{"id":2571,"date":"2011-03-06T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T15:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2011-03-16T03:24:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T07:24:58","slug":"in-like-a-lion-bits-flashback-for-march-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/06\/in-like-a-lion-bits-flashback-for-march-6\/","title":{"rendered":"In Like a Lion! Bits Flashback for March 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fortherock\/3897930435\/\" title=\"Lions &amp; Lion Cubs by fortherock, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3501\/3897930435_a0ba886bb7_m.jpg?resize=192%2C240\" width=\"192\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Lions &amp; Lion Cubs\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>According to the old adage, March should come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. With rain and flood watches here in Blacksburg and reports of new snow from colleagues across the country, I guess the saying is true to its word. Here\u2019s hoping that you got a mild, little lion cub rather than a big growl lion of weather.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, Bedford Bits has had posts on everything from poetry to propaganda. Here\u2019s the round-up, in case you missed something!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holly Pappas shares an assignment she\u2019s using to counter the notion that poetry is a hard-to-crack code in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fzMBKW\">Gen Ed Poetry: Finding a Real Toad or Two<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>High School Bits blogger John Golden shares a video explanation of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hTRP2O\">Teaching Strategies: Twenty Questions<\/a>, an analytical strategy students use to work through tough texts in class.\n<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Lunsford asks how teachers of writing face the challenge of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/eheiel\">Making Room for Both Old and New<\/a> in today&#8217;s increasingly complex classroom.\n<\/li>\n<li>Doug Downs presents <a href=\" http:\/\/bit.ly\/fwGGfY\">Writing-About-Writing as Survival Guide to College<\/a>, one that give students the skills to write effectively in any college class.\n<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Lunsford gives us <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/gXqUqo\">An Update<\/a> on her post-earthquake travels in New Zealand.\n<\/li>\n<li>Barclay Barrios says that the key to effective commenting is focusing on \u201cPromising Moments\u201d in student texts. He shares a concrete example of how the strategy works in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hxGdxm\">Promising Moments: Putting It Together<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Traci Gardner asks if you <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fUrcHY\">Know What Not To Post Online<\/a>, and discusses what can and will go wrong if you misstep.\n<\/li>\n<li>High School Bits blogger Nathan Odell shares <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fxcx1g\">Propaganda Critic<\/a>, a site with background readings and related resources on propaganda.\n<\/li>\n<li>Susan Naomi Bernstein shares ask if we are prepared to imagine students, not as numbers to crunch, or statistics to be lamented, but as rock stars in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/fVXU2z\">Writing Beyond Statistics<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fortherock\/3897930435\/\" title=\"Lions &#038; Lion Cubs by fortherock, on Flickr\">&#8220;Lions &amp; Lion Cubs by fortherock, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the old adage, March should come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. With rain and flood watches here in Blacksburg and reports of new snow from colleagues across the country, I guess the saying is true to its word. 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