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Cedarburger Grammar Chat

7 members Latest Activity: Jan 1 We will discuss ideas for incorporating grammar instruction into writing ala Constance Weaver.
Paideia: Feel the Love!

28 members Latest Activity: Dec. 13, 2009 Paideia is an educational philosophy advocated by Mortimer J. Adler and members of the Paideia Group. Paideia philosophy frames instruction around th…

Writing Portfolios

107 members Latest Activity: Dec. 16, 2009 This group will discuss best practices related to the use of portfolios. Share strategies, handouts, recommended readings, and other helpful ideas.
Summer School

6 members Latest Activity: Dec. 1, 2009 An examination of the conflicting philosophies regarding high school summer classes, and their impact on student learning and scholastic attitudes.

Mock Trials

7 members Latest Activity: Nov. 30, 2009 Anyone who uses Mock Trials, share your resources.
L.A. Unified Secondary English/Language Arts

11 members Latest Activity: Oct. 12, 2009 A gathering place for support, guidance, and collegiality for teachers in the City of Angels and surrounding communities.

Arizona 7 - 12 teachers

5 members Latest Activity: Aug. 12, 2009 This group is open to middle and high school teachers in Arizona. We can collaborate on Arizona-type issues: the budget, our anti-education legislatu…
Chico English Teachers

2 members Latest Activity: Jul. 7, 2009

Critical Approaches @ TC

16 members Latest Activity: Jul. 29, 2009 A private group for graduate students at Teachers College.
ECN Book Club: Newkirk's "Good Ideas"

150 members Latest Activity: Sep. 21, 2009 Home of the July-August 2009 EC Ning Book Club for Tom Newkirk's "Holding on to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones: Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighti…

Working with Student Teachers

21 members Latest Activity: 11 hours ago This group exists to help those working with student teachers, teacher candidates, or interns enrolled in alternative certification programs.
Film Study: A Separate Class

11 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 Studying film as a class is a way to learn analysis skills, review-writing skills, film terms and techniques. What does your syllabus include? What fi…

ECN Book Club: Comprehension & Collaboration

142 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Welcome to the EC Ning Book Club which will discuss Stephanie Harvey and Smokey Daniels' latest book "Comprehension and Collaboration." We are all ver…
English at Alternative Schools

2 members Latest Activity: Oct. 3, 2009 This group is for English teachers who are not in a traditional classroom to share ideas and strategies as well as provide support for one another.

Teaching in Texas

45 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago TEKS, TAKS, ELPS, CCR, ARI, TMSFA, SBEC, TEA, UIL . . .They used to say Texas was like a "whole other country." Having come to Texas from another stat…
Word Study

10 members Latest Activity: 10 hours ago Teaching of anything associated word study: vocabulary, spelling, origins, affixes, etc...

Art & Literature

5 members Latest Activity: Jan 1 Art & Literature. Discussion of literature using art as a polot, storyline, viewpoint, etc.. Also, Art as a vehicle to relate to Literature and unde…
NaNoWriMo

19 members Latest Activity: Dec. 12, 2009 FORGET LESSONS!!! JUST WRITE! 50,000 words in 30 days. Have you written a novel yet? It's crazy, it's fun. (Okay, there are a few lessons.) J…

Undergraduate Literature Teaching

7 members Latest Activity: Dec. 15, 2009 This is a group for those who are teaching undergraduate literature courses or who want tips on teaching particular literary works at the college leve…
Working with Understanding By Design

15 members Latest Activity: 10 hours ago For anyone working to design units and teach according to the UbD methodology...

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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.

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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…

1 minute 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.

7 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…

12 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.

1 hour 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…

1 hour 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.…

1 hour 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.

2 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

Ken C. replied to Maja Wilson's discussion 'Making Audience Matter in the Writing Process'

And yet many teachers would grade "gentle seductions" harshly and comment that they "take too long to get to the point" or "meander." It just goes to show the huge chasm that exists between persuasive essays taught in the "Cookie-Cutter School of Es…

3 hours ago

Michael Umphrey replied to Maja Wilson's discussion 'Making Audience Matter in the Writing Process'

While it may be true that in reality there are not that many people reading student work on the Web (who but an English teacher could love a character analysis of Scout Finch??), I wonder if that really matters. I suspect it does matter. I think it…

4 hours ago

Carol Jago replied to Maja Wilson's discussion 'Making Audience Matter in the Writing Process'

"the thesis came too soon" You are really onto something here, Maja. Why would an authentic audience read on if a writer gave away the point in the first sentence. Most writing, particularly persuasive writing, is a gentle seduction. Follow my thin…

4 hours ago

Kellie Fitch replied to Jonathan Brubaker's discussion 'Teaching Point of View' in the group 7th Grade English/ELA/Reading

I did an exercise in which my students had to write the same story four times, each time with a different point of view. You could tell which students understood the concept and which didn't pretty easily. Thanks for this activity, it supplements m…

5 hours ago

Paul Plank replied to Laurie Jones's discussion 'Is comedy underrepresented in most AP lit courses?' in the group AP Lit and Language

I do agree that most "great" works of literature tend to be more serious than funny. Even though it's about the bombing of Dresden, Slaughterhouse-Five is pretty funny at times. Catcher in the Rye is hilarious, as is Cuckoo's Nest and Huck Finn (our…

7 hours ago

Tom Thompson commented on Carol Sanders's blog post 'They just don't get it!!'

This doesn't help, but it might make you feel better. Many of my college students still don't get it. They have to do a research paper for their first-year comp class, and even with easybib, citationmachine, and all the other aids -- not to mention…

7 hours ago

Anne Williams replied to Carol Ann Scheese's discussion 'What do you consider "mandatory' in a British Literature course' in the group Teaching Texts

I liked your idea of going backwards chronologically so have tried it this year. So far, the kids are really enjoying it. One big advantage that I see is that Beowolf and Canterbury Tales, the texts from the earliest periods which are challenging be…

7 hours ago

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