English-Language+Arts+Resources

K-12 Resources
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Word Dynamo by Dictionary.com A new website that combines online gaming with tried-and-true study methods and the great reference content you love from Dictionary.com. The best part? It's free, and is already used by over 1.3 million students, teachers, and parents.

Video Interviews with Top Children's Books Authors and Illustrators

Dynamic Curriculum A great set of links, PowerPoints, podcasts and more from Jefferson County, Tennessee, delineated by grade level.

LibriVox A crowd-sourced audio collection of books in the public domain. Volunteers record chapters and publish them to the Internet. Founded by Hugh McGuire, LibriVox's mission is to record all the books in the public domain.

Teachers' Domain Digital Media for English Language Arts. Has 359 digital pieces for Reading and Viewing and 142 pieces for Writing and Speaking.

Teaching That Makes Sense How one man can produce so many original multi-purpose learning strategies is astonishing.

See an awesome video introducing the topic here.
 * Digital Information Fluency** is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. Find useful resources for teachers and librarians toward the end of teaching 21st Century Information Fluency here.

Bookshare

Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities
Wordle Quickly summarize long pieces of text by creating tag clouds. Very cool. Try it!
 * **Bookshare**® **is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities,** thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
 * **Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books.** People with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy.
 * **A searchable online library.** Bookshare offers approximately 90,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
 * **Readers of all ages.** Bookshare offers affordable membership, unlimited library privileges and a community of Members, Volunteers, parents, publishers and authors.



Bubbl.Us Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.
 * Create colorful mind maps online
 * Share and work with friends
 * Embed your mind map in your blog or website
 * Email and print your mind map
 * Save your mind map as an image

International Children's Digital Library The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.

Bookshare Free individual memberships for those with qualifying disabilities. Very reasonable organization prices over and above that. Funded by U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs

English Homework Help Writing, Mechanics and Grammar videos for K-12 students from Discovery Education.

Elementary School Resources
StoryBird A free app for creating and printing digital stories.

Zimmer Twins Students can create their own cartoon movie endings to a story starter or create their own animated movie from scratch.

Cyberbullying -- Great site for having a conversation about this with elementary students. =Middle School Resources=

=High School Resources= Purdue Online Writing Lab A comprehensive treasure chest of writing pedagogy must-haves since 1994.

HuffEnglish.Com Thoughtful activities and handouts for the secondary English/language arts teacher.

Polish My Writing Get feedback on spelling, grammar and writing style.

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Figment: Write Yourself In Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Any type of writing is acceptable: "from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi to cell phone novels . . ."======