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Jenny Gilbert

Awesome Highlighter :Highlight and share in education ~ Educational Technology - 13 views

  • 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
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    "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"
Dennis OConnor

Teaching to the Text Message - NYTimes.com - 9 views

  • So a few years ago, I started slipping my classes short writing assignments alongside the required papers. Once, I asked them, “Come up with two lines of copy to sell something you’re wearing now on eBay.” The mix of commerce and fashion stirred interest, and despite having 30 students in each class, I could give everyone serious individual attention. For another project, I asked them to describe the essence of the chalkboard in one or two sentences. One student wrote, “A chalkboard is a lot like memory: often jumbled, unorganized and sloppy. Even after it’s erased, there are traces of everything that’s been written on it.”
  • My ideal composition class would include assignments like “Write coherent and original comments for five YouTube videos, quickly telling us why surprised kittens or unconventional wedding dances resonate with millions,” and “Write Amazon reviews, including a bit of summary, insight and analysis, for three canonical works we read this semester (points off for gratuitous modern argot and emoticons).”
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      these comments are more useful than the article--we do a "welcome" every morning from the night's reading. This might freshen up the "welcome" and remind them of its relevance to their lives. Thanks.
  • And short isn’t necessarily a shortcut. When you have only a sentence or two, there’s nowhere to hide.
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  • Rewarding concision first will encourage students to be economical and innovative with language.
Todd Finley

Discourse community - 0 views

  • Discourse community Swales (1990) found that a discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals has mechanisms of intercommunication among its members uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative utterance of its aims has acquired some specific lexis (specialized terminology, acronyms) has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise.  
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    Discourse communitySwales (1990) found that a discourse communityhas a broadly agreed set of common public goalshas mechanisms of intercommunication among its membersuses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedbackutilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative utterance of its aimshas acquired some specific lexis (specialized terminology, acronyms)has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise.  
Kyle Tavares

Kyle Tavares Share the knowledge with Diamond & Jewelry | Pearltrees - 0 views

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    Being part of the alumna of the Gemological Institute of America has helped in my life long journey. Now I wish to share my knowledge with other potential gem lovers and buyers of beautiful jewellery.
Keith Schoch

Fightin' Words: Using Picture Books to Teach Argumentative Writing - 15 views

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    How to use picture books as mentor texts with middle schoolers to move students beyond simply persuasive writing to the argumentative writing that is required by the CCSS.
Tom Cornell

In Iraq, 'Romeo and Juliet' Portrays Montague and Capulet as Shiite and Sunni - NYTimes... - 15 views

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    NY Times article connects Shakespeare with current events.
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    Great resource to connect Shakespeare to current events.
Dana Huff

Book Drum - 16 views

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    Book Drum is the perfect companion to the books we love, bringing them to life with immersive pictures, videos, maps and music.
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    It has been a great tool for close reading in my AP Lit class. Love Bookdrum!
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    Thanks so much Really exceptional and so interactive..
Dana Huff

Put Poor Students to Work - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 14 views

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    Sent to me just now via a my blog. Would be a great piece to pair with "A Modest Proposal."
Wanda Terral

http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/ri/expressions/index.html - 2 views

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    Trilingual index of expressions with equivalent meanings. English, French, Spanish
Leslie Healey

SONNET ILLUMINATION project - 16 views

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    just finished this with AP juniors and Honors Brit Lit Students: great project for poetry reading skills. they wrote an in class explication about their sonnet after. will memorize and recite their sonnet as well next year.  They rocked it! we are ready for the Romantics now.
Cynthia Roberson

Visas for dollars: Give me your Gucci-clad masses | The Economist - 2 views

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    Article to pair with Lazarus poem "The New Colossus".
Tania Sheko

ShakespeareHelp - Merchant of Venice Lesson Plans, Merchant of Venice Quizzes, Help wit... - 1 views

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    The merchant of Venice lesson plans by ShakespeareHelp.com
Leslie Healey

Reading Digitally Infographic - 23 views

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    if you had doubts about the chance to engage more kids with eReaders, this infographic might change your mind. I am planning a digital reading course next year, and will use this to argue my case to administration
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    This graphic is nice ... but who conducted the study? How was this information gathered? Why should we trust it?
Dana Huff

Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Printable Handbooks - 15 views

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    Chicago Shakespeare Theater has printable handbooks for many of Shakespeare's plays. "Each of our entirely original teacher handbooks includes active, engaging teaching activities, 400 years of critical thinking, synopses, and much more. Teaching activities-all aligned with the Common Core State Standards-are designed to draw upon some of the same practices and techniques that actors use in the rehearsal process to break open Shakespeare's challenging language."
meenoo rami

Happy Birthday to Dorothea Lange « Flickr Blog - 2 views

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    use this with Marigolds
Dana Huff

Jane Austen Fiction Manuscripts: Home - 6 views

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    Jane Austen's fiction manuscripts are the first significant body of holograph evidence surviving for any British novelist. They represent every stage of her writing career and a variety of physical states: working drafts, fair copies, and handwritten publications for private circulation. Digitization enables their virtual reunification and will provides scholars with the first opportunity to make simultaneous ocular comparison of their different physical and conceptual states; it will facilitate intimate and systematic study of Austen's working practices across her career, a remarkably neglected area of scholarship within the huge, world-wide Austen critical industry. Many of the Austen manuscripts are frail; open and sustained access has long been impossible for conservation and location reasons. Digitization at this stage in their lives not only offers the opportunity for the virtual reunification of a key manuscript resource, it will also be accompanied by a record in as complete a form as possible of the conservation history and current material state of these manuscripts to assist their future conservation.
Clifford Baker

Free Technology for Teachers: New Sharing and Editing Options in Google Docs - 8 views

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    "Google announced that they would be rolling-out the new version of the document editor to all users over the next couple of weeks. The new version includes real-time updates (no more refreshing to see what your collaborators have written), chatting with collaborators within your documents, margin settings, and floating images."
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