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A great article from the NMSA's Middle School Journal on digital storytelling.

Tch - Teaching Channel is a Common Core aligned resource that might be worth a look for E/LA curriculum work

this is pretty basic (elem focused) but the main idea transfers... 

"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

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

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

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......

This is Skype's attempt to get classroom's collaborating around the world.  Some people are looking for teachers to help them with specific lessons (i.e. Spanish teacher)  Please take a look through the Skype Lessons link for more details.

I've found this to be a great daily exercise for examining the rhetorical strategies in political (and everyday) speech.

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.

Publishing a real book for free, that people will buy! A great way to motivate kids and give them a world-wide audience...

This example comes from grade 5/6, but could be scaled up....

ThinkCERCA is an online program designed to support individualized instruction in critical thinking for students in grades 4-12. The CERCA acronym (Claims, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterarguments, Audience) represents the site's structured approach to teaching critical thinking and argumentation. While reading one of the program's numerous text selections, students can make claims about what they're reading.

This is an interesting blog post from an 8th grade English teacher about using Diigo to support creative writing on a blog. He has some basic guidelines and assessments too.

Saves paper and clears the clutter from webpages to print.

Thanks, Dwain, for something so useful!

A free app for creating digital posters. 

I haven't tried this, but if someone has the inclination, let me know how it works with students.