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I knew then that the book's migration to the digital realm would not be a simple matter of trading ink for pixels, but would likely change the way we read, write and sell books in profound ways. It will make it easier for us to buy books, but at the same

This is an example of a book review that I had my students annotate together. Here are the instructions I gave them: This is an example of a book review. Use your Diigo toolbar to highlight and comment on the review. Focus on stylistic and organizational choices that the writer makes, the voice that she develops, and the content that she covers. We will use this as a model for book reviews that we will write about our independent reads.

A free download of Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano's book that walks the user through digital storytelling and the various tools available for it.

A student sent this to me from Yale. The American Scholar is a great resource. This suggests reasons for why students are not selecting English as their majors anymore.

English Teachers: To tempt you further to read this amazing article: "But we can, we must, do better. At stake are the books themselves and what they can mean to the young. Yes, it is just a literary tradition. That's all. But without such traditions, civil societies have no compass to guide them. That boy falling out of the sky is not to be neglected."

Article that takes a broad view of technology in education. It has pros and cons, but its distribution is wide so it's good to see what others are saying (i.e. parents, community, students).

For discussion...

Love this article; it's so insightful!