Links to Shakespeare sites

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/macbeth.pdf Summary and commentary, prereading, analysis and followup, extended learning options, bibliography. This document requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.  Macbeth by William Shakespeare This interactive unit will help students visualize Scotland. Google Earth must be on your computer for this to work; the free version will do. Macbeth @Web English Teacher Literature lesson plans and [...]

Useful Links (weekly)

Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers – Chronicle.com ”The rise of online media has helped raise a new generation of college students who write far more, and in more-diverse forms, than their predecessors did. But the implications of the shift are hotly debated, both for the future of students’ writing and for the [...]

Shaun Tan – more award nominations

I am a Shaun Tan fan. I have been since I saw The Rabbits, the John Marsden book he illustrated. I love all the different styles he uses in his illustrations and I greatly enjoyed listening to him speak about his latest publication, Tales from Outer Suburbia earlier this year. This book had some wonderful short stories he [...]

Navify – Searching Wikipedia, Flickr and YouTube

My colleague Tania found this tool via the Free technology for teachers blog. I had seen Nibipedia, but Navify was a new tool for me to look at. It is a mash-up of Wikipedia, Flickr, and YouTube. We all know that many of our students use Wikipedia,which may be developing into the world’s most extensive encyclopedias, as people continue to build on [...]

A sharing culture – CC video

I have been to a number of professional development sessions lately. The subject of engaging our students is a hot topic and has  been discussed in a number of educational forums. What I find is amazing, in all the workshops, conferences, etc. I attend, is how willing many of my colleagues are willing to share. Since being on-line, over [...]