One teacher's look at how high school education with relation to hip hop music. This is artistically awesome and very thought-provoking

A cool site that tracks your intelligences with regard to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Also, some info about his theory in practice.

A link to the TED video about the team-building exercise we did in class. In case you want to use this in a future classroom or at a workshop, you might want to keep this.

Link to the video we watched in Willis' class that shows the vast improvements one school has made by incorporating writing into every class period (even P.E.).

For anyone teaching newspaper, this is a little packet of materials I've put together that talks about newspaper lingo, types of leads, and ethics. Feel free to use as a reference

This is another page from webenglishteacher, and it lists seriously any author you would ever teach in your class. Click on an author, and instantly it points you to different lesson plan ideas about that author. So cool.

It's obviously cheap to use this free online site to make your own rubrics, but it's helpful as a springboard to make your own.

One of the questions/ problems with using technology in the classroom is the cost burden, and a way to obtain the necessary funding is through grants. This was a cool link that offers helpful advice for grant-writing.

I know you can probably just google online flashcards, but I stumbled upon this site that seemed a little more advanced and possibly helpful for teachers.

This is a really social networking site exclusively for teachers to share lesson plan ideas. You don't have to become a member to see some of the cool ideas other teachers have shared.

Speaking of twitter, do this! It's great.

This is an awesome game! Great diversion for English majors