Reading marathons spur interest in classic literature – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/onVBxQ # Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: Studying Creativity in the Age of Web 2.0: An Interview with David Gauntlett http://hoki.es/nJnFtC # The visibility of Wikipedia in scholarly publications…
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-06
Is Wikipedia Losing Editors? http://hoki.es/oMms8C # Avoid These Body Language Postures and Gestures When Giving a Presentation http://hoki.es/q8Nomi # A Guide to Google+ Privacy and Information Control http://hoki.es/raEc7c # Internet spelling tests – Cream Blog http://hoki.es/q61Afx # The State of…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-05
Barbara Cartland stole plots, rival author alleged in furious letters | Books | The Guardian http://hoki.es/mV3NE1 # Plagiarism Plague Hinders China's Scientific Ambition : NPR http://hoki.es/qZSYBD # Responding to William Pannapacker: Humanities grad students strike back. – – Slate Magazine…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-04
How to Avoid Overwriting http://hoki.es/q9SMxQ # Shame in Academic Writing – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/pfR6QS # Encore Episode: Wikipedia’s Co-Founder on Academic Uses, and Limits, of Popular Open Encyclopedia – CHE http://hoki.es/qm51ve # Women in STEM:…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-03
News posts from August 3rd on fair use, open-access journals, blogging, ebooks, and establishing habits.
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-02
Myths About Fair Use – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/pWjlVp # 'The College Writing Toolkit' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/r8tvjx # Teen's social media use inspires others | eSchoolNews.com http://hoki.es/npM5LJ # 14 Free and Simple Digital Media Tools | MindShift http://hoki.es/pYZaUu…
Teaching Students About Headlines, Titles, and Subject Lines
This classroom activity shows students how to write a strong headline, title, or subject line by using Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop site to find attention-grabbing blog titles.
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-08-01
For New Yorker on iPad, Words Are the Thing (New Yorker on iPad Shows Viewers Want to Read) – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ojMC2I # Why Trying to Learn Clear Writing in College is Like Trying to Learn Sobriety in a Bar –…
Award-Winning Sentences
One day, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton sat down and wrote what have become one of the most infamous opening lines of his novel Paul Clifford (1830): “It was a dark and stormy night.” Bulwer-Lytton wrote other memorable lines. He penned “the…
Changing the Workflow to Get More Done
If you show up somewhere with your shirt on backwards, someone usually lets you know. People realize right away that the picture is on the back, the buttons aren’t where they belong, and the shirt just isn’t right. A friend…