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Byliner - 17 views

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Nice site full of interesting articles old and new--non-fiction

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380 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns & More | Open Culture - 21 views

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Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Tools for Creating Mind Maps and Outlines Online - 11 views

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"7 New Tools for Mind Maps" How does Richard do it? These are all new to me and I can't wait to check them out.

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2aGatsby's American Dream: Reading The Great Gatsby Critically, Chapter 1 2c 0f - YouTube - 15 views

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HOW TO: Self Publish Your Book with Amazon's CreateSpace - 4 views

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All Edublogs Blogs Are Now Advertisement Free - Help Us Keep It That Way! - 4 views

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Now ad-free, even for the free blogs. Yes!

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'Joe Sent Me' - The New York Times > Dining & Wine > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 14 - 6 views

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The How-To Geek Guide to Audio Editing: The Basics - How-To Geek - 7 views

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Educational Leadership:Reading to Learn:Summarizing to Comprehend - 18 views

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Something to focus on in English class: good summarizing

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80 Online Tools, References, and Resources | Edutopia Group Discussions by and for Educ... - 8 views

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"80 "must see" trial, free, and paid websites recommended by Edutopia community members."

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Technology Tools - 10 views

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Good Web 2.0 resource compilation

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Digital Youth Network: Creating New Media Citizens through the Affinity Learning Model ... - 9 views

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Composing online is not writing alone, as students have done. When he produces an artifact, the networked student creates a communal effort on the Internet.

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Google Plus for learning | Scoop.it - 14 views

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A veritable cornucopia of ideas and tips.

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Let Be: An Answer To Hamlet's Question - NYTimes.com - 14 views

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How to Land Your Kid in Therapy - Magazine - The Atlantic - 8 views

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Mark Smith on 08 Jul 11

"college deans have reported receiving growing numbers of incoming freshmen they've dubbed "teacups" because they're so fragile that they break down anytime things don't go their way. "Well-intentioned parents have been metabolizing their anxiety for them their entire childhoods," Mogel said of these kids, "so they don't know how to deal with it when they grow up." "

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Leslie Healey on 09 Jul 11

Agreed: I spend a significant portion of my "parent" time trying to convince HS parents that their child's grade is something the child and I can handle....

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NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program - 10 views

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I like the Dare Machine for ideas for journal prompts!

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JFK reads Declaration of Indpendence - 8 views

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Don't kill the Oxford comma! - Grammar - Salon.com - 14 views

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funny bit about the "Oxford comma."

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The History of the English Language in Ten Animated Minutes | Open Culture - 16 views

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The Wikiness - 10 views

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it seems clear that Project-based learning (PBL) groups—I'm thinking literature circles--should be an excellent vehicle for their learning in a large classroom (next year 30+ sizes)
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andrew bendelow on 30 Jun 11

Who the Millennials are, and how Gen-X English teachers might best work with them

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