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Achievethecore.org :: Home - 3 views

achievethecore.org
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  • C Reed on 22 Jul 14
     
    Find, steal, and share free Common Core tools. For teachers, coaches, school and district leaders. Assembled by Student Achievement Partners.
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SHAKESPEARE flashmob - 12 views

folgereducation.wordpress.com/...-window-breaks-tis-a-flash-mob flashmob shakespeare
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  • Leslie Healey on 09 Apr 14
     
    Folger Library's great flashmob idea for Will's Bday (data day?)
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It Was The Best Of Sentences ... : NPR - 21 views

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  • Joanna Ganci on 31 Mar 14
     
    Creative Writing
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Pre- Nursery school admissions in Delhi - 2 views

www.littleplanetpreschool.com/...-school-admissions-in-delhi-56 Pre- Nursery school admissions
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  • Little Planet Preschool on 04 Dec 13
     
    As the verdict of court is out regarding the nursery school admissions in Delhi; it is important that parents try to understand the difference between the nursery and pre nursery school
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Printable Handbooks - 15 views

chicagoshakesdev.cirrus.lynch2.com/...handbooks shakespeare chicago theater english literature teaching
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  • Dana Huff on 04 Sep 13
     
    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."
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Digital Writing Workshop - Troy Hicks - 15 views

digitalwritingworkshop.wikispaces.com writing teaching English resources web2.0 tools
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  • Mrs. Dawson on 03 Aug 13
     
    Companion site for THE DIGITAL WRITING WORKSHOP and CRAFTING DIGITAL WRITING
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Draft No. 4 by John McPhee - 9 views

www.albany.edu/...McPhee_4th_Draft.pdf composition language English draft writing editing
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  • Mrs. Dawson on 03 Aug 13
     
    A piece published for The New Yorker about the importance of multiple drafts and the editing process. 
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Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival 07.26.13 | orvis.com/news - 2 views

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  • Tom McHale on 01 Aug 13
     
    "Welcome to a new edition of the Orvis News Friday Fly-Fishing Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing videos available"
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Rolling Stone Cover - Boston bombing suspect - 1 views

www.today.com/...ton-bombing-suspect-6C10660674 visual rhetoric
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  • anonymous on 18 Jul 13
     
    This would be a great piece of controversial visual rhetoric to explore with students. It could be compared to the controversy created with the photograph of "The Falling Man" - http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN
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How to Listen - NYTimes.com - 13 views

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      Sara Kajder on 02 Jul 13
       
      What does Gutkind argue here that surprises you?
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The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens: Scientific A... - 18 views

www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm reading
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      Leslie Healey on 12 May 13
       
      on the other hand, I just tried to change the color of my highlighter, and redo a highlight that supported a different conclusion, and Diigo would not let me--I learned that on my iPad
  • no obvious shape or thickness.
  • "haptic dissonance"
  • ...13 more annotations...
  • e screen-based reading is more physically and mentally taxing than reading on pape
    • Leslie Healey
      Leslie Healey on 12 May 13
       
      this is the big problem for me
  • t scrolling
  • drains more mental resources than turning or clicking a page, which are simpler and more automatic gestures.
  • people reading on screens take a lot of shortcuts—they spend more time browsing, scanning and hunting for keywords compared with people reading on paper, and are more likely to read a document once, and only once.
  • When reading on screens, people seem less inclined
  • metacognitive learning regulation—strategies such as setting specific goals, rereading difficult sections and checking how much one has understood
  • Sellen has learned that many people do not feel much ownership of e-books because of their impermanence and intangibility: "They think of using an e-book, not owning an e-book," s
  • Participants in her studies say that when they really like an electronic book, they go out and get the paper version.
  • Why not keep paper and evolve screen-based reading into something else entirely?
  • Some Web comics and infographics turn scrolling into a strength rather than a weakness. S
  • e Scale of the Universe tool
  • Atavist o
  • Leslie Healey on 12 May 13
     
    paper vs screen in your brain
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Free Online Grammar Check, Spelling, and More | PaperRater - 11 views

paperrater.com readability writing reading tool tools free
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  • Dana Huff on 17 Apr 13
     
    Free online tool that checks spelling and grammar and plagiarism and offers writing suggestions.
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The Readability Test Tool - 5 views

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  • Dana Huff on 17 Apr 13
     
    Test readability of a page by URL or direct text input. Includes Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, and ARI.
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Readability-Score.com - Free Online Readability Calculator - Flesch Kincaid, Gunning Fo... - 5 views

www.readability-score.com readability writing tool tools reading
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  • Dana Huff on 17 Apr 13
     
    Checks writing for readability levels, including Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, SMOG Index, and Automated Readability Index.
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