Five Ways to Visually Explore Wikipedia | Free Technology for Teachers: http://hoki.es/mA7Ur7 # Summer Writing | GradHacker http://hoki.es/kAqMWn # Dani Shapiro: On the Death of a Mentor http://hoki.es/k4ixz3 # A World Without English Majors? Why Colleges Should Tell Students About…
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-03
The embarrassment eliminating e-reader | On Our Minds @ Scholastic » http://hoki.es/lIP0ym # Powered by Twitter Tools
Software, Teamwork, & Collaboration
This week in Inside Higher Ed, Joshua Kim asserts, “The world is divided into two types of people: those who prefer Track Changes in Word and those who prefer to write collaboratively in Google Docs.” Kim’s explanation of the two…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-02
Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? http://hoki.es/iPjgWv # Unfinished Book by John Green Hits No. 1, Thanks to Twitter, Tumblr & Other Social Media – WSJ.com http://hoki.es/kHhqzE # New PBS resource could help advance…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-01
Hemingway, Fifty Years Later [Video] http://hoki.es/iEwRQG # “I Hate Twitter, That Piece of Crap”; or, A Warning to Teachers Who Want to Tweet | Unmuzzled Thoughts http://hoki.es/muvOB5 # Writing It Down: 5 Positive Reasons to Journal http://hoki.es/mje6Er # Teaching Carnival…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-30
Sabbatical Diary: What They Are and How to Apply for One – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mbMRPJ # Ever Been Rejected by Poetry Magazine? You're in Very Good Company | PBS NewsHour | PBS http://hoki.es/kdo68Q # Is…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-29
Upgrade Your Photo Chops With ‘Assignment Wired’ | Raw File http://hoki.es/mDC9u3 # Young Adults With Only High-School Diplomas Take Dim View of College, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/kIhCJv # Handling the "No, I'm not off this…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-28
An English professor laments Twitter's effect on his students' writing, a fusion of "slivers" http://nie.mn/iNlmkl RT @ChrisBoese @NiemanLab # The Unintended Humor of Google's New Search Page – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/k7wF5C # Google Introduces Facebook Competitor, Emphasizing Privacy – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/jAcjX4…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-27
The Poetry Society: are things going from bad to verse? | Books | The Guardian http://hoki.es/mfCTo0 # Vintage Ad Sexism « HOW TO BE A RETRONAUT http://hoki.es/krkeJN # 'That's Racist!' How A Serious Accusation Became A Commonplace Quip : Monkey…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-26
Why we spell (on spelling bees for adults) – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/lpvIZy # On the Benefits of Lectures – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/msdMeh # George Orwell’s 1984: A Visual History | Flavorwire » http://hoki.es/mMPXlM #…