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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-23

November 23, 2011 by Traci Gardner

UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident Sparks Rave Amazon 'Reviews' http://t.co/inisbl06 #
Students Like E-Books, Right? Wrong! | HackCollege http://t.co/JfbdNTx8 #
Creating New Academic Networks With 'Commons in a Box' – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Gq6NcgXU #
Why Students Need to Think of Themselves as Writers – National Writing Project http://t.co/yYwJNzmB #
Q & A: a One-Time Librarian Talks About the 'Unconference' Movement – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Nqq6fcFW #
Google Scholar Citations Now Open to All – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/gaVnZ8bt #
What Ever Happened to 'You're Welcome'? – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/n2RiHnUR #
Commercial Colleges Break Rules in U.S. Inquiry – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/6SjzQGqo #
Legendary sci-fi author Anne McCaffrey has died – Celebrity Circuit – CBS News http://t.co/nDYi8CeY #
Occupy language: the struggle over meaning | Dan Gillmor | Comment is free | http://t.co/Bodx2dzJ http://t.co/nUALezBn #
Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: Comics and Graphic Storytelling: A Sample Syllabus http://t.co/8Ior3i9Z #
Image as interest: How the Pepper Spray Cop could change the trajectory of Occupy Wall Street » Nieman Journalism Lab http://t.co/3IbIppz0 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-22

November 22, 2011 by Traci Gardner

How to Master the Craft of Writing | Copyblogger http://t.co/etrnzb2f #
Conversation of the Week: Top Five Authors I’d Invite to Thanksgiving Dinner — inReads http://t.co/i4WejsuS #
inTouch: Was Jane Austen’s Death Really As Mysterious As It Seems? — inReads http://t.co/bR8KhLID #
How to Disagree with Civility – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/H516JBuf #
infoGraphics: Famous Authors and the Colleges They Left — inReads http://t.co/SqMbGoYi #
Sabbatical Diary: When and Where to Work – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/W3ACcP7o #
Networking After the Conference is Over | GradHacker http://t.co/aUt8vJrG #
Report finds literary research an inefficient use of university money | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/H5nEtKjS #
Grades are arbitrary, learning is not | Minnesota Daily » http://t.co/gB762rRs #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-21

November 21, 2011 by Traci Gardner

A Thanksgiving for Susie – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/h0QDTAMJ #
Thanksgiving Classroom Discussion: The Meaning of Thanksgiving » http://t.co/ejx8WBSi #
Reading Digitally Infographic http://t.co/au6Cmk4V #
The Internet Will Get a Peer Review Layer Next Year http://t.co/z3WEIv3j #
Out on the Town, Always Online – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/RuM1dCQk #
Quietly, Google Puts History Online – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/bdL5yZJ8 #
Celebrating Dickens — The Express Tribune http://t.co/SIkoNxzl #
What is to become of literature in the age of texting, Facebook and Kindle? :: Mansfield Today http://t.co/eS8FQJCM #
For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist on Paper – NYTimes » http://t.co/zoR8utpZ #
The College Essay: Why Those 500 Words Drive Us Crazy – The Daily Beast http://t.co/VJWjbgbr #
How to Write a Thesis Statement | Kairosnews http://t.co/66NF4gmy #
Motivating Students With Cash-For-Grades Incentive – NYTimes » http://t.co/NN4VYj9c #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-20

November 20, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Sherlock Holmes lives on screen and in literature | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota http://t.co/ufacuvbg #
10 Tips to Banish Typos :: Quick and Dirty » Tips http://t.co/lPVCeVV4 #
Militarization of Campus Police http://t.co/h7GD3wNy –could make for reading for class analysis of argumentative technique #
If Charles Dickens was alive today, he'd be in Hollywood — Telegraph Blogs http://t.co/hMsHBHSw #
Why "Internet poetry" is no joke | Twin Cities Daily Planet http://t.co/Fq9kDO9B #
How college prep is killing high school – Ideas – The Boston Globe http://t.co/DhzY9k5Q #
Professor wants to take his method coast-to-coast – Frontiersman http://t.co/FVjBIYr2 #
To create better writers, forget the formula – The Washington Post http://t.co/2JdALXaR #
Learn About Robots From Stanford Professors, Free of Charge – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/OJbJQmWo #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-19

November 19, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Neil Gaiman, Homer Bring Trolls to The Simpsons | Underwire | http://t.co/9nxDchL9 http://t.co/Fpjt7pbb #
NCTE Launches National Literacy Education Center – Curriculum Matters – Education Week http://t.co/uUp1eebk #
See Something / Say Something – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/2qxbmKGl #
inTouch: Reading Fiction is Good for You. It’s a Scientific Fact. — inReads http://t.co/lY2YX1dt #
Don’t Keep Your Head Down: Digital Dissertations and Graduate Training | GradHacker http://t.co/e571rr7a #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-18

November 18, 2011 by Traci Gardner

How to Get More Women in Tech in Under a Minute, Caroline Drucker – YouTube http://t.co/IdygO7a8 (Great piece about language use) #
'Salvage,' 'Swerve' win National Book Awards — http://t.co/mOpInih3 http://t.co/ODmdJ6IN #
U. of Missouri Seeks to Limit Recording of Classroom Lectures – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/7ttXfqF8 #
The Phenomenology of Error – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/AjWvxuzb #
Google Scholar Opens Up Its Citations – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/G2FmHTce #
Georgia Tech Wipes Class Wikis From Web – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/gYW0a2kc #
Fix PDFs Quickly with pdftk – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/1sFDfQfy #
Diary of a Reluctant E-Reader: The Nook Tablet — inReads http://t.co/4exwUjL4 #
Kindle Fire: Edu holy grail or one more DRM-ridden toy? | ZDNet http://t.co/Tn59DTzS #
APA Style Blog: The Grammar of Mathematics: Percentage or %? http://t.co/NWEPfjL5 #
American Sign Language Program Attracts Oregon Football Players – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/mukJ7SAd #
Take Care of Your Little Notebook by Charles Simic | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books http://t.co/e384SbI2 #
Rejection Doesn't Stop Successful Authors : NPR http://t.co/WsyBO11S #
Telling Stories: Hear The 2011 National Book Award Fiction Finalists Read : NPR http://t.co/U9WZgABw #
'Salvage The Bones' Takes Top Fiction Honors At The National Book Awards : NPR http://t.co/KdfuODcr #
College Student Survey Shows Balance of Work and Study – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/YcHFzecf #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-17

November 17, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinnney reveals all – Telegraph http://t.co/4MJ0XMkj #
Electric Literature: 'The Time Machine' – Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg – Video – The Atlantic http://t.co/P4arCDPN #
Writing in the Missing Piece: creative writing promotes self-discovery: The Daily Bruin http://t.co/J0It7qjW #
How to Turn Your Story Into a Winning College Essay http://t.co/SbHAHyhT #
An Aficionado (Connoisseur, Fan, Devotee, Enthusiast) Speaks – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/VcXF28RM #
Deconstructing my bookshelf http://t.co/ubpxMAy6 #
Dissertation Prospectus Defenses as a Scholarly Conversation | GradHacker http://t.co/tvvrP320 #
Academic Jobs Wiki Shortcuts – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/aOSXS5re #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-16

November 16, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Professors Differ on Effectiveness of Plagiarism Software | The Cornell Daily Sun http://t.co/VpYLpQMp #
Google Offers Doublespeak With Wi-Fi Location Data "Opt Out" Program [updated] http://t.co/q0VoR361 #
Stephen King’s Rules for Time Travel | Magazine http://t.co/uoV6lgN4 #
Icons: Less is More | workspace http://t.co/rnOIsToO #
Spell-check is there for a reason, folks | Daily Titan http://t.co/N0Lawmpr #
More Linguistic Slush From the Arctic – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/jdN3zbXV #
Indiana Teacher-Consultant on the Merits of Kurt Vonnegut – National Writing Project http://t.co/VhPioo1n #
Why I Write: Portrait of a Bellicose Writer Hero – National Writing Project http://t.co/IP4T0hIx #
Why I Write: Elizabeth Murchison Stresses the Importance of Writing for Scientists – National Writing Project http://t.co/q4oB2c9O #
NWP Teachers Bring #whyiwrite into Classrooms – National Writing Project http://t.co/IowkUvLO #
Nominations Open — The 2011 Edublog Awards are on! | The Edublog Awards http://t.co/hhEVHGuV #
Tech Tip: When Writers Tweet (And Some Do) — inReads http://t.co/cfDp2Xrk #
Easy Access to Zotero PDFs with Qnotero – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/CfHfE2n9 #
"My Teacher Is an App" | Edutopia http://t.co/09FAKina #
iWrite Assistant – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/RkE7wZ5F #
Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television | Video on http://t.co/8RsnNpL5 http://t.co/f92ssvhc #
Raghava KK: Shake up your story – Children's book for iPad: when you shake it, the story & your perspective change | http://t.co/Axuadzo3 #
Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity | Video on http://t.co/8RsnNpL5 http://t.co/UEoBRI7d #
Using the Academic Jobs Wiki – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/M2uSFKrL #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-15

November 15, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Essay on need for academics to move beyond journal articles | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/2iwxZFcA #
Study finds U. of Texas faculty are productive | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/G1bOHA8k #
Taking Measure of Online Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/t5i8UK4u #
AAUP Weighs Calling for Adjunct Faculty to Have Major Role in Shared Governance – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/ikbdeO7c #
Why the Liberal Arts Need the Sciences (and Vice Versa) – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/n0jC4x6N #
Poet Laureate Philip Levine | American Libraries Magazine http://t.co/sAWzQ5aw #
Naming Names – Rushdie Wins Facebook Fight – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/nCb5gJBW #
Community-College Group Gets Help Awarding Credit for What Students Already Know – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/Jz38SQN3 #
I Am What We Are – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/u0zgRP9q #
NWP Teams with Alliance for Excellent Education for Digital Learning Day! – National Writing Project http://t.co/YZAGtJO5 #
Fifth Graders Go Global with Holiday Card Exchange | Edutopia http://t.co/0imR2SY8 #
From the Archives: On Evaluations – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/sB4Mrij4 #
On Capitol Hill, Rand's 'Atlas' Can't Be Shrugged Off : NPR http://t.co/CXv00Ml8 #
Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine http://t.co/YwwmLdDR #
Text Speak Creeping Into The Classroom http://t.co/L5evYRKg #
Will There Be Books? by Scott Turow — inReads http://t.co/jlmAne94 #
U. of Maryland Professor Sidesteps Big Brother Through Online Art – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/V6x9piqY #
Mentoring and Coaching for Effective Tech Integration | Edutopia http://t.co/DPRVu5SF #
Could Badges for Lifelong Learning Be Our Tipping Point? | HASTAC http://t.co/qqIk1uaN #
Gaming Grad School | GradHacker http://t.co/ClwFAoEP #
APA Style Blog: Brevity Is the Soul of Lingerie (and Abstracts) http://t.co/Rfa4Gv8G #
A new Occupy movement focuses on the MLA | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/gdz9QN8f #
Study finds U. of Texas faculty are productive | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/G1bOHA8k #
Essay on how search committees shouldn't treat candidates | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/BgGUFJqw #
Can Well-Behaved Women Make (Academic) History? – Manage Your Career – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/cyqwdZjT #
University investigates professor who requires students to bring snacks | Inside Higher Ed http://t.co/8GCgnJGo #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-11-14

November 14, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Publishing Student Writing to the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Using Smashwords and Bluefire Reader — FREE « The Cheap http://t.co/wrx9gTWw #
Melville, Irony, and Occupy Wall Street | Book Think | Big Think http://t.co/OeFCCPvK #
Write or die – High School – TimesUnion – Albany NY http://t.co/dmxTKY12 #
How Online Schools Work – http://t.co/T0r4mszS http://t.co/u6X5CiAx #
Writing lessons? Please stop – Class Struggle – The Washington Post http://t.co/VD6iynSw #
Growing up Digital: Experts say social media isn't hurting today's teens – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News http://t.co/DplZlPie #
Life begins anew for new veterans coming home – Aurora Beacon News http://t.co/vnmfC2v4 #
Diversionary Tactics, or How to Lose Your Readers – Lingua Franca – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://t.co/rVN8KehG #
Reader's Almanac: Nathaniel Philbrick asks “Why Read Moby-Dick?” and many rise to the “cunning test” http://t.co/fqnQCPVG #
Barbara Grier, Publisher of Lesbian Books (Naiad Press), Dies at 78 – NYTimes http://t.co/GaMKY8mF #
Some Lessons in Damage Control (Penn State) – NYTimes http://t.co/gFaFkJUh #
Homework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California – http://t.co/Xvcmte90 http://t.co/sfHkhGKp #

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