Author: Traci Gardner

Bits Flashback for April 24

I have a weakness for bunny rabbits. I encourage them to visit my yard and exclaim happily when they comply. Not so for the folks at Long Beach City College. Their campus was so overrun with cute, fluffy-tailed bunnies that…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-23

Long Beach City College Gets a Grip on Bunny Surplus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fx2PeX (because it seems seasonal) # Should we care who wrote William Shakespeare's plays? | The Guardian http://hoki.es/fs6tke # myEdu.com Makes It Easy To…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-22

Video Book Trailers (the new book report) | Gainesville Times » http://hoki.es/fIvGTL # App maker: Don't just play on your smartphone—study, too | eCampus News http://hoki.es/eU2POZ # Studies Find 'Easy' Material May Not Be Easy to Learn | Education Week:…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-21

Fake Web Site Pretends to Be Youngstown State U.'s – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fK5nLM # Education Week Teacher: Teaching the iGeneration: It's About Verbs, Not Tools http://hoki.es/eZ8uLa # Mountain Brook schools booting up for e-day…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-20

QuickWire: Desire2Learn Buys Lecture-Capture Platform, ePresence – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/hqTqf0 # A weekly roundup of all the stories posted on "News from Tengrrl" » http://hoki.es/giMwmL # Online Learning: It’s Complicated | KQED MindShift http://hoki.es/dHG7Kn # A Stab…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-19

How many hours do students spend texting every day? | eCampus News http://hoki.es/eZmAzw # Is Online Learning a Disruptive Innovation? | Harvard Education Publishing Group » http://hoki.es/gtT1oy # Five Ways Silicon Valley is Changing Education | KQED MindShift http://hoki.es/e4AegS #…

April 17 to 23 on ReadWriteThink

April is both National Poetry Month and National Humor Month. Celebrate by having students write funny poems and perform them for their classmates. Try using interactive poetry tools, or challenge your students to create a video about their written work…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-18

The Demise of Google Video, and How to Rescue Your Movies | Webmonkey  | Wired.com http://hoki.es/eFEi9n # 2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hbiDbc # Can Technology Save Legal Education? – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education…

I’m Late! Bits Flashback for April 17

I’m late! I’m late for a very important date! No time to say “Hello,” “Goodbye.” I’m late, I’m late, I’m late, I’m late! There’s no way around it. I’m late on posting last week’s summary of posts from Bedford Bits.…