July | 2014 | pedablogical

@newsfromtengrrl for 2014-07-30

July 31, 2014 by Traci Gardner

Back to School: Preparing for Day One | Edutopia http://t.co/7bzzYTtTn0 ->
Accessing Multimedia Using QR Codes | Edutopia http://t.co/QrVYhgmgLF ->
Creating Learning Environments | Edutopia http://t.co/FtEs5w0jh5 ->
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding | Edutopia http://t.co/xbGxOVEs0R ->
Essay on mistakes humanities faculty members make in seeking to be published @insidehighered http://t.co/vjKWrssHnZ ->
A Little TMI about a Vacation | Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition » http://t.co/a033djdkf0 ->
The Business of Lesson Plans | Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. http://t.co/JxwPdjhSCa ->
Outstanding in Your Field: What It Takes to Be a Great Teacher | Edutopia http://t.co/VxbVoNDcmO ->
9 Ways to Plan Transformational Lessons: Planning the Best Curriculum Unit Ever | Edutopia http://t.co/XSFWdAGVIq ->
A Focus on Specific Dropouts Can Help Colleges Raise Completion Rates – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/FBT1EUmkC8 ->

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July 30, 2014 by Traci Gardner

4 Big Things Transformational Teachers Do | Edutopia http://t.co/pazUml1Ywf ->
Peter Mendelsund, Book Designer, Debuts as a Writer – NYTimes http://t.co/uT6G64BETt ->
Getting the Most from a MOOC | Higher Ed Beta @insidehighered http://t.co/KPceCGzZvl ->
Hands-On and Student-Centered: Subverting the Typical College Experience | MindShift http://t.co/G5m4HRjcuK ->
A Game A Day at HILT — ProfHacker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Qm4d7JbypK ->

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July 29, 2014 by Traci Gardner

25 Alternatives to Using the Word “Great” http://t.co/uSNtDQQIdP ->
Study: Adjuncts at Risk for Anxiety, Depression @insidehighered http://t.co/7Zr6MW5xTd ->
Pitts: Selfies in Auschwitz – and why it’s wrong – Roanoke Times: http://t.co/TWERXr2pgp ->
Changing the Ph.D.: a Tilt Toward Teaching – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/t53yGn7L1z ->
Selfie-Love – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/tiuIhXnYGl ->

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July 27, 2014 by Traci Gardner

Andrea Lunsford describes her travel and the teaching she is doing in her post, Bread Loaf Anyone? — http://t.co/bb7uPvUsaJ ->

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July 26, 2014 by Traci Gardner

How Questions Promote Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Learning Across Subject Areas | Edutopia http://t.co/JyeTmlXs8G ->
Doubling Down on the Exploitation of Adjunct Faculty | The Academe Blog http://t.co/boMI1tttwT ->
Teachers: Five Ways to Ease Back into School | Edutopia http://t.co/9AMYn4z3pv ->
Can MOOCs Motivate Personal Change? | Higher Ed Beta @insidehighered http://t.co/AhvfH0nhQS ->
Higher ed should create an alternative to ABD status (essay) @insidehighered http://t.co/t7xI84yusv ->
Bill Gates on Higher Ed / Outsourced Adjuncts: This Week on 'This Week @ Inside Higher Ed' @insidehighered http://t.co/EtusEWF6ha ->
Let's differentiate between 'competency' and 'mastery' in higher ed (essay) @insidehighered http://t.co/Sd9NQhRgRZ ->
How to Stop "Saving" the English Major | http://t.co/2JHLVjlv1Q ->
Why I Record my Conference Presentations — ProfHacker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/nIHUQSu5Sh ->
What Happens When School Design Looks Like Game Design | MindShift http://t.co/XD2kWcgsxI ->
Facebook and the New World Order | Law, Policy — and IT? @insidehighered http://t.co/aKJwdbvuuO ->

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July 25, 2014 by Traci Gardner

Students Experience Publishing Process at Writing Project Summer Camp – National Writing Project http://t.co/8dhmuio1su ->
Nonprofit Formed at Northern Virginia Writing Project Hosts Summer Workshops – National Writing Project http://t.co/C7MP60cpe4 ->
What’s in an Ed-Tech Name? Here’s All U Need 2GnÅ — Wired Campus – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/18EsJ4WbML ->
Intensive advising programs can alter students' college paths @insidehighered http://t.co/7M52ImlaLc ->
Valid Pronoun-Ambiguity Warnings — Lingua Franca – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/YJEoYk3OTy ->

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July 24, 2014 by Traci Gardner

Trip Report Assignments | Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition » http://t.co/P6FBS9aHa9 ->

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July 23, 2014 by Traci Gardner

Higher education urged to play more of a role in Common Core @insidehighered http://t.co/o5KBvLUuFK ->
Can MOOCs Motivate Personal Change? | Higher Ed Beta @insidehighered http://t.co/yXGvaUby3M ->
When It Comes to Fiction About National Tragedy, How Soon Is Too Soon? – NYTimes http://t.co/ocH2ApRAqu ->
4 Tips for Flipped Learning | Edutopia http://t.co/id8SB9tVTG ->
Colleges Must Help Further the Goals of Common Core Standards, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/b5qKK6aX2b ->
A (slightly) more nuanced Bill Gates offers vision of higher education @insidehighered http://t.co/EnGDzvQtET ->
The DIY World of Maker Tools and Their Uses | Edutopia http://t.co/8adSczdVUj ->
10 Self-Evaluation Tips for Technology Instructional Specialists | Edutopia http://t.co/Y6dQCX8SYw ->
Bill Gates Talks Performance Funding and MOOCs in Conference Keynote — The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/XuqrEONEJS ->
From the Archives: Creating Syllabi — ProfHacker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/rNtN2wdw3X ->
The Myth of Having Summers Off | Edutopia http://t.co/9UnOKEoyFN ->

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July 22, 2014 by Traci Gardner

When Defending Your Writing Becomes Defending Yourself | KPBS http://t.co/ExWXBKMKpv ->
Mooc Technology May "Destroy" MBA Programs And Cut Faculty By A Third | BusinessBecause http://t.co/vNryYxriql ->
Is the developing world ‘MOOC’d out’? | Al Jazeera America http://t.co/ZMdHCnvmrT ->
New York Times Critic Finds Harper Lee's Burger King Salad Habit "Sad" http://t.co/Ni8JOpUxMe ->
Why college remediation needs to be overhauled – The Washington Post http://t.co/JTGSxfwwot ->
Literature, Ethics, Physics: It’s All In Video Games At This Norwegian School | MindShift http://t.co/mmym7iULJy ->
What Writers Can Learn From 'Goodnight Moon' – NYTimes http://t.co/S0PXnTc8bk ->
Study: MOOC content in traditional courses is viable, if inflexible @insidehighered http://t.co/ZjZUuNRr2D ->
People Over Pedagogy – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/7G3i5W1NSt ->
To Fight Grade Inflation in the Humanities, Add Context – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/n8aN6LtWMo ->

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July 21, 2014 by Traci Gardner

A Classroom Leaves the Syllabus to the Students – NYTimes http://t.co/M01rrMA2C8 ->
How the Maker Movement Is Moving into Classrooms | Edutopia http://t.co/Ya5e2Uvsnn ->
Five-Minute Film Festival: Classroom Makeovers to Engage Learners | Edutopia http://t.co/iAhL3mtj3P ->
How to Start a Great Writing Center | Edutopia http://t.co/N0ceVFJhSg ->

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