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**Bridging the Learning Gap with Digital Resources for English Courses - Sharon Johnston & Jill Dickinso//n//** //How can online learning design ensure all students improve writing skills? How can digital resources assist in differentiating instruction to bridge learning gaps? Experienced educators from two virtual programs will showcase strategies for teaching writing including digital resources and facilitate a discussion of best practices for improving writing of all students. Participants will receive effective writing instruction suggestions, a checklist for selecting digital resources, and an invitation to participate in a Wiki community.//



Digital Resources: [|http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com] [|http://owl.english.purdue.edu]
 * **SAS Curriculum Pathways**
 * University of Purdue Online Writing Lab
 * Grammar Bytes
 * [|http://www.chompchomp.com]
 * Florida Virtual School Library
 * http://www.flvs.net/FLVS_library/home.htm
 * 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing from the National Writing Project
 * http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/922
 * Partnership for 21st Century Skills
 * http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/
 * Wordle -Wordle generates word clouds from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
 * http://wordle.net/
 * Librivox -LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening.
 * http://librivox.org/
 * The Guide to Grammar and Writing -The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation.
 * http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
 * TurnItIn.com -Plagiarism Checker
 * http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.html
 * Citation Machine -Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.
 * http://citationmachine.net/
 * English-Zone.com -
 * http://english-zone.com/index.php
 * Vocabulary -Root Words Lesson Plans, Thematic Puzzles, Word Lists, Test Prep
 * __http://www.vocabulary.com/ __
 * Web English Teacher
 * http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
 * Poetry Forge -View interactive poetry generators for classroom use, lesson plans, exemplars, and collaborative discussion areas to interact with other teachers who are working to integrate these tools into their classroom instruction.
 * http://www.poetryforge.org/index.html
 * Write To Learn -Gives students the immediate, targeted feedback necessary to develop the reading comprehension and writing skills that are critical for academic success.
 * http://www.writetolearn.net/
 * S.C.O.R.E. -Schools of California Online Resources for Education Aligned to the California Content Standards
 * http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/welcome.html
 * Rubistar -A free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.
 * http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
 * Internet4Classrooms Assessment Assistance
 * http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistance.htm#act
 * MIT Write Better Page
 * http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/write/write/index.htm
 * Online Books Page
 * http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
 * Grammar Statistics in Word

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