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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-24

July 24, 2010 by Traci Gardner

IPad Goes Under The Gauntlet At Universities This Fall | Wired.com http://bit.ly/dyyr8Y #
Ten of the best nameless protagonists in literature | The Guardian http://bit.ly/9FTttQ #
Village Green, Preserved – Brian May’s Photo Recovery – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c1sSpy #
England: Arts and Crafts in the Cotswolds – latimes.com http://bit.ly/d8fLf8 #
A Great Unrecorded History – A New Life of E. M. Forster – By Wendy Moffat (Book Review) – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/98qodN #
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham – By Selina Hastings (Book Review) – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9NKMhz #
A $35 Tablet? India Is On The Case : NPR http://n.pr/dsgwwt #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-23

July 23, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Nothing Is So Necessary for a Young Man… – Personal – The Atlantic http://bit.ly/dgm0SV (on reading Tolstoi's War and Peace) #
Owning manuscripts is one thing: owning the contents is quite another | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/aGOnQ9 #
In defense of Sarah Palin's English – CNN.com http://bit.ly/9mQkIu #
Online Course Construction Gets a 'Do-It-Yourself' Web Site – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/93633f #
Comic books offer boys a 'gateway' to literature: study | Vancouver Sun » http://bit.ly/bGwNoR #
New technology brings teaching changes | Victoria Advocate | http://bit.ly/bO3Yfr #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-22

July 22, 2010 by Traci Gardner

New textbook rules target savings for college students, but critics remain | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal http://bit.ly/an6w4l #
Agent publishes 20 'modern classics' on Kindle, cutting out publishers | CNET http://bit.ly/9Yb5Vr #
Disruptive Student Behavior: Meet the Thwarters – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/a5hJxZ #
Discover Your Personal Organizational Style – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/brBgnI #
William and Mary may be home to oldest standing schoolhouse for black children | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/bSLoXs #
Internet has 'not become the great leveller’ | BBC News – http://bit.ly/bmRbX6 #
Lit at Your Desk: Chicago Poetry Tour & Podcast – Chicagoist http://bit.ly/9EPgG3 (free multimedia tour of poems written in & about Chicago) #
Lost Kafka writings resurface, trapped in trial | The Associated Press: http://bit.ly/9FEGxK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-21

July 21, 2010 by Traci Gardner

College Newspapers Don't Care About the Web – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/b0OkKA #
The Web Means the End of Forgetting – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b1Ihim #
Consider Revision Control Methods for Documents – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aQFQ4Z #
Make Mine Visual | YALSA » http://bit.ly/dfn6SF #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-20

July 20, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Children's Illustrators Help Save Gulf Oil Spill Wildlife Victims | School Library Journal » http://bit.ly/9nxsOO #mowillems #
Good Teaching in Action:How to Be an Education Troubleshooter | Educational Leadership: http://bit.ly/bL967x #
Law and Policy in IT: Internet 101 – Law, Policy — and IT? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9T90am #
Internet 102 – Law, Policy — and IT? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dvbP1e #
Day 19 Of My iPad Paperless Experiment – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dlifMY #
How to Stay Sane in the Classroom (Poets' Division) – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cHL7sY #
Attack of the Pads: Tablets Take On Apple | Gadget Lab | Wired.com http://bit.ly/bLYR2k #
Boys Trail Girls in Reading; Can Fart Jokes Help? – ABC News http://bit.ly/aBEF00 #
3 schools will use iPods in classrooms | DailyTidings.com http://bit.ly/dcjzEv #
Thoughts on the Rebirth of FEED – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/b5SBGJ #
OCR Those PDFs – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/a9a78K #
More Universities Announce iPad Experiments – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aPQgOt #
Using Failure to Reflect on our Teaching – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9GEN2b #
Cheating In College Is Widespread — But Why? : NPR http://n.pr/d70qX3 #
The Disappearing College Catalog – University of Venus – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9AyNtn #
Writing IS Thinking – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bfLReA #
Colleges and the Common Core – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a2mRWs #
Using Library Experts Wisely – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bG1Yzf #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-19

July 19, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Dancing at Auschwitz – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bTkeGF #
In Online Journalism, Burnout Starts Younger – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c4eRw4 #
Policing the Web’s Lurid Precincts – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bmJQBs #
HG Wells writing competition demands handwriting, no science fiction; no one applies – Boing Boing http://bit.ly/bSs51X #
Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/98Zya1 #
The Problem of Plagiarism in School (Letters) – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b6F1wL #
How Do You Teach A Tragedy? | NJ Spotlight | http://bit.ly/9K8csZ #
Good and Risky: The Promise of a Liberal Education | Huffington Post » http://huff.to/dyS9Rz #
Temple professor Renee Hobbs: A computer doesn't make kids smart | Philadelphia Daily News » http://bit.ly/bzLl3m #
The Future of Advanced Placement – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/dhdHhn #
Burned-out students take timeout before starting college – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/avCI9j #
Code switch: Formal English – the crossroads between black and white worlds – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/cMiizw #
What Belongs in a 21st-Century Classroom? Faculty and IT Staff Disagree – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bqRZe0 #
House Passes Bill to Create New Job-Training Grants for Community Colleges – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9snmtk #
Ernest L. Boyer and the Scholarship of Integration – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bW3cH9 #
Teachers Walking The Talk – THE DAILY RIFF – http://bit.ly/a2AdQ9 #
Using Mendeley for Research Management – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9TR5o4 #
Blog’s Readers Enjoy a Good Whodunit – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a4HkC5 #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-18

July 18, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Sometimes It's Okay To Judge A Book by Its Cover | Huffington Post » http://huff.to/c99ZlV (poetry & e-readers) #
Technology a key tool in writing instruction | eSchoolNews http://bit.ly/92cEpJ #
As Older Users Join Facebook, Network Grapples With Death – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ciwzQO #
Only Disconnect – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9NHGF2 #
Exclamation points don't impress in business writing | Crain's Chicago Business http://bit.ly/aKg3sK #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-17

July 17, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Tweet Less, Kiss More – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ad0J3R #
Book Writing Advice for Nerds | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/cOmFJj #
Wordsworth's focus on inner life and nature has lasting influence on poetry | OregonLive.com http://bit.ly/a9GRjK #
Illinois writing test eliminated for 2010-11 – chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/c0U96I #
Electronic reading devices are transforming the concept of a book – latimes.com http://bit.ly/aYsAaX #
Harvard profs dropping final exams | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/bHaQAN #
Using computers to teach children with no teachers | BBC News – http://bit.ly/aZUe0F #
Growing trend of social networking sites for children | BBC News – http://bit.ly/cIjaNK #
Ten of the best card games in literature | The Guardian http://bit.ly/cLdabC #
'Racy' Google Themes Draw Complaints From Colleges Using Company's Services – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cgjo1D #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-16

July 16, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Manly Meals and Feminine Foods – Percolator – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bUWRmh #
'Anything Is Possible When You're in the Library' – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aZG4TV (Old Spice Man Parody) #
When Funny Goes Viral: Taking Web Humor Seriously, Sort Of – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/alyJGX #
Born to Check Mail (Book Review – Hamlet’s Blackberry – By William Powers) – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dapnPa #
First Facebook novel blurs the line between author and reader | Deutsche Welle | http://bit.ly/9dkKoP #
He said, she said: Good grammar improves communication | Film Journal » http://bit.ly/da7hZi #
How to Speak a Language That Your Robot Will Understand | Discover Magazine http://bit.ly/cighYo #
Technologically Illiterate Students – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/d7AzjI #
Study Finds No Link Between Social-Networking Sites and Academic Performance – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/boQU8R #
6 Ways to Make Adjuncting More Effective and Fulfilling – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/91Ac7i #
A Classroom Experiment: Ditching a Textbook – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/c8RIYb #
'The Great Gatsby' is now a PC game | stltoday.com » http://bit.ly/d9x8en #
Writing Project Prof Development Continues to Yield Gains in Student Writing Achievement – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/cPraTr #
A Concise History of “Fuck” | VF Daily | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/bMT287 (via @grammargirl) #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-07-15

July 15, 2010 by Traci Gardner

Our Crazy Balkanized Curricular Media Space – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bw96oB #
Creating the Perfect Instructor – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/cWiBdc #
Blackboard's Bid to Galvanize E-Texts – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/a6ELd4 #
Teaching or Preaching? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/b8kURF #
American U. Adjusts Its Test-Optional Policy – Head Count – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dw6229 #
Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool: I Write Like http://bit.ly/cobRdY #
Colonoscopy: It’s Time to Check Your Colons | The Millions: http://bit.ly/bG7INx #punctuation #
William Faulkner Goes Online, 50 Years Later: Audio Recordings : NPR http://n.pr/cW72s1 #
Developing a Mindful Practice around Moving Images in the K-12 Classroom | California Chronicle | http://bit.ly/cureSH #
Ill. teachers find creative writing inspiration – chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/duyBPQ #
Long papers in high school? Many college freshmen say they never had to do one. | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/b9E0fn #
NCLB Seen Impeding Indigenous-Language Preservation | Education Week: http://bit.ly/ayKufr #
A Practical Guide to using Social Media in your Job – Social Media for Working & Learning http://bit.ly/b3sLim #
Catalogue your Books with Book Catalogue (the Application) – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/briZsY #
Poetry Pairing – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/casq5q #
Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High | Threat Level | Wired.com http://bit.ly/b7vXCa #
Preparing for College: Tech Essentials for Your First Year | Lifehacker » http://bit.ly/d74Ymm #
826 Reinvents the Writing Center – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/a3nIji #

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