegraph http://bit.ly/5B6V36 #
Teaching With Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7fV2eG #
UCSC police force demonstrators out of Kerr Hall – Santa Cruz Sentinel http://bit.ly/6p1MVD #
Teacher's case raises issues about social media, professionalism | http://www.azstarnet.com ® http://bit.ly/5ELmoz -Fired over Facebook #
Texting infecting writing | Spokesman.com | http://bit.ly/4G62f3 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-21

November 21, 2009 by Traci Gardner

@Play: At libraries, fun and games now the lure – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/8WKYhl #ngd #nationalgamingday #ALA #
Computer Program gives instant feedback to writers http://bit.ly/4RO7P5 #
Visitors see technology in classroom | Salisbury, NC – Salisbury Post http://bit.ly/6S9UyH #
UC Santa Cruz remain barricaded after Berkeley arrests :: WEAR ABC 3 :: http://bit.ly/83f06q #
Students Continue to Protest California Tuition Increases – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8ENJVE #
USC linguist creates an entire alien language for 'Avatar' | Los Angeles Times http://bit.ly/70H30e #
'Memoir – A History,' by Ben Yagoda – Book Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6eH9pp #
Beam me up, Scotty: Klingon-to-English translator iPhone app | L.A. Times http://bit.ly/8WxepU –dictionary, translator & grammar checking #
Three of a kind: Revealing language’s universal essence (PhysOrg.com) http://bit.ly/4Ta07H #
Plagiarism only a minor offence, says university – NZ Herald News http://bit.ly/7KjMX9 #
U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments – Yahoo! News http://bit.ly/4GT2Dw #
In Manhattan, Preparing for Kindergarten Admission Test – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6H1LCl –testing 3 & 4 yo kids. Sigh… #
In a Poetry Event’s Title, Fuel for Debate on a Slur – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5Cp3wo #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-20

November 20, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Friends and Colleagues Search for a Missing Scholar, Philip Agre – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5ShaJV #
Casual Fridays: What makes a good writer, and what motivates them? : Cognitive Daily http://bit.ly/7vlzqg #
Should Teachers Sell Their Class Materials? – Teacher Magazine: http://bit.ly/7Tf6mV #
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Sold Out for the Holidays – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4BL6aq #
Book Review: Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry by Todd Farley – Wash Post http://bit.ly/7IYVmd #
School libraries key in teaching information skills | eSchoolNews http://bit.ly/6ZGHuM #
The Art of the Paragraph | Copyblogger http://bit.ly/4okhqC #
E-mail Is Not a Tool for Revision – Profhacker.com | http://bit.ly/371Ulm #GoogleDocs #
The Supreme Court Database http://bit.ly/2ll1nO (via The Scout Report) –decisions from 1958-2008 & supporting info #
As far as the eye/I can see – Caribbean Art and Visual Culture | http://bit.ly/kVOBD -(via The Scout Report) #
Challenges and Opportunities of the Small Screen – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/xW1MD #
A Defense of the Lecture – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2eIIPK –Is small-group discussion best? #
Doctorate Production Ebbs – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2tvnrm #
A Different Kind of Test – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dzSSf –Students not able to graduate because they were obese as freshmen #
MCC students tell stories of veterans – TimesRepublican.com | http://bit.ly/4jHv1r #
Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3qSobV #
BookJam Bash at NCTE Convention Features 16-year-old Poet Laureate and Award-winning Authors – Yahoo! News http://bit.ly/sJmHE #
Students write novels – AuburnPub.com – http://bit.ly/3qPI88 #
Judge Grants Preliminary Approval to Revised Google Book Settlement – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1Hn24Y #
Children social network in secret says Prof Byron – BBC News – http://bit.ly/3K6BUE #
Is a $26,000 UC education still a deal? | Los Angeles Times http://bit.ly/11W6pJ #
University of California, Crown Jewel of Education, Struggles With Cuts – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1X5GPM #
Lawsuit Alleges Plagiarism by Hartford Courant – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2ZW15V #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-19

November 19, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Is Percy Jackson's mythology too close to Harry Potter's magic? | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times http://bit.ly/3xYA41 #
Reviving the Academic Library – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/47G5AY #
Staffing Up, Part Timers Down – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7PI8x #
Stanford Doctoral Students Can Now Submit Dissertations Online – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/38z9S2 #
Teaching Tool: Blogging a Mass Killing – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1uuPVX #
Tweckling Twitterfolk: Chronicle Readers React to the New World of Twitter Conference Humiliation – CHE – http://bit.ly/1qKl3a #
'The Last.fm for Research Papers' Tops 100,000 Users – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1I1cWK #
Google to Caption YouTube Videos – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3OiV9W #
A posthumous piece of fiction – The Daily Iowan http://bit.ly/tn0yd #Nabokov #novel #TheOriginalofLaura #
Learning’s online fate | Harvard Gazette Online http://bit.ly/4jAbdS #
Teachers discover new ways to ignite love of reading – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://bit.ly/NnADb #kindle #
Teacher Goes From Cell Phone Skeptic to Classroom Evangelist | District Administrator http://bit.ly/2iaOqw #
English teacher offers students some history | APP.com | Asbury Park Press http://bit.ly/3Zz4Aw #
Class Struggle: Term papers are worth the time and trouble – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/Xp4eL #
Researchers’ Financial Interests Often Not Reported to U.S. – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1aoP1A #
Teacher makes reading a wonderland – The News and Tribune – http://bit.ly/37v2ah #
Linguist Dad Teaches His Son Klingon Instead of English | moviefone | http://bit.ly/1ntnSg #
Report Highlights Characteristics of Colleges With High Transfer-Success Rates – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/220vSJ #
Vampire mania: ‘Twilight’ fans thirsty for more from Edward, Bella and the gang – MariettaTimes.com | http://bit.ly/3hTCIC #

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