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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-10

June 10, 2012 by Traci Gardner

Essay-Grading Software, as Teacher’s Aide – Digital Domain – NYTimes – http://t.co/3xpBOTxp #
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics, or What's Really Up With Automated Essay Scoring – http://t.co/MXKLiv0b #
What To Do When Your Work Is Plagiarized – http://t.co/BmpXw3uH #
Many Millennials Don't Have More Than Basic Computer Skills and More – http://t.co/dYscxCE3 #
How to Use Metaphors to Engage and Encourage Readers : @ProBlogger – http://t.co/AiUrQpGY #
Monaco, Known for Its Royals, Can't Find a Poet to Anoint – WSJ – http://t.co/kxw84GmC #
The Narrative Physics of Novels – NYTimes – http://t.co/tDRowsLU #
The Space Age Prophet : Bradbury’s Just-Suppose World – NYTimes – http://t.co/g4GuFwRS #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-09

June 9, 2012 by Traci Gardner

New Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Reflects On South : NPR – http://t.co/igSJmY33 #
Grades and Vocation – http://t.co/f0fQ28JM #
Gaining and maintaining momentum is key to student completion (essay) | Inside Higher Ed – http://t.co/ziDQFXlS #
Five-Minute Film Festival: Game-Based Learning | Edutopia – http://t.co/Z2XlXpkh #
Uncle Ray’s Dystopia – NYTimes – http://t.co/90fhUus8 #
APA Style Blog: Electronic References in APA Style at Your Fingertips – http://t.co/CsKjbwSU #
How Can We Include the Humanities in Free, Open Online Courseware? | HASTAC – http://t.co/aCP0fnWp #
Iowa Writing Project Celebrates 35 Years of Writing Well – National Writing Project – http://t.co/b5hUp2rZ #
Discretion for Me, Not Thee – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/IodYCuFH #
Surviving Writing Comprehensive Exams | GradHacker – http://t.co/yooirmh2 #
Not Quite Bulletproof – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/gRjB2Gj9 #
Managerial Madness: Why Higher Education Has Lost Its Way | The Homeless Adjunct – http://t.co/O3Z6oG3q #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-08

June 8, 2012 by Traci Gardner

The Simplest Way to Write a Unique First Draft : @ProBlogger – http://t.co/kjdD0cOM #
BBC News – How getting social can break down business barriers – http://t.co/8itkfMVJ #
Cheers for the Varsity – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/nLL3j1Lh #
Shakespeare's first theatre discovered in London – Telegraph – http://t.co/nuKedCEB #
Millennials: They Aren’t So Tech Savvy After All – http://goo.gl/S4EMq #
A Teacher Remembers Ray Bradbury – From The Midwest – Open Salon – http://goo.gl/P0SGy #
Putting the "Shop" in Reading Workshop: Building Reading Stamina – National Writing Project – http://t.co/4jPVB6hk #
Natasha Trethewey, Nation's New Poet Laureate: A Southerner To The Core : NPR – http://t.co/kLmMaTEx #
NYPL's Biblion 'Frankenstein': annotating one of literature's greatest monsters | The Verge – http://t.co/UmcQnemu #
Computers Grade Essays Fast … But Not Always Well : NPR – http://t.co/zgZuKreS #
inMemoriam: Ray Bradbury — inReads – http://t.co/Ra1lgYhn #
Blogging a Day Devoted to Summer Reading – NYTimes – http://goo.gl/LYDd1 #
On June 7, Join the Conversation About Summer Reading – NYTimes – http://goo.gl/SWVyQ #
Grad Time: What Makes a Commencement Speech Memorable? | Edutopia – http://t.co/w7mjmMTl #
Track Changes on an iPad with Office2 – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/jbkauAp2 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-07

June 7, 2012 by Traci Gardner

More on the 'However' Myth – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/jCq6Uc5u #
MLA embraces "open access" writer agreements for journals | Inside Higher Ed – http://t.co/RRMdtC0A #
How to Break Out of a Creative Rut | Copyblogger – http://t.co/JJomapAz #
Berners-Lee: World Finally Realizes Web Belongs To No One | Wired Enterprise http://t.co/KfBclCWb #
Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction Master, Dies at 91 – NYTimes – http://t.co/cjx4urp5 #
A Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects | Edutopia – http://t.co/v1weaIPO #
With New Agreement, MLA Journals Shift Copyright to Authors – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/2OvOjjuZ #
Reading Intentionally Online – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/Mr28ajCw #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-06

June 6, 2012 by Traci Gardner

Results! Results? – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/ntnfqi6q #
Not Sure Which Writing App to Use on Your iPhone or iPad? This Chart Compares Them All – http://t.co/eD5mS1EO #
Share Your Summer Reading List — SchoolBook – http://t.co/Ia1B4jh9 #
Huffington Post publishes summaries of student theses | Inside Higher Ed – http://t.co/QYyxy1D7 #
Git a Fork in My Syllabus, It’s Done – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/Y5Nwe0yV #
PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be "Authentic"? | Edutopia – http://t.co/sroURkbH #
Archive Your Tweets with IFTTT – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/KUnaNpzP #
Design. Donuts. DMAC. | DMAC Blog – http://t.co/2ApVHeax (PDF of design principles) #
Why Are Associate Professors Some of the Unhappiest People in Academe? – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/VHXU8zTp #
MLA Journals Adopt New Open-Access-Friendly Author Agreements – http://t.co/iRWpsK9q #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-05

June 5, 2012 by Traci Gardner

Using Words Not Found in the Dictionary – NYTimes – http://t.co/jiZz3iba #
BBC News – E3: Playstation gets augmented reality Harry Potter book – http://t.co/ILBrQJsL #
Anatomy of a Catchphrase – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/QP37Puqx #
MediaShift Idea Lab . Let's Get This Straight: Information vs. Content | PBS – http://t.co/FSXQxKXM #
Style and grammar, or why lots of things aren’t ‘wrong’ | Grammar Monkeys | Wichita Eagle Blogs – http://t.co/BVym7YQQ #
Defenders of the Queen's English Lay Down Their Grammar Arms – The Atlantic Wire – http://t.co/Ja46pjVu #
What I Learned about Writing a Dissertation through the Retreat « UofL Writing Center – http://t.co/Y0GaPbMi #
How to Teach Internet Safety to Younger Elementary Students | Edutopia – http://t.co/NIOz50Cp #
What George Orwell Taught Me About Blogging : @ProBlogger – http://t.co/iPOgdCFy #
Facebook Reportedly Developing Tech to 'Friend' Kids Under 13 | Wired Enterprise http://t.co/JETmPg1v #
Rethinking Privacy in an Era of Big Data – NYTimes – http://t.co/MEwOleRG #
BBC News – Facebook 'may soon allow' under-13s to join the site – http://t.co/H8Ptu95v #
How Can I Learn to Take Criticism Without Taking It Personally? – http://t.co/T90nxXSe –Tips to share before peer review #
How to Keep Track of How Other People Are Using Your Media Online – http://t.co/0Dz4CQZk #
New Social Network for Elementary School Readers Now Available — THE Journal – http://t.co/L8CZREiS #
Will More Prominent Colleges Abandon the SAT? | MindShift – http://t.co/wxdqgPZi #
What Makes Project-Based Learning a Success? | Edutopia – http://t.co/GELZwmcl #
An interview with debut novelist Anna Waggener – http://t.co/7AM0ZGfn #
Teaching Carnival 5.10 – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/q7oVPd12 (includes 3 of my posts!) #
What makes a children’s book great? – http://t.co/bMLUJx7O #
I’m going on an Information Diet | GradHacker – http://t.co/nzOLyut2 #
DRAFT; The Most Comma Mistakes – Op-Ed – NYTimes – http://t.co/RZPDRjg8 #
BBC News – Sexual harassment in the world of video gaming – http://t.co/H5Se0bH9 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-04

June 4, 2012 by Traci Gardner

The Innovative Educator: Looking to create a social media or BYOD policy? Look no further. – http://t.co/gI7hv6nH #
Will Your Citations Pass or Fail? – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/W3tDqAKd #
Former Nursing Students Sue Arizona College That Accused Them of Cheating Online – Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/2Q2ll2xD #
How to Select Classes | HackCollege – http://t.co/VEjwCrNr –possibly useful for course advising #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-03

June 3, 2012 by Traci Gardner

Quick Dos and Don’ts of Filming With a Smart Phone | HackCollege – http://t.co/HGHVd2ZJ #
Composition for Con Artists | Ink’d In Newsletter – http://t.co/oKte32fn (my latest piece!) #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-02

June 2, 2012 by Traci Gardner

Ctrl-F Error Defaces Classic Work of Literature | Observer – http://t.co/jjtBMbzJ #
Myths And Realities About Fair Use | Techdirt – http://t.co/NjI7m0T6 #
Google Blockly Lets Kids Hack With No Keyboard | Wired Enterprise – http://t.co/GUA3aedg #
PBL and Standardized Tests? It Can Work! | Edutopia – http://t.co/GL4mow26 #
Comics as Literature, Part 1: The Usual Suspects | GeekDad | Wired – http://t.co/mnL3bP97 #
A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Famous Authors, Artists and Visionaries – http://t.co/cTHj3pXM #
Can TED Talks Really Work in a Classroom? | MindShift – http://t.co/NPMTwbj1 #
For Young Readers, Print or Digital Books? | MindShift – http://t.co/aFssW5nc #
Social Media Is Changing How We Die and Mourn – http://t.co/MGQd2i97 #
Boost Your Brain Power: 7 Tips for Improving Your Memory « The Secret Yumiverse – http://t.co/JK6qyNHY /via @lifehacker #
The most popular websites students cite and plagiarize | ZDNet – http://t.co/9cZKaeHw #
Your Department Website – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/j505Kpgy #
How Sex Changed James Joyce – http://t.co/zqn4ecuU #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2012-06-01

June 1, 2012 by Traci Gardner

Critical Media Literacy: Close Viewings as Production and Critique | DMLcentral – http://t.co/Gxrnl2fb #
Going Low-Tech to Teach New Literacies | DMLcentral – http://t.co/Dj4F9Iy2 #
Recommended Reads: On What Kids Can Learn, Minecraft, Generation Y | DMLcentral – http://t.co/kess2o7e #
BBC News – Queen's speech: App lets you text like Her Majesty – http://t.co/qgmAo8vm (or like Shakespeare or Dickens) #
U.S. officials try to assuage international educators' concerns on English programs | Inside Higher Ed – http://t.co/ZmPCgp1a #
Ellen Levine, Author of Children’s Books, Dies at 73 – NYTimes – http://t.co/i2tgdck4 #
Google Drive and Docs for Teachers 2012 – http://t.co/q7HcWPDT #
What book made you fall in love with reading as a kid? | The Mommy Files | http://t.co/0gZqt8Ao #
The Comma Sutra – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/9VfjSTOp #
Are literary classics obsolete? – Salon – http://t.co/AD6yOhZP #
Dublin: Literature's Happy Hunting Ground – WSJ – http://t.co/jR2o73HB #
The Words of David Livingstone in Living Color -Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/wQF8lZAg –how scanning recovered the text #
Does spelling even matter anymore? | Detroit Free Press | http://t.co/7kXkqvjW #
Mind-Reading Robot Teachers Head To Class : Discovery News – http://t.co/osZpv1NX #
Clean Up Your Online Identity | HackCollege – http://t.co/zfX0zuUS #
A Tech Expert's Not-So-Secret Sources | Edutopia – http://t.co/D3wLj2kW #
APA Style Blog: A Prescription for Success: How to Cite Product Information in APA Style – http://t.co/d6hpVmxq #
Why Writers Need English Teachers by Carol Jago | Publishing Perspectives – http://t.co/9Zrbd90z #
Teaching Non-Traditional Learners (An interview with Rebecca Skloot) | Edutopia – http://t.co/lZ1ybNO9 #
How and Why to Make Your Digital Publications Matter | DMLcentral – http://t.co/WoHIv65J #
From the Archives: Summertime – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education – http://t.co/lvWFXILf #

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