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Author: Traci Gardner
7 Layer Cookies
I first tasted 7-layer cookies, also known as “magic pan cookies,” when I was babysitting at the house across the street. They seemed like the most decadent thing in the world. I was so taken by them that I went…
Turning Blog Posts Into a Book Draft
After thirty days of thinking, sorting, and scribbling, I turned a variety of notes and blog posts into a very rough and informal book draft of 52,967 words. Now as I confessed a month ago, I went about the process…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-02
California Embraces Open Source Digital Textbooks | Edutopia http://hoki.es/3hwTZm # Suit Over 'Unreliable Websites' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/hWT3oA # No Grades for States This Year – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/gzchV5 # Conditions Imposed on Part-Time Adjuncts Threaten Quality of…
Preacher Cookies
Today is my brother-in-law’s birthday, so for the second of my 25 cookies of Christmas, I’m sharing the recipe for his favorite cookies. Each year I make him a batch as part of his Christmas present. The name of these…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-01
Reader's Almanac: Rosa Parks keeps her seat and launches the Civil Rights Movement http://hoki.es/fgJ9ye # Iowa Republicans Find a Tempting Budget Target: Faculty Sabbaticals – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gl3Hr6 # Definition of Writing Shifting, Maine Teacher Says –…
Pumpkin Cookies
I remember walking in my great-grandmother’s home on one of our trips to Pennsylvania and finding her packing up these cookies to give to us. At that point, I thought pumpkins were useful only for pies at Thanksgiving. Little did…
Writing Effective Titles for Your Blog Entries
How do you write a title that makes people want to read your text? That was one of the major lessons of Chris Pirillo University (CPU): Writing for Google, an online seminar I attended last month. The on-demand version of…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-30
Would Mark Twain be Tweeting? | SeacoastOnline.com http://hoki.es/h33cRH # Mark Twain still a giant of literature – St. Petersburg Times http://hoki.es/fDIv9j # Video: Social Media and the Workplace – Explained by Common Craft – http://hoki.es/gdZyqY # Editing Google Docs on…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-29
A Loss for Ward Churchill — and Others? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/eKfY0D # Should Profs Leave Unruly Classes? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/hnhUxq # Defining a Great University – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fLXtgJ # Let the Fall Crunch Countdown…