Dianne Krause's List: English Resources

Digitized collection of materials created through a teaming with Google Books project. You can search full-text or limited version only.

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research digitalresearch english google reference on 2009-11-20 and saved by 9 people

"We've built the smartest online vocabulary program and are giving it away! "

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vocabulary literacy languagearts english on 2009-11-19 and saved by 114 people

A really cool visual dictionary, thesaurus, vocabulary website that gives results as a web/mind-map. Users can click to find different parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms and more.

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dictionary visualization vocabulary language_arts english reference on 2009-11-05 and saved by 166 people

The Art of Storytelling website was created by The Delaware Art Museum to allow online visitors to engage with our collections in a unique and creative way. Beyond experiencing our rich variety of art works in the traditional museum setting, this online project - the Art of Storytelling - allows visitors to create their own pictures and stories inspired by works in the museum. These visitor creations can then be shared, both as an email to a friend and published to this site as an entry for all to experience. In addition to creating pictures and writing stories, visitors with microphones enabled on their computers can also record their stories for others to hear. Please explore the site, hear and see what others have created and submit your own story on the Art of Storytelling website.

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story digitalstorytelling storytelling writing stories on 2009-10-20 and saved by 3 people

"Today Weebly is launching a new product geared directly at educators and their students, allowing schoolchildren who may not familiar with the basics of HTML or CSS to craft their own multimedia online blogs and reports with a minimal amount of effort."

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weebly website blogging blogs on 2009-10-20 and saved by 5 people

"In collaboration with my colleague Mike Hutchinson, I have begun to introduce the tools of the Read/Write web to my students. Specifically, my class is now blogging and podcasting. Blogging and podcasting has allowed me to create a forum where my students discuss current events connected to our social studies curriculum while developing language arts skills like critical thinking and persuasive dialogue. It has also given my students the opportunity to be creators—rather than simply consumers—of online content. Finally, blogging and podcasting have given my students an audience for their ideas, which has increased levels of interest and motivation."

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blogging blog students school education on 2009-10-19 and saved by 63 people

"Word Magnets will take a piece of text and break it into individual magnets which can be moved around the screen, resized, removed, colour coded, grouped, sorted and so on. New magnets can also be added at any point.

The resource also offers a range of backgrounds for use in a variety of activities."

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wordmagnets magnets words literacy sentences on 2009-10-11 and saved by 17 people

BrainFlips, Inc. is committed to building the most user-friendly and effective flashcards anywhere, for students and self-motivated learners of all ages and academic levels. BrainFlips.com is your free one-stop source for flashcards on any subject. We offer tools and features unavailable anywhere else.

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flashcards resources education on 2009-10-08 and saved by 26 people

"Blogging is becoming more and more popular in the classroom. Teachers can blog to stay in touch with parents and students or they can incorporate blogs from all of the students as a learning tool. The beauty of the student blog is that children from Kindergarten to high school can blog. No matter how you use blogs in your classroom, these tools will help you get started, enhance your experience, or bring the students into the fun."

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blogging web2.0 tools resources teachers technology on 2009-10-08 and saved by 298 people

Just type in a word you would like to see synonyms for. You will see a map from that word (in center) to its definitions (the green circles) to the synonyms (outer words) that share these definitions. Mouse over the green circles to view definitions, drag the circles around to reorganize the map, and double-click the synonyms to view their maps.

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thesaurus visualization english reference languagearts on 2009-10-08 and saved by 4 people

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to bring you Storyline Online, an on-line streaming video program, featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud! Each book includes accompanying activities and less ideas.

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reading literacy audiobooks books storytelling education elementary kids on 2009-10-08 and saved by 538 people

"Storybirds are short, visual
stories that you make with
family and friends to share
and (soon) print"

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writing storytelling digitalstorytelling story english languagearts literacy on 2009-10-04 and saved by 349 people

reeReading is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy. The collective wisdom within FreeReading is invaluable and can be more beneficial than any one reading program.

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reading literacy education opensource resources phonics elementary on 2009-09-28 and saved by 134 people

Tagul is a web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds. You can read more in the FAQ section, visit the Blog or explore the Forums.

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visualization Tagcloud wordle wordcloud cloud on 2009-09-21 and saved by 142 people

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esl brainpop on 2009-09-06 and saved by 15 people

Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here's a list of those who do it for free)
Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here’s a list of those who do this for free)

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skype authors languagearts english elementary collaboration videoconference on 2009-08-06 and saved by 43 people

Match pictures with letter sounds - beginning letters, short vowels and long vowels

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readwritethink phonics kindergarten sounds literacy smartboard Reading elementary on 2009-07-28 and saved by 59 people

As citizens of a highly technological culture, our students see (and often use) technologies as a daily experience. Because of their proliferation, these technologies become are often taken for granted and unexplored. This lesson plan asks students to pay attention to these technologies explicitly. In this activity, students brainstorm lists of their interactions with technology, map these interactions graphically, and then compose narratives of their most significant interactions with technology. By writing these technology autobiographies, students explore what their stories reveal about why we use the technologies we do when we choose to use them.

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readwritethink technology teaching writing on 2009-07-14 and saved by 18 people

This lesson will help students sort through the myriad points of view offered on the Internet and evaluate the sources and purposes of news articles and Web sites. Students will read articles from National Geographic News and answer questions describing each article's source, purpose, and viewpoint.

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researching digitalliteracy research english languagearts socialstudies on 2009-07-10 and saved by 2 people

The texts that students interact with have rapidly expanded from the days when the only definition of a text was a print-based book or magazine. While students interact with a range of print, visual, and sound texts, they do not always recognize that these many documents are texts. By creating an inventory of personal texts, students begin to consciously recognize the many literacy demands in contemporary society. With this start, they create a working definition of literacy that they refine and explore as they continue their investigation of the texts that they interact with at home, at school, and in other settings.

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literacy readwritethink technology media teaching lessonplans reading on 2009-07-10 and saved by 24 people