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I’m at CATE this weekend (California Association of Teachers of English) as both presenter and attendee. I'm doing two sessions: one on Internet Literacy (based on my recent workbooks) and one in a panel of Writing Project teachers on a ...

My husband actually found this app for me as a means to get me salivating for the iPhone G3.  He's been pulling for it for awhile and trying to convince us to switch our plans to make it happen, so ...

You know the old commercial: "You got your chocolate in my peanut butter! Well, you got your peanut butter in my chocolate!" And just like a Peanut Butter cup, it seems that Jane Austin and Zombies go great together. Pride and ...

OK, I admit it.  I watched Glee last night on Fox after American Idol just because Ryan Seacrest told me to. Stand aside Lean On Me, Teachers, Dangerous Minds, and Freedom Writers.  This new fall program, whose pilot aired last night ...

Yes, it's true.  I'm reviewing a movie review.  But when you watch it, you'll understand why. Spike Jonze of "Being John Malkovich" fame (amongst other image-rich movies and videos) is directing a movie version of the Maurice Sendak classic, Where the ...

Kids killin' kids for TV viewing pleasure? Great tween reading fun! I just finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins . It took me awhile to get a hold of it because the minute I brought it into my classroom library, ...

So I just finished reading Neal Shusterman's The Schwa Was Here.  I know, I know.  For all you librarians out there, you're probably saying: "What?  It took you THIS long to read it?  Jeesh, what kind of tweenteacher are you?"  ...

You know when you enjoy a book so much you begin to slow down towards the end just to make the sweetness last?  Well, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is one of those.  NG writes with a rhythm in his ...

Dear Fellow Edubloggers, Many of you have been blogging far longer than I have.  I have many of you on my Google Reader and I admire your wit, your writing, and would now love your advice. Last week, I posted a review ...

Look, I'm a big believer in reading what the kids are reading, so I picked up the first in this crapfest of a series.  I was a big Anne Rice fan during my middle school years, so clearly I'm not ...