I spent a lot of time today searching Librarian's Internet Index. I found a wonderful site for Shakespeare teaching supplements. This site provides access to major texts of the English Renaissance in their original versions. Multimedia tutorials (which move swiftly) "present viewers with background and contextual material" for plays such as "Romeo and Juliet," "Merchant of Venice," "Richard III," and "King Lear." It also includes tutorials on book production during the time period, with sections on "Folios, Quartos, and Publishing," and "Editing and Unediting." http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/eric/
The English Renaissance in Context (ERIC) is a NEH-funded project designed to provide scholars and students at a variety of levels with access to major texts of the English Renaissance in their original versions. ERIC grows out of both contemporary critical tendencies in the field of English Renaissance studies and a commitment to providing broad access to original source materials that would otherwise be out of reach for many. ERIC takes advantage of the NEH "Teaching with Technology" initiative to fashion some fresh approaches to familiar texts and issues. ERIC uses the desktop to supplement the classroom and the library.
ERIC comprises two separate but integrated units: a set of tutorials on some of Shakespeare's plays and on the making and selling of books during the Early Modern period; and a database of scanned texts from Penn's Furness Shakespeare Library. When used in combination, these two units can provide students with a rich introduction to English Renaissance literature in its historical and artifactual context.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/
This web site has a wonderful list of recommended literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve is a collection of outstanding literature for children and adolescents. The recommended titles reflect the quality and the complexity of the types of material students should be reading at school and outside of class.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
May 29, 2007
I find myself really frustrated with the blogs today. I am blocked from connecting to any of the blogs from school. I can’t help but think how useful will these actually be to me—if I will have trouble letting my students connect to them.
I am unable to go to http://www.bloglines.com at school so I have spent more time linking directly to the three blogs I chose.
I find it really interesting who About.com list as the 10 best novels. I have been teaching high school English since 1996 and have never taught any of them. I need to do some reading this summer!
The Librarian’s Internet Index is amazing. I found so many wonderful resources for units in my English classroom. I can’t believe I have never used this site before.
I am unable to get anywhere with The Shifted Librarians—everything is BLOCKED! YUCK!!
O.K.—back at home—much more productive
http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html
I found this site today on The Librarians’ Internet Index it is great. It is called School Librarian’s Online sponsored by the International Association of School Librarianship . . . lots of cool information about conferences, happenings, publications, awards, research etc.
The Shifted Librarian is very random, but I will definitely do some more searching on her recommended reading list. I always read the most in the summer. . . . more later . . .
I am unable to go to http://www.bloglines.com at school so I have spent more time linking directly to the three blogs I chose.
I find it really interesting who About.com list as the 10 best novels. I have been teaching high school English since 1996 and have never taught any of them. I need to do some reading this summer!
The Librarian’s Internet Index is amazing. I found so many wonderful resources for units in my English classroom. I can’t believe I have never used this site before.
I am unable to get anywhere with The Shifted Librarians—everything is BLOCKED! YUCK!!
O.K.—back at home—much more productive
http://www.iasl-slo.org/linksiasl.html
I found this site today on The Librarians’ Internet Index it is great. It is called School Librarian’s Online sponsored by the International Association of School Librarianship . . . lots of cool information about conferences, happenings, publications, awards, research etc.
The Shifted Librarian is very random, but I will definitely do some more searching on her recommended reading list. I always read the most in the summer. . . . more later . . .
Monday, May 28, 2007
May 28, 2007
My mind has been opened up to a whole new world. I use RSS all the time, but had no idea that is what it is called. The only time I have viewed blogs was out of curiosity or a friend sent me to theirs. I have never used them for research, student projects, news etc. I have found so many exciting sites/feeds: The Shifted Librarian, Librarian's Internet Index, About Literature Contemporary etc. etc. There are so many different blogs from famous people ranting about their show experiences, marketing ploys, networking etc. etc.
Some other blogs I have found that look really interesting: http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org/teen/blog/ this blog is sponsored by a library and is a really great way to get teens involved in the library,
http://khslibrary.motime.com/ A Daily Journal of Library Information for Students and Staff—to aide students and teachers in research, studies, and basic information,
http://librarywebchic.net/wordpress/ This site is meant to be a resources for librarians (and maybe others) who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries.
This makes me think a lot--I am always telling my students that any Joe Blow can get on the internet and pretend to be an expert on a topic. I always encourage my students to use academic sources that are reliable. If I want to implement blogs, feed, chat rooms etc. how do I protect my students and myself?
Some other blogs I have found that look really interesting: http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org/teen/blog/ this blog is sponsored by a library and is a really great way to get teens involved in the library,
http://khslibrary.motime.com/ A Daily Journal of Library Information for Students and Staff—to aide students and teachers in research, studies, and basic information,
http://librarywebchic.net/wordpress/ This site is meant to be a resources for librarians (and maybe others) who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries.
This makes me think a lot--I am always telling my students that any Joe Blow can get on the internet and pretend to be an expert on a topic. I always encourage my students to use academic sources that are reliable. If I want to implement blogs, feed, chat rooms etc. how do I protect my students and myself?
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