@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-12-01

  • 'Twitter' top word of 2009 | Digital Media – CNET News http://bit.ly/4rVaio #
  • In Roald Dahl's curmudgeon's cave – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/5D5bni #
  • An Ideal Teacher – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6JKcdJ #
  • Standing Up to Threats – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5qv3pR –Free expression shouldn't be put on hold because of threat of violence #
  • Tufts Defines Free Speech Limits – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/5Y21fy #
  • The Big Admissions Shift – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8sdwul –competitive admissions in Cal State system #
  • Stopping Short of No More Fries – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/7dQXeL –more on LIncoln Uni's graduation requirements for obese students #
  • What a delicatessen teaches me about teaching – AnnArbor.com http://bit.ly/5u7ZUR #
  • Book Review: Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment by Maja Wilson – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/8zYrqz #
  • Videos, Games Help Preschool Literacy, Study Says – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/5H7vlJ #
  • Kids become literate faster with video and online technology – San Francisco News – abc7news.com http://bit.ly/7tQjUt #
  • New Guide Offers Help in Assessing Threats From Troubled Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/57eoGs #
  • Evaluations: When to Give ‘Em, and When to Read ‘Em | ProfHacker.com http://bit.ly/5nvCHC #
  • Publish and Flourish? A New Study Examines Scholarly Outputs and Reputations – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/4KWsc0 #
  • Billy Collins: A ‘Reader’s Poet’ Reads at NWP’s 2009 Annual Meeting – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/6CJOTB #
  • Lowcountry Teachers do the 'write' thing| Charleston, SC – The Post and Courier http://bit.ly/8HceX4 #
  • Developmental Psychologist Laurence Steinberg Says Teenagers Are Different – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7ZrBbo #
  • For Poe, This Has Been the Year to Die For – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6Puf1O #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-29

  • Neil Gaiman Asks: Heard Any Good Books Lately? : NPR http://bit.ly/73oZne –on audiobooks and reading #
  • Cartoonist Turns his Pen to Novel Writing in The Charity of Ebenezer Scrooge – Salem-News.Com http://bit.ly/7y876H #
  • Tricky Math of the Heart – Alice Munro’s ‘Too Much Happiness’ – Review – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7vMQRN #
  • Helping students reach Grade 13 – The Richmond Register – http://bit.ly/5DCA9R #
  • Young adult novels create turmoil, challenges at high school – Kentucky.com http://bit.ly/83Mrq5 #
  • Learning for the sake of learning | StarTribune.com http://bit.ly/7hfeea –Augsburg College non-graded, integrated term course #
  • It's college essay crunch time at CU-Boulder – Boulder Daily Camera http://bit.ly/76Ciif #
  • Book Review – 'Yours Ever – People and Their Letters,' by Thomas Mallon – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4xtpdZ #
  • Montreal Educator Declines Top NCTE Teaching Award | PRLog.org | http://bit.ly/5SpFFk #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-26

  • MacArthur Foundation launches $2 mil grant program to spur new educational uses for digital media | eSchoolNews http://bit.ly/7r1Kir #
  • 'The Cusp of Every Bibliomaniac's Dream' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8RDk2q –on the curious state of 'out of print' books #
  • Unnatural Enemies – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6Y5Q9g –on protests on the Berkeley campus #
  • Texting and education | KXNet.com North Dakota News http://bit.ly/4Xcawd #
  • No Longer a Civil Rights Footnote, Claudette Colvin – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7TzCIH (on National Book Award Winner 4 Young People’s Lit) #
  • Bloomberg Ties Test Scores to Teacher Tenure – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6Aqfwf #
  • For exuberant young writers, 10,000 words is an easy goal | Star-Telegram.com http://bit.ly/6R9Bdw #
  • When to Specialize? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8q0Mk8 –New study reports that waiting may actually result in better career choices. #
  • The New Writing Pedagogy | District Administrator | http://bit.ly/8Lk4ct #
  • 'Virtual graduation' for students – BBC News – http://bit.ly/6dKUP5 –ceremony to take place in Second Life #
  • Domestic violence lessons: are they a step too far? – BBC News – http://bit.ly/4G6XTN #

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