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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-02

December 2, 2010 by Traci Gardner

California Embraces Open Source Digital Textbooks | Edutopia http://hoki.es/3hwTZm #
Suit Over 'Unreliable Websites' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/hWT3oA #
No Grades for States This Year – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/gzchV5 #
Conditions Imposed on Part-Time Adjuncts Threaten Quality of Teaching – Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fqHpxY #
How Twitter can help teachers connect with students – and each other | SmartBlog on Social Media http://hoki.es/fYJcrj #
Daily student-produced news on web TV replaces morning announcements | Chattanooga Times Free Press http://hoki.es/dP3SaX #
New Social Software Tries to Make Studying Feel Like Facebook – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fd1QSx #
Virginia Attorney General Says Teachers Can Take Students' Cell Phones, Read Texts – FoxNews.com http://hoki.es/giTFpt #
Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality: Scientific American http://hoki.es/fY8YxV #
Ph.D. Pipeline Expands Slightly – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fhPwvL #
Corkboard.me is a Simple, Shareable Sticky Notes Webapp | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/fT1NSn #
Google's New E-Book Store: One Store, Any Device | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/h4l6sa #
For Start-Ups, the Ultimate Goal: Becoming a Verb – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/gds790 #
Researchers credit third-party apps for Facebook’s popularity – CollegiateTimes.com http://hoki.es/e6j5JC #
Off My Mind: Classic Literature as Comic Books – Comic Vine http://hoki.es/etJm5x #
Wisdom From A Trailblazer: Ruby Bridges Talks Racism In Education : NPR http://hoki.es/gwkzIu #
Writer's Bootcamp: Reverb10 Edition – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eit8Bv #
Teaching Document Design, Not Formatting Requirements – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/g925VR #
Reboot: Literacies: Visual and Auditory | viz. http://hoki.es/gQQBAp #
Thanks for the retweets this week to @LNSchen, @sccenglish, @FYCUSF, @QTGamer86, @andrewcareaga, & @bekka_black! #
ReadWriteThink receives $1 Million Dollar Grant from Patrick Gaston, Verizon Foundation President » http://hoki.es/eW5VhH #
A Digital Toolbox for the 21st Century Learner | On an e-journey with generation Y http://hoki.es/eszhiE #
Melville's stormy seas | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/eHKoAh #
Don't confuse collaborate with corroborate – chicagotribune.com http://hoki.es/i6PYUY #
Don't confuse collaborate with corroborate – chicagotribune.com http://hoki.es/i6PYUY #
Why should pre-holiday school days be wasted? | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/ijC1Dl #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-12-01

December 1, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Reader's Almanac: Rosa Parks keeps her seat and launches the Civil Rights Movement http://hoki.es/fgJ9ye #
Iowa Republicans Find a Tempting Budget Target: Faculty Sabbaticals – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gl3Hr6 #
Definition of Writing Shifting, Maine Teacher Says – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/ieUSiR #
Finding and Resizing Images with Wylio – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/hc6h1I #
Picturing Poetry in the Classroom | viz. http://hoki.es/gZ1Fhe #
QR Codes in the Classroom | viz. http://hoki.es/fZ0xnW #
Teaching Carnival 4.4 – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gP28PM #
Xtranormal in the Classroom | viz. http://hoki.es/eoIoUq #
Blackboard Drops Appeals on Software Patent – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fpRHjz #
Reader's Almanac: Mark Twain and William Dean Howells: the friendship that transformed American literature http://hoki.es/gE0Rv0 #
Writing Effective Titles for Your Blog Entries | pedablogical http://hoki.es/gYUv76 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-30

November 30, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Would Mark Twain be Tweeting? | SeacoastOnline.com http://hoki.es/h33cRH #
Mark Twain still a giant of literature – St. Petersburg Times http://hoki.es/fDIv9j #
Video: Social Media and the Workplace – Explained by Common Craft – http://hoki.es/gdZyqY #
Editing Google Docs on the Go – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eByKhr #
Reader's Almanac: How Louisa May Alcott revolutionized the “book for girls” with Little Women http://hoki.es/fK9tna #
Project Give – The Power of Writing | Top Teaching http://hoki.es/fSH3w4 #
Use Chrome Extension Stylebot For More Readable Web Pages – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/g0yM9I #
The Catcher in the Rye – Thoughtful Laughter vs. "Bathroom" Humor | Classroom Solutions http://hoki.es/fNgW5N #
William Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes" | Video on TED.com http://hoki.es/dW660n #
Why Choosing the Right Style Matters | Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition » http://hoki.es/g3tmrF #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-29

November 29, 2010 by Traci Gardner

A Loss for Ward Churchill — and Others? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/eKfY0D #
Should Profs Leave Unruly Classes? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/hnhUxq #
Defining a Great University – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fLXtgJ #
Let the Fall Crunch Countdown Begin! – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/g90OyU #
Untouchable Cyberbullies – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/fEJvDf #
Teachers on a paper trail. Does it lead to greater learning? | Get Schooled | Atlanta Journal-Constitution » http://hoki.es/fRAr0F #
Less can be more in class size | Courier-Post http://hoki.es/dNaj5b #
The Decline and Fall of E-Mail – Cringely on technology http://hoki.es/dJ2hCC #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-28

November 28, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Oh, To Be Young: The Year's Best Teen Reads : NPR http://hoki.es/fXIN3d #
'Tangled' – A Fairy-Tale Princess Unleashed : NPR http://hoki.es/gmMmVK #
Boy An Icon For Childhoods Lost In Holocaust : NPR http://hoki.es/g59M6p (the story behind a photo) #
Why I Like Being a Professor – Innovations – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eWlLOC #
Information Overload, Then and Now – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/g5aTb9 #
Comparing famous robots – Holy Kaw! http://hoki.es/f4i2T7 #
How to Use a Magazine to Improve Your Blog | Problogger http://hoki.es/i64vcK #
Hate PowerPoint? Here Are 5 Web-based Alternatives | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/gBJ09m #
Literature going digital | Lansing State Journal http://hoki.es/e6HCNs #
Why we need art & literature about the Holocaust | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/gJAb96 #
"This I Believe" Essays from Boston students on life and hard lessons learned – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/gRDq7K #
Bridging ‘the gap’: High school graduation requirements don’t line up to college entry-level expectations | The Signal http://hoki.es/hkBQGg #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-27

November 27, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Why Harry Potter & Friends Would Stand Out in the College Admissions Process | College – U. Got It? http://hoki.es/gtok4q #
Are we making the Internet stupid? | higher ed marketing http://hoki.es/eP6Q4d #
15-minute writing exercise closes the gender gap in university-level class | Discover Magazine http://hoki.es/hlXusw #
How I Planned a Successful Unconference in 6 hours – and You Can Too | ReadWriteWeb: http://hoki.es/i9rzWs #
In AIDS Fund-Raiser, Celebrities Will ‘Die’ Digitally – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/gV26FW #
Universities Tell High Schools Valuable Logos Are Off Limits – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/fb7Z1L #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-26

November 26, 2010 by Traci Gardner

‘Smarthistory’ Rethinks the Art-History Textbook Online – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/hDQ62h #
Graduate Students Create Recyclable Laptop – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ecRsYX #
Audio: Does Administrative Bloat Contribute to Speech Codes? – Academic Freedom – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/fntVd9 #
The Effective Educator:Using Social Media to Reach Your Community | Educational Leadership: http://hoki.es/fBKjjq #
Project-Based Learning: A Case for Not Giving Up | Edutopia http://hoki.es/epUX0j #
Using typefaces to typecast human beings | sp!ked review of books | http://hoki.es/fjrIBE #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-25

November 25, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Tackling World Hunger as a Classroom Topic | Edutopia http://hoki.es/iaVrcP #
YouTube Project for Awesome: Promoting Videos for Charities | NCTE Secondary Section: http://hoki.es/gi0c6Q #
Literature: Where do fairy tales come from? | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette » http://hoki.es/eQ7prX #
The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving – The Daily Beast http://hoki.es/fuQjhS #
Going Postal: Mail Stickers As Street Art : The Picture Show : NPR http://hoki.es/fEllbg #
Earmark Ban Would Affect Numerous Education Programs – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/dFcdGT #
Reader's Almanac: Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Billings, The Iroquois, Lydia Maria Child on Thanksgiving http://hoki.es/euYYEw #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-24

November 24, 2010 by Traci Gardner

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education | Mashable » http://hoki.es/eJa0oV #
The future is electronic: Netbooks, computers increasingly replacing pencils, paper, textbooks – chicagotribune.com http://hoki.es/e09t1w #
OK: How Two Letters Made 'America's Greatest Word' : NPR http://hoki.es/fmczpW #
In Praise of the Americans: a 1922 description of U.S. culture – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/eCfwOt #
Is the Pen Mightier Than the Sword? (on Books criticizing higher ed) – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/emR7Ow #
On Gratitude in Academe – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/epJ4GU #
Holiday Shopping for a Kindle or iPad? Why You Should Wait – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/gDaRli #
The Reflective Practioner | Scholastic's Classroom Solutions http://hoki.es/erFp21 #
A Million Exploited MFA's by Hillary Rettig for Huffington Post » http://hoki.es/eSwGZL #
App of the Week: Marvel Comics- a reader with pan and zoom! | YALSA » http://hoki.es/hzPXNj #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-23

November 23, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Excessive Video Gaming Can Lead to Problematic Teen Behavior, Study Says http://hoki.es/gGxNJb #
Text messaging: a lecture hall epidemic? | eCampus News http://hoki.es/gOfGaG #
Tinley teacher turns social media into tool :: The SouthtownStar :: http://hoki.es/gV8eSt #
Tim Burton Telling Crowd-Sourced Tale via Twitter | Mashable » http://hoki.es/eafnpO #
Cyber Charter Schools: The End of Public Education or a New Beginning? | The Atlanta Post http://hoki.es/fSxppp #
Thanks for the Internet (and Let's Make Sure We Keep It) – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/eg9T0m #
College Bookstores and the Internet – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/f73FXX #
Poor Ratings for 'U.S. News' Rankings – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/eFWM8M #
Access, Retention, and Success in Higher Education Around the World – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/eKJP5v #
Five Ways to Not Suck at PowerPoint | Lifehacker http://hoki.es/fmx0eN #
Study: Internet Turns Kids Into Terrible Spellers – TIME http://hoki.es/dGo8DL #
The internet is changing spelling, study claims | Metro.co.uk http://hoki.es/ePyjdL #
U Mad? Study Says Internet Leads to Bad Spelling Among Children | Geekosystem http://hoki.es/fylFn8 #
‘Pie recipe’ plagiarism prompts online battle | The Van couver Courier » http://hoki.es/h8oWhv #
Libraries in literature: A Quiz | guardian.co.uk http://hoki.es/hGvvnm #
Black Colleges Slowly Adding Online Degrees – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/h7WaXi #
Senate Amendment Threatens to Doom Writing Project – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/e8mj2t #
Reader's Almanac: Mark Twain, Deceitful Turkeys, Offensive Clocks, and Green Turtle Soup http://hoki.es/g4d3wd #
An Easy-as-Apple-Pie Plagiarism Lesson | Bedford Bits: Ideas for Teaching Composition » http://hoki.es/h60e3z #
Districts weigh privacy vs. security concerns with school cameras | Dallas Morning News http://hoki.es/dPiSVw #

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