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Victoria Keech

http://www.youblisher.com/files/publications/1/4605/pdf.pdf - 7 views

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    To Kill a Mockingbird meets the 21st Century
Victoria Keech

Library | 60second Recap - 5 views

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    60 Second Recap - a great recap of some classic texts and their plot and context
Adam Babcock

Education Week's Digital Directions: Classroom-Tested Tech Tools Used to Boost Literacy - 10 views

  • English-language learners
  • audio recorders to have student-teachers read sets of vocabulary words, then she creates matching PowerPoint presentations with the words and burns them onto DVDs
  • 2nd through 4th graders over 16 weeks as they used webcams to see themselves reading and then he identified their mistakes.
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • at least two fewer mistakes per minute.
  • podcasting to help her students practice fluency.
  • Then they can literally see the pauses or mistakes they made in the editing program and correct them.
  • Using VoiceThread, for instance—which allows users to create collaborative, multimedia slide shows with images, documents, and videos
  • Storybird, allows students to tap into a library of illustrations to create digital books, says Lovely.
Dana Huff

Presentations in the High School English Classroom - 27 views

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    Utecht provides great guidelines, tools, and models for student-created presentations.
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    they (students and teachers) did this at Educon 2.3 and it was inspiring. We are going to try it 4th quarter 20th century short fiction.
Nik Peachey

Development - Some Pros and Cons of iPads for ELT | Delta Publishing - English Language... - 1 views

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    "Well the iPad has really hit the news in education circles since it's release last year. I'm sure lots of teachers are wondering whether it's hype and what the true potential of these devices are as tools for learners. I've had my iPad for about 8 months now, so I've decided to share my reflections so far on what I like about the iPad, what potential I feel it offers for developing course books and course materials and some of the problems."
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    Well the iPad has really hit the news in education circles since it's release last year. I'm sure lots of teachers are wondering whether it's hype and what the true potential of these devices are as tools for learners. I've had my iPad for about 8 months now, so I've decided to share my reflections so far on what I like about the iPad, what potential I feel it offers for developing course books and course materials and some of the problems.
Dana Huff

Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard - Resear... - 21 views

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    Harvard explains critical reading. Via Jim Burke.
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    There's a title that gets your attention! Thanks DH an JB.
Dana Huff

Dante's Fourfold Method: The Interpretation of Symbol and Allegory - 12 views

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    Word document that explains Dante's fourfold method of interpretation. Via Jim Burke
Dana Huff

The Thomas Gray Archive : Primary Texts : Poems : "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyar... - 4 views

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    Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" with explanatory notes and references.
Dana Huff

Massive List of Phrases That Shakespeare Created That We Still Use Today | Anglotopia -... - 18 views

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    Shakespeare coined a lot of phrases and words we still commonly use today.
Jenny Gilbert

Awesome Highlighter :Highlight and share in education ~ Educational Technology - 13 views

  • There are several ways educators can use Awesome Highlighter , here are some suggestions : Teachers can use it to show students the important parts of a lesson Teachers share links of Highlighted text of relevant interest with students to save them time Students can use it to share referencing quotes between each other They can also use it to gather information for research and classroom project
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    "There are several ways educators can use Awesome Highlighter , here are some suggestions : * Teachers can use it to show students the important parts of a lesson * Teachers share links of Highlighted text of relevant interest with students to save them time * Students can use it to share referencing quotes between each other * They can also use it to gather information for research and classroom project"
Todd Finley

The Norton FIELD GUIDE To WRITING - 0 views

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    Can be used as pre-post assessment in punctuation
Dana Huff

Teaching 'The Great Gatsby' With The New York Times - NYTimes.com - 15 views

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    The New York Times' collection of resources for teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
andrew bendelow

SpeEdChange: Lord of the Flies: How Adults Create Bullying - 7 views

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    Fascinating re-think of LOTF instruction
andrew bendelow

Byliner - 17 views

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    Nice site full of interesting articles old and new--non-fiction
Leslie Healey

Teaching Integrity in High School English - 16 views

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    if we aren't doing this, we are missing a great opportunity. Robin Bates writes one of the best teaching blogs I read. 
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