• Columbia Copyright Advisory Office

  The Copyright Advisory Office of Columbia University addresses issues of fair use, copyright ownership, and publishing arrangements in furtherance of higher education and the advancement of knowledge; provides copyright information and education resources for the university community; supports innovative policies, practices, and contracts to foster the creation, preservation, and accessibility of information resources; and undertakes research and exploration of copyright issues to provide original understandings of the law and its importance.

  tags: copyright, education, columbia, fairuse

• JEA.org | Journalism Education Association

  The Journalism Education Association has resources for journalism educators.

  tags: journalism, education, media, writing

• YourNextRead: Book Recommendations (USA)

  Finished a book you really liked? Try YourNextRead to discover a book like it.

  tags: reference, books, reading, yournextread, resources

• The Chatterbox :: Paperwork

  Rubrics for the Chatterbox. Would be good to consider for journalism coursework.

  tags: reference, journalism, writing, education, rubrics, rubric

• Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ Code of Ethics

  Code of Ethics from the Society of Professional Journalists.

  tags: reference, journalism, media, professional, writing, education

• APA Style Blog: A DOI and URL Flowchart

  A handy flowcharts helps writers determine when to use the DOI and URL when citing references in APA Style.

  tags: apa, style, writing, reference

• Instructify » Blog Archive » Instructifeature: Keep parents in the loop with a class website

  This article discusses the many tools that can help you design a website to keep parents in the loop.

  tags: blog, website, teacher, wiki, web2.0, education, teachers, educators

• Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches

  Bloom’s taxonomy and revised taxonomy discussed with some useful diagrams and key terms associated with each tier along with digital counterparts. Swiss army knife for writing objectives!

  tags: education, taxonomy, bloom, bloomstaxonomy, digital, learning

• Planbook- Computerized Teacher Lesson Plan Book for Mac and Windows

  Just downloaded and purchased this planbook, and so far, it looks great.

  tags: education, software, planbook, mac, technology, calendar, teaching, teacher

• ‘How are you going to grade this?’: Evaluating Classroom Blogs – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education

  Evaluating blogs is hard. This post can help you figure out how to approach assessing blogs.

  tags: education, blogging, blog, assessment, evaluation

• Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems

  Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: 1) Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go, 2) Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer, 3) View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen, 4) Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.

  tags: literature, mp3, podcasts, audio, education, reading

• Plagiarism.org

  “Our mission is to help people all over the world prevent plagiarism and restore integrity to written work.”

  tags: plagiarism, copyright, writing, education

• TextFlows: Reading Re-Invented

  “TextFlows offer an entirely new way to interact with the written word. We use motion and light to present text as an animated flow on a simple, uncluttered screen. Reading becomes easier, more effective, and fun; writing receives an added dimension of artistic expression.”

  tags: iphone, ipod, touch, presentation, reading, literacy, web2.0, animation, textflows

• ieducation – home

  “Using iTouch and iPhones for Teaching and Learning”

  tags: iphone, ipod, touch, wiki

• April eNews for Education: Learning with iPod touch.

  Apple shares the latest educational apps, iTunes U links, and podcasts.

  tags: education, apple

• Literature Circle as Podcast – English Companion Ning

  Adam Watson describes how he uses podcasting to conduct literature circles.

  tags: literature, circle, english, daniels, circles

• Greatest 101 questions of all time: 1-20 – Telegraph

  “The ‘101 greatest questions of all time’ have been answered in a BBC magazine. Here we present the first twenty. “

  tags: questions, trivia, telegraph

• PowerPoint Slide Design

  Olivia Mitchell presents templates for seven slide types that will get your audience’s attention.

  tags: resources, powerpoint, design, presentation, slide, presentations

• Professional Development for Teachers | Conference and Workshop Database

  “Educator’s Professional Development is the largest online database of professional development conferences and workshops for educators and teachers from Early Learning to Grade 12. “

  tags: conferences, teaching, teachers, resources, professional_development, workshops, database

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• Home Page of K. Nichols

  Kathleen Nichols has one of the best websites I’ve seen. I have used it a lot over the years.

  tags: literature, english, american, resources, reading

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• 250+ Free Stock Photography Sites | Media Militia

  A collection of links to free stock image sites.

  tags: photography, photos, stock, stockphotos, resources, webdesign, free

• Outlines for Conceptual Units

  This page provides outlines for conceptual units of instruction of the sort found in the Virtual Library of Conceptual Units

  tags: units, literature, reading, uga

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• Jane Austen Fiction Manuscripts

  “Jane Austen’s fiction manuscripts are the first significant body of holograph evidence surviving for any British novelist. They represent every stage of her writing career and a variety of physical states: working drafts, fair copies, and handwritten publications for private circulation. The manuscripts were held in a single collection until 1845, when at her sister Cassandra’s death they were dispersed among family members, with a second major dispersal, to public institutions and private collections, in the 1920s.1 Digitization enables their virtual reunification and will provides scholars with the first opportunity to make simultaneous ocular comparison of their different physical and conceptual states; it will facilitate intimate and systematic study of Austen’s working practices across her career, a remarkably neglected area of scholarship within the huge, world-wide Austen critical industry.

  Many of the Austen manuscripts are frail; open and sustained access has long been impossible for conservation and location reasons. Digitization at this stage in their lives not only offers the opportunity for the virtual reunification of a key manuscript resource, it will also be accompanied by a record in as complete a form as possible of the conservation history and current material state of these manuscripts to assist their future conservation.”

  tags: austen, fiction, literature, reading, british

• AAUP: New-Media Literacies

  Being literate in a real-world sense means being able to read and write using the media forms of the day, whatever they may be. For centuries, consuming and producing words through reading and writing and, to a lesser extent, listening and speaking were sufficient. But because of inexpensive, easy-to-use, and widely available new tools, literacy now requires being conversant with new forms of media as well as text, including sound, graphics, and moving images.

  tags: media, language, english, literacy

• Lingua Globa: How English Became ‘Globish’ : NPR

  This article discusses Robert McCrum’s book Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language.

  tags: english, language

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• Shakespeare in American Life

  A lasting online resource and a companion project for Shakespeare in American Life, a radio documentary produced by Richard Paul and narrated by Sam Waterston, airing on Public Radio International (PRI) stations beginning in April 2007.

  tags: shakespeare, english, literature, reading

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• First Grader Creates iPhone App of His Version of “The Three Little Pigs” « Libraries and Transliteracy

  A first grader creates an iPhone app version of “The Three Little Pigs” with illustrations and voice narration. Excellent!

  tags: app, iphone, writing, technology

• Letters About Literature and More – Contests – Read.gov

  Annual contest: write a letter to the author of a poem or book that changed your life. Great writing assignment.

  tags: literature, letters, writing, composition

• Bardfilm: The Shakespeare and Film Microblog: The Ten Best Uses of Shakespeare Sonnets in Popular Culture: “So Long Lives This, and This Gives Life to Thee.”

  Some of these videos would be great for teaching sonnets, especially if you want students to act them out.

  tags: shakespeare, sonnets, english, literature, poetry

• NCWIT

  We need more women in IT. NCWIT helps spread the word.

  tags: technology, computing, gender, it

• Letters With Character

  Have you ever wanted to write a letter to a fictional character? This site publishes letters from real people to fictional people. Could yours be next?

  tags: character, letters, reading, literature

• Plagiarism by Lora Cowell on Prezi

  Plagiarism presentation with tips on paraphrasing and discussion of structure, words, ideas.

  tags: presentation, plagiarism, prezi

• Presentation Zen: Where to get quotations for presentations?

  Presentation Zen recommends quotations as a powerful technique, but where can you find them?

  tags: reference, quotes, presentations, quotations, presentation, education, resources

• Presentation Zen: Using quotes in your slides to support your story

  Using quotes from experts, leaders, and authors can be a powerful technique in presentation.

  tags: presentation, education, presentations, resources

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• Trouble with Shakespeare? Try it on The iPad. « Shakespeare In Bits – Blog

  If this is the future of studying a Shakespeare play, sign me up.

  tags: shakespeare, education, literature, technology, reading

• Shakespeare Geek: What Can Shakespeare Teach Me About IT?

  Shakespeare Geek, a lifelong computer geek and Shakespeare lover, explains how Shakespeare and information technology are connected.

  tags: shakespeare, education, literature, technology

• Stressful Decision? Washing Hands Could Help Soothe : NPR

  Shakespeare gets it right again. Washing your hands may help “scrub away the inner turmoil you feel.”

  tags: macbeth, shakespeare, education, literature

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• Integrate SMS polling into Keynote with Poll Everywhere

  If you’re using PollEverywhere and have Keynote for Mac or PowerPoint, the good news is you can make them work together.

  tags: education, sms, polling, polleverywhere, keynote, mac

• MythologyTeacher.com

  Resources for teaching mythology, including Reader’s Theater approach and Webquests.

  tags: education, mythology, myth, campbell, hero, english, literature

• Spell with flickr

  Spell with flickr is a neat app that allows you to create banners or other text with flickr images. Perfect for embedding in wikis or using on blogs or other Web sites.

  tags: education, flickr, photos, tools, words, photography

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• Langwitches Blog » Search Stories

  Langwitches discusses the possibilities of Google SearchStories.

  tags: langwitches, search, education

• Internet Shakespeare Editions

  Great resource for William Shakespeare.

  tags: shakespeare, resources, british, literature, english

• Hamlet: Watch the Film | Great Performances | PBS

  David Tennant and Sir Patrick Stewart star in this new version of Hamlet broadcast on PBS.

  tags: hamlet, film, shakespeare, british, literature, english

• Contested Will by James Shapiro reviewed by Charles Nicholl – TLS

  James Shapiro’s book examines the history of the Shakespeare authorship question; Charles Nicholl’s article discusses Shapiro’s book.

  tags: english, literature, british, shakespeare

• Brooding Brontës replace Austen as ‘bonnet drama’ returns – Times Online

  Aunt Jane is out and the Brontës are in, so sayeth the Times. I will take both.

  tags: brontës, austen, english, literature, british, reading

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• YourEnglishClassDotCom » Blog Archive » Shakespeare, Macbeth, and “The Story of English”

  “A Muse of Fire” from the BBC/PBS documentary The Story of English examines the number of words coined by Shakespeare.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, macbeth, english

• 8 of Shakespeare’s Hidden Dirty Jokes (And their Modern Music Equivalents)

  Certainly the bard was a fan of the bawdy joke. Here Shmoop explains them along with modern song equivalents.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, english

• England’s fairest rose — until the Bard stitched her up – Times Online

  Did Shakespeare malign Elizabeth Woodville as some have claimed he maligned Richard III?

  tags: shakespeare, literature, english, england, richardiii

• Macbeth: Will the curse of the Scottish play strike again? – Times Online

  Discussion of Macbeth and theater superstitions.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, macbeth, english, england

• When Is Shakespeare’s Birthday? | Mad Shakespeare

  This post from Mad Shakespeare discusses the debate about Shakespeare’s birthday and includes an image of Shakespeare’s baptismal record.

  tags: shakespeare, literature, english, england

• Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

  This handy blog post explains why you should never ever use “alot.”

  tags: english, grammar, humor

• YourEnglishClassDotCom » Blog Archive » Carpe Diem, Making the Most of Time, and a Few Dead Poets

  Carpe diem, “seize the day,” is the theme of this post collecting a variety of poems and links.

  tags: literature, english, poetry, british

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