English Teachers

app for iPhone or Touch for reading poems

"Where is it? In a middleclass neighborhood; I'm not sure yet where it is.\nWhen is it? Wintertime in the evening, during an era when it was still common to see driving horses-maybe the late 1800s.\nWhat is the weather like? Cold, and the night falls early.\nWhat are the social conditions? In this neighborhood it seems people mostly stay inside in the evening; the narrator is aware of "rough tribes from the cottages" nearby-probably members of a lower social class.\nWhat is the landscape or environment like? Dark and quiet, with a sense of heaviness that contrasts with the narrator's shouting and playing.\nWhat special details make the setting vivid? Sensory details: the violet color of the sky, the dim lanterns, the stinging cold, the ashpits' odors, the music of the horse's harness."

Troy HIcks's presentation: Why Digital Writing Matters

6 Traits Writing

"Welcome to the online text analysis tool, the detailed statistics of your text, perfect for translators (quoting), for webmasters (ranking) or for normal users, to know the subject of a text. Now with new features as the anlysis of words groups, finding out the keyword density, analyse the prominence of word or expressions. Webmasters can analyse the links on their pages. More instructions are about to be written, please send us your feedback !"

"writing" is being redefined as much more multimodal

digital writing is changing the nature of writing

"11 Sentence Essay Analyzing a Myth"

Frontline documentary about the impact of digital technologies

A comic with lots of attitude.

An environment to explore the classic mythical story structure and to create your own stories.

Lots of free audio books (via Tech Chicks podcast).

The Guardian's series on the great Romantic poets with poems, excerpts from their letters, discussions, and podcasts.

Super easy discussion forum creator with free hosting.

Works like EtherPad. Powered by Etherpad. A tool for collaborative writing in "really real" time.

free audio books - can be downloaded in mp3 and ipod format - lots of categories

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?"

"Journal Submission Guidelines NCTE publishes twelve professional journals, including at least one for each membership section. Volunteer editors ensure that the peer-reviewed content is of the highest quality and is relevant to the lives of NCTE members and subscribers. Because these journals are all published through different volunteer editors, the submission guidelines vary for each: * Classroom Notes Plus * College Composition and Communication * English Education * College English * English Journal * English Leadership Quarterly * Language Arts * Research in the Teaching of English * School Talk * Talking Points * Teaching English in the Two-Year College * Voices from the Middle"