Low-income Chicago students to get low-cost broadband – Chicago Sun-Times http://hoki.es/mipD5H # Are picture books dead? – The Washington Post http://hoki.es/iuqhK6 # ASCD Inservice: Cure for the Cameron Diaz http://hoki.es/lu0vR6 # The Goddess of YA Literature – found treasure! THE…
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-31
"I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes" – Lifehacker http://hoki.es/j7OfOk # It’s Not About You: On this year's graduating class by David Brooks – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/lzJS2Q # Pentagon Declares Cyberattack an Act of War http://hoki.es/mzLlfL # What Are Mobile Devices Teaching…
Teaching Spelling Without the Sting: May 31 to June 4 on ReadWriteThink
It’s the time of year when spelling exotic words that you’d never use in day-to-day communication is all the rage. The final rounds of the Scripps Spelling Bee take place, with daily coverage on ESPN. As I wrote in an…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-30
GirlGeeks.org – Online community for women and girls interested in technology http://hoki.es/mwDmDJ # Teaching With Documents from the National Archive » http://hoki.es/k8DBa0 /via The Scout Report # Restoring LBJ’s Original Vision of Affirmative Action – The Chronicle of Higher Education…
Memorial Day: Bits Flashback for May 30
In honor of Memorial Day, I wanted to point back to an entry I wrote last October on writing about photos. The image I used to illustrate it was the one that came to mind when I thought about Memorial…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-29
Literature Loses the Oprah Winfrey Show | Kate Sidley http://hoki.es/jTU8yZ # Report: Over a third of students entering college need remedial help – Chicago Sun-Times http://hoki.es/je0TxA # A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ivMyLr # Texas Novelist…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-28
How Social Media & Game Mechanics Can Motivate Students http://hoki.es/javiWu # Can National Geographic Still Wow Us? On Flipboard, It Can http://hoki.es/jL9p9l # Hangover Tattoo Lawsuit: Can You Copyright Flesh? | Threat Level | Wired.com http://hoki.es/marxGE # How Author Laurie…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-27
Noah Webster’s Obsession & the Creation of an American Culture – Book Review, The Forgotten Founding Father – NYTimes http://hoki.es/jaAq5E # Panel Finds Few Learning Gains From Testing Movement | Education Week: http://hoki.es/mdcXBU # A Technology Integration Matrix with Video…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-26
UC-San Diego Dean Violated Academic Freedom by Suppressing Paper, Faculty Allege – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/moCo3I # Education Department Clarifies E-Reader Accessibility Rules – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/iFL2B3 # Facebook gossip pages vilify…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-05-25
Harold Bloom on the Canon and Creativity – Brainiac http://hoki.es/j8U6RX # Why I rarely write about grammar, punctuation and so on | Ad Astrum http://hoki.es/l4gY8K # The Case–Please Hear Me Out–Against the Em Dash: Modern prose doesn't need any more…