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 * __Writing Resources__**
 * Google Docs
 * [|Celtx (scriptwriting and storyboarding)]
 * [|Free Mind] Brainstorming and mind mapping software that also outlines and organizes links and can exports to html format.
 * [|Gliffy] Create and share diagrams on the Web
 * [|Toondoo] Make a comic strip using this online comic creator...great for visual learners
 * [|Voicethread] Digital Storytelling w/ a really nice interface
 * [|one word] This site presents one word each day and you get 60 seconds (there's even a timer) to write, write, write.
 * New writing resource

__**iPad Apps for ELA**__

__**Dictionary and Thesaurus Resources**__ Think Map Visual Thesaurus - @http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Visuwords - @http://www.visuwords.com/ Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary (by subject) - @http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php The Visual Dictionary (Collection of words in the real world) - @http://thevisualdictionary.net/

__**Grammar Resources**__ OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab - @http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ Grammar Slammer - @http://englishplus.com/grammar/ Guide to Grammar & Writing - @http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

__**MLA Resources**__ Son of Citation Machine - @http://citationmachine.net/ BibMe - @http://www.bibme.org/ NoodleTools - @http://www.noodletools.com/

Honors British LIterature Wikispace - http://honorsbrit.wikispaces.com/ British Literature Wikispace (1660 - Present) - http://britlitwiki.wikispaces.com/
 * __British Literature__**

__**American Literature**__ American Literature I (via Lehigh Carbon Community College) - http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com/American+Literature+I American Literature (1860 -1910) Resources and e-texts - @http://abjohnson.net/AmLit2_1860ff.html

__**Poetry**__ Teen Poetry Wiki - @http://www.ipl.org/div/teenpoet/ Poetryexplication - http://mslinder.wikispaces.com/poetryexplication

__**ELA TED Talks**__

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 * David Eggers**

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 * Alan Kay**

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 * Erin McKean**

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 * James Geary**

__**Blogs**__ You Can Teach Writing - Linda Aragoni - @http://www.you-can-teach-writing.com/writing_and_grammar_resources.html Autodizactic - Zac Chase - @http://autodizactic.com/blog/ The English Teacher's Companion - Jim Burke - @http://jimburke.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Digital Writing, Digital Teaching - Troy Hicks - @http://hickstro.org Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day - Larry Ferlazzo - @http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ The Tempered Radical - Bill Ferriter - @http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/ The English Blog - Jeffery Hill - @http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/ Education Week: Learning the Language - Mary Ann Zehr - @http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/