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English Teacher Links - A great place to locate links on writing, reading, and grammar. Treat yourself by surfing these great ideas for the English classroom - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/linkbib.htm

Dropin Web Activity #1 - Spice up your summer reading list with an in-depth look at the Michael L. Printz Award - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webdropin1.htm

Dropin Web Activity #2 -  Investigate how political and wartime slogans have shaped history. Try your hand at creating slogans to reflect Zamyatin's government in the novel We - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webdropin2.htm

Dropin Web Activity #3 - It is said that pictures are worth a thousand words. Test this statement by viewing Gustave Dore's illustrations of  Cantos from Dante's Inferno . http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webdropin3.htm

Dropin Web Activity #4 - What were those reviewers thinking? Read professional reviews of a best selling book and then try your own hand at creating one - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webdropin4.htm

Dropin Web Activity #5 - Turn off the telly and ring your mates to share the news of this activity on British slang. If you think American slang is difficult to comprehend, try grasping the latest British slang.
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webdropin5.htm

Online Games - With just a click of a button one can find a variety of games with hundreds of willing players. These games are addicting, but have fun! - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/gamesonline.htm

Virtual Field Trip - Visit places connected with William Shakespeare's Macbeth without ever leaving your computer chair. View the Globe Theater and the beautiful Inverness Castle. - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/virtualfieldtrip.htm

Spam - Where exactly does the offensive and ludicrous emails that appear in your inbox originate from? Find that answer and how to possible stop these annoying messages - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/spam.htm

Citing Internet Sources - With all the information gained from web sites, it is difficult to determine what information to document. Find examples of  the most accepted ways of documenting different types of information found online - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/citations.htm

Clip Art - Jazz up your reports and presentations with clip art. Clip art includes cartoons, pictures, borders and backgrounds. Never settle for dull again! - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/clipart.htm

Safety On the Net - The Internet can  be a type of Pandora's box for an unsupervised student surfer. Become aware of the laws to protect underage surfers as well as what schools can do to guide student surfers in the right direction -  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/safety.htm

Literature Lesson Plans - The Internet is an excellent way to tap into the thousands of ideas posted by gifted educators around the world. Why stress over a new literature unit, when you can augment your own ideas with the lesson plans offered these useful sites. - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/lessonplans.htm

Plagiarism - How tempting it is for students to just cut and paste from the Internet and claim the work as theirs.  Find out how to identify plagiarized work and how to teach students to properly document work found during their researching - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/plagiarism.htm

Offensive Sites - What a shock it is when you accidentally surf onto an offensive web site. A growing trend on the Internet is for companies to place distasteful material on seemingly innocent URLs. Find out how to deal with this growing problem - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/offensivesites.htm

Web Quest - Take The Comte de Guiche's challenge by researching aspects of 17th Century France. Clear directions and provided links assist you in your quest to create the perfect scroll for the Comte - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webquest.htm

English Web Quests
- Pursue these five fantastic Web Quests for the English classroom. Creative activities support letter correspondence, newspaper production and time period research to augment and assess student knowledge - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/webquestlinks.htm

Copyright Activity - Is it legal to include your current favorite song in a power point presentation? Can you share a personal copy of the latest software with your students? The copyright laws and guidelines can be mind boggling. Read two scenarios to determine if any laws have been broken. -  http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/copyright.htm

Netiquette Course Module - Think you know the etiquette rules of discussion boards or the popular lingo of email? Etiquette on the Internet is an important part of surfing. Find out the latest dos and don'ts of Netiquette - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/netiquette.htm

Silicon Snake - Clifford Stoll's book Silicon Snake Oil shares his opinions on the negative impact computers and the Internet can have on society. Read some of the author's opinions and some reactions to his comments. - http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/brunnettk/siliconsnake.htm