{"id":3013,"date":"2011-05-30T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T09:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2013-08-02T16:53:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T20:53:39","slug":"memorial-day-bits-flashback-for-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/30\/memorial-day-bits-flashback-for-may-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day: Bits Flashback for May 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/walkadog\/3569017842\/\" title=\"Always Faithful, Doberman, Military Working Dog, MWD, World War II Memorial, War Dog Cemetery located on Navel Base Guam by Beverly &amp; Pack, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3601\/3569017842_6a36376cf1_m.jpg?resize=168%2C240\" alt=\"Always Faithful, Doberman, Military Working Dog, MWD, World War II Memorial, War Dog Cemetery located on Navel Base Guam\" width=\"168\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a>In honor of Memorial Day, I wanted to point back to an entry I wrote last October on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-with-technology\/photos-as-inspiration-ten-photo-collection-links\/\" title=\"Photos as Inspiration: Ten Photo Collection Links\" target=\"_blank\">writing about photos<\/a>. The image I used to illustrate it was the one that came to mind when I thought about Memorial Day this year. <\/p>\n<p>Look back to that entry for some ideas for writing or discussion, and for more ideas for the classroom or professional development, look back to these <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Bedford Bits<\/a> posts from last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrea Lunsford describes how she designs a course syllabus as  blueprint for action, and a guide from the first meeting through the last class in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/classroom-challenges-and-solutions\/organization\/tips-for-new-teachers-4-%E2%80%93-building-a-syllabus\/?-building-a-syllabus\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\"  target=\"_blank\">Tips for New Teachers #4 &ndash; Building a Syllabus<\/a>.<br \/>\n    &nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li>Doug Downs describes how a writing-about-writing course helps nontraditional and returning students by its focus on enabled writers in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/writing-about-writing\/as-if-we-took-them-seriously\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">As If We Took Them Seriously<\/a>. <br \/>\n    &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Nedra Reynolds describes her summer plans to teach a travel writing class online in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-with-technology\/armchair-teaching-a-trip-into-the-online-environment\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Armchair Teaching? A Trip into the Online Environment<\/a>. <br \/>\n  &nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Can students connect the work they&rsquo;re doing in the classroom to the work they will come to do in their disciplines and majors? Barclay Barrios shares an assignment that helps ensure they do in  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/research\/thinking-about-research-in-the-disciplines\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Thinking about Research in the Disciplines<\/a>. <br \/>\n  &nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s your take on the death of blogging?  Traci Gardner argues that we need to rethink the question in  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/teaching-with-technology\/blogging\/technology-genre-and-the-alleged-death-of-blogging\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">Technology, Genre, and the Alleged Death of Blogging<\/a>. <br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>Now that classes are over, Susan Naomi Bernstein talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/professional-development\/the-three-rs-of-summer-reading-reflection-and-renewal\/?utm_source=socmedia&#038;utm_medium=updates&#038;utm_campaign=tlg\" target=\"_blank\">The Three Rs of Summer: Reading, Reflection, and Renewal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Few Extra Links <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interested in having students Tweet? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/2011\/05\/24\/5-unique-uses-of-twitter-in-the-classroom\" title=\"5 Unique Uses of Twitter in the Classroom\" target=\"_blank\">5 Unique Uses of Twitter in the Classroom<\/a> from US News &amp; World Report.<a title=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/2011\/05\/24\/5-unique-uses-of-twitter-in-the-classroom\/\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/2011\/05\/24\/5-unique-uses-of-twitter-in-the-classroom\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/iZ5z20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/whens-the-best-time-to-read-teaching-evaluations\/33497\" target=\"_blank\">When&rsquo;s the best time to read teaching evaluations?<\/a> ProfHacker explores the options.<a title=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/whens-the-best-time-to-read-teaching-evaluations\/33497\/\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/whens-the-best-time-to-read-teaching-evaluations\/33497\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/irunn2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><br \/>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li>Looking for a visual rhetoric project? Visit  the National Writing Project&rsquo;s Digital Is&#8230; for Danielle Nicole DeVoss&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalis.nwp.org\/collection\/when-images-%E2%80%9Clie%E2%80%9D-critical-visual-litera\" title=\"When Images &ldquo;Lie&rdquo;: Critical Visual Literacy\" target=\"_blank\">When Images &ldquo;Lie&rdquo;: Critical Visual Literacy<\/a>. <br \/>\n&nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li>Sign up for our <em>Ink&rsquo;d In<\/em> newsletter and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/505406\/English-Opt-in-2011\">request  free professional resources today<\/a>.  <br \/>\n    &nbsp;\n  <\/li>\n<li>Have great assignments or student essays to share?  Jay Dolmage is <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/rhetorics\/how-to-write-anything\/looking-for-essays-and-assignments\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Looking for Essays and Assignments<\/a> and paying up to $100 for works chosen for publication.<\/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\/walkadog\/3569017842\/\" title=\"Always Faithful, Doberman, Military Working Dog, MWD, World War II Memorial, War Dog Cemetery located on Navel Base Guam by Beverly &amp; Pack, on Flickr\">Always Faithful, Doberman, Military Working Dog, MWD, World War II Memorial, War Dog Cemetery located on Navel Base Guam by Beverly &amp; Pack, on Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Memorial Day, I wanted to point back to an entry I wrote last October on writing about photos. The image I used to illustrate it was the one that came to mind when I thought about Memorial Day this year. 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