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- 11 Top Posts of 2011
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- Gene Kelly in the 21st Century: SCMS 2012
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- CFP: Shakespeare on Film, TV, Video (SW/TX PCA/ACA)
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- Happy Birthday, Gene Kelly
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- Thank You, Gene Kelly, for Not Directing Cabaret
- Hangin' with the Ghosts of Buster Keaton and John Barrymore: Movie Palaces and Murals in Toledo, OH
- On Academics and Fansites (or, My Justification for Creating Gene Kelly Fans)
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- The Bias of All That: Gene Kelly and His Wives
- Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century (CFP)
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- Favorite Student Tweets: French "Hotties," Kayaks, and WTF Is Mame?
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- Live from The Texas Independence Relay
- Favorite Tweets: Oscars 2011
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- Live-Tweeting the Oscars 2011: Five Questions
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- Favorite Student Tweets: Sleeping, Cavities, and Soft-Core Porn
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- Favorite Student Tweets: Singin' in the Rain Edition
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- Live-Tweeting the Golden Globes 2011
- Favorite Student Tweets: Cool Prof, Educational Virgin, and Hays Code 101
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- Teaching 200 Students How to Tweet: The Rewards
- Casablanca on the Big Screen
- Why I Use Tweetdeck (and You Should Too)
- Teaching 200 Students How to Tweet: The Challenges
- Everybody Loves Raymond and Seinfeld
- Participation and Twitter: Earning Points
- Thick and Thin Tweets
- Twitter and Hashtags
- Why Students (Rarely) Ask Me For Extra Credit
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- You’re on Twitter: Now What?
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- The Thrill of the Long Shot
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- Boyz n the Hood, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Hollywood Dads
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- Narrative, Framing, and Props in the Opening of Inglourious Basterds
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- Prison Break and Narrative Structure
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