I sometimes wonder why I’m only able to edit my own writing after it has been printed out, in 3-D form. My prose will always look so flawless on the screen, but then I read the same words on the physical page and I suddenly see all my clichés and banalities and excesses
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Teaching English with Technology - 0 views
Education | Glogster - 0 views
Lee Ann Spillane - 1 views
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Excellent teacher website
English Education Professor - 0 views
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Run by Todd Finley: (Mostly Edtech) Resources for English Education Professors & English Teachers. Extensive site; blog.
EduTechieGal - 1 views
Email and good writing | Verbatim - 0 views
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Good short article about the etiquette about writing email messages.
BBC News - Internet has 'not become the great leveller' - 8 views
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this is what happens when we look to prioritize our news by what's trending instead of perusing all of it and then deciding. This supports my efforts to add contemporary texts to my World Lit course.
3 for 3 -- THE Journal - 15 views
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Three technology experts provide insight into the best tools for teachers.
Nik's Quick Shout: Survey Results: Mobile learning for ELT - 1 views
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The purpose of the survey was to ascertain the level of awareness and openness to mobile learning among English language teachers. I also wanted to find out to what degree and how teachers were already using mobile learning both in their teaching and and professional development and to establish whether they would be willing to pay for and use mobile content. The survey also collected information about the teachers' existing access to mobile services and the kinds of device they are using to get access to mobile Internet.
freeSFX.co.uk - Download free sound effects - 3 views
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Many good sound effects most free, the rest inexpensive. I can think of many applications including digital story telling. Thanks to "Technology Tidbits" for the link :)
Now Playing - Night of the Living Tech - NYTimes.com - 6 views
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In spite of predictions, the Web is not dead, but evolving.
The Future of Reading -- latimes.com - 4 views
ToolsZone - 19 views
The Future Of Reading | Wired Science | Wired.com - 7 views
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I have the same issue. As a business reporter out of college, my first copy editor pushed me to start printing out my drafts for my first round of edits. My editing was much more in-depth and thoughtful, which made her job a lot easier.
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Just another person's opinion on the future of reading and the future of books, but I found it interesting!
Harnessing the Necessary Evil-Cell Phones in the Classroom - 11 views
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a considered, thoughtful approach to cell phone use in school from a teacher, especially if you are teaching in a no-cellphone school. Something's gotta give!
Nameless, Faceless Children (Blogs & Internet Safety) | Julie A. Cunningham - 7 views
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I would say that they primarily need protected from themselves… that they need help moderating their web presence until they understand the full ramifications of things they say online. I don’t think that means they need to be anonymous. I do think that anonymity tends to foster less responsible behavior, in both children and adults alike
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Hear hear! Boogeyman tactics don't work. Educators and parents should be online, modeling the sort of digital citizenship we hope for our children and students - the kind that will keep them safe.
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Great article demonstrating the threats of real life and juxtaposing them with the threats of having an active, online life.
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Great article demonstrating the threats of real life and juxtaposing them with the threats of having an active, online life. Might be a good conversation starter with tech facilitators at your school.
The Best Ways To Back-Up Your Computer & Online Work | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the... - 4 views
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Tips for backing up your computer content and online information.
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 4 views
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Bypassing Vonnegut, he clicks over to YouTube, meaning that tomorrow he will enter his senior year of high school hoping to see an improvement in his grades, but without having completed his only summer homework. On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.”
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The risk, they say, is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks — and less able to sustain attention.
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“Their brains are rewarded not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing,” said Michael Rich, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and executive director of the Center on Media and Child Health in Boston. And the effects could linger: “The worry is we’re raising a generation of kids in front of screens whose brains are going to be wired differently.”
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