Title: English Companion Ning http://www.englishcompanion.ning.com Description: English Companion Ning is an online community where English teachers of all levels from all over gather to discuss daily life in English classes, gather ideas from one another, pose questions, and just spend time discussing our passions: reading and writing instruction. Owner: Jim Burke Types of Resources: There are a number of different resources including blogs, member homepages, and numerous discussion boards. Utility: Fairly easy to just jump in! Rating: 5 (contributed by Debb Adams)
Title: Web English Teacher **http://www.webenglishteacher.com** Description/Purpose: At Web English Teacher educators can share ideas by using online technology and benefit from the work of others. This site is helpful for beginning teachers and experienced teachers. Author/Owner or publisher: Carla Beard Types of Resources:
Utilizing this site you will find everything from lesson plans to printables for all areas of English, bulletin board ideas, and chalkdust which is an educational blog. Utility:Very easy to navigate, and extremely helpful!
Rating:5 (contributed by Stacy Hetzel)
Title: National Council of Teachers of English http://ncte.org Description/Purpose: This is the official site for the NCTE which posts everything from lesson plans, to resources, to convention dates. Author/Owner or publisher: NCTE Types of Resources: Several info tabs including Resources (grants, journals, lesson plans) and Professional Development (web seminars and virtual conferences). Utility: If you teach Language Arts, start here! Has a wealth of information. Rating: 5
Description/Purpose: This is the official site of the Michigan Reading Association; an organization that promotes literacy and offers a variety of resources for educators. Author/Owner or publisher: Michigan Reading Association Type of Resources: The site offers many resources for teachers including information from conferences and a publication of upcoming events. Utility: Some very current and good ideas available. Rating:
Title: huffenglish.com http://www.huffenglish.com Description/Purpose: This blog shares "Issues, ideas, and discussion about English Education and technology." Author/Owner: Dana Huff, Secondary English Teacher Types of Resources: The blog discusses new and upcoming technology, the typical day-to-day life of a teacher, and new ideas for the classroom. The blog is open for discussion, but guest posts and advertising are not allowed. Utility: Very easy to navigate. Mainly an informational site. Rating: 3 (contributed by Debb Adams)
Title: The Literacy Web http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/index.htm Description: The Literacy Web offers resources for educators and students and can be accessed by topic or grade level. Owner: University of Connecticut Type of Resources: The site offers articles, worksheets, and instructional resources for teachers and students. Utility: Easy to use and extremely useful. Rating: 5 (contributed by Trina Burroughs)
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Title: English Companion Ning http://www.englishcompanion.ning.com
Description: English Companion Ning is an online community where English teachers of all levels from all over gather to discuss daily life in English classes, gather ideas from one another, pose questions, and just spend time discussing our passions: reading and writing instruction.
Owner: Jim Burke
Types of Resources: There are a number of different resources including blogs, member homepages, and numerous discussion boards.
Utility: Fairly easy to just jump in!
Rating: 5 (contributed by Debb Adams)
Title: Web English Teacher **http://www.webenglishteacher.com**
Description/Purpose: At Web English Teacher educators can share ideas by using online technology and benefit from the work of others. This site is helpful for beginning teachers and experienced teachers.
Author/Owner or publisher: Carla Beard
Types of Resources:
Utilizing this site you will find everything from lesson plans to printables for all areas of English, bulletin board ideas, and chalkdust which is an educational blog.
Utility:Very easy to navigate, and extremely helpful!
Rating:5 (contributed by Stacy Hetzel)
Title: National Council of Teachers of English http://ncte.org
Description/Purpose: This is the official site for the NCTE which posts everything from lesson plans, to resources, to convention dates.
Author/Owner or publisher: NCTE
Types of Resources: Several info tabs including Resources (grants, journals, lesson plans) and Professional Development (web seminars and virtual conferences).
Utility: If you teach Language Arts, start here! Has a wealth of information.
Rating: 5
Title: The Michigan Reading Association http://www.michiganreading.org/cms/index.php
Description/Purpose: This is the official site of the Michigan Reading Association; an organization that promotes literacy and offers a variety of resources for educators.Author/Owner or publisher: Michigan Reading Association
Type of Resources: The site offers many resources for teachers including information from conferences and a publication of upcoming events.
Utility: Some very current and good ideas available.
Rating:
Title: huffenglish.com http://www.huffenglish.com
Description/Purpose: This blog shares "Issues, ideas, and discussion about English Education and technology."
Author/Owner: Dana Huff, Secondary English Teacher
Types of Resources: The blog discusses new and upcoming technology, the typical day-to-day life of a teacher, and new ideas for the classroom. The blog is open for discussion, but guest posts and advertising are not allowed.
Utility: Very easy to navigate. Mainly an informational site.
Rating: 3 (contributed by Debb Adams)
Title: The Literacy Web http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/index.htm
Description: The Literacy Web offers resources for educators and students and can be accessed by topic or grade level.
Owner: University of Connecticut
Type of Resources: The site offers articles, worksheets, and instructional resources for teachers and students.
Utility: Easy to use and extremely useful.
Rating: 5 (contributed by Trina Burroughs)