{"id":2850,"date":"2011-04-24T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T02:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2013-08-02T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T20:55:36","slug":"bits-flashback-for-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/24\/bits-flashback-for-april-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits Flashback for April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wwarby\/4011378891\/\" title=\"Bunny Rabbit by wwarby, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2547\/4011378891_7dd40b35b2_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" alt=\"Bunny Rabbit\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a>I have a weakness for bunny rabbits. I encourage them to visit my yard and exclaim happily when they comply. Not so for the folks at Long Beach City College. Their campus was so overrun with cute, fluffy-tailed bunnies that they embarked on a bunny-reduction campaign. The campus is now down to 70 bunnies from an all-time high of 300 rabbits, according to the head of the college&rsquo;s Rabbit Population Management Task Force.  <\/p>\n<p>You think I&rsquo;m making this all up, don&rsquo;t you? That&rsquo;s why I think it would make the beginning of some interesting classroom projects. How do you write about &ldquo;Rabbit Population Management&rdquo; persuasively? What strategies will convince readers to take your story seriously? How would you talk about the project with students, faculty, staff, and the public? <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/ticker\/long-beach-city-college-gets-a-grip-on-its-bunny-surplus\/32404\" target=\"_blank\">This one little story<\/a> from the <em>Chronicle of Higher Ed<\/em> has so many possibilities for discussing persuasion, business reports, and technical writing! <\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re looking for other classroom activities and teaching strategies, hop on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Bedford Bits<\/a> for more on these entries, which were posted last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holly Pappas considers the many concerns teachers face when they assign the personal narrative and wonders how teachers can best respond  when students write about intimate or painful topics in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/professional-conferences\/the-trauma-narrative\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">The Trauma Narrative<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Lunsford describes the peer tutoring program at Stanford in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-advice\/writing-tutors-save-the-world\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Writing Tutors Save the World!<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Jack Solomon explains why educating students about the complex operations of social class is one of our most important tasks in the teaching of cultural studies in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/popular-culture\/the-middle-class-goes-to-the-moviesdue-to-a-long-history-of-painful-racial-conflict-americans-are-well-aware-of-the-racial-dynamics-of-their-culture-thanks-to-efforts-of-feminism-many-if-not-most\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">The Middle Class Goes to the Movies<\/a>. <br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Barclay Barrios discusses the difference between <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/readers\/emerging\/ideas-and-examples\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Ideas and Examples<\/a> and shares a response worksheet and some teaching strategies. <br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Steve Bernhardt reflects on thirty years of attending the CCCC Convention and describes the highlights of the convention in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/professional-conferences\/what%E2%80%99s-up-at-cccc\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\"  target=\"_blank\"> What&rsquo;s up at CCCC?<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Traci Gardner reviews a free, online resource classes can use to share student work and discuss current events or pop culture in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-with-technology\/paper-li-in-the-classroom-the-basics\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Paper.li in the Classroom: The Basics<\/a>. <br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li> Jay Dolmage explores what <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/campus-issues\/disability-accommodations\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Disability Accommodations<\/a> look like in the writing classroom with some specific examples. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Few Extra Links <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sign up for email updates about what we do for teachers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/505406\/English-Opt-in-2011\">request our free professional resources today<\/a>.  <br \/>\n&nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li>How would you illustrate the \u201cLanguage\u201d section of <em>The Everyday Writer<\/em>? Submit your idea in the <a href=\"http:\/\/sgiz.mobi\/s3\/67f6be3e6296\" target=\"_blank\">Idea Survey<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Show students <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/#!5792938\/how-to-use-dropbox-as-a-killer-collaborative-work-tool\" target=\"_blank\">How to Use Dropbox as a Killer Collaborative Work Tool<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>He found? He stated? He argued? Demonstrate how verb choice matters with examples from Walden Writing Center&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/waldenwritingcenter.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/using-verbs-carefully.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">Using Verbs Carefully<\/a> <br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>How do you teach students to read critically that which has no text? Read about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/04\/15\/librarians_try_to_improve_student_research_habits_by_teaching_visual_literacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calibrating Students&#8217; B.S. Meters<\/a>&#8220;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us know what you want to know about teaching writing or about using digital tools in  the composition classroom by leaving a comment. Your response will help shape upcoming posts.\n<\/p>\n<p>[Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wwarby\/4011378891\/\" title=\"Bunny Rabbit by wwarby, on Flickr\">Bunny Rabbit by wwarby, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a weakness for bunny rabbits. I encourage them to visit my yard and exclaim happily when they comply. Not so for the folks at Long Beach City College. Their campus was so overrun with cute, fluffy-tailed bunnies that they embarked on a bunny-reduction campaign. 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