U. of C Biblical Manuscript a fake :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: http://bit.ly/4ToE6P –Once fetched millions, but it's a forgery # Give a Humanist a Supercomputer … – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6G73lr # Student banned from U after Facebook…
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-15
Why Jing to Twitter Matters – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5NhThD –includes assignment ideas # A Few University-Press Books Hit Mainstream 'Best Of' Lists – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6zU4jB # Surge in Adjunct Activism Is…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-14
Why James Chartrand Wears Women's Underpants | Copyblogger http://bit.ly/8H7rHM –gender bias & adopting 'male' pen names # Obama's Safe Schools Czar Tied to Lewd Readings for 7th Graders | FOXNews.com – http://bit.ly/8b0pe4 # Free Web Site Helps Harvard Students Cut…
Does Comcast Care, Part 3
It’s 5 months and 6 days. I’ve been assured that the refund check has been cut and I should have it this week. Here’s what happened late last week. 12/10/09: 2:42 PM, I returned the call from Mary, an Executive…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-13
Claiming Poe – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/6k8qkS # Stephen Toulmin, a Philosopher and Educator, Dies at 87 – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4Lx68F # Powered by Twitter Tools
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-12
Digital Readers | YALSA » http://bit.ly/7tozcN –Sherman Alexie # Authors and Publishers Argue Over Digital Rights to Older Books – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8Z1Nrw # Ten of the best lawyers in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/6Wfpcf # Monroe Tarver Talks…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-11
Flagging plagiarism, Blackboard's SafeAssign helps faculty stop cheating – Southern Illinois, Edwardsville – http://bit.ly/8umz4k # Survey shows many incidences of plagiarism go undiscovered – The Mac Weekly http://bit.ly/4IdJvc # A Brief History of Standardized Testing – TIME http://bit.ly/6E36UW # Clueless…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-10
In the Midnight Hour – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8f0Is9 # Students let it flow at writing workshop | South Bend Tribune: http://bit.ly/6lHHJO –on Southwestern Michigan College's Writing Olympics # U. of South Florida Promises a Laptop for All Athletes –…
Bits Post: Warning: No Yelling in the Food Court
Try this incredibly simple but quite useful analogy to reach students who are struggling with issues of audience and style. Soon they’ll be speaking to, and not at, their audience.
Does Comcast Care, Part 2
It’s now 5 months and a day. Still no $300 refund check. Still no explanation for why. 12/08/09: After I tweeted and blogged about the situation, Detreon, the most recent Comcast rep I’ve communicated with, left a comment on my…