@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-05
May 5, 2010
- Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Here's to all teachers everywhere. Thank you for everything you do. (Please repost!) #
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What Do You Appreciate in a Teacher? (Inbox Blog)
May 4, 2010
This week in the United States is Teacher Appreciation Week, a time set aside each year to honor the hard work that educators do every day in the classroom and beyond.
Take one of the PTA’s Teacher Appreciation Week Polls and let me know what you think are the best characteristics of a good teacher!
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-02
May 2, 2010
- Antisocial Networking? How Does Technology Affect Kids’ Friendships? – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c9vgtx #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-05-01
May 1, 2010
- Ten of the best visions of Heaven in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/944Xgm #
- Students use social network for lessons | North County Times http://bit.ly/9KiORZ #
- Shakespeare: The Question of Authorship – Books About Shakespeare’s Identity by James Shapiro & Others – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/99IS1D #
- Authors Unbound Online – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bKopL1 #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-30
April 30, 2010
- Is Teacher Tenure Still Necessary? : NPR http://n.pr/cBT9xl #
- Educators hope Ning stays affordable | eSchoolNews.com http://bit.ly/cf95Dj #
- Procrastination and Writing | Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aXYHki #
- The Research Trust (Oxford Bibliographies Online) – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9zLPJY #
- Seeking Better Data on Teacher Prep – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/at5XHC #
- Black Students Experience More Online Bias Than Whites – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9E3vox #
- Robert Frost Resources | YourEnglishClassDotCom » http://bit.ly/aXjW9B #
- Teaching Students How to Read Advertising – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a1XORL #
- Cell Phones in the Classroom? Wiffiti Says Yes – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/cwSNK8 #
- To Her, With Love – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9BEwpj (on the value of meeting and studying with your mentors) #
- The Academic Pork Barrel, 2010 – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b6wcrX #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-29
April 29, 2010
- Use the 10/20/30 Rule to Avoid Disastrous PowerPoint Presentations – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/aVmyoI #
- Sign Language Study Helps Explain How Human Brain Learns Language Unlike Any Other Species : University of Rochester http://bit.ly/a0gQmq #
- Book of Odds – Constructing a Language: A Look at Invented Tongues http://bit.ly/bsZMf7 #
- The Chiel – Pondering the pompous | Daily Dispatch Online http://bit.ly/c5w42s (on grammar, diction, politcial correctness) #
- 'Slow Down,' Obama Jokes to The National Teacher of the Year – Political Punch http://bit.ly/9Vw4ER #
- UH Graphic Novel Class: First of its Kind graphic novel class at the university of Houston – KIAH http://bit.ly/dvI63Q #
- 'The Rhetoric of Remediation' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bJqu8X #
- If Libraries Remove Computers, Will Anyone Come? – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aTWaRJ #
- Free Comic Book Day | YALSA » http://bit.ly/dAOsiF #
- Open Courses for Community Colleges – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aYkWmw #
- On the Twitter Patrol – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c9TSxd –on the practice of immediate (and not always kind) feedback #
- Students Denied Social Media Go Through Withdrawal – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bKsKn1 #
- Class Struggle – Explosive book for a new teacher generation http://bit.ly/aW2uUp #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-28
April 28, 2010
- Newbery Winner Gaiman Gives Readers `Instructions' – ABC News http://bit.ly/b9NNBS #
- Texting poetry inspires kids to learn | recordonline.com http://bit.ly/aSFJhu #
- Senator calls on FTC to tackle social-net privacy | The Social – CNET News http://bit.ly/8Xylfj #
- Looking Before They Leap – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9HPBNk –on analyzing potential popularity before approving degree programs #
- Tenure Rates and Faculty Mission – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9EJvDq #
- Fort Bend video-game studies won't be all fun and games | Houston Chronicle http://bit.ly/9SHIDG #
- A Top High School’s Move From a College Campus Prompts Anger – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ckOh8w #
- 1 newspaper + black marker = poetry | The Austin-American Statesman http://bit.ly/b3sY4W #
- After Loss, Turning To Poetry For Grief And Healing : NPR http://n.pr/djSLcF #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-27
April 27, 2010
- Do Kids Read Blogs? New Study Aims to Confuse | ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/b2Rj0Z #
- Online games may not boost brainpower, according to British study | Washington Post | http://bit.ly/9PNvf3 #
- Justices Take Case on Video Game Law – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bfY0V8 #
- Acclaimed novelist Lee shares meticulous writing approach in classroom | Princeton University – http://bit.ly/9gRyEa #
- No "JK," Text Lingo Showing Up on College Term Papers | WPTA-TV, WISE-TV | http://bit.ly/bCh0ux #
- What’s the Difference? Writing to Compare and Contrast – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aBRtYK #
- Found Poem Favorite | ‘A Ball of Yarn Saved Her Life’ – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/acMLnj #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-26
April 26, 2010
- Alan Sillitoe, ‘Angry’ British Author, Dies at 82 – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aY205t #
- Random House Cedes Some E-Rights to Styron Clan – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dgNJs1 #
- Web Site Aims for Searchable Index of Open Courseware – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ba7emZ #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-25
April 25, 2010
- Noticed – College Applicants Hide Behind Facebook Aliases – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cH5U5N #
- More colleges, professors shutting down laptops and other digital distractions http://bit.ly/cI2sew #
- Students use phones to discuss bullying | Tampa Bay Online | http://bit.ly/cr7VyG #
- In plain English, this convention has teachable moments | Duluth News Tribune | http://bit.ly/bjxUv1 #
- Resume-Dressing: Stay ‘Within the Realm of Reality’ – Hire Education – WSJ http://bit.ly/cKcubr #
- Can Messy Be A Sign Of Brilliance? – THE DAILY RIFF – http://bit.ly/cV3UEo #
- 8 Overlooked Elements Every Online Community Should Have – FeverBee – The Online Community Guide http://bit.ly/crt3mz #
- A Corporate Blogging Platform Worth Blogging About http://bit.ly/8YAWFo –composing tool that lights up as you hit pertinent keywords #
- Teaching History With Technology (EdTechTeacher) http://bit.ly/9WVcYY –cd be adapted for literature classes (via The Scout Report) #
- Teaching History With Technology (EdTechTeacher.org) http://bit.ly/9WVcYY –some of the ideas cd easily be adapted for literature classes #
- Students Addicted to Social Media – New UM Study :: University of Maryland Newsdesk, http://bit.ly/aC4DaK #
- USC Doubles Down Online Programs – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9j8s5Q #
- Do Teaching Load Caps Help Adjuncts? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bNNK5o #
- 5 Reasons Readers like Numbers in a Headline | Social Media Today | http://bit.ly/bPZtvz #
- What the Community College Degree Completion Pledge Means – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9B0BH7 #
- Kindle e-reader motivates less-enthusiastic readers | Science Daily http://bit.ly/9apwni #
- How to Judge Community Colleges – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bUhO5z #
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