Sunday, May 30, 2010

Weekly Twitter Summary


Selected tweets from the last week, with links to English language/literature and IT-related resources:-

  1. Jane Austen as a global brand http://bit.ly/cQ5fkf via @msstewart
  2. RT @Larryferlazzo: New post "My Best Posts On Books: Why They’re Important & How To Help Students...." http://bit.ly/chOvVJ
  3. The Guardian children's fiction prize 2010 http://bit.ly/caluFO.
  4. Can you spot mistakes? Would you be a good proof-reader? Test yourself: http://bit.ly/do8qbC
  5. All 6 'King Lear' revision podcasts now complete: http://bit.ly/cYbipY
  6. Review of Bakker's 'The Twin': outstanding contender for #impac Award: http://bit.ly/a4rdKE
  7. All 6 'King Lear' revision podcasts now online: http://bit.ly/9caH0G
  8. The last of 6 podcasts on 'King Lear' now posted: the end of the play. Good luck to all in the Leaving Cert... http://bit.ly/cyvHke.
  9. Lessons and Resources | 50 Years of "To Kill a Mockingbird" http://nyti.ms/don9Y5.
  10. 50 iconic book covers (from Abebooks): http://bit.ly/dDyIfs
  11. Is there any more intelligent book on Shakespeare? Tony Tanner's Everyman introductions, collected at last: http://bit.ly/bFfpFz
  12. Good to see reopened local bookshop tweeting @Hughes_Dundrum.
  13. J.D.Salinger: http://bit.ly/aRXQ3y
  14. An enjoyable production: RT @MillTheatre: Dancing at Lughnasa almost sold out tonight.http://www.milltheatre.com/shows/dancing-lughnasa
  15. The new SCC English book now available: highlights from the blog - poems, essays, book recommendations, essays. http://bit.ly/dqTe7I
  16. Igloo Animations from Digital Hub work with Irish software company on Romeo & Juliet App now on iPad http://bit.ly/csabXP. RT @TheDigitalHub
  17. @Luludotcom : thanks for the RT - delighted with our book!
  18. RT @PoetryArchive: Check out the Poetry Foundation's new iPhone app: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/iphone. Take hundreds of poems with you
  19. The Best Free Apps for Education: Apple iPod Touch Apps for Language Arts Teachers: http://bit.ly/dum4sd.
  20. 'Outside the Frame', our second book from SCC English blog, just published. Excellent service, quality @luludotcom. http://bit.ly/dqTe7I
  21. Why has 'panini' become singular? "I'll have one panini, please." http://bit.ly/9VkcGK

1 comment:

Priscila Andrade said...

Top 100 Language Blogs – Results are in!

Hi,

I’m writing to inform you that although your blog got to the voting phase it wasn’t classified as one of The Top 100 Language Blogs 2010. We’d like to thank you for participating and sharing this experience with us!

With 495 nominated blogs and more than twenty thousand user votes the competition broke last year's record, making it probably the largest competition in its field. You’re welcome to visit bab.la and see the complete list if The Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 here:

http://bab.la/news/top-100-language-blogs-2010

Kind regards,

Priscila

On behalf of the bab.la and Lexiophiles team