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  • Project Based Learning (PBL)

    Project Based Learning (PBL)

    147 members Latest Activity: Jan 1 Share your experiences with project based learning in the English classroom and ask your questions here!

  • Poetry Round Table

    Poetry Round Table

    219 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Each week we will post a poem to discuss and help each other learn to read it better than we might alone. Feel free to just post questions or to comme…

  • 8th Grade ELA/Reading Teachers

    8th Grade ELA/Reading Teachers

    146 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Outcome in the exchange of wondrous ideas . . .

  • 7th Grade English/ELA/Reading

    7th Grade English/ELA/Reading

    67 members Latest Activity: 6 hours ago They're not little kids, but they sometimes still act like them; they're not teenagers, but they sometimes want to be like them -- we're in between --…

  • University of Arkansas English Education

    University of Arkansas English Education

    4 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 A place to start venturing out into the great wide open of the EC Ning

  • Teaching Middle School ELA

    Teaching Middle School ELA

    312 members Latest Activity: Jan 2 Sometimes middle school teachers need a place of their own to talk about their kids, their challenges, their work. Welcome to that place.

  • Life as an Adjunct

    Life as an Adjunct

    4 members Latest Activity: 13 hours ago A group dedicated to the issues particular to English adjunct instructors.

  • Teaching English Language Learners

    Teaching English Language Learners

    73 members Latest Activity: 9 hours ago I always assumed that teaching English was synonymous with teaching books. And our C&I class in credential programs fool us into thinking so. Howeve…

  • Writers' Workshop for Teachers

    Writers' Workshop for Teachers

    130 members Latest Activity: Dec. 29, 2009 This is a place where teachers can post their own writing--articles, stories, poems, essays--for feedback from others.

  • Teaching Media and Film

    Teaching Media and Film

    150 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 This group discusses the production, use, and study of media and film in the English classroom.

  • Free Tools For English Teachers

    Free Tools For English Teachers

    584 members Latest Activity: 19 hours ago There are a multitude of free tools that are available for English Teachers. Some are online, others are downloadable. This group is a place for us…

  • Middle/High School Writing Centers

    Middle/High School Writing Centers

    46 members Latest Activity: Jan 1 This is a group for anyone who has, or dreams about having a writing center at their middle or high school.

  • College Freshman Composition

    College Freshman Composition

    66 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 We discuss issues involved with college writing courses in high school and college settings.

  • Nurturing Middle School Writers

    Nurturing Middle School Writers

    96 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 This is a forum for sharing successful ways to nurture middle school writers, including positive, informal assessment, attention to the learner as a w…

  • International Teaching Forum

    International Teaching Forum

    34 members Latest Activity: Dec. 28, 2009 Where international educators and those interested in learning about overseas teaching discuss the unique challenges found in schools abroad.

  • Science Fiction

    Science Fiction

    63 members Latest Activity: Dec. 12, 2009 A place for discussing innovative methods for teaching Science Fiction texts and the possibility of adding new Science Fiction novels to the classroom…

  • Writing Prompts & Assignments

    Writing Prompts & Assignments

    69 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 Here you will find writing prompts and assignments related to specific units, texts, or assignments to adapt or adopt.

  • Catholic School

    Catholic School

    4 members Latest Activity: Jan 2 A group for those who teach in Catholic schools

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Ryan Rish Inviting my pre-service teachers @OSU to join Bill Kist's ECN book club as part of our class, Laboratory Experiences in English Education.
13 minutes ago
Dave replied to Dave's discussion 'What do essential questions look like?'
Thank you so much everyone! I definitely have a better feel for how essential questions work. I've been able to brainstorm a few and included a few here. Feel free to tell me if I am way off base. What does it mean to be an “Outsider”? What makes…
13 minutes ago
Eileen Zygarlicke replied to Judith Newman's discussion 'Opportunites for student publication' in the group Teaching Writing
Judith-- One opportunity is Teen Ink (http://www.teenink.com). This is a publication for teens only, ages 13-19, to submit and publish their work. The one draw back I found is that once accepted, Teen Ink keeps all rights to the work. This means ki…
24 minutes ago
Andy Esquivel Jr. commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Teaching the ten commandments'
Bill, You have it wrong. I didn't say the theory has not had wide influence. I never said anything like that. I agree that it has had wide influence. What I said was I've never heard of teachers labeling themselves as constructivists or nonconstruct…
29 minutes ago
Alan Sitomer added a blog post
The Ugly Truth is that my number one goal for my students right now has to be to raise their 2010 standardized test scores. I find it disturbing, off-base, heart-wrenching, and almost something shameful to admit. However, NCLB has my entire school'…
31 minutes ago
Kathy added a discussion
The Great Depression novels
I am in search of a novel set during the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era. It will be used in a 10th grade history class; most of the students are struggling readers. The teacher would like to stay away from the "big name classics." He wants something…
36 minutes ago
A Anthony left a comment for Jenna R Waid
39 minutes ago
Stacey Kerr commented on Frank W. Baker's blog post 'Digital Nation: new PBS/Frontline Special coming in February'
Yay Doug! He was one of my teachers in pre-teaching grad school (itp.nyu.edu), and I'm a huge fan of his work. Thanks for posting this, Frank. I'm really excited to see what these guys have come up with this time.
44 minutes ago
Judith Newman added a discussion to the group Teaching Writing
Opportunites for student publication
I am looking for opportunities for high school students to publish their writing. I am in VT. We are part of the NWP and can certainly offer that to our students. I know about the Mountain Review, but I would really appreciate other venues where stu…
45 minutes ago
Hamilton Salsich commented on Hamilton Salsich's blog post 'TEENAGERS AND SPRING ICE'
Oh, a marvelous poem, Carol -- by one of my favorite poets. In graduate school far back in the 60's, I took a creative writing class from Bly at the University of Kansas, and have never forgotten it. Thanks for the connection.
51 minutes ago
Eileen Williams commented on Hamilton Salsich's blog post 'TEENAGERS AND SPRING ICE'
I actually do have a plan (I also have a yearly book filled with objectives). I just can't say I have a detailed plan. I found it easier to plan for 90 minute block lessons than the 45 minutes we have at this school which makes me feel like I am in…
56 minutes ago
Christine Trala replied to Ron Shapiro's discussion 'The Sad But True State of the American University'
Oh I do! I just had a tutorial with a final year student, who thank me for introducing her to philosophy. It's just that the rest of it sucks up so much time.
2 hours ago
Bill Maniotis commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Teaching the ten commandments'
Andy, The fact that you have not heard of it doesn't mean the theory has not had a wide influence. Nearly every school of education in America now promotes "constructivist" ideas, and it is why many of our student teachers are not receiving some of…
2 hours ago
Carol Jago commented on Hamilton Salsich's blog post 'TEENAGERS AND SPRING ICE'
How about this for a poetic connection to your posting, Hamilton? Gratitude to Old Teachers by Robert Bly When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake, We place our feet where they have never been. We walk upon the unwalked. But we are uneasy.…
2 hours ago
Chris Shelley replied to Hellen Harvey's discussion 'E-books and their effect on reading and writing' in the group Teaching with Technology
I really think that PDFs kick SOOO much butt compared to .mobi Kindle Books or any other text with DRMs.
3 hours ago
Clix replied to Hellen Harvey's discussion 'E-books and their effect on reading and writing' in the group Teaching with Technology
... and xboxes can make lovely computers if you know how to hack them. But that's also illegal. ;) My husband has a bebook, which will read PDFs and some other formats... I don't know if it does text files or not.
3 hours ago

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