Cool video on how the web is changing the role of information our society. Also brings up points about questions that will have to be answered as we move forward
They've used it to keep track of information they find on the web, to share
information with our class group, and
because of their proficiency with it that when an idea came to me today 5
minutes before the start of class of a new purpose for which I could have my
students use Diigo
When I learned about Future Me my first thought was that it would be great to have students use Future Me at the beginning of a school year. Students could write about what they hope to learn that year, what they do or don't like about school, and goals that they have for themselves. Then at the end of the school year students can read their letters and see how they've changed over the year.--Richard Byrne
Network of classroom and student blogs organized to help promote the commenting on and sharing of student writing and learning. Gives educators a good audience of commentators for their students
"The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and stories
about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world. Read,
discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today"
What is this ?
BlogBooker produces a high-quality PDF Blog Book from all your blog's entries and comments.
Archives can be generated from any blog running on WordPress, LiveJournal (and derivatives) or Blogger.
The whole process takes about 3-4 minutes, depending on the size of your blog.
HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is a groundbreaking 60-minute documentary that examines representations of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. It is a "loving critique" of certain disturbing developments in rap music culture from the point of view of a fan who challenges the art form's representations of masculinity.
Here you’ll find quite simply the most interactive and sophisticated version of
Romeo and Juliet ever created: use it as a study guide and teaching
tool. Read the play, read its English source texts, read critical materials on
the play, explore Shakespeare's vocabulary, and experience a full range of
multi-media associated with the play.
Adflip provides one avenue for examining the rhetoric of ads from across the last 50 to 60 years in the United States. This might be done by choosing a general topic, such as automobiles, and picking apart the use of image, word choices, and other advertising strategies that also connect to the zeitgeist of the times
features two sections; Brainy Flix and Brainy Pics. Brainy Pics is comprised of images that demonstrate the meaning of a word. Most of the pictures are submitted by students. Brainy Flix is comprised of short videos that illustrate the meaning of words. Just like with Brainy Pics, most of the videos are submitted by students