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"Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology."

Cool idea. I might look into this next week when I take my kids into the lab to wrap up the semester. Perhaps a twitter discussion on "What is truth?"

Shakespeare speeches delivered by puppets. Really awesome.

New Media Consortium's 2010 predictions on the immense k-12 learning changes and challenges from technology

Search tools, hoax web sites, search engines, etc. EXCELLENT

Utecht provides great guidelines, tools, and models for student-created presentations.

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.

Lots of free downloads for teachers.

I think I need to try a few of these strategies--I especially liked the independent project that each student undertook.

Lesson ideas for each trait - geared to middle and high school

Tell it, brother!

This is an interactive website based on the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books/games. The characters of Harry Potter have been thrown into The Hunger Games (as tributes or mentors) by Lord Voldemort. The player chooses one of the characters and must read each passage, then makes a decision for that character, which could result in becoming the Victor...or "Reenervate" to try again. If you have students who like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games, they will have fun on this website. New characters are unlocked daily & we plan on writing more stories - one with the characters rebelling against Lord Voldemort and breaking out of the arena. It is great practice for reading skills - some characters have longer passages, some shorter. Some have up to 144 different scenarios (that's 144 pages of text). The least amount of reading for a player is 19 pages. So think about your low readers - that may be more than they read in a week by just playing one character. The writers who have/are contributing to this non-profit project include teachers, high school students, college students, professional writers, graphic artists, musicians, librarians, and so many more. We're all fans of both series, of course. :) (For grades 7 and up) I have a free download of lesson ideas for using The Potter Games in your classroom here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Potter-Games-Using-Interactive-Fiction-to-Improve-Reading

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

support for the continued teaching of penmanship and handwriting in schools.

Great collection of Language Arts grammar PowerPoints, worksheets, online activities, and games for grades 3-5

Great collection of Language Arts grammar PowerPoints, worksheets, online activities, and games for grades 3-5