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  • Students at U. of Florida Use Facebook to Find Tutors – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cVomPO #
  • Book Review: Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/cLinQS #
  • Adjunct Who Commented on a Judge's Arrest Is Fired, Then Rehired – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aJeZ9o #
  • What Era Do You Wish You Had Lived In? – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aklXd8 #
  • Facebook is a major influence on girls, says survey | BBC News – http://bit.ly/cfTfnM #
  • Banning, Opposition to a Book Inspires More Art — on Adam Rapp’s “The Metal Children” – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a1YSQA #

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  • New York State Library Cooperative Can't Sustain Itself, Will Shut Down – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/af7V0X #
  • Open Dictionary Is a More Reliable, Cleaner Urban Dictionary – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/cNwllU #
  • Great Debate: Developing Argumentation Skills – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/b3nlnq #
  • Taylor Momsen Did Not Write This Headline – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bmkOjx –Headlines are now written to get search engines to notice. #
  • YouTube, Now 5, Shows Signs of Growing Up – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dsbYMO #
  • An Online Game to Entice the Movie Audience – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cD6wr8 #
  • Capture Full Page Screenshots Entire Web Pages as a Continuous Image – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/bpwU2H #
  • Texting During Meetings is Definitely Noticed, Seen as Rude – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/cPwkQQ –fodder for prof comm class discussion #
  • Ad Slogans Become Beatnik Poetry – Adrants http://bit.ly/92UfFj #
  • Arizona officials go after Mexican studies program | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/aBfj8x #
  • Tech language a plus for communication | The Sydney Morning Herald » http://bit.ly/9QzKg1 #
  • Notes on Organizing an Unconference – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/dDg5h6 #
  • Take a Minute to Collect Your Thoughts with Evernote – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/csgE3v #
  • Hefty wait lists shield colleges but unsettle students | Washington Post » http://bit.ly/cnKxq9 #

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  • Ten of the best visits to the cinema | Books | The Guardian http://bit.ly/dvH8Lc #
  • Taking Back School Reform: A Conversation Between Diane Ravitch and Mike Rose – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/bESugD #
  • International Curriculum Blasted as Anti-American | Education Week: http://bit.ly/du0P2I #
  • Electronic Literature Directory Redesigned as Interactive Resource – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cjZrsh #
  • 'Lost' reading list: Literary influences, from Stephen King to Flannery O'Connor | Los Angeles Times http://bit.ly/ailLye #
  • Google Gives Students a Portable Voice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/cniw0O #
  • Why Do Educators Keep Putting Dunce Caps On Our Kids? | FOXNews.com – http://bit.ly/96BDn8 (Critique of program that teaches via rap music) #
  • Stephen's Sound Advice: How To Ace The SAT's – THE DAILY RIFF – http://bit.ly/bzRyLC #
  • Effective Summer Planning – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aaYdN9 #
  • A New Facebook? Collegiate Nation Offers Private Alternative for Students Only http://bit.ly/aJ4RdY #
  • The Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9NDJUc #

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  • Does Poetry Matter? – Paper Cuts Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/azY8ss #
  • Simple Techniques Can Make You A Great Teacher : NPR http://n.pr/bqmbY9 #
  • Bad writing: What is it good for? – Salon.com http://bit.ly/cgLwFO #
  • How Do You Organize and Annotate PDFs? – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bo5kGU #
  • The Many Facets of Adult Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/d6JXJ6 #
  • In Crisis, U. of California Outlines a Grand & Controversial Online Learning Plan – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bNvpKu #
  • Duncan Says For-Profit Colleges Are Important to Obama's 2020 Goal – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/akBIzM #
  • Carol Dweck's Attitude: It's not about how smart you are – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/9tJLm1 #
  • Leading Effective Classroom Discussions on Controversial Issues – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/bfG11v #
  • Using Creative Commons Licensed Material in Your Classroom – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/apvceH #
  • Using NINES Collex in the Classroom – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/aYkqrz #
  • Google Editions, Bookstore in the Cloud, Will Go Live By July – Library Journal http://bit.ly/aEsUo3 #
  • SLJ Talks to One Book, One Twitter (1B1T) Founder Jeff Howe – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/dD74Xk #
  • Blackboard's Ambassador – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/c8Nec5 #
  • Methodology Change for Ph.D. Rankings – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/9nFOgY #
  • U. of Illinois's New Supercomputer May Outpace Current Software – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/c3LfJz #
  • How to Hold Virtual Office Hours in Google Wave | Smarterware http://bit.ly/beDBPq #
  • Navigating the modern Canadian novel (Review of Hooked on Canadian Books, by T.F. Rigelhof) – The Globe & Mail http://bit.ly/bGPABm #
  • 11 Ways You Can Make Your Space as Collaborative as the Stanford d.school | Fast Company http://bit.ly/cLQKzb #
  • Writing Centers: More Than Remediation – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/dhzur8 #
  • Get Some Help with Teen Read Week! | YALSA » http://bit.ly/boTTKJ (Library Mini-Grants) #
  • ‘Make No Plans For the Rest of the Day’: Photo Project Launches – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/defVut #
  • “It’s OK to be imperfect”: One school’s quest for social-marketing success | SmartBlog On Social Media http://bit.ly/cWs4KH #
  • Language of instruction not most important for English-learners : Johns Hopkins University — The Gazette http://bit.ly/aTinss #
  • Obama Asks Black Graduates to Help Close Education Gap – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/9HhJzX #
  • More Cyberbullying on Facebook, Social Sites than Rest of Web http://bit.ly/c8HGRx #

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