How teachers want to evaluate their students – The Washington Post http://t.co/cQHsYDobvf -> Few English Majors Must Study Shakespeare in Depth, Report Says — The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/QwPFDNPNJ9 -> Gamification: Engaging Students With Narrative | Edutopia http://t.co/yf3lqLb2th ->…
Author: Traci Gardner
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-22
The Temptations of Collaboration | Vitae http://t.co/IJboAyiCck -> Arizona State, edX team to offer freshman year online through MOOCs | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/txqDSsOxeK -> The New Face of Study Abroad [Infographic] | Daily Infographic http://t.co/UsosZCGeaw ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-21
Student Success in Savannah » http://t.co/3xSfsNf0mY – My Bedford Bits post today reports on the Student Success in Writing Conf #SSWC15 -> Guide to Note Taking in Class [Infographic] | Daily Infographic http://t.co/V2rMmIu1Wa -> The Illusion Of Choice: Monopolies of…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-20
Ten Ways to Use Digital Tools in the Writing Classroom –> resources from my Keynote at #sswc15 are now available: http://t.co/wsV5K1LnRK -> A fun way to introduce DH students to dataviz | Miriam Posner's Blog http://t.co/rDGYQB3Dpf ->
Faking Social Media Updates
One of my favorite projects has students creating social media updates from someone else’s point of view. Students choose fictional or nonfictional characters and then create Tweets, Facebook status updates, and Instagram posts. The challenge is that I don’t want…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-15
Don’t Rely on Grades Alone | Vitae http://t.co/anPMY4Orhp -> Interactive Fiction in the Classroom | Edutopia http://t.co/au2zrbQahb -> Handbook teaches grammar principles with language from a random day of news | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/6ydTv2olnh -> Academic Minute | Literature as a…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-14
Tools for Faking Social Media | Bedford Bits http://t.co/zXioaPQBRe <– my post on tools to use for class projects. -> Stop the Resource Bombing – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/r6NHfMABzQ -> The End of the English Major? Not So…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-13
How to Work the Lecture Hall | Vitae http://t.co/gAlwMZFdDX -> Connecting with Microconferencing | Ink'd In » http://t.co/5TyLVPwID8 My technique for speedy in-class conferences -> The 7 Fundamental Conditions of Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/CJSILPv5lw -> The…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-10
Wanted: English majors (at College Park and elsewhere) – The Washington Post http://t.co/tLXprsCxo5 -> LinkedIn continues move into higher education with purchase of lynda[dot]com for $1.5 billion | InsideHigherEd http://t.co/DlS37VG1Ve ->
@newsfromtengrrl for 2015-04-09
Orientations for the Teaching of Writing: A Legacy of the National Writing Project – National Writing Project http://t.co/zmVt0TDjz4 -> LinkedIn Will Buy Online-Learning Company http://t.co/eJfxL0TXY3 for $1.5 Billion — The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/GtiimmhFDi -> New Offering From Noodle…