@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-02

  • Send a Free Holiday Postcard Courtesy of Gmail – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/64WwY5 #
  • What Lincoln Would Have Tweeted: History Re-enactments via Twitter – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5Ugze3 #
  • U. of California at Irvine Builds 'Cyber-Interaction Observatory' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8n3EgV #
  • Why The Economics Of Social Gaming Are So Attractive To Investors | paidContent http://bit.ly/8O67ZO #
  • Loneliness can spread through social networks, study suggests — chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/63hHU7 #
  • Contest: Letters About Literature – Reflect and Connect – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/4Rfexa DEADLINE: Dec 12 #
  • Media Mania: Book Tie-ins to High-Interest Movies, TV Shows, and More – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6X0tR2 #
  • Dude, The Journey Was Epic! – 12/2/2009 – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6XcaFn –Books for students studying The Odyssey. #
  • Be Prepared – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6kcpPe –outlines questions asked during a job search #
  • Suit: College Lowered Standards For Revenue – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4Mij1s #
  • Adjunct Breakthrough (II) – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8bof2w –on the New School union contract for part-timers #
  • The Great Community College Experiment – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/52G3Fv #
  • Cuppa Coffee | Council of Writing Program Administrators http://bit.ly/4A5CWE –a new CWPA initiative provides cash to build community #
  • New York Times Launches Times Skimmer: A New Way to Read the Paper Online | ReadWriteWeb – http://bit.ly/57hUj9 #
  • Where Google Goes From Here, Part 1 – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/60o04u #
  • Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt honored by Congress | SILive.com http://bit.ly/6FK6Mk #
  • ‘Writing for a purpose’ – CU students help nonprofits through class | The Longmont Times-Call http://bit.ly/7DHA3p #
  • Why You Should Read Comics Aloud to Your Kids | GeekDad | Wired.com http://bit.ly/4vS2OY #
  • USC to Offer ‘How to Teach English Overseas’ Program | Madison County Courier – http://bit.ly/7qYlIb #
  • What the Best Writing Teachers Do, How Students Can Learn From Them | Poynter Online – http://bit.ly/5I2HLe #
  • Too Much Experience? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/88LXLP –on job search challenges for community college teachers #
  • George Washington U. Experiments with Robotic Book Digitization – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4IK927 #
  • Quiz: Advent in literature | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/8hp4u8 #
  • Readable Classics Rewrites Great Literature — Publishes Jane Eyre | PRWeb http://bit.ly/59rw7D #
  • GrammaText: New Computer Game Makes Solving Writing Problems Fun http://bit.ly/5HjHso #
  • Facebook announces major changes to privacy structure http://bit.ly/5fUgKD (via @BreakingNews ) #
  • Darpa Puts On Contest to Find 10 Red Balloons Across U.S. – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6xn2nZ –Looking for Insights to Online Behavior #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-01

  • 'Twitter' top word of 2009 | Digital Media – CNET News http://bit.ly/4rVaio #
  • In Roald Dahl's curmudgeon's cave – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/5D5bni #
  • An Ideal Teacher – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6JKcdJ #
  • Standing Up to Threats – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5qv3pR –Free expression shouldn't be put on hold because of threat of violence #
  • Tufts Defines Free Speech Limits – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5Y21fy #
  • The Big Admissions Shift – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8sdwul –competitive admissions in Cal State system #
  • Stopping Short of No More Fries – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7dQXeL –more on LIncoln Uni's graduation requirements for obese students #
  • What a delicatessen teaches me about teaching – AnnArbor.com http://bit.ly/5u7ZUR #
  • Book Review: Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment by Maja Wilson – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/8zYrqz #
  • Videos, Games Help Preschool Literacy, Study Says – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/5H7vlJ #
  • Kids become literate faster with video and online technology – San Francisco News – abc7news.com http://bit.ly/7tQjUt #
  • New Guide Offers Help in Assessing Threats From Troubled Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/57eoGs #
  • Evaluations: When to Give ‘Em, and When to Read ‘Em | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/5nvCHC #
  • Publish and Flourish? A New Study Examines Scholarly Outputs and Reputations – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4KWsc0 #
  • Billy Collins: A ‘Reader’s Poet’ Reads at NWP’s 2009 Annual Meeting – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/6CJOTB #
  • Lowcountry Teachers do the 'write' thing| Charleston, SC – The Post and Courier http://bit.ly/8HceX4 #
  • Developmental Psychologist Laurence Steinberg Says Teenagers Are Different – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7ZrBbo #
  • For Poe, This Has Been the Year to Die For – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6Puf1O #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-29

  • Neil Gaiman Asks: Heard Any Good Books Lately? : NPR http://bit.ly/73oZne –on audiobooks and reading #
  • Cartoonist Turns his Pen to Novel Writing in The Charity of Ebenezer Scrooge – Salem-News.Com http://bit.ly/7y876H #
  • Tricky Math of the Heart – Alice Munro’s ‘Too Much Happiness’ – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7vMQRN #
  • Helping students reach Grade 13 – The Richmond Register – http://bit.ly/5DCA9R #
  • Young adult novels create turmoil, challenges at high school – Kentucky.com http://bit.ly/83Mrq5 #
  • Learning for the sake of learning | StarTribune.com http://bit.ly/7hfeea –Augsburg College non-graded, integrated term course #
  • It's college essay crunch time at CU-Boulder – Boulder Daily Camera http://bit.ly/76Ciif #
  • Book Review – 'Yours Ever – People and Their Letters,' by Thomas Mallon – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4xtpdZ #
  • Montreal Educator Declines Top NCTE Teaching Award | PRLog.org | http://bit.ly/5SpFFk #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-26

  • MacArthur Foundation launches $2 mil grant program to spur new educational uses for digital media | eSchoolNews http://bit.ly/7r1Kir #
  • 'The Cusp of Every Bibliomaniac's Dream' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8RDk2q –on the curious state of 'out of print' books #
  • Unnatural Enemies – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6Y5Q9g –on protests on the Berkeley campus #
  • Texting and education | KXNet.com North Dakota News http://bit.ly/4Xcawd #
  • No Longer a Civil Rights Footnote, Claudette Colvin – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7TzCIH (on National Book Award Winner 4 Young People’s Lit) #
  • Bloomberg Ties Test Scores to Teacher Tenure – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6Aqfwf #
  • For exuberant young writers, 10,000 words is an easy goal | Star-Telegram.com http://bit.ly/6R9Bdw #
  • When to Specialize? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8q0Mk8 –New study reports that waiting may actually result in better career choices. #
  • The New Writing Pedagogy | District Administrator | http://bit.ly/8Lk4ct #
  • 'Virtual graduation' for students – BBC News – http://bit.ly/6dKUP5 –ceremony to take place in Second Life #
  • Domestic violence lessons: are they a step too far? – BBC News – http://bit.ly/4G6XTN #

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