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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.

Burned In: Fueling the Fire to Teach by Friedman and Reynolds English Ning Summer Book Club Really supportive community of English teachers! Not to soon to become a member!

Possible picture books for English teachers to teach wth?

Posting WebQuest to your blog . . . one idea

My takeaways: Taking Reader Response/Transactional full circle and readers reflect on why they respond as they do Big Three for teachers boldly venturing beyond textbook

My takeaways -- 1. Meta Reader Response -- take a RR activity full-circle by having students reflect on their response -- why they think/feel this way 2. Creative teachers capitalize on their personalities 3. Problematic Perspective + RAFT Mashup 4. Big Three of teaching with text but not textbooks -- know your students; Know your material; Know the end result (how to assess.

Teachers shouldn't suffer from a "lack of imagination in creating new possibility."

Interesting class project to help students understand the importance of their digital footprints

Kyle spoke of multigenre projects.

Billy Collins's project -- a poem a day for American high schools

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

Awesome timeline tool. Can add images and movies!

Andrew shares story of initial online portfolio effort

What a resource for integrating the study of dialects into understanding characterization.

Cool activity -- Paint Chip Poems -- paid off big-time! Of course, lots of other good stuff, too ;-)

You're not the only one who finds Web 2.0 tools confusing! It's a worldwide problem, and the European Union comes to the rescue.

Scaffolding with Kindles -- Andrew explores a whole new world of literacy