Enhanced English Teacher

A blog about using technology in an English classroom

Create Your Own Poster

June 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I just discovered a neat website that will allow users to create their own poster.  I made a Wordle picture of the required readings for 9th grade English.  I used screen capture to create a JPEG image which I then uploaded at Big Huge Labs. To use screen capture on a Mac, hold down the [...]

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Tags: 21st Century Literacy · English Resources · Technology Resources · Web 2.0

Top Ten You Tube Videos for the Classroom

April 19th, 2009 · 14 Comments

Short video clips from You Tube are great for spicing up classroom lessons.

The Ten Things I Hate About You – This 1999 movie is a twist on Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.  It could be used for teaching Shakespearean allusions, but the clip mainly focuses on a sonnet written by Kat, the movie’s “shrew.”  The [...]

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Tags: 21st Century Literacy · English Resources · Technology Resources · Videos and iPods · Web 2.0 · YouTube · class assignments