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Shifting the print paradigm

Shifting the print paradigm - Bud the Teacher poses a question that we as librarians confront every day as the nature of information sources changes, and one that I personally struggle with. It’s a must read post for every librarian(and English teacher, I might add!) His post encapsulates the research dilemma very accurately.....

Great English Classroom Resource

Your English Class is a site that offers links to topics, blogs, audio clips and opportunities to connect with other English teachers about what we do.

YourEnglishClass.com

Resources for Learning Research and Citation Skills

Check out this blog to find ideas for teaching research and citation skills.

Larry Farlazzo's Websites of the Day!

Sites for Teaching About Plagiarism

This blog includes many resources for teaching students about plagiarism.

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/09/21/the-best-online-resources-to-teach-about-plagiarism/

apostrophe.me

apostrophe.me -a cool online poster on how to use an apostrophe.

Technology in the English Classroom Ideas

The Enhanced English Teacher
A blog about using technology in the English classroom.

GrammarMan

GrammarMan- Read comics and watch movies learn all about grammar in a fun and interactive online way.

WritingFix

WritingFix - Since 2001, the Northern Nevada Writing Project has proudly sponsored this free-to-use website, which aims to "fix" those teachers who don't believe that the teaching of writing can be both fun and rewarding.

If you explore our website's pages, you will find prompts, lessons, and resources that were created and shared--and then posted here--during workshops and in-service classes sponsored by the NNWP. The Nevada teachers who participate in these professional development opportunities discover ways to be passionate about teaching writing, and here we share the very best, hoping that our passion is contagious to the teachers across the globe who have discovered what we've proudly posted here.

Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha - A strategy for creating interesting PowerPoints. 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide. Check it out.

NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo -
ational Novel Writing Month happens every November!

It is a fun, seat-of-your-pants novel writing event where the challenge is to write an entire novel in just 30 days. That means participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by midnight, November 30. The word-count goal for our adult program is 50,000 words, but our Young Writers Program allows participants who are 17 years old and younger to set reasonable, yet challenging, word-count goals.

The only thing that matters in NaNoWriMo is output. It's all about quantity, not quality. The high-velocity approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe- Great resource!

Nik's Daily English Activities

Nik's Daily English Activities - Check out this great blog with post like this...
Learn from and Create Animated Music Videos -

60 Second Recap

60 Second Recap
Eat your lima beans," Mom used to say.

And now that you're out on your own, honestly, are lima beans a staple of your culinary repertoire?

There, in a lima bean, lies the problem confronting the great works of literature. We're all forced to read them in school so we can get good grades so we can go to a good college so we can get a good job so we can forget all about that literature they used to force us to read so we could get good grades.

The 60second Recap aims to break this cycle of canonical irrelevance. We want to help teens (yes, teens of all ages!) engage with literature. We want to help them see it not as some chore to be endured, but as -- dare we say it? -- the gift of a lifetime. How? Through the language of our time -- the language of video. Video that's focused, engaging, informative ... and short enough to hold just about anyone's attention.

15 Free Ed-Tech Resources

Check out these free online resources to use in your classroom! Sites range from speed reading to presentation tools to blogging.

15 Free Ed-Tech Resources

Using Twitter in the Classroom

Six examples of using Twitter in various types of classrooms.

Online Presentation Tools

This site explains 33 online presentation tools. Many are free, but some have a users fee.

Online Presentation Tools

The Follis Files

The Follis Files - A high school English teacher's blog, great resource for most of the novels read at the HS level.

Rare Book Room

Rare Book Room - A virtual library that allows you to not only view but read hundreds of rare and historical copies of books, from Shakespeare to Galileo.

Mr. Burke's AP Lit Blog

Mr. Burke's AP Lit Blog - Great example of an English classroom blog. Look on the right hand side of the page and check out some of the student blogs.

A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like

A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like - For years Lorrie McNeill loved teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the Harper Lee classic that many Americans regard as a literary rite of passage. Check out the rest of the article.

The World's Largest English Department

The World's Largest English Department - A Ning group for English teachers reveals the potential of online social networking to break the culture of professional isolation.
By Elizabeth Rich

English Teacher's Companion

A Ning group about teaching English. There are a lot of great ideas and discussions to read or even join!

http://englishcompanion.ning.com/

Truth and Reconciliation for Plagiarizers

Truth and Reconciliation for Plagiarizers -article on plagiarism with tips on suggestion how to reduce it in your classroom.

Glog On!

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Glog On!

View more presentations from Jan McGee.

Language Arts Resources

Language Arts Resources- tons of links to great resources.

Motivating Boy Writers

Motivating Boy Writers - A blog on motivating boys to write.

For teachers only: Vocabulary

For teachers only: Vocabulary - This blog posts includes some of the authors favorite vocabulary activities.

Literature Guides

Glencoe Literature offers a collection of hardcover books that allows you to extend the study of literature to your choice of full-length novels and plays. Each Glencoe Literature Library book consists of a complete novel or play accompanied by several related readings, such as short stories, poems, essays, or informational articles.

Creating Stories with Your Students

My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, save it online or print it out in the Library.


Myths and Legends Story Creator Make your own stories using sound, text, characters, creatures and scenery.

Mixbook Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web.

Edmodo

What is Edmodo?

A private microblogging platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments.

Penzu

Penzu: The best free private journal on the web. Start, Write Away! ...Penzu is an online journal service that focuses specifically on personal and private journals or diaries. You can sign up for free and keep a secure record of your thoughts and entries.

Technology Resources

E-Toolbox

This space is intended as a virtual eToolBox of resources for integrating technology into the classroom. It is chocked-full of resources, how-tos, use in classroom, examples and more.

Alternative Search Engines

Technorati = only searches blog content to give a good idea about what people are thinking about a topic.

Pipl = searches people on pages that cannot be found on regular search engines such as "deep web" which contains 500 times that content of the surface web.

Quintura or KidsQuintura = a visual search creating a group of related terms helpig to key in on other topics.

SearchCloud = use to search specific multi-word ideas or concepts. The search weighs the importance of a term in the seach to better find information.

Cuil = finds more results by divining additiona categories around a search.

WolframAlpha = using algorithms to compute answers without linking to outside sites

Web-based Word Processing

EtherPad.com

EtherPad is the only web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time.
When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more.

Deep Leap

Deep Leap -Spell words from the tiles to gain points. 75 tiles drop every game. Fun thinking game!

The Art of Storytelling

The Art of Storytelling
Experience a Story: Listen to stories, read and view pictures inspired by our collections created by visitors like you.

Tell a Story: Become a storyteller as you write and record a story inspired by works in the museum’s collection.

Picture a Story: Create your own work of art using objects and characters found in some of the museum’s most noteworthy paintings.

Enjoy, and let your creativity flow through pictures and words!

Five Card Flickr Story

Five Card Flickr Story -Select five images and create an online story about the pictures. A different way to have your students write creatively with picture writing prompts.

Notable Sentences...for Imitation and Creation

Notable Sentences...for Imitation and Creation - A great example for how to use a blog in your classroom. You can re-create a similar blog and use it in the classroom with your students.

Poe and Hemingway Animated

Check out the videos.

Shmoop

Shmoop is an excellent source for literature and poetry study guides. Literature study guides will make current day connections to the classics to help students relate better to the books. An example of this is comparing concepts of the Great Gatsby to MTV Cribs show. Contains almost all the books read in the high school English classrooms.

The Orwell Prize- His Diary Online

The Orwell Prize- His Diary Online- Since 9th August 2008, this site has been blogging George Orwell’s diaries from 1938 in real time, 70 years to the day since each entry was originally written. The diaries start as Orwell heads to Morocco (with his wife Eileen) to recuperate from injury and illness, and end in 1942 (or 2012) as the Second World War rages.

In addition to the diary entries, there are images and documents complementing the diaries available here, and a Google Map of Orwell’s travels here.

List of Literature Circle Books with Resources

Check out the cool literature circle wiki created with a Glogster background. Browse through the list of suggested high school level literature circle books. Access a variety of supplemental materials for each book.

Life After Death by PowerPoint

Show this funny video to your students before they do presentations in your classroom.

Example of an Edited Paper

Check out how the editor of Vanity Fair edited Sarah Palin's poorly constructed resignation speech. Would be a great example when teaching students about editing.

Palin’s Resignation: The Edited Version