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Qwiki - 12 views

www.qwiki.com qwiki web2.0 search tools web wiki
shared by Dana Huff on 29 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 29 Jan 11
     
    Qwiki allows users to learn more about a variety of topics through multimedia and storytelling. Users can also contribute content to make Qwiki even better.
  • Leslie Healey on 30 Jan 11
     
    already used this as I introduced my research project last week, in between snowflakes. Great reception!
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In a Fairy Castle, an Invitation to Life - 12 views

www.betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/?p=7646&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BetterLivingThroughBeowulf+%28Better+Living+through+Beowulf%29&utm_content=Google+Reader teacherblog gawain chivalry teaching britlit
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  • Leslie Healey on 01 Feb 11
     
    here are the questions that we want to reach in BritLit.........
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Dante's Fourfold Method: The Interpretation of Symbol and Allegory - 12 views

www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/...%5Cteacher_20100908_0712_2.doc reading analysis english literature
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  • Dana Huff on 06 Feb 11
     
    Word document that explains Dante's fourfold method of interpretation. Via Jim Burke
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"Monster" analysis by Shmoop - 12 views

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  • Keith Schoch on 19 Mar 11
     
    I'm all for using pop culture references in teaching, and I did read what Shmoop had to say on this particular video, but would you really feel comfortable sharing this video in class and having a discourse on it? I'm a Jay-Z fan and a hip hop lover from its earliest days, but this video and song are reprehensible on so many levels. With so much else that we can "source" for instruction, why this? Please help me understand. And don't say it's a gangsta thang.
  • Adam Babcock on 20 Mar 11
     
    To answer your first question about showing the music video: absolutely not. Why this? I'm still struggling with it. We're in an age where we are entertained by self destruction. Kanye (unfortunately, because I was a fan of his earlier work) is definitely becoming one of the monster / Charlie Sheen / Jersey Shore / reality TV burnouts. And yet, there is an audience for it... When I first skimmed the analysis, I thought I'd go back to see if Schmoop was established enough to have a worthy application of Freud to Kanye. Alas, I was mistaken. I haven't become a fan of Schmoop; they've got some work to do. I'm sorry I misplaced my "under investigation" tag in ECN's collection.
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BBC News - World News America - Why do Finland's schools get the best results? - 12 views

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  • aunt tammie on 19 Mar 11
     
    good story about Finnish educational system
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7 Brilliant Book Trailers | Brain Pickings - 12 views

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  • 7 Brilliant Book Trailers
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      camillenapierbernstein on 02 May 11
       
      I found these exciting projects, too. I would ask teachers to require kids NOT SPOIL the plot -- or, at least to warn viewers of spoilers. My students could not watch any of the SPEAK trailers for this reason.
  • Leslie Healey on 01 May 11
     
    5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports
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Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom - 12 views

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      Vanessa Alander on 09 May 11
       
      Use of exit slips as formative assessments!  
  • self-evaluation is a logical step in the learning process.
  • students keeping ongoing records of their work not only engages students, it
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The Potter Games - 12 views

www.thepottergames.com harry potter hunger games choose-your-own-adventure internet activities reading
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  • Tracee Orman on 31 Jul 11
     
    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
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Close Reading of Text: MLK "Letter from Birmingham Jail" | EngageNY - 12 views

engageny.org/...lk-letter-from-birmingham-jail ELA MLK letterfrombirminghamjail video CCSS
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  • Suzanne Rogers on 06 Aug 11
     
    CCSS explanation video of a unit on the Letter
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Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching - 13 views

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  • "Will what I am about to do or say bring me closer to the person with whom I am communicating—or will it push me further away?"
  • "Is what I am doing (or about to do) going to connect to the student's self-interest?"
  • "Who's doing the work?"
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  • "Is what I'm doing connected to higher-order thinking?"
  • processing
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Can you name the Pokemon by Greek/Latin Root (original 150)? - 12 views

www.sporcle.com/...PokemonLatinRoot greek latin root rootwords games pokemon education teaching vocabulary
shared by Caroline Bachmann on 21 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Caroline Bachmann on 21 Aug 11
     
    A great introduction activity for Greek or Latin root words. I mean, what kid doesn't like Pokemon?
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Story of the Week - 12 views

storyoftheweek.loa.org
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  • Adam Babcock on 22 Aug 11
     
    Get a short story every week in your email inbox, thanks to Library of America.
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ThumbScribes - Collaborative Writing Community - 12 views

www.thumbscribes.com collaborative writing community web2.0 6-traits English technology
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  • Dennis OConnor on 05 Sep 11
     
    ThumbScribes is a platform for creating collaborative content.Co+Create haiku, poems, short stories, flash fiction, novellas, exquisite corpse and songs, real time or asynchronously with your computer, tablet, cell phone or even IM.
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The Living Room Candidate - For Teachers - Lessons - 12 views

www.livingroomcandidate.org/lessons Lesson Plans Advertising persuasion president
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  • Caroline Bachmann on 29 Dec 11
     
    Persuasion in political ads for President
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The Neuroscience of Your Brain On Fiction - NYTimes.com - 13 views

www.nytimes.com/...-of-your-brain-on-fiction.html neuroscience READER literature tools
shared by Leslie Healey on 18 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Stories,
  • stimulate the brain and even change how we act in life.
  • nterprets written words. What scientists have come to realize in the last few years is that narratives activate many other parts of our brains as well, suggesting why the experience of reading can feel so alive.
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  • The brain, it seems, does not make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it in real life; in each case, the same neurological regions are stimulated.
  • The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life.
  • substantial overlap in the brain networks used to understand stories and the networks used to navigate interactions with other individuals
  • “theory of mind
  • other people’s intenti
  • comparing a plucky young woman to Elizabeth Bennet or a tiresome pedant to Edward Casaubon. Reading great literature, it has long been averred, enlarges and improves us as human beings. Brain science shows this claim is truer than we imagined.
  • Leslie Healey on 18 Mar 12
     
    analysis of impact of reading, novel especially. validates focus on class SSR, even in 11-12th grade (my groups)
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SideVibe - 12 views

www.sidevibe.com web2.0 sidevibe tools education tool lessons web technology
shared by Dana Huff on 31 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 31 Mar 12
     
    "A simple way to place useful, formative classroom lessons over any Web page. "
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