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media type="custom" key="10010611" width="130" height="130" These are some of the books that I love to read and discuss. Many are stories and themes I greatly look forward to teaching. These books helped further my passion for literature, the same passion I hope to instill in my future students.

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1. easybib.com This web 2.0 tool is incredibly useful for myself as well as students. It provides an easy and straight forward set-up for bibliographies in several formats. Although teaching the proper way to set-up a works cited page is important to any English classroom, this tool is the only reason I had the correct format for most of my papers throughout high school and college. Using the rubric, I would score this site a total of 28. 2. quizinator.com This web 2.0 tool provides various printables for teachers, including worksheets, quizzes, and templates to create your own. This site is somewhat confusing to navigate initially, however the more time spent on the site, the easier it is to find what you are looking for. This site is not truly meant for students, but rather as a tool specifically to aide teachers in creating new lessons. Using the rubric, I would score this site a total of 25. 3. grouptable.com This web 2.0 tool is designed to enhance group collaboration. In my future classrooms, I intend to use group work in many units so that students can improve cooperation skills. This tool allows for students to work together while not having to sit in one location for a given period of time. The site is easy to navigate, making it a great tool for younger students. Using the rubric, I would score this site a total of 28. 4. paperrater.com This web 2.0 tool is designed to improve student writing. This tool may take a lot of time out of a teacher's scheduled edit sessions, putting much of the work back on the students. The site also provides a vocabulary building tool which can be particularly useful for SAT aged students. This site is easy to navigate, productive, and claims to produce great results. Using the rubric, I would score this site a total of 28. 5. evernote.com This web 2.0 tool provides a means of taking notes on a book without destroying the margins as i have done in many of my copies. Using this tool while reading a book provides an easy to navigate way of saving notes that can be edited and saved for"ever." This tool will save many of my books from the damages of a pen. Using the rubric, I would score this site a total of 28.