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TEACHING
presented by
Walter McKenzie - Creative Classroom Consulting
Innovative staff development:
Technology Applications, Multiple Intelligences,
Curriculum Integration and Creative Education.
Let's see what we can do for your staff!

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August 28, 1999

Fresh and ready for the new school year, let's take a look at worthwhile
Language Arts resources online. Originally we covered Language Arts
resources in the December 18, 1998 issue of the newsletter. You can
refer to that edition at
http://www.egroups.com/group/innovative-teaching/55.html? as a
supplement to today's offerings. Enjoy!

DRAMA

BRAIN CANDY - http://members.aol.com/WordPlays/words.html
Wonderful plays on words and colorful stories presented hear to inspire
the linguistic genius in all of us - offbeat but great stuff in a
skilled teacher's hands

DRAMA TEACHER'S RESOURCE ROOM - http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/
Lesson plans, ideas, resources, links, texts and seminars all provided
to enrich your drama classroom - check out there new message board for
teachers

LIVING PLAY BOOK - http://www.accessone.com/~up/playbook/
Claimed to be "the most complete, most up-to-date collection of improv
games on the planet", indexed alphabetically by categories and by game
types

MASKS.ORG - http://www.masks.org/index.htm
Wonderful collection of dramatic masks from around the world with
directions on how to make them yourself

MEDIEVAL DRAMA LINKS - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/theatre/emd/links.htm
Over 200 links to all kinds of drama resources pertaining to the Middle
Ages screened and recommended by a career drama educator

STORY TELLING - http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/n_storytel.html
Traditional and modern stories done in an interactive format; dozens of
activities to choose from - presented in a protected NetScooter
environment by Bonus.com

ENGLISH

COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

A lengthy list of words commonly misspelled, put in hypertext to make
them clickable, listed alphabetically with little fanfare so it's ready
to use immediately

ENGLISH SERVER - http://eserver.org/
Carnegie Mellon's online repository of over 20,000 English works -
categorized nicely and fully searchable - WOW!

EXPLORING THE WEB -
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/stage/index.html
Set up to offer guidance in using the WWW in the English classroom;
appropriate for new users of the Internet

FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH - http://www.ctv.es/USERS/carmen/profesen.htm
Links, classroom activities, Computer Aided Language Learning,
publishers, online dictionaries; all related to English

LANGUAGE ARTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS -
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jobrown/la.html
Links to many creative and substantial sites covering major English
themes for grades six through eight

THE SPACE - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1161/english.htm
No, I have no idea what the title refers to, but I could sit and listen
to the midi file for hours....great English links on a variety of
topics/genres

LIBRARY

ALL TOGETHER NOW - http://www.alltogethernow.org/index.htm#Top
Internet-based resources and services to K-12 librarians and the people
they serve—students and their parents, teachers, staff, administrators,
and homeschoolers, worldwide

BIG 6 - http://big6.syr.edu/
An "Information Problem-Solving Approach to Library and Information
Skills Instruction", including task definition, search strategies,
location and access, use of information, synthesis and evaluation

INTERNET LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIANS -
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
Top-notch librarian's resource for the automated information expert -
linear lay out

LIBRARIAN'S INDEX TO THE INTERNET -
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
"A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 4,400 Internet
resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to
the public library user's information needs"

NEW LIBRARIAN'S RESOURCE CENTER -
http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/index.html
Out of Toronto, this site attempts to share "a selective collection of
resources compiled to facilitate our informational research and
retrieval"

LITERATURE

AUTHOR STUDY GRADES 1-5 -
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/author.html
This unit should be planned collaboratively by the teacher and the
students; the students' interests and abilities, as well as the
availability of resources, will determine the unit direction and the
focus of particular lessons

BOOK TALKS - http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/rundlett/booktalks/
Over 600 booktalks intended to be used by school library media
specialists and teachers; searchable by author and title presented by
librarian nancy Keane - nice resource!

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES -
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
Hosted by the Internet School Library Media Center, this is an excellent
jumping off point for all things to do with literature-based activities

DIGITAL DANTE - http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/dante/
"An online, multimedia Dante-related academic resource combining
traditional elements of scholarly research with new communication and
presentation possibilities enabled by networked digital technology"

KIDBIBS - http://www.kidbibs.com/
A website intending to bring kids and books together, Kidbibs is not
only designed for teachers but for parents and other professionals who
work with children

LITERARY RESOURCES ON THE NET -
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Searchable database and common sense categories make this a useful
search tool for the English-oriented instructor

READ, WRITE NOW -
http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/
By my friend Hazel Jobe, excellent theme-related Language Arts
activities for elementary: Dinosaurs, Environment, Friendship, Space

WEBTIME STORIES - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webtime/
Access to many links on our rich literary tradition: Myths, Fables and
Fairy Tales, Great Books, Young Adults, and Just for Fun; resources too

MEDIA

DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL - http://www.dfilm.com/
A traveling and online showcase of digital films catalogued here for
your use

MEDIA DESIGNS - http://home.earthlink.net/~mediadesigns/Index.html
An education calendar with websites, the Integrating the Internet
Sourcebook, lesson plans and a mailing list.....all for teachers

MEDIA LITERACY CLEARINGHOUSE -
http://www.med.sc.edu:81/medialit/default.htm
Endorsed by the ASCD, this page provides "articles, background and
lesson plans designed to help teachers integrate media literacy into
classroom instruction"

MEDIA LITERACY ONLINE PROJECT -
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
Comprehensive media literacy resource collection as a support service
for teachers, and others, concerned with the influence of media in the
lives of children and youth

NEWSPAPER LINKS - http://www.newspaperlinks.com/
"A comprehensive gateway to U.S. daily and weekly newspapers on the
Web", with links to papers, features, classifieds and noteworthy award
winners

NEWSWISE - http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sapere/Newswise/
"A free educational resource, designed to improve literacy, encourage
thoughtful discussion and promote citizenship using topical stories
selected or adapted from the national press; excellent discussion forums
too

PLANET CLICK - http://www.planetclick.com/
Develops media savvy by having participants rate and categorize sites;
all ratings are added to the database which can be searched as an
Internet directory!

THINK - http://www.opinion-pages.org/
Op/Ed pages from on-line newspapers and magazines in Canada, the United
States and English newspapers around the world as well as links to
related sites around the web

WRITING

AUTHOR'S CHAIR - http://cyberschools.net/authorschair/index.htm
Part of the Cyberschool's initiative, a place where K-5 children can
have their writing published electronically; indexed by grade level,
topic, and school

CARTOONISTS' INDEX - http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
The largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web
--updating current cartoons from 54 newspaper editorial cartoonists PLUS
lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in
Social Sciences, Art, Journalism and English at all levels

CELEBRITY ADDRESSES - http://users.iafrica.com/c/ca/cassidy/address.html

Alphabetically listed of addresses for celebrities from all walks of
life, said to be current and working; excellent for letter-writing
applications

COMMUNICATION THROUGH WRITING -
http://www.k12.hi.us/~dgeston/T3Ehome.html
Neat teacher recommended ideas to nurture writing in the different
genres - invaluable!

EDITORIAL CARTOONS BY KIDS - http://www.ku.com/carcon2.html
Resource site and contest encouraging students to express their social
and political views through the editorial cartoon genre; includes lots
of tips and support to help participants maximize their experience win
or lose

FOR YOUNG WRITERS - http://www.inkspot.com/young/
Writing center for young authors by young writers - many practical
approaches to writing and getting published

GARBL'S WRITING RESOURCES ONLINE -
http://pw1.netcom.com/%7Egarbl1/writing.html
An "annotated directory of web sites focusing on English grammar, style,
usage, plain language, words, reference sources, on-line writing
experts, word play and books on writing"

RENSSELAER WRITING CENTER -
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html
Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute's online hand-outs on the mechanics
of writing - secondary level only

WRITERS ON THE NET - http://www.writers.com/
High School and college appropriate; a group of published writers and
experienced writing teachers building an online community and resource
for writers and aspiring writers

WRITER'S WRITE - http://www.writerswrite.com/writinglinks/
Genres and resources for aspiring writers - upper grades

WRITING EVERY DAY -
http://www.crl.com/~boeschen/Nfoshare/Write/wrtframe.htm
Good writers write often and daily; this site offers you a variety of
5-15 minute writing exercises to do in your free time or as class
assignments

WRITING RESOURCES - http://www.writeenvironment.com/linksto.html
Links to Activities, General Reference Materials, Lesson Plans, Lists
for Educators, On-line Writing Labs, Professional Organizations,
Publishing on the Web, Rhetoric and Composition and Writing Assignments

Next Week's Topic: "Geography Resources"

Please send in URL's of high quality sites which may be
of interest to our readers to mrmck@...!
Also, I'm always looking for new topic ideas and input!


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Find More Great Resources at the Innovative Teaching Website:
http://www.interserf.net/mcken/teacher.htm

This newsletter may be forwarded or copied as long as the
header and signature information remain intact. Show a
colleague about what you have found in Innovative Teaching! =D
-©1999 Walter McKenzie


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Over 1,5 00 subscribers strong!
INNOVATIVE
TEACHING
presented by
Walter McKenzie - Creative Classroom Consulting
Innovative staff development:
Technology Applications, Multiple Intelligences,
Curriculum Integration and Creative Education.
Let's see what we can do for your staff!

---

August 28, 1999

Fresh and ready for the new school year, let's take a look at worthwhile Language Arts resources online. Originally we covered Language Arts resources in the December 18, 1998 issue of the newsletter. You can refer to that edition at http://www.egroups.com/group/innovative-teaching/55.html? as a supplement to today's offerings. Enjoy!

DRAMA

BRAIN CANDY - http://members.aol.com/WordPlays/words.html
Wonderful plays on words and colorful stories presented hear to inspire the linguistic genius in all of us - offbeat but great stuff in a skilled teacher's hands

DRAMA TEACHER'S RESOURCE ROOM - http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/
Lesson plans, ideas, resources, links, texts and seminars all provided to enrich your drama classroom - check out there new message board for teachers

LIVING PLAY BOOK - http://www.accessone.com/~up/playbook/
Claimed to be "the most complete, most up-to-date collection of improv games on the planet", indexed alphabetically by categories and by game types

MASKS.ORG - http://www.masks.org/index.htm
Wonderful collection of dramatic masks from around the world with directions on how to make them yourself

MEDIEVAL DRAMA LINKS - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/theatre/emd/links.htm
Over 200 links to all kinds of drama resources pertaining to the Middle Ages screened and recommended by a career drama educator

STORY TELLING - http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/n_storytel.html
Traditional and modern stories done in an interactive format; dozens of activities to choose from - presented in a protected NetScooter environment by Bonus.com

ENGLISH

COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
A lengthy list of words commonly misspelled, put in hypertext to make them clickable, listed alphabetically with little fanfare so it's ready to use immediately

ENGLISH SERVER - http://eserver.org/
Carnegie Mellon's online repository of over 20,000 English works - categorized nicely and fully searchable  - WOW!

EXPLORING THE WEB - http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/stage/index.html
Set up to offer guidance in using the WWW in the English classroom; appropriate for new users of the Internet

FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH - http://www.ctv.es/USERS/carmen/profesen.htm
Links, classroom activities, Computer Aided Language Learning, publishers, online dictionaries; all related to English

LANGUAGE ARTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS - http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jobrown/la.html
Links to many creative and substantial sites covering major English themes for grades six through eight

THE SPACE - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1161/english.htm
No, I have no idea what the title refers to, but I could sit and listen to the midi file for hours....great English links on a variety of topics/genres

LIBRARY

ALL TOGETHER NOW - http://www.alltogethernow.org/index.htm#Top
Internet-based resources and services to K-12 librarians and the people they serve—students and their parents, teachers, staff, administrators, and homeschoolers, worldwide

BIG 6 - http://big6.syr.edu/
An "Information Problem-Solving Approach to Library and Information Skills Instruction", including task definition, search strategies, location and access, use of    information, synthesis and evaluation

INTERNET LIBRARY FOR LIBRARIANS - http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
Top-notch librarian's resource for the automated information expert - linear lay out

LIBRARIAN'S INDEX TO THE INTERNET - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/
"A searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 4,400 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to the public library user's information needs"

NEW LIBRARIAN'S RESOURCE CENTER - http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/index.html
Out of Toronto, this site attempts to share "a selective collection of resources compiled to facilitate our informational research and retrieval"

LITERATURE

AUTHOR STUDY GRADES 1-5 - http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/author.html
This unit should be planned collaboratively by the teacher and the students; the students' interests and abilities, as well as the availability of resources, will determine the unit direction and the focus of particular lessons

BOOK TALKS - http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/rundlett/booktalks/
Over 600 booktalks intended to be used by school library media specialists and teachers; searchable by author and title presented by librarian nancy Keane - nice resource!

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
Hosted by the Internet School Library Media Center, this is an excellent jumping off point for all things to do with literature-based activities

DIGITAL DANTE - http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/dante/
"An online, multimedia Dante-related academic resource combining traditional elements of scholarly research with new communication and presentation possibilities enabled by networked digital technology"

KIDBIBS - http://www.kidbibs.com/
A website intending to bring kids and books together, Kidbibs is not only designed for teachers but for parents and other professionals who work with children

LITERARY RESOURCES ON THE NET - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Searchable database and common sense categories make this a useful search tool for the English-oriented instructor

READ, WRITE NOW - http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/
By my friend Hazel Jobe, excellent theme-related Language Arts activities for elementary: Dinosaurs, Environment, Friendship, Space

WEBTIME STORIES - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webtime/
Access to many links on our rich literary tradition: Myths, Fables and Fairy Tales, Great Books, Young Adults, and Just for Fun; resources too

MEDIA

DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL - http://www.dfilm.com/
A traveling and online showcase of digital films catalogued here for your use

MEDIA DESIGNS - http://home.earthlink.net/~mediadesigns/Index.html
An education calendar with websites, the Integrating the Internet Sourcebook, lesson plans and a mailing list.....all for teachers

MEDIA LITERACY CLEARINGHOUSE - http://www.med.sc.edu:81/medialit/default.htm
Endorsed by the ASCD, this page provides "articles, background and lesson plans designed to help teachers integrate media literacy into classroom instruction"

MEDIA LITERACY ONLINE PROJECT - http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
Comprehensive media literacy resource collection as a support service for teachers, and others, concerned with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth

NEWSPAPER LINKS - http://www.newspaperlinks.com/
"A comprehensive gateway to U.S. daily and weekly newspapers on the Web", with links to papers, features, classifieds and noteworthy award winners

NEWSWISE - http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sapere/Newswise/
"A free educational resource, designed to improve literacy, encourage thoughtful discussion and promote citizenship using topical stories selected or adapted from the national press; excellent discussion forums too

PLANET CLICK - http://www.planetclick.com/
Develops media savvy by having participants rate and categorize sites; all ratings are added to the database which can be searched as an Internet directory!

THINK - http://www.opinion-pages.org/
Op/Ed pages from on-line newspapers and magazines in Canada, the United States and English newspapers around the world as well as links to related sites around the web

WRITING

AUTHOR'S CHAIR - http://cyberschools.net/authorschair/index.htm
Part of the Cyberschool's initiative, a place where K-5 children can have their writing published electronically; indexed by grade level, topic, and school

CARTOONISTS' INDEX - http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
The largest collection of newspaper editorial cartoons on the web --updating current cartoons from 54 newspaper editorial cartoonists PLUS lesson plans for using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences, Art,  Journalism and English at all levels

CELEBRITY ADDRESSES - http://users.iafrica.com/c/ca/cassidy/address.html
Alphabetically listed of addresses for celebrities from all walks of life, said to be current and working; excellent for letter-writing applications

COMMUNICATION THROUGH WRITING - http://www.k12.hi.us/~dgeston/T3Ehome.html
Neat teacher recommended ideas to nurture writing in the different genres - invaluable!

EDITORIAL CARTOONS BY KIDS - http://www.ku.com/carcon2.html
Resource site and contest encouraging students to express their social and political views through the editorial cartoon genre; includes lots of tips and support to help participants maximize their experience win or lose

FOR YOUNG WRITERS - http://www.inkspot.com/young/
Writing center for young authors by young writers - many practical approaches to writing and getting published

GARBL'S WRITING RESOURCES ONLINE - http://pw1.netcom.com/%7Egarbl1/writing.html
An "annotated directory of web sites focusing on English grammar, style, usage, plain language, words, reference sources, on-line writing experts, word play and books on writing"

RENSSELAER WRITING CENTER - http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html
Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute's online hand-outs on the mechanics of writing - secondary level only

WRITERS ON THE NET - http://www.writers.com/
High School and college appropriate; a group of published writers and experienced writing teachers building an online community and resource for writers and aspiring writers

WRITER'S WRITE - http://www.writerswrite.com/writinglinks/
Genres and resources for aspiring writers - upper grades

WRITING EVERY DAY - http://www.crl.com/~boeschen/Nfoshare/Write/wrtframe.htm
Good writers write often and daily; this site offers you a variety of 5-15 minute writing exercises to do in your free time or as class assignments

WRITING RESOURCES - http://www.writeenvironment.com/linksto.html
Links to Activities, General Reference Materials, Lesson Plans, Lists for Educators, On-line Writing Labs, Professional Organizations, Publishing on the Web, Rhetoric and Composition and Writing Assignments

Next Week's Topic: "Geography Resources"

Please send in URL's of high quality sites which may be
of interest to our readers to mrmck@...!
Also, I'm always looking for new topic ideas and input!

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Find More Great Resources at the Innovative Teaching Website:
http://www.interserf.net/mcken/teacher.htm

This newsletter may be forwarded or copied as long as the
header and signature information remain intact. Show a
colleague about what you have found in Innovative Teaching!  =D
                                                  -©1999 Walter McKenzie
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