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This handy blog post explains why you should never ever use "alot."

Spell with flickr is a neat app that allows you to create banners or other text with flickr images. Perfect for embedding in wikis or using on blogs or other Web sites.

If this is the future of studying a Shakespeare play, sign me up.

one fo my all time favorite lit blogs--what's not to like about BETTER LIVING THROUGH BEOWULF?????? read it jsut for the sheer joy of recognizing another soul who finds his /her religion in literature

will I ever become a good typist? I'm running out of time!

great project to implement with kids: can match it with British LIt theme of the hero

Coherent, concise assessment of the reactionary nature of school, not "learning"

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

fascinating, useful blog about the characters we love (or hate) great resource for student research, research, discussion. We have already begun to argue about which Shakespearean characters deserve to be on the list........

This article on the blog Better Living Through Beowulf might be an interesting way to connect King Lear to modern politics.

Problems with CC media literacy standards: " focus marginalizes uses of a range of other media/digital literacies associated with social-networking sites, blogs, wikis, digital images/videos, smartphone/tablet apps, video games, podcasts, etc., for constructing media content, building social networks, engaging audiences, and critiquing status quo problems.And, other than a mention of the need to "evaluate information from multiple oral, visual, or multimodal sources," there is no specific reference in the common standards to critical analysis and production of film, television, advertising, radio, news, music, popular culture, video games, media remixes, and so on. Nor is there explicit attention on fostering critical analysis of media messages and representations."