Resources
Links to Final Projects Su 07
Summer 2008
On Reading Hypertext Fiction
Technology Standards and Teacher Self-Assessment
Mass DOE_K-12 Technology Standards and Resources
Online Tools and Resources:
General
4Teachers.org Many resources for teachers, for creating rubrics, a simple web page, a class calendar, etc
http://www.ictadvice.org.uk/ : advice for teachers about incorporating information and communication technologies into teaching, with examples of student projects. www.eschoolnews.com A technology newsletter for educators; includes grant opportunities
Audio
PBS Teacher Source_teaching resources for NPR programs. http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
National Public Radio: This American Life
speeches: americanrhetoric.com
authors: New York Times Audio Interviews and Recordings
Biibliography
Bibliography writer
Easybib bibliography creator
Blogs
Blogger [www.blogger.com/start];
Searching blogs: bloogz [http://www.bloogz.com/]
Blogs for Educators: http://edublogs.org/
National Writing Project Blog Project
Weblogg-ed.Blog of Will Richardson on blogging and related technologies. [http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
Weblog of high school students in response to Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees
Weblog from high school English Blogs of linguistically/culturally diverse students with disabilities who have participated in the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Transition Success Research Project of the University of Hawaii [http://www.cld.hawaii.edu/]
Karyn's friend's high school blog site
Teacher comments on using this blog
Books
Bartleby.com Great books online, quotation search
Project Gutenberg Free books online. Can type in the first few words of a passage and find it.
Shakespeare Complete works
Book summaries and resources
enotes
Content and lessons:
New York Times Learning Network [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ ]
.Curriculum and teaching resources
readwritethink.org Lesson plans and web resources. Sponsored by NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) and IRA (International Reading Association)
eCurriculum: A curriculum resource from ISETS (International Schools Educational Technology Services)Curriki: A new curriculum resource for K-12 where lessons posted by teachers will be reviewed It includes a standard lesson plan builder and some already posted resources. While this may become a useful resource, the currently posted lessons have not been reviewed and seem to have limited value (EK 7/07)
Merlot: a more established peer-reviewed curriculum resource for university level courses with many lessons that would also be useful at lower levels.
Voice of the Shuttle: a database of resources for teaching the humanities
Henrico Co (VA) Public Schools resources and lesson plans
Under its resources section it has links that examines the origin of words, the history of English and where our language comes from. Under its quick link box there are links to extensive bios of American and British writers, and commentary on their work.
Teachnology lesson plans, resources, webquest creator
Discussion Space
Quicktopic.com
Document Sharing (for collaborative writing)
Google Docs
Grading programs:
Easy Grade Pro Many features: calendars, seating chart, graphs, good print out options. $49 single user license.
Gradekeeper. Standard Grading features, trial download, $20 single user. Connects to Edline
Jeopardy with a Twist: and example a classroom game to help African-American kids with codeswitching while valuing their language.
Grammar
From the NCTE [National Council of Teachers of English]"Beyond Grammar Drills: How Language Works
in Learning to Write." The Council Chronicle Online, October 25, 2006
(Not a technology resource but an excellent position statement.)On grammatical structures
HyperGrammar
Sentence and Text Level Grammar
The Tongue Untied. University of Oregon grammar site.
On-line grammar exercises: "Visual Interactive Syntax Learning"; "Grammar Quizzes"; Teachinggrammar inductively: The Grammar Safari
Internet Use and Resources
An internet tutorial: [ http://library.albany.edu/internet/ ]
A virtual library resource suggested by Sara Kajder, posting a response to Jeremy's blog
Web Searches:
Better Searching (SDU)
Maps
Google Maps
Mind maps and concept maps
Cmap Tools
Freemind
Mind-Mapping Tool
Surveys
SurveyMonkey.com
to see the analysis of our surveys from the beginning of this course sign in as ekutz with pw engl697
Timelines
Timeline Creator
Timeline Tool
Visual Resources at UMB
Image Research and Resources
Online Resources for Researching Visual and Material Culture
Sources for visual images (free)
Creating and using digital images
Visual and information literacy
Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)
Finding Images Online
Image Sites Database
Visual Literacy
The On-Line Visual Literacy Project (also a good example of hypertext).
Visible Knowledge Project (resources for studying visual culture, with an excellent annotatedbibliography)
WebQuests
http://WebQuest.org/
WebQuest Portal at San Diego State University. Access to a database of Webquests submitted by other teachers. SSDU Webquest search page.
Innovative Teaching Newsletter. Another Webquest Portal
Cyberguides: San Diego County of Education
BlueWeb'n: Internet resources for teachers,sponsored by AT&TA checklist for evaluating WebQuests
(includes King Tut WebQuest example -8th grade)
A rubric for evaluating WebQuests
Websites
Webpage Templates and Tools: "Web Development"; "Teachnology: The Web Portal for Educators"; "Geocities Free"
Geocities help from Ginnie Bourque
Geocities website example: Ginnie Bourque and Jessica Serino
Wikis
pbwiki.com
Course Readings and related links
Intro to Exploring Literacy Instructor's Manual
On the technology of literacy:
Peter Roberts,
"The Consequences and Value of Literacy: A Critical Reappraisal"
Ellen Evans, "Autonomous Literacy or Social Practice? Students' Constructions of Technology Literacy"
Ruth Ray, "Technology in Everyday Life. Five Case Studies from Metropolitan Detroit"
Gutenberg Bible c.1450
Paper and Vellum Images
On classroom assessment (assessing how the class is going and what students are getting)
University of Oregan Teaching Effectiveness Program
DePaul University Assessment Resources
Classroom Assessment Techniques Designed for Technology, Mary B. Martin
On hypertext reading
Kinzer and Leander, on literacy practice in hypermedia environments, pp. 550-556.
Altun, "Understanding Hypertext in the Context of Reading on the Web: Language Learners' Experience"
Walz, "Reading Hypertext: Lower-Level Processes"
Hypertext fiction and creative nonfiction
"Mysteries" hypertext fiction. (I’m having trouble with this link on 3/6.)
*water always writes in* plural [http://ensemble.va.com.au/water/]
a collaboration between Linda Carroli and Josephine Wilson
My Body [ http://www.altx.com/thebody/]
by Shelley Jackson
More examples at this site: The writerly web http://www.altx.com/hyperx/writerlyweb.htm
A strange meditation on “Hypertextual Consciousness” by someone who calls himself Mark Amerika [ http://www.altx.com/htc1.0/ ]
Websites for academic purposes
http://kids-learn.org. Student work in language arts from elementary school classrooms.
http://www.faculty.umb.edu/elizabeth_fay/archive2.html. The Bluestocking Archive created by Elizabeth Fay and her students to support the study of women’s writing in the Romantic Period.
http://www.criticalreading.com/. Dan Kurland’s site introduces critical reading within and across genres and provides underpinnings in the study of language with a section on grammar—on how language works to support reading and writing.
http://www.freshman.umb.edu. Website for Freshman English at UMB with interactive pages for individual sections (password protected). See sample sections under Teachers>Teaching with the Website>Website Course Models.
Web design and finding/using web resources
The Blue Stocking Archive [http://www.faculty.umb.edu/elizabeth_fay/archive2.html.]
John McEneaney, J.E. “Learning on the Web: A Content Literacy Perspective.” Reading Online. [http:/www.readingonline.org/articles/mceneaney]
Peer editing with Microsoft Word (Gary Moore's directions to students)
Powerpoint
Student project for 8th grade history: Baseball Cards on Middle Ages
On internet, society, culture, etc.
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture. (NPR)
Technology and Problems of Data Access (BBC)
On copyright and fair use: http://www.tandl.vt.edu/technology-ethicsWebQuest/scenarios.htm
On responding to student writing
Sharing Student Writing and Teacher Response (PowerPoint on website practices)
Commenting with Microsoft Word examples ("My Trip"; "Confrontation")
Lifewriting course site with online responses
Rubrics and Self-Assessment. A short report on a study on the effects of using rubrics on the writing of 8th grade students, with two sample rubrics.
Assessment and Grading Page of Freshman English Website
Mini-studies by S06participants of students' reading/writing/learning with technology
|
