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A Diigo group for english teachers-when joining groups, remember to adjust your alert setting so you don't get a too many emails (choose daily at a minimum, weekly is fine too) - connected to the English Companion Ning - check that out as well. 

I think this might be an opportunity for professional development with both google and the common core standards which the English department recently adopted. (The HS English teachers were emailed about it)

Shared by Alexis Richardson (former ASD HS English teacher) on Facebook today

"This resource is created by an English teacher for English teachers. "

A Diigo group for English teachers-when joining groups, remember to adjust your alert setting so you don't get a too many emails (choose daily at a minimum, weekly is fine too)

I have a lot of questions about this approach to teaching. Though she says she doesn't lecture, she in fact does later through modeling (semantics). In regards to the projects listed, while they're compelling social activism, I'm curious about their emphasis on the skills demanded by our standards.

this tool integrates with Clever, the tool that we already use to sync class rosters to Haiku... meaning implementation would be pretty painlesss "We currently support middle school students studying English. We cover all of the grammatical concepts from the Common Core State Standards for grades 1-8. We intend to expand our coverage to high school students, college students, ESL students, SAT / ACT students, and foreign language students."

Using TED Talks videos to help teach: Collaboration Communication Critical Thinking Creativity As a Language Arts teacher, I get the honor of encouraging any content area as a topic since my focus is on communication of that topic. I say "honor" because it means I get to learn from them. However, with the Common Core standards, and the four Cs, which are peppered throughout them, stressing the importance of communication is no longer limited to English class. All classes must find a way to use these skills to communicate subject matter expertise. This year, I have decided that I don't call my class Language Arts. I instead refer to what happens in my room as The Art of Using Language. This unit, therefore, focuses on as many aspects of using language and communicating as I could think of: Creating a website Designing an infographic Recording a podcast Developing a Powerpoint or Prezi more......

gamified vocab builder

A tool that tests the "grade/age level" of a webpage. 

"Tell us how you are going to explore content formats that already exist on Twitter - short story in tweets, a Twitter chat, live-tweeting - or, even better, how you'll create a new one," says the call for ideas. "How will you work with our real-time global platform, where anyone can contribute to your story at any moment? The proposal must fit into the time window of our five-day festival - but that means that a project could run for the length of the festival, or just for an hour."

Here's how it works: Teachers choose or produce the beginning to a story, then challenge students to continue writing the story. Each student submits the next chapter, and then they vote on which entry is the best. (Students can't vote for their own submission, and they don't know whose chapter they're voting for.) The winning chapter is then added to the story, and the process continues. Co-created by a teacher and the CEO of a technology company, BoomWriter is a free, easy-to-use group writing website that challenges students to produce their best work-and makes them published authors at the end of the process. Students earn BoomDollars for voting and for having their entries chosen, and they can use this currency to buy accessories for their site avatar. The teacher determines the total number of chapters to be completed, and when the story is finished, it's published as a book that students and their families can own. Students are captivated by this unique approach to writing, and it's extremely easy for teachers to incorporate into their curriculum.

"Analyzing Texts: Overview of a Lesson Series"  These are a series of videos of a 5th grade class to demonstrate incorporating the Common Core Standards using Non-Fiction

Just be glad that people are reading!