Websites that will help you use technology to enhance literacy in the classroom

 

 

1. Sign up for igoggle at: https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Faccounts%2FManageAccount

 

Click on Add Stuff in the upper-right hand side.

Add Bookmarks. Click Add it now.

Next, add Google Docs.

A great revision lesson using Google Docs: http://www.google.com/educators/weeklyreader.html

 

 

2. Use student e-mail with your students.  The link is on the Bryant Home Page.

 

 

3. Use the on-line textbook.  Sign up using the ISBN number from the teacher’s edition.

Sign on using this user name: oonej     

                         Password: f9x8y

Student on-line paper grading directions: On line grading paper directions.doc 

 

4. Use a blog to communicate with students at Edublog

My blog is called Enhanced English Teacher.

 

 

5. Use Google Earth to create a literature trip.  See examples at this website: http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Directions for a Google Earth Lit Trip for the Odyssey are on this wiki page: http://english9bryant.pbwiki.com/

Look in the folder in the right side bar.

 

 

7. Get a teacher account at Townsend Press for vocabulary, reading comprehension, and grammar quizzes: http://www.townsendpress.net/

 

 

8. Use Nicenet for classroom on-line discussions: http://www.nicenet.org/

 

Use this key code to join the Technology Workshop class: P26Z229T96                                                                                                                      Look at the discussion questions under Conferencing and the website links under Shared Links.  This website is a great place to quickly start an on-line class discussion.

 

9.  Join Classroom 2.0 to share ideas with other teachers: http://www.classroom20.com/

 

 

10. The NCTE Ning: http://ncte2008.ning.com/

 

 

11. I have created to classroom nings:

Romeo and Juliet ning: http://veronapages.ning.com/

Read the Net ning: http://readthenet.ning.com/

 

Join this Workshop Ning to experiment: http://technologyworkshop.ning.com/

 

Learn how to create your own Ning network by watching this video: http://education.ning.com/

Look under the link Highlighted Resources.  Click on the Recorded session, building a Ning network from scratch.

 

 

12. Some of my class wiki pages:

9^th grade English: http://bryantenglish9.pbwiki.com/

9^th grade English: http://english9bryant.pbwiki.com/

 

Read the Net: http://readthenet.pbwiki.com/

Read the Net: http://rtni2009.pbwiki.com/

Read the Net: http://readtheneti2008.pbwiki.com/

Third World Countries: http://thirdworldcountriesproject.pbwiki.com/

 

 

Workshop Wikis:

Podcasting: http://podcastsforeducation.pbwiki.com/

Wiki and digitial storytelling: http://wikianddigitalstorytelling.pbwiki.com/

Wiki workshop: http://wikiworkshopbryant.pbwiki.com/

 

 

Collaborative Wikis for sharing information:

A place for English teachers to contribute ideas: http://bryantliteracy.pbwiki.com/

Bryant Reading List Wiki: http://bryantreadinglist.pbwiki.com/

Bryant Science Wiki: http://bryantsciencedepartment.pbwiki.com/

Bryant Tech Wiki: http://bryanttech.pbwiki.com/

 

13. Using Many Eyes:

http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/topichubs/89ade5ae13267190011326b532bd0a20

FAQ about many eyes: http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/FAQ.html

 

 

14. Using ipods in the classroom:

http://learninginhand.com/

 

 

15. Will Kindles be in a classroom one day?  What is a Kindle?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindle

 

 

16. How to learn all of this stuff?  You can get a free trial at one of the websites below, and some of the videos are already free:

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home

http://www.lynda.com/

 

 

17. Sign up for the official SAT question of the day here:

http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do

 

 

18. Citation websites:

http://www.easybib.com/

http://citationmachine.net/

 

 

19. Writing and Grammar information:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

 

 

20. Controversial Topics for Research Papers:

http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm

 

 

21. Embedding quotes:

http://www.tenafly.k12.nj.us/~lhaslach/incorporating_quotations.htm

 

My handout: Embedding quotes in your paper.doc

 

 

22. World Statistics:

http://www.worldometers.info/

 

 

23. Copyright free images:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

 

24. Great lesson on Objective Observation, similar to Method to Meaning: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/environ/object.html

 

 

25. Sample essays and thesis statements:

http://www.apstudynotes.org/english/sample-essays/

 

 

26. College professor’s website with lots of good stuff:

http://people.moreheadstate.edu/fs/k.mincey/

 

 

27. My Favorite Blogs:

http://www.nicksenger.com/blog/

http://www.enotes.com/blogs/english-teacher-blog/

http://www.k12handhelds.com/blog/

http://class.huffenglish.com/

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/

http://weblogg-ed.com/

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

 

Subscribe to your favorite blogs using Google Reader.

 

 

28. Use iTunes to subscribe to podcasts and iTunes University

Check out Ted Talks (my favorite podcast): http://www.ted.com/

Some audiobooks are free on iTunes

 

29. The Partnership for 21st Century Literacy Curriculum Map 

 

 

 

30. American Rhetoric not only lists the Great American Speeches, but the website also has great examples to teach rhetorical devices.  You can visit this website at: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

 

31. Research Website Handout that I give my students: Research Websites.doc