{"id":2888,"date":"2011-05-02T07:22:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T11:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2013-08-02T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T20:55:00","slug":"bits-flashback-for-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/02\/bits-flashback-for-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits Flashback for May 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnjoh\/177580276\/\" title=\"Day 4: Truffle sleeping on the job again (and browsing dogster.com)! by star5112, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/60\/177580276_307b9db882_m.jpg?resize=240%2C161\" alt=\"Day 4: Truffle sleeping on the job again (and browsing dogster.com)!\" width=\"240\" height=\"161\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a>Did you stay up late last night watching the developing news (or maybe grading papers)? If so, it&rsquo;s possible &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tgdaily.com\/general-sciences-features\/55616-parts-of-your-brain-could-be-sleeping-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">Parts of your brain could be sleeping right now<\/a>,&#8221; according to a recent study.<\/p>\n<p>The NIH-funded study of the brain activity in rats found that &#8220;if you deprive them of sleep (aah, sleep), parts of their brains take a nap anyway.                 Even though they appear awake and active, brainwave measures show that scattered groups of neurons in the cortex are nodding off on their own.&#8221; Okay, so there may be questions about the research that readers bring up in the comments, but if you need an excuse for not getting enough done today, it&rsquo;s a handy study to be able to mention.<\/p>\n<p>Before you head off for a nap though, head 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 classroom activities and teaching strategies, which were posted last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What atmosphere do you establish in class? Andrea Lunsford discusses classroom ethos in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/campus-issues\/tips-for-new-teachers-1-classroom-ethos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tips for New Teachers #1: Classroom Ethos<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Do you teach reading in writing courses? Blogger Doug Downs explains that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/writing-about-writing\/yes-we-should-teach-reading-in-writing-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, We Should Teach Reading in Writing Courses<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Nedra Reynolds discusses resources that have helped her give style center stage in the writing and rhetoric classroom in her entry, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/rhetorics\/in-honor-of-enargeia-and-polysyndeton\/\" target=\"_blank\">In Honor of Enargeia and Polysyndeton<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Barclay Barrios asks what you do to push through to the end of the semester&mdash;either personally or in your classes in  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/readers\/emerging\/end-of-semester-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\">End of Semester Boost<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>High School Bits Blogger Nathan Odell talks about narrative and shares  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/highschoolbits\/visual-rhetoric\/tv-tropes-and-the-periodic-table-of-storytelling\/\" target=\"_blank\">TV Tropes and the Periodic Table of Storytelling<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Traci Gardner shares ways to manage and organize links for the classroom with  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-with-technology\/paper-li-in-the-classroom-alternatives-and-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paper.li in the Classroom: Alternatives and Activities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Few Extra Links <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Paranoid-You-Must-Be-a-Grad\/127235\/?sid=at\" target=\"_blank\">Paranoid? You Must Be a Grad Student<\/a> according to a recent article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\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>.<br \/>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/04\/27\/massachusetts_community_college_union_ponders_whether_to_award_adjuncts_a_full_vote_in_elections_of_leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do Adjunct Votes Count<\/a> where you teach? Inside Higher Ed discusses efforts in change the system in Massachusetts.<br \/>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li>Take a look at resources on  <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/creating-accessible-documents\/33079?sid=at&#038;utm_source=at&#038;utm_medium=en\" title=\"How to Create Accessible Documents from Profhacker\" target=\"_blank\">How to Create Accessible Documents<\/a> from Profhacker for tips you can use yourself and share with students in professional communications classes.\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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/johnjoh\/177580276\/\" title=\"Day 4: Truffle sleeping on the job again (and browsing dogster.com)! by star5112, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\">Day 4: Truffle sleeping on the job again (and browsing dogster.com)! by star5112, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you stay up late last night watching the developing news (or maybe grading papers)? If so, it&rsquo;s possible &#8220;Parts of your brain could be sleeping right now,&#8221; according to a recent study. 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