Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education - 0 views
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Evan Munch on 19 Jan 12One teacher's look at how high school education with relation to hip hop music. This is artistically awesome and very thought-provoking
Multiple Intelligences - Inventory and Info - 0 views
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A cool site that tracks your intelligences with regard to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Also, some info about his theory in practice.
Marshmallow Challenge - 0 views
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A link to the TED video about the team-building exercise we did in class. In case you want to use this in a future classroom or at a workshop, you might want to keep this.
Keeping this Group Alive - 0 views
I've decided this might be worth keeping so I can use it as an artifact in my portfolio. So post some stuff, if you like.
Turnaround School - 0 views
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Link to the video we watched in Willis' class that shows the vast improvements one school has made by incorporating writing into every class period (even P.E.).
Newspaper Materials - 0 views
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For anyone teaching newspaper, this is a little packet of materials I've put together that talks about newspaper lingo, types of leads, and ethics. Feel free to use as a reference
The Power of Cartoons - 1 views
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Nothing earthshattering, but a lot of humorously presented general common sense information about the Internet.
It Gets Better - 0 views
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Because this is relevant to everything.
Stroke of Insight - 0 views
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I think this Ted talk really helps us rethink the way our minds work. It also helps reconstruct our ideas about people whose minds work completely differently, like kids that may struggle in school. It pushes us to think about right brain thinkers vs left brain thinkers, and why we need a better balance for both.
The The Impotence of Proofreading - 1 views
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Although this is sometimes a little inappropriate (as always with Taylor Mali) it hits on a very important topic that we will look at as English Teachers - Proofreading. Pretty much all of Taylor Mali's poems has relevancy and maybe you've seen this or others, but I definitely think it's worth checking out again!
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Taylor Mali is funny and edgy as always but he targets a very important topic for English teachers: proofreading.
Schools Kill Creativity - 0 views
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We all want to be teachers, but I think this helps us look at what kind of teachers we want to be. I know I don't want to be another bland, boring teacher who just goes by the books. Ken Robinson helps us see what schools do stop stop us reaching our full potential and why we need more creativity and arts - things that students will be passionate about in class - in the classroom.
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A TED talk (because that's more or less all I'll be posting) about the status of creativity in early education, and the implications for all levels of education (and beyond).
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Ken Robinson describes how schools are killing creativity and most importantly highlights why it is so important in our futures. He urges us to maintain creativity in our curriculum so English teachers, please do your part to keep it.
Comics and technology - 0 views
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This quick and easy comic shows us how easy we can incorporate comics into the classroom as a fun and inventive way for students to express themselves.
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I like this example because it makes comic strips seem easy, something I always thought would be a challenge. This could be a great activity for high school or middle school students.
Lies My Teacher Told Me - 0 views
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James Loewen actually came to Allen last year and I hope you guys had a chance to listen to him. He knows a lot about education and even more on segregation and desegregation and the real truth behind them. Here, he exposes some of the lies in textbooks. Take that Texas!
2 Million Minutes: News Report - 0 views
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For More information look at: http://www.2mminutes.com/about.asp
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This film looks at students from America, China, and india. It clearly shows the extreme differences between American culture and Indian and Chinese culture, especially in respect to education. Now we know why the stereotype "Asians are always so smart" exists.
Sex Ed - 0 views
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South Park is edgy and controversial as usual, and although this isn't strictly English related, I think it really helps point out how we take education. Too often we push things too far or not enough. Sex Ed is important but how important is always a pertinent question as with the debate between any curriculum.
Information/lesson plan ideas on basically any author you would ever teach - 2 views
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This is another page from webenglishteacher, and it lists seriously any author you would ever teach in your class. Click on an author, and instantly it points you to different lesson plan ideas about that author. So cool.
Online Rubric Maker - 0 views
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It's obviously cheap to use this free online site to make your own rubrics, but it's helpful as a springboard to make your own.
Tips for grant writing - 0 views
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One of the questions/ problems with using technology in the classroom is the cost burden, and a way to obtain the necessary funding is through grants. This was a cool link that offers helpful advice for grant-writing.
Flashcard exchange - 0 views
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I know you can probably just google online flashcards, but I stumbled upon this site that seemed a little more advanced and possibly helpful for teachers.
Curriki - 0 views
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This is a really social networking site exclusively for teachers to share lesson plan ideas. You don't have to become a member to see some of the cool ideas other teachers have shared.