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Tom Cornell

From the Birthplace of Big Brother - NYTimes.com - 10 views

www.nytimes.com/...birthplace-of-big-brother.html

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  • Tom Cornell on 16 Apr 12
     
    Excellent connection to 1984
Berylaube 00

Welcome to Lit2Go ETC - 12 views

etc.usf.edu/lit2go

audio-books free lit2Go

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    "Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom. "
Adam Babcock

If Romeo and Juliet had mobile phones | Networked - 13 views

networked.pewinternet.org/...o-and-juliet-had-mobile-phones

shakespeare love romeojuliet cellphones internet culture facebook socialnetworking PBLidea

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      Adam Babcock on 21 Jul 12
       
      Yeah... but "wherefore" translates to "why" in our contemporary language...
  • would have allowed Romeo and Juliet to move around, liberated from locale and parental surveillance. They would have been less worried about their families when they were figuring out where to meet. At the same time, their parents would have felt reassured because they could call their children and ask where they were and what they were doing. But, would Romeo and Juliet have told the truth? A location-aware app would also have been useful for parents in tracking them. Or they might have prowled friends’ Facebook updates or photo albums for clues.
  • Romeo and Juliet could find each other now because mobility means accessibility and availability. They’d be on each other’s top-five speed dial. And they would probably have had a location-aware app that that showed exactly where each other were: no wandering the streets of Verona looking for each other.
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  • Public spaces have become more silent, as people concentrate on their text messages, while downwardly-peering texters have limited eye contact.
  • Imagine Romeo making plans to meet Juliet in the park, but his father calls to say that he has to come home immediately. At least, the mobile connection would have allowed Romeo to alert Juliet to his role conflict and possible absence.
  • As long as they talked or texted in private, neither the Montagues nor the Capulets would know – unless, of course, they snuck peeks at the list of previous calls and texts on the phones. Instead of a phone ringing in a home—where all would hear it and possibly become part of the conversation—internet communication and mobile communication are usually exchanges between two individuals.
  • Mobile contact has become multigenerational, as teens—and even children—are increasingly getting their own mobile phones. This affords people of all ages opportunities to become more autonomous agents.
  • As they grew up, Romeo and Juliet had gotten past their childhoods of being household and neighborhood bound.  They made contact by encounters in public places. Teens still do that—the shopping mall is the new agora—but their mobile phones also afford continuous contact with their homes and distant friends.
  • If they are right, Romeo and Juliet might never look up from their mobile phones to see each other. Or, would the course of true love have led them away from their screens and into each other’s arms?
  • The story of Romeo and Juliet is the story of two individuals escaping the bounds of their densely knit groups. It is a story of the social network revolution that began well before Facebook: the move from group-bound societies to networked individuals. This turn to networked individualism transforms communication from being place-based to person-based.
Meredith Stewart

Ira Glass on Storytelling - 9 views

www.youtube.com/watch

storytelling writing story

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  • Meredith Stewart on 24 Oct 09
     
    Don't do it the way they taught you in high school. Host of This American Life radio and TV show
Dana Huff

Shakespeares Words | Home - 9 views

www.shakespeareswords.com

shakespeare education literature

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  • Dana Huff on 25 Oct 09
     
    A great online Shakespeare concordance.
Nik Peachey

Stage'D Home - 9 views

stagedproject.com

languages education technology tools web2.0 animation 3D

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  • Nik Peachey on 09 Dec 09
     
    This is a great site tha enables you to create 3D animated cartoons. It's like a cross between Dvolver and Xtranormal.Fantastic. Select different motions for the characters chose backgrounds and add their dialogue.
James Miscavish

Home (BCHS English Family) - 9 views

sites.google.com/...bchsenglishfamily

bchs class website class website

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  • James Miscavish on 29 Dec 09
     
    good class website
Todd Finley

Easiest way to evaluate Candidates : Zoho Challenge - 9 views

challenge.zoho.com/login.do

tools collaboration test quiz zoho

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  • Todd Finley on 21 Jan 10
     
    Online test creator + scoring and analysis.
Dennis OConnor

100 Little Ways You Can Dramatically Improve Your Writing | Online Colleges - 9 views

www.onlinecolleges.net/...matically-improve-your-writing

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  • Dennis OConnor on 28 Feb 10
     
    "January 17th, 2010\n\nSolid writing skills open up career-boosting opportunities for professional writers and for those with aspirations beyond their basic job description. Journalists, fiction writers, scientists, teachers, business professionals, law students and other professionals can all get ahead by inspiring and influencing others with their writing. Whether you're an undergraduate wanting tips to organize your papers; a novelist who needs help with character development; or a technical writer in search of tips to write more engaging copy, here are 100 little ways all of you can dramatically improve your writing."
Meredith Stewart

Word Girll - 9 views

www.scholastic.com/...games.htm

vocabulary games

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  • Meredith Stewart on 02 Mar 10
     
    Vocabulary Games
Devon Adams

Is There an Essay in This Class? Rethinking Writing in General Education and First Year... - 9 views

sites.google.com/...isthereandessayinthisclass

cccc10

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  • Devon Adams on 19 Mar 10
     
    Presentation at cccc10 9:30am March 19, 2010.
Susan Payne

Word Generation - Developing Academic Language - 9 views

wordgeneration.org/moves.html

discussion questioning talk_moves

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  • Susan Payne on 05 Apr 10
     
    Effective techniques for engaging students in discussion and teaching them strategies to use independently.
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