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Penny is Currently Reading

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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation

by Cokie Roberts

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Oct 08, 2011 11:11am

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Studying Film (Studying the Media)

by Nathan Abrams

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Aug 30, 2011 05:24pm

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Voice and the Actor

by Cicely Berry

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Penny said: "I'm not an actor but I am a classroom teacher some of the time (and even when I teach on line my students have to listen to me on video once in a while), so when I saw this at a used book store I thought I'd see if it could help me use my voice more ...more"

Aug 30, 2011 05:23pm · see review

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Penny's Recent Updates

Penny marked as to-read: Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer	My rating:
Jan 24, 2012 12:29pm
Penny marked as to-read: DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education by Anya Kamenetz	My rating:
Jan 19, 2012 12:24pm
Penny marked as to-read: From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner	My rating:
Jan 19, 2012 12:23pm
Penny marked as to-read: What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Jan 19, 2012 12:22pm
Penny marked as to-read: I Live in the Future: & Here's How It Works by Nick Bilton	My rating:
Jan 19, 2012 12:19pm
Penny gave to: The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media M eans for Our Future by S. Craig Watkins read in January, 2012	My rating:
This book is more balanced and research-based than the average popular press books on the use of digital media by the younger generations. I should point out that I did not read the whole book, only the chapters most relevant to my work (intro, 1,2,4...more
Jan 04, 2012 07:44am · see review
Penny marked as to-read: Republic of Noise: The Loss Of by Diana Senechal	My rating:
Jan 04, 2012 07:32am
Penny gave to: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish read in December, 2011	My rating:
I grew up listening to my mom's stories of growing up on a midwestern farm during the Depression, always with that weird mix of "I wouldn't wish the experience on my worst enemy" and "Because I went through it I am morally superior to you mollycoddle...more
Dec 30, 2011 06:54pm · see review
Penny gave to: Churchill: Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat by John Lukacs	My rating:
A quick, easy, enjoyable read that describes the very early days of Churchill's time as prime minister, just as England entered the war. It has a little bit of that "world in a grain of sand" quality; it covers a short time period and a narrow topic ...more
Dec 30, 2011 06:49pm · see review
Penny gave to: Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick read in December, 2011	My rating:
A quick easy read that provides enough new insights that I might go back and re-read Moby Dick again some day, and maybe not even skip the chapter called "Anatomy of a Whale" this time...
Dec 23, 2011 06:59pm · see review