Web
English Teacher
This
terrific site is administered by an English teacher and provides
annotated links to carefully selected sites in a wide range of categories
for K-12 English and Language Arts curriculum. Includes grammar
sites, sites on authors, poetry, Shakespeare, writing, and much
more.
OWL
at Purdue University
Purdue
University has the most comprehensive OWLs (Online Writing Labs)
on the Web and received over 23 million hits during the 2002-2003
academic year. The web site contains hypertext workshops and subject
tutorials on writing various types of papers, teacher
resources , huge collections of links
to help users find
information on the Internet, PowerPoint
presentations about writing that can be downloaded for use in
classes or individual study, and web pages that cover all aspects
of writing. The Purdue OWL also contains a list of handouts
organized by category and a list of interactive
practice exercises. Topics include General Writing Concerns
(Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres), Research and Documenting Sources,
Punctuation, Capitalization and Spelling, Sentence Construction,
Parts of Speech, English as a Second Language, Exercises/Answer
Keys, and Professional Writing (and Writing in the Job Search).
You can also receive their free Writing Lab Newsletter, which contains
articles and information about tutoring.
Guide
to Grammar & Writing
Guide to Grammar & Writing is an impressive interactive guide.
It is divided into six major categories: Word & Sentence Level;
Paragraph Level; Essay & Research Paper Level; Ask Grammar,
Quizzes, and Search Devices; Peripheral Devices; GrammarPoll, Guestbook,
Awards. The Principles of Composition section is for writers in
English composition courses and features handouts on Getting Started,
Structure, Tone, Transitions, Editing, Logic, Formats, Rhetorical
Patterns, Argumentative Essays, Research Papers, and more. There
are also 150+ computer-graded quizzes to test knowledge of grammar
and you can submit a question about English usage or grammar. The
Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community
College Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports scholarships,
faculty development, and curriculum innovation.
Teaching
English Through Technology
The
English Education Program at Western Michigan University offers
this site to support future and current teachers of English language
arts associated with Western Michigan University. Free resources
include annotated links to Teaching With Technology, Literature
Resources, Composition Resources, and more. See Instructional Resources
on Participating Sites.
Internet
Public Library: A+ Research and Writing for High School and College
Students
The
Internet Public Library produces, selects, organizes, describes,
and creates resource information and makes it readily accessible
for the teacher and student. The IPL provides a step- by- step guide
to research & writing: Step 1 - Getting Started - preparing for
the assignment and getting ready to choose a topic; Step 2 - Discovering
and Choosing a Topic - reading to become informed; Step 3 - Looking
for and Forming a Focus - exploring your topic; Step 4 - Gathering
Information - which clarifies and supports your focus; Step 5 -
Preparing to Write - analyzing and organizing your information and
forming a thesis statement; Step 6 - Writing the Paper - writing,
revising and finalizing. It also provides sections on Learning to
Research in the Library, Learning to Research on the Web Skills
for Online Searching, Internet
The
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
You
don't have to purchase the Blue Book to use the resources at this
site. It explains punctuation, subjects and verbs, pronouns, adjectives
and adverbs, and outlines specific usage problems such as effect
vs. affect. There are plenty of examples and exercises.
Teaching
English: Information and Communication Technologies
This
page is produced by the Office for Curriculum, Leadership and Learning
in Tasmania, Australia and provides an overview of how technology
is impacting the teaching of English. Of special interest are the
charts: how some emerging technologies can be used in English, examples
of English profile outcomes that could be assessed through technology,
and some applications and computing software worth trying.
Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
Developed
by Professor Chuck Guilford of Boise State University, Paradigm
is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook
written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. It uses hypertext
structure and helps students think about what goes into a writing
before they ever start to draft. There are sections on discovering
what to write, organizing, revising and editing your writing. Also
several types of essays are addressed: thesis/support, argumentative,
exploratory, and informal.
Curriculum
Links: English and Literature
The
Teaching Company's annotated guide to Grammar and Writing Sites,
Lesson Plan and General Criticism Sites, and various important authors
and their works. Handy for 8-12 English teachers.
Reference
and Tutorials
The
Online Writing Consortium
The Online Writing Consortium out of Colorado State University supports
collaboration among writing centers and writing programs and its
members share ideas, resources, and advice about how best to use
the World Wide Web to support writers and teachers.
Using
Microsoft Word Like a Pro
An
English teacher and instructional technology specialist explains
how to use intermediate features of Word to help edit and comment
on student work as well as produce engaging and interactive handouts.
Part 1: Here's how to use the Comment feature in Microsoft Word;
Part 2: Learn how to use the Microsoft Work feature to Track Changes
and the Tool Bar for more professional " and interactive "
documents; Part 3: Learn how to insert hyperlinks into Word documents
so you can jump to related resources quickly and easily;Part 4 :
With this tutorial you can learn how to insert recorded sounds to
support text in Word using the Insert/Object/Wave Sound Feature.
Education
World Techtorial: Hyperfiction How To's
Education
World Techtorials are weekly, step-by-step instructions on using
some aspect of technology in the regular classroom by a former English
teacher who now serves as Education World’s contributing technology
editor. In this techtorial you will learn how to use hyperlinks
to create hyperfiction with Word.
Education
World Techtorial: Create e-portfolios for your students and for
yourself
You
will learn what electronic portfolios are, how to create them, and
how to use them in K-12 classrooms.
Education
World Techtorial: Downloading and Using E-books in the K-12 Classroom
You
will learn what e-books are and how to use them in the K-12 classroom.
All you need to learn how to download and read e-books is a computer
with Internet access!
Education
World Techtorial: Editing With Microsoft Word
You
will learn how you and your students can use tools in Microsoft
Word for editing text.
Education
World Techtorial: Seven Wonders of the Amazing Word
You
will learn seven tips for using Microsoft Word for both classroom
management and student learning.
Education
World: The Concept Mapping Classroom
Inspiration
and Kidspiration help students (and adults) organize their thoughts
and overcome their fear of the "blank page" as they tackle
writing assignments, projects, and more. Included are cross-curricular
activities using concept-mapping software
Education
World: Online Book Club
Students
in Kentucky have demonstrated both since the Literary Book Club
-- an online forum that offers students a real audience and incentive
Least
Tern: English Class
Elizabeth
Sky-McIlvain of Lest Tern is one of the most thoughtful and knowledgeable
technology intergrationists in the country. Go to English Class
to see her presentation outline of Beyond
the Books: Turning e-texts into Your Texts . She also has a
Book Of Ideas available for download.
Filamentality
Filamentality
is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic,
searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them
into learning activities.
BBC:
Knowledge and the Net
Knowledge
on the Net is a six-part radio program that looks at various aspects
of the Internet and how it can be exploited by teachers as a resource
for themselves and their classroom teaching.
Articles
and Links
Articles
Teaching
English With Technology: A Journal is a European journal that
covers a wide range of views on the usage of technology to support
learning. Of special interest is the article Using
Computers in Correcting Student Work (July, 2004),
Warschauer,
M. (2004). Technology
and Writing. In C. Davison and J. Cummins (Eds.),
Handbook of English Language Teaching. Kluwer: Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Pitching
Problems on the Plate or Angels in the Outfield?: Computer Software
to Support the Teaching of Critical Literacy (online article)
by Tony Hughes
Teaching
Writing in a Web Based Classroom: A Case Study of Ted Nellen's "Cyber
English" Class (1997)
Links
Education
World: Sites to See -- American Literature
Eighteen
sites to spark your interest and that of your students.
Journal
Writing: Strategies that Work
Links
to hundreds of journal-writing prompts.
University
of Virginia Electronic Text Center: English Online Resources
Provides
free access to thousands of humanities texts and includes the Mark
Twain in His Times archive, the Modern English Collection, and British
Poetry 1780-1910. The English Online Resources includes 9,575 titles
including 203,725 manuscript, book, and newspaper illustrations.
Many are publicly accessible but some are limited to the UVA community.
Also has Ebooks for Microsoft Reader and an annotated list of CD-Roms.
Hyperizons
A
master list of hypertext for writing and researching and thinking
about hypertext fiction out of Duke University.
The
Electronic Labyrinth
The
Electronic Labyrinth is a study of the implications of hypertext
for creative writers .
Online
Resources for Writers
From
Guide to Grammar & Writing
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators: Language Arts/Literature
From
a nationally recognized technology expert sponsored by DiscoverySchool.com
