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Interesting post by Aaron Eyler about whether a larger class size might benefit students. I don't agree, but the comments offer an interesting read.

Interesting post by Aaron Eyler about whether a larger class size might benefit students. I don't agree, but the comments offer an interesting read.

Great, practical slideshows: Interesting Ways to use web-based tools series by Tom Barrett

Autobiography course, interesting paper topics

Autobiography course, interesting paper topics

QuickDiff is an interesting tool that analyses differences in two very similar texts. It was actually developed for examining programming code, but could be a really useful tool to use with students to get them to look more closely at the texts they write and notice the mistakes and corrections and differences in the text.

QuickDiff is an interesting tool that analyses differences in two very similar texts. It was actually developed for examining programming code, but could be a really useful tool to use with students to get them to look more closely at the texts they write and notice the mistakes and corrections and differences in the text.

Google's Top Ten Golden Rules through the lens of education. Short and interesting read. I can see some of these working their way into my philosophy of classroom management.

Google's Top Ten Golden Rules through the lens of education. Short and interesting read. I can see some of these working their way into my philosophy of classroom management.

"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"

David Brooks on how schools are misunderstanding boys. some interesting observations from a non-teacher

Adam Gopnik discusses the appeal of high fantasy in YA. He misses the mark, I think, in not discussing Joseph Campbell's influence in all of this, and he's condescending throughout much of the piece, but it's an interesting analysis aside from these two admittedly major issues.

AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. Sources held in archives, which document so much important first-hand information, are often not searchable by popular search engines. One needs to search within those institutional sites directly, using specific search phrases not readily discernible to non-scholars. The experience can be frustrating, resulting in researchers leaving key sites without finding needed information. AwesomeStories is about primary sources. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located. The author of each story is listed on the preface page of the story. A link to the author provides more detailed information. This educational teaching/learning tool is also designed to support state and national standards. Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment.

Hi impact, curated magazine of articles and professional resources for those interested in e-learning and online teaching. Published by Dennis O'Connor, Program Advisor for the University of Wisconsin Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program.

Very interesting and timely article, important even, about writing in the new era that features insights from Stanford's Andrea Lundsford discussing findings from her longitudinal study of writing and why we have cause for hope.

Will Farren's very interesting project whereby students can lead him to travel to new places and interact with various people.

A classic painting from English Romantic artist that has been used for many book covers. Most recently encountered on cover and as guiding metaphor in Gaddis's "The Landscape of History" (very interesting book). Plan to use this first day of class to generate discussion in AP Lit about painting, literature, art, and their lives.

This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math. Fun and interesting site with ideas mapped out on index cards.

Kohn makes some interesting points in this piece from 2006. This would be a great article for a discussion, or a diigo annotation session.

Blog with suggestions/reviews of books which might be interesting to boy readers

Great source of info, data, reports, and resources re: writing

Affiliated with the College Board, this site houses many reports of interest to ELA teachers.

Ideas for using technology to increase student interest/engagement

an interesting application/site that allows you to examine "semantic relationships" between elements in an online site/discussion.

Interesting site devoted to accessible "e-social" research on Facebook from many perspectives. Looks worth following, watching what they study.