College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9sM6Ae # Powered by Twitter Tools
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-06
Jack Block, 85, Psychologist Who Studied Children Into Adulthood – Obituary – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a1VEZL # Macmillan Books Return to Amazon After Dispute – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bnm1u3 # Masters of American literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/b3n4aO # Ten of the…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05
In the World of Facebook – The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/cBKJUp # Percy Jackson, a hero with dyslexia? – Telegraph http://bit.ly/9eCbbS # Video Projects, not Video Viewing – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aURnio # The…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05
Is This Headline Clear? Learning About Ambiguity and Clarity From Headlines – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cSywIV # Fun with punctuation | Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bjMzPG (via @danholt) # Mashing not Viewing – IHE http://bit.ly/coXdSl –Is debate about copyright…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05
Is This Headline Clear? Learning About Ambiguity and Clarity From Headlines – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cSywIV # Fun with punctuation | Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bjMzPG (via @danholt) # Mashing not Viewing – IHE http://bit.ly/coXdSl –Is debate about copyright…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-03
'Piracy' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dAgUPb –intellectual property–patent ownership, piracy of university press pubs, & Google Books # Contributions to Colleges Drop 12% – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b2moOt # Why young narrators so often sound phony | Books | guardian.co.uk…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-02
EA's 'Dante's Inferno' and other classic literature we'd like to see as a video game | EW.com http://bit.ly/bCp8Hr # Schools adapt lessons to seize on New Orleans Saints' success | NOLA.com http://bit.ly/9ZVl3P (OK, not college, but the kids are cute…
Why You Should Try Twitter in the Classroom
If you’re even slightly interested in how you might use Twitter in the classroom, take a look at William M. Ferriter’s essay “Why Teachers Should Try Twitter” from Educational Leadership. The article explains, “For educators who use this tool to…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-01
When Scholars Weigh Publication Options, Tradition Counts – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dDmP5x # Current Crop of E-Readers Compared: iPad vs. the Rest – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/9mRs0s # Prolificacy in the life of Nikki Giovanni: reading, writing, living…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-31
Type-A-Plus Students Chafe at Grade Deflation At Princeton University – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cU5VsJ # Back to School, as an Adjunct – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bMLkFO # Book Review – 'The Marketplace of Ideas,' by Louis Menand – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/98PDQB –Takes up 4 questions…