Author: Traci Gardner

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-08

I Know What You Read Last Summer – E-Readers and Privacy | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/hXzCvw # When Ebooks Are More (and Less) Cost Effective Than Physical Books | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/ftrNcF # What Would Cleopatra Do? Deriving Life Lessons From…

Orange Cookies

Orange cookies, the eighth of my 25 Cookies of Christmas, are another family recipe, this time my mother’s mother’s recipe. The taste of these cookies always makes me smile—especially that orange frosting. Mmm. Ingredients Cookies 2 cups sugar 1 cup…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-07

100 Most Popular Twitter Apps – oneforty http://hoki.es/dTBVVS # Digital Comments in Microsoft Word | Classroom Solutions http://hoki.es/eJdTee # Google Enters the E-Book Market at Last – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/euifLh # MPAA Sends Letter…

No-Bake Candy Cups

I learned the fun of candy making several years ago, when I took a Wilton candymaking class at the local Michael’s. Wilton Candy Melts make it easy to create simple candy and bark with nothing but a microwave. Here’s one…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-06

Discover more than 3 million Google eBooks from your choice of booksellers and devices | Official Google Blog: http://hoki.es/ffJkuX # Google EBooks set to launch Monday morning : The Technology Chronicles http://hoki.es/go3NZT # Thanks for the retweets to @skajder @DavidVibert…

Original Girl Scout Cookies

In the early days, Girl Scouts raised money by baking and selling cookies—a sugar, shortbread cookie usually cut in the shape of a trefoil. Today there are two bakeries that supply all the cookies that are sold by Girl Scouts…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-05

Teacher Evaluations May Get a Video Assist – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hIhibi # 5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2011 — THE Journal http://hoki.es/dKwj1f # The Power of Literature Circles in the Classroom | Edutopia http://hoki.es/flhxAL # Advocacy Group Sues U. of Minnesota…

Blueberry Oat Bars

My mother loves blueberries. She starts nearly every day with a blueberry bagel smothered in blueberry preserves. When I found this simple recipe for blueberry cookies, I was pretty sure I found a new cookie she’d love. Blueberry Oat Bars…

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-04

Graduate Deans: Do You Know Where Your Alumni Are? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gdi6c8 # Victorian Literature, Statistically Analyzed With New Process – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/hWDH1S # College Students Admit To "Shocking" Text Messaging Habits in Class | ReadWriteWeb…

Ethel’s Sugar Cookies

I have no idea who Ethel is, but these are the sugar cookie against which all others are measured. A recipe from my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook, these are the cookies she made for every occasion when we were younger.…