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 Part of teaching is sharing ideas with other teachers, and the Internet has made sharing with teachers around the world easier than ever.  All it takes it subscribing to an email newsletter.  Some of these come daily, some weekly.  Here are some you may wish to explore:

 

Some weekly compendiums of teaching ideas that use Internet resources:

 

• TeachersFirst  is one of the best. Tells you topic area, age group, how tech-savvy you need to be to use a resource, and any concerns (such as potential access to inappropriate content).   http://www.teachersfirst.com    (scroll to the bottom to signup for weekly enewsletter. )

 

• National Council of Teachers of English (but you don’t have to be a member) http://ncte.org/newsletter

 

• Secondary educators http://712educators.about.com/

 

If you like getting lots of idea every day, here are some daily reviews of teaching resources:

 

• Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/. Larry works with high school ESL (English as a second language) students, particularly in English and Social Studies.  His groupings of resources are among the finest on the Internet, and his ideas are worth hearing.  Strong on ideas, but leaves evaluation of appropriateness up to you.  (Scroll down – email subscription tucked into right hand side.)

 

• Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/.  Strong on ideas, and a very strong proponent of technology use, but leaves evaluation up to you. 

 

On a more variable publication schedule:

 

• Pro-Con provides in depth information about many controversial issues.  http://www.procon.org/  Very rich resources here.  (Email signup is on lower left-hand side.)

 

Will every idea work for you?  No.  But you will find new ideas that freshen your approach in the classroom and give you links you may want to add to your class Edline pages to enrich your students’ learning. 

 

How to subscribe.  Click on the blue link above.  If you decide you want to subscribe, look for the place to subscribe to emails somewhere on the webpage (if it’s hard to find I’ve described its location above).  You give your email address, and sometimes will have to verify that you’ve actually requested to receive these emails.  Then, every time the publisher writes a new entry, you’ll receive an email.  (And each email will tell you how to stop the emails if you decide you don’t want them any more.)

 

Have you found a good resource like this that you can share with the rest of us?

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