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Julia Robert

Academic Writing Course - 13 views

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Academic Writing Course

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  • Julia Robert on 07 Feb 11
     
    Academic Writing Course,In the future you must give your students more specific study preparatory skills, not least the ability to acquire material in English in various disciplines: This book deals with all aspects of academic writing, through advice and exercises based on a wide range of material.
Dana Huff

Dante's Fourfold Method: The Interpretation of Symbol and Allegory - 12 views

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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
Dana Huff

The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. - 4 views

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poetry literature english reading reference resources

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  • Dana Huff on 06 Feb 11
     
    Great comprehensive site where you can learn about poetry.
Dana Huff

Additional Step-by-Step Method of Thoroughly Explicating a Poem - 21 views

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poetry literature explication

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  • Dana Huff on 06 Feb 11
     
    Helpful information about poem explication. Via Jim Burke.
Dana Huff

Presentations in the High School English Classroom - 27 views

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presentations powerpoint

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  • Dana Huff on 05 Feb 11
     
    Utecht provides great guidelines, tools, and models for student-created presentations.
  • Leslie Healey on 06 Feb 11
     
    they (students and teachers) did this at Educon 2.3 and it was inspiring. We are going to try it 4th quarter 20th century short fiction.
Leslie Healey

What They're Reading on College Campuses - Publishing - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 11 views

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reading college teens literature

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  • Leslie Healey on 03 Feb 11
     
    very cool list: some conservative, some liberal, some fiction, some satire, some bio, some nonfiction
Leslie Healey

Teenagers, Friends and Bad Decisions - NYTimes.com - 14 views

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teens peerpressure socialearning

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  • Leslie Healey on 03 Feb 11
     
    what teachers all know...teens will do stupid stuff if their friends are watching. when to let them fall and when to catch them--daily decisions
Tom McHale

Vocab Videos - Bringing Vocabulary to Life - Vocab Film Festival. - 13 views

memelabs.com/vocabfilmfest

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  • Tom McHale on 03 Feb 11
     
    The Vocab Film Festival challenges students and filmmakers to create and share their own vocabulary video and photo projects for a chance to win over $20,000 in monthly and grand prizes.  Entries must meet our monthly challenge and illustrate the meaning of a vocabulary word listed below. The Festival closes 5/31/11, so there will be a total of 4 monthly challenges Could be an interesting way to engage kids in vocab.
Nik Peachey

Development - Some Pros and Cons of iPads for ELT | Delta Publishing - English Language... - 1 views

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web2.0 tefl education technology mobile ipad mlearning edtech elt

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  • Nik Peachey on 02 Feb 11
     
    "Well the iPad has really hit the news in education circles since it's release last year. I'm sure lots of teachers are wondering whether it's hype and what the true potential of these devices are as tools for learners. I've had my iPad for about 8 months now, so I've decided to share my reflections so far on what I like about the iPad, what potential I feel it offers for developing course books and course materials and some of the problems."
  • Nik Peachey on 02 Feb 11
     
    Well the iPad has really hit the news in education circles since it's release last year. I'm sure lots of teachers are wondering whether it's hype and what the true potential of these devices are as tools for learners. I've had my iPad for about 8 months now, so I've decided to share my reflections so far on what I like about the iPad, what potential I feel it offers for developing course books and course materials and some of the problems.
Leslie Healey

http://www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php - 5 views

www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php

voki avatar techtools web2.0 tools

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  • Leslie Healey on 01 Feb 11
     
    VOKI for teachers has just launched. free lessonplan database included. fun and engaging
Leslie Healey

In a Fairy Castle, an Invitation to Life - 12 views

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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.........
Dana Huff

Qwiki - 12 views

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qwiki web2.0 search tools web wiki

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  • 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!
Dana Huff

Google Apps Marketplace - Digication e-Portfolio - 13 views

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google apps digication portfolio portfolios

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  • Dana Huff on 29 Jan 11
     
    With Digication, students can easily publish their work online. A Digication e-Portfolio can be created in less than 5 minutes. Instead of spending time building and managing complex websites, students (and their teachers!) can focus on learning and reflection.
Dana Huff

Record | Columbia News - 8 views

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literature reading austen socialmedia networking

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  • Dana Huff on 29 Jan 11
     
    "Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet on Facebook? With social networking the hot topic of the day, a computer science grad student, his advisor and a literature professor teamed up to analyze social interactions in 19th century British novels."
Adam Babcock

One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown | Save the Internet - 7 views

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censorship internet

shared by Adam Babcock on 28 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Egypt, where the Mubarak regime today reportedly shut down Internet and cell phone communications -- a troubling predictor of the fierce crackdown that has followed.
  • The tools that connect, organize and empower protesters can also be used to hunt them down.
  • Narus provides Egypt Telecom with Deep Packet Inspection equipment (DPI), a content-filtering technology that allows network managers to inspect, track and target content from users of the Internet and mobile phones, as it passes through routers on the information superhighway.
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  • arus global customers include the national telecommunications authorities in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- two countries that regularly register alongside Egypt near the bottom of Human Rights Watch's world report.
Leslie Healey

Attention literacy : Howard Rheingold : City Brights - 14 views

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attention literacy 21stcenturyskills teens

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  • Leslie Healey on 27 Jan 11
     
    great strategies for teaching and practicing attention with our students
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