I know how to use blogs in my classroom. Facebook, Twitter, Glogster, Skype, text messaging, instant messaging, digital stories, podcasts, video games, wikis I can make anything DIGITAL. To the world I create in my classroom. If teaching were a war, I would consider myself fully armed with tech-weapons.

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Thoughts From a Future English Teacher. Sometimes I have a hard time trying new things, especially when it comes to technology. I can get pretty flustered and frustrated. So You Want To Teach? These .

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A basic membership at Pixton. Is free, and allows you to create basic comic panels with students. Mizuko Ito on Why Time Spent Online Is Important for Teen Development.

All words are pegs to hang ideas on. It is a great way to get students engaged with Shakespeare. They can re-write it in any way that they want.

I am embarrassed to admit that when I heard Jaime Escalante died I cried.

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In one of my classes. I have been using it in a Language Experience Approach with my small group, and I am thrilled at the success we have achieved. Has prompted the students to make some very powerful connections to their own experiences! I have posted some resources for. And Language Experience Approach below.