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Weekend Tech: NBA Lockout
Nothing makes me pay attention like the headline “Federal Mediator to Step into NBA Lockout.” It’s a giant train wreck unfolding. There is something ironic in the fact that the NBA is tweeting about...
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Writing & Voice: Day One
I spent a large part of this weekend reading Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot. I knew that I should grade papers, plan lessons, write college recommendations. I just couldn’t. The writing was...
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Writing & Voice: Day Two
Sometimes I forget that students struggle to understand the reasoning behind teaching literature. Sure, they are very good at understanding plot, but how much of that is a result of sparknotes? And...
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Writing and Voice: Day Three
Quite often a student asks me why I can’t specifically give them a formula for how to improve their voice as a writer. Now of course I can talk about style and formatting. I can even discuss...
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Weekend Tech: Occupy Wall Street
Yesterday we offered Transcendentalism and image analysis in conjunction with with the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Today we examine All the King’s Men and satire. See our ideas below! Teaching All...
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Weekend Tech: Tweets are #funny
Twitter is funny. Actually, The Onion’s tweets are funny. And idislikestephen, and monkeysee, and David Pell, and…you get the point. I troll Twitter looking for my humorous “tweet” fix on a...
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Weekend Culture: Room for Debate
Yesterday’s post focused on The New York Times’ Room for Debate. This past Wednesday, the topic of focus included 15 experts, a large number for any NYT debate. The difference? They were all high...
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