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50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 16 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of a little book that is loved and admired throughout American academe. Celebrations, readings, and toasts are being held, and a commemorative edition has been released.
WordCounter
"Wordcounter ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use this to see what words you overuse (is everything a "solution" for you?) or maybe just to find some keywords from a document. "
Bud the Teacher's Wiki
Welcome to my wiki! Over the last few months, my students and fellow contributors have been creating some pretty interesting resources. Some are fairly developed. Others are still just kernals of an idea that need some fleshing out. Feel free to take a look around and add your ideas to this wiki
CheckItOutOneTime: Different Ways to Use Blogs and Wikis with Students
Different Ways to Use Blogs and Wikis with Students
one word. so little time.
simple. you'll see one word at the top of the following page.
you have sixty seconds to write about it.
as soon as you click 'go' the page will load with the cursor in place.
don't think. just write
Using E-Books to Motivate Writing - K12 Online Conference
Three discussion questions from the e-book creation video presentation: 1-How can pupils take charge of their own e-books? 2-Can e-books be integrated with assessment procedures? 3-Can e-books be used to help pupils build up portfolios of work/s in a variety of subjects?
Pixton™ - Comic Strip Creator - Make Your Own Web Comics Online
"Engage your audience like never before with Pixton’s cutting-edge technology."
Big Huge Thesaurus: Synonyms, antonyms, and rhymes (oh my!)
"Synonyms, antonyms, and rhymes (oh my!)
(Also blog post ideas and story plot/logline resources for writers.)"
Listen and Write - Dictation
"Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice."
Portfolios (Authentic Assessment Toolbox)
Explanation of portfolios and how they can be used as authentic assessment in the classroom
EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
The only really real-time collaborative editor on the web
Story Maker - Get Writing - LearnEnglish Kids - British Council
"Do you like writing? You can create your own story here. Click on 'next'. Then choose a fairy story, a horror story, or a science fiction story"
PIZZAZ! Creative Writing and Storytelling Ideas
"PIZZAZ! is dedicated to providing simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with copyable (yes, copyable!) handouts for use with students of all ages. Permission is given to use these resources for in-class, non-profit use only."
ThinkFold
"Put an end to endless emails, multiple document versions, unstructured wiki pages and confusing planning tools with a simple, yet powerful and flexible structured thinking tool."
DoingText - effortless text collaboration
"doingText makes writing, sharing and gathering feedback a no-fuss experience.
With elegance and simplicity."
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map.
Online Thesaurus
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program
"We dare you to put the next song you hear in your novel and have it totally change the course of your story. "
Academic Vocabulary Games
"The goal of this project is to provide teachers a list of common terms or phrases aimed at improving vocabulary development of students in Tennessee."
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