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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-24

August 24, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Teens Use Facebook, Twitter to Spot Back-to-School Deals, Trends | School Library Journal » http://bit.ly/bu2Pdj #
How the internet is changing language | BBC News – http://bit.ly/cpJZWf #
RIAA: U.S. copyright law 'isn't working' | CNET News http://bit.ly/ctVwB1 #
iTunes U Downloads Top 300 Million | Apple » http://bit.ly/dbwnsF #
When K-12 Moves to the Cloud – ReadWriteCloud http://bit.ly/aiBmsR #
Should Blogs Count for Tenure and Promotion? | HASTAC http://bit.ly/b4kwU7 #
Open to Change: How Open Access Can Work – Library Babel Fish – Inside Higher Ed » http://bit.ly/cqR983 #
Fixing Higher Ed – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b5s8CL #
Evaluating Community College Rankings – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cR3VTi #
A New Leaf at Phoenix? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cg15nV #
Open to Change: How Open Access Can Work – Library Babel Fish – Inside Higher Ed » http://hoki.es/cqR983 #
Fixing Higher Ed – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/b5s8CL #
Evaluating Community College Rankings – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cR3VTi #
A New Leaf at Phoenix? – Inside Higher Ed http://hoki.es/cg15nV #
Watching a Watchdog: Is the Washington Post Too Close to Kaplan? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bIlfIo #
Community-College Course on Laughter Is No Joke – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/a31z2D #
The Day I Abolished Grading – THE DAILY RIFF » http://bit.ly/8Xor3C #
iPads and Kindles are better for the environment than books | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/dtDpTw #
Replacing a Pile of Textbooks With an iPad – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9XT8K0 #
How to create retro science fiction posters | io9 » http://bit.ly/9T5cJV #
How To Avoid Writing an Awful Cover Letter | Gawker » http://bit.ly/cLZjus #
A Letter to Rookie Teachers (Dennis Danziger) | Huffington Post » http://huff.to/alFFhh #
Inkling brings interactive textbooks to iPad | Crave – CNET http://bit.ly/cTgNK5 #
The Flynn Effect & IQ Disparities Among Races, Ethnicities, & Nations: Are There Common Links? | Psychology Today http://bit.ly/d0741Z #
Using VoiceThread to Give Students a Voice Outside the Classroom – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cSD8HE #
Virginia State U. Business School Buys E-Textbooks for Students – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cxTAqr #
Arkansas Teachers Explore Digital Writing – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/cVeoot #
Council Announces September Release Date for Doctoral Report – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/a9Cl2U #
Interview 2.0: Using Social Media to Prepare Students for the Workplace | Edutopia http://bit.ly/aKJ2BL #
From the Archives: Time Management for the New Semester – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bmbFWJ #
For Scholars, Web Changes Sacred Rite of Peer Review – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/daLVkw #
Teaching With Infographics | Places to Start – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cBKiRa #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-23

August 23, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Forget Hall Monitors, School Investigates Tracking Students with RFID | ReadWriteWeb » http://bit.ly/9ZGhrr #
OhLife Is a Self-Referencing and Email-Based Journaling Tool | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/dipsoy #
An Un-'Common' Take On Copyright Law : NPR http://n.pr/cAgXcy #
Federal Court Sides With Augusta State Over Graduate Student's Expulsion – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cQ91Xu #
E-textbooks are on the way, but not dominant in classrooms yet | Austin American Stateman » http://bit.ly/bcvayP #
Choosing 'The Art of Choosing' – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bIGwJF #
Split Ruling on Confidentiality for Teachers and Schools – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9NXaTd #
Blinding Technology of Online Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cHjYV4 #accessibility #
Almanac of Higher Education 2010 – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aXQS9Q (Subscription required) #
David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization | Video on TED.com http://bit.ly/a2098I #
Reinventing E-mail, One Message at a Time – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/96Zw4b #
New York Times Bestseller Seth Godin to No Longer Publish Books Traditionally – mediabistro.com: GalleyCat http://bit.ly/bp1P64 #
Facebook and teachers: Still a potentially dangerous combination for your career | Atlanta Journal Constitution http://bit.ly/d2Ezbd #
Teaching using technology: In digital generation, teaching using more technology – OrlandoSentinel.com http://bit.ly/adyNPy #
Goodbye Great Gatsby; hello editorial pages – SignOnSanDiego.com http://bit.ly/bvTs7h #
Anytime, Anywhere: Online Learning Shapes the Future | Edutopia http://bit.ly/aunTab #
We can't say the N-word, but how should we write it? | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/a7jMII #
Tribune/WGN poll: Despite some blips, most see technology as boon for family life – chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/aiv2BY #
What's on the minds of this year's college freshmen? Or, more importantly, what's not? – chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/a2r2Hl #
iPad: College campuses are experimenting with Apple's device this fall – baltimoresun.com http://bit.ly/c2fIIf #
College Professor Requires Students to Study Portal | The Escapist : News : http://bit.ly/bcFHEO #
Central Michigan U. Adjuncts Vote for Union – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/beK17s #
Students, Welcome to College – Parents, Go Home – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/95dW5J #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-22

August 22, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Five Best Places to Buy Cheap Textbooks | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/9VWFkt #
DIY Ultimate Note-Taking Notebook: A Follow Up – HackCollege – http://bit.ly/dqUKn5 #
Textbooks slip as learning tools, Electronic material preferred, up to date | The Tennessean http://bit.ly/b3gzcD #
Teachers Can't Do It Alone, How Collaboration Affects Teacher Retention – THE DAILY RIFF – http://bit.ly/azCVQp #
12 Angry Teachers, Debating an Inquiry-Based Pedagogy – THE DAILY RIFF http://bit.ly/9urzeA #
6 Reasons Blogrolls Are Dying | pedablogical @ tengrrl.com » http://bit.ly/a6H0AD #
College Roommates Match Up Online – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b3uV1n #
E-Books Make Readers Less Isolated – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cMHmiQ #
Technology Leads More Park Visitors Into Trouble – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c8UkKJ #
Use a Weekly Review List to Stay a Step Ahead This Semester | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/cSUVXX #
An educational odyssey across three generations – latimes.com http://bit.ly/av0SBC #
Learning through experience translates into college credit at some N.J. schools | NJ.com http://bit.ly/9RURf8 #
Bittersweet News for Social Media in Education | Edutopia http://bit.ly/cJDqoh #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-21

August 21, 2010 by Traci Gardner

The 17 Most Innovative University Presses And the Books You Will Want From Them | Huffington Post » http://huff.to/dufjXf #
Domesday Book Goes Online | ReadWriteWeb » http://bit.ly/dksPXl #
15 Facts About Net Neutrality [Infographic] | ReadWriteWeb » http://bit.ly/93fohR #
Copy Protection Hasn't Changed Much Since Medieval Times | Gizmodo » http://gizmo.do/c36EDO #
The Rest of the Numbered Pencil Family (cartoon) | Gizmodo » http://gizmo.do/bTZJ7n #
BBC Pinball Lets You Have a Little Fun With Your Mindmapping | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/bVEc6r #
Buy Textbooks Overseas for Heavy Discounts | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/cm9r29 #
Add "At" to Your Google Search for Site-Specific Results | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/cbEPos #
Ten of the best pigs in literature | The Guardian http://bit.ly/9cJujN #
Get kids to write down their thoughts and they just might 'get it' – El Paso Times http://bit.ly/ak7whB #
The Future of Teacher Prep Programs | Edutopia http://bit.ly/9cH3qi #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-20

August 20, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Textbooks Up Their Game – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/bRpGNW #
Letting Students Choose What They Read » Teacher aims to improve reading scores :: Beacon News :: http://bit.ly/cb6UcO #
How Big Are Historical Things, Really? | Gizmodo » http://gizmo.do/9hbKvG (creating comparitive maps) #
Where’s the rigor in U.S. schools? Preparing kids for college | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/d5Hkv3 #
Simple Presentations with 280slides – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cc7lOH #
The Rule of 200: writing 200 words a day, every single day – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cBQdbr #
Career Advice: A Full View of Faculty Development – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b0fbCt #
Christopher Newport University closing bookstore, launching web site – dailypress.com http://bit.ly/aCQL68 #
A Graphic Text – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bEWWAl #
Abandoning an Experiment: Shuttering an all-digital model of scholarly publishing – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9ZXgmM #
U-Va. to scrutinize Virginia Quarterly Review after editor's suicide | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/bWshis #
Virtualizing the University Computer Lab – ReadWriteCloud http://bit.ly/a62Ll4 #
People Subscribers to Get Free App for iPad – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/92NVQX #
August 28 is International Read Comics in Public Day! – Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bTUFQ8 #
What if English Only Isn't Wrong? Do We Need To Be Bilingual, and Will Tech Smash the Lang Barrier For Good? – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/dfAnrI #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-19

August 19, 2010 by Traci Gardner

'Choose Your Own Adventure' Gets An iMakeover : NPR http://n.pr/a93GQc #
Use Multiple Google Calendars to Balance Your College Life | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/bYr1Sg #
Edwin Morgan, Scotland's national poet, dies aged 90 | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/cy222d #
Scottish national poet Morgan dies | AFP » http://bit.ly/dsA3az #
Teacher Loses Job After Commenting About Students, Parents on Facebook – ABC News http://bit.ly/dj6u7V #
A Student Reviews a Smartpen, the Livescribe Echo – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9RXP8X #
Checklist for an Open CourseWare Semester – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/buCWzY #
Announcing CourseBoss: Easy Assignment Management for Professors – HackCollege – http://bit.ly/cNDS8Z #
An Open Letter to New Graduate Students – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bJsMy2 #
Hidden Impact of Technology on our Everyday Lives – THE DAILY RIFF – http://bit.ly/cv2vru #
Managing Twitter Favorites – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bbsj0Y #
Teaching ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ With The New York Times – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/brDTyh #
What Are Kidwatching, Microblogging, and Podcasts? | pedablogical @ tengrrl.com » http://bit.ly/9kHiPu #
Williston State, in North Dakota, Gives iPads to Its Full-Time Professors – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dzZMb5 #
The Beloit College 'Mindset' List – Digital Tweed – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cpRUJZ #
Can You Hear Me Now? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dxk5Lw #
Facebook Tabs: What They Are & How to Use Them | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/95KiJD #
How to Disable Facebook Places | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/csRqJ5 #
The History of the Internet, Visualized | Gizmodo » http://gizmo.do/9TQo8M #
Active Facebook Users More Likely to Stick With College | Wired.com http://bit.ly/czPQ8I #
Facebook Unveils Service to Announce Locations – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9igzDa #
When Life Lived Online Is Sanitized, Do We Lose Something? – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a7uPAk #
4 Tools for Teaching Kids to Code | ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/9PQkKY #
DIY Ultimate Note-Taking Notebook | Lifehacker http://bit.ly/doOAi5 #
Where to Get the Best Free Education Online | Lifehacker http://bit.ly/b3D2q1 #
Quick Access to Poetry in the Age of Technology – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cI2cfz #
The Freshman Foul: Poor ACT Scores – CBS Evening News – http://bit.ly/aBxgJA #
Kids These Days: Woefully Unprepared For College – TIME » http://bit.ly/a3DNXu #
Kids, Solid Foods, & Allergies: An Analogy for New Tech in the Classroom? – ProfHacker – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/c3yuhM #
Why Johnny’s College Isn’t What It Used to Be – ‘Higher Education?’ by Hacker and Dreifus – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b9Li5t #
The College Completion Agenda | College Board » http://bit.ly/c3tucZ #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-18

August 18, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Celebrated critic Frank Kermode dies aged 90 | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/9U2Sim #
The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Significant Rule Changes http://bit.ly/9NVvo6 (via @grammargirl) #
Activities That Ask Students to Explore Cultural Mindsets | pedablogical @ tengrrl.com » http://bit.ly/cxVDtu #
Out of this World Resources « Twitter and Writing http://bit.ly/dkUI6d (links to assignments for teachers using Twitter) #
Authors Withdraw from Teen Lit Festival. http://bit.ly/bYzxtB (via @PublishersWkly, @professornana) #censorship #
Test Takers Increase, Scores Don't – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9ow86A #
Growth in Administrators Outstrips Growth in Faculty Members – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ccXdP7 #
Find Creative Commons Licensed Sound Effects at The Freesound Project | Lifehacker http://bit.ly/dzlkwi #
Break Free from Your School's Crappy Email Client | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/dzlZrS #
AirDropper Requests Files via Email and Saves to Your Dropbox | Lifehacker http://bit.ly/afXeXI #
Stop Admitting Ph.D. Students – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bqHCmI #
ACT Scores Dip, But More Students College-Ready : NPR http://n.pr/duu54G #
eTextbooks: Never Mind iPad & eReaders, PCs Still Dominant | ReadWriteWeb http://bit.ly/bvRLsl #
Aging Rocker John Mellencamp Says the Internet Has "Destroyed the Music Business" http://gizmo.do/b8yihD #
Teaching out of the box – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/bkcCws #interdisciplinary #
Is TED the New Harvard? | Open Culture http://bit.ly/ds04KI #
21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead | ASCD » http://bit.ly/c1Jru3 #
Is There A For-Profit Education Bubble? : NPR http://n.pr/99Obhi #
Is the Web Dying? It Doesn’t Look That Way – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aivYKw #
Killing the Lecture With Technology, Part II – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/df1n7b #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-17

August 17, 2010 by Traci Gardner

What Your Frosh Don't Know – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bmf2MI #
Roping in the Tenured – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dxoIZA #adjuncts #
The Minds Behind the Mind-Set List – – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dAUcbp #
The Kids Are Texting a Frightening Amount | Gizmodo » http://gizmo.do/dbeMS6 #
The Beloit College List for the Class of 2014 – associatedcontent.com http://bit.ly/dko4L3 #
Is it worth reading Sir Walter Scott? | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/bHqIFR #
NZ lecturer identifies Chaucer works | Sydney Morning-Herald » http://bit.ly/c0zkgE #
Technology firms gain instant recognition with poor grammar and bad spelling | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette » http://bit.ly/934tzX #
Wear wristwatch? Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14 | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/azbkH7 #
Check Your Backups – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bQIHrP #
Goldilocks and the Three (or Four) Digital Scholarship (Ball) | Kairos 15.1: http://bit.ly/9UeOZW #
I'm a Map, I'm a Green Tree (Anderson) | Kairos 15.1: http://bit.ly/bsQFay #
Notes on 'Notes on the Film' OR My Supermetachat On An Already Metachatty Look. . . . (kyburz) Kairos 15.1: http://bit.ly/9hYE2c #
Re-articulating the Mission and Work of Writing Programs with Digital Video (Kopp and Stevens) Kairos 15.1: http://bit.ly/boExNV #
Course Management Systems as Ongoing Classroom Memory: ANGEL as a Living Archive – PraxisWiki » Kairos http://bit.ly/9zDoW5 #
New Bib: Eliot Rendleman's Studies on Textbooks for Writing Instruction: Course Rdrs, Comp Books, Rhetorics & Handbooks http://bit.ly/a0WEwd #
Foreword to Bring It to Class – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/c9GuaV #
Foreword to DIY Media in the Classroom – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/9q8IZ2 #
Should Colleges Do More to Teach Students About Plagiarism? – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cssryE #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-16

August 16, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Untold Tale – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cnlAZ9 #
What Does Race Have to Do With It? – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/a1RJ0J #
Teachers Pick Their Top 5 Back-To-School Tech Tools | ReadWriteWeb » http://bit.ly/anGm5c #
The Complete Guide to Saving Money on Textbooks | Lifehacker http://bit.ly/9PfGiq #
Microsoft creates Office addins that take 1:1 to the next level | ZDNet http://bit.ly/cnAgxt #
Cops Eject Starbucks Customer Who Wouldn't Use Their Lingo – Gothamist http://bit.ly/9MQmD8 #
'E-Learning' Report Shows Online Professional Development Aids Teachers and Students | Boston College http://bit.ly/da4myI #
Faculty Development on Campuses – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bSZ0i6 #
Teachers Head Back to School with New Tools to Teach Writing – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/bKJTl8 #
Help Students Set Up an Effective Writing Routine | Edutopia http://bit.ly/9QEQzf #
A Framework for Teaching with Twitter – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9QlXq1 #
Communicate Effectively at School to Get What You Need – HackCollege http://bit.ly/bTmDlF #
Facebook 'dislike' scam warning | BBC News – http://bbc.in/cP4I8e #
In the Case of the Billion-Dollar Typo | Law.com – http://bit.ly/95u9wE (via @grammargirl) –Who says editing doesn't matter? #
The Back-to-School Organization Bug | pedablogical @ tengrrl.com http://bit.ly/aLlHvf — What are you doing to prepare for the school year? #
The Should I Skip Class Today? Calculator http://bit.ly/cekUfe (via Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c0GXz2 ) #
Parenthood Gaps and Premiums – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bp3DqG #
Visions of Adjunct Tenure – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/aeuJRp #
Spend a Semester Without Microsoft Office | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/d23N4A #
Photographer stripped of gold medal after plagiarism scandal – GoChengdoo: http://bit.ly/cdJ8iM #
How online research can make the grade | The Social – CNET News http://bit.ly/9JrwgC #
Mexican poet Rafael Jesus Gonzalez redefines our quality of life | Detroit Free Press http://bit.ly/aEplBS #
To be or not to be an A-star student? BBC News – Today – http://bbc.in/dBi3GP –Shakespearian theatre directors answer test question #
Your Brain on Computers – Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cj3iev #
A's for public universities, F's for privates | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/cuZDBn #
Bill aims to ease student transfers – Glendale News Press http://bit.ly/9kOm9Y #
More university students taking advantage of cheaper community college courses | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/acduct #
50 Open Source Tools That Replace Popular Education Apps – Datamation.com http://bit.ly/95NSKG (via @brasst ) #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-08-15

August 15, 2010 by Traci Gardner

100 famous writers to follow on Twitter – Holy Kaw! http://bit.ly/9lrSzL #
9 Ways to Use Social Media to Inspire Your Writing | Social Media Examiner http://bit.ly/aciYpd #
College 2.0: Teachers Without Technology Strike Back – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ct3R7q #
As electronic readers gain popularity, what happens to the personal library? | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/93FMv5 #
How the IPad Changed My Reading Habits – PCWorld Business Center http://bit.ly/apsbXl #
A New Guide to Travel Writing in the Digital Media Age | PRWeb http://bit.ly/9sCJBg #
17 Literary Journals That Might Survive The Internet (PHOTOS) http://huff.to/95DoTC #

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