I explored the Teaching English with Technology (TEWT) website, which can be found at http://tewt.org/englishteachersites.html. It is sponsored by edtechteacher.org, which is an educational professional development provider. The TEWT site is intended to be a resource for English teachers to use technology in their courses, but also as a resource for teachers to access in order to better plan their courses. The site is mainly geared at educating teachers to best educate students, but there are advertisements on the site for other resources (e.g. books and other websites), some of which have to be purchased. The site is well laid out and easy to use. The different tabs are labeled in a way that is easy to understand and navigate, and there are many useful tools, especially the "Commonly Taught Books" section. This section in particular will be very useful for me as an educator. Seeing what other teachers have to say about some commonly taught books and reading what others view as main points that need to be taught with them is a wonderful jumping-off point. There are also videos about the books on the site; I am not sure who posted them, but if they can be posted by anyone, having my students create digital videos to post about books that we read could be a wonderful activity, especially if I am in a middle school setting. There are links to Teaching History with Technology (THWT) as well as to edtechteacher.org, and some other resources for using technology in the classroom.
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