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Note that the Daring Librarian suggests beginning with a wiki for ease in creating a presence on the Web. Great idea for class website. "I turned to The Daring Librarian for insights and had the opportunity to interview her alter ego, Gwyneth Anne Jones, one of the Library Journal's Movers & Shakers of 2011. Gwyneth works as teacher-librarian in Laurel, Maryland, and serves on the ISTE Board of Directors. Widely recognized in the Web 2.0 circuit, Gwyneth is known for her outgoing presence and professional generosity. She calls herself an "enthusiastic champion of transliteracy, creative commons, open source, shameless sharing" and "fearless fighter of filters!""

NC State's Common Reading for entering freshmen 2011

highly respected report on trends in emerging technology

Hold the dates -- more info to come! EC Ning 2011 Summer Webstitute Title: Reading Classic and Young Adult Literature with Students This Webstitute emerges from the passionate interest of English Language Arts folks in reading texts of all kinds. All too often, it seems the we see classic and YA lit as mutually exclusive, even going so far as to position one as being "better" than the other, educationally, culturally, and sometimes even morally. In this Webstitute, we are bringing together accomplished teachers, writers, and scholars to explore the best of each world, as well as areas where they blend to create a rich learning environment. Dates: July 11 & 12, 4-7 pm EST Place: Elluminate, EC Ning, etc. Really supportive and helpful community of English educators. They will welcome you with open arms and good ideas. Note "New Teachers" Group.

Summer 2011 for lrnchat

For many, VV&M's chapter 6 will serve as a review of concepts like metacognition and prior knowledge. That's cool because we need to think of these in light of the reading - writing process. Ali writes of the "spark" to learn and how we can flame it with tradebooks that catch readers' interest and encourage lifelong learning with text.

Reader Response + Social Constructivism + Poetry come together in the Daily Dose

""Suppose he is what he sounds like, the most important thinker since Newton, Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and Pavlov… What if he is right?""

Possible picture books for English teachers to teach wth?

Mad about multigenre projects

Parent -supported timeline of child's history

KidsBlog for elementary and middle school students

so many great strategies -- don't miss Double Entry Journals for metacognition.

large scale social change attempted in bold move

KWL and other oldie-goldies can stand a makeover

See information on Final Exam for Funds of Knowledge update.

Anil Prasad ODL -- open distance learning Climate change's effect university + business partnership to continue to provide PD exciting idea

Ali has done an exemplary job creating an SRE and WebQuest on dialect study.

Damon was raised by a teacher! She did well.