Van Geons Classroom
Gray Stone Day School
Misenheimer, NC

Whole Language Umbrella Summer Institute Official Website
"WLU is an NCTE Conference made up of whole language support groups and individual professionals interested in developing and implementing whole language in educational institutions. WLU is based on a view of whole language as a dynamic philosophy of education."
"All reaction is limited by, and dependent on, what it is reacting against." — Gloria Anzaldua
Articles:
Books:
Many resources are from the WLU Conference with some additional resources for teachers.
"Do work that matters. Vale la pena." — Gloria Anzaldua
Resources
Technology in the Classroom:
"What's Right, Not Wong: What Teachers Really Need to Know for the First Day of School" - J. Newton and T. Van Geons
Catawba College's BookRevue Panel Discussion
North Carolina English Teachers' Association Presentation- November 2007-Conceptualizing a Social Vision and Social Justice in the English Language Arts Classroom
Taking Technology to the Classroom: Pedagogy-Based Training for Educators by David P. Diaz
Classroom Blogging: The Pedagogy and The TechnologyThoughts on Pedagogy: Does Technology in The Classroom Help or Hurt?
Technology Integration: Secondary Language Arts by Robert Mayben
Useful Information:
National Council of Teachers of EnglishNorth Carolina English Teachers' Association
Important Links for Media Literacy and Teachers of English
MLA Citation (from the Newton Homestead)
Novels Online (from the Newton Homestead)
How to Take Notes (from the Newton Homestead)
Acoustical Liberation of Books at LibriVox (from the Newton Homestead)
PBS in the Classroom
Helpful Sites for Students and Teachers:
Literary Terms and Definitions
Wikipedia's Literary Terms
Grammar PowerPoints
More Grammar PowerPoints
Writing Skills PowerPoints
Grammar Websites
Weird, fun, possibly helpful stuff:
What's New in Technology 'n Stuff?
Many of this comes from the profoundly technologically saavy MR. NEWTON. I "borrowed" some (actually many) of his resources.
Odd and Intriguing Info
Van Geons Classroom
Gray Stone Day School
Misenheimer, NC