In the Classroom:
- GroupMe: This is a group chat app that allows students communicate with one another. They can access this resource either online or through an app through their phone. I create a class GroupMe for each of my classes.
- Kahoot: allows students to quickly test reading/basic knowledge and helps to scaffold from there. If you would like any of my cahoots, let me know.
- Google Suite: My entire TW courses are hosted in a Google Drive folder. You can have access to my 8-week, online course on a different page. I find that Google Suite has the opportunity to teach students real workplace writing and allows for collaborative, synchronous writing opportunities.
- Planboard: This was my all time favorite resource. It allows you to lesson plan for all your different courses, move days around (for snow days or if you didn’t finish a lesson), it gives you reminder notes, and so much more. There is also a grade book you can use, but I don’t tend to use that section. *Update: For full transparency, I now use Google Docs because I found it a bit easier to update materials with Google Docs, but several of my staff and colleagues still enjoy and use Planboard.
- Poll Everywhere: Allows anonymous feedback and answers from students. I use it on Mondays to find out what the class remembers from the previous week and where we should refresh/skim from the previous week.
- National Council of Teachers of English: Various resources to enrich your classroom.
Podcasts:
- Teaching in Higher Ed: these are tips for technology, productivity, and exercises for your classroom.
Mine:
- Find Dory Fragmented Sentences PPT: Uses Finding Dory to understand what sentence fragments are and when it is acceptable to use them.
- Game of Thrones Dangling Modifier PPT: Helps students understand the concept of a dangling modifier and how to fix them.
- Walking Dead Passive Voice PPT: Teaches students what passive voice means and when it should/shouldn’t be used.
Student resources:
- Hemingway App: Students are able to put paper into app and find areas that need to be worked on.
- Purdue Owl: Provides detailed information about citations and styles.
- Grammar Girl: Provides detailed information about a plethora of grammar topics.
Research (for students):
- Oklahoma State University Library–various research through books, catalogs, ILL, etc.
- JSTOR–comprehensive peer-reviewed materia
- Google Scholar– user-friendly database with peer-reviewed papers
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