English Companion Ning Group

Like the digital pen...take notes, draw, and record at the same time. (found out via Larry Ferlazzo)

Thinking about using this for staff development next year.

Six project options to serve as final assessment for novel study. Focuses especially on Civil Rights Movement, prejudice, and legal system.

"Twurdy is actually based on Google, but it analyses Google results for readability, so it can help you to find more lower level texts for learners without you having to read through every result from Google to see if it's simple enough. "

Twurdy is actually based on Google, but it analyses Google results for readability, so it can help you to find more lower level texts for learners without you having to read through every result from Google to see if it's simple enough.

Buffy shares tons of information and insights into pairing literature circles with research.

Scroll all the way to the end for a list of authors and categories.

"Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology."

Ideas for using Flickr in the classroom

Certainly the bard was a fan of the bawdy joke. Here Shmoop explains them along with modern song equivalents.

Resources for teaching mythology, including Reader's Theater approach and Webquests.

Great website for Teaching Myths

link this to wall wisher - a way to introduce topics

add voiceover to your movies, pretend to be Ken Burns!

Kathleen Nichols has one of the best websites I've seen. I have used it a lot over the years.

This puts it all in perspective, lest we begin to believe that what we know is more important than what they experience