Personal Journal | pedablogical

@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-05

October 5, 2009 by Traci Gardner

ProfHacker Blog Highlights Widespread Interest in Teaching With Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/WvhcS #
Teaching Online From 'Mortaritaville' in Iraq – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ZKy0c #
Text Messaging Shows Promise as a Survey Tool – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/iOIE9 #
The Decline of the English Department | The American Scholar http://bit.ly/14nCqa (via Fred Kemp on WPA-L) #
Educators start children on computers as early as pre-school | Ocala Star-Banner | http://bit.ly/11swbs #
Text maps college success | The Cincinnati Enquirer http://bit.ly/2ClgfW #
E-books and Colleges – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4e0Xm #
I'm Sorry I Published – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/Dndg #
College technology 'catching up' with students – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/zLWuA #
Sophie's Choice for 2-Year Colleges – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1sPMEw #remediation #jobtraining #transferprograms #
English prof, students take Shakespeare behind bars | The Valley Vanguard http://bit.ly/lvxrO #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-04

October 4, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Large universities changing freshman experience (AP): http://bit.ly/24XIbD #
Injunction by Twitter: A Blogger Makes History Trying to Unmask His Impostor – TIME http://bit.ly/3SkHKg #
A Brief History of Winnie the Pooh – TIME http://bit.ly/tYi4Y (via @topedutweets @Larryferlazzo ) #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-03

October 3, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Pentagon Web 2.0 Strategy Could Give Spies, Geeks New Roles | Danger Room | Wired.com http://bit.ly/NdvRp #
It’s Brand New, but Make It Sound Familiar – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3CEXMS — ebooks anyone? #
Will Books Be Napsterized? Will Piracy Become a Problem for E-Books? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/KbEnN #
Part-time MATC instructors launch media campaign to make case for higher pay | the Cap Times | http://bit.ly/eLngR #
Things That Keep Us Up at Night | School Library Journal http://bit.ly/JIVc9 — on the future of the school library #
Media Meltdown – Orca Books -http://bit.ly/eKLbm – On Internet ads and ad analysis (via Kendra Perry on Diigo) #
Children's book at top of US banned books list races up Amazon charts | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/VTXEa — go penguins! #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-02

October 2, 2009 by Traci Gardner

What Should Go Into A Teaching Degree? : NPR http://bit.ly/1PHdNu #
A System for Fighting Digital Defamation – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/xL4Wd #
The Associated Press: Fla. college ready for flesh-eating zombie attack http://bit.ly/3JY3MD #fb #
Use the period. And other writing lessons. Crosscut. http://bit.ly/ywvFA #
Trust your own voice and your gut when it comes to writing your college essay – Kansas City Star http://bit.ly/sjKAI #
STEM program points students to college | The Marion Star http://bit.ly/2b37oV — "you learn best if you learn it on your own" #
University of North Texas student senate says 'no' to same-sex couples on homecoming court | Dallas Morning News | http://bit.ly/55mMB #
M.I.T. Lets Student Bloggers Post Without Censoring – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/eAsJC #admissions #marketing #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-01

October 1, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Li'l Lionel Trillings Will Have to Fend for Themselves | The New York Observer http://bit.ly/JqEXP – On the end of the book review course #
Understanding How Adolescents Think | Edutopia http://bit.ly/1arcEd #
Brain Research May Point to Changes in Literacy Development | Edutopia http://bit.ly/ArLnO – Difference, not disability, for struggling rdrs #
Let Them Make Web Comics: Bitstrips Comes to Schools | ReadWriteWeb | http://bit.ly/13ZhAW #
Best Buy Plans a Very Twittery Christmas – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/65Clc #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-30

September 30, 2009 by Traci Gardner

NWP Teachers Plan Activities to Celebrate National Day on Writing – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/vOsLT #
New Digital Media in the Lives of Our Children at Home and School – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/2nVnfF #
Wyoming schools to review all books | Cincinnati Enquirer http://bit.ly/cKq6N — Plan to re-evaluate every non-textbook recommended to stds #
Bars on books jar Harvard students – Boston Globe http://bit.ly/Jy5bz – New take on forbidding access to rare books. Look but don't touch! #
Forward Into the Cloud – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/gWzE0 — On managing college/uni email and privacy issues #
News: Evaluating Online Applicants – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/LD1NR #admissions #
Mentoring, Texas-Style – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/VWJnl #
Review: English Companion Ning | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy | http://bit.ly/Az2We #
FSU students, faculty to stage 'banned books' reading | Tallahassee Democrat http://bit.ly/JUXoi #
"Using comics to teach writing." – NYSUT – http://bit.ly/10QR3o #
A Different Style of Writing on KFYR-TV http://bit.ly/4nV42 #textmessages #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-29

September 29, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Writing gallery to showcase area wordsmiths – Holland, MI – The Holland Sentinel http://bit.ly/85Qq3 #
Take a Vet to School Day – Veteran's Day – History.com http://bit.ly/SkSrm #
Disney to Introduce Children’s E-Book Site – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/Xb6WD #
Essays to be marked by 'robots' – News – TES Connect http://bit.ly/obJmo #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-28

September 28, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Reading Incomprehension – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/d0Uxp #commentary (via Becky Rickly on Facebook) #
More Proof: Facebook for the Rich, MySpace for the Poor | ReadWriteWeb | http://bit.ly/D0hNd #
10 things your child’s teacher won’t tell you – Today Show on NBC http://bit.ly/CpTS1 #
A Tale of Two Posters – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bfoXn #race #stereotype #bias #
Aggressive Plan for State Data Systems – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/FB4VO #
News: Next Stages in Testing Debate – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/KAAnO #
Mirror, mantra (The Hindu): http://bit.ly/1Hv2nR (via @negaratduke @jranck @alogemann ) Problem w/ canonizing writers like Rushdie & Naipaul #
LIFE magazine now available on Google Books | Inside Google Books: http://bit.ly/nZopg (via @vtphotog ) #
William Safire: A Conversation | NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3q3Wuf (An interactive retrospective) #
Will E-Books Transform the Way We Read? – CBS Evening News – CBS News http://bit.ly/4viA7j #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-27

September 27, 2009 by Traci Gardner

To help boys, school creates the poster men for reading | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/27/2009 http://bit.ly/48prDT #
Dealing with controversial reading materials poses challenge for LISD | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL http://bit.ly/FhvkG #
Ready? College test time here :: The SouthtownStar :: http://bit.ly/gKN1L #
Relying on adjuncts – MLive.com http://bit.ly/2qI2v #
Classroom Website 101 | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/OTVqi (basic resources for putting up a site) #
When the Cool Get Hazed – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/47wyWK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-26

September 26, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Celebrate Banned Books Week, September 26—October 3 – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/2REutg #
Don't read that! — chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/1oQKtz #censorship #BannedBooks #
This school has every department working on writing | The Providence Journal http://bit.ly/1zojXe #
The Book Whisperer: Banned Book Week | Teacher Magazine | http://bit.ly/1VvjI #
Banned Books Week adopts author's anti-censorship poem as manifesto | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/KZACs #
Finding Censorship Where There Is None – Wall St Journal – http://bit.ly/ckj1Q #BannedBooks #