Secondary ELA

Secondary ELA Consultant, Judi Bell
In addition to my schools, I am the ITS lucky enough to work with Judi Bell and Secondary ELA teachers.


Secondary ELA Website 

ELA: Beyond the Tools Blog - with all BISD ELA Presentations and Resources

Curriculum Central Online
- Login with your regular computer login
- Be sure to enroll in all of the courses you teach so that you can access the curriculum materials

Secondary ELA Edmodo
- Create an Edmodo account or login
- On the left, beside "Groups," choose "Join"
- E-mail me for the secret code!

Top 5 Web 2.0 Tools for Secondary ELA
Guides for using Google Docs, Skype, Blogger, Poll Everywhere, and ProProf Flashcards in the Seondary ELA classroom

Humble ISD's Super Site for ELA Web 2.0 
Super cool list of links to ELA-focused sites. Some are more geared at primary, but there are loads of secondary tools. You'll love it!

Featured Web2.0 Tools for the ELA/R Classroom: 

My Current Top 5

5. Google Lit Trips

In conjunction with GoogleEarth, these trips take students through the locations of classic and contemporary literary works. Be sure to check out the Macbeth and The Watson's Go to Birmingam Lit Trips as both are works being taught this six-weeks.
4. MuseumBox

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view andcomment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

3. Glogster EDU

Glogster EDU Premium is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom. Interactive posters bring online collaboration together with text, graphics, video, audio and more.

See this Glogster based on Romeo and Juliet

2. Xtranormal
 

Text-to-Speech technology makes movie-making even easier...and more fun for students. Xtranormal allows students to generate animated movies quickly and with all of the same benefits of video projects that generally take up days and days of valuable class time. Check out all of Xtranormal's free and easy movie sets!





1. Webcams/Skype

 




Skype in the classroom: A brand new directory to help teachers make Skype connections for 21st learning experiences in the classroom.



Every Secondary ELA teacher has a webcam for use in the classroom - thank you Judi Bell! Now that we have all settled in to the school year, it is time to start thinking of innovative ways we can use the webcams to enhance the curriculum and help students master the content through 21st Century Skills. 

Comment below to offer ideas and examples for how webcams and Skype, or any other webcam application, can bring the ELA curriculum into the 21st century.