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"I am updating my workshop on how technology can be used to promote Voluntary Free Reading - the only undebatably fool-proof means of both improving reading proficiency and developing a life-long love of reading in every student. "

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Scaling challenges nearly always come down to the same problem: the difficulty of spreading something good from those who have it to those that don't - or at least don't yet. It is always, in other words, the problem of more.

What Is TechnologicalPedagogical Content Knowledge (TPaCK)? 

"Poetry by thousands of poets from around the world"

Academy of American Poets: Teacher and student resources for poetry.

"Poetry.org is a resource site for poetry and poets. Here you can learn about the history, meaning, and types of poetry, as well as terms often used when reading and studying poetry. There is also the resource page: a series of links to various poetry sites for daily poetry, poetry organizations, poet biographies, and more. And there is our selection of poetry from various famous poets, including William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and e e cummings."

Search for poets and poems.

"Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year. I have selected the poems you will find here with high school students in mind. They are intended to be listened to, and I suggest that all members of the school community be included as readers. A great time for the readings would be following the end of daily announcements over the public address system. Listening to poetry can encourage students and other learners to become members of the circle of readers for whom poetry is a vital source of pleasure. I hope Poetry 180 becomes an important and enriching part of the school day."

"Children and Poetry This area provides resources for parents and teachers to cultivate in children a lifelong love of poetry."

"Famous Children Poems Classic Children Poems Famous Poems for Kids"

" In October 2008 I received the Children's Poet Laureate award and will serve for two years. During that time I will be doing what I've been doing for over fifty years, but more so and with a much wider forum! As I see it, my mission is to spread the delight of children's poetry and poetry in general, to be a sort of Pied Piper for children's poetry. While continuing to write and recite my own poems, I will also be presenting the work of other wonderful children's poets in talks and readings and videos. "

PBS Parents: Popular Poets for Kids

List of poetry books for children, with reader reviews.