August | 2011 | pedablogical

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-22

August 22, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Zines: Pop-Tarts of Literature – ABC Southern Queensland – Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://t.co/7W9wsK9 #
Will ‘Twilight’ spark interest in literature? NSU hopes so | HoumaToday.com http://t.co/KNJkwil #
Try Splicd to Share Just a Portion of a Video http://t.co/1bx1JbX #
Listening with Twitter | Michael Ullyot http://t.co/SvHH5ny #
Weekend Reading: Creative Syllabuses Wanted Edition | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/zdkhCbP #
Amazon’s Cloud Reader | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/eRALRKP #
The Writing Centers Daily: A Paper.li Round-up of Links http://t.co/GpPNh1B #
Caught Cheating: New Ways Kids Are Breaking the Rules http://t.co/7R7f1ee #
Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching | Education Week Teacher: http://t.co/615ZTFp #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-21

August 21, 2011 by Traci Gardner

As Textbook Formats Multiply, New Services Help Students Compare Options | The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/GZdDIPf #
Using a Blog in an Independent Study | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/UDprw37 #
Another Thing to Sort of Pin on David Foster Wallace – NYTimes.com http://t.co/EKin4p7 #

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Historical Shot Tower

August 20, 2011 by Traci Gardner

We drove back from Charlotte today, and I’m a bit behind on the work from the days off. I’ll upload more images in a day or two, but for now, here’s the historical shot town, near Fort Chiswell, Virginia. It’s 150 feet tall with another 150 feet below ground. More details soon.

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-19

August 19, 2011 by Traci Gardner

The State of Digital Education Infographic – #edtech #edutech #edchat http://t.co/ez2xV1g #
Get Your Papers Proofread For Free on Kibin – HackCollege – Student-Powered Lifehacking http://t.co/9Fl2dA7 #
What University Facebook Pages Mean for Students – HackCollege – Student-Powered Lifehacking http://t.co/XcdFIjC #
How to Write Effective Driving Questions for Project-Based Learning | Edutopia http://t.co/0iuQbgo #
Naming Conventions: Good for Faculty and Students Alike | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/o9Xgqzn #
How to Persuade—With Ethos, Pathos, or Logos? | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/O2idzFl #
Court Says Publishers’ Settlement Was Unfair to Writers – NYTimes.com http://t.co/Zn4RfFU #
Brooklyn Takes a Bow as a Town of Writers: ‘Literary Brooklyn,’ by Evan Hughes, Makes a Sidekick a Star – NYTimes.com http://t.co/zetWHyL #
Women Value Higher Education More Highly Than Men Do, Survey Finds – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/UL0yexR #
Career Advice from Tina Fey | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/VilbUA3 #
9 Free eBooks, including I’m an English Major–Now What? | WritersDigest.com http://t.co/Vj97eDZ #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-18

August 18, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Improving Online Success – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/DKPCHCS #
What’s in a Name? When writing programs hire marquee authors, do students benefit – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/yQTk0l0 #
The Futility of Ranking Academic Journals | WorldWise – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/0OEGYw0 #
The Most Anticipated Tech Tools of Back-to-School 2011 | MindShift http://t.co/8UCqRKg #
Not Fade Away: Ten years after 9/11, how do you teach kids about a tragedy they can’t remember? http://t.co/5h4TbFh #
Create a YouTube Video for Banned Books Week http://t.co/GkT8upG #
Wonder Boy: If you loved ‘Hugo Cabret,’ wait till you see Brian Selznick’s new novel http://t.co/LZj76Ks #
MediaShift . Twitter Interview Requests: #Innovative or #Epicfail | PBS http://t.co/ed6rTiH #
Doing Research With Undergraduates – (on independent study) – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/QCcKYIM #
Google, Motorola, and Education – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/DGcFK4B #
Heavy Streams (Cornell's Bandwidth Limits) – Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/2M1cxEa #
Kill Shakespeare’s Final Showdown Is Just the Start | Underwire | Wired.com http://t.co/zvmJ1sg #
Special Issue CFW for Kairos: Multimodal Research Within/Across/Without Borders | Kairosnews http://t.co/7ohFyNK #
Kairos 16.1–Undeâ€‹rgraduate Scholars in Writing and Rhetoric–â€‹now available | Kairosnews http://t.co/LZJuPhB #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-17

August 17, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Newest Presidential Contender Has Strong Views on Higher Education | The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/fbfRRny #
QuickWire: MIT to Open Center on ‘Mobile Learning,’ With Google’s Backing | The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/q4buX2m #
Cornell U. Student Leads Petition Against Bandwidth Cap | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/H5e521K #
Fixing a Syllabus | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/lZ7hGB3 #
Why Checklists Work | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/WbV0ntM #
Kindle.Amazon.Com: Social Kindling | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/fIWr85c #
New York Laundromat Doubles As English Classroom : NPR http://t.co/21plMIm #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-16

August 16, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Do Them No Favors, Tell Them No Lies – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/sHudd0E #
How Developmental Delay Holds Students Back – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/ge22Vwj #
Toward a Rational Response to Plagiarism – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/IBO2XEx #
Administration 101: Program Evaluation and Recommendation – Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/ULEvlj6 #
How Do You Define an Academic? – University of Venus – Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/h5vdEbB #
Beauty Pays – Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/VO7epVf – The writer asks, "Does beauty affect outcomes in academe?" #
The Footnote (on limiting the free speech rights of public employees) Judges Ignore – Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/b1gh9WN #
The perfect tshirt to wear on the day you're talking about evaluating your sources: University Wikipedius – Shirt.Woot http://t.co/8OEe1g3 #
Writers Writing about Writing and Reading | Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition » http://t.co/rJBCfUl #
Ten reasons why Google can't replace learning | SCIS » http://t.co/pZKR4d0 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-15

August 15, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Why you’ll never find the ‘perfect’ time to write | Ragan's PR Daily » http://t.co/VekvqHt #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-13

August 13, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Oral Histories: Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust from the Wisconsin Historical Society http://t.co/JznVqr8 /via The Scout Report #
New web-search formulas have huge implications for students and society | News | eClassroom News http://t.co/AN3FYD1 #
Anti-Mormon? Sherlock Holmes yanked from reading list | The Hook – http://t.co/I3dkicQ #censorship #
Snoozerr: the Lazy App that Could Hurt Your Grades – HackCollege – http://t.co/0njLrcT #
Three Ways of Writing for a Digital Age | HASTAC http://t.co/4AxdseK #
Going Paperless from Day One: Digital Academic Workflow for Grads | GradHacker http://t.co/P9FhJ0o #
Why Would a Teacher Want to “Friend” a Student on Facebook? | Hack Education http://t.co/hLGehGy #
Regrets of a Semiprofessional Harry Potterphile – NYTimes.com http://t.co/aD0cZlg #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-12

August 12, 2011 by Traci Gardner

College Websites – Confessions of a Community College Dean – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/n660bg #
Mozilla’s Open Badges Project: A New Way to Recognize Learning | MindShift http://hoki.es/q4GBcE #
When we shield kids from scary stories, who are we really trying to protect? – Boston.com http://hoki.es/riZSVL #
On Lecture Capture and Course Quality – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/oOR9mq #
An Incident of Road Rage on the Information Highway – Library Babel Fish – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/oIthrZ #
Views: Precision First – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/nRG2yF (the importance of precision in writing) #
Pseudo-teaching: If it "looks" like good teaching, is it? – THE DAILY RIFF http://hoki.es/o2T8UN #
Kno eTextbook Store Now Available on Facebook – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/oSntyv #
Reinventing Education One Tweet at a Time | Edutopia http://hoki.es/ptSb6l #
YouTube & Fair Use (Part II) | viz. http://hoki.es/ou3OQR #
‘The Edupunks Guide’ Offers DIY Path to a Credential | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/qtREgu #
All Things Google: Google Scholar Citations | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/rrBBfB #
Reader's Almanac: The 50 Funniest American Writers: Who made the list? http://hoki.es/phkFbD #
APA Style Blog: Punctuating Around Quotation Marks http://hoki.es/qSubDk #

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