@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-16
January 16, 2010
- Questions For Terry Castle – The Reader – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6DpcGJ –Interview on Castle's forthcoming book The Professor #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-15
January 15, 2010
- The History of Kentucky's Community Colleges http://bit.ly/6XTOkn –traces creation & development of CCs in KY (via The Scout Report) #
- Visuwordsâ„¢ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus http://bit.ly/5ET9OR (via The Scout Report) #
- Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students | Penn State http://bit.ly/7kQL8Y –models, exercises, & advice (via Scout Report) #
- Race and Merit at MIT – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/91ehcF –"uneven" progress and significant gaps for Latino & Native American profs #
- Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader not yet worth the wait – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/8MNOmS #
- Reading Aloud to Teens Gains Favor Among Teachers – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/8olEbi #
- American Team Takes 2nd In Texting Contest : NPR http://bit.ly/8cYcdS #
- Hiring at 2-Year Colleges – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5CfsWG #
- Celebrating MLK Day – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4Fk8FW #
- Extra! News Blogs by Students Grab Eyeballs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5dBYk1 #
- A Community-College Prof Finds Inspiration at Harvard – CHE – http://bit.ly/8FHpS8 – Comparing writing instruction in widely diff settings #
- The Death of the Slush Pile: Even in the Web era, getting in the door is tougher than ever – WSJ.com – http://bit.ly/7mmWLd #
- What a Character! Comparing Literary Adaptations – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8vIsjH #
- 'Horizon Report' Highlights 6 Technologies to Watch in Education – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8MznCv #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-14
January 14, 2010
- Can We Change the Web’s Culture of Nastiness? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4N2yll -Does anonymity lead to meanness? #
- Celebrated poet P.K. Page dies at 93 – CBC News – Canada – http://bit.ly/5EtvQS #
- Twitter literature: get “Gatsby” word for word – BLAST: Boston's Online Magazine http://bit.ly/6E7wxt #
- Age-inappropriate literature: The rewards of reading books before you are ready | Illinois Times http://bit.ly/4A1fuS #
- California Law Requires Digital Textbooks by 2020 – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6wBhuz #
- The Loss of Legibility, Or, Why Do People Still Pile Into Grad School? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/55vhSZ #
- Sign of the Times – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5kRWLw –NYTimes poking its nose into distance education, #
- When Tenure Means Nothing – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4vpLLW — Dismissals violate faculty rights #
- Flogging the Flagships – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5yp7Sw –The need to increase representation of low-income & minority students #
- 5 Ways to Teach About Haiti Right Now – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6jlMd1 #
- Online College Planned for Union Workers – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7uH7Dn #
- Student Crossword | Famous Literary Characters – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4IDLxP #
- Doughnuts and Candy for the Kids – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/6aK9ls –on teachers bringing snacks to class #
- Extra! News Blogs by Students Grab Eyeballs – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5dBYk1 #
- Online Scheme Highlights Fears About Distance-Education Fraud – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8h3gNr #
- How to Build Your Own Multimedia Adventure | Edutopia http://bit.ly/7uYW6y #
- Teach Shakespeare However You Want — Just Keep His Language Alive | Edutopia http://bit.ly/7KH4zA #
- The 2-Year Option – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8lPPRb –Teaching humanities courses at community colleges #
- MLA Meeting That 'Never Was Nor Will Be' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8lIHlB #
- The Men Are Back – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4x2plS –enrollment trends in community colleges #
- Know What Your Email Address Says About You – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/5xBRwt #
- Wanna Make an App for That? Stanford U. Streams iPhone Development Course – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8p97DA #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-13
January 13, 2010
- Resources for Teaching and Learning About the Earthquake in Haiti – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5SXbSB #
- Maryland System Leaders Try to Reverse Ruling That Blocked Online Program – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4NL9Zs #
- Still Earning Less – Advice – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7iDr80 –women in the workplace #
- What Makes a Great Teacher? – The Atlantic (January/February 2010) http://bit.ly/74ooAu #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-12
January 12, 2010
- Textbooks for Rent … Everywhere – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5Za57a #
- Flex Your Literary Fast-Twitch Muscles Writing Twitter-Sized Stories | Twitip | http://bit.ly/6MkfbI #
- Google Lets Users Store More Files Online – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6isWSp #
- What's Your Email Address Prejudice? – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/4U2y3x –discussion topic for professional writing classes #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-11
January 11, 2010
- Barnes & Noble Announces Textbook Rental Service – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/5lJJXo #
- Picture This! Building Photo-Based Writing Skills – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6QBHOQ #
- Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies dies aged 100 | BBC News – http://bit.ly/6hF9sx #
- College Press Run By Undergrads – IHE http://bit.ly/5tIEtT –publishes, sells student work & collects in anthologies for writing program #
- City Tries to Rewrite Lone Bookstore's Last Chapter – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/7cvpIU #
- North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project: http://bit.ly/7h6jEH –search, read papers dating from 1751-1890s (via The Scout Report) #
- Is Google Good for History? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4BqwPE –on the book digitization project #
- Text Generation – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7pputg –Some librarians now reachable by text message #
- 2009 Word of the Year is “tweet”; Word of the Decade is “google” | American Dialect Society http://bit.ly/4TKrRN #
- A new role for community colleges? – SignOnSanDiego.com http://bit.ly/7P3BZm #
- Writing Workshops: Using Small Groups to Improve Writing | Classroom Solutions | Scholastic http://bit.ly/4uzHqX #
- Colleges Lag in Technology and Teaching Quality, a Top Education Official Says – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/84Irlj #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-10
January 10, 2010
- Twitter and the Visual Dataverse – Library Journal http://bit.ly/68t1RF "Data visualization has finally gone viral" #
- Teachers Shake Up Shakespeare with Digital Media | Edutopia http://bit.ly/5mGbcN #
- The Year Ahead in IT – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5B2kja #
- New Realities – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/51uSfe –the impact the economy was having on liberal arts colleges #
- Failing Like a Buggy Whip Maker? Better Check Your Simile – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8CYK1b #
- The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/74fUwX #
- E-books lack the magic of the real thing | Sydney Morning Herald http://bit.ly/6nMxNa #
- Kindle-killers? Flood of e-readers on the way with touch, browsing, video chat | The Canadian Press http://bit.ly/7M9OgP #
- A Look at the Nook – TIME http://bit.ly/5pWAet #
- Why Liberal Arts Matter – Jon Meacham – Newsweek.com http://bit.ly/55tEtJ #
- Academics and Social Media: #mla09 and Twitter | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/6Zv4RI #
- Multicultural Critical Theory. At Business School? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5h8mLK #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-09
January 9, 2010
- Social networking among jurors is trying judges' patience – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/5n1mqU #
- The Perils of ‘Contact Me’ – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8NknHr –when readers write authors #
- Facebook Announces Fellowship Program for Doctoral Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7SzIBC #
- Creating a Culture of Inquiry Through the Use of Model Lessons – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/7vaVsj #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-08
January 8, 2010
- Schools bar children from palace of poetry, says Motion – Times Online http://bit.ly/4ngJ8l #
- Lebowski Hath Been Transferred To Shakespearean English | CinemaBlend.com http://bit.ly/5WLOYo #
- Lesson Planning for the University Classroom | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/7oGGpD #
- Professor Faces Obstacles in Testing E-Reader Device for Digital Textbooks – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8Qgcf1 #
- Facebooking Won't Affect Your Grades, Study Finds. At Least Until Next Month's Study Tells You It Will.- Chronicle.com http://bit.ly/5927sY #
- In ‘Other’ Words: Writing Gently Humorous Essays About Stereotypes – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5bN6wZ #
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@newsfromtengrrl for 2010-01-07
January 7, 2010
- How Social Media Has Changed Us | Mashable http://bit.ly/4HAeWr #
- Digitally Inclined: Teachers Increasingly Value Media and Technology | PBS Survey Results from Grunwald | http://bit.ly/92jyqN (PDF) #
- Webcomics: Classics Illuminated – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/6uOk5i #
- In Praise of Grade Inflation – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4UptLY –Do grades discourage creativity? #
- True Costs of Student Success – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5YHXMp –the effectiveness — & the cost effectiveness — of retention pgms #
- 'Romeo And Juliet': Just As You Misremembered It : NPR http://bit.ly/8yMAXs #
- Five ed-tech stories to watch for 2010 | eSchool News http://bit.ly/7z5gw6 #
- Americanisms 'a sign of cheating' in UK Schools | The Press Association http://bit.ly/6JlVPU #
- 'Twitterature': The classics in 20 or fewer tweets of 140 characters – chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/7zNjxl #
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