November | 2009 | pedablogical

@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-18

November 18, 2009 by Traci Gardner

The Creator of Wikipedia Turns to Education Videos – Curriculum Matters – Education Week http://bit.ly/5Pnyr #
Career Advice: Be a Tech-Aware Adjunct – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1W9nHf #
Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it | The Associated Press: http://bit.ly/1Mkypj #
Defining Accountability – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/DGqPd #
'The College Fear Factor' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1He9M6 #
‘Writing in the Digital Age’ & Former Poet Laureate Headline NWP Annual Meeting – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/1ZcCoh #
Academe and the Decline of News Media – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1EyKdt #
New Web Site Makes Internet Time Traveling Easier – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1mlunH #
'USA Today' Pushes Digital Editions on College Campuses – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3kQyf6 #
The SAT, on the Mic – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3SpGxz – SAT Rap Song #
The Unfriendliest Cut of All – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3VoFsA – Word of the Year and those the didn't make the cut #
Conference Humiliation: They're Tweeting Behind Your Back – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/37wCCL #
Fairport battles gender gap with all-girls tech program | Democrat and Chronicle http://bit.ly/jjhVM #
Boost for Liberal Arts Technology? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4FPTiI #
Is Facebook Getting Uncool for 18-24s? | AdWeek http://bit.ly/4B8z4c #
Elementary Students Learn To Twitter | digtriad.com | Triad, NC | http://bit.ly/3ul6Zs #
Twitter and the learning technology stream – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/eIujV #
The Part-Time Impact – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4vnpHz #
Non-Communication Association? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2BcT14 #
Academic pushes for comics in the classroom | Vancouver Sun http://bit.ly/3DEOV0 #
What the next big thing is in adolescent lit | WashPost | http://bit.ly/3LbddA #jimblasingame #
PowerPoint Studies – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4r6Z1P #
A Win for the Stacks – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1VvTXq #
30-Minute Chat to Tenure – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/gIcwN #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-17

November 17, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Finding the laws that govern us – Official Google Blog: http://bit.ly/44CGqh –legal opinions added to Google Scholar #
Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend : OUPblog – http://bit.ly/16SsSI #
On Web Typography – A List Apart: http://bit.ly/33ZHtU #
Library in a Pocket – Choosing the Small Screen of a Smartphone for E-Reading – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/126oUG #
The Argument for Free Classes via iTunes – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2G74g5 #
YouTube Direct to Link Media Companies and Consumers’ Video – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2PJwsD #
Obama backs non-censorship; Beijing, apparently, does not – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/2xmj0L #
The Secret to Teaching Literature – NCTE Inbox Blog: http://bit.ly/3zbLjX #
WRITE THIS WAY: IUS, New Albany High School start pilot writing program for teens – The News and Tribune – http://bit.ly/FB8sT #
California Student Newspaper Becomes Teaching Tool For Swiss Students – KERO Bakersfield http://bit.ly/4GySSx #
Med Schools Quizzed on Medical Ghostwriting – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1iE5CZ #
In Praise of Push: Movie adaptation of Sapphire's 1996 novel opens this Fri but, pls read the book | Baltimore City | http://bit.ly/E6mUQ #
Life.com Chronicles the 20th Century | Edutopia http://bit.ly/3F3KBb #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-16

November 16, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Books + Online Video = Vooks: Watchable, Readable, & Very Cool http://bit.ly/1XqmqR #
Google relents with revised digital books settlement – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/1jibU8 #
The perks of having a book review – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/PaaZl #censorship #wallflower #
Reflections on University Writing | Columbia Spectator | http://bit.ly/2aZAj5 #
Career Advice: A Writing Routine – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1RZ8Yo #
Texting Lingo: Changing kids vocabulary? – WKOW 27: Madison, WI http://bit.ly/1hRuFj #
Teachers focus on technology at camp | Billings Gazette | http://bit.ly/32z2Df #
'Twilight' series helps 7th-grader find passions for reading, supernatural » Knoxville News Sentinel http://bit.ly/tVi7F #
Mixed messages – Educators blame students’ errors on texting lingo| Spokesman.com | Nov 15, 2009 http://bit.ly/4eetFT #
Learning in the Commons – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4wGWSW #
College-Bound Culture | Edutopia http://bit.ly/15kxb #
Getting Over the Hump: What Research Says About Teaching English Learners | Classroom Solutions | Scholastic.com http://bit.ly/4aAQdG #
Girls 'becoming Facebook addicts' | BBC NEWS | UK | Education | http://bit.ly/d9d9C #
More optimistic label for 'at-risk' kids draws skepticism – washingtonpost – http://bit.ly/4jNH71 –switching to 'at-promise' students #
Taking Aim at Student Muckrakers – Illinois Prosecutors Take Aim at the Medill Innocence Project – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2bnhTG #
A Sports Column Written Far From Print, and the Game – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/20rusZ –on writing for/on the Web #
Selling Lesson Plans Online, Teachers Raise Cash and Questions – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/43O34c #
Universities Turn to Consultants to Trim Budgets – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/11bvSU #
The Boss – Michael Chasen Sought to Wire Education Before Dot-Com Boom – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3VIXbG #blackboard #
Author of ‘Me and Orson Welles’ Is a Teacher in Summit – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/14bqTa #

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Does THIS Make Me a Real Blogger?

November 15, 2009 by Traci Gardner

So what makes a writer really a writer? It’s when you believe that you’re a writer. Course having a super important badge that says so also helps, especially if they look at you funny when you try to crash the writer’s parties:

Made this while playing with BigHugeLabs toys and utilities for a Bedford Bits blog entry. :)

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-14

November 14, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Novel will not be banned from Roanoke Co. school libraries – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/33k5Ut #
School board returns banned "Wallflower" to shelves – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/2Evzup #
A Night of Writing Dangerously held at Junior High East – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://bit.ly/4308M9 #
Students Practice Proper Handwriting | MyFoxHouston.com http://bit.ly/3N7ovR #
Teacher Sees All: Student Cheating Now Impossible? – All Tech Considered – NPR http://bit.ly/3SXHO6 #
They Don't Read! – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2IAhcr #
Teaching Through "Twilight" – CBS 7 – http://bit.ly/Ne3Bd #
Love of Charles Dickens' stories never wanes, even 140 years after his death | Arts – http://bit.ly/3Ef5ML #
Review: "The Original of Laura" – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/38w3CS –A novel posthumously constructed from 138 handwritten index cards. #
Writing Center Tutors, technology benefit Eastern Greene students – Greene County Daily World: Story: http://bit.ly/2Yz9iE #
Student skips English class, attends tutoring lab instead – The Ranger San Antonio College – http://bit.ly/1mIQWs #
Midnight classes a solution for some Bunker Hill students – The Daily Free Press – http://bit.ly/3SRelQ #
First Year Experience Program: is it effective? – UW- Eau Claire Campus News http://bit.ly/1bENsi #
Excerpts from Teaching the New Writing – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/1bBc9d #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-13

November 13, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Topics in Chronicling America | Library of Congress http://bit.ly/1yJagp — more than 1 million historic U.S. newspaper pages FREE #
Great writers 'fail' online test | BBC NEWS | UK | Education | http://bit.ly/4kw3x2 #
With Facebook as Alibi, Brooklyn Robbery Charge Is Dropped – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2H2CnL #
Two-Year Colleges, Swamped, No Longer Welcome All – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2QpXMX #
Senate hopes to improve adjunct conditions | The Marquette Tribune http://bit.ly/16QWFO #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-11

November 11, 2009 by Traci Gardner

DRAWN INTO MANGA | AARP Bulletin Today | http://bit.ly/4vMc9L #
New Web site takes the place of your professor | The Daily Illini http://bit.ly/3LzHub #
Choose Your Own Freshman Comp – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3vpAWg #
Cloud Computing in Plain English – Common Craft – http://bit.ly/1Ljrc4 #
Maryland universities defy order to regulate pornography – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/3vNNWz #
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Asks School Paper to 'Tidy Up' Remarks – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/ui7xW #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-10

November 10, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Social media challenges social rules BBC NEWS | Technology | http://bit.ly/46cFAG #
The fall of the Berlin wall in digital media | Media | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/4zyefo #
What's first, the movie or the book? | The Bismarck Tribune | http://bit.ly/2MLJlz #
The internet is killing storytelling | Times Online http://bit.ly/21GRpQ #
Technology in the classroom: What's good; what's not? | Amarillo.com http://bit.ly/48zwMz – Focus on pedagogical goals FTW #
The Old Lie: Dulce et Decorum Est – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1n35J2 – Teaching Veterans and Veterans Day. #
Teaching for Free – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2x7Xy0 UC-Davis faculty asked to give up stipends. #
Threat to Faculty Free Speech – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5tEf7 #
Spoonful of Sugar – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aPcIN – Students given input in spending decisions at UW-Madision. #
What's wrong with 'meep'? It's all in how you say it – SalemNews.com, Salem, MA http://bit.ly/3o7Elf #
Are Too Many Students Going to College? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3HO4Hh #
California Embraces Open Source Digital Textbooks | Edutopia http://bit.ly/3hwTZm #
Book Club Club: Mystery: the quality that keeps us reading – MinnPost – http://bit.ly/1eihqd #
A former tagger searches for a new means of expression — latimes.com http://bit.ly/44RQvV #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-09

November 9, 2009 by Traci Gardner

A New Look for the Public Library’s Lion Logo – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2VAk9P – "Lion sheds its shaggy mane for the digital age" #
So what exactly is college for? | ScrippsNews http://bit.ly/ueyT5 #commentary #
Review of 'Robert Frost: Speaking on Campus' edited by Edward Connery Lathem — latimes.com http://bit.ly/2m9ZRT #
Digital School Library Leaves Book Stacks Behind: NPR http://bit.ly/WWVtM #
Turning Pages transforms old damaged books into works that help kids learn to read | MLive.com http://bit.ly/VMjwv #scrapbooking #mixedmedia #
Students discovering online collaboration | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com http://bit.ly/2SCYYb #
Akron Backs Down on DNA Policy – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2eJiLC #
Fans and Fears of 'Lecture Capture' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2zKkLD #
The Insecurity of Higher Ed Research – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/fhfOC #
Engaged or Confused? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2PAi5o #NSSE #
More Engaged – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1ZfhQB #NSSE #
Gender Bias Bingo – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4sA7SZ #
R u smart? K-12 Schools work toward standardizing high-tech gadgetry | Times Argus Online http://bit.ly/lPqA4 #
Creative mystery writing inspires area students | Dyersburg State Gazette | http://bit.ly/42vrBa (via #WritingProject ) #
An Ethical Question: Does a Nazi Deserve a Place Among Philosophers? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4a4bW7 #MartinHeidegger #
100+ ways to use social media for learning | CLPT | http://bit.ly/2sGS5t #
Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge – Torontoist http://bit.ly/wi9ga (via @gorestsky ) — red ink revenge :) #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-08

November 8, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Are Too Many Students Going to College? – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/43gAWU #
Faculty and Technology Officials Fight Over College Values – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/48Y5Iw #
Continuing Education and Social Networking Combine to Attract Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/2w16YG #
'You Geeks Have to Become Radical Militant Activists' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3Xx5C1 #LawrenceLessig #
Understanding the 'Public' in Public Relations – Run Your Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4gTebv #
Big East Is a Big Loser in Web Accessibility for Disabled People, Study Says – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3AVRmn #
Accused Academic Cyberbully Seeks Dismissal of Case as 'Intellectual Prank' – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/3XKujc #
Gaps in Immigrants' Education Levels Play Into Canada's Edge Over U.S., Researchers Say – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/RP3iA #
Researcher Harpoons the 'Nessie' Survey of Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1V7Yxa #
Woodrow Wilson Elemenatry uses iPods in class to increase reading comprehension | Paragould Daily Press | http://bit.ly/3y3Prv #
High school tries a new way of teaching | Hickory Record | http://bit.ly/4e4bYf #
After 40 years, 'Sesame Street' still stands out, serving as lesson for shows that followed | Dallas Morning News | http://bit.ly/2z9WTl #
College Board eyes textbook prices | The Clarion-Ledger http://bit.ly/oeaFa #