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,…
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-24
The 10 best books about being stranded | The Observer http://bit.ly/beyJPO # Hitler’s copyright panzers roll out – Times Online http://bit.ly/cteYS5 # Mark Twain – Faking West, Going East – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9HcM7W # Derek Walcott, Man of Many Voices –…
You’ll Like This Grammar Lesson Alot :)
Yes, I really mean “alot” and not “a lot.” As the website Hyperbole and a Half explains: The Alot is an imaginary creature that I made up to help me deal with my compulsive need to correct other people’s grammar.…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-22
Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything http://bit.ly/aylPXc (via @craniac) # Powered by Twitter Tools
Video Interview of Author Tim O’Brien
If you’re teaching Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, be sure to take a look at Big Think’s video interview with the author. In addition to talking about his novel, O’Brien talks about the process of writing and the role…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-21
Woodbury U. Banned From Second Life, Again – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/91PIuw # Why Mark Twain Still Matters : NPR http://n.pr/cp3KmG # Reading, writing, and iPads | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/21/2010 http://bit.ly/9JSwX3 # The Things…
Helping Readers See Themselves in a Text (NCTE Inbox Blog)
As a young reader, I wanted stories about young girls, about their accomplishments as women, and about the journeys they took from child to adult. I didn’t want to be bothered with stories of boys becoming apprentices, men fighting battles,…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-20
The 10 worst wives and girlfriends in literature | Guyism.com http://bit.ly/chqwUt # 6 Community-College Groups Pledge to Improve Completion Rates – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ajmZmU # Study: Teens prefer texting to talking | Digital Media…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-19
Getting Our Values around Copyright Right (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE http://bit.ly/bnB88a (via Charlie Lowe) # Poster-Street.com – Download and print free posters for school, office or home. http://ow.ly/176ZVz (via RT @clifmims) # White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Twitter:…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-04-18
The Next Page: Post-it Note Fiction | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://bit.ly/cdlkGI # Police Raid JMU's Student Newspaper, Seize Photos – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cIvOIO # On-Line Learning Going Mainstream: Your Pace & On Demand – Ready…