Submitted
by Tina L. Thomen
SLM 521:
Telecommunications & The Internet
Elective
13: Newsletters
Online Newsletters to
Support English Teachers
After
previewing some archives, I subscribed to Education World’s Teacher Lesson Plans and the K12 Newsletters from Educational Cyber
Playground. The weekly Teacher Lesson Plans Newsletter contains
lesson ideas for a variety of subjects and grade levels. For example, I found a recent lesson entitled
Teaching Grammar without the Hammer. Education World provides a convenient
process to subscribe and specific directions for users who wish to
unsubscribe. Education World also offers
eight other newsletters devoted to topics such as educational headlines and
humor. As a new teacher, these two
additional resources will help keep me grounded and updated on current
issues. Teachers have the option to only
subscribe for each specific newsletter, thereby reducing information overload
about less relevant topics.
In
the K12 Newsletter archive, I was impressed by the weekly email provided by Web
English Teacher. Lesson plan ideas were
provided with a brief, concise description and a convenient link to the
specific details. For example, I found lessons about Franz Kafka and William
Faulkner. Within the email, only the
author, title, and link were provided.
This allows teachers to quickly scan an email, filtering for subjects
related to their specific content focus. These two new free additions will complement the email newsletter that I already
receive from the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) which requires
an annual membership fee.
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