What an institute! I hope you enjoyed the sessions, speakers, and camaraderie. If you have suggestions, ideas, comments, or concerns about this year's PDI or even PDI 2009, do not hesitate to contact any FCTE board member. You may visit/join FCTE-SLATE's Google Group or use the comment feature on FCTE's Blog to leave your message. There are other websites for teachers to preview as well as a spot for Florida English teachers' blogs and class websites.
In the column at the right under 'Favorite Websites' there are other sites that may be of interest to you. Here are the links to websites and documents discussed, demonstrated or alluded to during either of the sessions I participated (and even some I attended). You can find copies of PowerPoint presentations and other information regarding the conference on my Google Site .
Voki Allows you to create avatars
Schooltube Provides students and educators a safe media sharing website
Youtube Media sharing website (public)
Teachertube Provides students and educators a safe media sharing website
Playlist Social Music Site
Voicethreads A collaborative, multimedia slide show that allows people to leave comments
Moviemaker Found on all Windows operated systems. May need to use 'search' feature to locate.
Instant Messenger This is AOL's creation. However, every email provider has a version.
Flash Appointments 30-day free trial
Appointment schedulers This one is "free for small businesses." There's a small fee for most.
Wordle 'Toy' that generates word clouds
Google Lit Trips Uses Google Earth to plot the course of great literature
Online Meetings There are several. Most have a free trial period. Google: online meetings
Google docs Allows multiple people to share documents in 'real time'
Google calendar Calendars can be private or public and others can make changes or add events
Google Wiki/sites Allows for one or multiple users to access, create, edit, and post information
Google Reader Lets you subscribe to web sites so that new content comes to you when posted
Jing Always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video… anywhere
Presenters' emails/website:
Jeff Anderson jander231@earthlink.net http://www.writeguy.net/
Carol Jago jago@gseis.ucla.edu http://www.caroljago.com/
Michael Meyer michael.meyer@uconn.edu
Alan Sitomer AlanLawrenceSitomer@yahoo.com
Sharon Draper http://www.sharondraper.com/
Elizabeth Thomas upwordspoetry@earthlink.net http://www.upwordspoetry.com/
Tammy Hinson Thinson@flvs.net
Oya Mwanza Omwanza@flvs.net
Clarissa West-White clarissa.westwhite@famu.edu englishteacherswelcomed.blogspot.com
Janeen Larson jflarson@fsu.edu - Balloons, Pies and Other Vocabulary Matters
Kathy Froelich froelich@coe.fsu.edu Talking the Talk!
Enrique Puig epuig@mail.ucf.edu Talking the Talk!
Lucas Rodesiler fcte2008vt.pbwiki.com Symbolic Analysis: Literature, album art, and Voice Thread
Newsletters, books, documents, other information
NCTE's Inbox NCTE's newsletter - You can sign up to receive the newsletter at the site.
Writers on Wheels Emails may be sent to Kristin Pitts at writersonwheels@aol.com
The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3 Referenced by J. Larson
Nickel and Dimed Book referenced by Sitomer
Maryanne Wolf's Proust and the Squid Book referenced by Anderson
Graham & Perin's Writing Next(2007) - PDF of the report - Referenced by Anderson
Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian Referenced by Anderson
Official Web page Sherman Alexie's Official Web page
The Silent Epidemic PDF of report http://www.silentepidemic.org/ Report's website-Sitomer
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Referenced by Sitomer
The Pew Center Referenced by Sitomer
Urban Institute Referenced by Sitomer
National Endowment for the Arts-Readers at Risk Report PDF of report-Referenced by Meyers
Commissions & Contact Information
If you would like to become involved with any of the following commissions, please contact the FCTE Liaison** or Commission Chair*:
Development of Diversity in Educational Leaders
**Susan Houser (susan_15ym@yahoo.com)
Intellectual Freedom
*ReLeah Lent (rlent@phonl.com)
Continuation of Professional Development
**Pamela Craig (pamelasue5@tampabay.rr.com)
Standards & State Requirements Affecting Classroom Instruction
**Tamara Doehring (tamaradoe@aol.com)
Community and Educational Partnerships
**Donna Garcia (dkgarcia@mail.ucf.edu)
Media and 21st Century Literacy
*Barbara Pace (bgpace@coe.ufl.edu)
NCTE Advocacy Day! April 23, 2009
The following video (made with movie maker) provides a glimpse into the annual event. Members of FCTE are in the planning stages of a Florida Advocacy Day! If interested, contact Susan Houser - susan_15ym@yahoo.com or Clarissa West-White - clarissa.westwhite@famu.edu.
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