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Thursday, 23 July 2009 00:00 |
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I'm going to talk about 3 of my favorite comic-creator tools to get students inspired about writing. If you're at all in doubt about the value and depth of comics, go hunt down two very good books by Scott McCloud: "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art " and "Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels" and you will develop a new appreciation for an art and literary form that hasn't always had the warmest reception in schools. Comics or graphic novels are increasingly being brought into schools to encourage literacy. Students find them familiar and inviting and they work the brain as they demand focus on the visual and verbal at the same time.
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Monday, 27 April 2009 00:00 |
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Are your students reading their email but not the novels you've assigned them? Well, fret no more! Mix some great literature into their inbox with DailyLit and you'll have them "reading out of the palm of your hands!" The creators of DailyLit provided a solution for a world that constantly checks its email but "checks-in" with great literature less frequently. You now have the tools to get your students reading novels in serialized daily installments, helping them to tackle the great works in manageable pieces.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009 00:00 |
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This week I bring you a stack of sites that can quickly add some fun and zest to your photos, great for dressing up websites, blogs, and even the walls of your classroom.
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Monday, 13 April 2009 00:00 |
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I just saved hours. It was time for me to clean up my "Favorite Links" section of the website that I maintain for my school. Admittedly, it is a section of the site that usually receives the least attention from me. I constantly maintain the lessons that I post on the site, as well as stay up on my weekly "Link of the Week." But the "Favorite Links" section sometimes grows dusty and suffers from "dead" links. It's hard to keep up with it, but I need a place to put links to the staple sites that teachers and students can easily access. |
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 11:18 |
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Last time, I brought you the amazing site called Into the Book. This week, let's get "out of the book" and make some real-world connections with Google Lit Trips. (Note: you'll need the free application Google Earth in order for this to work).
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Monday, 16 March 2009 10:40 |
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There are sites that we love and then there are sites, that once discovered, we can no longer live without. "Into the Book" is one such site.
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