English Teachers

IRA Reading Radio interview with Peter Johnston about assessment standards related to digital literacy learning

embedding Google Books code into a blog or site

Using Google Books to access free books

Comics versions of literary classics

While I think there are more than seven, this collection is a good summary.

Students can share comments to specific parts of texts

student produced news videos

created by Russell Stannard, a variety of English learning videos - some done in Jing, varying quality/value

dana boyd: adults need to provide scaffolding support for students' "hanging out" through online social media

Sara Beauchamp-Hicks: NCTE presentation: Using Touch in the classroom

Sara Beauchamp-Hicks: NCTE presentation: Using Google Docs Forms for inquiry

Troy Hicks's 2009 NCTE presentation on uses of wikis

Bud Hunt and Troy Hicks's 2009 NCTE presentation on digital tools

using Diigo to have students add comments to their peers' blogs

Creating Live Web TV for the Classroom for Global Audiences Live Streaming Video Sites Ustream.tv * Weblogg-ed TV * PLP Live Mogulus Mobile Phone Streaming Sites Qik Ustream.tv Tools Camtwist Chatzy CoveritLive Uses for Streaming Video in Schools EduconTV--for streaming conference sessions. Mr. Chamberlain's Class Interviews (Howard Rheingold) Logistics of Using Ustream in the Classroom School Play ("Something to Believe In" from SLA) Techniques/Equipment Storyboarding Embedding DV Camera Microphone

create animated videos up to five minutes

NCTE 2009 conference handouts and PP's.

visit the NCTE convention sessions virtually--here's presentation handouts and PP's