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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-12

November 12, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Tweeting Students Earn Higher Grades Than Others in Classroom Experiment – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/8ZDZvh #
Use "TK" While Writing to Avoid the Web's Black Hole | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/d91hBg #
Modern Minstrelsy: Exploring the Legacy of Racist Stereotypes in Literature and Life – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/a3v6Ey #
Celebrating the genius of 'Huckleberry Finn' – latimes.com http://hoki.es/8XRt0e #
Brush Up On Grammar Rules with These Light-Hearted Resources | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/d34hIj #
Penn State Accused of Discriminating Against Blind Students – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9ZsC4V #
Four Indispensable Methods for Organizing Group Attention | HASTAC http://hoki.es/bAf058 /via @profhacker #
Teaching War: Making History Relevant with Media Literacy Activities (Highlight Video) | Edutopia http://hoki.es/aE0P5W #
Use WordPress and GCal To Create A Dynamic Course Calendar, Pt 1 – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/aKSvoY #
Restructuring Is Key to Turning Freshmen Into Graduates – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9CBIZn #
What's Eating You? Viewer Expectations and Food Art | viz. http://hoki.es/9pDNBA #
ADA Compliance Is a 'Major Vulnerability' for Online Programs – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cRx09x #
Teaching War by Todd Finley | Edutopia http://hoki.es/aEp61l #
Reader's Almanac: Kurt Vonnegut, Armistice Day, and Veterans Day http://hoki.es/abeMsB #
Literacy may have stolen brain power from other functions | Ars Technica » http://hoki.es/bWeoS7 /via @johnpwalter #
Use RSS To Keep Up With Favorite Online Services – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dgm8g2 #
Pupils without internet 'disadvantaged in education' | BBC News – http://hoki.es/9iYhpw #
Facebook woes hit T.C. Williams High School | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/bnB17n #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-11

November 11, 2010 by Traci Gardner

With a little help from students, St. Tammany Parish teachers try to keep up with the digital age | NOLA.com http://hoki.es/90ND6K #
9 most subversive children’s books ever written – Books – TODAYshow.com http://hoki.es/9Q7vai #
Borders Taps Chegg To Power Textbook Rentals Platform | TechCrunch » http://hoki.es/d8VEwv #
Encouraging Deep Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cYOqUo #
Audio: Wired Magazine Co-Founder's Tech Advice for Academics – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/bI8iod #
Community Colleges Must Focus on Quality of Learning, Report Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/c3ZudJ #
Social Books Hopes to Make E-Reading Communal – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/att4jk #
E-Books to Join The New York Times Best-Seller List – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aiWa5F #
Email Writing Values: Keep it Relevant | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/aGcSkr #
If You Begin a Sentence with Well, There's a Good Chance You're Lying | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/auxDSU #
Search for Creative Commons Licensed Media at CC Search http://hoki.es/cLwtI4 #
Kurt Vonnegut's Tips for Writing Fiction | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/bL3A1Q #
Ten steps for better media literacy skills | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews.com http://hoki.es/bKcZFV #
Will Your Local Library Lend E-Books? (Or Can They?) | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/cseo2z #
The exclamation point revisited – chicagotribune.com http://hoki.es/d69tdo #
Father sues district over reading about slavery | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/9i2D4l #
Tuition Protest in London Turns Violent – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/bEBfOB #
Mobiles ring changes for oral Irish exam – Latest News, Education – Independent.ie http://hoki.es/bJmjtn #
U.S. Releases National Ed-Tech Action Plan | Education Week: http://hoki.es/dnBbke #
Your Child Left Behind – Magazine – The Atlantic http://hoki.es/bJRWL2 #
"Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography about Language" on Rogers Creations http://hoki.es/bZYwpb #
On Flaubert’s 'Madame Poetry' – Brainstorm – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cL6hSG #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-10

November 10, 2010 by Traci Gardner

What is Plagiarism, and Is it Always Bad? | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/dmhfAI #
Mr. Administrator, Tear Down This Firewall! | Teacher Magazine: http://hoki.es/8YgnYb #
College Students Don't Know How To Research, Study Shows | Huffington Post » http://hoki.es/c0IuMT #
Reader's Almanac: Kristallnacht in the writings of Arthur Miller and Philip Roth http://hoki.es/dtqyAc #
Playing around with documentaries | spiked http://hoki.es/c5ZruI #
State of the Blogosphere 2010 Introduction – Technorati Blogging http://hoki.es/d7tLbN #
Sex, Drugs More Common In Hyper-Texting Teens – KMGH Denver http://hoki.es/crGS6y (that's lots of texting, not actual hypertext) #
Too Nice to Land a Job – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/di6BBg –Research finds "communal" or "emotive" words turn off search committees #
Teaching Online Professors … Online – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/aTHTnj #
Critical Intellectuals on Writing – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/bvtNwV #
Can the Kno Tablet Make the E-Textbook Grade? | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/aPOanB #
Free Speech on Facebook an Employee Right, Federal Agency Says | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/dtJF7s #
Focus on Native American Heritage | NCTE Inbox Blog: http://hoki.es/dbTgYM #
Project to map Internet goes national – CollegiateTimes.com http://hoki.es/bE9MPm #
Love Of Words Brings Child, Poet Billy Collins Together : NPR http://hoki.es/djnhdk #
Cooks Source: ‘We Will Now List All Sources,’ Get Permission | WBUR http://hoki.es/9mHuHM #
Popular culture classes teach students connections between modern life, literature, art | Central Michigan Life http://hoki.es/b4KnkH #
Experts Search for Best Content to Train Teachers | Education Week: http://hoki.es/9UwNTf #
Media literacy in the classroom and community | Philadelphia Public School Notebook http://hoki.es/axXMwB #
Seniors wrap their minds around Joyce's 'Ulysses' | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/10/2010 http://hoki.es/djZTTL #
Students Lack Basic Research Skills, Study Finds – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cag7ly #
Getting Your Work Done With Social Media: the Sprint – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/ahSHt9 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-09

November 9, 2010 by Traci Gardner

iPad Competition? Kno Offers Tablet Computer for Schools – TIME http://hoki.es/8Yyf5U #
Broadband usage growing, but income, education, & socio-economic factors still play role in access »
msnbc.com http://hoki.es/9bFtqJ #
Bullying happening more often virtually than in person, researcher says | Chattanooga Times Free Press http://hoki.es/c35hox #
Downsized schools raise bar, but not all reach it – The Denver Post http://hoki.es/bHsm28 #
Interactive Children’s Books – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aB0umY #
A Busy Community College Layers Up the Semester – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cL8ltE #
Undocumented and Unsung–Growing worldwide dependence on part-time faculty – The World View – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/c3U745 #
Review of “appropriate workload” for adjunct professors means less hours for faculty – NashuaTelegraph.com http://hoki.es/c6PWQ3 #
Technology and the Completion Agenda – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cG7rDF #
Getting to Know You: Just Don't Use Facebook – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dwvAPi #
Email Writing Values: Concision, Concision, Concision | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/9cOuFF #
Internet turns Cooks Source plagiarism into worldwide debate – St. Petersburg Times http://hoki.es/c9Zud9 #
The 10 Best Parents in Children's Literature | Strollerderby » http://hoki.es/9K2Afe #
In the Schools: In 'To Be Heard,' Poetry as Survival – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aXWoME #
The Woe-Is-Us Books, by Stanley Fish – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/axLYS4 #
English classes at library attracting more and more participants – Decorah Newspapers – Decorah, IA http://hoki.es/cIE34Y #
Writers' Bootcamp: Writing Collaboratively – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/blLvg3 #
Proficiency of Black Students Is Found to Be Far Lower Than Expected – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/bU5rpA #
Liars and Lying: Teaching Students How to Tell When a Text May Be Misleading or Lying » Bedford Bits: http://hoki.es/bFdjvu #
Paying for technology hinders move to 21st century classrooms | SeacoastOnline.com http://hoki.es/97TEU7 #
Homework Hotline a Resource for Students – Potomac, MD Patch http://hoki.es/b8Y1TZ #
Virtual community college filling need | The Clarion-Ledger http://hoki.es/aqpZLJ #
Mandatory cyber learning expands – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://hoki.es/bRCRjM #
Nashville, Rutherford school-issued mini-laptops let more kids log in | tennessean.com | The Tennessean http://hoki.es/cgLyaC #
Must we have the digital vs. print battle? | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/97HDfc #
With iPods, Kearns High students touch education’s future | The Salt Lake Tribune http://hoki.es/anD2a4 #
Is There Anything New to Say About Melville? – PageView – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/aHuDqt #
Career Advice: 30 Days Until Finals – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/9UIQ3Y #
Harnessing Social Media – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cDIMcc #
Is There Any Reward for Constant Curricular Change – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/d7Pu9o #
Does Academic Freedom Protect Holocaust Deniers? – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/95UWAX #
eBook Sales to Hit $1 Billion By Year's End, $3 Billion by 2015 | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/aPbFqK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-08

November 8, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Ripped from the Headlines: How to Turn Current Events into Real-World Projects | Edutopia http://hoki.es/9tFhbu #
Forget About Perfect Grammar and Just Write Well | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/9B2rZq #
Email Writing Values: Clarity Is Key | Lifehacker » http://hoki.es/8Z0ZMB #
First, Think Inside The Box: On Creative Thinking | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/dpCwqj #
First, Think Inside The Box: On Creative Thinking | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/dpCwqj #
Show Me the Money: A Realistic Guide to Finding and Receiving Grants » High School Bits – http://hoki.es/dCAdVr #
MN Poetry: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "We Leave Tonight…" | Minnesota Public Radio http://hoki.es/anBv1d #
E-books beg the question: Does poetry need paper? – The Independent Collegian http://hoki.es/c9TXu8 #
A Muggle's Dream: Quidditch As A NCAA Sport : NPR http://hoki.es/b8kWrw #
'The Anthology Of Rap': Lyrics As Poetry : NPR http://hoki.es/anuua2 #
Plagiarism 101: Cooks Source and the Internet response | Adventures in IT – InfoWorld http://hoki.es/b49rDh #
Psi-ber plagiarism | Psychology Today http://hoki.es/9F2V2p #
Chomsky: If language exists, so does ‘universal grammar’ | The Daily Free Press http://hoki.es/cQEbh1 #
Hacker Makes the Fifth of November One to Remember – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cDXSl2 #
Connellsville students learn the art of 'writing dangerously' – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://hoki.es/dhDcZR #
Robert Frost in Methuen: Not just a swinger of birches – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/9Us1UT #
Failure to educate: Churning out illiterate students who pass predictable standard tests – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/csYZYP #
'Find x' and other unusual college essay questions | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/d04y6l #
Washington's 2-year colleges out to beat high cost of textbooks | Seattle Times Newspaper » http://hoki.es/cZKUBa #
College leaders work to increase interest in humanities – The Boston Globe http://hoki.es/bxVWY6 #
Die-In Rally Against Bullying on College Campuses | Stony Brook Independent http://hoki.es/9b7h59 #
Technology Teachers Are Thankful For | Scholastic's Top Teaching » http://hoki.es/duXTKn #
Homework Helpers Focus Students’ Attention: Like a Monitor More Than a Tutor – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aHkwEK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-07

November 7, 2010 by Traci Gardner

38 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed | Mashable » http://hoki.es/cYKD2X #
Among Benefits For Walmart Workers: A Degree : NPR http://hoki.es/aUwlXX #
Howard Rheingold Speaks on Credibility of Online Information and Social Media | Critical Thinkers » http://hoki.es/c7E6xT #
A 'Stealth Assessment' Turns to Video Games to Measure Thinking Skills – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/aAOmWr #
The Nonprofit Approach to Online Education – US News and World Report http://hoki.es/a0JCF7 #
Mark Twain still relevant 100 years postmortem – Courant.com http://hoki.es/d5w9hg #
First-graders use Facebook as a learning tool » Daily Nonpareil Online > Council Bluffs > http://hoki.es/dAetCD #
3,500 students navigate virtual classrooms at 3 Texas public online schools | Dallas Morning News: http://hoki.es/a39Et1 #
In Efforts to End Bullying, Some See ‘Hidden Homosexual Agenda’ – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/dAULBP #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-06

November 6, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Conroy's 'Reading Life': A Search For Safe Harbors : NPR http://hoki.es/bjksk8 #
Teachers: Please stop prohibiting the use of Wikipedia | ZDNet http://hoki.es/b1uyuc #
U. of California Readies Its For-Credit Online-Course Venture – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/deELvX #
71 Presidents Pledge to Improve Their Colleges' Teaching and Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/bOCBLD #
The Rise of the 'Edupunk' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/bqAXpf #
When Social Media Is Irrelevant – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/ckMK7O #
Getting an education in merits of learning over the Internet – latimes.com http://hoki.es/bL0SKV #
Editor: Books need more diversity – Kansas State Collegian – News http://hoki.es/dpGeZ7 #
Prize Is Created for Gay Literature for Young Readers – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/aG73iN #
Top Five Food-Themed Children's Books – Eating Our Words http://hoki.es/cBe815 #
Putting the 'Humanities' in 'Digital Humanities' – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/aPHPk8 #
Technology tools expand learning, but what's the future of the online info students create | The Leaf Chronicle http://hoki.es/bEyrRz #
Universities add open eBooks to iTunes U | eCampus News http://hoki.es/dzjaDw #
Next generation learning: use of video and audio diaries to improve students' learning | guardian.co.uk http://hoki.es/dachTa #
What can Texas Hold ‘Em Teach Me About Technology? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/9fmCga #
7 Ways College Has Improved Since 91 – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/a3awJ6 #
Days of Wrath: America is angry now. Higher education bears some of the blame – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9qZkHn #
YouTube U. Beats YouSnooze Through – Online Learning – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/boqCh6 #
Online Learning Is Growing on Campus – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/9oVn3c #
Girl Scouts Research Shows How Social Networking Impacts Girls' Self Image | ReadWriteWeb » http://hoki.es/bXweND #
Ten of the best zoos in literature | The Guardian http://hoki.es/dtb9VS #
A Pulitzer Prize Winning Author's Take On the World's First Computer | Gizmodo » http://hoki.es/aLy57c #
Quiz: Sedition in Literature | guardian.co.uk http://hoki.es/97nyb4 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-05

November 5, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Feast Your Eyes On The World's Most Beautiful Grammar Book | BOOKTRYST: http://hoki.es/bw8jhJ #
Students Are Not Products And Teachers Are Not Social Engineers : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR http://hoki.es/cfobPs #
My Love Affair with TED (.com) | Edutopia http://hoki.es/btNEoL #
Teaching Writing in the Digital Age – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/bRAeSI #
Dipity for the Political Thought classroom? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/cajBIc #
Group Work that Works (Even in Large Classes!) – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9RVt8R #
Going Clubbing: Student Group – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/a2PuLk #
English Department Unveils New Themed Courses to Spread Love of Literature | UVA Today » http://hoki.es/9YhwxJ #
Professor explores monsters in literature | The Daily Evergreen Online – http://hoki.es/b5sHgN #
The Invisible Curriculum – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/awnwBL #
U. of California Readies Its For-Credit Online-Course Venture – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/blDr1A #
The Comforts of "Grading Jail" – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/d3CdHy #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-04

November 4, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Shrinking Your Email Signature – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9NjzSi #
Breaking Out of Grading Jail – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/9pFlLI #
Valuing Your History: Using Story Corps with Students | Top Teaching from Scholastic » http://hoki.es/cE2rNx #
2011 E-Anthology – National Writing Project http://hoki.es/cotUTz #
Songs in the Key of Lit: Ways to Use Music to Study Literature – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/b4BUu7 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-11-03

November 3, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Mark Twain had a love connection with Dallas teacher | Dallas-Fort Worth News http://hoki.es/aQuZwH #
Ted Sorensen's Legacy for Writers – Newsweek http://hoki.es/9y2f7s #
Why so many bright kids fail to launch in college | Washington Post » http://hoki.es/bmG950 #
App of the Week: iDrakula » YALSA: http://hoki.es/b0yOTE #
Professors Shore Up Wikipedia Entries on Public Policy – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/dxiTt4 #
In Downturn, More Return to College Without Basic Computer Skills – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/c709Do #
Gamifying Homework – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/976tg0 #
Part-Timers Increase on Campuses, Education Dept. Reports – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/bSIt0x #
Plan Ahead to Avoid the Post-Thanksgiving Crunch – HackCollege – http://hoki.es/cLcITZ #
Read and Write Graphic Novels! Yes, Graphic Novels Are Literature! | Top Teaching http://hoki.es/ajz06A #
Internet2's New Leader Outlines Vision for Superfast Education Networks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://hoki.es/b7kz7S #
Smallest College Endowments Perform Best, Study Finds – NYTimes.com http://hoki.es/9OY7e9 #
Arizona Bans Affirmative Action – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/bmqO0S #

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