Traci Gardner

@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-12

January 12, 2010

Textbooks for Rent … Everywhere – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5Za57a #
Flex Your Literary Fast-Twitch Muscles Writing Twitter-Sized Stories | Twitip | http://bit.ly/6MkfbI #
Google Lets Users Store More Files Online – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6isWSp #
What's Your Email Address Prejudice? – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/4U2y3x –discussion topic for professional writing classes #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-11

January 11, 2010

Barnes & Noble Announces Textbook Rental Service – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5lJJXo #
Picture This! Building Photo-Based Writing Skills – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6QBHOQ #
Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100 | BBC News – http://bit.ly/6hF9sx #
College Press Run By Undergrads – IHE http://bit.ly/5tIEtT –publishes, sells student work & collects in anthologies for writing program #
City Tries to Rewrite Lone Bookstore's Last Chapter – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/7cvpIU #
North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project: http://bit.ly/7h6jEH –search, read papers dating from 1751-1890s (via The Scout Report) #
Is Google Good for History? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4BqwPE –on the book digitization project #
Text Generation – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7pputg –Some librarians now reachable by text message #
2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google” | American Dialect Society http://bit.ly/4TKrRN #
A new role for community colleges? – SignOnSanDiego.com http://bit.ly/7P3BZm #
Writing Workshops: Using Small Groups to Improve Writing | Classroom Solutions | Scholastic http://bit.ly/4uzHqX #
Colleges Lag in Technology and Teaching Quality, a Top Education Official Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/84Irlj #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-10

January 10, 2010

Twitter and the Visual Dataverse – Library Journal http://bit.ly/68t1RF "Data visualization has finally gone viral" #
Teachers Shake Up Shakespeare with Digital Media | Edutopia http://bit.ly/5mGbcN #
The Year Ahead in IT – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5B2kja #
New Realities – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/51uSfe –the impact the economy was having on liberal arts colleges #
Failing Like a Buggy Whip Maker? Better Check Your Simile – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8CYK1b #
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/74fUwX #
E-books lack the magic of the real thing | Sydney Morning Herald http://bit.ly/6nMxNa #
Kindle-killers? Flood of e-readers on the way with touch, browsing, video chat | The Canadian Press http://bit.ly/7M9OgP #
A Look at the Nook – TIME http://bit.ly/5pWAet #
Why Liberal Arts Matter – Jon Meacham – Newsweek.com http://bit.ly/55tEtJ #
Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/6Zv4RI #
Multicultural Critical Theory. At Business School? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5h8mLK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-09

January 9, 2010

Social networking among jurors is trying judges' patience – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/5n1mqU #
The Perils of ‘Contact Me’ – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8NknHr –when readers write authors #
Facebook Announces Fellowship Program for Doctoral Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7SzIBC #
Creating a Culture of Inquiry Through the Use of Model Lessons – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/7vaVsj #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-08

January 8, 2010

Schools bar children from palace of poetry, says Motion – Times Online http://bit.ly/4ngJ8l #
Lebowski Hath Been Transferred To Shakespearean English | CinemaBlend.com http://bit.ly/5WLOYo #
Lesson Planning for the University Classroom | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/7oGGpD #
Professor Faces Obstacles in Testing E-Reader Device for Digital Textbooks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8Qgcf1 #
Facebooking Won't Affect Your Grades, Study Finds. At Least Until Next Month's Study Tells You It Will.- Chronicle.com http://bit.ly/5927sY #
In ‘Other’ Words: Writing Gently Humorous Essays About Stereotypes – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5bN6wZ #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-07

January 7, 2010

How Social Media Has Changed Us | Mashable http://bit.ly/4HAeWr #
Digitally Inclined: Teachers Increasingly Value Media and Technology | PBS Survey Results from Grunwald | http://bit.ly/92jyqN (PDF) #
Webcomics: Classics Illuminated – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6uOk5i #
In Praise of Grade Inflation – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4UptLY –Do grades discourage creativity? #
True Costs of Student Success – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5YHXMp –the effectiveness — & the cost effectiveness — of retention pgms #
'Romeo And Juliet': Just As You Misremembered It : NPR http://bit.ly/8yMAXs #
Five ed-tech stories to watch for 2010 | eSchool News http://bit.ly/7z5gw6 #
Americanisms 'a sign of cheating' in UK Schools | The Press Association http://bit.ly/6JlVPU #
'Twitterature': The classics in 20 or fewer tweets of 140 characters – chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/7zNjxl #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-06

January 6, 2010

Take a Tour of the Book-Writing Process – Poynter Online – Writing Tools http://bit.ly/8nYd5U #
Tahlequah Daily Press – Say what? Please — not that! http://bit.ly/8vDoel –words a group of linguists say should be banned forever. #
Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English – Common Craft – http://bit.ly/7AG0aj #
Paperless Grading with GradeMark | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/4zVPjI #
In Potential Blow to Open-Source Software, Mellon Foundation Closes Grant Program – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7MXrkv #
Mike Rose: Education Policy, 2010: Big Goals, Little Vision | Huffington Post http://bit.ly/8uxBhK #
There’s More to Publishing Than Meets the Screen – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6axiqy -Are e-books a fresh version or the latest edition? #
Are They Students? Or ‘Customers’? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5En40Y –Should students have more say in coursework and assessment? #
The Real Academic Calendar – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6kicCd –Real cal follows philosophical stages students pass thru. #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-05

January 5, 2010

Serving the Laptopless Student – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8uVpGc #
Where good old-fashioned debate still rules school | Cincinnati.Com http://bit.ly/5gROAf -Paideia schools, where Socratic method still rules #
Irrelevant Facebook – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8Rw2U5 #
Career Advice: Evaluating Evaluations – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7tBfKb #
Lake Superior State University unfriends words, phrases in 35th annual List of Banished Words http://bit.ly/7FVgCP #
Earful Over Cheeky University Essay – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4LyCGn #
Tweetup at the MLA – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5r9fhn –Annual party included everyone following on Twitter this year #
Bleak News on the Front Lines: Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8YXldl -Already down 100s of job openings, MLA also down 100s of grad students #
No Entry – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5qMfXR -Job crisis for faculty jobs (esp for new PhDs looking for tenure-track jobs) spreading. #
New UN Envoy’s Old Advice for Children – Read More – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6AzRiZ #
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives – The Boston Phoenix http://bit.ly/5h1YM8 –podcast & article #
Grammar vandals awarded book deal – UPI.com http://bit.ly/8OKnge #
Small-Scale Assessment Makes the Grade | Edutopia http://bit.ly/5Awolk #
Are American Students Lazy? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/86bGLk -on Kara Miller's comparison of US students & foreign students #
Homes become college project :: Post-Tribune http://bit.ly/8Wv9qL -Valparaiso students tell the stories of the homes on McIntyre Court #
An author's take on online books – newsjournalonline.com http://bit.ly/931PY1 #
Study notes rise in Latino Internet usage – San Bernardino County Sun http://bit.ly/78zLFc #
On Writing for the Web | ProfHacker http://bit.ly/5zLL8C #
'I Still Want to Stab a Certain Someone,' and Other Ideas Not to Post on Facebook – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/80GQ1o #
How to Teach With Google Wave – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5M8PWz #
Writing Text-Supported Arguments About the Purpose of College – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4YKkIo #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-03

January 3, 2010

A 2009 Top Read Article: 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4t79KB #
I Hate Myself When I'm Teaching – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6PpdfF #
How to Train the Aging Brain – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7IGDZv -Can an old brain learn & remember what it learns? Should it be in school? #
Poetic license | LancasterOnline.com http://bit.ly/5hHbuf -"Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me." #
Vanishing bookstores | The Louisville Courier-Journal http://bit.ly/4JZc9n #
Students admitted early to college network on Facebook – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/5TiAK3 -Within hours, Class of 2014 networking. #
‘The Lexicographer’s Dilemma’ – Jack Lynch Explores English – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7nOLNS #
Stakeholders advise on national ed-tech plan – eClassroom News – http://bit.ly/6nn4CR #
Obsolete Learning Technologies – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4Ec49t #
The Task of the Critic – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7BIGUZ -review of The Task of the Critic: Terry Eagleton in Dialogue #
Economics and the MLA – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8hSFdH #
News: Economic Literary Realities – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8bcQnu -how literature about past economic crises might be renewed #
Don't Blame Facebook for Poor Grades | Quick Takes – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6W9bOf #
MLAde Is Back — Now on Twitter – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4ubGEg -on the annual parody of the Modern Language Association #
News: Hybrid Education 2.0 – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5lTYdu -What if you cd teach w/o a classroom or a professor, & lose nothing? #
The Lost Tribe – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5XbG3t -Does the English Department Have a Jewish Problem? #
Is this teh way of the future for spelling? | The Age Australia | http://bit.ly/4wNawI #
2010: 'Twenty ten' vs. 'two thousand ten' | San Francisco Chronicle http://bit.ly/6Wg2WQ #