What I've observed in recent years is that many people, in cultural conversations, are far more interested in culling than in surrender. And they want to cull as aggressively as they can.
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BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free - 13 views
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Automatic citation creator. Paste in the website, prompts for the authors first & last name, then creates a pasteable citation for you.
King Lear and Medicare Politics - 2 views
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This article on the blog Better Living Through Beowulf might be an interesting way to connect King Lear to modern politics.
Bookmarklets | Readability - 11 views
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This tool is fantastic when I want to have the class read a paper version of an internet article, OR when the ads are so distracting that I can't concentrate on what I'm reading.
The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything : Monkey See : NPR - 5 views
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It is the recognition that well-read is not a destination; there is nowhere to get to, and if you assume there is somewhere to get to, you'd have to live a thousand years to even think about getting there, and by the time you got there, there would be a thousand years to catch up on.
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If "well-read" means "not missing anything," then nobody has a chance. If "well-read" means "making a genuine effort to explore thoughtfully," then yes, we can all be well-read. But what we've seen is always going to be a very small cup dipped out of a very big ocean, and turning your back on the ocean to stare into the cup can't change that.
Does anyone want to be "well-read?" - Roger Ebert's Journal - 9 views
News: Calibrating Students' B.S. Meters - Inside Higher Ed - 8 views
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Great article on critical literacy
Why Shakespeare never fails to get brains buzzing | Books | The Observer - 9 views
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Reading Shakespeare makes you smarter!
YouTube - theproselytizer's Channel - 1 views
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Robbing the Bard: The story of how a stolen Shakespeare First Folio appeared in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Narrated by David Tennant.
Google Plus for learning | Scoop.it - 14 views
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A veritable cornucopia of ideas and tips.
Video Games Are Ruled Protected Speech, Now What? - 2 views
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this is true! why gaming is legitimately a path fro educators to formulate learning strategies
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also--they ask why there are not more erudite games, just as there is "classic" literature--I think games are still a new art form. And aren't there are many fluff books as there are fluff or violent games
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More important than that historic ruling is the reminder by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice that video games, like books, plays and movies, communicate ideas.
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Reading Dante is unquestionably more cultured and intellectually edifying than playing Mortal Kombat," Scalia wrote. "But these cultural and intellectual differences are not constitutional." It raises the question, what video games live up to that legacy of great literary works? And why aren't there more of them?
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The Wikiness - 10 views
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it seems clear that Project-based learning (PBL) groups—I'm thinking literature circles--should be an excellent vehicle for their learning in a large classroom (next year 30+ sizes)
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Who the Millennials are, and how Gen-X English teachers might best work with them
Gone Home: A Video Game as a Tool for Teaching Critical Thinking Skills | MindShift - 3 views
When the Computer Takes Over for the Teacher - The Atlantic - 5 views
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