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The NCTE Annual Convention sparked many discussions among new and continuing middle level educators. Continue the conversations at the In the Middle Ning today!
Award Nominations Being Accepted
Promising Young Writers
The Promising Young Writers program represents NCTE's commitment to early and continuing work in the development of writing. Students who are eighth-graders in the present academic school year are eligible to be nominated.
Deadline February 10, 2010
Learn more and submit your nomination today!
Better Than Ever: The New ReadWriteThink.org
With a fresh look and many exciting new features, the redesigned ReadWriteThink.org offers a wider audience more opportunities to find just the literacy resources they need and to share their thoughts and experiences with other community members. You will find the familiar lessons, student interactives, calendar activities, and more. Check out the new areas for Professional Development, Community Stories and Parent & Afterschool Resources.
New Books from NCTE
Adolescents and Digital Literacies: Learning Alongside Our Students
This book isn’t about technology. It’s about the teaching practices that technology enables. Author Sara Kajder examines ways in which teachers and students co-construct new literacies through Web 2.0 technology-infused instructional practices.
Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements: How to Teach What Really Matters about Character, Setting, Point of View, and Theme
Michael Smith and Jeffrey Wilhelm illuminate the intricacies of character, setting, point of view, and theme, helping students apply their understanding of literary elements to their reading as well as their writing.
Upcoming NCTE Web Seminars
Summarization in any Subject
Presenter: Rick Wormeli
RESCHEDULED Date: February 19, 2010
The Socially Networked English Classroom: Web 2.0 in the English Classroom
Presenter: William Kist
Date: February 17, 2010
Missed a Live Web Seminar? Buy the recorded presentation today!
On Demand Web Seminars provide the recorded version of the virtual event and include all audio, video, chat discussion, and actions within the presentation.
Learn how schools across the nation are utilizing NCTE Web seminars.
African American Read-In
Join over a million readers in the Twenty-First National African American Read-In. The event is sponsored by the Black Caucus of NCTE and endorsed by the International Reading Association. Host a Read-In in your school, church, community, or place of business---anywhere you can sit and read a book.
The National Gallery of Writing
The National Gallery of Writing is available for browsing and contributing writing through June 2010. The National Gallery houses all kinds of writing from people from all walks of life. Established by NCTE, the National Gallery highlights the remarkable variety of writing we engage in today; provides a collection for research on whether writing today has risen to new highs or sunk to new lows; and helps us help others to write better. Contribute writing or start your own gallery today!
Teaching in the Changing World of 21st-Century Literacies