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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-21

July 21, 2011 by Traci Gardner

How Finland became an education leader – David Sirota – Salon.com http://hoki.es/p99E9P #
Incoming Freshmen Series: How to Stop Studying Like a Freshman – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/q83J5f #
Reviewing (Trashing?) Student Teaching – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/qDbxCv #
The case for comic books – KansasCity.com http://hoki.es/nMKphv #
Education Dept. Posts Data on First-Time Students | The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/qQIXL0 #
Creating Classroom Rules with a Bill of Student Rights | Edutopia http://hoki.es/nCA1aj #
QuickWire: Chinese Professor Is Criticized for iPad Requirement | Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/qAOvgi #
Community-College Students Perform Worse Online Than Face to Face – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/q59GoL #
How to Study Your Own Teaching (And Why You Might Want To) | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ogVhUx #
Student-Teacher Programs Called Flawed – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/p8sYJe #
Fleetwood students use technology to document Holocaust survivor – Kutztown Area Patriot – Berks-Mont News http://hoki.es/pNvLBN #
'UnCollege' movement misses why college matters | HomerNews » http://hoki.es/r9oMBX #
Amazon Announces Digital-Textbook Rentals – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/p8hCFh #
Writing Guided Autobiographies: A Guided Tour of the Past – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/nPniE6 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-20

July 20, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Humanities in the Twenty-First Century | Edutopia http://hoki.es/pfU1zP #
On Our Minds @ Scholastic » Secrets of a copyright page http://hoki.es/oFuW8l #
LinkedIn Quietly Adds Student-Tailored Profile Options – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/pYaERr #
Does Digital Publishing Need Peer Review? | HASTAC http://hoki.es/piAdFi #
Using Storybird (Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 3) | Edutopia http://hoki.es/pV9Bzc #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-19

July 19, 2011 by Traci Gardner

NWP Radio: Copyright and Fair Use in Digital Media and Composition – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/pkDcKs #
Is It Okay to Friend Your Boss on Facebook? (66% Say No) http://hoki.es/rpLHFs –Wonder what the numbers would be for teachers :) #
College Students Lead in Internet Use and Tech Gadgets, Study Finds – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/pS59ox #
A Conversation About Creative Writing Pedagogy: Where Are We Going Next? – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/oRyfnj #
Are You Tapping into Prior Knowledge Often Enough in Your Classroom? | Edutopia http://hoki.es/pL5qmv #
Three Further Thoughts on Coaching and Teaching | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/mPs2to #
Help Edublogs Reach Their 1 Millionth Blogs (& Keep the Site Advertisement Free) » http://hoki.es/qKzkD0 #
Teach Writing Right: "16-Word Poems"–a challenge for Writer's Notebooks http://hoki.es/pRW49B –Inspired by William Carlos Williams #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-18

July 18, 2011 by Traci Gardner

QuickWire: McGraw-Hill to Integrate With Major Course-Management Systems – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ruHaNi #
Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? http://hoki.es/pKVVWq #
Collaborative writing with Google docs | Meg's Road to PhD: http://hoki.es/ob353b #
Twitter as a mode of communication / teaching device?| New Media Scholar – http://hoki.es/qPD1Rh #
Teaching grammar in the classroom/writing lab setting? | New Media Scholar – http://hoki.es/rqscYH #
Doing the Student Business Card – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/mRSfE8 –useful if you're teaching professional communications #
Microsoft Wants to Make It Easy for Academics to Analyze 'Big Data' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/o4H8mC #
Wikipedia in Your Pocket — All Of Wiki and Wikihood | ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/oG98vI #
Why I will never pursue cheating again – A Computer Scientist in a Business School http://hoki.es/qMQuIs #
What Typos Mean to Book Publishing – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/npXXbc #
Amazon lets students rent digital textbooks | Education | News | PC Pro http://hoki.es/ngNjHz #
6 Killer Writing Tips from a Great-Grandmother of a Copy Editor http://hoki.es/r399Fs #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-17

July 17, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Is Anyone There? When Your E-Mail Goes Unanswered – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/qgRJx2 #
Infographic: Google+ vs. Facebook | News & Opinion | PCMag.com http://hoki.es/pHLa1u #
Are You Going To Adopt Google+ for Professional Learning/Networking? Why or Why Not? | Beth’s Blog http://hoki.es/nmzpzd #
What is "Computer Literacy"? | HASTAC http://hoki.es/qTHVaL –points to Stuart Selber's work. #
How to Be a Writer | m. molly backes: http://hoki.es/q9CngJ #
Here Are 15 Excellent Tips for Writing a Book – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire http://hoki.es/mWysxf #
Writing Effective E-Mail: Top 10 Tips – Jerz's Literacy Weblog http://hoki.es/ngLXmQ #
snobbery and digital literacy education | HASTAC http://hoki.es/rtOy5k #
Don't punish everyone for one person's mistakeâ€ – YouTube http://hoki.es/oYnosC –about business but applicable to the classroom #
Community-College Officials Swap Notes on Common Worries and Challenges – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/oTKD3j #
Faculty Immobility in the New Economy – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/oVIyR2 #
E-Book Revolution Upends Columbia Publishing Course – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/ng4hjV #
Spelling mistakes 'cost millions' in lost online sales | BBC News – http://hoki.es/pVaomE #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-16

July 16, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Is Harry Potter classic children’s literature? – College, Inc. – The Washington Post http://hoki.es/nCpc0g #
Let’s Ban Books, or at Least Stop Writing Them – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/qjduWi qtd: "He can write a book. But why would he want to?" #
The Me My Child Mustn’t Know – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/oBC1SJ –on writing, memoirs, and passing time. #
What Caricatures Can Teach Us About Facial Recognition | Wired Magazine http://hoki.es/qvFNpE <–connect to discussion of political cartoons #
Harry Potter and the Medical Study: J.K. Rowling's books turn up in medical literature, too – latimes.com http://hoki.es/qeDqsg #
Governors Say It Again: Higher Ed Needs Accountability – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/pyAlsp #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-15

July 15, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Underestimate the Oxford comma at your peril – The Globe and Mail http://hoki.es/riXOJd “I can’t stand these leftist Oxford commanists!” :) #
The Nation: Semicolon, Hyphen And No Serial Comma : NPR http://hoki.es/oI5DSM #
A Guide To Potter-isms: Wizardspeak In Translation : Monkey See : NPR http://hoki.es/pFulqZ #
A Non-Designer's Guide to Creating Awesome Diagrams for Slides http://hoki.es/qHO1q1 #
Remedial Plus – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/pgZ7lI #
Alone Togetherâ€: The Impact of Technology on Our Lives & Communities, by Sherry Turkle – YouTube http://hoki.es/naCrOG /via @profhacker #
Preparing to Teach for the First Time | GradHacker http://hoki.es/qlWqog #
Mash-ups: a Derridean delight | Patrick West | spiked http://hoki.es/nkL6K7 #
20 Best Blogs in the Digital Humanities | HASTAC http://hoki.es/nNC1RY #
Lining Up to Ban Books at Literature Festival in Chicagoâ€ – YouTube http://hoki.es/rjKIwU #
Mr. Spock, Space Wizard: How the concept of the wizard translates into science fiction television and films | Screened http://hoki.es/njqBPR #
Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/peUvMZ #
Bribing students to keep up with current events? Shareable Google News badges for your favorite topics http://hoki.es/qyhbZY #
Using Blogs to Engage English Language Learners | Edutopia http://hoki.es/ov5jRl #
APA Style Blog: Punctuating the Reference List Entry http://hoki.es/p1Srzs #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-14

July 14, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Give Your Resume an Edge by Making It More Modern (Infographic) » http://hoki.es/opdoZy #
Visual.ly Is An Infographics Hub With Tools to Create Your Own http://hoki.es/reAQ1I #
Google: Gender Privacy More Important Than Grammar | WebProNews http://hoki.es/mYzGgx #
BBWorld in Vegas: Blackboard has now partnered with every US textbook publisher | ZDNet http://hoki.es/o4wMOr #
Facebook teams with Time Warner to fight bullies – WSJ.com http://hoki.es/nJt4hd #
Career Advice: Advice on Academic Advice – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/pTdISh #
Schools scramble to comply with new rules for online classes http://hoki.es/oPs3uO #
Classroom Management First, Technology Second – Coach G's Teaching Tips – Education Week Teacher http://hoki.es/pghxnU #
Harvard Researchers Accused of Breaching Students' Privacy in Facebook Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/qbXcDq #
5 Reasons Why Google's 20% Time Fails Higher Ed – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/q8he6D #
Free Speech, the N-word, and an Orientation Issue Come to a Head at NC State http://hoki.es/pCI9Oc #
Kids Develop Creativity at Bay Area Writing Project's Young Writers Camp – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/okgxkz #
Blackboard Announces Collaboration With Major Textbook Publishers – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/oSfO0m #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-13

July 13, 2011 by Traci Gardner

A's Represent 43 Percent of College Grades, Analysis Finds – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/nBIsVL #
To Prevent Sexual Assault on college campuses, White House Issues Challenge: Build an App – Chronicle of Higher Ed http://hoki.es/p0h1GM #
The Humor Code: Deconstructing the Science of Funny | Underwire | Wired.com http://hoki.es/q1Eptz #
Nine Tenets of Passion-Based Learning | MindShift http://hoki.es/qSNqQO #
Teaching to the Tech: A Social Network to Harness at School – The Atlantic http://hoki.es/oCFtKG #
Facebook Bullying: Real-Life Burn Book Triggers District Investigation » http://hoki.es/q6lxtC #
The Chronicle of Higher Education: How Will Colleges Innovate As The Market Is Disrupted? http://hoki.es/nedYne #
Illinois Judge Rejects Challenge to Union for Tenure-Track and Adjunct Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/n0bJi2 #
National Adjunct Group Offers Health Insurance to Its Members – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/p7kjBd #
The Sociology of Academic Networks – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ndTWJW #
'Mobbing' Can Damage More Than Careers, Professors Are Told at Conference – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/nnCa4e #
In Texas, Coalitions Spar Over Governor's Higher-Education Agenda – Government – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/n2KfcT #
Nine terms consultants should avoid. Oops, there’s one – The Globe and Mail http://hoki.es/opG9gJ –for your discussion of word choice? #
Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's take back the Internet! | Video on TED.com http://hoki.es/pAcozU #
Google+ forces us to question who owns our digital identity | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk http://hoki.es/p27Wcp #
The 100 Longest Entries On Wikipedia: Pics, Videos, Links, News http://hoki.es/oxCpLE /via @DerekMueller #
Learning Assessment at Community Colleges Is Growing but Fragile, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/oMFE2h #
QuickWire: Blackboard Melds 2 Videoconferencing Services It Bought Last Year – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/qGKvid #
A College Education for All, Free and Online – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/r2ROVq #
The Writing Assignment Framework and Overview – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/q4lSyc #
Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 2 – Using VoiceThread | Edutopia http://hoki.es/o06Ts2 #
Future Funding Uncertain for Illinois Writing Project – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/rtVE3A #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2011-07-12

July 12, 2011 by Traci Gardner

Why Writing Teachers Should Pay Attention to Google+ | Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition » http://hoki.es/ndYGaZ #
Are You Serious? reviewed: Lee Siegel's winning tour of seriousness in American culture. – Slate Magazine http://hoki.es/r6TWQZ #
South African Teachers Learn about Teaching Writing – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/qoFCxI #
Central Utah Writing Project Helps Teachers Work with Words – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/rpz6DC #
Illinois Erases State's Last Writing Exam – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/pEsNtc #
Teachers Aren't the Only Ones Benefiting from Writing Project – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/pTKArh #
New Mexico Teachers Learn How to Motivate Students – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/pUAjIe #
Students Get Writing Lessons Over Summer Break – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/nP4IfC #
Marist College Official Provides Job Help to Grads via Twitter – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/qsyu0X #
Automating the Culling of Facebook Friends – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/qOwfYx #
Minn. Court Upholds University's Right to Discipline Student Over Facebook Comments – Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/oPscj3 #
Sentence of the Week, Telegram Edition – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/oTIKBW #
Teachers and Facebook : How College Professors are Using Social Media | Schools.com http://hoki.es/pfK50E #
Alternative Writing Assignments: The Integrated Paper | Faculty Focus http://hoki.es/rjJsXa #
The Reinvention of Literature http://hoki.es/pFp0bL #
Higher ed reformers target the elusive 'lazy professor' | Houston Chronicle http://hoki.es/o7zSTE #
The importance of grammar, usage, and mechanics to written and digital texts? | New Media Scholar » http://hoki.es/owIH2f #
Remembering Diaspora*: The Open Source Social Network – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/n6dSxU #

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