MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students aims to teach students essential digital literacy skills through simulating their favourite online experiences.
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. This mission statement was adopted in 1990:
"The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language."
This is a fab literacy site where you can find interesting and rare English words. Browse for words to make children's work stand out from the crowd and play 'guess the meaning' with your class.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
"Knowing how to improve literacy is crucial if we are to improve the life chances of our students. The attainment gap between highly literate students and their less literate peers is stark. Add to that the complexity of examination questions and the texts that often accompany them and you have a perfect storm."
Unite for Literacy is a project that provides online books that include audio in multiple languages and ASL videos, celebrating different cultures and providing language support for English Language Learners. Wonderful project!
A superb virtual world for children for learning English. Move your flamingo around completing games and missions. Basic account is free.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
08/70/2012 - "Here at Literacy Shed we aim to provide exciting teaching ideas for the resources that we would love to use if only we had the time to find them."
Studyladder is a highly effective, logically organised, Mathematics and Literacy program. It has been developed by experienced educators to inspire and motivate learning. It is suitable for Primary and Junior High School students and is very easy to use - students simply login with a username and password to access all the learning materials.
Wonderful video clips where students can record and practice their speaking. Good for improving literacy as well as English speaking skills. Any student who does not like reading aloud would enjoy! Latest: a clip from Despicable Me!
"The twelve units of work in Global Words have been produced by World Vision Australia and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA) to integrate the teaching and learning of English and global citizenship education."
A great English game where players shoot the correct word when given the word class, such as noun, verb, adjective etc.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
A good English spelling puzzle where players are given a object to try to spell. The game has two difficulty levels.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
An interesting interactive resource from the BBC about the importance of using interesting vocabulary and adding 'bling' to writing.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English