A pile of papers has slowly taken over my desk. Like a vicious mold, it started with a small bit, and it’s grown larger and larger until it seems like there’s no clear area left. Hidden in this pile I…
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-07
Kindle vs. iPad – Specialist Against Multitasker – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bQTFiJ # Bill Gates Thinks the Web Will Soon Offer the Best College Education | Gizmodo » http://bit.ly/bI1s4Z # Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg – The Letters – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9db52L #…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-06
How to Speak American – Newsweek http://bit.ly/ddXGf3 # Never Gonna Give You Up: YouTube's Path to World Domination [Infographic] | ReadWriteWeb » http://bit.ly/9EbVUt # To Text or Not to Text – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a8Z8Ou # Some Colleges to Test Dual-Screen E-Reader…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-05
Books of the world, stand up and be counted! All 129,864,880 of you. | Inside Google Books: http://bit.ly/8XI2lU # Video Gamers Tackle Protein-Folding Puzzles in Foldit – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bOchdG # Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren't Google Wave) |…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-04
Death by Google? Web Giant Could Challenge Facebook College Students Sound Off – ABC News http://bit.ly/9p1Sk0 # "The Great Typo Hunt": The irresistible allure of bad spelling – Salon.com http://bit.ly/9A5wtR # How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas?…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-03
Digital Humanists Unveil New Blog-to-Book Tool – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9U3UmO # All Things Google: Using Gmail and Google Calendar Offline – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9rIzMb # A Crowded Freshman Class at Iowa –…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-02
The Content Producer’s Copyright Checklist | Problogger » http://bit.ly/9662LK # Tracking What 21st Century Schools Should Teach | ReadWriteWeb » http://bit.ly/bKb2jj # Teaching Shakespeare With The New York Times – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ahikSg # How to Pick the Perfect Typeface |…
BP’s Unintended Lesson on Visual Rhetoric
It’s politically correct to be disappointed with BP and their little oil well problem in the Gulf. But how can I be angry when they provide me with such wonderful gifts? First, BP America digitally enhanced some of their oil…
Easy Supplemental Reading: 100 Best Magazine Articles
No matter what textbook I choose for class, there’s always a class or two where I wish I had a few more readings available. Nothing in the text seems quite right, so I end up searching for something online that…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-01
A Fear That Academics Are Distracted Directors – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bv2PNI # Pretext or just text? | UWIRE http://bit.ly/d9Z8m2 #netlingo # ASCD offers free trial of online-only membership package – ASCD SmartBrief http://bit.ly/dzMBTQ # Five Best Personal Project Management Tools |…