The following is a series of hyperlinks which will help teachers integrate technology in Language Arts.

I. Internet Ideas and Resources for Language Arts - there is a wealth of web sites on Internet which are helpful to classroom teachers. Many are listed as links below.

1. Evaluating Web Sites - Before using any web site with students, take some time to learn how to evaluate websites, with links listed below.

• ABC's of Internet Site Evaluation PowerPoint, PowerPoint with ABC's of things to consider when evaluating a web site.
• Evaluation tool.pdf, Evaluation tool.doc - checklist to use to evaluate web site.
• Internet Example: Lord of Flies by Dr. C. Grimaldi (Middlesex's Tech Fellow)
• Article by Kathy Schrock on Web Evaluation,  the article which the powerpoint was created from.

2. Language Arts Web Resources - the following links are sites which are helpful for the language arts teacher. Take some time and investigate the online information.

• Dr. Catherine Grimaldi's Site - this is a comprehensive Language Arts site created by Dr.Catherine Grimaldi, a high school English teacher, a NJ Tech Fellow working out of Middlesex County's ETTC.
• Knowledge Network  Pacific Bell site created for state of California schools and libraries.
• Blue Web'n Index - Pacific Bell's library of learning sites.
• Burlington County's ETTC links
  
• High School ETTC's Resources
• Elementary School ETTC's Resources
• Sites for teachers - a listing of sites for teachers.
  
• Shakespeare - Online Shakespeare site.
• Carol Hurst's Literature Site - Collection of K-8 book reviews and ideas to use literature in classroom.
• Project Gutenberg A project where every book ever published is being electronically processed. Most classics have already been completed.
• Online Research Guides and References - Comprehensive site about Internet Research created by Sue LeBeau, Monmouth County's Tech Fellow.
• Notestar - Online tool which allows students to take notes from online resources, as they browse the Internet.
• World Wide Web Research Tools - useful list of search engines, data bases, directories, reference materials, periodicals, libraries, news sites and books.
  

3. Teacher Resources to check student's work.

• Strategies
  • Search for the paper online.
  • Use a plagiarism detector.
  • PlagiServe - a free site which allows teachers to check students' work.

4. CyberGuides - are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature.

5. Literature Circles - literature Circles are small, temporary discussion groups comprised of students who have chosen to read the same story, poem, article, or book.

• Literature Circles using: eboard.com
• Helpful Links
  • Testimony and Advise from a teacher using Literature Circles
  • Introduction to Literature Circles
  • How Literature Circles Work
  • Role Templates for Literature Circles

6. WebQuests -

• WebQuests...what are they, why use them? View this WebQuest Design PowerPoint
• Take some time and investigate Tom March and Berie Dodge's the professors who coined the phrase WebQuest  The WebQuest Page
• Visit a library of excellent Quests: Bernie Dodge's Matrix of Web Quests
• More libraries of WebQuests: Links of Excellent WebQuests Libraries
• View the rubic to Evaluating WebQuests, rubic.
• View the rubic which designed to evaluate students work, rubic.
• Other Libraries
  • Berks County Intermediate Unit Quests
  • BioPoint’s Quests
  • Hewitt's Index of Best WebQuests

 

II. PowerPoint - to learn how to use PowerPoint use tap listed above, to view Steve Bouchard's PowerPoint tutorial.

• Here are some classroom examples and activities using PowerPoint.
  • PowerPoint Poem - "Dust of Snow" - multimedia project in which students use PowerPoint to interpret poems.
    • Useful link:   Photographs - Library of Congress
  • PowerPoint Jeopardy - by Cary Harr, download the Jeopardy template and add your own questions to the game.
  • Example from Dr.C. Grimaldi called the ABC's of Literature.
    •   Lord of the Flies

III. PhotoShop and Literature - an activity borrowed from Dr. Grimaldi where students add themselves to historic photographs.

• Forest Gump Activity, by Dr. Grimaldi
• Forest Gump Activity directions (pdf file)
• Online Forest Gump Activity