@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-14

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  • Can We Change the Web’s Culture of Nastiness? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4N2yll -Does anonymity lead to meanness? #
  • Celebrated poet P.K. Page dies at 93 – CBC News – Canada – http://bit.ly/5EtvQS #
  • Twitter literature: get “Gatsby” word for word – BLAST: Boston's Online Magazine http://bit.ly/6E7wxt #
  • Age-inappropriate literature: The rewards of reading books before you are ready | Illinois Times http://bit.ly/4A1fuS #
  • California Law Requires Digital Textbooks by 2020 – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6wBhuz #
  • The Loss of Legibility, Or, Why Do People Still Pile Into Grad School? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/55vhSZ #
  • Sign of the Times – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5kRWLw –NYTimes poking its nose into distance education, #
  • When Tenure Means Nothing – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4vpLLW — Dismissals violate faculty rights #
  • Flogging the Flagships – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5yp7Sw –The need to increase representation of low-income & minority students #
  • 5 Ways to Teach About Haiti Right Now – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6jlMd1 #
  • Online College Planned for Union Workers – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7uH7Dn #
  • Student Crossword | Famous Literary Characters – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4IDLxP #
  • Doughnuts and Candy for the Kids – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6aK9ls –on teachers bringing snacks to class #
  • Extra! News Blogs by Students Grab Eyeballs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5dBYk1 #
  • Online Scheme Highlights Fears About Distance-Education Fraud – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8h3gNr #
  • How to Build Your Own Multimedia Adventure | Edutopia http://bit.ly/7uYW6y #
  • Teach Shakespeare However You Want — Just Keep His Language Alive | Edutopia http://bit.ly/7KH4zA #
  • The 2-Year Option – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8lPPRb –Teaching humanities courses at community colleges #
  • MLA Meeting That 'Never Was Nor Will Be' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8lIHlB #
  • The Men Are Back – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4x2plS –enrollment trends in community colleges #
  • Know What Your Email Address Says About You – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/5xBRwt #
  • Wanna Make an App for That? Stanford U. Streams iPhone Development Course – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8p97DA #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-13

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  • Resources for Teaching and Learning About the Earthquake in Haiti – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5SXbSB #
  • Maryland System Leaders Try to Reverse Ruling That Blocked Online Program – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4NL9Zs #
  • Still Earning Less – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7iDr80 –women in the workplace #
  • What Makes a Great Teacher? – The Atlantic (January/February 2010) http://bit.ly/74ooAu #

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  • Barnes & Noble Announces Textbook Rental Service – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5lJJXo #
  • Picture This! Building Photo-Based Writing Skills – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6QBHOQ #
  • Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100 | BBC News – http://bit.ly/6hF9sx #
  • College Press Run By Undergrads – IHE http://bit.ly/5tIEtT –publishes, sells student work & collects in anthologies for writing program #
  • City Tries to Rewrite Lone Bookstore's Last Chapter – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/7cvpIU #
  • North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project: http://bit.ly/7h6jEH –search, read papers dating from 1751-1890s (via The Scout Report) #
  • Is Google Good for History? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4BqwPE –on the book digitization project #
  • Text Generation – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7pputg –Some librarians now reachable by text message #
  • 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google” | American Dialect Society http://bit.ly/4TKrRN #
  • A new role for community colleges? – SignOnSanDiego.com http://bit.ly/7P3BZm #
  • Writing Workshops: Using Small Groups to Improve Writing | Classroom Solutions | Scholastic http://bit.ly/4uzHqX #
  • Colleges Lag in Technology and Teaching Quality, a Top Education Official Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/84Irlj #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-10

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-09

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  • Social networking among jurors is trying judges' patience – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/5n1mqU #
  • The Perils of ‘Contact Me’ – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8NknHr –when readers write authors #
  • Facebook Announces Fellowship Program for Doctoral Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7SzIBC #
  • Creating a Culture of Inquiry Through the Use of Model Lessons – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/7vaVsj #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-08

January 8, 2010 by

  • Schools bar children from palace of poetry, says Motion – Times Online http://bit.ly/4ngJ8l #
  • Lebowski Hath Been Transferred To Shakespearean English | CinemaBlend.com http://bit.ly/5WLOYo #
  • Lesson Planning for the University Classroom | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/7oGGpD #
  • Professor Faces Obstacles in Testing E-Reader Device for Digital Textbooks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8Qgcf1 #
  • Facebooking Won't Affect Your Grades, Study Finds. At Least Until Next Month's Study Tells You It Will.- Chronicle.com http://bit.ly/5927sY #
  • In ‘Other’ Words: Writing Gently Humorous Essays About Stereotypes – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5bN6wZ #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-06

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  • Take a Tour of the Book-Writing Process – Poynter Online – Writing Tools http://bit.ly/8nYd5U #
  • Tahlequah Daily Press – Say what? Please — not that! http://bit.ly/8vDoel –words a group of linguists say should be banned forever. #
  • Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English – Common Craft – http://bit.ly/7AG0aj #
  • Paperless Grading with GradeMark | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/4zVPjI #
  • In Potential Blow to Open-Source Software, Mellon Foundation Closes Grant Program – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7MXrkv #
  • Mike Rose: Education Policy, 2010: Big Goals, Little Vision | Huffington Post http://bit.ly/8uxBhK #
  • There’s More to Publishing Than Meets the Screen – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6axiqy -Are e-books a fresh version or the latest edition? #
  • Are They Students? Or ‘Customers’? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5En40Y –Should students have more say in coursework and assessment? #
  • The Real Academic Calendar – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6kicCd –Real cal follows philosophical stages students pass thru. #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-05

January 5, 2010 by

  • Serving the Laptopless Student – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8uVpGc #
  • Where good old-fashioned debate still rules school | Cincinnati.Com http://bit.ly/5gROAf -Paideia schools, where Socratic method still rules #
  • Irrelevant Facebook – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8Rw2U5 #
  • Career Advice: Evaluating Evaluations – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7tBfKb #
  • Lake Superior State University unfriends words, phrases in 35th annual List of Banished Words http://bit.ly/7FVgCP #
  • Earful Over Cheeky University Essay – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4LyCGn #
  • Tweetup at the MLA – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5r9fhn –Annual party included everyone following on Twitter this year #
  • Bleak News on the Front Lines: Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8YXldl -Already down 100s of job openings, MLA also down 100s of grad students #
  • No Entry – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5qMfXR -Job crisis for faculty jobs (esp for new PhDs looking for tenure-track jobs) spreading. #
  • New UN Envoy’s Old Advice for Children – Read More – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6AzRiZ #
  • Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives – The Boston Phoenix http://bit.ly/5h1YM8 –podcast & article #
  • Grammar vandals awarded book deal – UPI.com http://bit.ly/8OKnge #
  • Small-Scale Assessment Makes the Grade | Edutopia http://bit.ly/5Awolk #
  • Are American Students Lazy? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/86bGLk -on Kara Miller's comparison of US students & foreign students #
  • Homes become college project :: Post-Tribune http://bit.ly/8Wv9qL -Valparaiso students tell the stories of the homes on McIntyre Court #
  • An author's take on online books – newsjournalonline.com http://bit.ly/931PY1 #
  • Study notes rise in Latino Internet usage – San Bernardino County Sun http://bit.ly/78zLFc #
  • On Writing for the Web | ProfHacker http://bit.ly/5zLL8C #
  • 'I Still Want to Stab a Certain Someone,' and Other Ideas Not to Post on Facebook – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/80GQ1o #
  • How to Teach With Google Wave – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5M8PWz #
  • Writing Text-Supported Arguments About the Purpose of College – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4YKkIo #

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