Digital Resources
Patrick Downey - Philip Pocock CSS
Great Education Websites
•dpcdsb.elearningontario.ca - blended learning site
•gutenberg.org - collection of 49,000 ebooks - full text
•teachthought.com - resources and articles for teachers
•learnstyle.com - interactive multimedia resources
•smore.com - create digital online pamphlets
•flipsnack.com - create digital online magazines
•ala.org - collection of the year’s best education websites
•ca.ixl.com/math - collection of gr.9 - gr.12 math exercises
•ca.ixl.com/ela/grammar - collection of gr.9 - gr.12 grammar exercises
•graphingstories.com - math videos and measuring exercises
•mdhsmath.pbworks.com - curriculum-specifc math exercises
•tubechop.com - copy and edit youtube videos
•educatorstechnology.com - augmented reality resources
•upworthy.com - interesting and powerful stories and videos posted daily
•learn4good.com - online learning games for high school students
Resource Collections
•Website – ossemooc.wordpress.com - K-12 Ontario Resources
•Website - cubeforteachers.com - Ontario curriculum resources
•Website - Brilliant/Insane - educational articles and resources
•Website - Technology to Support Creative Writing
•Website - appolearning.com - grade-specific digital resources
•Website - Social Media in Education - resource toolkit
•Website - edugains.ca - Ministry of Education resources
•Website - education.com - resources, activites, and games
•Article - epic toolchest - 51 BYOD resources
•Article - "37 Best Websites to Learn Something New"
•Article - "20 Ed Tech Concepts Every Teacher Should Know About“
•Article - "7 Resources to Motivate, Inspire, and Innovate Your Teaching"
•Article - "Must Have Chrome Apps for the New School Year"
•Article - "4 EdTech Teaching Trends"
•Article - social media toolkit for teachers
•Article - "11 Fresh Formative Assessment Strategies"
•Article - "Teachers' 50 Favourite Educational Apps“
•Article - "12 Tips to Help Students Create Their Own TED Talks“
•Article - best educational apps for high school students
Digital Assessment Resources
•Website / App - nearpod.com - for interactive presentations and digital student assessment
•Website / App - presentain.com - for interactive presentations and digital student assessment
•Website / App - stoodle.com - collect & share ideas and digital student assessment
•Website / App - plickers.com - assessment with only one device
•Website / App - getkahoot.com - interactive digital assessment
•Website / App - socrative.com - interactive digital assessment
•Website / App - quizlet.com - create interactive digital quizzes
•Website - goformative.com - interactive digital assessment
•Website - noredink.com - for digital quizzes and assessment
•Website - fluidsurveys.com - create interactive digital surveys
Website - edmettle.com - social networking and feedback management tool
•Article - 9 Cool Things to do with your Twitter Account
•Article - 140 character stories
•Article - "13 Tweets That Got People Fired"
•Article - "How One Stupid Tweet Ruined Justine Sacco's Life"
•Article - "Girl's Profane Tweet Gets Her Fired Before She Starts"
•Article - Guide to Twitter Hashtags for Education
•Article - getting teachers on Twitter
•Website - Twitter toolkit for teachers - tips, resources, links
•Website - 26 Effective Twitter Ideas for Teachers
•Website - tweetdeck.twitter.com - manage multiple accounts
•https://twitter.com/ - follow @pdowneyenglish
Digital Sharing and Smartphone Ideas
•Website / App - periscope.tv - online video communication
•Website - twiddla.com - digital community whiteboard
•Website - edmettle.com - social networking and feedback
•Website - fluidsurveys.com - create interactive digital surveys
•Website - awesomescreenshot.com - screen capture tool
•Website - flippity.com - make your own digital flashcards
•Website - remind.com - teacher/student communication
•Article - "10 Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom"
•Article - 5 Things You Should Know About Periscope in Education
•Article - "Profs Push Back Against Laptops in Class“
•Article - ideas for student cell phone use in the classroom
•Article - smart uses of smartphones in the classroom
•Article - 9 Apps for the Flipped Classroom
•Article and Videos - "Genius Hour" and how to use it in the classroom
Learning and the Teen Brain
•Article - “Understanding How Adolescents Think”
•Article - the long-term stupidity of teen pot use
•Article - lifelong learning and impulse control in teens
•Article - why the teen brain is impulsive and addiction-prone
•Article - "How Does the Teen Brain Learn Best?"
Literacy and OSSLT
•Website - video highlights of the 2014-2015 OSSLT results
•Website - DPCDSB literacy resources
•Website - DPCDSB practice activites
•Website - literacyworldwide.org - literacy resources and articles
•Article - 9 tools to help with literacy instruction in the digital age
•Article - students understand less when reading digital sources
•Article - Can Students Go Deep With Digital Reading?
•Article - "Why Cross-Curricular Literacy is Important"
•Article - "25 Reading Strategies that work in Every Content Area"
•Article - resources to support content-area literacy
•Article - The Onion - Pros and Cons of Standardized Tests
•PDF - "Improving Adolsecent Literacy" detailed guide with resources
Teaching Literature
•Article - "Some Words in our Language Must Die"
•Article - Go Set A Watchman Criticism
•Article - Go Set A Watchman Analysis
•Article - "10 Works of Literature That Were Really Hard to Write"
•Article - teaching suggestions and resources for Mockingbird
•Article - "What's the Point of Education when we have Google?"
•Article - "Teaching Literary Analysis"
•Article - "How to Properly Cite Social Media"
•Website - Glossary of Poetic and Literary Terminology
•Website - shakespeare-online.com - resources and analysis
•Website - scholastic.ca - resources for TheTen Series
•Website - goodreads.com - young adult book lists and suggestions
Teaching Writing and Grammar
•Website - ixl.com - grammar exercises for grades 9-12
•Website - owl.english.purdue.edu - online writing guide
•Website - inklestudios.com - interactive digital stories
•Article - "Learning Grammar With Meaning"
•Article - "10 Writing Tips from Stephen King"
•Article - "10 Things Teen Writers Should Know"
•Article - Teach and Model Effective Writing
•Article - Tips From Hollywood Screenwriters
•Article - Persuasive Writing Techniques and other resources
•Article - Critical Feedback in the Writing Process
Interesting Videos
History of the English Language
TED talk on the power of reading books
"The Power of Student-Driven Learning“
10 TEDed videos every student should see
This Will Revolutionize Education
Student Jeff Bliss yells at his teacher
TEDtalk - 13 year-old hacks his own education
Bloom's Taxonomy according to Seinfeld
Famous Failures (growth mindset)