1. Teachers’ Research and Professional Development Material
a. http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/resart.htm – Research related literacy website -Research about effective literacy instruction.
b. http://www.all4ed.org – Alliance publications synthesize research and information about promising practices to enlighten the national debate about education policies and encourage the development and implementation of federal and national policies that support effective high school reform and increased student achievement and attainment.
c. http://NewLits.org is a wiki space created to collaboratively develop a rich range of specialist resources for middle school language arts/literacy educators (typically Grades 5 to 8). These resources focus variously and broadly on new literacies and digital technologies. A wiki is a collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone with access to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.
d. http://galleryofwriting.org – Help NCTE promote teaching and learning by doing something you do every day: writing. Think about the writing you do on a given day: a letter to a parent, feedback on student work, a quick email to a friend, a text message to your spouse. Emergent technologies have enabled us to compose like never before. A piece of writing no longer means a piece of paper. We can compose meaning with our keyboards, with our cameras, and even with our cell phones!
It is in this spirit that NCTE announces the opening of The National Gallery of Writing, an online gallery where writers from all walks of life can submit their writing.
We encourage you and other NCTE members to consider starting a Local Partner Gallery with our classes and other groups.
2. Literacy Lesson plans
a. http://www.readwritethink.org – International Reading Association website for literacy lessons plans.
b. http://englishcompanion.com – Jim Burke’s website mainly for language arts teachers but can be adapted for general literacy activities.
3. Young Adult and Children’s Literature Sites
a. http://carolhurst.com – Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site – Fiction and nonfiction books across the curriculum.
b. http://ala.org/yalsa/booklists – YALSA believes strongly that teens deserve the best, yet many libraries have too few trained staff and resources to address the needs of teens. Studies also indicate that teens are reading less and fewer of them possess critical literacy skills. Therefore, YALSA’s mission is to advocate, promote and strengthen library service to teens, ages 12-18, as part of the continuum of total library services, and to support those who provide library service to this population.
4. Blogs and Twitter
a. http://secondaryliteracyplus.blogspot.com – My blog on thoughts regarding adolescent reading and writing activities, and other things.
b. http://englishcompanion.ning.com – Blog for Language Arts teachers
c. http://edublogs.org – Blogs for teachers and students made easy.
d. http://www.AdLit.org – We’re All About Adolescent Literacy (See Twitter link)
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