A Poetry Critic Asks: Why Bother? : NPR http://hoki.es/e7qqfb # Robert Frost, 1874-1963: Celebrating National Poetry Month with One of America’s Most Famous Poets | http://hoki.es/fSQCkK # MeeGenius Brings Children's E-Books to Multiple Platforms, Including Google TV http://hoki.es/dL0Vqd # How…
Author: Traci Gardner
Ten Ways to Document Your Convention Participation
When you attend a convention, you can gain more than a vita line. You already know that you can learn about the latest research and practices, and you probably value the chance to catch up with colleagues from other schools…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-08
Steal Like an Artist & Relax: Nothing Is Original http://hoki.es/dQ9po4 /so much so Lifehacker posted this last week: http://hoki.es/eEjy7b # Book Review – Beautiful and Pointless – A Guide to Modern Poetry – By David Orr – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hAqooI #…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-07
Lesson Plan | OMG!!! Exploring Slang – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/dVyqxP # Consolidate Your Love of Learning and Gaming with These Brain-Building Video Games http://hoki.es/eQJl57 # To Speak or Not To Speak (prior to a tenure decision) – ProfHacker – The Chronicle…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-06
5 Things a Bad Dog Can Teach You About Writing Good Copy | Copyblogger http://hoki.es/fhiTJf #persuasion # How to Frame and Claim Your Power on Campus | Women in Higher Education http://hoki.es/gOi0nP # Being COMPetitive – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/ifYW9A…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-05
Teachers oversharing on Facebook: 6 cautionary tales – The Week http://hoki.es/fPhbEM # Replacing the Obsolete Classroom with Digital Tutoring | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/gMwpc4 # NH School Acquires Robert Frost's Letters to Pal – ABC News http://hoki.es/haF9vu # Reader's Almanac: Herman…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-04
Google Exodus: A mash-up showing Moses' social media skills | YouTube » http://hoki.es/giXZc8 (Thanks to Risa Gorelick-Ollom for the link) # The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Releases Report Proving Public Media Boosts Early Literacy in Children http://hoki.es/gynzqg # New Issue:…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-04-03
Playing Catch-Up in E-Books – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/gp1vbA # Pay of State University Presidents Holds Steady Despite Cuts – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ezm8Eu # Reader Experts Help Students Bring the Write Stuff – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/g9RDaB # Educating our 'Customers'…
April 3 to 9 on ReadWriteThink
The first days of April always make me think of the Prologue to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, of T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, and of Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d.” So many April poems, it’s little wonder…
Cake! Bits Flashback for April 3
The solution to writer’s block is cake! A round-up of Tips for Fighting Writer’s Block, from the Inside Higher Ed’s University of Venus blog, includes everything from setting rigid deadlines to sitting down for some cake and coffee. Cake may…