You know how you feel when you turn something in just by the deadline, and then a few hours later find something else you wish you could have included? That’s how I feel this week. Just after I published this…
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-20
CollabTech 2010: Keynote: Social Media, Participative Pedagogy, & Digital Literacies by Howard Rheingold http://bit.ly/aXo7mU via @ncarbone # Designing an Image to Represent a Character | Tengrrl.com » http://bit.ly/9JJyzo (spinoffs on Seale's literary tattoo assignment) # Powered by Twitter Tools
Designing an Image to Represent a Character
Tara Seale posted details on a fun visual rhetoric and writing activity she recently used with students on the NCTE Secondary Section Blog. The activity, inspired by a similar task described by Shelbie Witte, asks students to design and explain…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-19
Are video games the answer to college counseling shortage? | eSchoolNews.com http://bit.ly/9PSY9J # Cub Scouts’ Video Game Pin Sending Wrong Message? – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/ceBZJJ # Why Grading Is Part of My Job – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9xpRE0 (op-ed)…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-18
Students at U. of Florida Use Facebook to Find Tutors – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cVomPO # Book Review: Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/cLinQS # Adjunct Who Commented on a…
10 Things You’ll Want To Read This Summer
Whether summer means time to read for fun or to prepare for teaching in the Fall, I bet you’re beginning to gather that reading list. You probably know where to find details on the year’s award-winning children’s and teen books.…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-18
New York State Library Cooperative Can't Sustain Itself, Will Shut Down – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/af7V0X # Open Dictionary Is a More Reliable, Cleaner Urban Dictionary – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/cNwllU # Great Debate: Developing Argumentation Skills – The Learning…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-16
The Twitter Spelling Test Quiz – The Oatmeal http://bit.ly/cyymUI # My Hero, Emily Dickinson, Outlaw of Amherst – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bshTf8 # Area events planned to mark 50th anniversary of 'Mockingbird' | Montgomery Advertiser http://bit.ly/d1BcYV # The worth in writing |…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-15
The Education of Diane Ravitch » Book Review – The Death & Life of the Great American School System | NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/czirn7 # Claudia Ricci: Go to College to Study… Happiness? | Huffington Post » http://huff.to/df3y2q # Is College for…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-14
Ten of the best visits to the cinema | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/dvH8Lc # Taking Back School Reform: A Conversation Between Diane Ravitch and Mike Rose – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/bESugD # International Curriculum Blasted as Anti-American | Education…