Welcome fellow teachers!

In addition to the links below, you might also like to browse through the resources available for students (in general) and for my Advanced Sophomore English class in particular.

• Here are some resources for having Online Discussions.
   
• Teaching with Online Literature Archives shares ideas for using the archives effectively as well as an annotated list of great archives out there.
   
• The Daily News Update from Education Weekly is a collection of articles about education from newspapers and magazines from around the country; updated daily at noon EST; free registration required.

• State of Michigan Curriculum for English/Language Arts -- Reading the rationales behind the evolving expectations can help us prepare for the next wave of tests..

• Michigan Teacher Network has resources, including lesson plans and activities, linked to each of the Michigan Standards and Benchmarks, as well as a variety of information on best practices.

• The Webquest Page explains how to do Webquests as well as providing a list of links to well-done webquests.

Professional Links

• National Council of Teachers of English(NCTE)
• Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE)
• National Writing Project (NWP)
• Third Coast Writing Project (TCWP)
• Masters in English with a Teaching Emphasis at Western Michigan University .

Articles to make one think:

• "Best Dentist" Analogy to NCLB-- a good summary of why teachers resent NCLB
   
• Orson Scott Card spent two weeks editorializing why homework is bad -- and some of his arguments have merit. Challenge yourself to see if you're using homework for good or for evil by checking out the columns part 1 and part 2.

January 7, 2007 11:27 PM