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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-07

November 7, 2009 by Traci Gardner

The Goods May Be Virtual, but the Profit Is Real – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/J6CNh – #gaming #
Disgraced former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair discusses his transgressions – Roanoke.com http://bit.ly/2Zj1b0 #
The newspaper as a teaching tool – Fosters http://bit.ly/1zByOR #
Some say a book in Lee County Schools is teaching kids racism | WINK News – http://bit.ly/JYrDm #
Univs admit men w/ lower qualifications than women to maintain gender ratio. Why aren't men prepared for college? – WSJ http://bit.ly/4ePQEX #
A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy http://bit.ly/4y2Of6 – Morgan Library Exhibit Site #
A Woman’s Wit – Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy – Morgan Library Offers a Jane Austen Exhibition – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3A7Z8J #
Children's Book Review: Inculcating a Love for Reading – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/WFrA8 #
The Greatest Generation (of Networkers) – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/WlKCo #
Roanoke Schools Temporarily Removes ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/3aZtxG #censorship #
A Call for Copyright Rebellion – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1jqKs1 #lawrencelessig #
Bookless Libraries? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1UdQYH #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-06

November 6, 2009 by Traci Gardner

In Search of the Big Idea – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2FcAWT – What is the future of this thing called college? #
Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious' : NPR http://bit.ly/1RrcO9 #
For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics Is No Child's Play | Science Daily | http://bit.ly/3rk1lh #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-05

November 5, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Does Technology Reduce Social Isolation? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3gthAz #
2010 Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education in NYC – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/3wEAPQ #
E-books' holiday charge – washingtonpost.com – http://bit.ly/3dIbwY "Technology is stalking your bookcase" #
Teachers, principals start professional development book clubs at schools | Chattanooga Times Free Press | http://bit.ly/1e8DsH #
Assessing the Assessments – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1NMmzi #
Technology Gap – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3TQBKe – stats on how profs think they use tech (and what students think) #
Tweeting in Class – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2WJdHt #
Hope or Hype on the Cloud – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2Y4yJt #cloudcomputing #
What the Publishers Should Announce at EDUCAUSE – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/23mvle #
Survival — Through Open Access – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2pe356 #
IT Budgets Take a Hit – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/29RhBf #
Study Finds Social Media is Actually Social | ReadWriteWeb | http://bit.ly/2S9DR #
"Precious" and the Power of Writing | Psychology Today http://bit.ly/2rheFp #
Army of scabs: A retired college teacher realizes he’s ripping himself off | Sacramento News & Review | http://bit.ly/1lYZjX #
Poetry of September 11: Library of Congress Web Guide | http://bit.ly/2XWXQb #
How 'Clifford, the Big Red Dog' started | Seattle Times Newspaper http://bit.ly/4lnxGB #
What's the Best Plagiarism Detector? | NCTE's Inbox Blog – http://bit.ly/1EJcf6 #
Going, going almost gone – Berkshire Eagle Online http://bit.ly/SxCt5 – Commentary on National Day on Writing and teaching writing #
It takes 136 authors to write a long short story – Neighbors – Kentucky.com http://bit.ly/Qfwsl #
Brooklyn School Explores Lessons In Legibility | NY1 | 24 Hour Local News | http://bit.ly/2VKYZm #
The Curious 'Sexual Harassment' Charge – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2k2gOX #
Danish pupils use web in exams | BBC NEWS | http://bit.ly/3Uaeod #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-04

November 4, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Feeling grumpy 'is good for you' | BBC NEWS | http://bit.ly/1tl9d9 – If you're feeling 'grumpy teacher' today, it's okay!!! #
How schools stifle creativity – CNN.com http://bit.ly/12UFBT #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-03

November 3, 2009 by Traci Gardner

iParadigms Announces Next-Generation Peer Review Solution for Turnitin | Reuters http://bit.ly/rGVgG #
Kindle for the Academic – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/bU5gk #review #
The Power of Race – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1200om #admissions #
FUNQs: Won’t Ask, Won’t Tell – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/49nJN7 #research #primarysources #
When Is a Suspension Not a Suspension? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/2OFkcx #freespeech #
Probe of Extra Help for Men – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/37HGGp #
Q&A: Essayist Brenda Miller on truth, voice, and fiction v. nonfiction | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | http://bit.ly/8TkKb #
More schools opening door to technology | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/03/2009 http://bit.ly/hdUbV #
Career Advice: What the Research Says – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4A1aA5 – on research on writing and expert performance. #
Teacher reinstated in Southwestern district | district, new, reinstated – The Telegraph http://bit.ly/3f6hSV #
Illinois Teacher Suspended After Assignment Involving Homosexuality – KTVI http://bit.ly/1gSEwc #
Hip hop in schools: Rhyme joins the 3 R's – FayObserver.com – http://bit.ly/2MrsT1 #
We should challenge ourselves as readers | MuskogeePhoenix.com – http://bit.ly/mtMp8 #
The Thinkers: Teachers offered a lesson in urban vernacular | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://bit.ly/4yG6fa #
Distracted Driving is Webster's New World 2009 Word of the Year | Reuters http://bit.ly/2bsECx #
Esther Hautzig, Author of Wartime Survival Tale, Dies at 79 – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/kIA1i #
Lament on the Fading Culture of the Printed Word: Economics Changes NYC’s Literary Culture – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2yr8wo #
Educational Video Games With a Mix of Cool and Purpose – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/37vsgz #
French anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies at 100 | Reuters http://bit.ly/1UWB9L #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-11-02

November 2, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Digital Classrooms Take Flight – District Administration – http://bit.ly/2grhUK #
A way to improve schools, one instructor at a time – The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/3KHVgi #
Teaching through the flu not easy | The Press Republican – http://bit.ly/2IzkyV #
Obama community college proposal may not be enough (AP): http://bit.ly/1zRM9h #
Is This Literary History? – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/1vgWT6 #
A Tweet Read Across Britain Unleashes a Cascade of Vitriol on a User – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/26JlO #
The New Dracula – Tonic http://bit.ly/3Le42p #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-31

October 31, 2009 by Traci Gardner

A bloodier Dracula rises again – CNN.com http://bit.ly/1BluvO #
Review of 'The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein,' by Peter Ackroyd – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2aJrfD #
Keats Speaks – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/iAT7x – of Jane Campion’s new movie, “Bright Star,” and John Keats #
Why the Future of Online Speech Depends on Net Neutrality | PBS MediaShift – http://bit.ly/2EPSGn #
Do Professors Matter? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4tiRP8 #commentary #
U of Fla publishes Zombie Attack Response Plan http://bit.ly/3JY3MD just in time to counter actual attack http://bit.ly/16MR1x :-) #
'Research Confidential' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3ZhK9m – on methodology and its limitations #
The New Diagnostics – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/37f8oU – Identifying at-risk students early enough to intervene. #
Privacy is dead, and social media hold smoking gun – CNN.com http://bit.ly/1P6aMF #commentary #
EDUCAUSE – Core Data Survey about campus information technology (IT) environments at colleges & universities http://bit.ly/3FEGzQ #
The Faculty Key to Transfer – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3pZsQ4 #communitycollege #
DNA Swab for Your Job – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/zg6KD #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-30

October 30, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself? – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2uwqmP #
Drupal Moves Into the White House – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/b1bIy #
Helping students succeed goal of ELL :: Bolingbrook Sun :: http://bit.ly/3hvQrm #
iGenre Theory: Teaching, Writing, and Being/i by Deborah Dean – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/1E8phz #
The Literary Map of Santa Domingo: Mapping Cultural Change – National Writing Project http://bit.ly/1KbtcK #
The Whole Applicant – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2rs79w #
Google Wave Use Cases: Education – ReadWriteWeb –
http://bit.ly/cfQmM #
Net Addresses Can Use New Scripts – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/303rFV #
County schools flock to Facebook, Twitter, blogs to keep community informed – washingtonpost.com http://bit.ly/3OMEeP #
Could Texting Be Good for Students? – USNews.com http://bit.ly/1De1qV #
Harry Potter takes on American education – Daily Eastern News http://bit.ly/4599YM #
Teaching with unusual methods – The Andrews Journal – Features http://bit.ly/QworJ #
With College Board SAT scores now released, can students write better? – Collegenews. http://bit.ly/XmnLx #
Using Digital Frames for Incidental Learning | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/2Lhfpk – A way to use digital signage at colleges? #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-28

October 28, 2009 by Traci Gardner

Teacher suspended over explicit assignment | The Riverdale Press: http://bit.ly/3kOiE4 #
Facebook to launch memorial profiles of deceased users | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/scOh9 #
New Orleans students write, act out their own Katrina odysseys | NOLA.com http://bit.ly/3aJmxu #
Some Russians Assail St. Petersburg Rule on Scholarly Exports – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2UmHRr #
Psychological Association Offers to Replace Error-Ridden Copies of Style Guide – Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/vFbW9 #
The Ever-Expanding U. of Phoenix – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/1iGruQ #
Seeking Tenure 'Conversion' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/27mnDe #adjuncts #
7 Bad Writing Habits You Learned in School | Copyblogger http://bit.ly/3kIEHv #
Serving Literature by the Tweet – Electric Literature Magazine Offers Fiction in New Media – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/xHNIo #
Is Penmanship Extinct? | MyHighPlains.com | http://bit.ly/2vnnkV #
Career Advice: Views of the Classroom – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4mKZJv #
Liberal Arts for Science Majors – The Bi-College News Online » http://bit.ly/1iFRcO #
Learning is a lifelong process | Demopolis Times | http://bit.ly/lEpTd #
Ray Browne, 87, Founder of Pop-Culture Studies, Dies – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/3HH2nN #

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@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-10-27

October 27, 2009 by Traci Gardner

School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history 'books'? – USATODAY.com http://bit.ly/2bSxny #
E-Learning's 'Third Phase' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/3vaCBU #
Can Free Speech Be Furloughed? – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/nN2SQ – Arrests the day after peaceful protests #
Assessment vs. Action – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/s0dWa #
Turning Surveys Into Reforms – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/wzRpE – on the National Survey of Student Engagement #
New Meaning for Night Class at 2-Year Colleges, CC Boom Plays Out in Dead of Night – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/1n8Mye #
An interview with Tracy Kidder – Cohasset, MA – Cohasset Mariner http://bit.ly/3OIwTe #library #
OMG! Teachers say texting can be good for teens – CharlotteObserver.com http://bit.ly/1lEFgz #
Wide variety of media enhances online courses | news-leader.com | Springfield News-Leader http://bit.ly/1MaqcT #
Classroom technology engages students, improves performance – Bakersfield.com http://bit.ly/46sRlf #
The write stuff: Class motivated by teacher's story to better themselves | The Joplin Globe | http://bit.ly/zoXxk #
Pender teacher's lesson plan a fusion of technology and literature | StarNewsOnline.com | http://bit.ly/4zsyRL #gaming #
The Appalling Decline of Literacy Among College Graduates | George Mason's History News Network | http://bit.ly/A2xVx #
Vampire mania a perpetual fad in pop culture – Penn State Live – http://bit.ly/1HTnzx #
Simon Ortiz creates 'A Poetic Legacy' | ASU News http://bit.ly/3RljYX #
Micro Rubrics: Improving Writing With Specific Feedback | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/2ZQWD3 #
Encouraging Students to Embrace Their Inner Author | Classroom Solutions http://bit.ly/2e8Qsq #