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Virtual Seminars for Teaching English - P. Groves and S. D. Lee
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): literature (215), poetry (195)
In the Classroom
This could be used very easily as part of a webquestor web scavenger hunt. You could also use it in the classroom on a projector or whiteboard to show different elements or types of war poetry. Make sure you have the correct plug-ins if you are using video portions.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Paso Partners
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Women in Poetry - Carolyn Kohli/The Academy of American Poets
Grades
9 to 12In the Classroom
Choose the lesson options that best meet your needs and time limits or simply use the research and project portions. Although the site suggests making a web page on your school server, a wiki would be an easy place to create the culminating projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Top Documentary Films - topdocumentaryfilms.com
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7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): artists (106), media literacy (140), environment (248), biographies (102), politics (119), humor (24), mental health (65), hiv/aids (16), evolution (85), drugs and alcohol (29), money (112), vietnam (41), psychology (61), religions (118), advanced placement (25), animals (281), sports (107)
In the Classroom
Use this site to find videos in a wide range of topics to share on your interactive whiteboard, on a projector, or as a link on your class web page. Use videos to demonstrate different points of view. Then use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here. to compare and contrast information. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from any film using a tool such as WordItOut, reviewed here. Want to engage students WHILE they watch a video? Why not set up a virtual bulletin board using Mentimeter, reviewed here. Be sure to ask your class if there could have been any bias in the video you watch together. What film techniques influence our thinking?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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What's the Time Mr. Wolf? - CGP Books
Grades
1 to 3tag(s): time (97)
In the Classroom
Play the original version of What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf? as a movement-based warm-up or brain break. Play the game using numbers and phrases in world languages such as Spanish or French. Students can brainstorm and create their own version of the game using a new animal or theme. Read a wolf-themed book (ex.: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs), then play the game. Have students retell the story or write their own wolf adventure.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Magnetic Poetry - Snaith Primary School
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2 to 4tag(s): poetry (195)
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American Verse Project
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9 to 12tag(s): poetry (195)
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Telegra.ph - telegra.ph
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): communication (128), blogs (80), writing (301), digital storytelling (177)
In the Classroom
Use this tool as an easy to use blogging tool in the classroom and in every subject area. Use in language arts classes to strengthen students' writing ability and 21st century skills. Teach about proper commenting etiquette on simple first blog posts. Use for student-written book reviews for the school library. Use as a tool for class or parent communication. Engage students in discussions on current events, independent reading, literature, and more. Ask students to play the role of a historical figure and write about their viewpoints or experiences. Use the site as a forum for any simulated or real task. Invite parents to join to give their points of view on upcoming elections or public policy issues by commenting on student posts. Share a blog in even the youngest of classes, for parents to use to learn about a specific unit of study, field trips, and more. Use this site in world language classes to have students write a blog entry in the new language. Include the principal or superintendent in class discussions of students' rights as you study the Constitution. Create incredible discussions of environmental, political, or economic issues. Create a standing assignment for elementary and middle schoolers on snow days. Have students write a post about the snow using Telegra.ph and share the URL on a class wiki. Post the various links on the class web page so students can comment on each other's posts after they come in from sledding.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Puerto Rican Folktales - Yale University
Grades
7 to 12In the Classroom
Read some of these Puerto Rican folktales with your students. After finishing, discuss the characters, problem, setting, sequence of events, ultimate solution, and implied lesson/moral. Alternate readers so that everyone is invested in presenting these tales.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathematical Fiction
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9 to 12tag(s): literature (215)
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Today's Front Pages - The Newseum
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): journalism (73), news (221), media literacy (140), newspapers (86)
In the Classroom
Beyond the obvious application for comparing treatment of news events around the country and the world, this site could also be used for writing, world language practice, a look at editorial choices, or other social studies applications. Include this resource in a media literacy unit on bias or during Newspapers in Education month. With elementary students, share many newspapers on a projector or interactive whiteboard as students identify the various elements of a newspaper article. The Lesson Plan link above contains and excellent poster link for familiarizing students with the elements that comprise the front page of a newspaper. Download it along with the lesson plan. The poster utilizes a sample front page from The Washington Post to illustrate how a front page is formatted. Have students analyze the sample front page by answering the suggested questions. Once students are familiar with the elements of a newspaper, extend their learning and challenge them to create their own class or school newspaper using Printing Press. If articles are too long for some readers, or if you are teaching summarizing skills consider using Skim.it, a Chrome extension that reduces articles into a 100-word summary.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Big Small - neoformix.com
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
Help your students demonstrate their ability to generate words related to themes, categories, synonyms and antonyms, or use this clever tool to see how many words students can create that begin or end with a given prefix or suffix, or various parts of speech. Try "verb" as the big word and fill with small verbs! Try "vertebrate" as the big word and fill it with the names of many vertebrates. Enter "smog" as the big word with human behaviors that generate smog as the small words. Create visual poems depicting a feeling or abstract noun as the big word and lists of thought-provoking "small" words. Bookmark this site in your favorites and make it available on your class web page for easy access when students are working on a class cluster of computers or in the computer lab. If students want to save or print their images, they must first capture it as a screenshot (Prnt Scrn key in Windows, Command+shift+4 in Mac). Paste the screenshot into a PowerPoint slide or word document to play with it further. More advanced technology users may then want to paste it into an image editing program to crop it, save it, or print it.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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What's Your Reading History - NY Times
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): digital reading (18)
In the Classroom
Use this activity both at the beginning and ending of a school year to impress upon the students the importance reading plays in their self-concepts. Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce the idea of regular journal keeping. After students complete their writing segment, have them do a media project that reflects their reading "identities."Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here. Use an online poster creator, such as Padlet, reviewed here. Share the results of their writing and posters at open house nights or --even better- embedded in your class wiki or web page. Ask students to find what other celebrities and authors say about how reading has influenced their lives. Collect quotes from famous people about writers and list them on posters in your classroom.
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Docspal - docspal.com
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): noregistration (74), conversions (34)
In the Classroom
Refer students to this tool if they research and come up with pdf's they would like to alter (with appropriate credit, of course!). The tool is also useful for creating pdfs from docs, since the recipient will not be able to change the pdf easily. This helps when creating a resume, for example. Converting image files allows you to use them where only one file type is permitted (and your original is the wrong type!). Demonstrate the use of this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students try out this site on individual computers at school or at home. Be sure to include this link on your class website or wiki for students to access both in and outside of class as needed. Parents will appreciate this tool, too!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SurLaLune Fairy Tales
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): folktales (34)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site during a comparative literature unit to help students explore how a single story transforms across different cultures. Start by having students choose a well-known tale and use the site's annotations to identify recurring motifs or symbols. To engage students further, ask them to select two cultural variants of the same story--such as the Chinese and Egyptian versions of Cinderella--to compare character motivations and settings. Enhance the lesson by having students curate their findings and favorite illustrations into a Wakelet, reviewed here collection to share with the class. To extend the learning and apply their research, students can then design a modern "fractured" version of the tale using Canva for Education, reviewed here to create a digital storybook or infographic that blends traditional elements with a contemporary twist. This approach encourages critical thinking and provides a multifaceted look at global storytelling traditions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celebrating Hans Christian Andersen - Jean Hersholt
Grades
2 to 8In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource to find any and all Hans Christian Anderson stories. During a unit on short stories or folk tales, use these stories as examples. Search the site for a story that will interest students and read it aloud as an example of a folk tale.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Goofram - goofram.com
Grades
K to 12tag(s): search engines (41), resources (77)
In the Classroom
This site is very simple to use. Simply type in the term you are searching and click "search."This site is as safe as any other search engine. Just be sure students are aware of the consequences of misusing the search engine.
Use Goofram the next time that you use search in your classes. Discuss the difference between each side of the screen where both parts appear. What is the advantage of Wolfram Alpha vs. Google? Use this site as you discuss how to search and use materials on the web. Practice showing different searches and aspects of the searches that are useful. Challenge students to use these sites for individual research projects.
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ToonyTool - ToonyTool
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): comics and cartoons (67), creative writing (121), summarizing (30), noregistration (74), communication (128), digital storytelling (177)
In the Classroom
There is a multitude of ways to use comics/cartoons in the classroom. For instance, create one-page discussion starters to help students keep up with current political issues. Use comics to show sequencing of events, for example, explain the sequence of a story, a science concept, or current event! When studying about characterization, create a dialog to show (not tell) about a character. Use comic strips for literature responses. Another idea - why not use the comics for conflict resolution or other guidance issues (such as bullying). Sometimes it is easier for students to write it down (or draw the pictures) than use the actual words. Emotional support and autistic support teachers can work with students to create strips about appropriate interpersonal responses and feelings. World language and ENL/ESL teachers can assign students to create dialogue strips as an alternative to traditional written assessments; summarize through a comic. Challenge students who move through other assignments more quickly to create a cartoon for review of a topic studied in class. Make a class book of the comics created throughout the year using Book Creator, reviewed here. Book Creator includes features for students to easily create digital books using their own text, videos, and images.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Lessons Plans from Read WriteThink - NCTE
Grades
1 to 8tag(s): writing (301)
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BibleGateway
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4 to 12tag(s): religions (118)
In the Classroom
Use this site for easy searching of the bible. This site would be useful in any philosophy or religion class. Save the site as a favorite on classroom computers, allowing students to use it for research.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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