I am often the last person to hear about the cool tools, but I don’t think I’ve seen Zotero mentioned in any other education blogs. Zotero is a Firefox extension that helps “you collect, manage, and cite your research sources” within your browser. Screencast tutorials at the Zotero site help you visualize what that means…
View my page on Literacy Lighthouse Lisa Huff has created a Ning for high school English teachers interested in 21st century literacy called Literacy Lighthouse. Come visit, and if you like what you see, join us!
Dawn Hogue has a great post on blocking access to Web sites. When schools block web applications, especially the newer Web 2.0 tools, the opportunity to use and teach how to use these tools is blocked as well. What would be better than simply blocking everything would be to acknowledge that there are some risks…
At my school, I am often sought out for technology ideas. For instance, my school is really good about publicizing the things I do with blogs and wikis. When The Atlanta Jewish Times called the school looking to speak with educators about their use of technology, my colleagues made sure the reporter, Suzi Brozman, talked…
This week, one of my ninth grade classes finished The Catcher and the Rye, and we began discussing it in class. We also studied adjective and adverb phrases. The students really enjoyed the discussion of the novel, and I think they liked the book a great deal. That novel always seems to be popular, especially…
I have been using Bloglines to keep up with my RSS feeds for as long as I can remember. I decided to play around with Google Reader today to see if I liked it better, and I have to say I liked it a lot better. I like the way Google Reader enables me to…
Book Glutton might be my new favorite website (via Classical Bookworm). Here’s a demonstration: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/TkCoknkwua4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] I can see all kinds of exciting potential for literature studies. Literature circles would be great on Book Glutton! I love the proximity chat and annotation features. Caveats: the site is still in beta, and…
I have mentioned before that the UbD Educators wiki has grown quiet. I think there may be two reasons for this: We’re all busy educators who have difficulty finding the time to create, post, and/or comment on others’ posted UbD units. We’re not getting what we need out of the wiki. It’s not in my…
I took our ninth grade class to the New American Shakespeare Tavern to see a production of Romeo and Juliet today. My students were well-behaved, which is always a concern for every teacher on a field trip. We all really enjoyed the production. As a long-time fan of the Georgia Renaissance Festival, I am always…
