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Correcting their mistakes is editing, and if that is what you enjoy you should have gotten into book publishing. We are teachers and our job is to teach students how to use the English language.

Great description of how to use Google Docs to collect and mark papers

Explanation of how teacher used wordle in English class

there's something about the nature of the Internet, and how it functions, that helps to flesh out a vital component of the writing process that was never quite visible before.

Building Vocabulary Skills The more words kids know, the more background knowledge they can bring to reading and writing tasks. How can we help our students learn new words?

Very resourceful stuff on Lesson Plans

Book annotation article. Would be good for students.

Link to recording of webinar on how to teach Shakespeare with digital media

Gathering information to share? How do you pull everything together? LiveBinders is your online 3-ring binder. Best of all, it's free! Would be great for writing portfolios.

Reflective Protocols for Literary Artifacts "# What do you see here? Describe the document/artifact in terms of content, without being interpretive. # What do you think you know about this document based on reading it and any previous knowledge? # What do you think the document reveals about its era/ What kinds of information can be learned from the document? (There might be more than one kind of information). # What don't you know about the document? What questions would you ask about it? # If you were going to do further research on this document on the World Wide Web or in the library, how would you go about it? # What knowledge or skills are you bringing to this course from other learning experiences you've had that help you make sense of these documents?"

Advice for aspiring writers on how to hone your craft.

Describes specific examples of how digital writing has changed writing instruction.

The most dreaded word in school reading for students: book reports. Teachers assign them, viewing them as a necessary component of assessing reading comprehension. So, how can we as teachers continue to monitor our students understanding of reading material without killing the love of reading? Enter technology.

"This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago."

Training videos on how to set up and use Jing

Shakespeare Geek, a lifelong computer geek and Shakespeare lover, explains how Shakespeare and information technology are connected.

Jan 2011 article about research into the nature of reading - print v online and our need to explicitly teach how to read online