britishliteraryprizes - 0 views
Reading literary fiction improves empathy, study finds | Books | The Guardian - 2 views
Listening to James Baldwin | My Year of Teaching Dangerously - 3 views
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Writing Teacher Shannon Carey is teaching writing this year with an edge. Using the idea of "writing as resistance" she's helping kids find their voice on hard, tough topics and daring them to write great things. Read this blog post for ideas and to see some cool things you can do to challenge great writing.
Our Gardens - Bookworm Gardens - 5 views
Novels Everyone Should Read - Interactive | Information Is Beautiful - 16 views
WRITING IS THE GREATEST INVENTION | More Intelligent Life - 9 views
#Education Tackkboard - Tackk - 8 views
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Tackk is a quick, simple way to create a page (without really having a website.) This page links to all of the tackk's relating to education. This is a cool, unique idea and I haven't seen anything quite like it. Sort of pinterest/ glogster mixed together. Cool. Writing teachers or anyone who has students do quick projects might be interested in this.
Booktrack - Amplify your story - 6 views
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Booktrack gives you a way to read a book while listening to a soundtrack. I mentioned the research study in a previous bookmark / link. This is something librarians and literacy leaders should test and try out for themselves as it is a fascinating tool and potential. There are a thousand questions I have about this but plan to try it for myself.
Writing-Wksp-General - 5 views
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This is an awesome sliderocket about how to use Google Docs to facilitate a Writing Workshop created by Susan Oxnevad. Look for links to examples within the presentation so you can use everything she shares. This slide show shares not only best practices in running a writing workshop but also is a best practice itself in creating a stand alone presentation that instructions in a powerful way. Writing teachers everywhere should take 10 minutes to work through this slide show this week.
Docs Blog: Find facts and do research inside Google Documents - 8 views
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If you want students to draft work in Google Docs, you have to teach them about the Research pane. It lets you search for the appropriate license (click the down arrow) and set the citation method. You can insert photos, search Google Scholar and a dictionary, your own files, and even the web. When you mouse over the item, you have the option to cite the source or insert a link. Very cool and handy for writers. This is an older feature that hasn't gotten the press it deserves in classrooms. If you have Google Apps for education this is a BIG DEAL because it simplifies finding pictures and does many other things that online citation generators do all within Google Docs.
Editorial for iPad: A Landmark in iOS Text Editors - 0 views
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I always like to watch people who are very productive and am deleting apps that don't add to my life. As a writer, I'm always looking for new cool apps and have been loving IndexCard for a while when drafting and writing books. Here's a new app called Editorial that has me intrigued along with one of the best posts on any app I've ever seen from the Mac Drifter. It has increased support for text versions in Dropbox, which intrigues me the most.
Docs Voice Comments - YouTube - 9 views
5 books to keep kids happy on a trip - 'The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories,' by Dr... - 4 views
The Great Books Foundation | Book Notes Plus - 5 views
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Another project for the common folks that Adler shepherded was the formation of the Great Books Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation was to produce a series of inexpensive paperback books that contained works that Adler thought were important. Since the sets were inexpensive, everyone in a book group would be able to buy a set, and then get together to discuss the diverse selections therein.
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Regardless of where you live, there is probably a Great Books Discussion Group nearby. Here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana there has been a Group for over 40 years, and I have been in it, off and on, for many of those years. When our son was in elementary school he was in a Junior Great Books Discussion Group for a while, and my wife was the leader. You will even find Great Books Discussion Groups in prisons. A friend of mine led a group at a state prison for a time, and said that the discussions were among the best he ever took part in.