@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-29
March 29, 2010
- Ai, an Unflinching Poetic Channel of Hard Lives, Dies at 62 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aLyUgr #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-27
March 27, 2010
- How Smartphones and Handheld Computers Are Bringing on an Educational Revolution | Fast Company http://bit.ly/aQmPFn #
- Does Wikipedia Suck? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d0rKAC #
- News: 'A Home Elsewhere' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aAFWNZ –on teaching African American literature #
- No Child Left Behind embraces 'college and career readiness' / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com http://bit.ly/d5nMb0 #
- Online Sweethearts – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aZL5CI #
- No Job for Adjunct Who Took a Stand – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9xScf7 #
- Open Courseware in the Liberal Arts – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9s5GUL #
- What Part-Timers Want – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aRZ4uv #
- AdViews: A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials http://bit.ly/boX2CR (via The Scout Report) #
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Propaganda Exhibit http://bit.ly/cbbM4w (via The Scout Report) #
- Tides for Teachers — The Teaching, Images & Digital Experiences website (TIDES) – http://bit.ly/aLnlkv (Via The Scout Report) #
- Are You Ready for the New, Easier Wikipedia? | ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/auCV2x #
- If Entire Books Can Be Sampled, Why Not Songs? | Techdirt http://bit.ly/9FWvKL #
- Translating Dante’s Descent as a Video Game – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aW3w51 #
- Grown-ups helping teen titles flourish | The Columbus Dispatch http://bit.ly/94URho #
- Textual relations–Jasmine's Tech Dos & Don'ts | MP3 Insider – CNET Reviews http://bit.ly/cLLjeG #
- Teaching and technology belong together – NJ.com http://bit.ly/diFMhN #
- College classroom laptop use stirs debate | The Augusta Chronicle http://bit.ly/bIdR6S #
- Wiki Project Aims to Document the World's Public Art – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/b5o9me #
- Students Retain Information in Print-Like Formats Better – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dyhQq3 #
- Campus to Peter Cottontail: Don't Come Hopping Down Our Bunny Trail – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/995Krc #
- American Jeremiad – A Manifesto – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/afKh8F #
- The Impact of Images: Considering the Place of Photojournalism Today – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bwLO5w #
- Children have 'nobody to talk to' | BBC News – http://bit.ly/b5G4Tk "New technology could leave children lonely" #
- How To Use An Apostrophe – The Oatmeal http://bit.ly/cjnnxQ #
- From @TheOnion: Ghost of Anne Frank: 'Stop Reading My Diary' http://onion.com/dtoJwl #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-25
March 25, 2010
- YouTube EDU Finishes Its Freshman Year With 300 University Partners In Tow | CrunchGear http://tcrn.ch/aJI7FW #
- Use Photography Cheat Sheets to Hone Your Photo-fu – Photography – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/cAfTD1 #
- Facebook Affects Student Writing | The Battalion – http://bit.ly/ckeb6q #
- Librarians Answer Reference Questions With Text Messages – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/c1hXoY #
- Augmented Reality – Common Craft – http://bit.ly/b07eQ7 #
- Writer’s Bootcamp: Breaking Writer’s Block – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/ca2Oe6 #
- Wikipedia Pushes for Users to Add Videos – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dj2EOC #
- Writing Project Teachers as Writers and Bloggers – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/crBprW #
- Understanding The National Writing Project – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/bU7LmO #
- Colleges Automate Process of Responding to Copyright-Violation Notifications – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ahELP3 #
- AFT Recommends How to Increase Diversity on the Campus – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9aATM3 #
- Academic-Freedom Advocates Are Handed a Win in Ohio Ruling – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9o3OXy #
- Student Punished for Facebook Group Starts $10-Million Lawsuit – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9kGxoD #
- Adjuncts Are Committed to Teaching, Despite Work Conditions, Survey Finds – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bHpGLk #
- Remix, Reuse, Recombine: Holding a Seminar on Mash-Up Culture – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/d0xvn3 #
- More Universities Accept Common Application – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a21PlX #
- 10 Ways to Promote Writing For an Authentic Audience – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cqusvU #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-13
March 13, 2010
- Men, not ladies, first: we're still sexist in writing | Sify News http://bit.ly/cKoVK5 #
- Alice In Wonderland's Secret Ingredient: Math : NPR http://bit.ly/aQzE45 #
- Ten of the best men writing as women in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/aMIr3R #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-12
March 12, 2010
- Tell Congress to Make the Write Decision – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/9XC5T2 #
- Faculty underreport cheating : The Collegian Online http://bit.ly/cjp5VO #
- Book Review – 'Reality Hunger – A Manifesto,' by David Shields – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b83Dht #
- Updated classic literature | CapeCodOnline.com http://bit.ly/co5XoE (satire/spoof) #
- Students favor blogs over worksheets at Passage Middle School – dailypress.com http://bit.ly/cPfKBA #
- N.C. teacher writes 'loser' on assignments – abc7.com http://bit.ly/bL967T #
- Whose Line is it Anyway? or Teens and Plagiarism Within Creative Works | YALSA » http://bit.ly/aXNOza #
- Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/d47fsX #
- Texas ed board OKs history standards after spat over Tejanos at Alamo | Dallas Morning News | http://bit.ly/c3Xsib #
- WrestleMania Reading Challenge: Superstar Q&A | WWE.com – http://bit.ly/chgsyP #
- Poetry Goes Digital (Rich Nadworny) | Huffington Post http://bit.ly/a1yvbL #
- University of Wyoming studies video games / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com http://bit.ly/9e43rL #
- Student bloggers get a chance to express themselves | NorthJersey.com: http://bit.ly/bPPeEk #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-11
March 11, 2010
- Video games may hurt boys' schoolwork – WTAM 1100 http://bit.ly/ahBKRU #
- 'Don't Hate' Michelle Obama Says, Launching Video Game Health Challenge – Political Punch http://bit.ly/9NdWBj #
- College to charge students for printing | The Ranger San Antonio College – http://bit.ly/dwYjdr #
- How to Google Yourself Effectively and What to Do About It – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/cVAp69 #
- Folklife Resources for Educators (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress) http://bit.ly/dzQ6hI #
- Standing Out on the Job Search – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/bPaWdI #
- Presenting and Attending Conferences – Making the Most Out of Your Experience | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/aZGaHe #
- Teaching the Concept or Teaching a Tool? Or, using Status.net for classroom microblogging – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/cdNVTG #
- Health Care and Student Loan Programs Collide | NYTimes http://nyti.ms/cQXfbb #
- Too Good to Be True? Considering the Reading of Nonfiction in School | New York Times http://nyti.ms/dt8Qac #
- Say what? A parents' guide to UK teenage slang | BBC News – http://bit.ly/9YRbab #
- Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bcz1F6 #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-10
March 10, 2010
- Engaging Students with History: The Power of Slave Narratives | Edutopia http://bit.ly/cbQvja #
- “Winterim” Program Gives Young Pennsylvania Writers Creative Outlet – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/aABypU #NWP #
- Texts for proposed common core standards – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/9bI8C3 #
- Excerpts from National Governors and states proposal on education standards – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/9D6a0v #
- Why Coder Barbie Is Good for Women in Tech | Mashable http://bit.ly/99sPR1 #
- Digital Natives? Naive! – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/aAt925 #
- Many Nations Passing U.S. In Education, Expert Says – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9teymH #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-09
March 9, 2010
- Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees – Monkey See Blog : NPR http://bit.ly/bC47KN (via Debra Navratil on FB) #
- COOLEST College Courses (PHOTOS) | Huffington Post http://bit.ly/a2nnvS (How about Learning from YouTube, or Philosophy and Star Trek?) #
- Moving Toward the Paperless Institute – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/aGKKD8 #NWP #
- The 11 Commandments of Corporate Tweeting | The Big Money http://bit.ly/b5xvIm –Fodder for Prof Comm class discussion? #
- FBI taps Web as most-wanted list turns 60 | Houston Chronicle http://bit.ly/9JCSq8 #
- Online Teaching Advice for Matt Wasowski – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bILSAA (Response to last week's "Switching Sides" article) #
- New Jersey Court Keeps Adjunct's Suit Alive: Quick Takes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cwHA2u #
- The Community College Spinoff – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9ZMOFo #
- Moving to Scale – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9hTQ5S –On the need to "embrace 'transformational change'" #
- Unwelcome 'Help' from the Feds – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/ad0hr7 #
- New Battleground for Publishers – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aR9Gyu #
- Using Discourse Analysis to Improve Classroom Interaction – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/dChgPU #
- Web Standards for E-books | A List Apart: http://bit.ly/aiPZnT #
- The NYT Needs to Learn the Value of the Link — GigaOM http://bit.ly/cB1My0 #
- Will college become a luxury for the few? – CNN.com http://bit.ly/bABcz4 #
- Stop mangling the English language – Spartan Daily | http://bit.ly/b7AKHW #
- The Creepy Treehouse Problem – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/aPWuPq #
- Students irate at Cuccinelli over gay-rights policies – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/bOOdDo #
- Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/8ZjE9V #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-08
March 8, 2010
- Literature for Real – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cpbTCG #
- For the Liberal Arts, Rhetoric Is Not Enough – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cEQOuC –SUBSCRIBER ONLY unfortunately #
- A 'Race to the Top' for Higher Education? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bW4ySP #
- What Darwin's Doubters Get Wrong – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/crmeAF #
- One-Third of Faculty Members See Dip in Their Salaries – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aFZAgV #
- Superman … in My Classroom? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9tjEau #
- DeadHeads and Retweeters: Crowdsourcing Influence – ReadWriteStart http://bit.ly/cD6eJ4 #
- Hey, ‘Friend,’ Do You ‘Like’ My Sad Story? – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/d1PDMr #
- Scrivener, Scrivening, Scriverastic – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/d1CsYY –review and how-to's for Mac word processor Scrivener #
- Canadian University Suspends Student for Anti-Semitic and Hate Blogging – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dCYikL #
- North Carolina State U. Shares Campus History via New Smartphone Service – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cknIXq #
- Who Will Hire Me? Creating 21st-Century R̩sum̩s РThe Learning Network Blog РNYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9PVgpS #
- For international women's day, a photo gallery of women in literature: http://todayspictures.slate.com/20100308/ (from Donna Reiss via FB) #
- On July 1, 2010, CLEP will launch two new exams: College Composition and College Composition Modular | http://bit.ly/aqm122 #
- Tapscott on Changing Pedagogy for the Net Generation | ASCD Inservice: http://bit.ly/9h3ipv #
- Why one-size-fits-all education doesn’t work – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/9zzAB6 #
- The N-Word – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cq2MoU -on the firing of Towson's Allen Zaruba #
- Challenges of Twitter and Plato – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c3f7MN #
- Going Need Blind – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aYI5Iz –Hamilton's decision to ignore financial need in admissions decisions #
- What Now for Student Aid Bill? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a9tvyd #
- Salaries Fell for 32.6% of Faculty – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a2hFtb #
- Second Life's virtual money can become real-life cash – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/94FBzd #
- Schools Matter: The "Teachers Are Built" Non-School of Thought http://bit.ly/d250g5 #
- Save Water-Damaged Books, Docs, and Photos by Putting Them in the Freezer – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/czkpBY #
- Studies show cheating, plagiarism no more prevalent online than in traditional classrooms | Billings Gazette | http://bit.ly/ai1xLn #
- Quiz: Spring in literature | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/d41MWU #
- U of L course sees law through lens of literature | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal http://bit.ly/aalxXi #
- Young adult lit comes of age – latimes.com http://bit.ly/bJeDgt #
- Keeping It Real: Conflict, convention, and Chang-Rae Lee’s "The Surrendered" | The New Yorker http://bit.ly/avVgQ8 #
- What Is a Lecture For, Anyway? – ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/9WKQ8F #
- Writing a garden — Petaluma 360 – http://bit.ly/cvLGTc #
- Student Arrested for Having Fake Dynamite for Theater Class – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/alrIjC #
- Student Accused by Professor of Being FBI Informant Brought Gun to Class for Presentation – Chronicle of Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a8gdQd #
- Keeping it Fresh: Raising Class Energy with Games, Music, & Debate | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/aS3bLF #
- Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights laws – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/dtwavu #
- Why subsidize wealthy college kids? – CNN.com http://bit.ly/c050Sy #
- Class Struggle – Help schools use non-fiction books | The Washington Post http://bit.ly/9Nho60 #
- College Acts to Disregard Fiscal Need in Admissions – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/auZsm5 #
Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-03-07
March 7, 2010
- On The Media: "Search and Destroy" | http://bit.ly/a5SFZv –on China's human-flesh search engine #
- Yearbooks disappearing for the Facebook generation | eCampus News http://bit.ly/arUszV #
- Princeton students, professors give Kindle mixed grades | eCampus News http://bit.ly/cQa6Pk #
- Don’t Overreact to Your Social Media Mistakes | Social Media Today | http://bit.ly/ckoCsE –Useful advice as students engage online #
- How to Keep Your Readers Coming Back to Your Blog | Social Media Examiner http://bit.ly/bTtV64 #
- Switching Sides – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/98dxCY -a technology enthusiast's experience with teaching online #
- Grades on the Rise – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9d3YYc -on grade inflation #
- Different Paths to Full Professor – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cW8q0C –Is great teaching might be as worthy as great research? #
- March on Everywhere! – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bM4oRZ –student activism and protests #
- Generaciones' Narratives | Computers and Composition Digital Press http://bit.ly/cep6r6 #
- Learning “Just in Case” versus “Just in Time” – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/dxoHLI #
- Paper Rater Analyzes and Improves Your Writing – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/ccEd7R #
- Schools left in the dust on social media highway | Zanesville Times Recorder http://bit.ly/ccCn2o #
- Children will learn poetry and monarchs of England by heart under Tory plans | Mail Online http://bit.ly/9abZgL #
- Inspiration vs. Plagiarism | Columns – Student Newspaper of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland – http://bit.ly/9W0Lth #
- Who's still biased? – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/bMVqv5 #
- Sale seeks to keep newspapers in classes http://bit.ly/al6Q6v #
- The lasting popularity of Alice in Wonderland-related products – latimes.com http://bit.ly/ajjTuT #
- Ten of the best bells in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/aqJa9x #
- Is this the end of Holocaust literature? | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/9OLcsK "Should the Holocaust's place in Jewish literature change?" #
- Jews and Animals, A Very Modern Story — Forward.com http://bit.ly/drCtYM (includes discussion of American-Yiddish Children's literature) #
- Nonfiction gains classroom footing | delmarvanow.com | The Daily Times http://bit.ly/dwy0qF #
- 'Harry Potter' tops NEA's book series poll | TheTandD.com | http://bit.ly/dxge3d #
- Digital Rights Management – YALSA » http://bit.ly/cHqrwG ("a comic about why DRM doesn’t work") #
- Attorney General Tells Virginia Colleges to Drop Gay-Rights Protections – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9yG6YC #
- Women's History Month Resources from the Library of Congress – http://bit.ly/aMeBtK #
- The Google Book Search Case: March Madness Edition – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aJv41K #
- Mischievous Law Prof + Texting Students = Media Frenzy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/93FscH #
- Ten Ways to Teach the Oscars – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aob4eI #
- Los Angeles Teachers Suspended Over Role Model Choice – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/crh0ss (Lesson: Don't choose OJ, Rodman, or RuPaul) #
- Sunday Routine – For Rebecca Stead, a Day to Recharge the Brain’s Batteries – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aGaJo6 #
- Building a Better Teacher – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bSBVyQ #
Powered by Twitter Tools