@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-15
February 15, 2010
- Lucille Clifton, honored poet from Buffalo, dies : The Buffalo News http://bit.ly/9ly3ED #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-13
February 13, 2010
- Daring UVa students scale, ‘study’ Mount Chipotle: filthy, 40' parking-lot snowpile http://bit.ly/cCPi5n via @bazalka @nowviskie #
- 5 Minutes With the Linguist Who Worked on 'Avatar' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9LzeWC (Subscriber only sadly) #
- Biology Professor Charged with Murder in Alabama Shooting – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9I3Ymd #
- Free online university gets high initial marks | eCampus News | http://bit.ly/drFgTs #
- The next wave in online education? | eCampus News http://bit.ly/bomvTl (on Google Wave and distance ed) #
- New projectors make any wall an interactive whiteboard | eCampus News | http://bit.ly/bDqqoQ #
- Apple's iPad could be game-changer in digital-media censorship – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/cQRWaE #
- VT won't penalize campus paper – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/bgJOGX -Paper wins anti-censorship fight #
- Valentine's love poetry brings a hot rush of blood to the cheeks | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/dxyZo5 -on thermal imaging and love poems #
- Why Orwell Endures – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cWpkuS #
- FRONTLINE: digital nation – life on the virtual frontier | PBS http://bit.ly/bvwJHE #
- One-to-one:Educators add individual computers and Internet access to classroom | Ames Tribune http://bit.ly/9diapL #
- 'The Warcraft Civilization' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9gwdWs #
- Do E-Readers Cause Eye Strain? – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bbiRmI #
- Author, 17, Says It’s ‘Mixing,’ Not Plagiarism – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aTg7Yq #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-12
February 12, 2010
- Dramatist dropped from festival for copying play word for word – NZ Herald News http://bit.ly/cUeOF5 #
- Obama Didn’t Endorse This Billboard, Either – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aPt467 #
- Professor Is Held After Three Are Killed in Alabama – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bnWHzU #
- 3 killed in Alabama university shooting – CNN.com http://bit.ly/cnGiHd #
- Woman in Alabama college shooting opened fire in faculty meeting when she learned she wouldn't get tenure – WAFF-TV (via @BreakingNews) #
- Tech-savvy 'iGeneration' kids multi-task, connect – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/9pI9oW #
- People Share News Online That Inspires Awe, Researchers Find – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9GZn1A #
- The Man Who Looked Into Facebook's Soul: ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/dnJAA4 Info on 100s of millions of users available for academic research #
- "Proof of Purchase" shows students buy into lessons – The Denver Post http://bit.ly/8XpHFL #
- Wi-Fi Turns Arizona Bus Ride Into a Rolling Study Hall – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bW7mJM #
- The Negative Buzz Around Google’s New Social Network – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cI9G36 #
- YouTube, the G-Rated Edition – Gadgetwise Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bpeArJ #
- J. D. Salinger’s Letters to a Friend Reveal Details of His Life – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/clbuA7 #
- 4 Popular Excuses for Plagiarism – Newsweek.com http://bit.ly/aivzs9 #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-11
February 11, 2010
- Teaching computers how to forget | Ars Technica | http://bit.ly/c0XNkO -Review of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age #
- Book Review: The Digital Writing Workshop – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/a6GRUK #
- Community College Offers Students a Guarantee: a Job or Your Money Back – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ckhAlv #
- Not Plagiarism but Mixing and Matching, Says Best-Selling German Author, 17 – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cPPZ4Z #
- Beyond the Dissertation Monograph | MLA: http://bit.ly/afsyR9 (via Becky Rickly) #
- Enrollment Growth Amid Recession Creates Long-Term Challenges for States – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dgasWF #
- Graduating Seniors' AP Scores of 3 or Higher Were Up Slightly in 2009 – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aKgMX6 #
- Popular Nonfiction, Academic Libraries, and Audiobooks – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bwyi2r #
- Lessons from a Super Loss – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bykwVX -"Playing it safe is pretty easy, but risk taking is hard." #
- AP: More Pass and More Fail – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9UD4c8 #
- Fading Stimulus Saved Colleges – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d7YnQX #
- The do’s and don’ts of Valentine poetry | INFORUM | Fargo, ND http://bit.ly/92BpUz #
- Four things every student should learn … but not every school is teaching | eSchoolNews.com http://bit.ly/c6c0KD #
- U. of Iowa Vice President Says Union Won't Show X-Rated 70s Film — The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bQs6ND #censorship #
- With Buzz, Google Takes On Social Networking Rivals – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/8YJQbC #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-10
February 10, 2010
- Teens Text 10 Times per Hour: Nielsen – MarketingVOX http://bit.ly/bVxuuB #
- Wintry Literature For A Snowy Day : NPR http://bit.ly/dxjUnR #
- California English Celebrates the California Writing Project – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/dc9fAq #NWP #
- Scholars Use Social-Media Tools to Hold Online Academic Conference – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cVGg92 #
- U. of Iowa Vice President Says Union Won’t Show X-Rated 70s Film – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bQs6ND #censorship #
- ‘Mark Twain’ by Michael Shelden Focuses on the Author’s Tailored Public Image – Review – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/98lJEl #
- More Students Taking Advanced Placement Tests – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dfTewh #
- Meyer and Evanovich Turn Stories Into Graphic Novels – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c7wnby #
- Mississippi Plantation Diary That Inspired William Faulkner Discovered – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dcrQip #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-09
February 9, 2010
- The magic of a good book, lost in digital translation – The National Newspaper http://bit.ly/9zVN23 #
- Secure Websites in Plain English – Common Craft – http://bit.ly/c2PsUa #
- Zachary Mason’s Calculus of Writing, Applied to a Classic – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cA3k3Z #
- Pupils 'must manage online risks' | BBC News – http://bit.ly/cLVISe #
- Big Gifts Are Harder, but Still Possible, to Find – Fund Raising – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bXapeo #
- Doctoral Students With Large Loans Finish Fastest – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cxVTa5 #
- Chasing the Word: a Writer in Academe – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/92QDAW #
- New Web Site Lists Free Online Textbooks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bZkU3i #
- Class Produces Parody of The Office to Highlight Challenges of Teaching w/Technology – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aYoS51 #
- J.D. Salinger: An Un-Appreciation – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9n59eh #
- Anything But Studying – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d86gKk –survey reports on how students spend their time #
- What Did Jane Austen Know About Social Media? | Hubspot http://bit.ly/auwO27 #
- Still Banned at Saint Louis U. – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9iG1RQ –David Horowitz's ban from SLU, no matter what subject he proposes #
- Frenemies of Facebook — II – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cVUsom –on roommate matchup site URoomSurf #
- Principles for 'One Faculty' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dAxcdF –joint statement on tenure and faculty #
- Publishers Gain Leverage in E-Book Negotiations With Google – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dqkLft #
- Does literature of the homeless exist? | Books | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/a9VlQY #
- Book Review-This Book Is Overdue! – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/9I77C8 Library no longer a mere home for books. It's a wired-up information center #
- The Case for Literature | Education Week: http://bit.ly/cCDLW0 –letter from Nancie Atwell #
- The towering George Orwell, 60 years after his death | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/07/2010 http://bit.ly/ccZFBd #
- Strategies for Writers: “Just Do It.” | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/apOVHe #
- The iPad and Higher Education | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/a9pOfo #
- A Well-Written War, Told in the First Person – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cuLvPV #
- 25 places to find instructional videos – Jane's Learning Pick of the Day: http://bit.ly/cVzhNt #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-07
February 7, 2010
- College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9sM6Ae #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-06
February 6, 2010
- Jack Block, 85, Psychologist Who Studied Children Into Adulthood – Obituary – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a1VEZL #
- Macmillan Books Return to Amazon After Dispute – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/bnm1u3 #
- Masters of American literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/b3n4aO #
- Ten of the best horrid children in literature | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/bxOuii #
- E-readers change literature | The Daily Gamecock – http://bit.ly/aTpbzi #
- Reading with Kindle | Zanesville Times Recorder http://bit.ly/acZJfO #
- Details of the devil: Concordia professor to discuss role of Satan in literature | INFORUM | Fargo, ND http://bit.ly/d7EUH3 #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05
February 5, 2010
- In the World of Facebook – The New York Review of Books http://bit.ly/cBKJUp #
- Percy Jackson, a hero with dyslexia? – Telegraph http://bit.ly/9eCbbS #
- Video Projects, not Video Viewing – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aURnio #
- The Times Whiffs Again – CInside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cF4BsG –commentary on recent NYTimes article on adjuncting #
- The Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/avyHZb #
- University Puts Researchers on YouTube to Stir Commercial Interest – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cKqSa1 #
- Proliferation of Internet memes makes it difficult to stay current – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/b0gd5G #
- The Friday question: which classic work of literature should be turned into a game next? | Technology | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/arppLr #
- Afterglow From the MLA – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d9Cpm5 #
- Justice Department 'Reluctantly' Says Google Settlement Still Needs Work – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aAvn68 #
- Cambridge to study computer games | BBC News – http://bit.ly/9SIWd3 #
- Lobbying Imperils Overhaul of Student Loans – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cPYQ2c #
- Health stories by experts more credible than blogs | Science Daily http://bit.ly/a4rbJt –website more credible than blog (via @betajames) #
- English Majors Don't Get No Respect – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aVNOas #
- There May Be Skeletons in Your Doc's Online Profile – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/b2rrLn #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-02-05
February 4, 2010
- Is This Headline Clear? Learning About Ambiguity and Clarity From Headlines – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cSywIV #
- Fun with punctuation | Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bjMzPG (via @danholt) #
- Mashing not Viewing – IHE http://bit.ly/coXdSl –Is debate about copyright & online streaming lagging behind new methods of teaching? #
- Course Evaluations, Years Later – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aAbexV #
- An Underappreciated $64 Million – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d6G1pN –on the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership program #
- Who's Right on Video Copyright? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9rwUXg #
- 2-Year Honors Boom – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c7M8Sg #
- Men At Work lose plagiarism case in Australia | BBC News – http://bit.ly/d3s3z7 #
- SMS, social media in for kids; blogging, Twitter out | ZDNet.com http://bit.ly/bX8yGR #
- Failure rate for AP tests climbing – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/d1UMYw #
- Social Learning in the Enterprise – in 4 minutes | Jane's Learning Pick of the Day: http://bit.ly/8WXajz #
- Jill Biden Nudges Community Colleges to Join Federal Student-Loan Programs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ccUFdv #
- Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey | BBC News – http://bit.ly/9kMM9Z #
- Yale Plans Staff and Research Cuts to Close $150 Million Gap – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9n7w8L #
- Social Media and Young Adults: Overview | Pew Internet & American Life Project http://bit.ly/biX1ia (via @kathyschrock) #
- UNH president says change or go under – Boston.com http://bit.ly/bou5BG (via @alogemann @jeffabernathy) #
- Does Digital Media Make Us Bad Writers? » Spotlight http://bit.ly/9VYXIA (via @budtheteacher, @skajder) #
- Divided Attention,: Scholars turn their attention to attention – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/al5vNU (via @ncarbone) #
- Destructive Pressures Undermine Educational Aspirations of Minority Males http://bit.ly/9ApiSP (via @englishcomp) report from College Board #
- 8 Easy Ways to Get Digital Natives Wild about Reading | Huffington Post | http://bit.ly/azdZkK #
- Two New School Policies: Cell Phones, iPods Okay In Classroom http://bit.ly/aCNCKW #
- Creators hope film fills gaps in history lessons – OrlandoSentinel.com http://bit.ly/b8b9xY #
- How 'Avatar' may predict the future of virtual worlds | Geek Gestalt – CNET News http://bit.ly/cU8Zrr #
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