Guyku- Haiku for Boys

http://hmhbooks.com/guyku/
Great Free Poetry Resources at the Guyku Haiku Website

Make a point of visiting the Guyku Haiku website, based on the book Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys (written by Bob Raczka and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds). FableVision partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to create this playful website, which offers a multitude of fun, free activities and resources for educators who want to spark a passion for poetry in young writers.

Shakespeare in Bits

 

http://siblive.shakespeareinbits.com/siblive/rajdemo

Apps for Shakespeare Readers (both by choice and by teacher requirement) will help break the works down into "bits".
You can try a few scenes using the free version (called "freemium")- then the entire work by purchasing the app(s).

iPad Apps by Mindconnex Learning Ltd.

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  • Shakespeare In Bits: Romeo & Juliet iPad Edition Freemium
  • View In iTunes
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  • Shakespeare In Bits: Macbeth iPad Edition
  • View In iTunes
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  • Shakespeare In Bits: A Midsummer Night's Dream iPad Edition
  • View In iTunes
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  • Shakespeare In Bits: Macbeth iPad Edition Freemium
  • View In iTunes
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  • Shakespeare In Bits: Hamlet iPad Edition
  • View In iTunes

My Fake Wall

Note: The "My Fake Wall"  site appears to be down.  

Here's an interesting link to a Power Point template students can use to make a Power Point that looks an awful lot like Facebook for a historical figure.
template.htmlhttp://techtoolsforschools.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-project-template.html
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You can use this site to make Facebook look-alike 'walls'. http://myfakewall.com/

http://myfakewall.com/

ios 5 - new text to voice feature in ibooks

• An enhanced epub book feature or two...
• a bookshelf can be created for each 
• swipe from right to left- click double arrows on bottom right - video plays full screen.
  in itunes "books" section-
• click enhanced for books with special features.
  tap on text and drag down- tap speak and ipad will read text to you.

The Arts- Great Books and Inspirations 2011

• Eric Carle- on You Tube-- Video of how he made his most recent book- The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse.
• Uncle Andy's - about Andy Warhol seen through the eyes of his Nephew.  www.warhol.org
• Patti Smith- Just Kids (for adults)
• Dream Something Big- The Story of the Watts Towers... digging through garbarge for items for artistic towers in California