Alyssa Rosenberg wrote about Food in Fiction and How Cooking Brings You Closer to Characters this week in The Atlantic. The article asks readers to think about how cooking and eating the same foods as fictional characters strengthens the connection…
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-25
Why the quality of literature matters – CSMonitor.com http://hoki.es/iZkcUZ # Write stuff: The workshop that shapes American literature – CSMonitor.com http://hoki.es/lwj8fZ (Iowa Writer's Workshop) # Can College Be Homeschooled? | New American » http://hoki.es/l3Rb5a # Read all the comp/rhet &…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-24
Experience Some of ISTE Without Being There | Free Technology for Teachers: http://hoki.es/mODzTZ # New Report Describes How to Cut College Costs Through Greater Efficiencies – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/inmMlN # ‘Selling’ Digital Humanities to your committee |…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-23
#engchat Twitter Chat with Purpose? | Bud the Teacher http://hoki.es/m6afGE # Digital technology changes boundaries of students' free speech rights | Fort Worth Star-Telegram » http://hoki.es/mB0Ssh # The Power of the Backchannel Discussion: Todaysmeet.com | tweenteacher.com » http://hoki.es/lKqHfP # Women…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-22
Are You Ready to Flip? – THE DAILY RIFF – http://hoki.es/mnxOgr (more on Flipped classes) # Monica Edinger: Along Came a Spider: Michael Sims' The Story of Charlotte's Web http://hoki.es/kWhsHL # Show and Tell: Creating Memorable Presentations – University of…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-21
Men With Social Media Savvy Love Their Fast Food :: NPR http://hoki.es/kVm0od # How to Mind Map a text book http://hoki.es/kISZBp # The Internet Archive's Physical Archive: A New Project Playground? http://hoki.es/jy3Rki # Invitation to World Literature http://hoki.es/fKuR5l /via The…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-20
Fostering Student Creativity and Responsibility With Blogging | Edutopia http://hoki.es/m3yvLl # College Board Finds Minority Men Continue to Lag Academically – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/lFnwhb # 2011 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Young Adult Book Award Finalists | ALAN Online http://hoki.es/keMnA1 # Yale to…
The Evolution of Digital Texts: Bits Flashback for June 20
Just published last week, Troy Hicks’ collection on Reading and Writing Transmedia on the National Writing Project’s Digital Is site explores how digital writing is evolving. The collection of texts “primarily authored by Laura Fleming represents one educator’s vision of…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-19
Kindle vs. books: The dead trees society – latimes.com http://hoki.es/lv9cXm # Online courses change face of summer school | cincinnati.com http://hoki.es/kF9iio # Without a reading, book banned in Richland – seattlepi.com http://hoki.es/kNtoAT # The History of Email [INFOGRAPHIC] http://hoki.es/kZEXFu #…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-18
Preserving literature – The National http://hoki.es/msTgbq # 'Dead Media' Never Really Die | PCWorld http://hoki.es/mfQknP # Some readers oppose Twitter as a teaching tool in classrooms – CNN http://hoki.es/jP4U2r # The Perils and Pitfalls of Blogging in College http://hoki.es/mv3c7s #…