Leading up to the annual conference of INOTE, the Irish National Organisation for Teachers of English, at the end of next week, here is a start on a list of useful websites for English teachers (not as a foreign or second language, but as a 'humanities' subject). 'Useful' actually means recommended - this is a 'curated' list, and very much evolving. The list will be updated almost every day, so feel free to suggest more sites, with a brief comment, by the comments section underneath the post, or by Twitter via @sccenglish. Starting with Shakespeare, and continuing with General Poetry and English Teaching.

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Great Reads for Educators

Ask most people what comes to mind when they think about "kids today". If you've sampled the literature about Gen Y or The Millennials, you're likely to hear that kids today are over-corrected, entitled, arrogant, irresponsible, directionless, and apathetic. With twitter-sized attention spans-these kids lack values, character, and basic civility. They have been labeled, tagged, earmarked, and characterized in a multiplicity of ways, but nothing sets them apart more from other generations than the fact that kids of today are most certainly unlike any other generation of kids we have known. As a veteran educator, parent, and mentor; I couldn't agree more. Kids today aren't like they used to be, and I've never been more proud or excited to share with you why.

Setting up a classroom for technology devices. The focus is bring your own device, but this would work for any technology classroom. Some great ideas here.

Connecting Project-Based and Blended Learning

Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning     The "Top 25" Websites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

List of Education groups in Diigo