Wikipedia Is "Making the Grade" With More & More Academics http://hoki.es/msqiXK # How to Arrange Meetings and Share Calendars Online – ReadWriteCloud http://hoki.es/jJ072r # Digital Textbooks Slow to Catch On – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/lhCqSQ # Newspaper Map Delivers and Translates Local…
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-07
Post by Alice Ozma, author of The Reading Promise: My Father & the Books We Shared – Barnes & Noble Book Clubs http://hoki.es/kSssTD # Interview with Alice Ozma, author of The Reading Promise: My Father & the Books We Shared…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-06
School suspends student for refusing to remove personal animation from YouTube – Boing Boing http://hoki.es/jOScdY # Novel Academic Novels – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/j58DAx # Telling It as It Is: On being honest & realistic with students –…
Preventing the Summer Slide: June 6 to June 11 on ReadWriteThink
When learning stops during the summer, students suffer from what is referred to as the summer slide—a loss of ability and knowledge from the close of school in the spring to the reopening in the fall. Take advantage of the…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-05
Brightness Too Visible « Mud, Mambas, Mushrooms… & Machines (A parody of the WSJ on YA lit) » http://hoki.es/lgePx6 /via Paul W. Hankins # Spelling Bee reminds us that some kids still care about the English language | NJ.com http://hoki.es/ijBoa8…
Time for Summer Reading: Bits Flashback for June 5
It’s that time when many of us size up the list of texts we’ve been thinking of all year and choose the few that we’ll try to get through during the all-too-short summer months. If you’re struggling a bit with…
More Important Things to Talk About
As stories of the National Spelling Bee flood the news, I wanted to repost a personal spelling story that originally appeared in the NCTE Inbox blog. It’s a story I carry with me as I respond to the writing of…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-04
6 Free E-Books and Tutorials on HTML5 http://hoki.es/lpaGuV # Invest in a Conversation | DMAC Blog http://hoki.es/j6cigC # When Teachers Talk Out of School – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/iD9UJo # Readings on “Creative Commons and Public Domain” | DMAC Blog http://hoki.es/kMUyW1 #…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-03
Can Literature Make A Better Doctor? : NPR http://hoki.es/iVGPYn # Breaching the digital divide: How could HE better use the internet? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional http://hoki.es/jAaQNv # How Do You Cite an E-Book (e.g., Kindle Book)? |…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-06-02
Digital Writing as Punishment: Man ordered to apologize 100 times on Twitter – Weird News – Canoe.ca http://hoki.es/ioWcZB # Announcing Web Writing Style Guide Version 1.0, an Open Textbook | Kairosnews http://hoki.es/lJUTCI # How to Create an Awesome Summer Reading…