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.  Students need an email account to access many Web 2.0 websites.  

 

 

3. Use your online textbook (this is the link to Holt Rinehard & Winston):  on-line textbook.  Sign up using the ISBN number from the teacher’s edition.

My students annotate in the online student notebook as we read.  I also assign some of the online writing prompts and HRW grades them too!

 

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

 

4. Use a blog to communicate with students at Edublog

The blog I use to communicate with students is called Mrs. Seale's 9th Grade English Class.

My personal to communicate with other educators 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 Google Groups, Emodo or Nicenet for Classroom on-line discussions. 

 

 

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

    Join the English Companion Ning to connect with other English Teachers.

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

 

 

11. Create a Classroom Ning (see examples from my class):

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

      Read the Net ning: http://readthenet.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. Create a PBWorks Wiki page. 

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/

 

Wikis I use in presentations: 

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

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

Wiki workshop: http://wikiworkshopbryant.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